Windows XP Service Pack 3 is the most recent, and final Service Pack released for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It was only released for 32 bit versions. It went RTM on April 21, 2008, and to the public on May 6, 2008. It is an especially important Service Pack and is a requirement for ...
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Dr. Watson Woes
A Windows XP box on my network gets slammed with memory exception errors from two of Microsoft's Dr. Watson debugger processes if the machine is left idle for more than 15 minutes in the Welcome ...
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Machine can access network and Internet but can't be accessed by others
We have a Windows XP SP3 machine on our network which is able to access the network (local shares and computers and also external websites on the Internet) but is inaccessible to other machines on the ...
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Group Policy Preference Event id in Window XP [closed]
Whenever Group Policy Preference get auto-update after 90 minutes interval on Window XP. Is there any event id generated or not in Window XP?
Please answer in Yes or No.
If yes than what is Event Id ...
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Merge registry key by .vbs using GPO /computer configuration
We have bought Team Viewer corporate, and need to deploy to our infrastructure, it includes Windows XP SP3, and Windows 7, our domain controller is Windows 2003 SP2, the setting of Team Viewer was ...
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Remotely execute application on another PC connected via a crossover cable
I have two PCs that are both running Windows XP SP3, referred to as PC1 and PC2. They are connected to each other through cross-over ethernet cable. PC1 has the static IP address 10.0.0.1 and PC2 has ...
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LAN connection to router from virtual machines on bridged network
First off, I know that this question exhibits bad practice, but the problem is being pursued from more an academic POV than practical application.
I'm using a number of Virtual machines (Using the ...
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Securing network: Windows XP 64 bit Professional [closed]
For a small office network (e.g. 6 machines on LAN), using Windows XP 64 bit Professional as the OS on the server machine, I want to enable sharing of files on the server machine NTFS hard-drive ...
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Automatic installation for GUI with out manual interaction [closed]
I want to install one GUI application without user intercation. The installation will ask some inputs from the installer while installing. So I want to automate it completely.
The OS which I am ...
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How to install Admin tools on Windows 7 and Windows XP workstations via powershell?
we have around 250 workstation(mix of windows 7 and XP SP3) ; we are delegating those users some admin tasks via task pads and they need admin tool pack(containing AD tools such as dsa.msc etc) for ...
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“unknown error” reported by CM4540 printer when backing up over network
I am trying to complete a backup of an HP CM4540 printer settings to a .ZIP file on a file server. The file server is a PC running Windows XP Pro. Has anyone gotten this to work? Any insights into why ...
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Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode - Capturing hostname from guest?
I'm in the process of creating an auto-deploy customised Windows XP mode using Windows Virtual PC, I'm trying to get the guest to be named based on the hosts name but I'm not sure how the guest can ...
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Hosts file in Windows XP automatically deleted [closed]
I am not sure what happened but the Hosts file which I had previously was automatically deleted, and when I had recreated a new host file, it worked, since I had installed WordPress on my machine. But ...
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Windows XP SP3 client over NAT to a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 file server disconnection
we just transferred a pilot group from our old(!!) Netware infrastructure to an Microsoft infrastructure. Since then, our users got problems accessing their files. They all experience disconnection ...
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could not format log-string snmp
While receiving snmp-traps on windows-xp machine,I am seeing all traps in event logger.but they are not redirected by using traphandle directive .& in Event Viewer ,I am seeing this error could ...
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Backup & Restore Group Policy of Workgroup Window XP [closed]
I have around 20 system in Workgroup, I have configured a Group policy along with Administrative Template on one system.
Do you know, how to transfer this Group Policy along with Administrative ...
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Cannot deploy reports on localhost/reports
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Sql Server Reporting Services(SSRS) on an xp virtual machine.. I have created a report and am trying to deploy it... but getting this error...
The specified ...
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Windows Group Policy - Can I alter with VBscript?
First of all I'm not an expert in either Windows or Group Policy scripting but one of my tasks is to configure XP machines which are destined to be NOT network. Consequently I've used VBScript to ...
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Windows XP long login (15 minutes +)
I'm having a lot of issues with our Windows XP SP3 machines (about five of them, but every week another gets on the bandwagon of this issue). They take forever (15 minutes) to apply the user settings ...
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Wallpaper Breach in window xp
I have applied group policy for my Company Wallpaper. But in window xp, if i right click on images in web browser and than select Set as wallpaper, than the wallpaper changes. ( please see the below ...
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DVR capture card with 4 BNC ports [closed]
Hi I have a capture card and only things I can read from it is:
10104 on the board
and
'Techwell TW6802" on the main chip
I can't find a working driver anywhere.
I can accept any sollution (Even a ...
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Windows XP Pro Update KB2707511 installing over and over
I am having a very peculiar issue installing Windows Updates on Windows XP Pro SP3. This is installed on a Virtual Machine (Oracle VirtualBox) with VM guest tools installed. I'm trying to get it up to ...
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Deactivate Win XP SP3
I'm attempting to deactivate a Windows XP SP3 install in order to test configuration scripts.
I've tried to modify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current ...
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Does Windows XP automatically reassemble UDP fragments?
I've got a Windows application that receives and processes XML messages transmitted via UDP. The application collects the data using Windows "raw" sockets, so the entire layer 3 packet is visible.
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Trouble connecting to remote “console session” of a Windows XP pro
I'm trying to connect to a Windows XP pro through Remote Desktop (my local machine is on Windows 7).
I know that I have to type mstsc.exe /admin (I'm not using the deprecated option /console) to open ...
