Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
July 23rd 08, 12:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 1
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 16th 08, 11:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 157
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 08:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 154
AntiVirXP08
If you mean AVG for the antivirus, then that combination should be ok. Just
make sure you're religious about updating them. As for the drivers, as long
as you know they're the right ones for you...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 06:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 133
unpartitioned space - everyone knows but me.
I've never used Paragon, but instead use BootIt NG. It does not leave the 8
MB at the top, and I've had absolutely zero issues with any OS that's
installed.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 06:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 154
AntiVirXP08
Registry hives control virtually every aspect of your operating system. From
the hardware that's installed, per user and machine wide settings.
Restoring to a completely infection free set of...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 06:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 200
Missing "System" file
Without more information as to the file that's going missing, you're
probably not going to get much help.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 05:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 193
System restore problems
If this is a pre-built machine with a recovery partition, go into System
Restore's properties and uncheck the box for the Recovery partition. If
this resolves your issue, consult your owner's...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 05:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 172
"Run" command missing...
See www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.
Also, you can use my Windows XP Security Console to undo the Regedit,
restriction, as well as others.
As Leen pointed out,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 01:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 172
"Run" command missing...
Open a Windows Explorer window and go to C:\Windows and locate REGEDIT.EXE
Double click this file. Once Regedit is open, go...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 13th 08, 01:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 81
Views: 1,151
Restore
There are a variety of tools out there for creating images of hard disks.
One of the simpler and cheaper ones is Image For Windows. You can create an
image file on DVD (self restoring) or in unused...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 09:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 140
Error: "error creating window"
You need to boot your system with the absolute minimum required software and
see if the issue continues. If not, then you need to investigate the
programs that load at startup, and then one you...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 04:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 133
User Name display error in Task Manger
http://www.winxptutor.com/tmuserblank.htm
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 04:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 86
user groups in xp
I was replying to the poster who said that the Security tab was missing in
XP Home (you can see it if you boot into Safe Mode). The Security tab will
not allow you to access Local Users and...
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Forum: The Basics
July 12th 08, 08:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 1
Views: 322
Dual Boot
Edit the Boot.ini file located in the root directory of the C: drive. You
can also do this through MSConfig and its built in tools.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 08:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 86
user groups in xp
See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How do I Get the Security Tab in XP Home
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 08:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 180
How can we save our web messages
In the Yahoo mail interface, click Add next to My Folders. Create a new
folder and then you can move any e-mails you want to save to that folder.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 08, 06:13 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 86
user groups in xp
No, since the Local Users and Groups tool is not enabled in XP Home.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 10th 08, 04:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 178
Splitting .TXT files
http://www.filesplitter.org/
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 10th 08, 03:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 230
Auto update kills internet access
This update only affected users of Zone Alarm who had their settings "just
so".
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
July 9th 08, 07:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 262
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Forum: The Basics
July 9th 08, 06:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 2
Views: 429
Creating a default user profile
This would depend on what you're trying to set as "default" behavior for the
Default User profile. I have a utility that will allow you to modify the
Default User profile, putting in place a...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
July 9th 08, 06:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 2
Views: 274
Login Problem Explorer.exe not running
To verify that the shell is correctly set, click Start, Run and enter
REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
The Shell value in the right pane...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
July 9th 08, 06:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 6
Views: 324
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 9th 08, 05:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 91
Multi user profile transfer from XP to XP
Use the User State Migration Tool.
Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=799ab28c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&displaylang=en
Usage info:...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 9th 08, 04:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 126
Windows XP Task Manager
Click the link that Carey provided. Then download the utility. Double click
the ZIP file to open it, then double click the EXE file inside to run it.
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