is there any reliable freeware anti-virus utility on web for win2k?.

Hello,a new problem. I have inserted the DisableCAD with value 0 and now after booting the system starts witht "Insert smart card or press Ctrl+Alt+Del to logon". On a other system appears after the same change "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del" to logon. How can I change this welcome dialog of the first machine...

Hi,<br/>Is anyone here to explain me how to Enumarate all non-plug and play drivers appearing in Windows Device Manager?

I am sending about a 50 Meg print job to a high capacity OCE printer (OCE 8145) and using Task Manager I can see the Memory usage climbing. (It is static if I use an HP, and I dont get an error either). As I approach the end of the spooling process I get the API error and then the Windows blue scr...

Does TCP and UDP have different socket number reserved to each, in the OS Layer?e.g. the TCP sock numbers are from 1-100 and UDP are from 101-200? something in this nature?? If yes what is those number range?Or there is a pool that will be assigned randomly independent to type of protocol??...

HOW DO I ,GET INTO ,VIEW AND EDIT (ADD/REMOVE ENTRIES) THE AUTO EXEC.BAT FILE.<br/>ANY IDEAS

When I goto ceratin websites, I keep getting JavaScript errors. Like Error at some Line Number. I enabled Java on my Browser and installed the latest Updates as well. Still get the error!! It is more of an annoying thing right now<br/>Any Ideas!! Thanks

i am having a an ocx which runs gud on mst of os but some time it fails may be its the problem of service pak o\w to find this

hi...i am using WinXP and am trying to use ASP.NET to run on it...the prob is that i cannot run on it cause when i try to share the folder..i cant share it...there is no share tab for me to share out the folder....can someone pls tell me how do i share the folder so that i can do my ASP.NET...really...

Hi everyone. I have the following problem: I am trying to connect to the Internet but no modem is found. So when I add it everything works fine. But after each restart the modem is no longer installed.<br/>Any ideas?<br/>Thanx

I recently upgraded form Win98 to WinXP as well as a 2.5G AMD CPU and Asus A7V600 MB.When I install and run VC++ 6.0 it seems to take forever to load my project and compile it (written under Win98 originaly).Have HD partitioned but VC and projects are in the same partition.If I run it in Win98 compa...

In my desktop, there are 2 Os.es, How can I change the option of of OS ?<br/>When it starts, option1 always XP, second is W2K,<br/>Thanks,<br/>Regards,<br/>Fiona

I backed up my data with Easy CD Crastor Version 4 but the backup disk was wrong andI did not have original data on my hard drive.It seems to back up directories A to Z quite correctly. However I can only restore the contents of directories A to G. H and beyond all seem to raise the dreaded When I a...

What is the fastest way to repair explorer.exe (windows explorer)<br/>without reinstalling the Windows(WindowsXP Pro).<br/>thanks!

Hey Guys,<br/>I got a German version of Windows XP and I installed it on a system here in Canada, but the system installed Windows XP in English. How can this be possible ?<br/>Thanks, Sonu

Hi all,<br/>Is it possible to lock a CD or a DVD with password? I mean not just encrypt the files and the directories in it, but also not allow the user to browse through the files if he does not know the password.<br/>Thank you, happy new year to all.

file opeartions(fopen,fclose,fread,fwrite) take more time on windows XP.Please let me know as why it happens so.I did test the timings,it took longer time in XP but lesser time on WINDOWS 2000

Hello,<br/>Since I came to know that Win98 doesn't support USB 2.0,<br/> I am very curious that there is no way to use USB 2.0 in Win98.<br/>It seems that there is no USB 2.0 interface card for Win98.<br/>Is there any reason USB 2.0 can't be supported in Win98?

Hi All,Sorry for asking one basic question.I just want to min. requirements for Windows 2000 Advanced server installation. We have 10 GB, 98 MB RAM PIII machine. Can I install Windows 2000 Advanced server. Microsoft site says, 128 MB is min. requirement. I want to know, Can I install the same on 98...

hi, my application is running in a dedicated system for that perticular purpose. So what i want is whenever a user logs in it has to dirrectly execute my applicaton.(the desktop is not at all visibl & active for him.ie he dont have access to desktop) But when administrator logs in, he has to dirrecl...

I have got a dual boot on my system, may I ask if and how it is possible for me to run a program from this OS when I am using another OS ?<br/>Thanks a lot,<br/>Regards,<br/>homestead

Can any one give me a breif description of the different layers inc <br/>service, kernel, and hal or point me in the right direction to find one:wave:

I just bought this lap top and occasionally when my cursor passes over a button activates the button but i'm not pressing the mouse button ,is this a new feature with xp,if so can I change this action <br/>thanks

I ran into the following error while installing a VALID, LICENSED version of w3k enterprise server...COM+ Setup Error:Sub-Component COM+ raised an exception while processing the OC_COMPLETE_INSTALLATION setup message.d:\srv03rtm\com\complus\src\complussetup\ccompluscore.cpp (line 561)Error code = 0x...

Hello all. I wrote the program that change the associated file for file extension.It changed the exe file extension associated application.now any exe file like notepad.exe, ms office application.. any application can't open right now..So i'm at RegEditor and trying to change the exe file...

Hello!I have the following problem:after downloading and installing the SCBase.exe (Smart card base components) I see it as Service. But this new service ("Smart Card Resource Manager") can't be started. (Even after rebooting after the installation process.)It always shows the following error m...

