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Friday Fun.
Ok I just lost a bet with a co-worker, but I think there is something very fishy going on.
Our WXP Pro disk was "lost" sometime back so a co-worker brought in his copy and I installed that on a new laptop.
Thing was during the install it never asked me to join a domain or any network settings actually. It even has the "SEt up a home or small office network" option which my WXP Pro does not have, sounds more like Home t me. Also once installed and booted up it presented what I thought was the Windows XP Home login screen. The one where you can swap between different users with the cute little pictures and what not. Not the usual Windows XP Pro single login screen.
So I bet that this was actually a Windows XP Home disc and not Professional. I then went into the System applet in Control Panel, with a big smug grin on my face, only to see it say "Windows XP Professional" and with the same build and version number as what is on my WXP Pro desktop.
So this is all a bit confusing. Is there a version of Windows XP Pro out there that has the Home login screen and is not able to join domains and what not?
Or is there a way to make Windows XP Pro masquerade as Windows XP Pro? Please say the latter, then the bastard won't get his coke and he owes me one 
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Macbeth muttered:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er
DavidW wrote:
You are totally mad. Nice.
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If your machine is not a member of a domain, you get the same login screen and fast user switching options. If you want to join a domain, use the Network ID wizard on the Computer Name tab of the system properties.
Sorry, looks like the bastard gets his coke after all. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote:
If your machine is not a member of a domain, you get the same login screen and fast user switching options
Odd because my Windows XP Pro machine does not do that. If I take it off the domain it comes up with the normal Windows XP Pro login screen.
When I installed it (from a guaranteed WXP Pro disc) there was a very big portion of the setup dedicated to connecting to the network and domain. But with this dodgy disc, none of that (and the network card is all there and fine.)
Plus nowhere in any of the Network applets is there a Network wizard or anything to do with joining a domain. Everything is geered towards a normal Group network, not a Domain one.
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Paul Watson wrote:
If I take it off the domain it comes up with the normal Windows XP Pro login screen.
When you take it out of the domain, there should be an option under Control Panel -> User Accounts to "change the way you log in" (or words to that effect).
Paul Watson wrote:
nowhere in any of the Network applets is there a Network wizard
Strange. It should be under the System Properties, on the Computer Name page. 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295017[^]
Do you have an entry for "Local Area Connection" under Network Connections? Maybe Windows thinks it doesn't have a connection, so it can't join a domain.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I don't get the login screen unless I have defined more than 1 user.
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After discovering that the \scripts folder has magically disappeared from IIS, and noting that nothing works anymore, I backed up the web configuration and data files, then followed the MS instructions for removing and reinstalling IIS. Big mistake!
Using the same Win2K Server CD I installed from a year ago on this then-new machine, many of the critical files (including iis.msc) were not found, and all of the smpt and nntp files are missing from the CD. It is undamaged, not a scratch on it, and it installed perfectly without a hitch the first time.
After reinstalling, skipping the missing files, I recreated the iis.msc file from mmc.exe and saved it. The entire structure is there, including the formerly absent \scripts folder, but now the asp pages I was developing no longer work. All the FrontPage Extensions were also missing from the CD, so I downloaded the newer FrontPage2002 files and installed them. It now tells me that I lack permissions to use the extensions, even though I'm logged on as the Admin for the system.
I'm guessing that I'm going to have to reinstall Win2K completely, along with the IIS component, to restore normal operation, but I have so much installed on top of it that I doubt I can recover all of it. In the past, previous versions of Windows have been very good about preserving installed drivers, data files, and most programs. Has anyone reinstalled Windows2K Server? How did it go, and what kinds of things did you lose?
It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003
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Glad to know someone else is having IIS issues today
I've never done a reinstall of a server over an existing installation. They simply never seem to work for me. It's a clean install or nothing for me.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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You, too? Still?
I've been wanting to try a RAID5 array for a while, so maybe I'll go grab three extra drives and install them - give Win2K RAID management a workout and see what happens. At least then I should have plenty of space to back things up!
It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003
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Anyone get this working? My machine works perfectly as a server on it's own but as soon as NLB is turned on it ceases to be able to see the outside world. Everything's been double checked, all settings are the same as other machines in the cluster, yet the 2003 box just doesn't want to get along.
Anyone else seen this?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I'm not sure if they is the right place to ask this but I couldn't find a better catagory.
I have a custom driver that I can install with the Hardware wizard no problem. I want to be able to install the driver from an installer though. If you right click on a *.inf file you will see Install in the submenu. In the installer I can call external functions so I call rundll32.exe with InstallHinfSection ... it is the same as the right click Install. The problem is this does not seem to add the driver to the device manager (though it does copy my files to the system32\driver folder).
I have spend a day reading MSDN and I'm no closer to figuring this out. Can anyone help me? Or point me to a site that has forums related to windows drivers?
Thanks
pim42
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Is there any API or function to know logged off computers in network ?
