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Hi, Why we have to manually start the disk defragmenter in Windows XP?.
Started by phoenix on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Because it is very disk intensive and it can slow down .
Page on how schedule defragmentation with XP .
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I want to reduce the number of running services to the minimum. Can I set all services that start up automatically to manual, so that it is only started when required. Or will this make my Windows XP system instable?
Started by Hermann on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Now for the most hardcore answer....
Look under "Popular Content".
Windows XP comes with around four dozen services are considered by many to be the bible of windows services optimization.
With No Services is definitely worth a read.
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I'd like to automating deployment of test machines (all of which are naturally different). I have a half dozen boxes that need to be able to be brought up and torn down with frequency.
I could install them all with the right drivers, create disk images...
Started by Seth on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Into doing unattended installs (google "Windows XP unattended install") of the machines, and seriously.
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How can you manually begin Windows XP's Windows Update without entering to http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate with IE?
Started by voyager on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
I am not sure if it will apply to normal online updating but it is worth mentioning... .
I force detect with:
wuauclt.exe /detectnow
To troubleshoot machines updating from my WSUS server .
There should be an icon in your start menu (all programs) for that .
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Unfortunately I have to use Windows Server 2003 on my 32 bit workstation due to memory constraints of Windows XP.
In Windows XP, when you connect via Remote Desktop the current session I am logged in is instantly shared on the Remote Desktop. I can see...
Started by Yaba on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Windows Server support....
XP does this by default as it only supports a single (console) session.
Will then connect to the console sessions
The secret is to start Windows Terminal server client than connecting you to a new session.
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Hi
I am using Windows XP. I am tired of looking at the folder icons in Windows XP. I changed the color depth to 256 colors and the folder icons in Windows Explorer changed to the flat - windows 95/98 style icons. I loved them!
is there a way to tell windows...
Started by Senthil on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
This works at any color depth but is this what you are looking for?
There is no way to tell Windows Explorer to show the old flat-style , or manually create....
The Windows and Buttons pull down includes Windows Classic Style .
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I'm trying to understand how XP versus Server handles updating CA root certificates? For example the godaddy/thawte/entrust etc.
Is it always a manual process? Does it depend on your OS version? Is there a way to get automatic updates?
Thanks in advance...
Started by eileen on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
CA certificates aren't really....
That could be directly from Windows Update, via WSUS or other (custom) update service.
Root certs come in via Windows Update, so however your machine is configured to receive updates is how you'll get them.
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Concerning this: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
Is this any different than me downloading Virtual PC and then just manually installing XP?
I am confused, is this just marketing talk or is there an underlying technical difference...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Virtual PC for Windows 7 does haveIt shouldn'....
XP Mode comes free with certain skus of Windows 7 whereas you would have the tight integration between host/guest systems that XP mode has.
The difference is in the licensing.
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I know I have already answered a similar question ( Running Batch File in background when windows boots up ), but this time I need to launch a batch:
from another batch without any DOS windows displayed with all arguments passed to the invisible batch...
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Convert script with the Windows Script Host Run() method , which takes:
intWindowStyle : 0 means "invisible windows" bWaitOnReturn....
The Resource Kit can also be installed on other versions of windows, like Windows XP.
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I was having a discussion with a colleague about whether or not the following is possible:
Install an MFC application from a USB drive in Windows XP (this installation would be initiated manually by a user with sufficient privileges to install software...
Started by Sujay Ghosh on
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There are (easy) ways for ....
Not to mention that Windows.
You won't be able to run an MFC application before windows starts up because by definition MFC runs off of windows DLLs that are not loaded until windows itself is.
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