Windows XP

When this newsgroup dies, where is everyone going?
When this newsgroup dies, where is everyone going? I have been seeing messasges on all these "microsoft.public" newsgroups that these groups will be vanishing soon. I'd like to ask this NOW, before this group is gone. Where is everyone on here moving to? I know there are many XP groups, some in the alt. category... 13 Jun 2010 08:18

Cisco VPN Client 4.8.x install causes RUNONCE in registry to execute before reboot!
I am building a series of scripts (basically batch files) to automate certain tasks in Windows XP. There are several scripts I need to run,and often multiple reboots are needed. So in order to continue after each reboot, I simply use the RunOnce command (HKLM/Software/ Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RunOnce) to... 6 Jun 2010 12:44

IE6 WMP11 Plugin not working: SOLVED
"Donald Anadell" <danadell(a)nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message news:exVxp$ABLHA.3608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... The site you originally posted is using .asx files that point to the actual video stream. If you look inside one of the .asx files that are cashed from that site you will see something like ... 6 Jun 2010 08:21

Printing Belarc
In case of a machine crash, it would seem that a nice document to have around would be a printout of a Belarc Advisor analysis. But I cannot figure out how to do so. Can someone please tell me how one can do this? I am hoping that PrntScrn is not the only way. Thank you very much. ... 6 Jun 2010 01:38

Windows XP (NL): Windows Activation Problem + Windows AutomaticUpdate Problem = Very Slow Computer.
Daave wrote: And*you* want to be*my* latex salesman? VanDelay Industries. How can I help you ? MowGreen ================ *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten ================ banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked ... 4 Jun 2010 20:18

Dual Boot Dilema
I have a computer with space for only two hard drives. It was originally built with Windows XP Pro (Disk 0). I added a drive (Disk 1) and loaded Vista Ultimate on it and I do a dual boot routine as needed. At this point, I'd like to install a new Disk 0 and build it as Windows 7 Pro. (I really wish I could ... 5 Jun 2010 01:44

system file check
I agree with your point but what has happened to me is my anti virus software F-Secure has damaged some files. In fact, I would suggest that a good many things that are report here and in other palces are due to anti-virsus software erroneously deleting certian files. Anyway, I would like to run the SFC progr... 4 Jun 2010 15:54

changing default My documents from C to D
How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so that any new users that are added wi... 16 Jun 2010 15:30

Will Windows' format mark bad sectors?
The external (USB connected) hard drive I use for backups apparently has developed some bad spots. Formatting the drive starts producing System Event Log entries at about 12% into the format, with the decription being "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk3\D." If I allow the format to con... 4 Jun 2010 15:54

IE6 WMP11 Plugin not working
Just went to this site with IE6: http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam and found the WPM v11 plugin does not activate. There is nothing in the window where WPM should be displaying the video. Can someone tell me how to install the plugin, where to get it or how to enable it? Setup here is XP Pro SP3, IE6 ... 4 Jun 2010 21:24