Please comment!
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I am trying to write a device install program to get around the problem of xp sp1 installing a driver that i do not wish to use. The ftdi usb-serial device has an approved driver in sp1 that is installed when the device is plugged in.
In order to install the device you must cancel the driver request from windows, go to device manager, and manually update the driver xp installed.
I have played with SetupCopyOEMInf(), UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices() and calling "rundll32 SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 c:\temp\drivers\ftd2xx.inf" with no real success.
Is there any way to automate the manual install process?
Cheers,
Dave
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I am having a network speed problem on my server and I would like to a point to point benchmark test with another pc to help determine the case of the problem. Do youknow of any free software that will do this and works on nt 4 and XP?
John
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I have been noticing that after opening PDF files in the browser, then closing the browser window, I can't open any more PDF files until I kill the acroread32.exe process from task manager. It does not seem to be exiting correctly when the browser window dies.
Anyone else?
Any ideas as to why?
IE6 & IE6 SP1
Windows 2000 Pro & Windows XP Pro
Acrobat Reader V4 and V5
Paul Watson wrote:
"At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote:
"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
Unknown wrote:
"I love long walks, especialy taken by those that annoy me."
Paraphrased from TMNT:
"Cricket? You have to know what a crumpet is to understand Cricket."
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Here's my issue:
(note: this is x-posted in Visual C++)
I'm calling an instance of IE from an NT service. If the
currently logged-on user is using a proxy server in their
profile, this setting is never seen by the instance of
the browser tht I just spawned. Starting the browser as
the correct user doesnt help either.
So, my question is: Does anyone know of a way to make
Internet Explorer read the correct user profile when I'm
spawning it? Or is everyone that uses a proxy setting
screwed if they run my software?
Thanks...
....alan
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I'm trying to use SMTP mail to send email from an application. Virtual SMTP server on win2k. Code works fine but the messages are left in the C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue folder. I have added localhost to the SMTP server settings (connection and relay).
I assume that I have to connect the virtual SMTP to another SMTP, but I’m not sure how to do this.
Any ideas (or flames for being me stupid)
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Hi
we've noticed that our old 16 bit apps here at work eat up (or report to) all the available CPU even though they might not be doin a heck of a lot of processing.
Now rewriting the app is unfortunately out of the question 
and i was wondering if there was a way to "tell" windows that this 16 bit app is only allowed X amount of CPY MHz (say 100Mhz) or whether there was a plugin, some sort of container or something that these apps could be set to run in (and still let them access the com ports, modem and net connection of course  )
does anyone have any ideas of how to control these naughty 16 bit apps?
regards
bryce
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The only suggestion that I'd have is to lower the CPU priority in the Task Manager on the process.
Frank
"Keyboard Error - Press F1 to Continue"
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What speed are the CPU(s)? There is a bug in NTVDM in CPUs >= 2Ghz. Microsoft have a patch but you need to request it from them OR if you want I can send it to you.
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Hi, Everyone,
I would like to encrypt .asp and .jpg files on CD. Does anyone know how to do it/
Thanks
qBAO
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Using Win2000
I'm francophone, when I email and use boards and other discussion, I use the canadian french keyboard; when I program, I use the US english layout.
Is there a way to automatically tell Win2k to start outlook and explorer using the french keyboard layout ? and start VisualStudio using the US layout ?
Also, Is there a way to copy the content of a "window explorer" window and paste it as text in a file, to get a listing of the files ? this has been bothering me for some time. 
Thanks.
Max.
Maximilien Lincourt
For success one must aquire one's self
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Hi,
<br />
Dim intResponse<br />
intResponse = MsgBox(Dir("C:\*.*"), vbOKCancel)<br />
<br />
If intResponse = 2 Then Exit Sub<br />
<br />
Do<br />
i = MsgBox(Dir, vbOKCancel)<br />
If i = 2 Then Exit Do<br />
Loop<br />
This is a bit rough and ready, but you can easily customize it to not display the files in a msgbox but to write them to a file with
Open "file.fil" For Append as #1
You will also have to manually change the path, but you can easily make a front end around this. Hope it helps.
Paul 
The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. - Douglas HofstaderSonork ID: 100.33943
modified 18-Jul-18 11:59am.
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Hi, all.
I rencently upgraded from windos Me to XP, with no apparent problems. I did this because I was having problems installing a printer using usb ports. The printer now works great, but the game Age of Empires, that used to work fine, doesn't work anymore! However, this game is fully compatible with Windows XP, right?
I've unistalled it and installed it again, several times. No change. It gives me the typical XP error that says that 'something' has gone wrong and it offers me the possiblity to report the error. Whne I go to details I get a big txt file, which I haven't been able to really understand.
Can anybody help me, please?
N
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Learn to play Unreal 2003? 
The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. - Douglas HofstaderSonork ID: 100.33943
modified 18-Jul-18 11:59am.
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