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File and printer sharing exception turned on at reboot
bcastner: That's a kewl way to access the network connections config that I wasn't aware of, thanks; but I already had f&p sharing unbound from my internet adapter. linney: The firewall settings are not coming from Group Policy. Great links, thanks... I read and studied them all. Still would be...- compugor
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP PRO upgrade installation failed due to error
Just a thought: that has happened to me before and it was either a bad disk or a bad drive. It happens less often when I use original OEM media instead of a backup copy with a label on it (since stopped using sticky paper labels on CD backups). So maybe you need new disk(s); try buffing it up...- compugor
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Terminal Service
Terminal services is built-in to Windows XP so all you have to do is right-click on "My Computer" and go to the Remote tab to set it up. You'll need to allow connections from outside on port 3389 (you may need to create a rule in your router or an exception in the XP Pro firewall).- compugor
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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File and printer sharing exception turned on at reboot
I have Windows XP Pro SP2 w/Firewall in full "stealth" mode (no open ports); using 2 NICS w/ ICS, unbound file & print sharing by unchecking it in the components list for the internet adapter. So all is well security-wise and LAN PCs can share resources... BUT... every time I reboot, the file &...- compugor
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