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  1. FatFingerTony

    default admin account

    Um... The administrator user name is... Administrator The password is whatever you told it to be during installation of XP. If you didn't install XP and don't know what the password is, go here: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ It's a linux based floppy that can reset passwords.
  2. FatFingerTony

    Running slow.

    All of a sudden it's running slow, or has it always ran slow? You mention Excel, did you recently install Office or any other app and then notice the slowdown? I guess do the basics... Scandisk, defrag, run an anti-virus to make sure you're not infected, download and run Ad-Aware to scan and...
  3. FatFingerTony

    WinXP hidden shares

    Have you tried creating a non-hidden share and connecting to it? Whenever I tried to access my XP box's hidden shares from another pc, all I use is the Administrator account and it connects fine, no permission changes necessary. But, of course, I always remove all hidden shares from my computer...
  4. FatFingerTony

    XP and 98SE will not talk to each other

    OK, so you can ping both computers with IP, but not with computer name. Time to turn on NetBIOS on both boxs. On XP, get into the properties of the local area connection, and get into the Advanced settings of TCP/IP. Under the WINS tab there is 'Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP'. In 98, it's under the...
  5. FatFingerTony

    XP UPGRADE FROM HOME TO PROF

    Wow, I never would have thought you could upgrade Home to Pro. [surprise] You learn something new every day. Mikecx, yeah, it doesn't surprise me that you could change some reg keys and flip Home to Pro, they are damn near the same program, Home just has more restrictions. I heard the same thing...
  6. FatFingerTony

    XP UPGRADE FROM HOME TO PROF

    I don't think you can upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro. I think you'd have to do a new install of the OS. Why do you want to upgrade to Pro anyway?
  7. FatFingerTony

    XP default printer (profiles)

    I believe that if you are using Active Directory to publish printers, then you need to tell it on the server side to publish to the computer, not to the user. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I don't have a win2000 AD box in front of me.
  8. FatFingerTony

    Dropping network connections with Windows XP

    What boggles my mind is that you reinstalled WinXP and the problem still exists? Then it has to be hardware, right? When you reinstalled, did you do a full format of the hard drive first? When formatting hard drives, use the /U switch so it can scan and flag down bad sectors. I'd agree that the...
  9. FatFingerTony

    How to install Win XP on a brand-new HD ?

    Yes, if you are going to use NTFS, make sure XP does the formatting/converting for you, if not, XP won't like it one bit. Great info, thanks XPisfree. Mikecx, check your email ;-)
  10. FatFingerTony

    Local Network Stopping Cable Modem working

    So, are you running two NICs out of this pc, or is the cable modem USB and the NIC is for the SBS? Do you have a router? These make sharing cable modems and connecting several pc's together very simple, and a 4 port 'switch' router costs under $100. 'Disabling the SBS connection allows the SBS...
  11. FatFingerTony

    XP default printer (profiles)

    What kind of a network are you running XP under, a win2000 domain? Are you running roaming profiles? I just created a printer on a XP box as local Administrator, then logged in as a local Power User and the printer is still there, maybe installing the printer under Admin might help. Also...
  12. FatFingerTony

    How to install Win XP on a brand-new HD ?

    Yes, it works for win2000 and with WinNT 4, but with WinNT you need a /b switch (winnt.exe /b) to suppress it's urge to create a boot disk set. Here's a cute little trick I do with Ghost to quickly setup hard drives. The only time I to a full format is when I suspect HD corruption (like last...
  13. FatFingerTony

    Dropping network connections with Windows XP

    Pingc, It's less a problem with IE and more a problem with your network settings/files. Try removing all networking clients, protocols and drivers, and reinstall them. Sounds nasty, but your getting missing and corrupt file errors, and save a OS reinstall, this might get those files back that...
  14. FatFingerTony

    How to install Win XP on a brand-new HD ?

    mikecx, You're not wrong. You're very correct that it won't let you run setup.exe under DOS. The way I install XP is a little sneaky, going right to winnt.exe. As far as formatting from the floppy, old habits I guess. :-) XP will let you partition and format right from the install, in either...
  15. FatFingerTony

    XP and 98SE will not talk to each other

    mithrihall, Yes, if you know the administrator password, you can map right to WinNT/2000/XP hidden shares. By default, there is a hidden share (the $ at the end of the share means hidden) for each drive letter(partition or physical) and one called Admin$ that maps to C:\Windows, and another one...
  16. FatFingerTony

    XP and 98SE will not talk to each other

    NetBeui is a small, non-routable protocol. Yes, you could run a home network on just NetBeui, but I don't recommend it. TCP/IP is a routable protocol, that's why it's the internet's standard. It's more robust than NetBeui, but slower. I run a Win2000 server with mixed WinXP/ME/98se clients with...
  17. FatFingerTony

    How to install Win XP on a brand-new HD ?

    I just installed Windows XP Pro last night using a standard Win98 boot disk and it worked great. I booted from the floppy with CD-Rom support, partitioned the hard drive (reboot after) and formatted it (FAT32) then I accessed the WinXP CD and under the I386 directory run WINNT.EXE and that will...
  18. FatFingerTony

    Password

    Go to this website: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ They have a linux based boot disk (floppy) that can reset Administrator passwords in Windows 2000/XP. I've used it many times, works great.
  19. FatFingerTony

    Security in XP

    Windows XP is built from the same platform as Windows NT and 2000, so it was written from the start as a secure os. Windows 9x really has no built in security features at all, relying completely on a server to administer policies to it. Even then, any Windows savvy tech can crawl right into a...

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