Real Geek Forums - Customize Windows XP http://www.realgeek.com/forums en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:40:25 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.realgeek.com/forums/mpedia/misc/rss.jpg Real Geek Forums - Customize Windows XP http://www.realgeek.com/forums <![CDATA[SP3 vs SP2 (both fully updated) -> what's the difference?]]> http://www.realgeek.com/forums/sp3-vs-sp2-both-fully-updated-whats-the-difference-475126-new-post.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:39:17 GMT wrote in...]]> Funny. I'd like to say I'll still be computing at 84.

"Jim" <j.n@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Quote:
> The only real difference is when full support for the two versions ends.
> SP2 - 2010; SP3 - 2014. I'll be 84 by the time support stops for SP3. It
> does seem to me that I may not be doing much computing by 2014.
> Jim
>

]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/sp3-vs-sp2-both-fully-updated-whats-the-difference-475126.html <![CDATA[Restrict a user's access during certain times..]]> http://www.realgeek.com/forums/restrict-a-users-access-during-certain-times-475125-new-post.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:33:49 GMT I will look into those products. I heard good and bad things about Net Nanny. I heard you can easily get around the program or get it to not... I will look into those products. I heard good and bad things about Net
Nanny. I heard you can easily get around the program or get it to not run.
What I don't like about Net Nanny is it pops up a program that tells you
your blocked or restricted. I'd rather it just block things silently.

I will have to see if Net Nanny can be installed on administrator account
and control other user. I don't want it running in the bedroom computer
while I'm playing games or something.

Would be nice to be able to throttle a users bandwidth also. I don't want
something like Limewire sucking up any bandwidth. If I throttle it to DIALUP
speed, then maybe she won't even want to use it anymore.

"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Quote:
> You want parental control software. Not only will it put your mind to
> rest, it will protect the children from the bad stuff on the internet. Net
> Nanny is widely known but there are other excellent products as well.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> shawn wrote:
Quote:
>> We have one computer in our bedroom. I've blocked access to the internet
>> and games using Windows SteadyState for one user. I manually turn it on
>> and off during certain times. It's off after bedtime and during the day
>> when her mother sleeps.
>>
>> I'm planning on putting my older computer in the living room, so she
>> won't have to come in our bedroom to use ours. It has Windows XP Pro.
>> It'll be for anyone to use, but is there a way I can make it so a certain
>> user cannot login after a certain time of the day? We don't want my
>> Girlfriends 14 year old Daughter on after bedtime. I don't want to have
>> to login and set a password every night then remove it in the morning
>> just to restrict access.
>>
>> We're on Verizon FIOS, so in my Firewall/Router I can restrict internet
>> access for that computer to the interet during certain times, but I want
>> a way to restrict everything for one user, yet if I go to use the
>> computer on my account I'd be able to.

]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/restrict-a-users-access-during-certain-times-475125.html Copying Folders http://www.realgeek.com/forums/re-copying-folders-475124-new-post.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:19:01 GMT wrote in message news:453CF213-31B5-4B39-8974-71581D9C8A9C@microsoft.com... ---Quote--- > Hi, >...]]>

"chickalina" <chickalina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:453CF213-31B5-4B39-8974-71581D9C8A9C@microsoft.com...
Quote:
> Hi,
> I'm just curious to find out how to copy folders without content. I have
> over 75 folders (vendors) in a 2008 folder (with files in them). I would
> like
> to copy the folders, but not the items in the folders, since the vendors
> are
> staying the same and I need to set them up for 2009.
> Thanks.
>
Following Leonard's suggestion for xcopy the switches you need are /t /e

]]> Customize Windows XP chickalina http://www.realgeek.com/forums/re-copying-folders-475124.html <![CDATA[Ran XP prod key update tool - now getting "activation period has expired" - help...]]> http://www.realgeek.com/forums/ran-xp-prod-key-update-tool-now-getting-activation-period-has-expired-help-475123-new-post.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:18:11 GMT I have XP Pro and I lost my key once. It was the worst thing to call > Microsoft and purchase a new key for $10. I got...]]> shawn wrote:
Quote:
> I have XP Pro and I lost my key once. It was the worst thing to call
> Microsoft and purchase a new key for $10. I got some Indian dude on
> the phone from who knows where. I couldn't understand what he was
> saying. I had to have him repeat the license key 4 or 5 times in
> order to get it to let me reinstall.
An effort forced due to lack of backups and organization...
IMO.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/ran-xp-prod-key-update-tool-now-getting-activation-period-has-expired-help-475123.html Add item to Quicklaunch in First Position? http://www.realgeek.com/forums/add-item-to-quicklaunch-in-first-position-474852-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:51:17 GMT > I know I can move it to the first position by clicking and dragging, > my users however do not. ---End Quote--- And...]]> Paul wrote:
Quote:
>
> I know I can move it to the first position by clicking and dragging,
> my users however do not.
And they're too dumb to learn?

