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Agreed, set both initial and max settings to 3072.

285 cans of MT dew+me=death! Sweet, I've only had 237 cans today, so I should still be safe... Uh, make that 238--Ok better stop now.

It hurts my eyes! To be honest, I have always found the classic theme to be the most aesthetically pleasing--to each his own I suppose.

you could try this utility: Startup Control Panel It is a utility that will show you the location of most of your startup programs and allow you to disable them if you wish.

Well, I still recomend installing SP2, mainly for the reasons everyone mentioned above. I am using SP2 (on several machines), and have never experienced such problems. Perhaps your restore disk is bad(?). The best way I have found to install SP2 is by using an install disk with SP2 already integrated, so you may want to check some of the links and forums here at MSFN for instructions on how to do that if you have an XP disk previous to SP2, or just google "slipstream XP SP2". But this is just a recommendation.

I think (but don't know 100% for sure), that you can't remove SP2 from this type of installation. One question to ask though, what type of problems are you having? Perhaps some of the members of this forum can help. B) At first I was very hesitant of SP2, as I know M$ will usually release products before sufficient testing is done (and allow the public to test bugs for them), and given the large size of the service pack and the total amount of changes it made to the OS, I was esspecially weary--let's face it, XP SP2 is almost a new OS compared to SP1 and even more so when compared to XP Gold. And although I wouldn't have made this comment a year and a half ago, in my opinion XP w/ SP and all current updates is best OS M$ has released to date.

from CMD prompt: C:\>DIR [Target directory] >[Target .txt file for directory listing] i.e. to list windows directory to file "output.txt" on root C: drive- C:\>DIR C:\WINDOWS >C:\output.txt Don't forget that any directories with spaces should be enclosed in quotes -- C:\"Documents and Settings"\User

Is it replacing the 2nd (support) mailbox with the duplicate, or just adding a 2nd copy of your mailbox? Also, are you running any 3rd party additional software that may be accessing Outlook? (IE blackberry software, email antivirus, etc...). I have a similar setup, with multiple email accounts open on my OL profile, but have never noticed a similar problem. One thing I did notice though, because I also have multiple profiles set up locally I perfer to use "ask which profile to use" mode--but once I loaded blackberry software, this would not work and once I had opened one profile I would literally have to reboot to open another profile, where I should have been able to do this simply by closing outlook, and re-opening it.

Yeah, this is annoying--but I have never found a way to fix it.

Yes, I have noticed this problem as well. Another issue that I have (which was recently brought up on this board actually), is that when calling Outlook to send file externally (send to... function), it uses outlook as the editor and not MS Word, as I have my options set to do when using OL. The outlook editor has less functionallity and it won't add signatures.

Yeah, thats old though... Bush jokes are getting very old now Yeah, I know it's old, think I found it on an old post here actually, but I still think it's funnier. Also, I get M$'s site too, make sure you use the "I'm feeling lucky button"

Not to get on a soapbox, but they do warn that emails in trash may be deleted. Even if some messages do stay in there for more than 30 days (I would guess they don't do auto-deletes as long as sufficient server space is available?), I agree with the other posters, the trash just doesn't sound like a safe place to keep messages you want to keep, esspecially since they warn you about auto-deletes. You said you use POP3, do you have these messages archived anywhere locally (archived by the mail client)?

I've never used it, but that does sound a little pricey for me. Some of the tools look cool, but chances are I would never use many of them (146!?!?), and the ones I did want I would think could be found individually elsewhere (at least applications which accomplish the same goal anyway). Just my 2 cents. Would actally be interesting to know if anyone here has used it and could give review/recommendation.

I have seen this behavior when the monitor cable is slightly loose (on either end). This is kind of basic, but definately worth trying first.

Notice the "limewire" shortcut on the desktop...Hmmm...not to judge, but be weary of infected files on file sharing networks. I would try a virus scan--if your computer could stay up long enough. It is definately a driver issue, but what caused it is the question. any luck in safe mode?

Not anywhere near as good as "failure". think this belongs in a different forum also.

I live in VA and work walking distance to Pentagon. While I myself did not witness the event that day, There were many who did. I know people who were sitting on 395 when the plane flew by and eventually crashed. Of course the mind can be easily persuaded to believe what it wants.

