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ICS is designed to be a quick and easy way to share very basic Internet connectivity. For full configuration benefits, you should install a NAT server or a proxy server. But here's a possible solution, if it works. I haven't verified if this works, because I haven't needed to set it up. But it seems easy to map ports to services running on your client in ICS of the XP host. On your internet connection Advanced tab, where you select to enable ICS, click the Settings button. You will see the default list of services that you can add port mappings for. Since Messenger isn't on the list, click Add. Supply a description, IP, an internal port (the port number that the service on your network is using) and external port (the port number that external computers will use to contact this service) for the Messenger service, and select TCP or UDP (should all be TCP for Messenger). You will need to configure a separate setting for each port, since it does not allow you to set a range of ports (yuck). You should provide a host name (name of client computer) instead of an IP. This will avoid you having to configure a static IP for the client running the Messenger service, otherwise DHCP may assign it a different IP from the one you configure here. Good luck!

I saw something similar once after a bios flash went bad. I was able to recover by reflashing the bios. It wasn't all k's but just some garbled stuff on the screen.

Hehehe, I was joking and forgot my smilie.

May as well wait until August (i think) for SP1. In the meantime there's qchain. I'll make it easy for you, here's my qchain batch file for WinXP: [size:9] @echo off echo. echo. echo This will apply all Hotfixes for Windows XP up to 6/13/2002 echo. echo Please select NO if a popup box asks to reboot. echo. echo. pause echo. echo. echo Applying patches . . . echo. echo. cd hotfix Q307274_x86.exe -u -z -q Q307316_x86.exe -u -z -q Q307460.exe /Q Q307869.exe -u -z -q Q308210_x86.exe -u -z -q Q308276_x86.exe -u -z -q Q308381.exe -u -z -q Q309376_x86.exe -u -z -q Q309495_x86.exe -u -z -q Q309521_x86.exe -u -z -q Q309691_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe -u -z -q Q310437_x86.exe -u -z -q Q310510.exe -u -z -q Q311542XPSP1x86.exe -u -z -q Q311889.exe -u -z -q Q311967.exe -u -z -q Q312369.exe /Q Q314147.exe -u -z -q Q314582.exe -u -z -q Q314862.exe -u -z -q Q315000.exe -u -z -q Q315403.exe -u -z -q Q316397_WXPx86.exe -u -z -q Q317277.exe -u -z -q Q318202_MSXML20_x86.exe /C:"dahotfix /Q /N" Q318203_MSXML30_x86.exe /C:"dahotfix /Q /N" Q318388WXPSP1.exe -u -z -q Q319580.exe -u -z -q Q319733.exe -u -z -q Q320174.exe -u -z -q msjavx86.exe /Q /C:"javatrig /Q" msxml4qfe.exe /Q setupeuroconv.exe /Q setupMovieMaker12.exe /Q vbs56nen.exe /Q Q318966_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe -u -z -q Q318138_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe -u -z -q Q320552_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe -u -z -q Q321232.exe /Q cd.. qchain.exe echo. echo All patching complete. echo You will need to reboot your computer for echo the patches to take effect. echo. echo. echo Press any key to reboot now echo or press CTRL-C to end without rebooting. echo. echo. pause > nul %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0 exit [/color] It includes all critical updates, and all the recommended updates except the .NET framework. My system runs very stable with all of these. Remove any you don't want. Put this batch file and qchain.exe in a folder. In that folder create a subfolder called hotfix. In the hotfix folder place all the hotfixes. Make sure to remove any references in the batch file to hotfixes you don't have or don't want.

THIS JUST IN... With the release of SP1 for Windows XP, Microsoft will no longer support third party mice. Driver support will only be enabled for the MS Intellimouse line of mice.

Here's a couple of things you can try. Type ncpa.cpl in the Run box and press Enter. In the Network Connections window, click Advanced, then select Advanced Settings. On the Adapters and Bindings tab, in the Connections box, make sure your LAN connection is at the top, and your Internet connection is second, with Remote Access connections last. Highlight an item and click the arrows to move them if necessary. Then click OK. If that got you nowhere, you can try deleting this registry key. [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] What that does is stops Explorer from searching the network for scheduled processes whenever it is opened. To save you time digging in regedit, you can download this file and double click it to delete the key. Use this file to set it back to default if you want to. If these didn't help, sorry. At least you killed some time.