Alias
]]> Customize Windows XP Paul http://www.realgeek.com/forums/add-item-to-quicklaunch-in-first-position-474852.html copy-protect a folder or password-protect a folder http://www.realgeek.com/forums/copy-protect-a-folder-or-password-protect-a-folder-474851-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:22:43 GMT Hi all, > > I have a folder containg an exe file (of a program) and some > associated files. I want to make a shortcut of the...]]>

vj wrote:
Quote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a folder containg an exe file (of a program) and some
> associated files. I want to make a shortcut of the exe file on the
> desktop (so that users can run the program by double-clicking the
> shortcut), but I also want that the users should NOT be able to copy
> (and/or view) the contents of the folder.
>
> I searched the newsgroups and found a lot of threads on password
> protecting the folder/permissions/sharing, but the options like "make
> folder private" are not available in my windows as suggested in the
> newsgroups (I am running XP pro, NTFS). Also, encrypting the folder
> ('Encrypt contents to secure data") doesn't help, as folder is still
> accessible. I also tried winzip with password, but in this case the
> shortcut on desktop doesn't work.
> I also tried leaving the folder in the administrator account while
> moving the shortcut to the Guest account, but in this case again the
> shortcut does not work. I tried hiding the folder and it worked, but
> the hidden folder can easily be traced through the shortcut available
> on the desktop.
>
> Is there a way to achieve my target?
>
Nope, if they have rights to run the program from that folder, then they
can copy out the contents.

]]> Customize Windows XP vj http://www.realgeek.com/forums/copy-protect-a-folder-or-password-protect-a-folder-474851.html <![CDATA[Conversion between various video & audio formats]]> http://www.realgeek.com/forums/conversion-between-various-video-and-audio-formats-474850-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:58:54 GMT SUPER is the worst thing I've ever used. It doesn't convert most of what I throw at it
and it's very complicated to use. "Format Factory" is the best, period.

Format Factory 15 MB (Freeware)
http://www.formatoz.com/


"shawn" <yuppicide138@optonline.net> wrote in message news:#uPyz4keJHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Quote:
> SUPER is the best thing I've ever used. It converts whatever I throw at it
> and it's free.
>
> "Ada" <Ada@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4018C8DB-6613-4103-88D6-05A20DDB9027@microsoft.com...
Quote:
>> Could anyone advise me a good software to do conversion between any video
>> &
>> audio formats?
>>
>> I have used "Total viedo convertor" to convert a .wma file into various
>> viedo formats (.mpg, .flv, .avi), but none of them can be posted to
>> Facebook
>> or Youtube (the latter 3 viedo formats should be acceptable to Facebook &
>> Youtube). I guess the failure is due to the source file is an audio file
>> &
>> convered into a viedo file, not a conversion from 1 viedo format to
>> another
>> viedo format. Could anyone kindly advise?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>
>
]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/conversion-between-various-video-and-audio-formats-474850.html Size of icons in the taskbar http://www.realgeek.com/forums/size-of-icons-in-the-taskbar-474849-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:10:09 GMT To make the larger if they are small, or smaller if they are large: Right click in the blank area to the left of the QuitkLaunch, under the Start... To make the larger if they are small, or smaller
if they are large:

Right click in the blank area to the left of the
QuitkLaunch, under the Start button.
Click Properties.
Click Custom
Check or uncheck the Use Small Icons toward the
bottom of the list.

Works on mine - using Classic menues & views.

