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Notepad or any text editor. Right click on your Desktop and select New > Text Document. When it creates the new text file it'll immediately let you rename it. Rename it to os_version.reg and then click Yes when it asks if you're sure you want to change the file type. Now right click on os_version.reg and choose Edit. This will open the file with Notepad. Paste in the information from above and close the file, choosing Yes to save it. Now just double click it to import it to your registry.

Well...there are such things as network scanners but I doubt that's what he has. However, if it's a high-dollar multi-function scanner then it may have the capability. We have some Xerox copier/printer/scanners at work that are pretty nice. They're handy for scanning documents directly to PDF (they go straight to your email by either entering an email address or doing an LDAP lookup). There are network scanners that do nothing more than scanning though. Printers themselves are easy though. All you have to do is share it from the computer it's attached to. Or if it has a built in network connection attach it to the network and install the software/drivers on each PC.

Yep...they still use a battery for maintaining the time. It's not supposed to reset on newer systems unless the power source is removed...but I've seen it still happen. Fortunately the batteries are pretty cheap. Just pull it out and take it with you so you know you get the right size. You can even find them at your local pharmacy (around where they keep the hearing aid batteries).

Yes, it will. I've actually used this method for upgrading to larger drives in a file server. Create a Ghost image of the current drives then pull them out. Next put in the bigger drives, configure the RAID and restore the image. Ghost gives you the option of reconfiguring the partition size when you restore the image. It's worked like a charm for me in the past and as long as you keep the old drives in order then you have a fallback because you can put them back in the server and read the configuration from the drives instead of the controller NVRAM.

My point was that it won't help his frame rate. Shaving off a couple seconds from a ten second load time is a faster load time, is it not? It specifically mentions Battlefield 2, but you could give the March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update a try.

The board is actually an ECS board with a VIA KT333 chipset. And no, it won't support a single 2GB DIMM. It supports a maximum of 2GB, but it has to be in two 1GB DIMMs. http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp...%28Rev+6%2E0%29 I generally check Crucial to see what a motherboard supports, even if I'm not looking to purchase Crucial memory. They've never let me down.

You have an "older" client. The 6.0 client looks a little different than that. If you click the little icon on the upper left you'll get a menu. One of the options will be "About".

I would think any graphics type work would be sloooooow on Citrix compared to running the applications on a workstation. Then again, it may be faster if you're the only person using it. But, that's a lot of money to spend for just one person. Once you get a VPN connection it's just as if you're on the network so you can open any file shares, RDP sessions, internal websites or anything else on the network. Once you connect with the VPN you can just open your image files from a network share. In your situation Citrix would be a good option if you didn't have a VPN.

He's right...I should've said "rename the file". That way if it does have a dependency you can put it back.

Linksys' firmware does indeed have both WPA2/AES and QoS support. I've never put a 3rd party firmware on my router and I have those features. I'll have to double check, but I believe mine is a v3. I've worked on v4's, v5's and v6's that all have WPA2/AES and QoS as well. However, the 3rd party firmwares for the v3 and L models may extend the built-in QoS features. Again, though, I wouldn't worry about QoS on a small network like his. WPA2/AES would be more important to me for the wireless connection(s). Another thing to keep in mind...if you go with the S model (SpeedBooster) then you'll only get the faster advertised speeds if you also use Linksys Wireless NICs with SpeedBooster support.

Other than faster load times. A faster hard drive isn't going to improve your frame rate. More video RAM is becoming important as people start to crank up the AA/AF levels. The higher you have those, the more video RAM you need. At the same time, you'll also need the additional throughput for the video RAM. It's also true that having a better GPU is better for fast AA/AF processing. But the fastest GPU in the world isn't going to do you any good if it's starved for data...which it will be if you don't have enough video RAM with good throughput. How much system RAM do you have? You're obviously running Vista so if you have anything less than 2GB with gaming then your system is paging...which will cause lower frame rates. If you have 2GB or more, then what applications/processes do you have running in the background while you're gaming? Edit: Disregard the "how much system RAM" question...I just looked at the OP again. The question about what applications/processes are running still applies though.

