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I assume there's no way to do this on XP Home Edition?
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What I think some people tend to forget is the Windows XP is essentially Windows 2000 with a pretty shell and --SOME-- updated stuff. They're not really all that different. Win2K = Windows NT 5.0, WinXP = Windows NT 5.1. yes, windows 2000 would run a little bit faster, but not much. Stick with XP is my recommendation as well.
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Also, is it possible to add in like a "nonspecific"? I sometimes like to create a new file named something.abc, so I do new->text document and rename the extension, hehe.
That's what I've always done with my CSS, HTML and other docs. New text file, rename the extension deal with that annoying do-you-want-to-change-the-extension-box that I always say yes to. It would be nice to be able to do our own things like this...
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Please please please can someone tell me how this is done? I'd really appreciate being able to do this for other files. Please please please?
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OK, turning off Simple File Sharing did the trick. Thanks for the link.
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Two things:
1: Yes, it IS there in XP Home if you go into safe mode. I've done it, and it's a pain, but it IS there.
2: XP Media Center is based on XP Professional, but with some things removed. It's more of XP Pro than it is of Home.
Anyhow, I will look into what you said about simple file sharing. Thanks.
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Does anyone know why the Security tab (when doing a right-click on a file and choosing "Properties") never shows up in regular mode, but it's there in safe mode? Even when I log in as Administrator, it's only there in safe mode. In windows 2000 and windows XP Pro, it's always there (I think, from what I remember) but on my Windows XP Media Center and XP Home editions, it only shows up in safe mode. It would be nice to have it always be there, particularly since one of the computers doesn't handle safe mode well. (see this).
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Wow! Thanks! That is SO COOL!
:thumbup How do you do that? I'd like to figure out how to do this myself. There are other types of files it would be nice to make, and it's not quite practical to upload them here every time for someone else to do for me. This is so neat! Thanks a lot. :D I apologize for all the smilely faces, and hope they aren't too annoying... I just think this is so... COOL!
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Now how exactly do I do this? Do I just merge that .reg file with the registry, or do I actually need to put this template file in a certain folder on the computer?
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I've attached a very basic HTML (ok, technically XHTML according to the DOCTYPE). Thanks in advance for the help. I am hoping that once this is figured out, I can just make whatever little document I want and add it to the list. Thanks again.
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Is there any way to customize the menu you get when you click the File Menu, then choose "New"? I'd like to specify a certain, for example, html document to use, and I would click file > new > HTML document and it would paste a copy of that html document into that place. It would be nice to be able to have several things I could insert, like CSS documents, HTML documents, PNG images, etc. Does anyone know how to make a custom new-file menus??
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Will that totally get rid of shared documents? Because that's not what I want to do. I just want to disallow access to it from certain accounts. I suppose what I could do is have a folder inside of shared docs with everything from shared docs in it, then apply permissions to that folder so that only certain accounts have "ownership" of it. I don't think you can apply permissions to system folders like Shared Documents, correct?
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@Tony:
For now, if all you want to do is get rid of it, I suggest you take a look at the registry under the following location:
HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon. In there, look for "ginaDLL". If it's there, delete it. What that does is specifies a custom GINA, which is the file that contains that image that usually says Windows XP, but now says something different. Deleting that will tell Windows to use the normal, regular GINA. Chances are the previous owner made a custom GINA with their image, and if they did it the "right" way, used that registry tweak, rather than overwriting the original file. If they did overwrite the original file, you've got a bit more of a problem.
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Yep. Welcome screen controls it. But if I were you, I'd be worrying about how it got changed just out of the blue. Did you do that accidentally? Or do you have someone making changes to your computer? Since you have only one account, it's probably an administrator account. And it apparently has no password. So perhaps someone is getting in to your computer. If I were you, I'd create a separate Admin account, and make the current one a regular account. Put a good password on the Admin account, and only use it when you need to.
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Thanks for the info, maxXPsoft.
I got more info on the loading of NTUSER.dat, etc, and have used it succesfully. It all seems to be working... I'm not planning on making too many more changes, I just wanted to some little things like disable registry editing for certain users, etc. My brother doesn't really know much of anything about computers, he probably doesn't even know what the registry is, but I figure who knows who might tell him to go do some certain thing "just because". Actually, the lack of knowledge is partially why I wanted to make some of these changes, since he could do some bad thing without even knowing he was doing it. I frequently get into conversations along the lines of "somethings wrong!" "what?" "i don't know." "well...". Also, I wanted this information for locking up the Guest account. I usually disable it, since I don't have many guests, but occasionally someone does need it, so I temporarily enable it. Now they can't change the display settings, go to certain places, or run tasks or edit the registry. I am still trying to find a way to hide the Shared Documents from them, since they don't need it and I don't want them there. Anyone know? Thanks again everyone.
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Why on earth do you want to have all your passwords in one place???????
It seems really.... unsafe. If someone gets just that one password, they have all of them. But if you must, then I would agree that a PDF with security would be good, you can even put passwords on Word documents.0 -
Why not just use the control panel? Under user accounts, you can click on a user name, and then choose Change the User's Picture. Much easier than screwing around with the registry and such.
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So now I have another question. Where would the registry information for groups be? As in settings for all the Users, all the Administrators, all the Guests, etc. Any idea? I know they have SIDs, because when I use the user2sid.exe tool and put in Administrators, it gives me an SID, and when I put in Users, Guests, Power Users, etc, I get SIDs for those, too. Oh, and can I make changes to the default user by editing the NTUSER.DAT file in C:/Documents and Settings/Default User? I would assume so, though I probably don't want to mess with that anyways.
