How would you change the text in the start button in XP? I've seen it done, I just don't know how to do it myself. I've seen people put up stuff like "Rock and roll" (oh yeh, colleghumor ;) ), how would one go about stuff like that? Thanks.

i mean upgrading as of releasing patches, giving support, etc<br/>Anybody know anything about this?<br/>this made me wonder about that:<br/> http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~normanb/

On Windows 2003 Server, I am going to monintor some performance objects and counters by Performance Console. However, it is said monitoring them will cost many resources.So I want to know how much spending will it cost, specially for such objects as Cache, Memory, Processor, System, PhysicalDisk, Lo...

I am using XP Home. But recently, the windows will pop-up a windows and count for 1 minutes, the windows will automatically reboot after the counting...after that, i had updated the windows, however, the problem is still out there......so i really want to know how to solve this problem so that it w...

Hi. I have an html file used in active desktop (windows XP). I wanted to know how can I change the size of the displayed page on my desktop.<br/>Thanx

Hi<br/>I can start or stop a service using : NET START / NET STOP commands<br/>but how to get a list of the running services using NET or any other mean ?<br/>thank you in advance :)

HiI want to connect to a server using Remote desktop connection program.When I try to connect I get an error message :The Client could not be connected to the remote computer.remote connections might not be enabled ....etcPlease inform me how to enable remote connections on the server ?I have the ad...

Hi all,Recently we've been experimenting with XP SP2 and we've found out our driver installation doesn't work. That is, it works only for the first time, but once the files have been copied, all subsequent update attempts fail to overwrite them, and the uninstall fails to delete them....

The details are described here: http://weblogs.asp.net/jnadal/archive/2003/10/29/34413.aspx <br/>Here are the directions on how to download it, however seems like it failed for me :/ http://blogs.msdn.com/karstenj/archive/200.../25/166334.aspx

My java application refused at once to find localhost. Allso browsers do not find it (IE and Opera, proxy settings are OK), with address: http://localhost (or 127.0.0.1).I have Windows XP Professional, no IIS, firewall or virusscan installed.Ping command finds localhost.I have tested connection with...

Hi,<br/>in WinXP console (cmd.exe) has feature similar to UNIX-like systems with tab key which can complete catalog names. After upgrading from Win2k to XP pro this feature is disabled :( <br/>How can I turn it on?

On windows xp I made a start up disk. I want to check for errors on one of my compters that won't start due to an "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error. I made the start up disk, the "scandisk" doesn't work. What command can I use to run a program similer to "scandisk"? Or when windows turns of...

I want to make three partions, one for Windows, one for Linux, and one for the data in a FAT32 file system. I have two questions1. If one partition (linux or windows) fails and may require a format will the other partition(s) be effected?2. Is it possible to departition the partitions in the future...

How can I turn on autohide feature in Start->Programs menu in Windows XP? After updgading form win2k it is off.

This -- http://www.selfsearch.biz/ -- is an adult search engine site. I'm not visiting porn sites ( believe me :) ) and I can't understand how I got this.Now the problem, it became my default (home) page everytime i started my IE. I tried to set my IE to other sites including blank pages a...

Hi everyone. I have a question having to do with virtual memory of win XP. I need sth like 1GB of RAM for a program I write (I have 256MB of physical memory). The problem is that after 600MBs are allocated, the program crashes because no virtual memory is available. This is happening even when I inc...

Hi,<br/>How can I redirect the default folders such as "desktop" in c:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop to a difrent location? <br/>I searched in the helpfiles but can't find anything :confused:<br/>Im using WinXP pro<br/>Thanx in advance!

I have checked the hardware configuration of several computers with both 256 MB Ram (maybe of different brands), but when go to the System in Control Panel, some will show 240 MB, some will show 248 MB, some even show 228848 KB Ram..but not 256MB Ram...I really want to know if it's because of t...

I need to check the size of hard disk in several computers, but since they are all using Windows 98, I have no idea how to check the total size.. (since some of partitions may be hidden by some reasons)<br/>can anybody suggest me some ways to solve this problem?<br/>Thanks

Several months before, when i connect my digital cameraes (minolta z2 and sony p3), the windows can pop up a camera wizard for me to transfer the files into the computers...however, when i want to do the same things now, the windows did not show anything...and i have no ideas why it didn't....c...

This is happening to me second time :mad: I've leave my computer at work place turned on for the night, it is doing virus scan, disk defrag. as well as other time consuming processes that don't have to be human assisted.In the morning I finding my computer restarted - windows logon screen...

Hi friends,Do you hae idea how to fix this (In windows 98)? I have already reformatted twice and it seems afte a while it reoccurs. Maybe it requires a patch but I dont know which one. A few of my friends said this is a virus. But it seems none of my scanners are able to detect this.Thanks for your...

Hi all,i want to set a time limit for the use of my installable application. For eg, if we download a trail version of flash from macromedia site, it gets expires after a perticular time. I think it's time limit is for one month..I want to set the same for my application. How can i do that?Itz...

I have windows 98 on one of my computers(not on a network), and would like to make all user profiles password protected. Unfortunately, I can simply press cancel at logon and still be given access to all files from all profiles. I would like to eliminate this ability completely, as the profiles are...

I have 2 questions, firstly is there any way in Windows NT 4 to not have a keyboard and mouse plugged in and to not get the annoying Windows message warning that there isn't one. It works fine on XP but not NT.Secondly, how can i recover a machine that has had the keyboard and mouse drivers(or...