Twayne


Quote:
> Avinty Lanaikey wrote:
Quote:
>> I would like to know how to change the size of
>> application icons displayed in the taskbar,
>> particularly
>> in its areas Quick Launch, Language and
>> Notification
>> Area (System Tray). After re-installation of
>> the system
>> Windows XP, these icons appear smaller than
>> before. I
>> have found no way to adjust their size. Any
>> advice is
>> welcome.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> A.L.,
>
> Control Panel
> Display
> /Appearance\
> [Advanced]
> Item: [ Caption Buttons ]


]]> Customize Windows XP Avinty Lanaikey http://www.realgeek.com/forums/size-of-icons-in-the-taskbar-474849.html Why does this fail? http://www.realgeek.com/forums/why-does-this-fail-474848-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:04:50 GMT In your example below you contradict yourself. On one hand you mention > "C:\Docs\My Music" with a space between my and...]]> shawn wrote:
Quote:
> In your example below you contradict yourself. On one hand you mention
> "C:\Docs\My Music" with a space between my and music. In the second
> example you say "Interestingly, if I use the localised '8.3' version
> of the path file://C:/Docs/MYMUSI~1" --
> so which is it without or with space?
> Maybe that's your problem.
shawn,
Evidently, you do not comprehend the mechanism of '8.3' filenaming in XP.

Quote:
> "Terry Pinnell" wrote:
Quote:
>> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
Quote:
>>> Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>>> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>>>>> Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>>>>> If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder.
>>>>>> Except for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't
>>>>>> be the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g.
>>>>>> C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please?
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you put quotes around the command since it has spaces in it?
>>>>> e.g.: "C:\Docs\My Music"
>>>>
>>>> No, but it makes no difference. Doesn't seem necessary.
>>>> And about twenty other folders with spaces all opened OK.
>>>
>>> *shrug* That directory sounds like one you created. If there is
>>> anything special about it - you may have done it yourself.
>>>
>>> Did you redirect your "My Documents" there and that is how that
>>> got created? Or do you actually mean
>>> "C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\My Documents\My Music\"
>>> when you say "C:\Docs\My Music"?
>>
>> C:\Docs is the replacement for
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<my username>\My Documents.
>> Made following all the rules nearly a year ago.
>> All other sub-folders of C:\Docs open OK from Run, including
>> very large ones such as My Pictures (51 GB), My Videos (43 GB).
>> My Music (14 GB) is the only exception. I haven't counted the
>> number of files - could that bizarrely impose some sort of limit?
>>
Quote:
>>> If you use Windows Explorer (My Computer) to go to that folder and
>>> then copy the path from the "address" bar and paste it into the
>>> RUN command area - what happens?
>>
>> Nothing, but as the paste is simply the same as before,
>> 'C:\Docs\My Music', it obviously wouldn't!
>>
>> Interestingly, if I use the localised '8.3' version of the path
>> file://C:/Docs/MYMUSI~1
>> that opens OK from Run. But 'C:/Docs/MYMUSI~1' gives the same nil
>> result as 'C:\Docs\My Music'. Very strange...

]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/why-does-this-fail-474848.html Copy as Path utility in XP http://www.realgeek.com/forums/copy-as-path-utility-in-xp-474847-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:56:06 GMT wrote in message...]]> What thread? You didn't reply to the thread or quote any of the original
message even.

<Steve Koenig> wrote in message news:20081124145936steve.koenig@crown.com...
Quote:
> Hi Ramesh,
> I had been looking for the same functionality and ran across this thread,
> downloaded and installed it and it works great!
>
> I've got one small issue that maybe you can help me out with: When I
> paste the path, it encloses the whole path within quotation marks. When I
> create the link and email it in Lotus Notes, the quotation marks cause it
> to not find the path. If I remove them manually, it works just fine. Is
> there a minor tweak that I can make in the script to remove the quotation
> marks when the path gets pasted?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>

]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/copy-as-path-utility-in-xp-474847.html <![CDATA[Lunar Screen Background ("Radiance") is backwards!]]> http://www.realgeek.com/forums/lunar-screen-background-radiance-is-backwards-474845-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:53:58 GMT wrote in...]]> I have XP Pro and have no background called "Radiance".

