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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP January 30th 10, 12:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 10
Views: 878
Posted By Charles Lavin
Suggestions welcome for file transfer problem

Now we're getting somewhere ...

Thanks for the link!


"Greg Russell" wrote in message
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In...
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP January 30th 10, 12:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 10
Views: 878
Posted By Charles Lavin
Suggestions welcome for file transfer problem

No. See my previous post.

I need a point-to-point solution. Even if it takes half of the night. As
long as the files get there, and the process doesn't abort and call it a
night, I'll be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 30th 10, 12:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 1
Views: 178
Posted By Charles Lavin
Suggestions welcome for file transfer problem

We tried uploading them to an intermediary location and then downloading
them from there. But the upload process doesn't work much better, it
requires more manpower (now I need someone to upload...
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP January 30th 10, 12:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 1
Views: 603
Posted By Charles Lavin
Suggestions welcome for file transfer problem

We tried uploading them to an intermediary location and then downloading
them from there. But the upload process doesn't work much better, it
requires more manpower (now I need someone to upload...
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP January 29th 10, 09:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 10
Views: 878
Posted By Charles Lavin
Suggestions welcome for file transfer problem

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro PC (SP3) in an office in Central America that needs
to send about 400 MB of files a day (night) to a SBS 2003 SP2 (or Server
2003 R2 SP2) server in Miami. The Miami...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 18th 09, 01:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Charles Lavin
PC won't Standby on timer

_Active_ virus scanner? No. Real-time background monitoring, yes. But I was
under the impression that that was a _background_ process ...


"Unknown" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 18th 09, 01:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Charles Lavin
PC won't Standby on timer

Thanks. I've thought of that possibility, but I've checked that the CPU is
idle almost all of the time during these "down times." The screen saver
kicks in -- and even shuts down the monitor. Any...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 17th 09, 08:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Charles Lavin
PC won't Standby on timer

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box with the following Power settings:

When the computer is plugged in:

System standby: After 2 hours
System hibernates: After 3 hours
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 3rd 09, 04:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 189
Posted By Charles Lavin
Black SOD

Isn't sod usually black?

(Sorry, couldn't resist ...)

:)


"Rick" wrote in message
...
It appears according to PC World article...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 3rd 09, 04:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 115
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box that's been giving me a headache for some
time now. Every so often, programs will fail to load and Windows (or an app)
will complain about being out of memory...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 10:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

I mentioned in a prior post that when I did that, the search app crashed
because of the massive number of small files it found.

I did what I needed with a Unix command.

Thanks
CL

"Michael W....
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 10:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

I mentioned in a prior post that when I did that, the search app crashed
because of the massive number of small files it found.

I did what I needed with a Unix command.

Thanks
CL

"Michael W....
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 05:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

Hi --

I am aware of that, but there are hundreds of thousands of folders on the
drives on this particular PC.

Asking Search to find all files "with size less than 0 KB" results in a lot
of drive...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 05:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

Hi --

I am aware of that, but there are hundreds of thousands of folders on the
drives on this particular PC.

Asking Search to find all files "with size less than 0 KB" results in a lot
of drive...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 04:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

I know ...

As for 0-length files: I just discovered that there's no way to search for
them in Windows XP ...


"Questor" wrote in message...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 04:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

I know ...

As for 0-length files: I just discovered that there's no way to search for
them in Windows XP ...


"Questor" wrote in message...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 03:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

This computer is routinely sweeped for viruses and malware, and is also
running Symantec's Endpoint Protection suite. Malware and virus checks
always come up clean.

CL

"Questor"...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 2nd 09, 03:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

This computer is routinely sweeped for viruses and malware, and is also
running Symantec's Endpoint Protection suite. Malware and virus checks
always come up clean.

CL

"Questor"...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 1st 09, 06:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 18
Views: 943
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box that's been giving me a headache for some
time now. Every so often, programs will fail to load and Windows (or an app)
will complain about being out of memory...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP December 1st 09, 06:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 0
Views: 169
Posted By Charles Lavin
Handle leak in System process?

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box that's been giving me a headache for some
time now. Every so often, programs will fail to load and Windows (or an app)
will complain about being out of memory...
Forum: Printing and Faxing with Windows XP August 27th 09, 05:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Replies: 3
Views: 834
Posted By Charles Lavin
Massive handle leak in spoolsv.exe -- on all computers

Oh goody ... This installation has four HP network printers, including a
networked All-in-One ...

Thanks for the info!

CL

"Mark Lasky" wrote in message...
Forum: Printing and Faxing with Windows XP August 27th 09, 01:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Replies: 8
Views: 1,256
Posted By Charles Lavin
"Access Denied"

How many computers are we talking about here?

You have the laser printer attached to a PC via a USB-to-parallel adapter
cable. That much I got.

But are you trying to print to this printer from...
Forum: Printing and Faxing with Windows XP August 27th 09, 01:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs,microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Replies: 3
Views: 834
Posted By Charles Lavin
Massive handle leak in spoolsv.exe -- on all computers

Hi --

I've been trying to get to the bottom of a problem with a Windows XP Pro
machine that repeatedly runs out of resources, seemingly without rhyme or
reason. I was able to track the problem to a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 13th 09, 07:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 107
Posted By Charles Lavin
Renaming %WINDIR%?

Hi --

Is there a way to rename the %WINDIR% folder without destroying the machine?

I have a Windows XP Pro PC with an iffy installation history. This PC may
have had another operating system...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 28th 08, 06:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 109
Posted By Charles Lavin
Cannot get a populated Windows Explorer window

Hi --

I have a Windows XP Pro (SP3) computer that will not display a properly
populated Windows Explorer window.

If I open Windows Explorer, the left pane populates with

Desktop
My Documents
My...
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