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Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 20th 15, 06:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 526
Posted By David
Windows 7 Pro SP1 Installation Disks

I just took delivery on a custom built Win 7 Pro 64 bit machine. I
required the vendor to provide me all the DvDs and/or disk files
necessary to rebuild the O/S on the hard disk if necessary.

I'm...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP April 22nd 13, 10:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 7
Views: 42,466
Posted By David
Control Panel

Tim:

I just checked and discovered to my dismay that gpedit.msc is not on
my computers in my day care center. I had thought (after being told
by the salesman) that the computers had XP PRO. It...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP April 22nd 13, 08:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 7
Views: 42,466
Posted By David
Control Panel

I tried this for one control panel icon (Display). Believe it or not,
the system recreated the .cpl file. The other problem is that there
are at least six control panel icons for which I could not...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP April 16th 13, 08:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 7
Views: 42,466
Posted By David
Control Panel

I have a dozen Windows XP/Pro computers that I provide for school
agers (grades 1 through 5) use in a day care center I own. The kids
are amazingly intelligent when it comes to figuring out how to...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP December 22nd 10, 11:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 2
Views: 1,126
Posted By David
Neew help with a SATA drive on a XP/Pro PC

My PC has win XP Pro/SP3. My c: hard drive is actually 2 hard drives
(150GB ea) mirrored together using a RAID-1 controller. I need some
advice concerning replacing a bad hard drive.

Basically, I...
Forum: The Basics November 18th 10, 10:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 8
Views: 1,405
Posted By David
Installing XP Pro

Thanks for the assistance.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:27:07 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

David wrote:

omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host
... unlicensed...
Forum: The Basics November 18th 10, 10:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 8
Views: 1,405
Posted By David
Installing XP Pro

A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of
that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials.

He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his...
Forum: The Basics May 12th 10, 09:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

Ken:

Perhaps you just wanted to argue with yourself. I don't know. In any
case, I used the wrong term. Does a mistake like that constitute an
arguement?

The whole point that I tried to make is I...
Forum: The Basics May 12th 10, 09:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

Ken:

Perhaps you just wanted to argue with yourself. I don't know. In any
case, I used the wrong term. Does a mistake like that constitute an
arguement?

The whole point that I tried to make is I...
Forum: The Basics May 11th 10, 08:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

Ken:

I do mean mirror, not copy.

Unless I am mistaken, when you copy one drive to another, you get the
contents of the first drive copied to the second. This means that the
contents are the same,...
Forum: The Basics May 11th 10, 08:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

Ken:

I do mean mirror, not copy.

Unless I am mistaken, when you copy one drive to another, you get the
contents of the first drive copied to the second. This means that the
contents are the same,...
Forum: The Basics May 11th 10, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

I am looking for recommendations on the best backup program available.

My workstation is currently running XP PRO/SP3, but may eventually
upgrade to Windows 7, so compatability with both is a...
Forum: The Basics May 11th 10, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 212
Posted By David
Best Backup Program

I am looking for recommendations on the best backup program available.

My workstation is currently running XP PRO/SP3, but may eventually
upgrade to Windows 7, so compatability with both is a...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 14th 10, 11:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

I guess time a big issue is my time. I have been hoping for the
simplest possible solution. It appears that may not be possible.

The speakers are integrated into the monitor. There are no...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 14th 10, 11:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

I guess time a big issue is my time. I have been hoping for the
simplest possible solution. It appears that may not be possible.

The speakers are integrated into the monitor. There are no...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 13th 10, 10:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

control.exe is an interesting executable. I could not change the
permissions because the security tab is missing in XP/HOME. I will
try the suggestions others have made. What I did try (reckless?)...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 13th 10, 10:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

control.exe is an interesting executable. I could not change the
permissions because the security tab is missing in XP/HOME. I will
try the suggestions others have made. What I did try (reckless?)...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 12th 10, 09:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

Deep Freeze seems a good option. Thanks

My office workstation has XP/PRO SP3. One difference between XP/PRO &
XP/HOME allows me to see the security tab when right-clicking on a
file & selecting...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 12th 10, 09:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

Deep Freeze seems a good option. Thanks

My office workstation has XP/PRO SP3. One difference between XP/PRO &
XP/HOME allows me to see the security tab when right-clicking on a
file & selecting...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 12th 10, 10:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Posted By David
Control Panel

I run a day care center. Part of my program provides PCs with
educational software for the children to use. The PCs are all XP/HOME
SP3. The accounts available to the kids are all user access...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP January 12th 10, 10:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 0
Views: 246
Posted By David
Control Panel

I run a day care center. Part of my program provides PCs with
educational software for the children to use. The PCs are all XP/HOME
SP3. The accounts available to the kids are all user access...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 29th 09, 08:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 315
Posted By David
DirectX on Win/XP

You are probably right. I am probably making a mountain out of a mole
hill. But, my reason for the post and inquiry is merely curiosity. I
like to know how things work. I found it curious that...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 27th 09, 04:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 315
Posted By David
DirectX on Win/XP

I read all the responses and found some interesting stuff on my pc

There is a c:\windows\syatem32\DirectX\Dinput directory with lots of
files dated back in 2004. They appear to be files related to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 26th 09, 02:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 315
Posted By David
DirectX on Win/XP

I have Win XP Pro/SP3 on my pc.

I have installed a game that requires DirectX. The installation
program for the game installed the latest version of DirectX along
with the game. Everything seems...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 14th 09, 10:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 276
Posted By David
Use of Windows Automatic Updates (How to configure?)

I have followed your recommendations and configured Windows Update to
download & install only those updates I want. Thanks for the help!

I must also reiterate that what I said about Win XP SP3 was...
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