"Robin Colgrove" <Robin Colgrove@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2FAA98BD-72C4-47E4-A656-971782BD1ECE@microsoft.com...
Quote:
> Has anyone else commented on the fact that the Windows screen background,
> Radiance, is mirror-reversed? It is a photograph of the Northern edge of
> the
> Mare Imbrium (the Left eye of the Man in the Moon). If you have very
> sharp
> vision (or a decent pair of binoculars) you can see this for yourself.
> Presumably this is a photo taken through a reflecting telescope with an
> odd
> number of mirrors, but still, the moon is a real, physical, easily visible
> object, and it is not trivial -I think- to get it backwards. I mean, what
> if
> one of the backgrounds showed a telescopic picture of the Earth taken from
> space and had the continents flipped over? Does anyone know where this
> picture came from and if it has always been backwards? I know it's a bit
> OCD,
> but I "fixed" the image on the computers where I work ;^) .

]]> Customize Windows XP shawn http://www.realgeek.com/forums/lunar-screen-background-radiance-is-backwards-474845.html Environment vars http://www.realgeek.com/forums/environment-vars-474846-new-post.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:51:31 GMT Hi, I need to define a set of env vars that point to a particular file tree like so: APP_VER = C:\APP.1.2.3. I then use that var in other vars like... Hi,

I need to define a set of env vars that point to a particular file tree like
so: APP_VER = C:\APP.1.2.3. I then use that var in other vars like so: PATH
= %APP_VER%\bin;... We changes versions quite often, and all I want to need
to do is change the value of APP_VER and the other vars change accordingly.
(I use the System Properties dialog to set the vars.)

The problem is that after a period of time, %APP_VER% gets replaced with
its value in the other vars, i.e. it gets expanded like so:
PATH=C:\APP.1.2.3\bin;...

How does that happen and what can I do to prevent the expansion?

Thank you,
Jim




]]> Customize Windows XP Jim Brown http://www.realgeek.com/forums/environment-vars-474846.html Reinstallling Xp http://www.realgeek.com/forums/reinstallling-xp-474455-new-post.html Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:47:43 GMT wrote in...]]> You can't use a service pack 3 cd to install the operating system..the O/S
isn't on it.

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:
: Actually it turns out to be a windows professional service pack 3 cd
: that he has, he used it to install windows onto his pc also, could i
: install that? and how would i go about doing that, i don't mean every
: step, but just is there a difference from reinstalling home?
:
: I know i need a product key but i can sort that out myself.
:
: Thanks for the help.
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]]> Customize Windows XP PatrickB http://www.realgeek.com/forums/reinstallling-xp-474455.html windows audio stopped although told to start http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-audio-stopped-although-told-to-start-474238-new-post.html Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:54:28 GMT Using a website stinks for newsgroups. You write a message and it's not
replied to the original thead nor is there any quote from the original
thread, so nobody has any idea who you are replying to.

<Alan Fisher> wrote in message news:2009117225428fishguts9@yahoo.com...
Quote:
> using services.msc turn your plug and play back to automatic then select
> start..... once thats running everything will fall into place :-)....ps
> dont stuff with ms config like i did for a Damn computer game lol
>
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

]]> Customize Windows XP Alan Fisher http://www.realgeek.com/forums/windows-audio-stopped-although-told-to-start-474238.html Safe Mode: Press ESC to cancel loading SPTD.sys http://www.realgeek.com/forums/safe-mode-press-esc-to-cancel-loading-sptd-sys-473796-new-post.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:20:09 GMT > What service? ---End Quote--- > If you don't know, don't...]]> If you are going to be rude: stop replying!

"ju.c" wrote:
Quote:
Quote:
> > What service?
> If you don't know, don't post.
>
>
> "Olórin" <incanus@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message
> news:eoP0N73AJHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Quote:
> > "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailnator.com> wrote in message
> > news:e5JgMy3AJHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Quote:
> >> When I start up in Safe Mode I get this message:
> >>
> >> "Press ESC to cancel loading SPTD.sys"
> >> http://www.duplexsecure.com/downloads/faq
> >>
> >>
> >> How can I make it so that Safe Mode does not even try to load SPTD.sys?
> >>
> >> I don't want to disable the service on a normal start, just on a Safe Mode boot.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> ju.c
> >>
> >
> > What service?
> >
> > Do you have DaemonTools installed? If so, use its system tray icon to disable its auto-start
> > feature from Normal Mode before you try booting to Safe Mode.
> >
>
]]> Customize Windows XP Criminalist http://www.realgeek.com/forums/safe-mode-press-esc-to-cancel-loading-sptd-sys-473796.html