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Unless you are a developer, you're really not going to see much (if any) difference in DirectX 9. Most of the changes are to fix development problems that exist in DirectX 8 and provide easier ways for developers to manipulate certain things.

This is because your Explorer shell has restarted itself and the affected programs didn't. They are still running, but the icon didn't get reloaded. In Administrative Tools, go to Services. Hunt down the Service for the program that is having problems and restart it. The icon should pop back into the system tray.

It may be a DirectX problem. What version of DirectX are you running? What kind of graphics card and drivers? You may want to try lowering the hardware sound acceleration to see if that fixes it.

Heh!

The command you are looking for is: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

I'm not sure I see the difference between receiving help from Microsoft and receiving help from those posting here. I haven't run into the issue you're having either. HAve you tried loading an existing project to see what happens?

It could be a program that hasn't removed itself from memory. WordPerfect and Corel Draw do this quite a bit. It may be a corrupt print driver. Also, something may have installed another print service that is conflicting. Some versions of Novell Client cause this.

It may be a refresh prolem. Do you have a lot of icons on your desktop, or an extremely large graphic file for the background? Try booting into Safe Mode to see if the problem persists.

Like many games, Black and White must be run in an account with administrator rights.

rgodart, what programs are you running that work better in a Power User account than an Admin account?

ATI has released version 7.6 of the Multimedia Center and ver 3.00.120 beta of Hydravision. they can be found here: http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/r...p;cmdNext=GO%21

You both fail!! Go see the Principal right this instant!!

Oh well. I haven't tried 7.6 yet. But I rarely use the MMC anyway. The latest drivers are great, though. They even fixed a flicker probem I had in my second monitor.

ATI has really shaped up this year. In fact, since they released their first updated XP driver, they've averaged at least one new release each month. They've stuck with what they promised, so far. And there has been a noticable difference with each release.

Quick warning. I've had a tremendous stream of bad luck when using Sysprep on a machine with this installed on it. In one case, it caused Windows 2000 to detect the IDE controllers twice, causing a conflict. While the machine worked, it performed a bit slower. In all other instances, it created an unrecoverable INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DRIVE error during the first boot-up after the setup wizard ran. So, if you plan on cloning machines while using this, I suggest installing it after you've cloned the machine.

Sorry, Harry, but I use both Win2k and XP. I prefer XP overall. Especially in a home environment. It also beats Win2k on a laptop. If it weren't for things like MovieMaker, which I'd have to uninstall on from all of the workstations, I'd prefer it a work, as well.

More garbage than I ever use: Compaq iPaq 3150 PocketPC HP ScanJet 2200C HP DeskJet 870CSe Microsoft Strategic Commander Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Microsoft Intellimouse Optical Compaq iPaq media player Intel Home PC Camera Sony DSC-S85 digital camera SanDisk Multimedia card reader Dual monitors {Sony 19" and KDS 17" (soon to be replaced by another Sony 19", hopefully)}

Linksys has finally released version 1.42.3 for the BEFSR41 Router! "Firmware version 1.42.3 is the first public release that supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)."

Linksys has released a new firmware update (1.42.6). Quote: This release of firmware addresses issues that existed in the previous firmware. The list below is the current change from 1.42.3 to 1.42.6. 1. Support MSN Messager 4.5: A. Make a phone call, B. The lengths of router's WAN and Lan IPs are different 2. Fixed tracert under NAT mode problem 3. Fixed UPnP getExternIPAddress action problem 4. Fixed the problem where the DHCP Discovery request is sent when the lease time expires. 5. Fixed DHCP not sending a request when lease time expires.

It's still in beta.

Microsoft has released another 4.5 meg of updates for Windows XP on the Windows Update site. Windows Messenger Audio Update Resuming From Standby Update Keyboard Layout Update System Recovered Error Message Update These fix a number of problems that have been mentioned in these forums.

Ahh, that's the problem then. You can pick up the entire Demolition Pack for about $9 these days. Check the bargain bins. And Westwood has re-released it in a bargain pack.

I haven't seen a problem with it, either. It is a fairly hefty install though. How much room do you currently have on your system partition? Your pagefile may be experiencing growing pains.

They don't have an XP patch because they want you to buy Red Alert 2. I was able to install it fine using the Windows Install. You have to install the expansion games, though. Installing just the original won't work.

Installing it in Safe Mode may work.