Recent content by RichLee

As in above post, the open command should be open ftp://ftp.xxx.xxx. Regards, Richard.

Hi keepingbusy, You are trying to download a file from the remote server? If so, then replace mput thefileiwant.txt with get thefileiwant.txt in the script file. Regards, Richard.

Have you disabled any on-board video? Richard

My first job would be to boot from a Live Linux distro and copy the files that you haven't backed up onto a USB stick or other external drive. Then attempt recovery, probably before ending up reinstalling XP anyway. Richard

Probably working out how to crash next[hourglass]

You might need to slip-stream the SATA drivers into the XP installation on the USB stick - try using NLite to do so. Richard.

If the password is unknown and the disk is encrypted, then you've go a problem! Otherwise, check out the likes of Norton Ghost (if you to pay) or CloneZilla (free) Richard

Have you tried another keyboard? It sounds like the Windows key may be sticky.

Hi, They're still releasing security updates, so IMHO you should be OK. Richard

Use the WORD function... WORD(Text_Item, "/", -1) -1 indicates that you want the last instance. Richard

Just checked here and it's OK, even though IP Address is in a different range. Have you checked that the Workgroup is set correctly? Richard.

Use the -OEx parameter, where x is the number of the output card of the run map. Richard.

An OCX or DLL file is either missing or requires registering. Is there a .DEP file associated with the app? This might list the dependencies if you are lucky. Richard.

VirtualBox will mount the ISO directly as an Optical Drive. Richard.

You don't need to spend much! - I've just sold my wife's old computer for £40 - an AMD3800, 1 GB Ram 160-GB disk, DVD-RW and legal Windows XP. Rich.