Windows XP is the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture. Windows XP was released for retail sale on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in ...
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Administrator/Guest Account Status “Not Applicable”?
I've never seen this before, and hope someone here can help explain this.
The following screenshots were taken on a computer that is not a member of any domain, and therefore not having any Group ...
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XP server allows all domain users to c$ share
I have an XP Pro computer acting as a Quickbooks server. I've noticed that any user on the domain can access the computer via \\quickbooks\c$. I've looked in the local Administrators group on the ...
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Windows VPN problems
My company has moved to using the Windows VPN when we need to vpn into our network. Everything seems to be working fine with Windows 7 machines and RDP, as long as we use the ip address and not the ...
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Server 2008 GPO not applying to Windows XP clients over site-to-site VPN
I have a Server 2008 R2 based Active Directory domain. Our default GPO has a few printer/network drive maps that both work fine locally for clients running Windows 7 as well as Windows XP (after ...
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lost user + how to get my user back in serverfault site [migrated]
please advice
I ask this question
http://serverfault.com/questions/356914/shell-script-ksh-set-file-to-param-perform-test-between-param-and-string
but from some reason my user not ...
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What sort of network problems can a single NIC host cause?
A remote office has a Cisco ASA 5505 connecting the LAN to our HQ LAN via VPN.
When a particular Windows XP PC is connected to the ASA via a switch, the VPN tunnel drops, and after a short while, all ...
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Performance gains of putting Windows pagefile on separate partition (same disk)?
I am making a drive image that will be deployed to several computers, and I'm tweaking it for performance. It is a Windows XP image.
Considering there is only one hard drive, will the machine gain ...
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SBS server and Windows XP service pack 3 firewall issue
I have an issue with one of my client networks running SBS 2008 and Windows XP service pack 3 on the clients. Some, but not all, of the computers are not giving me the option to disable the windows ...
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Bind server port to local ip address
Here is the situation:
A Windows XP machine running as server - accessible from outside
A device(camera) which is locally(from LAN) accessible
What I need is this - if I access a specific port on ...
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1answer
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%sessionname% returns incorrect session name
I have a virtualised Windows XP SP3 machine, which I am connecting to over Remote Desktop.
One of my scripts needs to use the %sessionname% variable. However this returns incorrect information.
...
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1answer
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Nat over windows xp pro
I've this situation: 1 pc running windows xp pro with 2 nics, one connected to the wan, the other connected via a crossover cable to another pc. I want to redirect all incoming trafic from the wan to ...
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Fix an ad-hoc network hosted by a Windows XP machine (problems with MTU)
I have the following problem. I use an old Windows XP laptop as some sort of a wireless router by creating an ad-hoc wireless network. It works OK with my Win7 laptop, but when I brought my MacBook ...
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On IIS on windows xp what is considered a single connection?
On IIS running on Windows XP what is considered a single connection? If there are only 10 connection allowed on a single computer running windows xp (according to the MSDN website) what is considered ...
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How do I fix this ESPSER~1.EXE application error?
This error comes up very regularly on the computer at my workplace. This machine is running Windows XP, and the error message says:
The instruction at "0x00000000" referenced memory at ...
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check for ping reply - unexpected result
I am running this within windows xp batch file:
ping -n 3 10.1.1.2 >nul: 2>nul:
if %errorlevel%==0 (
echo ping reply arrived
) else (
echo no ping reply.
)
sometime, it seems ...
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1answer
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Hide network path displayed in mapped drive name
Is there a way to hide the network path that is displayed by default in a mapped drive name?
We've got Windows 7 and XP machines and we're migrating from a fileserver to a SAN.
Currently in My ...
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What else disables changing IE proxy settings besides Group Policy? [closed]
Something is disabling access to the proxy settings in IE on my (work) laptop. IE is set to use the corporate proxy, so applications that use IE's proxy settings don't work when I take the laptop ...
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How to force Windows XP to login into the domain upon boot, and then self-lock
Is it possible to force an XP machine on a domain to login as a certain user and then lock upon boot?
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How do I automate the installation and configuration of a local printer?
I'm running Windows XP SP3.
I have a fleet of laptop computers that I'm creating a master clone for.
Each of these computers will have a different function when deployed so I've created a series of ...
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2answers
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What does the windows XP end of life mean for a business and it's domain?
I am hoping someone can explain in simple terms, what it really means that windows XP will be end of life?
It looks like SP2 is already not being patched, but maybe SP3 is going to be patched up ...
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1answer
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PC Anywhere & reboot issues
We are having a "custom" way of updating OS & software on some world wide deployed systems, that is all updates are wrapped as an installer and deployed through a download channel to those ...
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2answers
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description of perfmon counters?
I'd like to use typeperf or logman to process and/or log some basic system health information on a PC (running WinXP), but I can't find a description of common performance counters, just "typeperf -q" ...
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Mapping a Drive to File Server (Win2008) results in incorrect password / username error after Reboot or Logoff/in
Here is the setup. Very small network. Windows 2008 with a single folder shared as 'Data'. Win2k8 server (called Server) has user account called Staff that is part of Users group. On a network ...
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Can I Override Multicast Address for One Specific Destination IP?
I have a Windows XP machine that is fitted with two Network cards. One card is used to access the company network and internet and its IP is assigned by DHCP whilst the second has a fixed IP and is ...
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Script to delete temp files for all users in XP, Vista, and 7
Basically, we have numerous customers running XP and 7 with a few Vista machines.
I've found this batch script, but it is limited to the current user (uses the %userprofile% environment variable). ...
