Thanks TonyT - so all versions of Vista currently have GPEdit, then? VisionOf: Yep, you're right about the imaging (which I didn't do)....
It seems that a few Vista users might be following this thread, so I'd be grateful for some information: Is the Group Policy Editor available in...
You're correct, greenday5494, it was wrong of me to say that Vista is like a rabid hedgehog. It's actually more like a mentally handicapped,...
Your experience with the Compaq strikes a chord; I also learnt a lot about Vista in the exercise, and achieved a greater degree of familiarity...
Thanks, TonyT, maybe it is the BIOS. Which might explain why I was able to install XP on this SATA drive after I mounted it into a desktop PC...
A friend instructed me to wipe Vista Basic from his brand new Acer Extensa 5210 laptop and install XP Pro. I told him that his warranty might fall...
Thanks guys. Several points come to mind: first, I'm a tech and I build and service pcs. Second, my customer is actually my first ex-wife, and...
Thanks PeteC. I saw that site before I posted here and decided it looked a little too tricky and hoped that someone here might know of an...
I'm organizing a new laptop for a friend. I'd rather give her a machine with XPPro than Vista, but I haven't been able to buy a notebook with XP,...
Thanks for your suggestions, Steve and Rockster. LogMeIn sounds less complex - like, if I'm on a job and I suddenly decide I need a file from...
As a tech it'd be very helpful to be able to call my workshop from a customer's premises and access files from my main pc. I guess to do that...
Thanks for your comments Charles. The pc is nothing fancy - just a budget model Acer Extensa 4214 WXMi. I guess it'll depend on whether it...
Miz and Sparrow: Thank you both very much for those excellent tips; hopefully I should now be able to exercise a little more control over...
Thanks Evan, I'll check out your suggestions :-)
I'm a tech who's managed to ignore Vista so far, but now that customers are turning up with this OS on their laptops, I'm running into ignorance...
Ray, thanks for the tip. That one's good but a little elaborate for what I want, which is a calendar I can mark up with 26 fortnightly paydays...
Thanks Steve and Pete - I'll work on both of those good tips. Cheers masonite
Got a weird problem with two different XPPro computers - everything seems to operate fairly normally, even to the extent of getting online and...
LOL - SurferDude2 - you're a gem! Cheers :D Later - Yep, does the job!
Thanks Zander - I'll give it a spin. Cheers :-)
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