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It could be a bad CD. Try downloading the network installation version to see if it does the same thing.

I used to move the pagefile around and do all these tweaks a long time ago. But given the fact that XP's memory management is much better than past versions of Windows the only page file tweak I do is to set the page file max size to the same as the minimum size. If you do this your page file will not fragment no matter what anyone tells you. The only way it will fragment is if you don't have enough physical RAM and you allow Windows to dynamically grow the page file. Given that hard drive speeds have gotten much faster I don't even see the point of moving it to another partition anymore. I've found it better to keep it in the default location and then do my disk intenstive stuff on another disk. Think about it this way. Say you only have two hard drives. You move the page file to the D: drive. Now you're doing something that can be disk and memory intensive (i.e. video editing). Which disk do you use for the temp files? C: drive where all of the applications are running, along with Windows? Or D: drive where you have the page file? Personally I leave the page file on C: and do all of my disk intensive stuff on the secondary drive. This dedicates the secondary drive to just those operations. Just some thoughts for ya to think about. As for having a large pagefile...no, it shouldn't hurt your performance any. Also, 32-bit Windows can assign more than 2GB to a process if you use the /3GB switch in the boot.ini. This is only useful if you have 3GB or more of RAM though. Windows XP Professional does support the /3GB switch.

Multihoming is easy. Multi-routing, however, is definitely out of the question for the average PC user. To be honest though I don't think he needs to go either route in this situation. One ISP is free but limits the amount of transfer per month. The other he pays for but has unlimited transfer. Personally, I'd just not use the limited one at all.

Their is no difference between XP Pro OEM, Retail, Academic or "Corporate" versions except for the Media and Keys used to install them...and that Academic and "Corporate" licenses don't require activation. The same Service Packs, Patches, Updates, Addons, tweaks, etc, etc apply to all of them. They're all just different licenses for the same version of Windows XP Professional.

If you need finer control of permissions and ownership check out SubInACL. It's another utility from MS that gives you more options. It has a steep learning curve compared to CACLS/XCACLS though. As for the other issue with write access in a subfolder where they only have read to the parent...this is very much possible. Just make sure that either "Everyone" or "Authenticated Users" (preferably) is in the "Bypass traverse checking" security option of gpedit.msc.

It's still not authorized software on our workstations.

The TurboCache model is only available for PCI Express models. If he was trying to decide between a 5200 and a 6200 odds are that he was looking at AGP cards.

If he uninstalls it and reboots it should pick it up automatically.

Agreed on the 6600 but if you're really on a budget then the 6200 will definitely be better than a 5200.

Test Software + Live Box = Bad Idea I have Windows servers that run for months at a time without a reboot. Sometimes I wonder what people do to their servers when they say things like "I have to reboot my Windows servers once a week or they don't work right".

There is no such thing as a "Corporate" version. People usually refer to the VLM version as "Corporate" because it's usually large corporations that purchase them. VLM = Volume License Media. This refers to the actual CD itself. VLK = Volume License Key. This refers to the CD Key you use to install with. It requires the use of a VLM CD and will not work on Retail or OEM CDs.

MP3 Tag Tools will allow you to do it based on filename structure, or even folder name structure. See the two options at the lower right of this screenshot: http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/images/mttv1.2main.png More information at the website: http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/

No, he's talking about Computer Management where you view Disk Management, Device Manager, Services, etc. In a networked environment you can use this to connect to other computers on the network. It's very handy for restarting services, looking at what's been shared, resetting the local admin account password, managing local groups, etc. I use it all the time on my workstations both at work and at home.

Installed it today on my wife's machine (which my 4-year-old son uses to play his games on...some are web based). I was previously using the content management features in IE but this is soooo much nicer.

*shudders* SiS... If you integrate the drivers don't press F6. It will fail if you do that. Integrating the drivers requires you to do a completely unattended setup with a WINNT.SIF answer file and the $OEM$ structure for it to work properly. If that confuses you just pickup a USB floppy drive if you don't have a floppy drive in your PC. Do a normal XP setup with a normal XP CD (no nLite). Put the drivers on the floppy (be sure there's a txtsetup.oem file in the root of the floppy), boot the CD, press F6 and search the floppy when it asks. If that doesn't work then you either have the wrong SATA drivers or you have a hardware problem. To be sure that you have the correct driver go to the link below and select "Chipset software", then "SATA & RAID" then "Windows XP". http://www.sis.com/download/

FrontPage 2003 doesn't mess with your code nearly as much as previous versions did...even when use WYSIWYG mode. That's just something that people who used the early versions and hated it still like to say. The split mode in 2003 where you can view the WYSIWYG mode and HTML mode at the same time is nice. It'll also show you that FP2003 doesn't jack with your code. The next version will be even better about it (from what little bit I've played with FP "12" it's going to be leaps and bounds above even 2003). ECMatt90, We need to see your site in order to tell you how to fix it. It's hard to explain how to fix your code without looking at how you're coding it.

I use XCACLS during my Unattended installations. It took some doing but I kinda figured out a way to keep some of the more known SpyWare and AnnoyingWare off of our PCs (we aren't allowed to run AntiSpyware software). What I do is create the folder structure where these applications normally install themselves...then I use XCACLS to remove permissions from those folders. I know it's a kludge...but it works. No more annoying WebShots installed everywhere (still not sure why they were installing that since we force the screensaver in the logon script and hide the screensaver tab on the display properties).

The Pioneer drives are awesome. Their CD burning speeds are typically a little slower than everyone elses though (their latest drives are 40X where everyone else is 48X). Anything Sony you get is probably just a rebadged drive...usually with less features than the original version of the drive. I'd stay away from Lite-On as well...they tend to go bad quicker than the others.

If you can figure that out I'm pretty sure the Game, Movie and Music industries will all seek your expertise because they can't figure it out either.

He's right. Disabling the server service will disable all named pipe connections.

WinMerge. It's comparable to Beyond Compare, but free/open source. I use the latest Experimental Build...which you can find in the Developers section.

Be sure to check the %SYSTEMROOT%\$NTUninstall* directories as well. If your machine has been installed for that long you probably have quite a bit of those. You just won't be able to uninstall any Windows Hotfixes if you delete those directories.

Here's a suggestion. Since you're already using hardware profiles why not add a second NIC to the machine? Configure NIC1 for ISP1 and NIC2 for ISP2. Now in Hardware Profile 1 enable NIC1 but disable NIC2. In Hardware Profile 2 enable NIC2 but disable NIC1. That should take care of the problem.

Open the DHCP manager on your Windows 2003 box.Go to DHCP > server > Scope [192.168.100.0] > Scope Options. If you have an entry for 003 Router then just double click that and enter 192.168.1.1. If you don't have that entry then right click on Scope Options and select Configure Options. Put a check on 003 Router and enter 192.168.1.1 in the bottom part. This is the same place you would configure DNS Servers, WINS Servers, etc. etc. It'll be easier if you make everything the same (either all 192.168.1.x or all 192.168.100.x) but it doesn't have to be that way. You'll just have to do some subnet mask magic. Unfortunately I don't think Server 2003 will allow you to reconfigure the subnet mask without recreating the entire scope. Nope, no domain required.

WD is kicking the marketing into high gear.... http://www.wdraptorx.com/ The video of the drive in action is pretty cool. It makes me want a pair even more.