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I am trying to share a printer from command line using following command rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /Xs /n "HP Officejet 6200 series" "ShareName" "HP Officejet 6200 series-Share" attributes +Shared The above command is working fine in XP. If I run this same command in "Windows XP embedded", it shares the printer successfully but end up with a popup as "Operation Could not be completed" .Since I am executing this command from c# code, the executing is not moving to next line and application hangs up. The only difference I can see between two OS is, the "Windows XP embedded" has "printui.dll version 5.1.2600.1106" and "Windows XP" has version "5.1.26…

i have a red dot/circle in front of my music folder and a ble one on the actual music files, does any one know what this is

I can't connect to the Internet with IE (latest version on XP Pro) . Funny thing is Outlook Express works perfectly and so does FireFox. But for some reason IE just won't connect. It stays there for minutes just burning rubber. I ran sfc /scannow and that didn't do anything. What are some other things I should do to figure this out? J

I've installed PerfectDisk for defragmentation and have unchecked run on a schedule on the Vista Disk Defragmenter. When I restart or do a cold boot the Vista Disk Defragmenter runs an analysis of the disk this takes typically about 10 mins and is unnecessary and bothersome as I have a third party product that performs this function at 4:00 AM. I would like to disable the analysis of the disk, can this be done? Thanks Kasey

Woopsie :) XP newsgroup removed and Vista newsgroup added in another sub thread ;) Bye, Skybuck =D

Woopsie :) XP newsgroup removed and Vista newsgroup added in another sub thread ) Bye, Skybuck =D

Woopsie :) XP newsgroup removed and Vista newsgroup added in another sub thread ) Bye, Skybuck =D

XP Pro machine. It doesn't matter what profile is used or whether it is IE, Firefox, Netscape some fonts on web sites are displayed incorrectly. Is there a problem with the xp fonts or something else? Thanks

Is Microsoft's American Flag screensaver compatible with Vista? Every time I use it, I get an "Ameri~.scr has stopped working" error. I had no problem with it when I ran XP. I copied the file over to my Vista computer, and I thought that might be the cause. But I downloaded it again from Microsoft's web site with the same result.

The key combination Alt+W does not work in MS Office or any other application installed. All are legal versions and work fine in all other respects. Problem occurs regardless of whether or not I am using the built-in keyboard on my laptop or an external keyboard. I am using the WINDOWS XP Professional operating system. -- Thanks, Mike

The key combination Alt+W does not work in MS Office or any other application installed. All are legal versions and work fine in all other respects. Problem occurs regardless of whether or not I am using the built-in keyboard on my laptop or an external keyboard. I am using the WINDOWS XP Professional operating system. -- Thanks, Mike

A folder has appeared on my desktop labelled '%SystemDrive%'. In it are folders DandS\user\app dat\MS\SysCerts\My\CRLs etc. I have no idea how this came to be on the desktop but I had been copying a lot of files yesterday and suppose it is possible I might have accidentally moved this one. Any ideas how this got there and where it really belongs, and how to get it back there? It is not a shortcut. Thanks in advance, S

A folder has appeared on my desktop labelled '%SystemDrive%'. In it are folders DandS\user\app dat\MS\SysCerts\My\CRLs etc. I have no idea how this came to be on the desktop but I had been copying a lot of files yesterday and suppose it is possible I might have accidentally moved this one. Any ideas how this got there and where it really belongs, and how to get it back there? It is not a shortcut. Thanks in advance, S

AP - After more than two years of promises and delays, Comcast Corp. has finally begun rolling out its first set-top boxes that run TiVo's digital video recording technology. Link To Original Article

AP - Motorola Inc., badly in need of hit products to spark a turnaround, announced nine new cell phone handsets Thursday to be available this quarter. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Maybe Sony Corp. should start watching one of television's many home makeover shows. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to loosen Apple's grip on the online music market, according to a news report Friday. Link To Original Article

Macworld.com - Lawyers filed a class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T seeking $1.2 billion in damages because the iPhone is locked to AT&T’s wireless network. The suit also notes that Apple will not allow unauthorized applications on the iPhone. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) slashed this week around 15 percent off from the price of its 3G phone model E65, one of the top sales and profit generators for the world's largest cellphone maker, market data showed on Friday. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Pentaho released an update to its open source business intelligence software that makes it a more viable option for corporate users, industry analysts said. Link To Original Article

AP - Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Friday it has proposed to buy software maker BEA Systems Inc. for more than $6.66 billion, in a bid to expand its product portfolio and better compete with chief rival SAP AG. Link To Original Article

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The Boston area has become a leading robotics hub, with a larger cluster of related companies than any other area in the U.S., according to a group of panelists assembled for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum on Robotics Wednesday night. The Stata Center, where the ... Link To Original Article

In a blind "taste test" searchers chose Google, then Microsoft and Yahoo. That's according to the results of a poll created last week by the Google Operating System blog. Participants could try out three unidentified search engines and vote which had the best results. The results are in and ... Link To Original Article

NewsFactor - There comes a time in every technology's life when proprietary silos wind up giving way to interoperability. For some, like e-mail, the transition to a standard protocol came relatively quickly. For others, like instant messaging, interoperability exists solely because third parties created bridge solutions. Link To Original Article

It's the proverbial win-win situation. Earlier this week, Intel said it wanted more time to respond to the European Commission's allegations that it abused its market dominant position and sent an extension request to the Commission's antitrust regulators. It turns out, the Commission needs more time too. ... Link To Original Article