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Windows Software 5498

XP themes/appearance and profiles

Kaiser

Hi all, Quick (and I suppose trivial really) question for you all. . . . I reinstalled XP Pro last night and (as always ) the first thing I did was revert the desktop and logon screens to the classic look using the rainy day theme (not that Im depressed or anything, just the shade of grey it uses goes well with my ...

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Last reply by Alien, 2002-08-13 14:57

Windows Hardware 9627

Compact Flash card

buttolivia

Hi all, When I plug a compact flash card into my notebook, WinXP Pro. detected the card and said it's ready to use. However, no pop-up Window to ask me what to do (like open with Windows Explorer. . .

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Last reply by Jerry Atrik, 2002-08-13 14:49

Windows Networking 2246

Windows 2000

bytemangler

I want to setup a w2K server for a test. It's not hookup to the live network. It's on it own separate hub. Was trying to set it up as a domain controller with no AD or internet connection. Every time I go through the setup as Only server on the network it got as far as configuring Active Directories and a message c ...

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Last reply by Catdog02, 2002-08-13 14:03

Customization Tweaking 1790

help and support center in win xp

Vulcan

hey. when i open the help and support center in win xp i see under the DID YOU KNOW? the followin message: When you are connected to the Internet, this area will display links to timely help and support information.

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Last reply by Gerry, 2002-08-13 09:37

Windows Security 292

Runas Pro

Davros

Do any of you happen to know of any software that works like or but is totally free? These tools would save me a lot of time and allow me to tighten security, but I won’t be able to convince anyone to pay for it.

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Last reply by CUViper, 2002-08-13 08:20

Windows Games 5469

Privateer 2: The Darkening (DOS Version)

cochese

Has anyone got the Dos version of Privateer 2 The Darkening to run under WinXP successfully? I have this version because i bought it when it first came out and didn't bother to get the DELUXE version when it came out (I wish I did now).

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Last reply by cochese, 2002-08-13 06:49

Windows Games 5469

Page faults running Jumpstart Preschool "classic"

pr-man

any help would be great. My 2 year old really loves it.

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Last reply by pr-man, 2002-08-13 05:53

Windows Games 5469

Neverwinter Nights- Worth buying?

pr-man

Some reviews have said that it plays like Diablo and I hate diablo. .

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Last reply by pr-man, 2002-08-13 05:51

Windows Games 5469

Need Neverwinter Nights help

pr-man

Ok I just got to the second chapter and need to know which Mercenary is the best at this point? I had the little rogue Tomi all through chapter 1. My character is a level 5 fighter level 1 cleric and level 1 wizard.

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Last reply by pr-man, 2002-08-13 03:57

Windows Hardware 9627

Oi A7V333 and strange mouse/keyboard lockups

jabbathewocket

Ok so I have a friend who just built a PC centered around this mainboard. . Full stats are as follows: Asus A7V333 (non-raid) AthlonXP 2200+ (no overclock) 1 Gigabyte corsair DDR3200 Dynatron Heatsink Fan Sony DVD 16x On primary IDE channel (On board) 2x Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM units on a promise fastrack TX200 ...

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Last reply by jabbathewocket, 2002-08-13 00:59

Customization Tweaking 1790

Virtual Memory

Ace

How much should I increase the virtual memory because I like load ICQ and some other programs and the error message comes up you are running low in virtual memory. I don't want to see that everytime and I would always have to restart the computer.

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Last reply by Ace, 2002-08-12 23:50

Feedback 1316

Awesome New Look!

shassouneh

Yes I know it has been said before. But the more it is said the better heard. I love the new look of NTCompatible. Good job guys. And best of all it runs on Apache Here is what says: Quote:The site is running Apache/1.

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Last reply by shassouneh, 2002-08-12 23:46

Windows Hardware 9627

Windows XP unable to work with a FAT32 hard drive

shassouneh

Dear folks, this is weird. Its driving me nutts. I have a FAT32 formatted Quantum Fireball LM30 (27GB formatted) hard drive. Recently I upgraded to Windows XP only to find to my surprise that Windows XP thinks the hard drive failed and requires a format.

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Last reply by shassouneh, 2002-08-12 23:42

Windows Software 5498

DX8.1b for Windows XP?

NTGAMEMAN

is there one? how do you install it? thanx

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Last reply by NTGAMEMAN, 2002-08-12 23:39

Windows Hardware 9627

Error message duing windows 2k install

diis

I get this error message during the install of Windows 2k on a recently formatted HD: An unexpected error (268353600) in line 1562 in D:\nt\private\ntos\boot\setup\arcdisp. c I think that's a Ramdrive of some sort, because d: is my cd-rom drive and that directory isn't on the cd.

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Last reply by diis, 2002-08-12 20:10

Windows Hardware 9627

LIST OF SCSI ADAPTERS DROPPED IN XP

Jerry Atrik

those bastards mine worked fine but i did take a performance hit with my old drives

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Last reply by Immortal, 2002-08-12 18:42

Windows Hardware 9627

NAV autoupdate and XP Service pack 1078

ThC 129

Does anyone know if NAV 2002 Autoupdate works with any of the XP service packs I was just looking and saw it was disabled and i tried enabling it and it did not do anything. .

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Last reply by Hernan Balderrama Barone, 2002-08-12 16:33

Windows Software 5498

Firewall question.

serket

Does anyone tried Outpost Pro Firewall ( ) ? I currently use ZoneAlarm pro and a friend of mine suggested me this one above, so i would like to know if it's worth swapping to Outpost Pro ? thanks.

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Last reply by Silver-Dagger, 2002-08-12 15:21

Windows Software 5498

Win 2k - Routing And Remote Access

tekdiver

Hiya, With a bit of luck someone out there will be able to shead a little light onto my problem, it is as follows. I have a win2k server system, which i need to provide utilise to provide remote access into a network, and having done this before using win2k I thought this would not pose a significant problem, howev ...

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Last reply by tekdiver, 2002-08-12 11:04

Windows Games 5469

Is there anyway possible to Minimize a game while in it?

imtim2

Ok i am wondering if there is anyway possible to like pause a game then minimize it to check something on your system,checking email, etc. instead of having to quit the game? Thanks *BTW this is imtim83 my new name is imtim2 because i can't get my old name imtim83 to work anymore but its ok.

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Last reply by Budious, 2002-08-12 06:56