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Forum: General XP issues or comments January 10th 10, 09:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Logon Password Question

Rick wrote:


I'll give it a try, thanks
Thanks Andrew,
gpedit fixed the problem. The renew password option was set to 43
days--weird

Yeah, I dunno how that would of happened. Anyways,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 9th 10, 11:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 316
Logon Password Question

Rick wrote:
The last couple of months or so when the computer boots up it ask if I
want to change the password. There is no password required since I am
the only one to use the system. Is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 8th 10, 01:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 471
LoadLibrary fails for Windows XP SP3

Actually, newdev.dll is part of Windows itself (it detetcs new PnP
devices) so it is not a good solution to go replacing the canonical
Microsoft-supplied file with random downloads from the web. I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 5th 10, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.security
Replies: 9
Views: 1,471
Raw socket support in Winsock ?

karthikbalaguru wrote:

I am eager to know the reasons for the raw socket
support in the Winsock interface during the initial
Windows XP release...
Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP January 5th 10, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.security
Replies: 9
Views: 2,126
Raw socket support in Winsock ?

karthikbalaguru wrote:

I am eager to know the reasons for the raw socket
support in the Winsock interface during the initial
Windows XP release...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support January 5th 10, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.security
Replies: 9
Views: 918
Raw socket support in Winsock ?

karthikbalaguru wrote:

I am eager to know the reasons for the raw socket
support in the Winsock interface during the initial
Windows XP release...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 5th 10, 09:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 414
remove access of a file with command prompt

thanatoid wrote:

I am the only person who ever touches this computer, and I am
not going online with XP, I installed it only to use a specific
program/hardware combo which will NOT work in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 04:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 414
remove access of a file with command prompt

Vijay wrote:
Please tell me, how can i remove access of a file with command file,
location of the file is: c:\usbstor.inf
i want to deny everyone to access this file..

BTW assuming you want...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 07:59 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 446
Windows 7 Icon Issue

Barry Watzman wrote:

BUT .... in the start menu, the icons for the games are blank, or
perhaps more correctly stated, generic. And if I right-click and choose
"change icon" it tells me that...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 06:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 414
remove access of a file with command prompt

thanatoid wrote:
AFAIK, you can't, but I am new to XP and I may be wrong. If you
(I could be wrong, corrections welcome.)
The bottom line is if someone who knows enough wants to get at
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 05:35 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 366
32 bit in 64 bit OS

Roy wrote:
Hello Group
I am planning to buy a high end carbon fibernotebook that is
classified as 64 bit system.
Would my current crop of 32 bit softwares would still run in it if I
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 05:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 194
how can disable service with bat file

Please tell me, how can i disable service with bat file.

That's funny ... weren't we just talking about Permissions? :-)

Anyway, the command to control a Windows Service (enable, start, stop,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 05:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 414
remove access of a file with command prompt

Vijay wrote:
Please tell me, how can i remove access of a file with command file,
location of the file is:
c:\usbstor.inf
i want to deny everyone to access this file..

Hi Vijay,

You...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 10, 07:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 331
selected text highlighting issue

Keith G Hicks wrote:
Thanks Andrew for the long explanation but you're not following my problem.

Open a word doc. Open a blank notepad text file. Make sure you can see them
both at the same...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 10, 02:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 331
selected text highlighting issue

Keith G Hicks wrote:

monitors and work on multiple things at once. If I have a Word doc open (or
notepad or some other editor) and select a block of text and then move to
another application,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 31st 09, 09:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 229
Characters that Notepad cannot display???

Bruce W.1 wrote:

Gmail displays horizontal rules hr inserted by other mail clients like
Outlook Express into email messages, though it does not enable hr
insertions by Gmail users.
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 18th 09, 03:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 245
Ram Drive Question Dec. 17, 2009

E.D.G. wrote:
Data need to be shared between multiple computer programs that are
running at the same time. They can be easily stored on the computer's
hard drive and then accessed by...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 9th 09, 09:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 249
How to set up Agree/Disagree window?

John wrote:
At my school each pupil now has individual login username and password. Each
time a PC is logged into I'd like to display the school IT policy, with two
pushbuttons -"I agree" and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 14th 09, 02:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 213
Microsoft Active Voice Phone Dialer 1.5 won't follow dialingrules

sbp wrote:
I have Microsoft Dynamics Navision and an Avaya IP Office 500 phone system.
The Avaya system has the TAPI driver installed, and I can dial on my desk
phone from Outlook.

The...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 10th 09, 09:29 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 392
Error 86

oceankayakjim wrote:
I have a 1 year old Dell Lap Top running XP. Last night when I started it up
the Display read "Error 86" and asked for a password.

Error 86 is a generic Windows error...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 3rd 09, 11:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 376
Remote procedure call

John Corliss wrote:
Hi John,

Thanks John, but I think my question is then, why aren't processes on
another computer dealt with discretely from dealing with processes on
the same...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 2nd 09, 09:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 250
Running an Application

Johnny Mowad wrote:
I am using Windows XP with SP3. When loading Street Atlas USA 2009, I get a
message that say to the effect that an error occured when connecting to the
selected data and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 2nd 09, 09:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 313
msjvm

Mohammadreza DN wrote:
what is msjvm and what is it's function?

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 1st 09, 11:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 223
How do I remove games from XP

Mi Tasol wrote:
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 31st 09, 05:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 393
How to Run Automatic Commands in run/cmd window

robert wrote:
I'd like windows xp to run a bat file (automatically) everytime I open up a
dos window - which I usually do by clicking on a little dos window icon in my
task bar.
...
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