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Thank you so very much. Paranoia is a good thing in these cases. Cheers!

First of all, I don't think Win98 floppy has access to NTFS filesystem. Second, Win98 floppy doesn't have NTLDR.

Maybe try this? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...69entry209169

I am attempting to download from Microsoft's website using IE, but I always have to use the GenuineCheck.exe tool to authorize the download, which is a pain. The WGA installation never prompts to install. I never see the 'Internet Explorer Information Bar'. Can I manually install this thing?

Using the command line, how can I give a limited user full control over a specific folder. TIA.

Well he is buying the card specifically for a half-life2 engined game, now isn't he.

That is correct! Anyway, I found a couple of utilities that fixed things up for me. JoyIDs is one lets you manually set the controller ID for the controllers. Another utility, DXTweak2, lets you manually calibrate your controller. Both these utilities can be found here. I'm Up and working now!

Here is my problem. Maybe this belongs in "windows xp" section, but I hope the gamers here can help me out. I have two controllers, both USB, hooked up to my PC. One is in the back USB port (gamecube), the other (logitech) I just plug into the front when I need it as it is the second controller and doesn't get used very often. Well, when the gamecube controller is the only one plugged in, everthing works fine. As soon as I plug in the logitech controller, then it is mapped to "player 1" and the gamecube goes to "player 2". I hate this. I always want the gamecube to be "player 1". I selected the gamecube controller as the "preffered" device under the advanced settings of the game controllers control panel applet, but that seems to have no effect. Any suggestions?

I do not think any of the regular contributors here are pirates. The VLK discussions appear occasionally because even though we have purchased XP legitimately, a VLK is sometimes necessary for testing purposes. Activating XP every time I test my UADVD is simply not an option. I will assure you; MSFN never has, and never will, condone piracy.

Very odd indeed! Are you running Home or Pro?

Well, it ain't working over here. Perhaps the disc in your optical drive doesn't have an autorun.inf? EDIT: I figured it out. GPEDIT.MSC->Local Computer Policy->Computer Configuration-> Administrative Templates->System: change the "Turn off Autoplay" item to "Enabled". finally!

Actually, that does nothing to the "my computer" functionality. I already have Autorun turned off, but double-clicking on the drive in my computer still launches autorun. Believe me... I've searched Google. I'm beginning to think the default functionality can not be altered.

Well that lets me set the autoplay options, but it does not control the behavior of the drive in "my computer". Double-clicking on the drive in my computer still launches the autorun regardless of the autoplay options.

Hello. When I bring up my computer, and I double-click on the CD drive under "Devices with Removal Storage", it starts the autorun. I would like it to explore by default. Is it possible?

Well I can understand frustration with the same questions asked over and over, but let me point out that some like to get their information from MSFN, not some website Google points out. Although I am not a very verbose user, I visit MSFN every day, and it has become my number 1 source for information. Before asking questions, I always use the MSFN forum's search capability, but I am not going to go to external (i.e. Google results) resources if I can't find it here first. I like *this* community, and I will ask my questions to *this* community.

RAR up your profile directory and the profiles.ini file. Then just extract these files during setup.

I just wanted to point out that the profile does not have to be random. One can edit/replace the file %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini to point to a default profile. [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=ProfileName IsRelative=1 Path=Profiles/ProfileName Default=1 Just replace ProfileName with the name of your profile. You can even rename an existing random profilename with one of your choosing by renaming the directory, and editing this file to reflect the change.

hotpussysingles, eh? Well, nothing wrong with that. As others have stated, it probably isn't firefox that is infected, but rather an external process that is launching your default browser with the webpages. Maybe you can (temporarily) set Opera or IE as the default browser and see if those browsers exhibit the same problem. Also, have you run the big three anti-spyware applications to try and rid yourself of this problem? http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx

Don't know if this is exactly part of your problem or not, but if you have $OEM$\$Docs\Username folder, then when the Username account is created you'll get a Username.COMPUTERNAME folder, which bypasses he default. This shows $Docs folder to be useless, so don't use it.

Hmm. I like this dropmyrights.exe tool. However, when I click a link in an external program that launches Firefox or Thunderbird, these will not be protected instances.

I've been reading about the Least-Privilege Principal as there seems to be quite a buzz about it these days. Specifically AAron Margosis' WebLog. It makes a lot of sense, so I decided I would try to implement running under a limited account. Unfortunately, I was not successful. I find that some applications, most games, and many tools that I use on a semi-daily basis will not correctly execute under limited privileges. Some of these I've been able to get around by using an AutoIt compiled script using the RunAsSet and Run commands, but even this approach does not work all the time. I am wondering if anyone has successfully been running under a limited account; in particular, any tricks or tips you have used to get around stubborn applications.

I've had some problems with some applications starting in other priorities. This seems to work well for me. It works for firefox. %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c start "runrealtime" /realtime "C:\Program Files\AppFolder\AppName.exe"

If you are not interested in selling this product to casual users because we are low-life scum of the earth instead of mult-billion dollar COOs, what the hell are you here for? Practice? Am I the only one smelling horse s***? For someone that is "not in sales", "not interested in home users", "unable to provide the software for testing", again, what the hell are you doing here? Why practice selling the product if you are not in sales. Exactly what is your role?

I think the best way to do this is with AutoIt ( http://www.autoitscript.com/ ) AutoIt has a command RunAsSet which lets you set the account username and password before using the Run command. You can then compile the script into an executable and keep your administrator password somewhat safe from inexperienced users.

Hello. I for many many years only had only my desktop computer. Now I now have a laptop. I would like to access a folder on my main computer with the laptop, as well as the printer. I have a cable modem connected to a wireless router/switch. The desktop is connected via ethernet cable to the switch portion of the router. The laptop will of course use the wireless connection. I figured out how to share the broadband connection OK using the IP address of the router as the gateway, and both computers now have Internet access. I now wish to take this a step further and share a single folder and my printer with the laptop, but I am worried a bit about security. I want to do this right some some as***** doesn't break into the desktop from streetside. Can anyone help with a specific procedure to follow to get this working? TIA! edit: Sorry, I didn't notice the Networks, Internet and Security section until I had already posted here.