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Will this help?
Yes, thank you.
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Looking at the price difference (MCE2005: 99 EUR/122 USD vs Pro: 129 EUR/158 USD) you may accept the inconvenience of the missing group policy editor and the centralized management - as long as you can help yourself with some registry tweaks.
Well, my WinXP MCE 2005 SP2 has group policy editor. As stated previously, MCE is XP Pro without support for domains/Active Directory.
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Windows 2000 style logon
To revert back to the Win2k style logon so you can log on as the administrator and other options, press ctrl+alt+delete twice
If you want to have it always do that, without having to press C-A-D twice, run "control userpasswords" (or go to User Accounts in the control panel). In that box, click "Change how users log on and off". Then, clear the "Use the Welcome Screen" box. Note that this will disable fast user switching. Press Apply, then the next time you log off you will see the good 'ol Win2K logon. If you want to require people to press Ctrl+Alt+Del first, you can run "control userpasswords2" (you need the 2, and it's all one, not user passwords 2, but userpasswords2). Now, in this dialog, click the "Advanced" tab, and make sure that "Require Users to press Ctrl-Alt-Del before logging on" is checked. Now, click OK, and the logon box will require you to press Ctrl+Alt+Del. If you want to know, I can tell you how to make it so it doesn't show the name of whoever logged on last, too.
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Well, first of all, make sure they have "Limited" accounts. You probably knew that already, but just in case... XP has a bad habit of making users Administrators by default. How old are your kids? I would lock things up differently for a 4 year old than a 14 year old. You know, you can (I think??) set it so that they can only run certain approved programs. This would prevent them from running any installers, or computer games, or anything else not on the list, for that matter. Also, have them use Firefox instead of IE, if that's what they're using. IE is more likely to have security issues, and it crashes more, too. Unfortunately, it is harder to control the security settings for Firefox without them revoking those changes. Seems to me you could just use the security tab on the properties dialog to prevent them from accessing certain folders on the computer. Of course as limited users they won't be able to do much of anything to SYSTEM32, WINDOWS, Documents and Settings\anyOtherUser, Program Files, etc without getting a big ol' "Access Denied" box. Just a tip, don't make things too strict. It's soooo annoying when some control freak goes and locks things up so tight that you can't do ANYTHING. For example, don't go and disable the Task Manager, you need that to kill applications that crash. If they're any older than about 12, then they'll probably find a way to do what they want anyways, at least to an extent. Oh, and regardless, you should take away their ability to edit the registry. You don't want them screwing up the computer or changing settings, either on purpose or by accident.
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As for restricting them (but not yourself!) you might want to check out this and this. The spreadsheet available at the second link lets you set a LOT of settings, and you don't even need XP Pro - it works on XP MCE, Win2k and even on XP Home I think some of the time. I just finished setting up an account on my computer for when it needs to be used by other not-so-trustworthy people. You can make it very hard for them to do much of anything - change their display properties, use Run, change the password, etc. Definitely good to check out, though you'll need some registry editing knowledge, and mine is somewhat limited. Another important thing for you to tell us is if you're on a domain or not. If these are stand-alone computers, things may be different.
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This is perhaps the weirdest thing I've ever seen. There's a Dell Desktop with WinXP Home SP2 that I use occasionally that WILL NOT start in Safe Mode if I don't first turn on the Welcome screen. I prefer the Classic Logon pompt, the one that looks like Win2K, so I turned off the Welcome screen, but one day I went to boot into Safe Mode, and it got as far as "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to log on to Windows" and the whole thing froze. The mouse would not BUDGE, the keyboard wouldn't register ANYTHING AT ALL. I went back and tried again, this time with the Welcome screen on. I clicked on my (Administrative) username/picture and the whole thing froze again. Mouse wouldn't move, keyboard wouldn't respond, I had to press and hold the power button to turn it off. Then I went back and removed my password and tried to log on (with the welcome screen on). It finally worked. Any clue why this was happening? It seems to me that if safe mode is needed to repair the system sometimes if you can't use normal mode, it's pretty bad for Safe Mode to not work without using regular mode to make it work. How can I maybe fix this?
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:thumbup How do you do that? I'd like to figure out how to do this myself. There are other types of files it would be nice to make, and it's not quite practical to upload them here every time for someone else to do for me. This is so neat! Thanks a lot. 
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I am still trying to find a way to hide the Shared Documents from them, since they don't need it and I don't want them there. Anyone know? 
It seems really.... unsafe. If someone gets just that one password, they have all of them. 
But if you must, then I would agree that a PDF with security would be good, you can even put passwords on Word documents.
to passWord or not to passWord?
in Windows XP
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Passwords all the way!
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Most people I know who have had anything to do with me and my computer use say I'm security-paranoid. Group policies all over, password restrictions, forcing them to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to log on, forcing a password-protected screensaver, making people change their passwords periodically, ranting at people who write down their passwords, then forcing them to change them immediately, etc. etc. Passwords are good things to have. I make everyone else have them. Trying to make a short password, non-complex password, or otherwise not good password sends the computer into panic, displaying a No Way dialog, try again! Passwords passwords passwords passwords passwords passwords. Heck, even my TI-84+ calculator has a password on it. Oh, and did I mention I like passwords?