Yeah, As far as I know, an account that has NO password shouldn't expire or every ask you to change it (I may be wrong, but this has been my experience--I don't remember ever changing any settings). Also, if the password truly did expire, then you should have had the opportunity to change it before that happen or when you first attempted to log on. Zxian is right, I would try to go into computer managment, delete the account and re-create it. Given that this is a stand-alone home system, this should not cause any problems and the new account should pick up the old documents and settings profile folder as long as it has the same name. If it does create a new profile on log-in (I have seen where it will create profiles like "user.000", where "user" is the username of the account in question if another "user" profile has already been created in the Documents and Settings folder), then just copy the contents of the old profile into the new profile while logged in as a different user with Admin rights (over-writing any files as necessary).

The behavior of the admin shares (c$) is that unless the computer is on a domain, and the remote user trying to access the share is a domain admin, you should have to provide authentication, wether it be from a domain or local account which has admin privledges. I assume that the account you are logged into your computer with is one with local administrative privleges, so you can access the share, either with the loopback address or your current IP--unless you meet the conditions stated above though, you SHOULD not be able to access them remotely. While I do not know of any other way to access the admin shares, you may want to disable it anyway via the registry, since it has been my experience that there is almost always some kind of way to exploit security concerns like this one, but probably not a big deal unless you are highly concerned with security and feel that you may be a target for this type of network thievery(?).

Yes, most of these repsonses are correct. Your receiver also acts as an amplifier, so if you are no longer using it, you are limit by the output wattage of your current sound card, which usually isn't much. If you want to power full size stereo speaker you should definately use some kind of amplifier or receiver with preamp outputs. Upgrading your sound card may improve the output, but it is unlikely that you will find one that will provide the kind of power you are looking for, if you really want to "pump it up". You can also purchase computer speakers that include subwoofers and amps that deliver pretty decent sound. As for Laser21, Asin's advice may be what you are looking for.

I have found that the current XP, with SP2 and updates, is much better at preventing spyware/malware at the OS level than XP was just a little more than a year ago--not to deny the importance of AV and Anti-spyware software, but keeping your computer up-to-date is definately an important step. I recently had to completely rebuild my mother's computer, one of the biggest problems was that she had turned Auto Updates off a long time ago because she was tired of see the "updates are ready" balloon, which she was ignoring anyway. You are probably right about your friends daughter too, one of main reasons I would always recommend downloading things like mp3s from a legit site, although it may cost some $$$, is not so much because of legal concerns, but because one of the fastest ways to expose yourself to spyware/malware/viruses is by downloading material from unknown sources using file sharing networks.

Trust me, Dell now is shipping it's consumer models with recovery partitions (which indeed upset me). In terms of the EULA, is what you saying is that if I own a computer with a valid license but no CD because the OEM did not provide one, that it would illegal to re-install the OS using a different XP CD (perhaps a retail CD purchased for a different system), even if I use the correct product code? I ask becuase I want to able to provide sound advice when I respond to people on this board. I understand your point about EULA and the OEM's usage of the software, but I would still prefer for the OEM to provide me with a copy of the media. Everyone knows support from microsoft or the OEM's is completely worthless anyway (unless you have a large corporate account and your support is actually handled from your home country), so I don't really concern myself with who I would call for help, because I wouldn't--hey that's what these boards are for right?

I know your situation. If the computer in question is a Dell, then yes, there is probably a backup partition on the hard drive that can be used to restore your system (I am sure other manufacters do this as well). I don't really care for this, just for the reasons you posted this in the first place--if I am capable of re-installing my own OS, then I should be entitiled to a copy of the installation media (hey, I have a license). Norton Ghost can be used to create a backup image of your system. What is great about it is instead of a clean OS install, it actually re-installs an image, so all your files and applications are still intact (from the time the image was created). If you still really want to create a CD for this machine, one thing to do is check out the Unattended section of the forums--what I would do is copy the XP disk to your hard-drive (make sure system files aren't hidden), slipstream SP2 (if not already included), NLite it, then edit the WINNT.sif file in the i386 folder to match the product key of your new machine. None of this is all that complicated, and as I mentioned, there are numerous guides and helpful members in the Unattended Windows forums.

Power Users won't be able to install any software either, from my experience--they will be able to add equipment requiring drivers, such as printers, but only if the drivers have already been installed by a member of the Administrators group.

I think this is probably a grey area. A registry hack sounds no good to me, even if you have a legal, valid product key--because it sounds like you are trying to trick windows into thinking its activated. I've heard of some of these methods before, and if the ones you refer to are the same, you won't pass the "genuine advantage" test, so I don't think this is what you would want to do. you can refer to this forum link to change your product key, which may be what you looking for: Change XP product key This isn't exactly the same question you are asking, but this method may work if in fact all you need to do enter an individual, valid key to each PC after re-imaging.