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  1. torandson

    OK,"desktop" forum, but touchpad bug after XP install

    Hi, I upgraded my Compaq Presario laptop by installing a retail Windows XP Home on a clean, new drive. Now the touchpad is so sensitive and loopy that the cursor will suddenly jump to random row/column (mouse cursor? or even offscreen) in a document when I'm typing even if I don't seem to touch...
  2. torandson

    CMOS battery died; now even BootMagic not helping!

    Hi, I have a triple-boot system which used to run Win98, WinXP, and Linux. BootMagic was on FAT32 C along with Win98. Linux boot partition above that and hidden NTFS C above that. Data D and Linux root above those. Once upon a time, I booted into BootMagic and selected an OS. If I went to 98...
  3. torandson

    CMOS battery died, BootMagic rescue floppy not helping!

    Hi, I have a triple-boot system which used to run Win98, WinXP, and Linux. BootMagic was on FAT32 C along with Win98. Linux boot partition above that and hidden NTFS C above that. Data D and Linux root above those. Once upon a time, I booted into BootMagic and selected an OS. If I went to...
  4. torandson

    How to run a batch file on XP Pro?

    Hi, I tried to install multiple security patches by creating a batch file per the KB articles I have read and re-read, and my batch file looks exactly like the examples. But when I open a command window and navigate to the folder containing my 'Update.bat' file, and then type "Update," I get a...
  5. torandson

    Taskbar suddenly flips up vertical along the left edge???

    Hi, Several times I have experienced this frustrating behavior: The Start button and taskbar suddenly are vertically aligned along the left edge of the destop. I can drag it out wide or push it this way and that but it stubbornly refuses to go back to lying horizontally at the bottom of the...
  6. torandson

    Installing Recovery Console on SP2 machine?

    Hi, This question is for bcastner or any knowledgeable MVP of similar expertise: Do I correctly understand (thread779-1013670) that after I have installed XP Pro SP1 and then have installed SP2 and then have installed critical and important updates, Office 2003, apps, etc. that I can afterward...
  7. torandson

    Keep LAN fileprintsharing off of the web XPPro,Home,98?

    Hi, I will be using a Linksys DSL Router-4-port-switch to connect 3 multi-boot systems and an HP all-in-one printer/copier/scanner/fax to my LAN and the web. The computers are XP Pro, XP home, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, and Linux, depending on what OS I boot into. The best all-XP configuration...
  8. torandson

    MS says I "must" have VM, system says I don't???

    Hi, The Windows update KB article says that if I have any of the operating systems in the list, (which is any MS OS going back to Win 95, I think, and includes XP Pro), then I "definately, positively, no-question-about-it, must surely" have the Windows Virtual Machine installed, and therefore...
  9. torandson

    Why are my taskbar icons disappearing when I install...?

    Hi, It seems that every time I install another application, I lose icons in my taskbar over on the right hand side. There should be a speaker icon for volume, another audio control panel icon, an icon for the ATI video control panel, another for the Kerio firewall, one for the Nod32 anti-virus...
  10. torandson

    ATI CLI generating outbound TCP port 1034, why?

    Hi, I just installed the Kerio Personal Firewall 30-day eval version on my new XP Pro box, and at startup I get these multiple outbound TCP warnings from ATI Command Line Interface on various ports. ATI is the graphics controller on my Intel MOBO. I noticed that it has a messload of entries in...
  11. torandson

    HP7410all-in-one:network via USB thru one of the PCs?

    Hi, I have an HP 7410 all-in-one that has both an ethernet jack and a USB jack. It is able to be networked and the software can be installed on every computer on the network. The instructions suggest that this is the case whether it is connected directly to the network via the ethernet jack, or...
  12. torandson

    Antivirus solutions for linux?

    HI, Can anyone recommend any antivirus solutions that would be effective for a Linux machine connected via a small office network with Windows machines? My concern is both the integrity of the Linux system per se, and also protecting the Windows systems from malware that might sneak into them...
  13. torandson

    Connect networked HPall-in-one to ethernet or USB?

    Hi, I have an HP 7410 All-in-One printer/scanner/fax that can connect via USB 2.0 or ethernet cable. I also have an HP Laserjet 1100 that connects via a parallel cable. I'm setting up a small office network with a Linksys Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port switch, and have 3 desktops and a laptop to...
  14. torandson

    BitDefender Standard anti-virus ... comments, please.

    Hi, I'm thinking of getting the BitDefender Standard anti-virus for use with the Kerio Firewall and Webroot's SpySweeper. Does anyone know how well BitDefender will get along with these other two products? Is BitDefender a resource hog or is it light on resources? Is it easy to uninstall if I...
  15. torandson

    How to set up and configure a VPS for web hosting?

    Hi, As a longtime Linux C and Perl programmer with relatively limited experience in administrative tasks, I have recently begun leasing a Linux-based Virtuozzo VPS with a web hosting provider. This multiple Cpanel/WHM setup will be my first experience setting up and managing an eCommerce website...
  16. torandson

    Security on a Linux Web host eCommerce VPS?

    Hi, As a long-time, but limited scope Linux programmer, I am now setting up an eCommerce Website on a Linux-based Virtuozzo VPS that uses the C-Panel/WHM provided by the hosting company for each individual site I set up. What, if anything, do I need to do to address the security issue? Hosting...
  17. torandson

    Isolate parts of LAN from the Internet?

    HI, I have a Linksys Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port switch with which I plan to set up a local network for file and print sharing and Internet access on a few office computers. I also have two audio-only DAW computers that are connected together with a crossover ethernet cable for 1Gb file...
  18. torandson

    Updating XP SP2 new install manually + Firewall, AV etc.

    Hi, I recently built two new systems and plan to have these access the Internet, so I downloaded SP2 on a Win98 system and installed SP2 on the new ones. I want to update these machines and then save the barebones, fresh install, updated OS before installing any applications (which will include...
  19. torandson

    Is boot.ini the only reference to partition number in XP?

    HI, I have a Windows XP installation that boots from a DOS installation on the C:\ drive. XP is on another partition of this drive, and boot.ini points to this partition by means of the string multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" If I use Partition...
  20. torandson

    Linux Audio

    Hi, I've got a couple of Red Hat Linux 9.0 boxes, a desktop and a laptop, And recently bought RH Enterprise Linux 3 for some new systems I put together (Intel and AMD) but I've not yet done anything with audio on any of these systems, and have not yet installed the Enterprise Linux. What's the...

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