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MAMP Set up serving SSL but IE8 on Windows XP gets 403 Forbidden
I have the newest version of MAMP Pro set up on my Macbook. I have it serving two virtual hosts (example.com port 80, example.com port 443 with ssl).
Everything works fantastic. It loads http and ...
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Troubleshooting/mitigating a token leak in unsupported black box software [migrated]
Let's say there is a program on my Windows XP system leaking.exe which leaks token handles at a rate that will eventually render the system unusable. It's black box to me, can't get support or ...
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How to run Percona with WampServer on Windows XP? [migrated]
I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to install Percona (mysql replacement) and use it with WampServer on a Windows XP machine. If so, does anyone know where to start?
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Driver Tool accidently deleted, no netwrok access [migrated]
I accidently deleted driver tool from the control panel. Now In device manager, at Network Controller has yellow question mark. There is no wireless icon or wizard under netwrok connection in control ...
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Sharing internet connection on Windows XP with 2 NIC's and seperate networks
This is the basic setup. The goal is to get Host 2 to use Host 1's second NIC to connect to the internet without using any special routing software or anything on Host 1.
What I can do: Configure ...
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4answers
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Is Remote Desktop to Workstations Secure?
I have users that want to use remote desktop for remote access to their workstations. I have RADIUS connected VPN server that I use, however I remember to connect and disconnect rather than send web ...
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1answer
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Gettings list of files USMT will capture
I would like to make a list of all the files that USMT will capture. The purpose for this, is that I'd like to provide that list to a user before their migration to Win7 which details which files ...
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1answer
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Restrict access to All Users folder on XP and 7 via GP
I am attempting to restrict access to the All Users folder via GP. Currently I have the setting under:
Computer/Policies/Windows Settings/Security Settings/File System
configured for the ...
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2answers
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WMI is showing wrong version of Microsoft Access
We use Microsoft Access for certain database functions and as most of you already know an Access database can be very grumpy when accessed by an outdated version of Access. In order to control this I ...
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Have LSA error with XP machine?
Have a strange problem.
We have a XP SP3 computer that connects remotely to our server 2008. All of a sudden users are unable to log in.
Looking at Event Viewer I am getting errors with source LSASRV ...
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Create self-signed SSL certificate for windows XP
How can I create an SSL certificate pair for a windows XP machine. Is it possible to do without enabling IIS?
Some background:
Splunk server on hardened Windows XP machine - yes I know, not the ...
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Users cannot run executables on network shares on XP
User A is in group 1.
Group 1 has Full Control over a network shared folder that contains an executable (Office installation).
User A gets the error: "... The specified path does not exist. Check the ...
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Samba 3.3.x throws RPC failed error when trying to login to XP Client
I've got a Samba Server running on Ubuntu 10 that's a Primary Domain controller for a small domain of XP Clients. this server was working on Ubuntu 6.06, and I upgrades (6 to 8 and 8 to 10) and ...
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Network shares not working from NT 5.x clients
This is a weird one for me. We have a total of 10 servers. 4 x Windows 2003 and 6 x Windows 2008. Yesterday all Windows XP machines stopped being able to access the shared printers and folders from ...
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error ocuuring ::: failed to install tomcat 7 service
While I'm trying to install Tomcat(apache-tomcat-7.0.23.exe) on my system (Windows XP SP3), which is in company's network, it is showing me the following error:
failed to install tomcat 7 service ...
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What is solicited network traffic and what is unsolicited network traffic?
I've recently read a Microsoft Technet article on how Windows Firewall works. The author of the article uses concepts like 'solicited network traffic' and 'unsolicited network traffic' for a machine. ...
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1answer
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Make WPA2 enterprise connect before login?
I'm connecting my Windows XP SP3 clients to a WPA2 Enterprise secured wifi network.
The WiFi network is secured using an external RADIUS server with PEAP/MSCHAPv2 as the authentication method.
The ...
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3answers
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Pointing local machine to itself through internet
I'm very inexperienced with networking, so bear with me.
I'm trying to connect to a windows service using soapclient in php, but I'm getting this error.. I believe the machine running the service is ...
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1answer
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Windows Update state on fresh installations?
I can't find this tiny bit of info anywhere: is Windows Update enabled or disabled by default on fresh installs of the OS? Basically I want to know whether it's on or does one have to manually enable ...
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2answers
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Troubleshoot large number of TCP retransmits / dup ack / segment lost
I have a problem with RDC slowing to a crawl or disconnecting entirely. Client is XP SP3 w/ RDC 6, server is Win 2k8 R2. Both have been scanned thoroughly and found to be virus free.
I downloaded ...
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How can I rejoin a Windows machine to the domain without losing user data if trust relationship on machine was broken
Long story short. A new machine was added to our domain with the same machine name as a pre-existing machine.
Rather than receiving an error from the domain when this was being done, it simply ...
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Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 doesn't work
I've got a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Active Directory with Full 2008 R2 Level Domain and a Windows XP SP3 Client which needs to join this domain.
Unfortunately the client is not able to join the ...
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2answers
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how do I troubleshoot rdp
I have one Windows XP SP3 pc on the domain that I cannot rdp into.
The xp pc is enabled for rdp sessions.
Port 3389 is open in the firewall.
There are no errors in the event logs.
I have tried to rdp ...
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Why can Windows startup begin if hard drive has serious errors? [closed]
On my computer, Windows can begin startup (giving me a the option to press F8 to select safe mode) before blue screening and restarting. If I boot from an external Ultimate Boot CD, I can't read the ...
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Shutting down system using task scheduler feature
I am working on a network with multiple systems with windows XP. My aim to schedule a system shutdown at a specific time, but i don,t want everybody to set it manually. Just a click on the .cmd file i ...
