Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
May 7th 08, 11:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,764
How to disable write access for CD/DVD drive?
"nandito" wrote:
well i did all of those options listed even went through the registry
and still able to burn using nero.sooo dont think actually any of this
options works at all.
any...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
June 18th 07, 07:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 2
Views: 501
Find Control\StorageDevicePolicies
alejandro,
If the key doesn't exist you can just create it. Here is a link to detailed
instructions for creating the key and setting the...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 16th 07, 09:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 6
Views: 385
the cmd.exe command
Hi Charlie,
A simple solution would be to create a batch file in your Windows directory
named mycmd.bat with the single line:
@cmd /K cd /D %windir%\system32
Instead of typing "cmd" in the run...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 15th 07, 04:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 83
Remote Desktop
I believe you need to use Remote Assistance instead of Remote Desktop if you
want to see the target desktop on both ends.
--
John Hensley
www.resqware.com
"BBW" wrote:
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 15th 07, 03:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 1
Views: 343
Using a 1 Terrabyte drive as a boot drive ???
You could do this with VmWare by using the free VMware Converter to convert
your existing installation into a virtual machine file that resides on your 1
TB drive. You could then boot into your...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
June 13th 07, 02:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 578
Registry Import Question
The second echo line should have been:
echo userprofile="%USERPROFILE%" Tmp.inf
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John Hensley
www.resqware.com
"John Hensley" wrote:
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
June 12th 07, 10:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 578
Registry Import Question
The registry does not support environment variable expansion in key names.
You can do this though if you use a standard windows .INF file and batch
file to do the registry update. Your .INF file...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
June 12th 07, 10:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 238
where is "Maximum Password Age" stored?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters
maximumpasswordage REG_DWORD
This is the location on a standalone machine that is not part of a domain.
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John...
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Forum: The Basics
June 10th 07, 05:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 3
Views: 128
Copying To Second Hard Drive
You can do this from a command prompt using the Windows XCOPY command using
the /D switch. For example to copy all of the new files from the current
directory and all of its subdirectories on the...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
June 8th 07, 01:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 4
Views: 202
I blew my HDD with dskprobe.exe
Find a Bart'sPE CD to run DiskProbe from or remove the drive and use a $10
IDE to USB cable and plug the drive into another XP machine's USB port.
Either method will allow you to use DiskProbe to...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 5th 07, 06:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 21
Views: 583
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
June 5th 07, 03:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,764
How to disable write access for CD/DVD drive?
"Asterisks" wrote:
I presume that by unchecking "Enable CD recording on this drive" - I am only
restricting writing on that particular drive?
This is correct.
Whereas the other option...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 5th 07, 03:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 21
Views: 583
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 4th 07, 08:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 113
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 3rd 07, 04:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 86
Event Log SidebySide Errors Need Help
These types of errors occur when a file associated with a SideBySide assembly
in the Windows\WinSxS was not installed correctly. It looks like you are
missing this...
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Forum: The Basics
June 1st 07, 10:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 243
Windows XP Backup on Desktop?
Ron,
You can do this using a link to a batch file on the desktop. The batch file
runs NtBackup with command switches that specify what to backup or a
pre-defined .bks file that you have previously...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 1st 07, 02:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 21
Views: 583
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
May 31st 07, 06:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 21
Views: 583
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 29th 07, 08:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 116
Disappearing Window
After you move the cursor off of the small window are you clicking on the
larger window that is behind the small one or does just moving the mouse
cause the larger window to hide the smaller...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 29th 07, 07:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 176
ramdrive
You can disable all swap-file use in Windows XP if you want to eliminate the
overhead of paging to disk but this will cut in half the amount total memory
that will be available to your running...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 29th 07, 06:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 116
Disappearing Window
Does this happen regardless of the programs you are running or is it specific
to a single program you are using?
If it only happens when you are running a specific program it could mean
that the...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
May 29th 07, 03:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 1
Views: 190
event viewer errors 51,11 and 5
These errors are normally the result of a problem with the disk controller,
cable or hard drive. It would be highly unlikely that both motherboards would
result in the same error unless they both...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 29th 07, 03:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 124
True Vector Service event 5003
The Cisco VPN client shares a common set of files with Zone Alarm and can
produce this error. See this link for information on how to resolve this
problem if it is related to Cisco...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
May 26th 07, 12:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 272
'Unknown device'
Many cables that are bundled with hardware are not of the highest quality.
I've run into lots of problems with inexpensive USB cables that only worked
some of the time and I believe it has to do...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
May 25th 07, 04:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 21
Views: 583
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