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Hello all, I know that under Win2k Jane's USAF had the problem that the settings page could not be accessed. I was wondering if anyone has tried the game with Windows XP Pro to see if this probelm has been fixed by any luck. Thanks

Hi all, This is an old bug, where trying to save an image from the IE window defaults to saving that image as a .bmp file with the name "untitled" even when the image has a name and is of some other format. Now, here is the kicker; I am aware of the multiple solutions that are on the web, most of them come from Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, such as clearing the internet cache (temporary internet files) and/or increasing it's size, deleting "damaged" and "unknown" objects from the installed programs folder, and even deleting all of the entries in this folder. None of these has worked on my system; Thay have all been tried already; please keep that in mind. Other testing I have done: The files are not to blame, loading the exact same URLs and images in a different browser (Mozilla and Opera) saves the image in it's correct format and using the given name of the image. In IE itself: let's say that you are viewing an image gallery that uses thumbnails, which when clicked load the larger image all by itself into the window. Loading the image (meaning clicking on the thumbnail) creates the problem at hand; the image will only save as an untitled.bmp. However, if I instead right-click on the thumbnail and choose "Save targer as .." then the image saves properly - I find that incredible odd. This does not happen with every image; in the example above, some of the images in a gallery will load and save perfectly fine, but most will generate the bug. I have not been able to pick up a pattern as to which images cause the problem and which do not, but I have noticed that once the bug happens to an image, there is no going back, whereas an image that was fine CAN suddenly exhibit the bug after repeated testing. Anyway, I hope this is enough information ... thanks in advance for any ideas.

NOt sure what causes this problem, but over time I have seen it happen at some time or another on every machine I have and run. Basically, mapped drives fail to reconnect when the machine boots up, BUT they reconnect fine the minute you open explorer and open the drive; thus, it is not a password issue or a permissions issue. The machine CAN access the mapped drives without problem, but it fails to reconnect them during the boot process. My only guess is that the order of things as they load is causing a problem; i.e. if the drivers for the NIC load after the attempt to reconnect the drives, obviously this would cause a failure. However, I do not know how to control the boot order of such things, so I have not been able to test my theory. The systems are all Windows XP Professional. Thanks for any advice or hints

Hello all, I have looked, but my searches keep giving lots of useless information ... I am looking for a product that is similar to Trillian in function, but that uses NO skins, or at least allows for skins to be turned off, so that the programs will use normal windows interface objects. Thanks for any suggestions .... By the way, I know that a skin could be found or made to match my desktop in Trillian, but my preference for non-skinned applications is not just about looks; it is also about functionality; for example, the scroll bar in Trillian does not actually disappear when there is nothing to scroll, it just fills up the scroll space, and dragging Trillian across the screen on a slower system causes video glitches, since it is attempting to redraw as it moves, and turning off "show window ontents while dragging" does not apply to skinned applications; there are many reason I do not use skins, which is why I am looking for a non-skinned alternative That was not a rant on skins - just an explnation of why finding the "right" skin for Trillian does not really solve my problem Thanks again

Hello all, Does anyone know a registry hack to prevent Media Player 9 from AutoPlaying a Music CD when inserted? Let me clarify some details and the specific scenario. Media Player has a setting that allows you to automatically rip a music cd when you insert it; I really like this feature because it makes it easy to rip large amounts of music by simply swapping the cds from the drive, no other action is required. However, Media Player also immediately starts playing the music cd, which I don't want it to do. Turning off AutoPlay for the CD Drive doe NOT turn off this behavior in Media Player (there is even a small sentence at the end of the descrition in Microsoft's Group Policy's editor under AutoPlay that says "Note: this setting does not affect autoplay of music cds") The only way I have discovered that prevents Media Player from auto playing the cd under the above scenario is if a different program, ie WinAmp, is playing music, thus using the sound card resources. Anyway, thanks for any ideas on how to kill this setting.

For those who have tried it, do you know if it is possible to NOT use it's new "sleek" design (skin) but have it use the old standard Windows GUI? Thanks

Hi all, Does anyone know of a teak (or utility) that will prevent outside applications from adding links to my favorites? As an example, Netscape (which I unfortunately have to install for testing) adds useless AOL links into the favorites folder. ICQ is notorious for doing the same thing, etc. I have tried making the folder read-only; it has zero effect, since it does not prevent anything from being added. Thanks

Thanks, I have tried this but it does not work. The problem with permissions is that in order to install some software, you must do so with administrative rights, which immediately circumvents any restriction placed on the folder

Hi all, We'll use Macromedia flash as an example ... When a page first encounter flash content and you browser does not have the flash plugin installed, or you have an older version than required, you get a popup dialog asking if you want to install the latest flash plugin. This popup allows you to say yes or no, and it allows you to tell the Browser to always trust content from Macromedia and auto-install it in the future without prompting. Now, what I am looking for is a way to do the exact opposite. Some way to tell the browser to NEVER trust Macromedia, and thus never prompt me again, but also NOT install anything by them. I know I can disable install on demand as a whole, but that kills the stuff I actually do want; I would like to do a blaket absolute deny on a per company basis. Thanks for ay ideas.

As luck would have it, installing SP2 for WindowsXP addresses this issue. Under SP2, the pop-up has an "Options" dropdown, where you can now select "never install content from COMPANY NAME." No more constant bugging for the flash player

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, the problem persists. It certainly seems like this should have solved it, but alas, no such luck.

