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win xp sending info to MS???

freefalle6
I heard that every time you connect to the internet that win xp sends all your system info i. e cracked software,etc. . also i heard that if your running the corp win xp,(no product activation) the one thats *****ed all over the internet,that microsoft will know and your busted!! is true??? or is it more microsoft b.
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To Turn Off Or Not Turn Off Services

Widow
There were the beginnings of a decent discussion about this last week but it became a kind of personal vendetta between some folks. It got me to thinking though and as I just redid my system I thought I would share my results.
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Windows XP remote users limitation

Gillus
Hi, I'm currently testing Windows XP Professional, and this OS seems to be great. However, I didn't find how to authorize non-administrator users to remotely connect to the XP server using Terminal services & RDP.
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A security measure against viruses??

reversing_drive
I find that i most cases in Win2000 when using the operating system, installing, unistalling apps, up , new drivers, tweaking ect. . . you would be either most of the time (If not all the Time) logged on as administrator, OR have a separate user profile with administrative privelages.
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DOS install, PLEASE HELP

dexter_
hi, i have 2000 install on C: on a 3 partion H/D, but i want to add an old 1gig H/D and install DOS. is it possible to do this, and get 2000 to recognise this and relabel itself on d ;( cheers all joe.
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Problem deleting files

ancker
When i delete a file i hold <shift>+<del> i get that confirm message. and it disappears. THEN the window refreshes and the file pops up again. and this time i can't delete it. . it says the file is in use and cannot be deleted.
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something like quickres...

Mav_erick
is something I really miss, since I migrated to win2k. I had hoped that things would be different with windows xp, but unfortunately they are still the same. . . . does anyone have an idea, if there is something like quickres from the old powertoys is floating around for xp?.
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Ntfs Or Fat32??

Marktait
On a home pc, not networked, which is better?? Fat32 or NTFS on this system. . . - 1. 2Ghz@1. 32Ghz AMDK7 Athlon Thunderbird 512MB PC133 Hyundai RAM ATX Gigabyte 71XE4 Motherboard 40GB Seagate ATA/100 5400RPM 16x 10x 40x LiteON ReWriter 40x Compaq CDDrive 17 NEC Monitor 64MB Nvidia GeForce 2Mx Ambient 56k V.
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Slow system start on win2k

Marktait
i recently upgrading the whole of my computer from : Jetway 542BX M/Board AMDK6/2 500 128MB PC100 RAM 50x CDRom 4x4x24 Mitsumi writer 8MB AGP Savage 3DCard Voodoo1 6MB 56k Modem Rockwell V. 90 Maxtor 17GB 5400RPM 3DSound Card To : Gigabyte 71XE4 AMDK7 1.
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A few small apperance questions.

brainsoft
In an early release of Whistler, beta 1 I think (maybe earlier), there was a colour scheme called Professional. It was a new look for Windows, similar to the normal look of Win2k, but it was white and like blue.
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Ctrl+alt+del

AkashJ
Hi in 2k, when you press ctrl+alt+del, you get a menu with lock workstation, taskmanager, shutdown, and 3 others. in XP you get the taskmanager straight away. Anyidea how i can get the 2k style menu however.
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Autoplay tab

macel
I don't know how I exactly managed to do this, but my cdrom/cdrw doesn't seem to have autoplay tab anymore. . right-click cdrom and choose properties, there should be autoplay tab, right? well, I only have General and Hardware.
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Visual studio 6

fatattack
Does anyone know how to get Visual studio 6 working under XP ? I know beta 2 of visual studio. net works but for some compatibility issues I need V6 on my system. It hangs during setup. Anyone successfully installed it ?.
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Ways to make XP Pro more responsive

shassouneh
Ok this thread should be where people give in feedback on their own strategies to imprive Windows XP Profssional's responsiveness. Of coarse, it would be great if you could keep in mind that some of us (ME especially) are running it on slow machines like dual pentium pro 200/256MB RAm.
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winXP2600 memory HUNGRY !

DremNeonBlack
It seems 256MB isnt enough. When playing online for a couple of hours the memory seems depleted. Everything gets really slow and sometimes it freezes. I increased the virtual mem to a major 500Mb, but still I get the message saying virual mem running low.
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