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Try Teamviewer, completely free and available in the repository.
http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx
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I'll try to make this short...my school's main IT department makes an XP image that's put on all new incoming machines. Our department does our own thing and usually installs from scratch. This time I decided to save some time (!) and use their install as a base, deleting the apps we don't use and tailoring the incidentals to our liking. However, one aspect of their install will not die: they created an Administrator account with a different name (wsuadm) and made that account the default login user.
I created my own admin account, set up the image, then attempted to delete their account. XP won't let me (can't delete built-in accounts). I disabled it instead, and in my Sysprep config file have my Administrator account set as the default login account. After a sysprep the machine defaults back to the wsuadm user for login.
I've opened the registry, gone to HKLM|Software|Microsoft|WindowsNT|CurrentVersion|WinLogon and found the DefaultUserName key set to wsuadm. I change it to Administrator, verify that AltDefaultUserName is also Administrator, then exit regedit and do a sysprep. After the machine is restarted, wsuadm is back as the DefaultUserName.
Obviously this is getting rewritten from somewhere, but where?
Hi,
Are these machines logging onto a domain?
If they arn't then try the autologin feature built into XP.
Start
Run
type "Control userpasswords2" press enter
If there is a tick in the top box then take it out, click apply then specify the account you want to log on with, they then have no choice but to use the account you have created, unless they logoff of course then log in as who they want to but would they do this?
Hope this helps.
scott
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Anyone know if I just could reformat and reinstall Windows XP without it acting like the BIOS reported none?
Why don't you just try running the install and see what happens, if it doesn't find the hdd then thats when you need to start looking for drivers. If it does find the hdd then thats a bonus :-)
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Hi there...
This is a simple one...is there a shortcut toolbar available in the above system?? I can't find it anywhere under Programs, usually it's under Microsoft Office/MS Office Tools?? Or am I just missing it?
Thanks!
Sarah
Hi,
Microsoft removed the shortcut bar in this version of office but there is another way of creating your own, did a quick search in google and found this
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009...icle.asp?ID=327
It involves creating a toolbar on the taskbar and dragging it onto the desktop.
Hope this helps.
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Use google and seach for a programme named "Dialupass" this will reveal it .
simple and easy
This might be something and nothing but I thought i'd take a look at that program. I use avast antivirus and it pops up and says it contains W32.dialupass Might not be a virus but just be carefull either way.
An alternative that you could try is SIW, its very good and has some very very usefull tools built in and can be downloaded here for free :-
http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
Enjoy
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I use Nlite to make an unattended . After install Windows complete , i have a problem with Office 2003 :
Setup.ini use :
PIDKEY=GWH28DGCMPP6RC46J4MT3HFDY
Anyone know why ? and how to fix it ?
Sorry , my English . . . . not good T_T
Hi,
If i'm not mistaken I think that is a blacklisted serial code. I suggest you try another code and see how you go from there. I've used that code before and it doesn't let you run any updates.
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Hi everybody, hope you are all well.
This is my first post so I hope the answer isnt somewhere else in the forums, tried the search facility but didnt see anything obvious. If it has already been answered and I missed it then I appologise in advance.
Has anybody come across this problem before using Nlite :-
Created an unattended install with 2 users created - Administrator with a password and Teacher with no password with the only box ticked being 'no password' in the options for the teacher.
All installs correctly but I cant see an option in Nlite to choose "password never expires" and because this option isnt available then windows xp asks for the password to be changed after a few weeks. Because a password has been provided for the administrator account then this option is checked by default in Windows and will never ask for it.
It's not a major problem as you can just go in and set it on first boot but I wasnt aware of it until someone contacted me asking why they only had 1 day left to use their account unless they changed the password when they didnt even have a password in the first place LOL!
Cheers
Scott
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USB device driver issues
in Windows XP
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Hi,
I know this might seem like a daft reply but try the device on another machine, if it does the same on a different machine then it's the device that has issues and not the copy of windows, could save you a couple of hours install and config time then.
Regards
Scott