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I was wondering here for anyone who is using MSN 8, if there is anyway to change the icons that are next to each favourite in your favourites menu back to their default (butterfly on paper). In IE you can right click the favourite and then go to properties, and change icon, however this doesnt appear to be an option as of yet in MSN 8. Is there a workaround that somehow has found in order to get rid of these annoying custom icons that certain websites force upon your favourites, I find them annoying.

Even after I have unchecked the option to have Outlook XP run Messenger when I launch the program, it still runs a process in the background that enables people to see my online status and send me messages even though Windows Messenger is not running in my system tray or taskbar. I believe I spotted the process that it is running when I launch Outlook XP and it is called msmsgs.exe Any solutions as to how I turn this off so that it really does stop running Messenger when Im just wanting to check mail? Thanks *UPDATE* The problem appears to not have been anything to do with Outlook, however something in Norton Antivirus 2003 with its new protection features for instant messenging clients, it would appear that for whatever reason that it was loading msn messenger in the background and keeping it running no matter how many times I shut the process down. I think I have fixed the problem by disabling the IM protection features in NAV 2003

Should Win XP users download the Win 2K Pro patch?

I upgraded from Windows 2000 Pro to XP RC1 Pro and I am having a problem finding where to make it so it doesnt automatically log me in on startup. I have one account on my computer but I want to make sure that someone cant just turn on my machine and log in. It doesnt ask for my password on startup or anything, just logs me in automatically and then loads my desktop. Where do I go in order to make it so I have to enter my password on startup?

Thanks for all the help everyone, I was able to find the solution last night, all it involved was changing one little registry entry so that it doesnt automatically log me in, thanks again for all the suggestions and help

Just wondering why this is. When I say the new GUI I mean for your ICQ buddy list you know how to have the title bar at the top of it with the close and minimize buttons. That uses the old style GUI, similar to how it is with the Command Prompt, however the msg windows for ICQ use the full blown new GUI. Anyone know how to get it to work with the buddy list window?

I have tried installing both versions 4.3 and 4.7 and neither of them work. 4.3 wont complete installation, it gets stuck at 67% and when I install 4.7, it finishes the install, but then anytime I launch the program, it just gives me an error msg telling me I should try reinstalling the program, any ideas as to how to get this thing working in 2475?

That Trilian program is kind of cool but I am not too crazy about it, I still want to be able to install and use plain old AIM on XP 2475, its looking like I might have to just wait till I get my RC 1 CD in the next week or 2

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Glad to hear that everything is working good for you now

One of the new features in XP is the ability to keep similar taskbar buttons grouped together on your taskbar, to prevent it from getting all cluttered just because you have a couple browser windows open or something. Only problem is, it doesnt seem to work. I checked the start menu properties and the option for grouping is enabled, yet it doesnt do it. I have tried this feature in both builds 2463 and 2465 to no avail. Anyone know why this isnt working properly?? Has M$ not included it yet, is there something else that needs to be done in order for it to work??

hey it works, gotta fill up the taskbar bigtime and then it works, thanks THC

Gamecopyworld doesnt have a no cd crack yet, just fixed .exes that let you use burned CD's and that other site doesnt even have files for NBA Live 2001

Yeah thats what its supposed to do however it isnt doing it

Well after a little tinkering around I was able to figure out how to play Diablo 2 on Windows XP Build 2465. If you have the crack for the game so that it doesnt need the CD, all you have to do is run the vidtest, and make sure you choose to play the game in Direct Draw (2D) mode. The game will run fine as long as it is in this mode, and you use the cracked executable. I havent been able to fix the CD problem however this is the best I can figure out for running the game. If you need the crack then please feel free to email me and I will send it to you, or you can check out www.gamecopyworld.com to find one

So far there isnt one that I know of, though I will keep an eye out and let you know man

Im amazed how something will work properly in one build and then a new one comes out and stuff gets messed up. For me Diablo 2 worked fine in build 2463, then I did a clean install of build 2465 and now I cant get past an error msg telling me that it cannot find my cd even though its in the drive. I have tried a couple cracked .exe's for Diablo 2 to try and get rid of the CD stuff but they didnt work. Anyone figure this one out yet??

I heard somewhere that it would be the end of May, and in other places Im hearing that it wont be till the end of June. I believe that RC2 will be released sometime in July and then the RTM will be sometime in August, anyone know the release dates for sure??

lol, I hope we get them at the same time, paying the extra cash for the CD they better get it to me, I mean after all, I dont want to be stuck using my perfectly legal copy of 2465 that I downloaded from someones ftp site that was cracked and with a CD key that 100's of people already used

Ok I got the game to run, but ran into a new problem which I believe that someone in another thread concerning this game mentioned and that is that after the intro movies when you get the main screen that lets you choose single player or to go into battle.net, I got a black screen. I can hear the music that is supposed to be played on that screen, however, I cannot see anything and am forced to close down the game. Anyway around this new problem??

I have a full install of the game and moved that music file into the folder, tried running the game afterwards with and without the crack or CD, and still no success, pretty odd it worked on 2463 and not on 2465

The 12.00 run games very nicely in Windows XP (currently using build 2465) I found that they seem to provide a better framerate and a smoother feel when playing some games. Does anybody know if the new 12.20 drivers are any better and are worth up[censored] to??

I completely agree with pimpin, make sure you haev all the latest updates for both Windows 2000 and Half-Life, I would highly recommend you do a clean install of half-life and then reinstall the patch (1106) then try playing the game. I have never run into any kind of problems under windows 2000 with half-life (even less problems since I am running XP now)

I got it to work fine with a lot of help and messing around. First install the Windows 2000 ACT (it is on your Win2K cd under the support folder I believe) then install the Whistler ACT which you will find download links for on the thread in this same forum entitled Whistler Application Toolkit (or something to that extent) once you have both of those items installed, go and run appcompat (I think thats the program you have to run but Im not sure at the moment since Im not on my home computer and will have to look it up) and then point it to your NBAWIN.exe file or whatever it is, then click to run it. It should run in just plain Win2k mode however I found slightly better performance when running it in Win98 comp mode. If you have any problems please feel free to email me or leave me a private msg and I will get back to you when I can. First just make sure you got the ACT's for Windows 2K and Whistler installed, then play around with the different programs it gives you and see if it works ok, let me know how it works out for you. (havent had enough coffee today so my memory is a little messed at the moment )

Im amazed how something will work properly in one build and then a new one comes out and stuff gets messed up. For me Diablo 2 worked fine in build 2463, then I did a clean install of build 2465 and now I cant get past an error msg telling me that it cannot find my cd even though its in the drive. I have tried a couple cracked .exe's for Diablo 2 to try and get rid of the CD stuff but they didnt work. Anyone figure this one out yet??