George27

There is a plugin that should help: http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/ it's for adapting an external player like Media Player Classic or VLC Media Player. It will work with a lot of others too.

I know somebody that uses Star 7, there isn't much difference between open office as said before the only thing I did 't like about it is that there is separate composer type editor for html and you can't open html in the word possessor. It's more than enough for most people. It's a bit plain if your used to the bloat of MS office.

There is this, Sunbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.htm Which is the free standing calender or if you have firefox or thunderbird you can get the calender extension which is identical to the stand alone: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/

This soft w/ ghostscript is a lot more versital than pdffactory, I wish I knew of it earlier.

prathapml, thanks that really clears things up.

I remember on the forum when XP came out there was a fellow that had a duplex printer that would not be supported under xp with the duplex function (MS drivers no duplex, HP was no longer writing a driver for that model). Running the 2k os on vmware and installing the old drivers would solve this problem or is a virtual os dependant on the existing drivers of the master os? Secondly with time zones, using vmware can you set up the os your using to a different time zone (or language setting US English \ British English) or are the these settings dependant on the prinicple os's clock. Essentially my question is will an os on vmware run as if it where the second os on a dual boot, completly independant or is as in printing is it dependant on the principle os to be able to print or any other functions like burning. TIA

I hope this isn't to late, been busy as of late. but you need to get the appropriate mdac for your os, ypu might nedd 2.7 or earlier. There was always problems with this when uninstalling Corel soft. The thing is if you have any type of service pack installed you'll need ia slipstreamed disk to get the thing to work , installing isn't enough. below is the method used to reinstall themdacI don't have the kb article number but here is the pertinant info: RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, replace the missing subkeys. To do this, use one of the following methods. Method 1: Reset the Registry Keys by Using Mdac.inf Use the Mdac.inf file to reset the registry keys. This program may prompt you for your Windows CD to obtain new files. Use one of the following methods, depending on how your operating system was installed and whether you have the CD. For Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, or the Retail Editions of Windows 2000 and Windows XP Click Start, click Run, type path\inf in the Open box, where path is the path to your Windows folder, and then click OK. For example, type c:\windows\inf or c:\winnt\inf. By default, C:\Windows is the folder in which Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows XP is installed. By default, C:\Winnt is the folder in which Windows 2000 is installed and the folder in which Windows XP is installed if you upgraded Windows 2000 to Windows XP. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK. Right-click Mdac.inf (for Windows 2000 or Windows XP) or Mdacinst.inf for (Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition), and then click Install. If you are prompted for your Windows CD, insert the Windows CD in the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. Locate the I386 folder on your hard disk (typically, C:\I386), click it, and then click OK. NOTE: If the I386 folder is a subfolder of the Windows folder, on some computers, you cannot select it. In this case, type the full path in the Copy files from box (for example, type c:\windows\i386 or c:\winnt\i386), and then click OK. Restart the computer. For Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Editions of Windows 2000 or Windows XP WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Locate the I386 folder on your hard disk, and then make a note of its path. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup Right-click the Installation Sources entry, and then click Modify. In the Value data box, change the value to the path of the I386 folder on your hard disk, and then click OK. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each of the following entries: SourcePath ServicePackSourcePath Quit Registry Editor. Click Start, click Run, type c:\winnt\inf in the Open box, and then click OK. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK. Right-click Mdac.inf, and then click Install. If you are prompted for your Windows CD, insert the Windows CD in the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. Locate the I386 folder on your hard disk (typically, C:\I386), click it, and then click OK. NOTES: If you do not have the CD for your current Windows installation, click Browse, and locate and select the I386 folder. If the I386 folder is a subfolder of the Windows folder, on some computers, you cannot select it. In this case, type the full path in the Copy files from box (for example, type c:\windows\i386 or c:\winnt\i386), and then click OK. Restart your computer. Method 2: Download MDAC Download and then install the latest version of MDAC that is appropriate for your operating system. To do this, follow these steps: Visit the following Microsoft Web site: Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Download Page Download the most recent version of MDAC that is appropriate for your operating system. NOTE: If you do not know which version is most appropriate, download the Component Checker for information about which version of MDAC that you need. For additional information about the Component Checker, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 307255 INFO: Component Checker: Diagnose Problems and Reconfigure MDAC Installations Method 3: Import the Registry Keys from Another Computer on the Network NOTE: When you import the registry keys from another computer, make sure that the source computer and destination computer run the same operating system. For example, if you are using this method on a computer that is running Windows XP, locate a computer that runs Windows XP from which to export the registry keys. WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Part 1: Export the Subkeys from the "Source" Computer's Registry On a computer that is not missing the subkeys (the "source" computer), click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC On the File menu, click Export. In the Save in box, specify a location in which to temporarily save the registration file (.reg file). In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save. Locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC Repeat steps 3 and 4 to export this subkey. Part 2: Import the Subkeys to the "Destination" Computer's Registry Copy the exported .reg files from the source computer to a temporary location on the computer that is missing the subkeys (the "destination" computer). Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. On the Registry menu, click Import Registry File. Locate and then click one of the .reg files that you copied in step 1, and then click Open. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other .reg file. To see the original kb article, search: OFFXP: "Error 1919. Error Configuring ODBC Data Source" installing the mdac.exe and then right clicking the mdac.inf (it's somewhere in the windows folder) and running install is enough to get it to work properly.