Build a BartPE disk with the SCSI driver integrated (easy to do with BartPE). Boot the server with the BartPE CD and delete said file. This will keep ANY system services from running because you aren't actually booting the OS.

Actually, you want to use WPA2 w/ AES. There are two hotfixes for Windows XP for WPA2. The first one adds WPA2 support and the second one updates the WPA2 support.All of the WRT54G line of Linksys routers should provide WPA2 support out of the box. If not a simple firmware update (from Linksys) will fix that. Yeah, you'll be able to upgrade either the router or the card later and still have connectivity since the standard will be backwards compatible. They did that so people won't have to upgrade their entire wireless networks all at one time (bad for businesses). QoS is built into all of the WRT54G line since, I believe, v3 on. It's not something you should be concerned with on a small home network though. I have it disabled on my router at home.

Setting it as a Machine Startup Script using a policy won't work?

I would be careful of purchasing routers based on the 802.11n draft. They may be compatible with the final standard and they may not. On the other hand, 802.11g routers are pretty inexpensive now. Personally, I would go with an 802.11g router for now and then upgrade to 802.11n after the standard is finalized. My personal preference is the Linksys routers but I know other people who use D-Link without any problems.

WSUS was a very good choice since it'll push the updates out for you instead of you having to go to every machine to update them manually.

Does it block it completely or just keep it from working? We have that situation where I work. You can get to the site...but it won't work. MBSA still works though. If it blocks it completely then that's probably what's causing your MBSA problem.

Try the attachment. Since it's XP Home I don't know if the policies will be applied though. I don't have any XP Home machines to test against. Again, this may require a reboot (or at least a logoff/logon) to take effect. NoActiveDesktop.reg

You must be running XP Home. GPEDIT.MSC doesn't exist on XP Home. And no, that wouldn't mean that you can't have a wallpaper. It would only mean that you wouldn't be able to use HTML files as a background. Try setting both of these registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer NoActiveDesktop, DWORD 0x1 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer NoActiveDesktop, DWORD 0x1

Ouch...I wouldn't trust my dual Xeon setup to a power supply like that. There's a reason it's only $30. See my reply in the other thread about your hot swappable 600W setup. EDIT: Oh man...did you read any on the reviews of that power supply. More than half of them complained about the thing burning...literally...out. Check this quote:

That's what you should be running in that system ALL the time...especially if the system is that critical. Just because it's rated at 600W doesn't mean it's using 600W...it just means you can use up to 600W with that power supply. You won't use anymore power with that PSU than you were with the other one. The second PSU probably won't have any draw at all unless the primary PSU fails...which is what it's for. It's online, realtime redundant power (or should be). Drop searching for a new PSU and put the hot swappable setup in there. I could only wish to find a reasonably priced hot swappable setup for my Dual 3.06GHz Xeon system.

The proxy server could be blocking connection to the update site. When you run MBSA it downloads the catalog of hotfixes so it knows the latest stuff to check. Can you get to either the Windows Update or Microsoft Update site?

When you run the RDP client there should be a Help > About menu option. Try downloading the latest client: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en I doubt the client version has anything to do with it unless, and again this goes back to the GPO settings, the connection security has been set to anything other than Client Compatible.

Try this: Start > Run > gpedit.msc Navigate your way to Local Computer Policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop > Active Desktop Set Enable Active Desktop to Disabled. Set Disable Active Desktop to Enabled. Set Active Desktop Wallpaper to Disabled. Those settings will disable (and remove) all of the Active Desktop settings from the Display Properties so you can't turn it on anymore. It should also fix your problem (may require a reboot).

Any performance gains from running diskperf -n are merely perceived. See the bold text below: