Is it possible to wildcard a domain in a hosts file so that all subdomains
are pointed to a specific IP?
ie
192.168.0.1 bob.com

Hello, I had just installed SP 2 on my Windows XP SP1 machine, a Toshiba
Satallite Laptop.
After installation, it had created more monitors than the default.  In order
to disable the extra monitors, I deleted the drivers in the display

Does anyone know how to change the interrupt number on the Geforce 6800 GT
graphics card in Windows XP?  I have it installed on an Intel motherboad but
there is no setting in the BIOS for interrupt preference.  The main board is
ATPI compliant and Windows XP assigns interrupt 16 ...

My wireless VPN connection keeps droping every 5-10
minutes.  Can anyone help resolve this please ?
Many thanks

I have 10gb that  XP Pro is on and I need room. I have 2 other partitions on
the disk and 2 on another disk. Can i join the boot  drive with another
partition or do i have to reinstall. Can i maybe use one of the other disk
partitions? I suppose there is no easy way of getting ...

I am having a mental block!
Direct cable connection between two machines (host - W98SE, guest XP). I
have established the connection okay, and have shared the root on the host
machine. But HOW do I locate the hosts shared drive on the guest machine?

I have been installing a new external hard rive this weekend, a Maxtor One
Touch, and don't like the supplied backup software called Retrospect
Express.
So I have used the backup Facility provided in WinXP Pro, and it appears to

Admins of the World:
I run a small windows 2000 server on a network consisting of Macs, WXP Pro and W2K machines. Every machine is accounted for in the active directory. Meaning, they're a part of our domain. However, what happens when a non-domain machine needs to access ...

When I try to save a file to a disk (E:) it says I don't have permission to
do so and that I should see the administrator to obtain permission.
Problem is I'm the administrator and have not a clue as to giving
permissions!   Have 2 computers networked and both were working fine

I'm running ICS with XP Pro as the host and Win ME (Well I like it !) as the
(only)  client. My problem is that although  the internet is accessible from
the client, sometimes (but not always) the ICS status icon (2 computers) does
not appear in the taskbar on the Win ME machine. ...

I don't have a problem, per se, I just want to find out how XP (SP2) works.
I just installed a dvd burner.  I also have a dvd-rom.  The dvd-rom is the
master on the secondary ide controller, the burner is the slave.
However, the ROM drive has been assigned G: and the burner has ...

I am getting a
'Setconfig.exe - application error.' [title bar]
The instruction at '0x00000000' referenced memory at '0x00000000'. The
memory could not be "read".'

Whenever I launch Control Panel it comes up fine, but when I attempt to
launch an application from an icon within it, Control Panel seems to hang
(hour glass).  I am running XP Pro SP2.  I can launch the same application
(for instance Security Center) from the Start Menu and it ...

Upgraded a machine from windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP
Professional with Service Pack 2 and installed all the other updates.
(All bar three that just won't install for some reason).
Now when I click on My Computer I get the torch swinging about the middle

Since updating multiple XP (Home and Pro) to SP2 I have found myself
clicking away a handful of nag messages every day, stating that the programs
I wish to run do not contain digital signatures. I do use several open
source and freeware applications on a daily basis, and have no ...