TheFlash428

You will need "notepad.exe" to be in the system32 folder. (at least from my experience). Of course, I replace notepad.exe with notepad2. Edit: Sorry, slightly misunderstood...I would follow Iceman's advice, be sure to also check the System32 folder.

If you can't get the permissions to work, you could always create a "hidden" share. When you share a folder, put a dollar "$" sign at the end of the share name. This will allow the folder to be shared, but will not be visible in network neighborhood or when browsing in Windows explorer; so in order to browse the folder, you will need to manually type the share name. Doesn't really deny access, but keeps the share more on a "need to know" status. (I don't know if this naming convention is the same for non-american versions of XP though...)

Tom

Dont' have an answer to your problem, but gmail does provided free POP3 downloads which would allow you use outlook with your gmail account.

Afraid I don't have much experience added drivers as you mention. I have had much success using the BTS universal driver packs--pretty easy to use to if you can follow instructions. http://driverpacks.net/Projects/DriverPacks/ If you don't want to go this route, what I would do is go to your computer manufacterer's web site and download at minimum the driver for you Network card (or what ever device you use to connect to the internet), as long as you have that available to install, you can usually find the drivers for all your other devices over the internet or using Windows update after you are finished installing windows.

Could you have it run as a .bat file?

It is possible to access a computer using Remote Desktop over the Internet, but several key ingredients must be present. You will need a routable IP address on the computer you are trying to connect to--if the PC is hooked up to a linksys (or similar) router with a private 192.168.x.x address, then you will need to enable port forwarding on the NAT settings so that the computer can be reached via the router's public IP address (provided by your ISP). If this doesn't make any sense then chances are you will a have a hard time getting this to work. Assuming you computer has public, routable IP address (and you know what it is), then the other main roadblock would be firewalls. The default port for RD is 3389, so that port would have to be open on both ends of the connection.

there are tools available to help you do this, try a google search--although anyone will probably cost a little money. In the past I have used a product by active@.

Sure, but your scenario suggests that both connections are on the same IP network. The only way to truly do what you trying to by having the network connections on DIFFERENT networks, and setting up your computer as a router, possibly using static routes to determine which interface certain traffic uses.

Is this package available anywhere--it could be a very useful tool. I have had to do this manually before, but it is a pain. If you are not able to share the package, would you be willing to give a rundown of how it works (just a basic outline would be fine).

This error doesn't necessarilly have anything to do with permissions, you will see the same error message if the computer you are trying to access can't be found on the network. Windows default firewall can prevent network shares from being accessible. Try turning it off (if you haven't already), and see if that corrects the problem.

You said it is a work computer? If your wife works for a company (which owns the computer), they should have the resources to re-install the operating system on the computer. If you own the computer, then yes, I guess you may be on your own. I doubt any here can "give" you a restore CD, it's not really that easy (or legal depending on the intent). I have seen this problem with older monitors and equipment, is there another monitor you can try?

gpedit.msc is NOT available on XP home ed. (There may be a tweak to get it, but I have never tried).

10.0.0.2 is a PRIVATE IP address (as is 192.168.1.1), it is NOT an Internet address. If the setup instructs you to visit this address, you MUST be connected to the network that the router is on. Chances are that 10.0.0.2 is the default address of the default router, and you can only connect to this address if you physically connected to the router, wether it be via wireless or wired connection. my suggestion is that if you cannot connect wireless until you have set it, connect to the router directly using a network cable. your "ipconfig" (from command line) should look something like this, assuming the router is powered on and DHPC is enable to give your computer an address: IP address 10.x.x.x Subnet mask 255.x.x.x Default gateway 10.0.0.2 if this is so, you should be able to connect to HTTP://10.0.0.2 and configure your device. In other words--this address is hosted by the router itself, it is not a website; if you don't connect to the router, you will not be able to get to it.

I would agree. Windows 98SE might not even be a bad choice--it would run just fine on that machine, especially if you are just trying to build a junk machine to surf the web on and such; but Windows 2000 SP4 is much more compatible with most of today's software.

I highly doubt it--you would probably need the original (non sp2) disk, but if you had that, there would be no reason to reverse the slipstream process.

Well, I can only assume this guy has already made up his mind--but one thing I would add... even if you just can't afford to buy/build a new computer, at least upgrade to the RAM to AT LEAST 256 (and I would actually recommend a minimum of 512). Memory is not that expensive and will make a noticable difference to your performance, even on an older system and especially is if you under 256MB.

You can always reverse a system restore, and it won't remove any recent files you saved (as far as I know). It is basically a registry/system file restore, so loss of recent files isn't really a factor--like I said, I use it as a safety net whenever I install new applications, but I don't usually keep it on, so any time I have used it I wasn't really going back that far...

Don't know if you have it running...but have you tried to do a system restore? If you are able to restore your computer to a time prior to the loss of sound, and the sound comes back, then you will be able to pinpoint at least wether or not the problem is due to hardware or software issues. (Many dismiss System Restore as a feature that should automatically be disabled, and I understand that argument, but if you do have it on, it can be a great way troubleshoot issues like this. Even if I'm not using system restore, I will usually turn it on a create some restore points before making any major changes to my PC.)

Well, this behavior sounds weird--i can't imagine it has anything to do with WMP10, but it sounds like it may be a virus or malware at practice. Sorry, I know this doesn't help much. Also, I am not too familiar with system restore, I am not sure if it actually backs up all files on the disk, as I was under the assumption that it only backed up system files and the registry, so I would be interested to know the answer to that question.

It sounds like the number lock has been activated. Depending on what type of laptop this is, usually this is controled by a function key and a key press.

I have also found it helpful to delete all .ost files from previous installations (if there are any), and deleting all mail profiles (using control panel) before starting Outlook 2003. C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\local settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Not only will it not install on 9x, but it won't install on on Win 2000 without SP4--I personally don't know of any way to bypass this.

Yeah, it is easy to get frustrated, but think about it--if those on the other end of the phone were trully computer "experts", chances are they wouldn't have a job answering phone calls all day!

Yes, depending on what hardware your OEM version is tied to, you may be able to re-install an OEM version on another computer within the guidelines of the EULA (assuming you could use the hardware with the new computer, and as you mentioned you were only using the software on 1 computer), but it sounds as if retail is what you were looking for. BTW, anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.