- My XP pro SP3 used to run ntbackup.exe alright (FWIW). - Now calling it just produces a windowless process that does nothing. - I read...
Thanks, TonyT! This is a good explanation. NETWORKING Within the same time frame XP got faster, all the network hardware I connect to at my...
??? I was faced with the same issue with one machine and I wondered about the LEGALITY of the matter, so I called up MS. They told me that...
I am still using my original XP install from 2006. Over the years I've been weeding out the useless auto-starting programs that accumulate and...
Thank you everybody! MitchellCooley: "control userpasswords2" works! I called it from a "run-as-admin" shell while logged into the...
For several months I've been unable to open the "User Accounts" control panel on my generally wonderful XP SP3 machine. As seen in countless...
That's an OOOLD ad (mid 90's?) but it drew laughter tears from me just like the 1st time.
My case was rather funny.... I just lost many settings, no key data, so little pain. The reason of the loss is more interesting. I use Windows...
Thank you Pete! This surely allows other users to start those apps! But, (where?) should I manually intervene to make sure that all the menu...
Is there a way, (short of uninstalling apps as user + reinstalling them all as administrator) to make existing user-installed apps systemwide...
Thank you Charles and Zander, the problem is definitely not WinME's ! Zander: > I take it the Linux partition is the first partition on...
I am reinstalling ME on a new 80GB HD. I partitioned the drive using the same tool as I did on the previous 20GB HD: Ranish Partition Manager...
Newt: > it deals with some registry hives Another Big Can of Worms! I saw my registry grow from 65,000 to 90,000 values in two years... I...
Newt, I understand that defragging a swap file is not possible by ordinary means, but e.g. gru's setup makes the point moot. His dedicated...
The comp still complains that the WINSWAP2 drive is missing (the exact wording is "Drive WINSWAP2 not present. "), but everything else seems...
Hi Steve! Uh, I sort of expected a question like "why do you have a separate swap partition? ", but here I sense insight rather than a...
Thank you Steve and Charles! I cursed myself no end after posting this.... There's one thing worse than not backing up your system: it's...
I used to have a dedicated swap partition on a separate drive, which I must have named WINSWAP2. Windows keeps complaining on startup that...
Just reinstalled WinME. Many applications die suddenly as soon as I try to open a file from within them. So far I notice this using all of...
I know this is big time paranoid. I would like this start order: APPS <--- START COMMANDS__________ - task manager <--- startup folder...
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