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*reposted from 'network_web' as no response there* I have recently installed WinXP Pro (previously Win2K) on my small (two PC) home network. Previously I had shared folders and CD/DVD drives between the two PCs. After the install, I can share folders but do not get the share option for the DVD drive: http://www.firish.com/share1.JPG http://www.firish.com/share2.JPG The sharing of the file folders is fine (ie, I have connectivity, permissions, etc.). Any ideas what is going on here? Thanks. PS I have since found a setting in Policies that enables/disables that share but confirmed that the switch is set correctly.

Microsoft issues "critical" security update Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 minutes ago Microsoft classified the update as being "Important" for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and "Critical" for other versions of Windows. ... More...

>MS is releasing an update today and should be available in the next 13 >minutes. It's Critical for XP. Never mind, I do see it. KB958644. - Thee Chicago Wolf

>MS is releasing an update today and should be available in the next 13 >minutes. It's Critical for XP. News to me. What is the KB number? - Thee Chicago Wolf

Does anyone have any tips for migration from NT4 to 2008? I have everything working except for the SID migration. I am using ADMT 3.1 any tips or experience with this would be a great help.

PDC2008 , China - 1 hour ago The group is responsible for the development of Windows Vista technologies, including user interface, device support, graphics and media as well as ... More...

I have previously written — ( Steve Ballmer himself Confirms that Windows 7 is still Vista in its Core) that the release of Windows 7 should have enterprises think about skipping Windows Vista. In an excerpt: With this strategy, I think enterprises who have not yet moved into Vista may finally decide to wait for Windows 7 [...] More...

The MumbaiITPro User Group, a Microsoft User Group in Mumbai, India ( http://groups.msn.com/MumbaiITPro ) is currently running an opportunity to its members to join their management team (online / offline) as well as the Microsoft Virtualization Community Launch leadership opportunity. This is an exclusive opportunity to work directly with Microsoft to host our launch event around Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. The Community Launch program provides the technical training and launch support resources to showcase some of the technical features of these products within MumbaiITP…

Microsoft To Issue Emergency Security Patch On Thursday InformationWeek, NY - 30 minutes ago The vulnerability is rated "important" for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft plans to host a Webcast about its bulletin on Thursday, ... More...

I have seem quite a few posts on here about problems when using Domino Web Access (iNotes) and Vista. The main issue relates to the HTML web editor component in emails which does not load. There is an update from IBM to accommodate Microsoft Windows Vista. DOMINO 6.5.6 FP1 AND 6.5.6 FP2: FIX FOR RUNNING DWA ON MICROSOFT VISTA 'IBM - Domino 6.5.6 FP1 and 6.5.6 FP2: Fix for running DWA on Microsoft Vista' (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24016489) -- David Bland

I've uploaded a new Activity Center for Microsoft Office, which focuses on Microsoft Office, Office Live, and related products and services! More...

With a blockbuster PDC 2008 looming, I take a last look at what we can expect from Windows 7 at the show! More...

Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog ZDNet - 7 minutes ago From the post: “(T)his blog is part of an effort to highlight Windows 7 development story, a story that for some reason got lost with Windows Vista. ... More...

"Bill" wrote: > not a chance > > Vista and MS rules... > > > > > Yes,in your dreams. However,keep on dreaming.

Five reasons why skipping Windows Vista could backfire InfoWorld, CA - 9 minutes ago [ Find out why Randall C. Kennedy suddenly "likes" Vista (and surfing) in InfoWorld's Enterprise Desktop blog. ] Also, Silver suggests in the report, ... More...

Thank you, it fixe the problem!

Microsoft is releasing their October patch with a Maximum Security Rating of Critical. The impact of vulnerability is “Remote Code Execution”. As described in the Microsoft site:Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: October 22, 2008Microsoft Security Bulletin to be issued: October 23, 2008This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is [...] More...

I am setting up the ias on windows 2000 , there is cross mark in remote access logging and remote access policy. i can't create the policy, cause the option is dim. pls help

Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch New York Times, United States - 10 minutes ago The flaw is considered to be a less serious risk for users of the Windows Vista and Server 2008 operating systems Microsoft said in an advisory on the issue ... More...

Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch Computerworld, MA - 27 minutes ago The flaw is considered to be a less serious risk for users of the Windows Vista and Server 2008 operating systems Microsoft said in an advisory on the issue ... More...

PC World Microsoft Sets the Stage for Windows 7 PC World - 19 minutes ago Last spring, Microsoft's lead Windows spokesperson Chris Flores wrote a blog post saying Windows 7 would refine (but not abandon) the Vista kernel. ... More...

On 2003 Server SP1 and 2003 R2 SP2 I have recently noticed that I am getting a second Copying window started with preparing paste information in it. Even after the file copy window itself has closed the preparing paste information windows stays open and has the source files locked. Anyone any ideas what this is about and if there are any side effects to cancelling the preparing paste information window? Regards, Major. p.s. Major is my Christian name :-)

Situation: A large update, like XP SP3, may fail to install without explanation. Microsoft Update may return an Error Code: 0x80200011. A check of the WindowsUpdate.log file may have the entry: "Priority" regulated and can NOT download. Cause: A corporate hardware firewall may prevent the download of such a large file. You may not receive any direct indication by the firewall that the download is blocked. There are several other explanations of this error in this forum, but I have not seen my situation described. I went through months of frustration, and a dozen failed attempts to upgrade. The problem was resolved by accessing the internet from outsi…

When Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 launched in March, I wrote a post describing the permissive intellectual property licensing approaches we took for components of that release, such as Creative Commons licenses for copyrights in selected specs and the Microsoft Open Specification Promise (“OSPâ€) for implementations of those specs. Now with the launch of Beta 2, I’m happy to highlight a few ways we’re continuing to make our innovations available to the community. By doing so, we hope to continue to foster the type of collaboration in the community that is so important to the “generativity†of the Internet, to borrow a term from Jonathan Zittrain (whose new b…

I have a small home network where I share files and a printer. The PC sharing files and the printer is a Windows 98 PC. Everything was working fine until recently. I can not longer print with users with limited account to the network printer. These user accounts can see and share file in the PC sharing the files and printer, but these accounts can not print. The admin account can print ok. The PC that connects to the other PC is running windows XP Professional version 2002, service pack 3. I have Norton 360 running in the XP PC. I uninstalled Norton 360 to see if Norton was causing the problem, but the outcome was the same… I could still not print to th…