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Yes.
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There are ways to obtain the password of an account, however, I'm not going to give you them right here. The better alternative would be to either use a bartpe disk with a password renew plugin to reset it, or, the better option would be to just do a complete reinstall. I would recommend the reinstall - you can get rid of all the old settings, remove any malware that might be lurking, etc. and start afresh.
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Kick a** partition editor. Burn the iso and boot off of it, then it uses a live cd to give you an easy to use interface with which to modify partitions. Easy, fasy, free (as in beer and freedom!) Also in the future if you want to change the sizes of partitions or add new ones, it can do that, too.
I'd advise deleting all of the old partitions, then making an XP partition and a 98 partition. Format the 98 partition with FAT32, and the XP one with NTFS.
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If you have to ask....
Now what do you think?
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Dual booting is obviously the best solution here. I'd recommend setting up two partitions, then install windows 98 on one of them and windows xp on the other. Install windows xp 2nd so that the new bootloader will be installed. If you need to set up partitions, you can either do it during windows setup, or you could use gparted, which is a free, handy boot cd with a partition editor.
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You can back up your current activation files to avoid having to reactivate. the method varies depending on whether it's an OEM, volume license or retail version.
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if you upgrade that RAM (and RAM is cheap these days) that system will run xp fine. Turn off the superfluous crap, disable unneeded services, then enable the classic shell, use the windows classic theme and use the classic logon and it'll be fine. Windows XP is built on the windows NT kernel, windows 98 is DOS based. The benefits of the NT kernel far outweigh anything 98 has to offer. NTFS, better security, support for newer programs, better multiprocessor support, support for more RAM, less buggy, etc. Supported by MS still.
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I'm not sure why you want anyone to be able to access the computer without a password, but whatever.
Try enabling simple file sharing. Tools > folder options, view tab, check use simple file sharing.
Accounts with no password cannot log on over the network, with the sole exception of the guest account, which is how simple file sharing works - the guest account logs on automatically.
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The Users tab only appears when fast user switching is turned ON, which it cannot be* in a domain. However, if the messenger service is enabled, you can send messages by running this command:
NET SEND /domain:domainname /users:usernames "your message"You can also just specify the comptuername of a computer on the same domain as you and leave out the users and domain parameters. E.g:
NET SEND computername "Hi!"Messenger service must be enabled for this to work. Services.msc > messenger service > automatic. Messenger service can have issues, so this may or may not be optimal.
* Well you can in a hacky sort of way by enabling multiple terminal services sessions, but that can make computers on a domain confused. Multiple TS sessions are allowed on windows server 2003 by default, which is why it shows up there.
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There is a setting in prefs.js (about:config) to show the nav bar. I don't remember what specifically it is but I think it says on the download page.
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i am looking for new nickname i want one that have sumthing tho do with spiders
-looks at username-
????? Doesn't that already have to do with spiders?
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Rkiosk is amazing. Use it. (That's the link he gave in the previous post)
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Presumably either logonui.exe or msgina.dll.
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You can't remap ctrl-alt-del, even by changing logonui (vista) or msgina.dll (xp). Just... don't even try. You'll wish you hadn't, trust me.
Ctrl+Alt+Del is a reserved by the operating system. Only winlogon.exe can decide what to do with it. ONLY. Winlogon gets Ctrl+Alt+Del, then it tells msgina.dll or in the case of vista logonui.exe what dialog/action to perform.
If Ctrl+Shift+Esc isn't working, your OS is already seriously screwed up. I'd recommend checking a couple more times, then doing a reinstall if it still won't work. It should.
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1: You should post this in the area for the operating system you are using
2: You should state the operating system if you don't.
3: Welcome to MSFN.
To answer your question: No. Ctrl-Alt-Del is special. Use Ctrl+Shift+Esc, it will always directly open the task manager. I swear I've answered this before...
If you are using XP, you could change it to welcome screen logon, then it will behave as requested, however, that is not as secure of a method.
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FIDO
A common dog name.
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The only thing is, this should work without it having to contact MS. This is supposed to work without an internet connection.
Do you remember what you did on windows 2000? I thought win2k didn't have WGA, so that sounds... odd.
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This may just be what this tool was designed for...
http://hostfile.org/MGADiag.exe
It's a Microsoft tool for displaying all the information about the Genuine system. It should help!
Yeah I've been on the MS WGA forums site for a while. I ran that tool, and here's what I found. BTW this is Windows XP Profession 32-bit, Dell OEM. Just reinstalled today.
Diagnostic Report (1.7.0066.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine
Validation Code: 0
Online Validation Code: N/A
Cached Validation Code: N/A
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-*****-*****-*****
Windows Product Key Hash: (removed)
Windows Product ID: (removed. it's oem)
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro
CSVLK Server: N/A
CSVLK PID: N/A
ID: {ED4D8178-3459-465A-8F0C-9AC6A0BE8638}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.7.59.1
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: N/A
Architecture: N/A
Build lab: N/A
TTS Error: N/A
Validation Diagnostic: 025D1FF3-171-1
Resolution Status: N/A
Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: Registered, 1.6.21.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-470-80070002
Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)
Default Browser: E:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
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Occasionally, I want to download things from Microsoft that require a WGA genuine check. I don't want to have to install the plugin for the browser, so I just download the "alternative method", then run genuinecheck.exe, and give it the code that it spits out. In the past this has always worked.
Now I installed Windows today after I managed to totally mess some stuff up, and now, I'm trying to download things requiring WGA validation. I keep getting the following error: It's not that it thinks my windows isn't genuine; it's that it can't figure it out one way or the other!
---------------------------Windows Genuine Advantage---------------------------Code not available. The validation code could not be obtained. This may be dueto technical difficulties, or you may be running an unsupported operating system. Please close this window and attempt the validation process again, or use the Back button in your Web browser to return to the download details page. [Error code: 0x8004026f]---------------------------OK---------------------------
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? A google search on the error code has turned up nothing useful. Help!
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I think cluberti is referring to NTFS permissions, which dictate which users can do what to which files and folders. I'd advise that you turn off Simple File Sharing (it's in tools > folder options under the view tab) and then right-click one of the drives in question, click properties, then go to the security tab and let us know what it says.
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I recently wanted to add Windows 2000 to my machine which has an existing xp partition. What I did was I used Gparted to shrink the XP partition, then create a new partition to put Win2K on. You could try that. Gparted is an amazing tool - it's the gnome partitioning tool, and they make a boot disk that you can use, which boots into a minimal linux live cd, where the only thing in the interface is the partitioning tool. Just boot off the disk - there's no need to install it or anything.
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I believe CPU-Z will tell you that. Google it, it's a great tool.
I think the P4's are 64-bit. But you should check nonetheless.
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WHOA.
I accidently typed in theroot.ofallevil.com and it gave me the verisign website.
I wonder how many ofallevils there are?
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Most graphics cards are capable of this if you have the latest drivers installed. Look around in the video driver's settings. I know where they are in the Intel ones, and I've seen it before in Nvidia ones. I don't have much experience with ATI cards, but I imagine they'd have it too.
Windows can't do it on its own though; you need to use the driver utility.
Keep in mind if these are LCD displays: cleartype doesn't always work in positions other than the normal upright position.
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What I don't get is why the heck Microsoft would want to maintain a site that is basically saying their company is evil. I too have seen this before while googling and thought it quite odd. Perhaps it's someone who did an nslookup on microsoft then just pointed their domain name at the same IP's?
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????? 
Upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro
in Windows XP
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Wrong.
It should be fine without slipstreaming drivers; the old ones should stay. You may want to slipstream SP2 or SP3 first, though.