Recent content by mikeb

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    Can’t see secondary SATA drive in “My Computer”

    Good news, Disk Management did it! All I had to do was go into it and assign a drive letter to the drive I wasn't seeing and it popped up. I still don't understand why it didn't get one when the drive was originally recognized as "New Hardware Found", but it was easy enough to fix. Thanks for...
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    Can’t see secondary SATA drive in “My Computer”

    I'll give that a shot this Friday (the first chance I'll have to put the 300 back in). After it was cloned, I put the 300 on the same cable that the original 80 was on and reattached the other cable back to the 160. It has been suggested that after the cloning, I should have put the 300 on the...
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    Can’t see secondary SATA drive in “My Computer”

    I recently needed to increase the size of boot (C:) drive (from 80Gb to 300Gb). I originally had two SATA drives in my PC, an 80 GB (C:) drive that contained WinXP and a secondary 160 GB (G:) drive that I was using for data storage. So what I did was to remove the 160 GB drive and install the...
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    xp reinstallation

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I've had to reinstall xp twice now, and I now get a prompt when i try to re-register my copy "windows installed too many times"? I called Microsoft and because the CD is not their original, I cannot get a key...
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    Upgrading to 6800 from Ti4800

    Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?) I'm upgrading to a 6800 from a Ti4800. I've currently got Forceware 61.82 installed, do I need to uninstall and reinstall the driver still, even though they're both nvidia cards?
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    Problem with mapping network shares on a winnt/samba serve..

    Archived from groups: comp.dcom.vpn (More info?) What about trying net use with the (domain?) username included: NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [/USER:[domainname\]username] "Marcel Becker" <info@bagiradesign.de> wrote in message...
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    Remote Desktop Connection gets slower and slower, reboot h..

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) We're going to Ghost the machine, give it SP2 and see if that helps. When you reference the SMS client (which this machine has), what problems are you talking about? "Bill Sanderson" wrote: > Your description...
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    Remote Desktop Connection gets slower and slower, reboot h..

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) We have a user that is connecting from home to her machine here at work, Windows XP Pro SP1. When she first connects, the desktop experience is fine. Over time - a day or so? - it becomes slower and slower to the...
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    VPN - Draytek and NT4 Login

    Archived from groups: comp.dcom.vpn (More info?) Dan, Checkout the docs in the section titled "NT Networking Configuration Documents" on http://support.fishnetsecurity.com/public/ I found this really usefull when I started my struggle with vpns . Mike "Distracted Dan"...
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    audio transitions

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) When I insert a music clip (MM2), there is a very audible blip at the end (the clip is "faded out"). I have tried overlapping a silent clip, as well as overlapping the next music clip, but this has only worked on one blip...
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    anges from 1280 x 1024 at welcome screen to 800x600

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Thanks Nathan. I have a program to print labels. It is by Casio and called FA-950. If that is in the startup it changes my resolution on startup to 800x600 If I just leave it on the desktop I can still use it to print the...
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    anges from 1280 x 1024 at welcome screen to 800x600

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi there, As I stated below I have to adjust my video resolution each time I boot my computer (hot or cold). Up to the welcome screen I have my normal resolution of 1280 x 1024. when I go to loading my settings it loads...
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    anges from 1280 x 1024 at welcome screen to 800x600

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I just had to make some adjustments "MikeB" wrote: > My video resolution changes from 1280 x 1024 between the welcome screen and desktop completion. This happens every time I start the computer. I then have to go to...
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    anges from 1280 x 1024 at welcome screen to 800x600

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) This happemns every time I start the computer. I then have to go to ndispay settings and reset. Then it is fine until I restart the compouter and I have to go through the same routine again. It sounds like something is...
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    Linksys WRV54G VPN issue

    Archived from groups: comp.dcom.vpn (More info?) Typo in your post or maybe the config? should be 192.168.169.0 Just a thought. > Site B: > Local secure group 192.168.169/24