I did a slipstream of sp2 and when it came to burning I received an error that there was a folder depth greater than iso standards / win 9x allowed. I continued to burn it . I then found more indepth instructions that the Paul Thurrot site didn't include such as: 1. Put a tick-mark for "Joliet". Then, for the relax ISO restrictions options: 2. remove or don't tick "allow path depth of more than 8 directories" 3. remove or don't tick "allow more than 255 characters in path" 4. put a tick-mark next to "do not add the ;1 ISO file version extension" 5. remove or don't tick "Allow more than 64 characters for Jolit names". Is this disk that I burned with the error message is it usable or should it be redone? TIA

I bought a Dell Dimension 4100 in 2001 right before XP came out. Initially the support was real good but within a couple of months it went down the toilet. It was a crapshoot if you got someone that was knowledgeable. There might have been something wrong with the HD (failed one test with there diagnostics) so they sent me a new one. The monitor transformer started to smoke, so they sent me another. A week after the warranty expired the CD DVD combo drive failed, I was on my own with this one. When I bought the comp and they asked if I wanted the 4-year warranty, I should have asked; "do you have so little faith in your products that I would need one?" It seemed after a while that all Dell solutions were to reinstall the OS. The 4100s have a bug with XP and I believe so did some NEC machines in Japan. In the clean disk, the web client has 32kb that isn't deletable and keeps adding up geometrically. Dell had no solution as for a fix. It's just a matter of shutting off the service in service.msc. They didn't know that. Dell, never again. I think some off the advice on building your own pc in this thread is the way to go. I've never done it. Is a book like How to Build a PC for Dummies is this enough or are there better starter books?

This has never happened prior to installing the printer drivers. It's happening on every disk whether it was written on this machine or not. They work just fine on different PCs. After a clean install the data is all there untill I reinstall the HP drivers and after a while the same bsod. I'm back to SP1. Durnnig the first reinstall I set up bios to boot from the atapi cdrom and it wouldn't untill I unplugged the the usb cable that was attached to the printer. That same cable worked just fine withe the previous printer.

In the last week I bought a Deskjet 5740, it runs for a while then I'm not exactly sure but after using PerfectDisk defragger and after inserting a data cd in either drive I get this bsod: stop; 0x00000019 (0x00000020,00x82775648, 0x0A030001). I found out that this is driver related issue. Doing a search on the net I see (at least I'm hoping that I'm not the only one) that there are other people have installation issues with new HP printers and SP2. I can get the drivers on but not off. System restore doesn't help. I haven't been able to reach HP and from what I can see that there is no fix yet . Sp2 has been running flawlessly prior to this. The problem I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me with is after the bsod the data cds , in either drive, if the cd has entries that were recorded over 10 burnings xp will only read the first. Nero can see all the burns. Is there a fix to get xp to read all the data on the disks barring a clean install back to SP1? TIA

There's not much that you can do that I am aware of besides unistalling the program that is causing it. It's usually the one above the space. You usually see this with some freebie programs.

The preferences, favorites, extensions, etc. are stored in: C:\Documents and Settings\??????\Application Data\Mozilla. Try removing that, it isn't usually uninstalled. There might have been some changes in the 1.0 preferences (I believe that the chrome file is where that is stored) that aren't letting 9.x startup properly. Also in the 1.0 beta there might be an extension incompatability that only works with 9.x if you have any installed. I had something similar happen with Thunderbird official release and the nightly that was related to the folder that works similarly for Tbird. I hope this helps.

