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what about going through add/remove programs to totally uninstall wmp and then running Ccleaner to delete invalid reg entries then reinstalling wmp10? that should work

hi all can anyone tell me is it possible to run a script invisbly? for example when a user logs on and a script comes up that maps the drives.. i know its possible to hide what is actually being done in the window but i mean the whole black DOS window, can i make this invisible? thanks for any help

you cant remote desktop to a xp home machine, believe me iv tried and tried however your can remote desktop from it. the alternative is MS netmeeting or something like ultravnc Thanks

right click the my computer icon and select properties, then select the advanced tab, now in the performance sections click settings and then advanced tab and finally click change now set your initial and maximum size to 1.5 x your memory(in your case 256) so that would be 384 and click set, this should solve the problem for you

fantastic! i knew id seen commands like this somewhere, i did type help at cmd to try to find them but couldnt and now i know why thanks cluberti i should be able to do this no probs now

Hi all i have 2 xp pro machines connected via crossover cable, and if i type in the path of an admin share (\\192.168.1.1\c$) i get up the authentication box that has the guest account in it and a password box so i enter the guest password and it lets me connect to that share for as long as i want, providing i dont restart my machine. i was wondering does anyone know how i can do this automatically in a batch file please? (that i would run at logon) thanks in advance

hey no i dont know of a way to that, but if you install it then do the following you can change its key: first navigate to the following reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents right click OOBETimer, and modify one of its digits (any it doesnt matter) next open up run and type %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a a box should pop up in it click yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows, and then click Next. then click Change Product key, type the new product key in the new key boxes, and then click Update. all done!! hope this helps

thats ok glad i could help you, stick around and if anything else crops up please post it and someone will try to help

Hi Baldy Welcome to the MSFN Forum if you right click anywhere in a blank space on the desktop and select "properties" a box should come up. if you then click the "appearance" tab and at the bottom you will see drop down box called "font size" adjust this as you please and hit "ok" when your done hope this helps

thanks ever so much for that ill try it 2moro, the reason im doing it (if your interested) is because i want to create .msi packages for a few programs we use on every machine we build for clients and then just install them via group policy thanks again

does anybody have any experience with wininstallle? i am going to use it to create some msi packages, i am going to use a virtual pc with windows xp on it on my machine that has xp on. do i need to run the progam wininstallle.exe from my machine? or can i run it on the virtual pc? any help would be greatly appreciated as i have no experience with this program thanks

Hi first try seeing what is running at start up (type msconfig at run) and disable what isnt needed, the balloon tips can be disabled there is a registry hack or a .vbs script on the net somewhere, also check that your windows aer fully up to date (although i assume they already are ) hopefully one of these sugestions will help you thanks

a quick google search brought this up, have a look and see if it is any use http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=835 thanks

i once managed a 6mb mp3 file...... even that p*ssed me off lol, so glad i have broadband

and when your done with that download "copernic" desktop search its the best! when you first start it and type something in the box be sure to select something that will be stored locally e.g music or video, that way it wont bring up the web search and will search only your HDD'S. honestly try it its the best

if you right click on an exe you can tell it to run in 640x480 i think, which would be windowed i think try it and let us know what happens

you say you tried using the same account on each machine to eliminate permissions as a possible problem, but did this user have domain admin rights? if not make the user a member and try it again, i fail to see no reason why it shouldnt work

hey personally i would disable dhcp on the hub and create a dhcp scope on the server and that way the server can handle address leases

hi sparkie_be do you know what DHCP is? im not trying to undermine you if you do but if you dont please read below: it basically gives you an IP address automatically, so to check if your laptop has DHCP on or off do the following to check: control panel -> network connections -> right click on local area connection -> properties -> TCP/IP -> properties if "obtain an IP address automatically" is highlighted then DHCP is on if there is an IP in there then it has been manually entered and therefore DHCP is off ok now the problem: in order to get around this try giving your laptop the IP 192.168.1.103 this should bring you onto your network now try to "ping" another machine if you can then you know you have a connection, if not check firewalls they often block pings now try to ping beyond the internal range of (192.168.1.x) e.g your isp's dns servers or a website and see if you get a reply hope this helps you out

could you explain a little better please, from what i understand you brought your laptop home and cant connect to the internet with it, is this right? if so check it doesnt have a static ip, open command prompt and type ipconfig and check if DHCP is enabled if it isnt then go to the network settings and properties of the device and then to the TCP/IP properties and tick "obtain ip address automatically"

never used foobar, ill check it out thanks! and i currently use winamp and probably will continue to if this foobar doesnt do what i want thanks for the help superlevel

the only thing i could suggest for this is check the routers settings for anything related to speed, if that fails totally uninstall and reinstall all NIC drivers on both pc's other than that i dont know what to suggest thanks

he could have a valid key but broke his disc, and thats why he borrowed his friends, therefore he is using a legal copy, lol

check in your profile for the file NTUSER if its extension is .man you wont be able to change anything, so change it back to .dat p.s and the file is a hidden file

wow those extensions you made are really great! part of my regular windows setup now rekon thanks again