Mouse acceleration was replaced by "Enhanced Pointer Precision," which does the opposite; it decelerates the pointer more as you slow down. Sort of the same as acceleration was, but feels a bit different.

Maybe the NIC is competing for resources with other hardware. Check to see if it is sharing an IRQ with something else, and if possible, disable the other device. Sometimes moving the NIC to the first PCI slot is also helpful.

Make sure the share name of the printer isn't too long or has spaces. Sometimes that has given me trouble before. Also, make sure you have additional drivers for Win9x installed for that printer (it's on the sharing tab).

Have you tried different patch cables? Have you tried a different port on the hub? Have you tried connecting with machines 3 and 4 disconnected from the hub?

This sets the max connections to 16. Set the dword to whatever values you want, remember it is in hex. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000010 "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000010

How generous of him!

I think you have IRQ conflicts. Do you have any old hardware installed? Is your BIOS set for PNP operating system? Try the opposite of whatever it is set at. Also, a list of all your hardware would be helpful.

I no longer let people find out that I build my own computers. I always used to get suckered into building one for somebody. When you do this you've just volunteered to provide 5 years of free technical support every time they screw something up. I started refusing to build computers for friends last year, and pissed some of them off in the process (too bad!). They just keep getting pushier, expecting buttloads of free software, like I'm going to pirate it for them! Yeah right! Last year this guy told me he had $400, and could I build him a computer with it. I told him I don't build pieces of crap, go waste your money on an E-Machine and AOL. So he did. Then, 3 months ago, to my horror, my 52 year old father-in-law comes home with a brand new Dell. He asked me to come over and set it up for him and get him on the internet, so I did. Then he asked me to show him what he could do with it! He had a scanner, CD burner, printer, all the basic goodies, and no clue how to use any of it. He had never ever touched a computer before in his life. I spent an hour just training him to use a mouse, he still can't click only one button at a time. He never uses the computer at all, because he can't remember anything I or any of his kids teach him. It's just way over his head. But every time I go over there, he wants me to look something up on the Internet for him, or scan a picture to make copies of it. As far as users at work go, I hate the curious ones the most, the ones who click on everything in Windows, wondering how it works, and inadvertently screwing it all up, then telling you they didn't do anything, because they don't want to admit to being stupid, and it's up to you to figure out what the little liar did. I tend to like the ones who are scared of breaking the computer. They won't touch anything, so they never screw it up.

http://www.nvrt.net Works fine for me!

The right place at the right time.

try alt+shift+tab

It cost me $50 to ship a 19" monitor once. Add about $20 more for the case and components I guess. Maybe $70 for everything? Just a guess.

I've noticed that when I uninstall and then reinstall NAV, the subscription countdown resets to 1 year. But this goes against the EULA.

I suspect the CD drive as well. Try what Dirty Harry suggested, or replace the CD drive.

The cheapest way to access that file that you need would be to just stick the hard drive into another NT computer as a slave drive. Then you can copy the file. Or you can get http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/ntfsdospro.aspNTFSDOSPRO from Winternals, although just that one little tool costs more than Windows. If you reinstall or repair windows, or make any changes/updates to the OS by adding/removing windows components, then yes, you do have to reapply SP6. This is why MS later made it easy to integrate a SP into the original OS disk with W2K, to avoid this annoyance. You can try the ERD if you want, but it probably wont help, because the machine would have to be virtually identical to the one you are repairing. It might get you to boot, but you will probably have other problems caused by it. I'm not too sure about what would happen actually. Have you tried "Last known good configuration" or does the boot process even get that far?

Disabling the Nvidia Driver Helper service made my machine unstable when I tried it one time.

I have a PF790. I had the same problem as you about 6 months ago. It continued to get worse and worse over about 2 months until the monitor was useless. Fortunately it was still covered under warranty so Viewsonic replaced the CRT. Since then, no more problems. Keep your speakers away, but permanent damage may have already been done. Check to see when your warranty runs out, then decide if and when to call Viewsonic.

Love all your sigs. None are too long. Maybe mine will become more useful one day.

I saw that one too, but with several billiard balls. 8)