Stoic Joker

The square-ish toothpicks (Most be gentile...) work rather well and are easier to control (smaller contact point) then ones fingernails. They also work great for straightening the pins on a CPU, if you happen to have dropped one, not that I have...

Do Not forward one (internal) DNS server to the other (internal) DNS server, unless you want it to take twice as long for the query to fail! There is no point in creating redundancy if they're designed to fail together... Both of your DNS servers service the same internal domain, Yes? For that each DNS server must use itself (and only itself) for DNS resolution, and then forward any other DNS requests to an external source (your ISP or the default web root servers) for any other domain. Your Primary DNS server is just that, Primary which is where your DHCP server will direct the IP/lease DNS registration updates. What you need to do is enable Zone Transfers from the primary to the secondary so they both share the same data and will therefore be able to respond with the same answer. This way if one does go down, the other is capable of handling both the internal & external domain name lookups.

I'm running an MSDN copy of Vista Business x64 (and yes it's legal )

Create a 4th user class for the (roaming) laptops as follows Address range 192.168.102.x - 192.168.102.x Subnet Mask 255.255.248.0 Def GW 192.168.100.1 and 192.168.101.1 and 192.168.103 Which should allow them to function on any of the subnets.

DHCP User Classes How to Create a New DHCP User or Vendor Class There's a tutorial on how to set it up here: The Lazy Admin: DHCP User Classes That should get you where you want to be.

True, this is generally referred to as the "10% Choke Factor" as there is usually much more pressure on you during the "Real" exam -vs- the practice exam where there is no ($125) penalty for failure. Although MS is offering one free redo per exam these days (not that one should need it...). @ Doctor#99 Good Luck on the Exam!

Interesting Stuff Guys, Thank You! I guess not all thread resurrections are bad...

Tis the nature of the beast... This has nothing to do with DOS, and everything to do with Dual Booting Vista. Vista will always insist on being on C: when it is booted, it will also happily give C: back to the other OS when the Other OS is booted. Is the Peek-A-Boo C: drive game annoying? a bit. ...But it's not hard to get used to.

You send Email via SMTP not POP3. Now, while it ain't real easy, you can send Email via telnet in a standard Windows command prompt. Just do a Google search on "Send Email via telnet" for how. I frequently use this method when troubleshooting mail server issues.

Sounds like a job for Presentation Mode, not RDP. Why not set the laptop on the desk next to the desktop and connect the projector to it?

Frankly I can't help but think these two points are associated. Trying to make a current program backward compatible with Win95 (or any of the 9x stuff) makes about as much sense as attaching an oxen yoke to the front of a Porsche.

Part of the "Simple" in Simple File Sharing is that the Hidden Administrative shares aren't available when it's enabled. e.g. you must disable Simple File Sharing to expose and use the "default" hidden administrative shares. So if you (have enabled and) are using Simple File Sharing, then you have no hidden shares to worry about blocking/hiding/securing.

I almost hate to ask this... but you're hitting what?!? Start button as in bottom left corner of the Windows desktop? or the Windows logo key on the keyboard? Flip 3D is the Windows (Keyboard) Key + Tab.

I did some Googling on this part and ran across a comment that if using MFC LoadLibrary is not required, if using pure Win32 API then LoadLibrary(...) is required. Does that sound about right?

Right! ...It's been a while since I played with richedit controls, but I recall there being a simple way to load them, I just can't seem to find it in my old notes. I mainly do system utilities these days. That doesn't mix. Zoiks! (missed that) I was thinking the target machine was 9x, not the developement machine.

Again a non-issue, Separate Tabs = Separate Sessions. any link on the banks site will send the bank as the referrer, if you navigate away via the favorites menu the referrer is none. The other site/session/tab has/uses none of the banks (SSL) info as it isn't relevant or accessible for that matter. The key to financial site access security is to remember to logoff and then close the browser (window or tab...) so the session history can't be used to back into the information contained on a page that failed to "expire" properly. ...It really is astonishing how lucky you can get hitting the back button a few times to relight a session key and gleen some info. I still use a separate window for banking stuff out of habbit; Straight in, straight out, logoff, and (closed) done...but it isn't necessary as Tab->close works just as well.

This is a long shot but I've run into it before on dual processor machines when doing processor driver updates (Remember the PIII one). You install the driver on the first processor and it wants to reboot, don't let it... you have to do the 2nd one first and then let it reboot. Windows Update tended to make this impossible unless you nicked the driver out of the temp and stuck it in manually. Point being perhapps the machine (via the HAL) is trying to start the "2nd processor" when there is no driver available for it. Also dig out a manual for the Mboard and make sure it's actually ready to fire on both cylinders. Settings like MPS Revision v1.1 -vs- 1.4, or ACPI APIC can make a difference in how well it behaves with it's new addition. I'm just thinking out loud here...

Block the referrer...Why? The referral string tells site B that site A is sending traffic to it, and let WebMasters know which of their ling sharing relationships are most (traffic-wise) profitable...You in particular are irrelevant. If your at a site you don't want to get caught coming from, then simply close and reopen the browser (assuming your home page is blank (which is much faster) your referrer is then (effectively) none. End of problem. I have exactly zero patients with (paranoid) users who insist in Daisy-Chaining a string of BHO/LSP (Baby-sitters) into the stack and then have the audacity to complain about IE being unstable/buggy/slow. No I'm not picking on you, I just have a pet peeve about all the non-issue crap-ware that is foisted on people in an attempt to panic them into doing a lemming dance off a digital cliff.

hRichEdit = CreateWindowEx([b]WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE[/b], "RichEdit", "", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL | ES_MULTILINE, 0, 0, 200, 100, hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_MAIN_EDIT, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL); Also I think you need to either LoadLibrary(...) or do InitControl() before the RichEdit control is/can be created. Man it's been years since I played with v4.52, I'm using MSVS2005 Pro now MSVS 2005/2008 Express Edition is free from MS btw ... Just a Thought

I stick with a mouse, I can work with a touchpad on my laptop for short periods, which is all I use it for on-site. Trackballs I absolutely hate as my hands tend to shake a bit (always have) making them impossible to use.

