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Just a warning to users who update their Adobe Shockwave. Symantec has a new agreement to piggy-back their software into the download. From Adobe's website: How is Norton Security Scan from Symantec connected to Shockwave Player? As part of a recent distribution agreement with Symantec, Adobe will offer its customers the option to install the free Norton Security Scan software as part of the Shockwave Player installation process. Only customers who accept the Norton Security Scan offer will download the Norton Security Scan software. Those who decline the offer will download and install only Shockwave Player. Norton Security Scan is only offered to users who…

>We're always here to laugh and cry. >*TimDaniels* Thank you Tim - but your reward is I'm back :-) Got all tangled up trying to get Users Names to agree with those listed in Explorer. Lost a lot of friends on that one. Anyway, we got that resolved, however, now it appears after I add a new user via C/P User Accounts, the new account name does not appear in Explorer, event after logging off and/or rebooting. Any suggestions on how to make a new User Account appear correctly as a Folder in Explorer? WinXp SP2 and not on a domain. Dave

Looking to buy an IBM laptop with Intel's 915 chipset. IBM's web site shows support/compatibility from W2K upward, no W98 support (I guess because of the chipset). Googled for info, found some but there is still a question about proper USB2 support (seems you can get 1.1 but not 2) and ANY audio support (there is none!). Decided to ask here; anybody ever try to get 98 running with Intel's 915 chipset? Did you succeed? You know where drivers are available? Thanks

My IE7 started as if it is a first install, not keeping my old settings. What could cause this? XP Pro, SP2 Stan Hilliard

I recently had a major system crash and had to replace my hard drive and reload XPpro. I remember getting a simple suffix to add to the command explorer.exe that would open explorer so that C:/ would already be expanded. Can anyone refresh my memory of this? Thanks in advance.

XP SP2 otherwise up to date For the first time I am getting an install error from Microsoft. In attempting to install SP 3. I get an "Access is Denied" from SP 3 Setup The status window shows: Initializing installation... done! Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929) (update 1 of 1)... Then I get the above error. Any thoughts; help? I do not know where to start a fix. BTW, I did a backup prior and a Registry Mechanic after a first failer. The wizard automatically started in this and a previous attempt. I waited utill that finished. Any thoughts; help? I do not know where to start a fix.

iexpress.exe is a utility that comes in Windowx XP Service Pack 2 located at C\WINDOWS\system32\iexpress.exe FYI - this utility lets you create a self-extracting package. Now that I've said where it is, I want to know if anyone knows how I can fix it closing on me most of the time. If you can help, let me know. Thanx

I'm busy with a tool for printing the DIR sizes. Now I need a DIR listing from the English Windows 98. Can someone post this? TIA. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. MBR-rebuilders in DiskEdit! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. >>>>>>> Interesse in e-roken? Zie de groep alt.e-roken.nl <<<<<<<<

Hi, We used to create wrapper for msrdp.ocx and mstscax.dll in Windows desktop OS as 2k/2k3/xp/vista/2k8; then use them in other applications. Now, we're trying to write similar Active OCX in Windows CE, which will warp MS RDP client component and be used in our other applications. The problem we're experiencing is that we do not not how to use the mstscax.dll in Windows CE. We even can not register mstscax.dll with regsvrce.exe in Windows CE. We need to build application to control attributes and process to create RDP session in Windows CE as in Windows desktop platforms we did already. If anyone knows how to build application based on MS RDP client …

I have a web based app to issue RDP files; 140 [max] users), with only 100 [random] login accounts. Thus when the user is presented with a generated RDP file, they get the 3 options Download, save or Cancel. Is there a method for aging the RDP login file, so it will only work for a limited time - thus stopping the user from saving the file and trying to open the same file every day?