Hi all, on my Windows XP Pro machine, I am having the issue of Windows Messenger always auto-login in when the machines boots up. I have already set the options in Messenger to not run at astartup and not be allowed to run in background, but still it always logs me in when the machine boots up. The weird thing is that it just logs in, and people can message me, but the little application icon in the tray does not even load at startup unless I manually start Windows Messenger, but I am still getting logged in. Any ideas how to prevent this? Thanks

Hi all, I know this question is not directly related to the NT operating systems, but i hope it is ok to ask it here. This is just such a knowledgeable support group, I figured I'd get an snwer here. Anyway, Access databases limit the size of text field to 255 charcaters. I need to know if there is a way around this limit, or if there is not, what is normally used for databases that require text field of much larger size. I.E. what if I want to keep user comments on our website into a database, Access' 255 limit would not be enough. We use the .Net technology for our site, so I would prefer to stay away from php/mysql combinations (I don't even know if mysql has the same limit or not) Anyway, advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks

Hi all, I am no llonger able to save any new themes I make in Windows XP. In the display properties, the Themes tab has a "save as" button; if i click it and navigate to anyplace on my computer (I have tested a ton of locations, all with the same result) and enter a name for the new theme, it does not get saved at all. What is even more strange is that if instead of a new name for the theme I choose an older theme, meaning to replace it, Windows just plains deletes the old theme but never saves the new one. Has anyone else encountered this and know of a fix? Thanks.

Hello all, I really hope someone here has a theory on what could possibly be causing this issue … First, this the software involved in the scenario: Outlook 2003 – Final release version Norton Anti-Virus 2003 – fully updated with latest patches and virus definitions Windows XP Pro – Also fully updated with latest patches Ok, now for the really weird problem: Outlook completely out of the blue started having problems retrieving email from one very specific pop account. The error is that it times-out on the very last message it tries to download from this pop account. Some very obvious ideas came to mind at first, so here is a list of everything that has been tried already and the details of things, which pretty much covers all the usual suspects on the cause of the problem … 1. ALL messages have been deleted from the mail server using the web interface supplied. As soon as more messages arrive, Outlook has the same problem. 2. No one message is to blame. Sometimes there is spam on the server, sometimes not. It does not matter what the messages are, Outlook times out on the last message only. 3. Because outlook is timing out on the last message, it is also failing to properly delete downloaded messages from the server (I guess it only does this after a fully successful operation) so it keeps creating duplicates of all the messages it does download. 4. Outlook 2002 (with all other aspects of the scenario being equal) does not have this problem. 5. The settings and outlook data file can not be the cause. This problem can be duplicated on several machines using completely clean installs of all the software, meaning it is also a new outlook data file and settings. 6. The problem only happens on this one pop account. All other pop accounts on the same server and on other servers do not have this problem at all. 7. The host of the pop account has been contacted, Discountasp.net, and they are also at a loss. From their end, nothing obvious is different on this one pop account. 8. The “solution” is to turn off virus scanning of incoming emails. This allows Outlook to download all the messages. No other settings in Norton change the situation, not even the setting that specifically deals with time-outs. 9. The key things to keep in mind is the weird combination of this happening only with Outlook 2003, Norton incoming scanning ON, and ONLY this pop account. All 3 of these things have to be true for the problem to happen. Change just one of them, and no problem at all. I will supply any additional info as people needed. Thanks for any theories on what on earth could be going on here.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I will contact my host and suggest the mail spool idea to them.

Hello all, I was recently give the gift on MSDN Subscritions by my parents ( I am an apiring programmer). Anyway, one of the platforms included in the package is Called "Windows XP Professional Checked/Debug Build" Does anyone here happen to know exactly what this is? I also got the standard verion of Windows XP Pro, and I was just wondering which one I should be installing on my development machine. I tried searching the MSDN site, for I got overwhelmed with the information and could not find a clear answer on what the differnce is between the two versions. Thanks in advance for any information given Best+

Thanks a lot for the info!

login into safe mode will also let you delete almost ant filr, except essential sstem files, Best

Power DVD has a zoom i n/zoom out contect menu when you righ click on the screen if a movie is playing, Have you tried that? Best

Hello all, Is there some way to permanently set the default size of new IE windows? I am referring to the windows that open whe, for example, you click on a link inside an email message. I would basically like to force IE to open fully maximized 100% of the time, never an exception. Is there some registry key to set this setting in? Thanks

Hello all, Does anyone know of a trick to force Internet Explorer to automatically keep "Favorites" sorted by name? I know I can right-click on the "favorites" menu and have it sort there, but I was hoping there is a way to have it happen completely on it's own all the time. Thanks

Hello all I already have error reporting turned off (in the advanced tab of my system's properties) But, in Outlook 2002, the error reporting continues to bug me with it's pop-up after it crashes (the pop-up that wants to send an error report). So, I assume I missed a key setting to turn of this thing for real, everywhere, all the time, so that no error reporting ever, ever, comes up asking me if I want to send an error report. Any ideas if there is a registry setting, or some other setting to fully, without hope of resurrection, truly kill error reporting? Thanks much

Thanks. That is actually how it is opening ip right now, and for some reason really annoys me I would really like to just completely force it to open maximazied all the time. It certainly seems like there has to be some way of doing this because I know web sites have, in the past, changed the default size that my browser was using to open. On my laptop, for example, new IE windows are opening completely minimized. Some website out there did that to me Thanks for the suggestion, though

Hello All, I am trying to install ComponentOne Studio(s) (you can find out more about them at www.componentone.com) and the problem is that they require IIS 4+ to be on the machine they are being installed in. I use a remote machine, running IIS 6+, for my development in Visual Studio.Net, but I can't seem to find a way to get these ComponentOne Studios to install. Towards the end of the installation, I always get a script error (1070) and the installation fails. I am nearly ready to install IIS on my machine just to get this thing to install properly, but I would rather avoid that, so I figured I would ask here and hope for the best. I hope someone is familiar with this product and may have some ideas. Best