Windows XP
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localgroup add - language independent
by Guest fiversen- 0 replies
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Hello, in my installation process of my programm, sometimes I need a new user. A user which is member of 'Power User'. In the script, I create the user > net user Tester Password /add and add the user to 'Power User' >net localgroup "Power User" Tester /add This is OK. But I need this on a lot of different Windows Languages, and the groups have different names - in Germany: Hauptbenutzer, ..... With the API function - NetLocalGroupAddMembers(..., ...) I have the same problem. I saw, in a ADs example - they also work the name 'Administrators'. But I need language independent localgroup-names. So long Frank Iversen
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I have enabled Active X Controls
by Guest KCav- 4 replies
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Why am I beig told to enable Actice X Contros when they are enabled? I went to IE > Tools> Internet Options > Security tab > Custom Level > Active X controls and plug-ins. And Enable All previously unused Actice X controls to run without prompt. -- KC
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How to make a drive active
by Guest Smiley- 7 replies
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Hi, I am on Windows XP but the original drive was full (40G) so move everything into a new drive which is 250G. However, cannot find anywhere which I would activate the partition as a boot partition. I have done the image restore on a partition of 200G then scrapped it and set it to 40G but still cannot find anywher which I would activate the partition. It can be seem as slave but when I tried to boot up from it, the system cannot find the drive. I have gone into bios for the settings which originally set the 40G drive as IDE-0 but it doesn't matter what I change the IDE to (ide-1, ide-2), it always boot from the original drive. Any idea ? MTIA …
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Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter
by Guest Jeff Granger- 0 replies
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Device Manager shows that a Network adapter, Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter is not working properly. Should I be concerned?? Jeff
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What is this?
by Guest Carol- 2 replies
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Using Windows-XP-SP2 Netscape 7.2 I just noticed on my task bar (near the clock time) there is a box that looks like 2 monitor screens with a RED X on it, when I put my mouse on it, says "Local Area Connection A Network Cable is Unplugged, but when I click on it comes up under Network Connections --dial up--Bellsouth with a check mark in it. the other one says --Lan or High Speed Internet-under that is Local Area Connection, with the RED X I do have Dial-up, so what is the other one how do I get rid of it so it doesn't come up again Thanks for any help
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Applications shut down straight after start
by Guest warhonowicz- 5 replies
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In the last few days my PC has started to display a strange habit. When I start certain programs (notepad or even task manager), they open and on the first move of the mouse close down immediately without me being able to use them. Has anyone seen this before? I use Panda 2007 antivirus with the latest updates and that says my PC is fine.
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'My Computer" display takes 2 minutes to display
by Guest JimBal- 7 replies
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This started a couple weeks ago. It takes 2 minutes for display to work. The devices are then shown, but also some folders from Documents and Settings. What have I done?
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Freeware ramdisk 1 GB for XP
by Guest pe3no@N05PAM.o2.pl- 5 replies
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Hi, I'm looking for a freeware ramdisk driver/program for XP which allowes to create big ramdisks (1 GB or bigger). A long time ago I was using xmsdsk.exe, but as I read it doesn't work in XP. My "biggest success" is a 329 MB ramdisk - "AR Soft RAM Disk 1.20": http://www.majorgeeks.com/AR_Soft_RAM_Disk_d1356.html Do you know a freeware solution for XP to make bigger ramdisks? Thanks in advance and Best regards~~Piotrek~~pe3no.
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Since noone will give me an answer in the windowsupdate post, I'll post this here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936357 ? As it says on the above site, it maybe needed if u use one of these. . Mobile: Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor. . Desktop: Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor, Intel Core 2 Quad desktop processor, and Intel Core 2 Extreme processor. Server: Intel Xeon processors 3000, 3200, 5100, and 5300 series. I havent got any of these CPU's (This is a 2.4 HT CPU). Should I still install it?? It wont screw anything up, if I do will it? This update did come up when I went to the Windowsupdate site. Any info appreci…
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Explorer/runas/remote session problem
by Guest Rich Raffenetti- 0 replies
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I regularly RDP via VPN from my home XP Pro to my office XP Pro. I use VB6 on my office PC and sometimes need to use it with my administrative account so I use RunAs via the right-click method. When I do RunAs of VB6, my explorer locks up with some broken graphics on the start bar. (I place the start bar on the left side of the display.) I get out of this by running task manager on the remote system with ctrl-alt-end, terminating explorer, and starting explorer again with the run option on the task manager. Up to this time, I had found that after a reboot, the problem did not come back right away. That is, the runas functioned as expected. Tonight…
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Help needed - XP Pro Freezing Up
by Guest -1- 0 replies
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I thought this issue was related to just IE but today I realize, the issue affects my XP system in general, not just XP. I thought it was only IE because I surf mostly on the pc. I have a dual core pc, with 1 gig ram, IE 7, all patches, have and up to date antivirus and firewall and run XP Pro. While surfing the net, I find that over time, I can't open a link in a new tab. I try to open it and nothing happens. No errors whatsoever. When this first happens, I can get around it by closing one tab and then opening the one I want. Over time this doesn't work and if I have more then one copy of IE open, if I close one copy of IE, then I can open anothe…
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User Accounts
by Guest Robert- 3 replies
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Is there a way I can get rid of the need to use the User Account screen please so that the pc just boots up? -- http://www.theonly.net/woodside
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Nero OEM 6.6 - Burned movies dont work
by Guest happymac.support@gmail.com- 9 replies
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Hi, I have Nero OEM 6.6 on my computer. here are the specs of my system: OS: Windows XP Pro Motherboard: ASUS P5ND2-SLI Processor: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0GHz Hard Drive: 250GB SATA RAM: 2x 512MB DDR 667MHz Video Card: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-110D DVD-RW USB: 4x USB 2.0 Sound Card: 7.1 Channel Ethernet Adapter: Intel 10/100/100 Gigabit I tried to burn a backup copy of a DVD movie at 12x writing speed. The burn process completed with no errors, however the computer doesn't even recognize the copied DVD. I tried playing the disc on a DVD Player but the player gave a "Cannot read disc error" What am I doing wrong? Thanx
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Windows Backup Utility: Lost Power During Restore Job
by Guest Firecracker- 0 replies
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So the power cord connected to my Seagate USB disk drive fell out in the middle of a restore job. I looked in the directory where the .bkf file was *supposed* to be and it was no longer there. Does anyone have ANY idea where the file could be? I did a search for the exact file name but it's not on my local system OR the backup drive. Side note: I was restoring the files from my backup disk to another machine on my home network (an iMac). I don't think it should matter, but thought I'd mention it. Would *really* appreciate help on this. I'm a consultant and I had client files on it. I've been trying to burn dvds all day to avoid just this issue..fi…
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Getting rid of user accounts
by Guest cf- 10 replies
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Can I make it so no one has to sign in as a user on Windows XP? I would like the computer to just start up without having to put in a password or designate a user. If I do delete a user account, will I lose all the files under that account? Thank you for any insights or assistance.