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gilgamesh
Is there any type of estimated date on the release of Windows XP SP2? I am just curious. Thanks. -gilgamesh.
memory dumps.
Geoff McDowall
I recently tried to install SP4 for w2k. It had a serious problem with a driver for my scanner and windows was unable to load until I booted in safe mode and uninstalled the service pack. Has anyone had a similar problem with earlier sps.
NDIS Proxy, what is it?
Curley_Boy
Can anyone tell me what the NDIS Proxy driver (ndproxy. sys) does please? I checked the MS knowledge site and didn't understand a word of it. Whilst tweaking my system I disabled this driver. . . however when i replaced the registry entries for this service from an XP Home machine to reacrivate it.
XP Pro System Restore Crash
bugface
My Windows Media Player 9 crashed few times so I reinstalls it. As it reinstalls it adds system restore point right. . . Anyway here is the deal after that I noticed it still crash so I wish to revert back.
Update Service Packs Centrally
Rattlesnake
hi, We have in our firm Windows 2000 professional clients(around 150 clients) and a mix of WinNT and Win 2K servers. We have Service Pack 1 installed on the clients. I wanted to know the best way to CENTRALLY install SP 3 on these clients.
Win2000 compatibility wizard
riggidy_bo
hi, i know that the compatibility wizard isnt automatically enabled and that the administrator has to enter a comand line to activate it but how do i do this? can anyone help?
How to delete unused pagefile.sys?
prum555
Hi. . I have 2 hard drives in my system and I assigned the pagefile to my second hard drive. When I ran Perfect Disk it reported that the pagefile. sys in my first hard drive is still there and is very fragmented.
Laptop - need to run XP or 2000 on it!
Nick601
Hi I have an intell pentium 400 mhz with 256 mb of ram in the past i have had windows XP running on it when i recently came to install xp OR 2000 on it it crashes when the blue installation screen apprars in the xp/2000 setup any ideas why?? , i would really like to have xp or 2000 on my laptop
Prionter issues - keeps asking for login info - user / pass
Mr.Guvernment
Hey all i havaa 2003 server print server. Last night i set up all system to connect to the printer - upon doing so, i was prompted for a user /pass to log onto the print server (via the network) - i put in the user / pass i use to log into the print server and it works, i also asked the computer to remeber the logi ...
Microsoft Exchange problem
Nick601
Running Microsoft Exchange on a server and it is not receiving incoming mail any ideas??
ADDING ITEMS TO OPEN DIALOG BOX
CyberGenX
In Windows 2000 is there a way to add items to the Open Dialog. Currently listed is: History My Documents Desktop My Computer My Network Places.
ClearType on Windows 2000
Alan2003
The ONLY feature about WinXP that I'm bothered about having is ClearType. Otherwise I can't stand XP, it's Fisher-Price interface is inhibiting and it runs far too slowly. I am a Win2000 man. Has anyone attempted to rework the ClearType feature backwards into Win2000? I am not alone.
XP asking for password on network shares
bytezboy
Ok, here's the picture. I have 3 computers connected to a router with builtin switch. 2 of them are running Win2K Pro and one running XP SP1. I shared the every drive (root drive) on the Win2k machines.
V-Com SystemSuite 5
Christianb
Hi Gang, I'm wondering does anybody own this? If so what do you think? What isn't included from V-Com's major software suites? It looks like there's no partitioning, backup, or multi-boot functionality.
Mouse gestures or Quake style command console for Win32 GUI?
Curley_Boy
Just 2 little wishes to make my Windows set up perfect: 1. A Quake style console that you could access via the standard ` key and enter commands (just like run or cmd. exe). But with added support for key bindings for scripts and other nifty shortcut features.
Something went weird after NTFS format
Anonymous
Hi all, Yesterday I formatted my non-system partition, D, in Win2K Command Prompt with this command: format d: /fs:ntfs Formatting went smoothly. Immediately after the format, I checked drive D's properties and was shocked to discover 51 megs of space have been taken up! 8) How could that be? Drive D was empty afte ...
XP SP1 trouble
mak-uk
Hi I recently followed a guide on the Net to get SP1 installed on to my Windows XP. That works great. I then came across a pre-integrated SP1 build and obtained a serial for it to try it out. It worked, installed etc.
Help HElp!! Windows XP Pro Hotfix
Echo
I'm upgrading my computer tomorrow, new CPU, motherboard and HDD. I want to do a complete reinstall of XP Pro from scratch on my new drive. What I don't want to do is spend hours downloading the updates for XP and IE6 that I've already got on my current machine.
NT 4.0 Boot Problem
actsh
Folks, Looking for a steer. NT 4. 0 Server with Raid 5 controller booting as far as the NT 4 Blue screen. Getting no periods (dots), hangs for about 6 seconds and proceeds to reboot. Does the same in VGA mode.