Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
November 2nd 10, 03:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,163
How to know duplex mode?
*For example, my
computer has an Intel network card/chipset and I see the following
Information message in my System Event log at startup:
Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection Link...
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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
November 1st 10, 03:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,163
How to know duplex mode?
How can I know if a given wired connection is in full or half duplex?
I know how to check the settings but most adapters are set to auto-
negotiate and I don't know what was negotiated. Some switches...
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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
August 3rd 10, 04:42 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,237
wierd dns lookup problem
Some of my internal network pings give a strange error message. If I
look for frontdesk ping will show "frontdesk.cisco [63.146.68.202]"
and then time out. That IP address isn't close to anything...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
March 27th 10, 12:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,957
Is non-admin logon worth it?
Interesting approaches. I'll check them out. Thanks.
On Mar 26, 1:05*pm, Anteaus wrote:
As an additional (or alternative) protection you might like to look...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
March 25th 10, 05:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,957
Is non-admin logon worth it?
Well you've given me lots of good info and I appreciate it.
I inherited this particular facility and it is a loose arrangement.
Fortunately I haven't run into anything like updating java...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
March 24th 10, 05:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,957
Is non-admin logon worth it?
I'm trying to move workstaions in our office to non-admin logons for
better virus protection. Man, what a pain. The complications seem to
be unending. So now I want to verify that it's even worth it....
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
March 24th 10, 05:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,598
Task Cheduler Access is denied
So in the task items you have that option to either only run if you,
the person who set it up, is logged on (are you?) or to run as some
user and password. I suppose you've got that as needed? Then...
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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 21st 10, 05:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Replies: 0
Views: 257
Downside to bonjour?
Is there any downside to having apple's bonjour net service running?
It seems you have to accept it to install iTunes for one. The little
I've read about it it seems to duplicate functions already...
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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 21st 10, 05:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Replies: 2
Views: 715
Downside to bonjour?
Is there any downside to having apple's bonjour net service running?
It seems you have to accept it to install iTunes for one. The little
I've read about it it seems to duplicate functions already...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 04:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 2
Views: 328
PCIe mini card drive in place of wifi?
Found an answer to my own question. These Solid State Disks that are
advertised as being PCIe Mini cards really aren't. They are in that
size and format and use that kind of connector but they're not...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 04:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 2
Views: 328
PCIe mini card drive in place of wifi?
Found an answer to my own question. These Solid State Disks that are
advertised as being PCIe Mini cards really aren't. They are in that
size and format and use that kind of connector but they're not...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 12:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 0
Views: 344
stability tests for graphics card.
You might try going to tomshardware.com and looking at their reviews.
The put processors and whole systems through serious tests and
compare. I'd bet they do the same for video cards. They list what...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 12:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 1
Views: 91
stability tests for graphics card.
You might try going to tomshardware.com and looking at their reviews.
The put processors and whole systems through serious tests and
compare. I'd bet they do the same for video cards. They list what...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 12:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 6
Views: 584
Sound Blaster 2 ZS dead after reboot
Well this is not much of an answer but it may be better than nothing.
I had the same problem with an old laptop. It wasn't worth putting
time into so I didn't. I had reloaded everything because of a...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 16th 10, 12:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 6
Views: 584
Sound Blaster 2 ZS dead after reboot
Well this is not much of an answer but it may be better than nothing.
I had the same problem with an old laptop. It wasn't worth putting
time into so I didn't. I had reloaded everything because of a...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 15th 10, 10:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 0
Views: 117
PCIe mini card drive in place of wifi?
My WiFi card is dying on my dell inspiron laptop. It's a mini PCIe
internal card. I see PCIe solid state drives in the same format, and I
assume (?) that the slot is kind of like a slot in a desktop,...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
March 15th 10, 10:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 2
Views: 328
PCIe mini card drive in place of wifi?
My WiFi card is dying on my dell inspiron laptop. It's a mini PCIe
internal card. I see PCIe solid state drives in the same format, and I
assume (?) that the slot is kind of like a slot in a desktop,...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 23rd 10, 01:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 22, 1:59*pm, John John - MVP wrote:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/28/how-windows-star...
Ntdebugging Blog : How Windows Starts Up (Part the...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 23rd 10, 01:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 22, 1:59*pm, John John - MVP wrote:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2007/06/28/how-windows-star...
Ntdebugging Blog : How Windows Starts Up (Part the...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 03:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 10:00*pm, John John - MVP wrote:
Ntldr looks for and parses the hiberfil.sys file, if the file is
found to be valid it is loaded into memory and the Windows...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 03:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 10:00*pm, John John - MVP wrote:
Ntldr looks for and parses the hiberfil.sys file, if the file is
found to be valid it is loaded into memory and the Windows...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 03:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 8:17*pm, "SC Tom" wrote:
I don't think that anything is written to BIOS on hibernation. It's just a
flag that is set in the OS startup to bring the system back to...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 03:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 8:17*pm, "SC Tom" wrote:
I don't think that anything is written to BIOS on hibernation. It's just a
flag that is set in the OS startup to bring the system back to...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 02:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 3:56*am, "M.I.5¾" wrote:
In the first scheme, ...once recovered the file is
deleted.
I've never seen the hiberfile deleted so I guess this must be...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
January 22nd 10, 02:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 34
Views: 888
How does hibernate work
On Jan 21, 3:56*am, "M.I.5¾" wrote:
In the first scheme, ...once recovered the file is
deleted.
I've never seen the hiberfile deleted so I guess this must be...
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