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Deploying XP machines fails to use Prestaged Computer Name
I have been happily deploying Windows 7 images using WDS for a few months now and everything has been working smoothly.
I have prestaged the computernames in AD because one of our clients wants ...
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Is there a way to do a “run as” in a command line?
So, we are trying to push out the full .Net Framework 4 to all out client workstations within an Active Directory environment via the login batch file in the SYSVOL folder. I added the following ...
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How is non admin domain user able to change Administrator for local computer?
On a Windows Server 2003 / XP LAN, non admin domain users are able to manage the users and groups of the local computer including changing the Administrator password and make themselves ...
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remotely check amount of RAM on a computer using command line
How would I remotely check the amount of RAM on a computer using command line? (Windows XP and/or windows server 2003)
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Drive mapping fails via GPO preferences but works fine in a VBScript
I'm running a few Windows Server 2008 R2 servers with domain computers running Windows XP SP3. Client side extension is installed.
I opted to use Group Policy Preferences over the conventional ...
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Windows XP will not connect to Enterprise Wireless
We run a Radius server (Windows Server 2008 R2 running NPS). My goal is to push out GPOs to wireless users with the network information. I am successfully doing this with Windows 7 clients, iOS ...
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PKI user certificate credential roaming works on Windows 7, but not on XP SP3
We have implemented credential roaming for user certificates on our domain. Everything is set up per Technet in Certification Authority and Group Policy. User certificates are roaming correctly, but ...
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RDP randomly slows to a crawl (not tcp autotuning)
Most of the time my RDC works perfectly. Sometimes it slows to a complete crawl and I cannot even get my mouse clicks to register on the remote computer. The client computer is Windows XP, so ...
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User Rights Assignment via the console on Windows XP
My work machine is configured so that every time I log off everything is reset. I need to run a service and I have everything automated so far except assigning the service user the rights to "Log on ...
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Server 2008R2 domain & Windows XP Clients
I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 client that I have joined to a Server 2008R2 domain. The client joined the domain with no issues, it has pulled the group policy (for the most part) and I can see it within ...
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Remote Desktop Network Level Authentication Not Supported
I'm running Windows XP Professional SP3 x86, trying to connect to a system with Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64.
Recently, I updated the Remote Desktop Connection software on the XP system in hopes of ...
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Deleting shared network printers from user accounts in XP
If a regular user has added a printer by going to a share \\share and then right clicked on a printer and then clicked 'connect', how can that be removed by an administrator?
I have tried prnmngr.vbs ...
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Why is out corporate network very slow? [closed]
I'm administrating a small corporate network. It has a Windows 2003 SBS domain controller and about 10 client computers (Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7).
Last friday the users started complaining about ...
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Correct syntax for Apache Virtual Hosts on Windows?
I apologize, but this is difficult to figure out.
I am running Apache 2.2, this is on a Windows box, my own home PC for development use only. Windows XP Pro SP3.
I have five sites that I need to ...
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Windows Group Policy
I made a critical change to my system which ruined my windows environment. I later knew it can be resolved by System Restore. When I was about to run it this message prompted me.
System Restore ...
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Cygwin sshd service starts but only produces errors
I know this has been asked before, but I looked at the other questions and they didn't help, so here goes...
I installed cygwin (only OpenSSH and whatever else it automatically chose for it). I ran ...
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Portable SQL Server
I need to install SQL Server, however I have a BIG problem with it. I remember when I tried to install it I got error with MSXML and it was not installed because of MSXML and some other component. Is ...
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Disk Imaging and Recovery Software for Windows XP SP3
I have just installed Windows XP SP3 in my workstation and I have a strange behavior in Acronis TrueImage Disk Imaging Software I use. I notices from some forums that there is lot o f posts regarding ...
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Caching of path environment variable on windows?
I'm assisting one of our testers in troubleshooting a configuration problem on a Windows XP SP3 system. Our application uses an environment variable, called APP_HOME, to refer to the directory where ...
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Mapped Networked Drive Disconecting when Opening Task Manager
I have a strange problem. When I open Windows task manager, one of my mapped network drives gets disconnected, its Z: if that is of any use.
It is always the same drive that gets disconnected, and I ...
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Mapped drives not showing in first run of Windows Explorer
We have a handful of Windows XP SP3 users whose mapped drives don't always appear in Windows Explorer when they initially log in. "net use" shows the drives are mapped correctly and they can see them ...
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Is it possible to Remote Desktop to Console 0 of a remote XP SP3 machine using mstsc.exe /admin?
Is it possible to Remote Desktop to Console 0 of a remote XP Pro SP3 machine from an XP Pro SP3 machine using mstsc.exe /admin? I am getting " ... maximum terminal connections reached ... " even with ...
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Volume Shadow Copy Service and the Local Settings folder(s)
Environment:
Server: Windows Server 2008
Client computers: Windows XP Pro SP 3
I discovered that the "Local Settings" folder in a user's profile's directory does not exist when I open up the ...
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Windows Firewall problem GP0 SP3
I have recently rolled XP service pack 3 out on the estate, and for some reason it is enabling the windows firewall. I have a group policy that disables the windows firewall but SP3 is turning it on.
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How do I set up a Windows NFS share so that I can view it's contents on Linux?
My NFS server is a Windows XP SP3 box with the Microsoft Windows Services for Unix installed.
I have a share configured under C:\NFS with the share name NFS and ANSI encoding.
Anonymous access is ...
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How to authorize standard users to install drivers on Windows XP
I'm currently looking for a way to autorize my non administrators users to perform an installation of drivers.
Here is the speech:
All my users are standard users, they got a VirtualBox Hypervisor ...
