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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 17th 12, 01:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsupdate
Replies: 45
Views: 2,860
Posted By XP Guy
Windows Updates is offering MS Office 2007 updates - but I haveOffice 2000 installed (?)

glee wrote:

I'm running the automatic updates right now and it's offering me
about a dozen Office 2007 patches / fixes.

Thing is, I've got Office 2000 SR1 premium installed on this
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 16th 12, 10:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsupdate
Replies: 45
Views: 2,860
Posted By XP Guy
Windows Updates is offering MS Office 2007 updates - but I have Office2000 installed (?)

I've got an XP machine that I rarely run the MS updates on.

I'm running the automatic updates right now and it's offering me about a
dozen Office 2007 patches / fixes.

Thing is, I've got Office...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 12, 03:13 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By XP Guy
How can I replace Win-7 video driver with Vista or XP driver?

Yousuf Khan wrote:

No, I don't want to install XP mode, or VMware.

The software performs direct hardware access (using porttalk) so
I don't want to complicate things by running it...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 12, 02:16 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By XP Guy
How can I replace Win-7 video driver with Vista or XP driver?

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

So - is there any way I can force win-7 to install and use either
an XP or Vista video driver - so that (theoretically) I can have
a true full-screen DOS...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 12, 05:16 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By XP Guy
How can I replace Win-7 video driver with Vista or XP driver?

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

I've installed both XP and Win-7 on this system...

WHICH Win7? Home? Professional? Ultimate?

Does it matter?

It's from technet. We have all versions. It...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 12, 01:58 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,070
Posted By XP Guy
How can I replace Win-7 video driver with Vista or XP driver?

I've got a desktop system where the motherboard has Intel 82G965/963
on-board graphics controller. I've installed both XP and Win-7 on this
system (but not on the same hard drive). So all I'm...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 14th 12, 01:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 20
Views: 816
Posted By XP Guy
Are there any tablet PC's that can run Windows XP?

Vic RR Garcia wrote:

And anything can run DOS - so long as it has a conventional
PC BIOS - which I have no idea if any current win-8 tablet
has, and probably neither does anyone...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 14th 12, 01:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 20
Views: 816
Posted By XP Guy
Are there any tablet PC's that can run Windows XP?

Yousuf Khan wrote:

That's about as crazy an idea as the OP running Win-98 DOS in
that tablet PC.
If you can get it working, it'll be 2 or more hours just to boot.

Well, it is a PC...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 13th 12, 01:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 20
Views: 816
Posted By XP Guy
Are there any tablet PC's that can run Windows XP?

Are there any tablet PC's that can run Windows XP?

And I mean can they *run* XP.

I'm not asking if or which ones come with XP installed (obviously none
do any more).

I would guess that the list...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support March 15th 12, 01:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 712
Posted By XP Guy
XP Install Freezing

Endulini wrote:

I'm trying to install XP onto a P4 system but the install keeps
locking a minute or so after entering the licence key.

I was going in circles for a few hours in a similar...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 24th 12, 03:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 9
Views: 1,537
Posted By XP Guy
Telephony & Remote Access Connection Manager (services) - are theyneeded?

XP Guy wrote:

Why exactly would an XP system need to be running:

- Telephony service

- Remote Access Connection Manager service

Even though I have both of those set for manual (not...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 24th 12, 03:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 2
Views: 708
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when notconnected- how?

"David E. Ross" wrote:

David, please tell me what is supposed to happen when this setting
is NOT enabled:

- Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 24th 12, 03:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 15
Views: 678
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when notconnected- how?

"David E. Ross" wrote:

David, please tell me what is supposed to happen when this setting
is NOT enabled:

- Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 23rd 12, 04:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 15
Views: 678
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear whennotconnected - how?

"David E. Ross" wrote:

My configuration has two PCs (...)

David, please tell me what is supposed to happen when this setting is
NOT enabled:

- Notify me when this connection has limited or no...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 23rd 12, 04:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 15
Views: 678
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when notconnected - how?

BillW50 wrote:

There might be a better way, but I disable LAN and firewire through
the Device Manager and then they never show up in the System Tray.

Did you even stop and think that my...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 23rd 12, 02:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 15
Views: 678
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when notconnected - how?

Peter Foldes wrote:

Control Panel\Network\Local area Connection\Properties\General
and take out the checkmarks from both *Show Icon* and * Notify
me* at the bottom of the page

...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 23rd 12, 02:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 9
Views: 1,537
Posted By XP Guy
Telephony & Remote Access Connection Manager (services) - are theyneeded?

I found this (quoted at the bottom of this post):

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/146153-45-little-problem-stop-remote-access-connection-manag

It apparently was posted in May 2005 to this arcane...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 22nd 12, 02:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 1,076
Posted By XP Guy
Net. Framework

Bruce Hagen wrote:

Just as an example, XP would never run without V: 1.1

Um, I think that's wrong.

The only versions of XP that came with (or defaulted to installing) .net
we

- Media Center
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 22nd 12, 01:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 1,076
Posted By XP Guy
Net. Framework

Jeff T wrote:

Do I need net framework? Are there any risks to uninstalling it?

Dot Net is not normally part of a standard installation of XP.

If your system has Dot Net, it's probably because...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 22nd 12, 01:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 15
Views: 1,449
Posted By XP Guy
Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?

Char Jackson wrote:

Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have
ports opened/forwarded?

That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port
forwarding...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 22nd 12, 01:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 19
Views: 1,906
Posted By XP Guy
Is there *really* an Auto-Insert Notification setting for XP-SP3?

Mayayana wrote:

Thank you for that detailed explanation. I don't think
I want to disable the CD drive,

The CD drive is not being disabled with this registry setting. It
continues to work just...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 22nd 12, 01:40 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 15
Views: 1,449
Posted By XP Guy
Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - neededforDHCP?

Yousuf Khan wrote:

Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have
ports opened/forwarded?

That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port
forwarding...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 22nd 12, 01:35 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 15
Views: 1,449
Posted By XP Guy
Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?

Char Jackson wrote:

The loss would be control of software that allows some programs to
work through a NAT Router.

So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 22nd 12, 12:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 19
Views: 1,906
Posted By XP Guy
Is there *really* an Auto-Insert Notification setting for XP-SP3?

Mayayana wrote:

| I can say that this is the answer. Setting this "Autorun"
| registry value to zero (0) will stop this irritating, constantly
| flashing LED.

That's *very* interesting....
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 22nd 12, 12:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 15
Views: 678
Posted By XP Guy
I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when not connected- how?

I've got XP installed on a motherboard with 2 ethernet ports.

There is an icon in the system tray for each one. When either of them
(or both of them) is not connected to the network, their...
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