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Folks, I posted about this before, but I didn't get a reply. However, I now have more information from testing. The problem is that when I read a large directory tree - either with a program or a DIR command - Windows XP is a lot slower in normal mode than in Safe mode. Thinking this might be due to running applications, I tried disabling ZoneAlarm, disabling the Anti-virus, removing the Google Desktop (which had indexing disabled), removing QuickTime, but none of this made any difference. Trying Safe mode (either command-prompt, standard, or with networking) made things a lot quicker (6 seconds rather than 17 seconds). Now I happen to try this on thre…

I have several terminal NLB farms with multiple nodes in each farm. When a user calls in with issues it is hard to find exactly where that user is logged in at (which node) with tsadmin. Is there an easy way or GUI somewhere that will show the contents of the Session Directory to find where the user is actually logged in at? Thanks,

What is the default font that is used for labels, tabs, etc. in dialog boxes? I had a problem with Adobe Photoshop recently, and to fix it I had to copy all my fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts to a temporary folder, delete all the fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts, and then reinstall all the fonts. This solved the Photoshop problem, but ever since that time, many of the dialog boxes in programs I use (such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker) use a larger font size for text box labels, tab labels, etc. This means that text is sometimes truncated or covered by another control. I would like to get the size back to what it was before. Dan

What is the default font that is used for labels, tabs, etc. in dialog boxes? I had a problem with Adobe Photoshop recently, and to fix it I had to copy all my fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts to a temporary folder, delete all the fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts, and then reinstall all the fonts. This solved the Photoshop problem, but ever since that time, many of the dialog boxes in programs I use (such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker) use a larger font size for text box labels, tab labels, etc. This means that text is sometimes truncated or covered by another control. I would like to get the size back to what it was before. Dan

I've used my wireless router for quite some time, but I recently got a new computer. Therefore, I'm sure that's where the problem enlies. I set up preferred wireless connections for school and home. Whenever I'm at school, the internet connects automatically, but at home it wil not connect. In fact when I look at my available wireless connections, I see "Unnamed network" Secured. This is my network because it's in high signal strength and I can connect to it. The problem is everytime I need to connect, I have to type in the name for the network and the key. It has detected my network the first time I set it up with the name and did it automatically, but i…

[/url]AP - Yahoo Inc. will introduce new features Monday for its popular Web-based e-mail program, including software that allows computer users to type text messages on a keyboard and send them directly to someone's cell phone. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users. Link To Original Article

Reuters - The Nigerian telecoms regulator is working on plans to allow mobile phone subscribers to keep the same number when they change networks in a bid to force providers to improve services, its top executive said on Monday. Link To Original Article

Privacy advocates say preflight screening proposal is less "intrusive" but doesn't correct underlying problems with watch list databases. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Yahoo Mail is making it easier to go back and forth between e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging - including letting people send text messages to cellphones directly from their e-mail. Link To Original Article

Man charged with drunk driving says his attorney needs access to the source code to fight the charges; state supreme court agrees. Link To Original Article

PC World - Apparently it's not enough that Sun peppers any and all discussions of its hardware and software products with liberal mentions of its Java programming language, now the vendor wants Wall Street to sit up and take more note of its homegrown technology too. Link To Original Article

A Washington advocacy group funded in part by search companies applauds their recent policy changes. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Social-networking site Facebook is ramping up efforts on a major new advertising plan that would let marketers tailor ads for the millions of Facebook customers who provide a mountain of information about themselves on the site, according to major advertisers and analysts briefed on the system. Link To Original Article

Protect America Act signed Sunday temporarily makes it easier for the feds to eavesdrop on calls and e-mail. But what are the privacy impacts? Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - "Manhunt 2," a brutally violent video game that was effectively banned in the United States, has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale for Halloween, its publisher said. Link To Original Article

Issue: I followed MS instructions on how to setup a default user profile, create a user configure as wanted with icons, printers, proxy etc, unhide hidden files and folders then using the profile tool copy this user profile and overwrite the Default User giving it everyone rights (this should work) Problem: After doing the above steps then I proceed to rehide all hidden files and folders when I login as a new user the icons are not there unles I go to options and "View Hidden Files and Folders" also my default printer is not selected. Help, How do I solve this issue I have an image ready to deploy to 250 users but can't do so till I fix this issue. Th…

This morning my one week old test build of Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition rebooted without warning and performed a check disk on reboot. Running on a Dell Lattitude D630. I am now stuck with an error that I am unable to circumvent in normal or safe mode boot. I cannot run Windows, and cannot find any mention of the error text below on the Microsoft website, nor any helpful posts anywhere on the net other than "me too" and "re-install it!" Error after reboot: Logon process initialization failure Interactive logon process initialization has failed Please consult the event log for more details (I would love to but uh can't) Any ideas other than re…

hi, i've read that Vista's backup does NOT back up EFS encrypted files... is there a good 3rd party backup utility which does, or is this inherent with EFS ??? can i assume that Vista's Complete PC Backup (image) utility does backup EFS files & that they can be restored ??? thanks, mike.

i have been working with an exe which talks to a client (which can be the same machine or a different machine with different IP address). in this client server talk i also configured the ports on firewall exception list. but the EXE doesnt run at all until the firewall is on. however just to confirm that the exe works well, i have time and again checked it on window 2000 and 2003 where it works well and good. please advise wat can be done.

DOSBox, the DOS emulator program that runs within Vista x64 and allows executing legacy apps in full screen, has been updated. http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 Download link: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe?download Carlos

In article <MPG.212e7021a6ad86ec98a5a7@news.individual.net>, Conor wrote: > > Your main > > bugbear seems to be with networking, especially wifi. > > Wifi is very important for many people. > And extremely dangerous for most of the people who want to use it (viz : anyone who handles any data of any sensitivity AND who isn't a networking guru ; also it's completely unusable in any environments that even intermittently *require* radio *silence*). Regardless of the state of any OS's support for WiFi, relying on WiFi support as an argument about the quality of a particular OS is no better than relying on the state of the OS's support fo…

Vista updates kb 936021, 936782, 935807 fail with error 80071A90. Manual installations fail with "This update does not apply to your system". Any ideas? Thanks, Sven

I can't use EIST on my machine. I have Conroe E6320, Gigabyte MB GA p35- DS3, and Windows 2000 SP4 installed. Do I need a special driver for that feature? I did everything which is mentioned in this Intel Document: http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/203838.htm.. Thanks for help. Juergen

We recently installed windows 2003 terminal server with SP2. Most of our printer are HP laserjet printers and to be specific laserjet 4100, 4050, 4300and 9000 series printer. We get the default printer mapped ok while logging on to the terminal server but seem to lose the additional trays in the printer settings on the TS client. Is there any way to fix this issue. If we log on as admin to that TS session we can add the trays and the setting for that particular workstation remains OK. Is this a permission issue? Once we have the trays the printing is not an issue