I added the server service to it this evening, so now I can browse the DOS 6.22 "box" from Win98/WinNT via Network Neighborhood. Let me know if you get stuck ... the complete VM is only 9MB zipped @DL. *Shrug* MemMaker.exe did it.

Now I wasn't trying to start anything... Yes those files will work on any Virtual PC (Which is why I posted them) as the hardware is always emulated the same. Things to keep in mind: Get v3 of the DC21X4 driver from Intel's site. DOS v6.21 will work, but only if you use v6.22's HiMem.sys (else you get Error 8: Not Enough Memory...) MS-Client v3.0 for DOS is still available from MS. Be sure to install Idle.com from the VPC DOS Addons or the VM will run your CPU wide open! Good Luck! ...It only took me 3 days to figure this &%^* thing out

Actually it's still there, or they put it back in VPC2007; vmadd386.sys, idle.com, fshare.exe, etc. all there. idle.com is manditory to keep the DOS VM for clocking the CPU wide open. The main problem I was having was with the syntax of the protocol.ini (and etc.)files, which I finally did get right. I've got DOS v6.22 logged into a share on an NT4 box now! Note: I had to upgrade to v6.22 because the himem.sys in v6.21 is poo. Here is the contents on the relevant system files: Protocol.ini [network.setup] version=0x3110 transport=ms$tcpip,MS$TCPIP transport=ms$ndishlp.MS$NDISHLP lana0=DC21X4,1,ms$tcpip lana1=DC21X4,1,ms$ndishlp netcard=DC21X4,1,DC21X4,1 [PROTMAN] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=ms$ndishlp [MS$NDISHLP] DriverName=ndishlp$ BINDINGS=DC21X4 [MS$TCPIP] NBSessions=6 DisableDHCP=0 DriverName=TCPIP$ BINDINGS=DC21X4 LANABASE=0 [DC21X4] drivername=DC21X4$ ConnectionType=AutoSense System.ini [network] sizworkbuf=1498 filesharing=no printsharing=no autologon=yes computername=DOS622 lanroot=C:\DOS\NETWORK username=Administrator workgroup=WORKGROUP reconnect=yes dospophotkey=N lmlogon=0 logondomain=WORKGROUP preferredredir=full autostart=full maxconnections=8 [network drivers] netcard=DC21X4.dos transport=tcpdrv.dos,nemm.dos devdir=C:\DOS\NETWORK LoadRMDrivers=yes [386enh] TimerCriticalSection=5000 UniqueDosPSP=TRUE PSPIncrement=2 [Password Lists] *Shares=C:\DOS\NETWORK\Shares.PWL ADMINISTRATOR=C:\DOS\NETWORK\ADMINIST.PWL Config.sys DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS BUFFERS=25,0 FILES=40 DOS=HIGH,UMB LASTDRIVE=Z FCBS=4,0 rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B100-B7FF I=C600-C7FF I=CC00-CFFF I=E600-EFFF FRAME=D000 DEVICE=C:\DOS\NETWORK\IFSHLP.SYS rem DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\VMADD386.SYS rem DOS=HIGH REM ======== IDE BUS CD-ROM Install Modification - Begin ======== rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\CDROM.SYS /D:ATAPI_CD REM ======== IDE BUS CD-ROM Install Modification - End ========== AutoExec.bat LH /L:0 C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\DOS\NETWORK;C:\DOS SET TEMP=C:\DOS REM ======== IDE BUS CD-ROM Install Modification - Begin ======== rem C:\DOS\MSCDEX /V /D:ATAPI_CD /M:10 REM ======== IDE BUS CD-ROM Install Modification - End ======== LH /L:1,640 C:\DOS\Idle.com LH /L:0;1,1728;2,28224 /S C:\DOS\NETWORK\net initialize C:\DOS\NETWORK\netbind.com CLS LH /L:0;1,736 /S C:\DOS\NETWORK\umb.com LH /L:2,77024 C:\DOS\NETWORK\tcptsr.exe LH /L:0 C:\DOS\NETWORK\tinyrfc.exe C:\DOS\NETWORK\nmtsr.exe C:\DOS\NETWORK\emsbfr.exe LH /L:0;2,304 /S C:\DOS\NETWORK\net start

Greetings I am trying to get a copy of DOS v6.21 running in Virtual PC 2007 on the network (...Because I'm an id***, if you must ask). ...Any how... I can not get this thing to work no matter what I try. I have the DOS MSClient installed and have fed it the driver for the DEC/Intel 21140 NIC but it keeps throwing errors on load, instead of loading. One would thing, being that there is only one hardware combination possible in Virtual PC, that this would be (simple) throughly documented somewhere ... but it ain't. I have Googled my a** off to no avail. Suggestions?

Okay ... I'l give you that, but he never really specifies if the D: drive is local or network (granted local is a safe assumption). If it is local then he'd need to go to each machine to create the junction point, unless there is some way of scripting its creation. It just seems like (Yes I'm digging at the why/how they got here) there's got to be a better way (DFS?) to do this. ...So I'm overthinking it by my self then.