Hi, We meet difficulty of developing an application to create and manage RDP client session in HP T5530 running Windows CE 5.0. We successfully built similar applications in Windows desktop platforms (Win2K/XP/2K3/Vista/2K8) based on MS RDP client components msrdp.ocx and mstscax.dll; but we can not use same way on Windows CE 5.0 of HP T5530 thin client device because: firstly, HP T5530 OS does not have msrdp.ocx; secondly, the mstacax.dll is found in HP T5530 OS, but can not be registered by regsvrce.exe which is the approach to register COM and Active OCX in Windows CE. With “Windows CE thin client development” docs from Microsoft, the compon…

I've installed a home network from my PC with WINDOWS XP HOME to my notebook with WINDOWS VISTA I'm able to access the internet on my notebook using the wireless network router, however I can't utilize my printer, I also have installed a ETHERNET 10/100 CARD. other hardware & programs which are on the pc. In order to obtain files such as pictures, docs, etc, I have to load them to a cd and download on the notebook. Does anyone have A SOLUTION ??? Dan

hi im using a laptop with a processor (2GHz) and (2Gb) of RAM system: Windows Xp pro SP2, 2002 edition, updated to SP3 >>> MY PROBLEM is: I need to work on many programs that need memory, such as MS-Office Word ( with a document over 40 pages with pictures), Autocad-2009, MATLAB-R2007a(mathematical program), ANSYS11 (for finite elements analysis for engineering). those programs eat the RAM, and sometimes i need to work on more than 3 programs at once. BUT AFTER I FINISH AND CLOSE THEM ALL i find that the RAM consumption is still SUPER-high :-( over 1.4Gb although all hungry-programs are shut down. i find that by using task manneger. Also,…

The C:\windows\installer file has grown to 10gigabytes and I need to clean this to get more room. My system auto update keeps trying to install a patch and fails. each time it writes more to the installer file.

For XP, my password for administrator is lost. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to recover it? so I don't need to re-format my PC. Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric

What role do registry keys play in malware? Is a registry key sufficient or does there need to be a malware program on my computer? Details. I run Ad-Aware 2008 Free every week and on Aug 5 if found Virtumonde. According to Lavasoft, this is in the top 5 of threats going around now. File name: yacscom.dll in C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger My notes do not mention that I checked to see if Ad-Aware also found registry keys. Before removing it, I tested AVG-Free, Spybot, and Yahoo Anti Spy and they did not find Virtumonde. Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool did not find anything with the July and August updates Yahoo Anti Spy, however, di…

Hi all this may be really basic but my team and i are totally stumped.. (Im posting here first but it could be an XL issue as it appears thus far only to affect XL docs..) Users are randomly experiencing the message on their own documents when attempting a rename or delete. "Cannot delete file: It is being used by another person or program." Normally we would just find the thread/open file and close them on the server, EXCEPT they are not listed NOR does any unlock software report them as currently in use. A reboot of the server resolves the issue but after the first rename the issue then re-occours. Domain admins and the relavent users hav…

I have a 2003 R2 on a -ready- production server. It is one of many other legit servers. I need to know what I can do to upgrade to the retail version. I read an article/response to a similar question by Meinolf Weber. I have good backups I hope for Exchange and other data. I have a legit VLK and according to Mr. Meinolf, long story short, boot from the disk and enter the key that I have. Will that erase the Exchange settings? Will I lose the AD settings? Should I demote the machine? Should I just go for it? There is no other option I have found besides a striaght up reinstall. A few more questions. Can I use any 2003 R2 disks? Do I need to call M…

Hi, All of a sudden, the CHKDSK for "Error Checking" starts arbitrarily & don't know why or how to fix it so it only checks when I manually ask it to, as I don'r like waiting 45 minutes when I first log in, unless I plan it that way. Any ideas are appreciated! Dallas

I recieve an access deined error when I try to turn off processes in msconfig. I am logged on as the administrator but the error message says to log on as administrator. The user accounts shows this account as the administrator. -- Steve

It's delicate but I've lost the registration key of my sp2. After installing sp3 I have been asked for the key within 30 days. As I'm in the last week and still not found the key, the only options seem to be either to buy another license or to revert to my sp2 status. This last possibility can be achieved through "restore points" ? Thanks DAN

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I would like to know if I need Service Pack 3. My computer is used only for personal use at home.

Our print server, hosting 300+ printers, host a very full system event log, and there isn't much longitudinal information there. Is it possible to create a different event log and configure the print service to log information there? --Geoff

My Wifes computer crashed after loading SP3. Is there a problem and what can I do?