Arin

I just downloaded and burnt the slipstream version of XP pro w/ service pack 2 off of windowsbeta.microsoft.com I'm going to try it out tonight, but before I do, is it worth it or are there any major problems with it that sould make me not want to use it on my main computer?

MS slipstreamed it for me on the site... you can download the whole deal and burn the image complete with its own serial number.

Is it possible to get simple directory and file listings of a website? Like, say I were to request www.ntcompatible.com I would get a listing of the index.htm and all the other folders such as images and such... kinda like I am ftping into the site, but not....

Hmm... no. I just tried that out and it doesnt do what I want. I want to know what files are on a site that are NOT linked anywhere... these programs just search linked files from the main page..... not what I'm looking for.

yeah I know that but I was wondering if there was a way of searching or displaying all files with some sort of program.

Even still... how would I go about checking? I mean, it would atleast be worth my time to give it a shot. Another thing I thought of for myself was my own site. I cant ftp to it while I am at school because they block ports and I sometiems forget what all I have on there and in what directories. This would helpe me out.... (also comes in handy when I am looking for movies on those free movie sites ) So how would I go about doing this?

Just poking around mainly... Usually I'll have a favorite photographer who has work that he hasnt linked and I want to find it...

Ahh... I think I'll have to sit down one day, move all my stuff around and start using these drives the right way. Thanks!

So I should set up all my non main drives as dynamic? I currently have the following: Disk 0 111.79 GB NTFS Primary (Active) Disk 1 019.53 GB NTFS Primary (System) 170.38 GB NTFS Extended Disk 2 009.77 GB NTFS Primary (Page File) 009.77 GB NTFS Extended 055.02 GB NTFS Extended Disk 3 019.53 GB NTFS Primary Disk 4 Removable Disk 5 Removable Disk 6 Removable CD-ROM 0 DVD CD-ROM 1 CD-ROM CD-ROM 2 DVD I have 4 drives on my raid channel (not running a raid setup) then my cd/dvd rom drives on my IDE channels Also, what does marking a partition Active do? I have no clue why my 120gb backup drive is active.

I've noticed that TVtool 9 checks the internet to verify the key and username every once in a while. I don't know if it is also sending other information out. I'm a real freak when it comes to not giving out information and blocking connections I didnt want and didnt make... IE, I edited my HOSTS file to block out adds from all my applications, spywhere type things, and stuff like that. I would like to block this out too, but I cant seem to find the address with netstat..... Anyone know what the address is? Thanks!

Quote: LMAO ROFL LOL MWAAHAAAAHAAAHAAAHAA! Um... lame? ;( I just reformatted it, which was in the boxes best intrest. It was a media box for roms and such on the tv... reformatting it let me streamline it a whole shit load better than it was.

Do you think this means I have to reformat it?

I disabled it.

For some reason, after I have xp installed for a little over a month, it begins to take so long to start up. I dont have many things starting up when I start up and even turing them off still leaves me waiting at the welcome screen for a while, expecially if my system crashes, in which case it could take over 5 mins to fully load up the desktop and stop all hardrive and processor activity. Any clue as to what could be going on?

all the time.

Up at college I build this beat old computer system for the living room. It plays all our media and serves as an emulator box so we can play all our old nintendo games. Slight problem.... it locks up alot. I thought it was a number of things but after the last few lockups I checked the event manager and saw a problem with ACPI. I get this error at the same time the computer crashes: AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could lead to system instability. I get that error twice in the event manager and then the system locks up. So, scan I just shut off acpi to fix this problem? If so, how? Thanks in advance. EDIT Apparently I was mistaken. that ACPI error shows up when I first start up the computer an not right before I crash. Still, I think this may be the problem. I've already tried different ram and different video cards.

Thanks! I checked.... no updated bios.

Any way to flash a bios w/o a floppy drive? Maybe a bootable cd? I have no floppy in this box.

Windows XP Pro SP1 How do I disable it?

Befor I start, I would like to say microsoft legaly mailed me the huge 12 od cd beta 2 kit so this is a legal copy and not a pirated version. I've recently noticed when I type emails, eventually while typing them the program will lock up my entire computer. I later found that microsoft word does the same, just takes longer. I have not had any problem in front page and I dont think I have used excell long enough at once to have it lock up. It also only seems to happen when I'm actually typing. As you can imagine this makes me quite furious at times, especially when the document is important. I've found my self typing and saving ever few seconds... also typing everything in note pad! So I figured, sure, it's just me, the programs worked before, maybe I just need to reformat and forget about it. Well reformatting time came and the problem is still here! I was over clocked so I decided to bump that down. I've only upped my FSB to a shitty 140fsb and it's still locking up the program (running corsair c2 xms pc3500 ram on a kt400 board) so I dont think its the overclocking at all. Am I the only one with this problem and is there a fix? Maybe there isnt a fix so is microsoft putting out a final version of the new office or a new beta version any time soon? I rarly check the beta website and I almost always skip right over the beta emails.... Any suggestions? I dont wanna go back to office xp.

I got that in the mail to but never used it.

Quote: BTW when they release the final code do we get free copies? I hope so Yeah right

I just reformated last night. Today I realized on the internet pictures dont load... none of them.... ever. WTF?

fixed.

On one of the computers here at work I changed the resolution to one that the monitor couldnt display. Well it never went back so now every time I start up the comptuer and get into windows the screen goes blank and displays one of those 'out of scan range' errors. How do I get in safemode? when I load up the computer I have the option of going into windows nt 4.0 and windows nt 4.0 [vga]. I always select the first one. How do I make that one load up in safemode so I can change the resolution back to normal? Thanks.