i need to change the proxy in the dial up settings for some stand alone home
pc's. the easiest way seems to just give them a script or registry key on the
floppy/cd and have them click on it at home. can anyone point me in the right
direction

I've added a new drive and changed the partition configuration on a
multiboot system. As a result, WinXP became unbootable. After study of the
problem, I've used recovery console to fix various problems including
boot.ini using bootcfg options. It is a learning process. I've come ...

Hi. I have xp installed on 2 hard drives for dual boot. I try to change the
name of the os on D: but sometimes it doesn't get saved. Is there a
max on the number of characters one can use for the name?  Or is it
something else I'm not familiar with.

I know how to go into folder options/advanced and add an option like
open/edit or whatever.  What I want to do is make a right click item of
"Edit" for files with no extention.   I have a text editor that when it
installed itself does exactly that.  Right click on just about any ...

I was trying to see if I could deny a user from accessing the CD-ROM drive
under Windows XP Pro.
I opened the Computer Management panel. I opened the properties page of
Removable Storage and in the Security tab I assigned Deny all to the users

My PC with SP2 refuses to allow the HP site to download and install an
active-ex script to check and see if I need updated software.  HOW THE
$&*&^%$ bloody hell do I shut that damn thing off?  I need this done.  Do I
have to uninstall SP2 yet again to allow the HP site to install ...

I look after a few machines at work, and one of them has got a problem with
.bat files.
If I try to run one, it asks which program I want to use, and also doesn't
offer the Edit option when right-clicking on a .bat file.

Hello,
I'm placed in charge of managing a computer lab at an elementary school
(Windows XP Pro). What I'm looking for is a way to create a limited user
account where I can limit Control Panel access and prevent users from

I am experiencing some trouble viewing a few "hidden/system" folders from
Windows Explorer. I have my Folder View Options set to show all "hidden" and
"system" files, but there are a few, that are not visible/accessible in W
Explorer. I can see them in ThumbsPlus, but it will ...

I admin a medium sized LAN with NT Domain. Clients are generally win2k and
XP pro.  I have run into problems related to the Firewall feature of XP; I
can't connect with VNC or push NAV updates. I have to go to each system and
manually shut down the firewall.

Hi U all....
Hi Wesley :-)
After spending most of the summer pondering about why my computer randomly
at least a dozen times a day seemingly unmotivated rebooted itself, I lately

I've got a user that travels with his xp pro laptop. He works in 2
different offices, each with a different windows domain. One domain is
Server 2000, the other Server 2003. Is there anyway I can create a
seperate profile for each domain? Ideally a boot option that he could

Regarding an XP Home box that was running fine till the HD failed - replaced
the HD, fresh install of XP Home SP2, updates, etc.  Now the system shuts
down to a screen that says "It is now safe to shut off your computer" instead
of shutting off completely.  This never was an ...

I'm trying to configure a prototype machine for a computer image.  
Unfortunately, I inherited a base image from someone else to start with.  For
one thing, I know that the person who created that image copied a profile to
the Default User Profile which I don't like to do.  They ...

my computer quit connecting to internet alot of things quit working. they
replaced modem but cant set up an internet connection by using wizard.
windows not recognizing modem.i cant restor to another date to perhaps get
things back in order. dell tells me it is a software problem. ...