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When Microsoft brought out their beta Media Player 9 I installed it. However now Windows version written on the desktop says Windows XP Pro for testing purposes only version bla bla bla I have tried turning this off in the registry but it makes no difference. How can I change this version name...

XP Pro has all of a sudden denied access for everyone - Admin and all - to the DVD drive. I did nothing (I hope) to do this but am unsure how to fix it. Any ideas?

When I am working on my PC, the dial-up connection box randomly pops up. Obviously some program is trying to connect to the internet at random times. The trouble is that I don't know how to identify which program this is. How can I find the offending program so I can turn off the internet...

Is ther a way to set the local group-policy homepage (set using gpedit.msc) to pass the username of the current user to that page. For instance, I want to set the homepage to be http://localhost?user="%username%", where %username% is the name of the currently logged on user. The...

How can I make an install CD that will automatically install IIS with the base installation. I don't want to have install IIS seperately if possible. Thanks

How can I ensure that a new target link with "_blank", will open FULLSIZE and not just a small window in the center of the screen.

Which is better? I want to set up a small website for a friends amusement arcade. Money is not really a major problem so I don't know whether I should buy a decent PC (actually the one I have now will do), get a DSL/ADSL line in and host the site myself OR just use one of the standard hosting...

How do stop physical lines appearing between the frames on my page. I have three frames and each has a 'border' that the user can move - I don't want this!

I have just set up APache HTTP server on XP Pro. How do I protect a diectory say htdocs/home/private using a htaccess and htpasswd file. I know how to do it on a unix server but I can't seem to get the htpasswd path right or something because the pages in the private folder just give an error...

I'm quite new to web design and want to add a form to my site so users can enter their name and mail address. I will then mail them a username and passwird. That's fine but my ISP will not let me use servlets, ASP or any CGI scripting! Is there any way I can have a forms details mailed to me...

Sorry about the untitled post earlier! Can somebody PLEASE suggest some way of disabling the 'View Source' item in IE ans other browsers. I know it is easy to disable the 'Right-Click' function but the View Source item under the View toolbar remains. How can someone protect their code without...

Can somebody PLEASE suggest some way of disabling the 'View Source' item in IE ans other browsers. I know it is easy to disable the 'Right-Click' function but the View Source item under the View toolbar remains. How can someone protect their code without third party software??? Thanks

Does anyone know why my cursor will suddenly go to a certain area of the screen at random without me touching the mouse? It's very annoying when the cursor justs "jumps" to a location on its own! Thanks

Where in the registry is information about the last time a user logged on to a local machine?. I want to use a VBScript to be able to read this info during log-on.

How do I change the brand logo screen at boot. I have a Gateway and the Gateway logo (I presume BIOS loaded) appears before Windows even starts. Can this be changed? Cheers.

I have WS_FTP Pro on my XP Pro SP1 system. Everytime I try to use it a Microsoft error report pops-up. I was wondering if MS Internet Firewall would cause this prob? Any ideas?

Is it possible to create one of my own user groups in XP Pro. Microsoft has some default groups i.e. Administrators, Power Users etc. and they all have their own rights and restrictions. Can I create my own group independent of these and set my own restrictions. I DO NOT simply want to make my...

Everyone talks about Alienware and Falcon-NW as being the best high-end system configurators but I was wondering if there were any others - maybe a little cheaper! I think Alienware is way overpriced. I found iBuyPower to be a little amatuerish. There has to be other companies as good. I want to...

Could someone please convince as to the reasons why XP Pro is better or worse than 2000 Pro. If I buy a new high-end notebook like the Alienware Area-51m, which OS should I go for?

I have written a small VBScript just to popup when the user logs-on to give them a message. It seems that this cannot work unless the user logging on is a member of the Admin group! I used GPEDIT.MSC and set the logon.vbs script to be the logon script. There are no errors, its just that nothing...