If you use the convert ntfs switch, generally speaking, xp runs sluggishly. As pointed out the mft is fragmented and the sector size needs to be changed (increased to 1026, I believe, I might be wrong), so you need some sort of partition tool. You need to use the /Cvtarea switch to keep the mft together. The default size of the mft is 12.5% of the partition size. And I'm just writting out the instructions on how to do it : "Use the Fustil command to create a contiguous placeholder file equal in size to the mft you want to create. This file must be created in the root of the drive to be converted. Such as: fsutil file createnew c:\testfile.txt 1250000000 (based on a 10gb partition) You can use any file legal name, for the final parameter, substitute the proper size for the placeholder file in bytes. Run the convet command using the following syntax: convert C: /fs:ntfs /cvtrea:testfile.txt " I got a free upgrade from Dell to XP and they recommended an upgrade installl. I really didn't know the first thing at the time on doing a clean install and did it the way they recommended and it really stunk up the performance. Also the checkdisk utility didn't work you always got an error message that was unfixable using the /f switch.

I'm not sure if those are really exploits and not spybot program bugs. I get the same thing and every time I run spybot they come back on the next reboot. I have an eraser program overwrite them at shut down and still the same thing. Adaware doesn't pick them up at all. Cwshredder on xp keeps turning up CWS.JKsearch after cleaning on the next reboot. And I've seen posting elsewhere that this is also a bug in the program.

Thanks for the tip SONB, I did that and it works great, but I did mention this solution to someone else and I got this caveat: "You should be fine as long as the IP you assigned is outside the scope of the range being assigned by your DHCP server AND the IP is internal and assigned by your ISP". Is the "assigned by your ISP" is something I need to worry about on my stand alone computer? Or does this sound like the reply was taken out of context for a stand alone with an internet connection? Tia

At Black Vipers page http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm#WebClient he has this I heard some where else that this service is used for working on web pages remotely (anoyances.org)??? I don't believe that they exist in a special place but are just counting files differently in the cache. If you turn off the service the webcleint..... check box in the ms diskclean will disappear.

I have a Dell 4100 P3 and on this box I get the 32kb error and it can't be deleted and kb's increase it seems at first geometrically. When XP first came out I phoned MS and they where not able to give me an answer as were the files where located. The only mention I ever saw where on Japanese MS site and since have been removed a lot of Jp machines also had this problem. This is an unnecessary service for most people and can be switched of by going to Administrative Tools > Services > Webclient.

Thanks for your reply FthrJACK , this only happens in NTFS and not FAT32, this has stumped every one. Ontrack suggested that the XP upgrade disk might corrupt, but I don't know, everthing else is running nicely. George

Has anyone tried the NoSplash reg fix, to stop OE6's splash screen from coming up. After running chkdsk I got this message ( HD disk is ntfs format): Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap. Windows found problems with the file system. Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these Which /F switch doesn't fix until I removed the reg fix, but still I have to run Chkdsk twice not to see the above message. Now here's the catch, both Ontrack disk fixer and Norton's diskdoctor say no errors found the whole time ( before and after the reg fix install). If anyone has a clue as to what I'm experiencing I'd be grateful for your advice. Thanks in advance, George

Thanks for taking the time to reply,I am running IE 6 on XP Home. I've also tried that. Even if I go to autorun and type "%temp%" I get a bunch of empty folders. The %temp% is supposed to bring up any temporary files that aren't removed by any utilites. I don't believe there are any files, but the numbers are incrementaly increasing. There's a pattern emerging. The units are around 200 kliobytes. There's certainly no hidden folders that are holding them at least none I can find. The %temp% would bring them up.Unless there's something wrong in the OS programming? If you do a Google search on "webclient/publisher" there is a similar complaint as mine at annoyances.org. I don't think that this is particular to the Dell 4100-P3 1.1G I'm running either.

Does any one else have this occuring? The Webclient/Publisher temp files donot delete; the longer I stay on the internet, the greater the chance of an increase in the kilobytes accumulated ( usually in around ~200 kbs increments)and it doesn't matter on the site: if it has Flash material or Quck time. It doesn't matter if I delete the files, restart the computer and delete with diskcleaner, same thing. Running Ontracks file cleaner or the East Tec Eraser 2000 nets no better. I called Microsoft, after being on hold for 1Hr I gave up on the tech Dept. trying to find the folders that the Webclient/Publisher temp files are held in. Has anyone had this problem, I could sure use some help. Thanks.