Hi,I developed a small app that changes the Resolution of my desktop, say from 800x600 to 1024x768. I am in 800x600 mode. I opened OS Display Properties->Settings page which shows under Screen Resolution 8x6. I chage the screen resolution to 10x7 using my app. But I still see in OS Settings page...

I don't remember when it started to occur or what I did, but for For almost a month now the message below always comes up before my Win'98 displays during startup;Invalid path, not directoryor directory not emptyInvalid path, not directoryor directory not emptyInvalid path, not directoryor...

I did this before on a Win98, but I don't remember the name of the file which has the name "localhost" and it's IP address and domain name. Where can I find this file on my Win2K?<br/>Thanks!...

I require a way to access and find a search on a word perfect document. It has to find in the document a word, phrase or number. (That is to say a word in the file or document.) XP/windows only seems to use this type of search with Microsoft software. Does MS/DOS provide a search to search all ty...

hi. In my lab we need to use a wirelles connection beteween 2 pcs. After installing those D-Link (54Mbits/sec) cards, the connection was unbelievable slow (by average less than 1Mb/sec). The 1st pc has XP and the other win2K. After using 2 pcs with win2K, both, the card seemed to work really faster....

I've recently activated IIS on my system (Dell GX270 Optiplex/2.8 GHz/512MB RAM, 80 GB HDD/USB x 8/Win2K Pro), and it seems to work OK...until I try to open my home page, when I receive a message "Failure to connect to server". Going to the Personal Web Manager screen, clicking on "IIS Topics"...

I would like to install a new modem but no matter how hard I have tried to ask the system automatically accept my .ini file from CD, I havent had any further success...That is why I would like to ask you if you could tell me where the modem ini files are actually located in system so that I can pick...

I have 2 OS es, now I already delete all the files in drive C, but I dont know why there is still one file call WINDOWS in that drive I could not delete it ? I even couldnot format the drive, what can I do to format my drive now ? How can I delete it ? Nice people, Please help me... I m really sad...

How to clear the search history coming in google? The history in the toolbar can be cleared by the "clear" button, but the history comes in the google web page cannot be.<br/>Plz help me to find a solution.<br/>Thanx in adavance<br/>luzmu

Help folks...We have an established 3-tier DCOM application which we have recently started running over the internet using Tunneling TCP/IP and COM Internet Services (otherwise refered to as RPC over HTTP).For some reason, the method invocations periodically fail with the message "The RPC call faile...

Hi Guys !! Please HELP !!I am in middle of a strangest of situations !!Windows Explorer (Win 2000 professional) shows me the directory structure but does not show the files in them though they exist !!!I however do not remeber changing any options (if there are any) to this effect. Wondering how it...

hil..whenever i try to shutdown my WinXP Pro but clicking on the trun Off button, instead of shutting down it restarts and comes back to the log on page..then i click turn off again..and again it restarts...then i click turn off again and it shuts down...why is this...can i solve this?i scanned my w...

There is FAT32 in primary partition in a hard disk(C: ) and NTFS in (F: ). <br/>boot.ini is in C: <br/>Where is NTLDR stored by default?<br/>please help...

Dear pals!i encounter a error on visualbasic when refer a api from dll developed using vc++.The error message is"member already exists in a object module from which this objectmodule derives".Here my code:in vc headerAPI gn_error __stdcall CheckForConnection();API gn_error __stdcall SendSms(char*,ch...

Hello all.I'm posting here because I honestly don't know where else to get an informed answer.Earlier today my computer froze when I was trying to log off. I just turned it off.Now when I boot up I get a momentary flash of a blue screen with some text content and the system restarts. It&...

Hi, I have an XP question: I made a movie using movie maker (generates wmv files). I sent this clip to a friend who also has XP, but she couldn't play the file using W.Media Player 9, nor using movie maker (something about codecs etc). Any ideas?<br/>Thanx

Hi,<br/> My process is now running, But I want disable other application such as sofice, visual C++ to debug me. <br/> How realize this feature?<br/> Thank you very much.

hi all i got a problem with my outlook express. i want to retain my old mails from my old instalation. i have the folders of my old instalation with me. i want to include that in my new instalation of out look express. how can i do this. its tooo urgent.

Hi everyone. I have a question about ftp of DOS (in windows 2000 or XP). Most times, when I try to upload a file using ftp the file is uploaded incorrectly (it is corrupted). If I use another program (eg smartFTP) the file is transfered fine. Why?

Hi. Using MS Paint (Win 2K), when I try to save a file in any format other than bmp (Jpeg, gif), I get the message box: <br/>"Paint cannot save this file.<br/> Save was corrupted, so the file has not been saved."<br/>Anybody heard of sth like that?<br/>Thanx.

Hello,<br/>Does anyone know why on windows XP machines I can kill services using the task manager and therefore make windows shutdown. (i.e. svchost)<br/>I am simply logged on as an administrator<br/>tarantulaman

Hi. I have an account in Win Server Network. I also have administrator's rights on the pc I work. I want to know how can I change a folder's permissions so as only I can have permissions for r/w/x on this folder (if possible, not even other local administrators do have persmissions). ( am...

Hi. The motherboard manual says I can use keyboard to turn on the pc. I did what had to do in BIOS but it doesn't work. Any ideas?

Help. I haven't worked on Servers that much before and am getting my big chance. #1. MS Outlook express won't allow for me to delete messages nor move the folders. It just started happening after I installed the latest critical updates. Even after I goto Tools/options and check it not...