Somebody knows if it is possible to launch an executable, in a windows NT or 2K system with a registry entry, not at the windows startup after the log on, but at the windows loading before the log on form presentation?

Hi,I'm running some process (time consuming calculations) on my WinXP pro for over two weeks now. It means that Windows hasn't been shut down or restarted from that time. From two days I'm having problems with winlogon.exe - it starts to take 50% of processor time. I believe that it i...

I've noticed that I am no longer able to view other computers in "my network places." I searched around online and came to the conclusion that I needed the Computer Browser service, and seems that it SHOULD have come installed with Windows XP, but for whatever reason, it is not. Most of the sit...

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The problem is that every time that I boot my system, everything goes painfully slow, I click on the Start button and wait... for about a minute before I see it popup.The issue lies primarily, imo, with the software called NT Access Loader (something similar sounding.)My question is how can I fix th...

Hello, I have a problem which is driving me crazy:I need to detect the end of the shutdown process of the W2K/XP in order to send a short command over tcp/ip to turn off the external power supply (it's a industrial machine).Now, I've tried with a service which detects the SERVICE_CONTROL_S...

I was wondering if anyone else had run into problems related to the Dr. Watson user.dmp file on Windows XP? In particular has anyone seen a situation where a program aborts but is unable to overwrite the existing user.dmp file? Or has anyone seen a situation where a program running under an Admini...

Hello, I have written a Video Display Driver for a normal Video Adapter. For 8 bit per pixel color depth, I have created a fixed palette and overwritten system colors (20 colors) also. It was my requirement. Now the problem arises when I attaches this card within a PC having a normal Video Adapter a...

Hi,<br/>i have 3 partitions, two primary, one extended, all with NTFS and XP. I must install win98 on that computer.<br/>I tried with partitionmagic change ntfs on C to fat32, but don't work.<br/>How can i install win98? It's urgent!!!<br/>thanx, <br/>aphex twin

Ever since I upgraded to windows xp from 98, when I play a game every five minutes the game freezes and the CD starts spinning(about 10 seconds), then the game is resumed. Why does this happen? I don't want my game to freeze every five minutes for 10seconds.

i have got a samsung 40 GB Hd anda P-iv processor.earlier i had 98 n XP installed on it.due to some reason,i had to re-partition the whole HD.now ever since i have done that,i m unable to install any OS on it.when i try to install 98 on it then it goes on til 8% and then reboots.when i try to instal...

I would like to know which dll and exe are being loaded by Win2k after logon at real time with possibility to interrupt temporarily (break point) the loading process.<br/>How to do it, any idea ?

I re-installed win2000, VSNET2003, and everything was fine.<br/>Suddenly, PC locked up and now on boot thinks my fat32 drive is ntfs ? ? ?<br/>Is there a way to manually make it recognize/mount it as fat32?

Hi,Is there any way to recover the Registry files from Hard Drive which can be connected as Slave but can not be bootable ? I connected Hard Drive as slave to Win XP Pro. Later, I removed it and connected to a different PC and tried to Boot but it said OS not found ! Is it because I connected it as...

How do you uninstall a Windows Service without the service's binary. For instance, installutil -u MyService.exeFine, as long as you have the binary. Now, what if you don't? I'm asking because Oracle Universal installer screwed up half way during the installation process and it left so...

hi,<br/>I want to force a soft to stay in non-paged pool memory in user mode.<br/>is there someone have an idea?<br/>Jaltus

Hi,I just recently upgraded my server from xp to server 2003. There's a problem however. Internet connection sharing "works" (as in the client computers get assigned dhcp and dns info correctly, and they can use the connection), but unlike the setup with the xp server there is no way for the cl...

Hello,I need to format my drive and have it ready for a WindowsXP installbut I can not create a partition large enough for XP to copy it's files to..Has anyone been able to create an unattended stall filethat would allow you to FDISK and FORMAT your drivefor windowsXP ??Not sure if I worded thi...

Why isn't autoexec.bat started at Windows start-up? <br/>What I want to do is to delete a file at Windows start-up how do I do that?<br/>I tried to put it in autoexec.bat(del C:\file.dat) but nothing hapaend when I rebooted. Can I put it in the registry or how else can I do it?

Hello!<br/>I'm having a problem with Dr.Watson on citrix running on windows 2000 server/sp4. The Dr simply won't start when my app crashes with access violation. All entries in registry (AeDebug) seems to bee ok. <br/>Any help is appreciated<br/>Nicholas :confused:

I believe there is a system log in XP which can include logging of events selected by security policy. I am looking for a way to log printing both locally and to net printers.<br/>Question: can this system log be redirected to another machine on the net?<br/>Thanks<br/>EspadaJ

After installing XP on my HD, backup with Norton Ghost 9.0 was successful.<br/>Since this is my first time to use Norton Ghost 9.0, I tried to recover it after backup but it failed, saying that it needs a recovery disk?<br/>Can anyone help me??

How to turn of the clean manager that always pop's up when I want to copy something onto my partition that is nearly full?<br/>Any help very appreciated :thumb:<br/>(Why does microsoft put such annoying services into their OS?)

Hi everyone. Sbd told me that whenever he opens the command line under winXP (Start->programs-> bla bla or run->cmd ) the window opens for a moment and then closes instantly. Any ideas why this happens?<br/>Thanx.

Can anyone tell me where I would find information on how Windows, Windows 2000 in particular, handles network adapters. I am trying to find out how NIC teaming, combining 2-8 NIC cards into a virtual NIC card is done. So far I have only found how you set up third party software. I am trying to fin...