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Forum: General XP issues or comments December 13th 08, 12:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 202
Posted By Bill
Which user account do you want to use to run this program?

Since installing SP3 on a Windows XP home system I frequently get a
dialog box displaying the message "Which user account do you want to
use to run this program?" This pops up when I change the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 4th 08, 12:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 235
Posted By Bill
PC spontaneously wakes up???

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop system running XP Pro SP3. When I
shutdown and select Standby the system goes into standby but within
half an hour the system wakes up all by itself. Can any...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP October 30th 08, 10:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 1
Views: 247
Posted By Bill
Dell Diminsion 4600 will not stay in standby

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 runing XP Pro SP3. When I shutdown and
choose Standby the system shutsdown and one to two seconds later
restarts. Any idea why it does not go into standby and stay there...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 4th 08, 09:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 129
Posted By Bill
Cannot edit .UDL file?

I found the problem.

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..Bill.
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 4th 08, 09:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 129
Posted By Bill
Cannot edit .UDL file?

Running XP Pro SP3.

When I double click a .UDL file to change the ADO database connection
properties I now get the error "Foo.udl is not a valid Win32
application". This has alway worked in the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 08, 09:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 132
Posted By Bill
Install SP3 using Remote Desktop?

Can I safely install SP3 on an XP Pro SP2 machine using Remote Desktop?

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..Bill.
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 10th 08, 01:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 306
Posted By Bill
No sound card in Sounds & Audio Devices?

Forget it. Remote Desktop is the cause. The sound card works with
UltraVNC.

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..Bill.
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP June 10th 08, 01:40 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 267
Posted By Bill
No sound card in Sounds & Audio Devices

Remote Desktop was the culprit. Works perfectly with UltraVNC.

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..Bill.
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 9th 08, 11:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 306
Posted By Bill
No sound card in Sounds & Audio Devices?

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 running XP Pro SP2. In Device Manager |
Sound, Video and Game Controllers it shows the built-in SoundMAX
Integrated Digital Audio sound card. The properties dialog shows...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP June 9th 08, 09:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 267
Posted By Bill
No sound card in Sounds & Audio Devices

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 running XP Pro SP2. In Device Manager |
Sound, Video and Game Controllers it shows the built-in SoundMAX
Integrated Digital Audio sound card. The properties dialog shows...
Forum: The Basics May 8th 08, 04:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 259
Posted By Bill
The publisher could not be verified...

Here is the answer for anyone who is interested.

Problem:
Running XP SP2 or higher, you try to run an executable located on
another machine
on your network. Your accosted with a prompt: "The...
Forum: The Basics May 8th 08, 04:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 259
Posted By Bill
The publisher could not be verified...

VanguardLH wrote:

Isn't there a checkbox in that dialog ("Ask ... everytime") that you
can deselect?

No, there is not. There is a Run button and a Cancel button.

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..Bill.
Forum: The Basics May 8th 08, 03:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 259
Posted By Bill
The publisher could not be verified...

When I run a program whose EXE is on a mapped drive on the file server
I get a dialog with the message "The publisher could not be verified.
Are you sure you want to run this software.?" How can I...
Forum: Printing and Faxing with Windows XP April 10th 08, 01:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Replies: 2
Views: 609
Posted By Bill
How stop printer auto search?

How can I stop XP in a workgroup from automatically adding every
printer on the network, whether it is shared or not, to the list of
printers. For example, the Fax printer on my PC shows up in the...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 24th 08, 03:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 7
Views: 1,699
Posted By Bill
Hide files from casual users?

Thanks for your help. That might be a very usefull matrix if it were
accompanied by some explanatory text. I am guessing that what it tells
me is that any permissions that allow the user to read or...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 23rd 08, 10:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 7
Views: 1,699
Posted By Bill
Hide files from casual users?

Gordon wrote:

"Permissions and user Rights" - 6th item down in Overviews Articles,
and Tutorials" in XP SP2 Help and Support, searching on "Permissions"

Interesting. "Permissions and user...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 23rd 08, 03:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 7
Views: 1,699
Posted By Bill
Hide files from casual users?

VanguardLH wrote:

Use File - Help and Support to search on "permissions", then click
on the entry simply labelled "Permissions",

There is no entry labeled simply "Permissions" in my XP Pro...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 23rd 08, 12:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 7
Views: 1,699
Posted By Bill
Hide files from casual users?

Is there a set of permissions that can be applied to a file or folder
that would allow a user to open the file in Notepad or some other
program if they know the full path and name of the file but...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 22nd 08, 10:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 5
Views: 1,631
Posted By Bill
Secure files that must have read/write access?

David H. Lipman wrote:

Upgrade to a "real" server and use Domain Accounts in conjunction
with NTFS Permissions and NT Share permissions.

By "real server" I assume you mean Windows Server 2003....
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP February 22nd 08, 10:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Replies: 5
Views: 1,631
Posted By Bill
Secure files that must have read/write access?

I have a set of files on a Windows XP Pro machine that serves as the
file server in a very small network. A folder contains a set of files.
Users must have read/write access to these files in order...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 15th 08, 08:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 94
Posted By Bill
How recover programs that open on second monitor

DL wrote:

If you are using the vid.driver to supply muti monitor then there is
an option within that to prevent windows opening off screen.

The solution I found that works is to open Control...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 15th 08, 08:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 94
Posted By Bill
How recover programs that open on second monitor

Charles May wrote:

You could try right-clicking on the task bar and selecting Cascade
Windows. I would think this would cascade the open windows to your
current screen.

That does not...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 15th 08, 08:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 94
Posted By Bill
How recover programs that open on second monitor

I have recently started using a second monitor with my laptop to extend
the size of my desktop. The problem:

I open a program, for example, IE and move it to the second monitor.
I clost the...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP February 1st 08, 08:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 8
Views: 263
Posted By Bill
How enable network adapter in script?

Pavel A. wrote:

Netsh does not seem to support enabling LAN interfaces.
You can try the "devcon" utility to enable/disable the physical net
adapter.

I tried devcon. It worked perfectly with...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP February 1st 08, 06:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 8
Views: 263
Posted By Bill
How enable network adapter in script?

Thanks. Help & Support is usually so completely worthless that I never
considered looking there. Unfortunately, the information in Help &
Support does not show a way to enable or disable the...
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