Recent content by ausearch

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    Networking - Private Folders

    I am running Windows XP Home edition on a Dell 5150 and am in a small netgwork with two other computers, both running Win XP Pro. The network used to run fine - each computer could see and manage files and folders on the others. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to install a password for...
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    Vista Search has no date window

    Several times a week, my job requires me to tally the number of files created between certain dates, on other computers on my LAN. Previously, under Win XP, this was easy and fast: XP allows date windows under Win Explorer Search, and searching mapped drives was as fast as searching my own...
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    Windows Vista Tweaks/Performance FAQ Thread *LONG*

    Great thread...and I hope I'm on the right one when I ask about the Vista Search function. It's supposed to be great at searching your whole computer, using indexing etc. But for people like me, who have to search a particular folder (and subfolders), for files with a certain extension...
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    Networking XP and Vista

    Yes they do.
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    Networking XP and Vista

    I have 3 PC's running Win XP networked thru a router and hardware firewall to the Internet. Just added a Laptop running Vista Business edition. I've gotten the new machine to the point where the XP machines can see and access personal and public folders on the Vista machine, but Vista does not...
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    Win 2000 Install loopback

    Thanks, I'll try that.
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    Win 2000 Install loopback

    While trying to install Win 2000 on an HP 8370 computer that DOES meet or exceed minimum requirements for Win 2K, I get to the end of install, and it then loops back to the beginning of the install program. How do I break the cycle? Thanks, Richard
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    Network problems: Win 98 to Win 2000

    Thanks very much for the info! Switching to Netbeui, and making it the default protocol did the trick! Regards, AuSearch
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    Network problems: Win 98 to Win 2000

    I am trying to establish a home network between two machines, one Win 98 SE, the other Win 2000. They're connected by cable thru a SpeedStream router to a cable modem to the Internet. Both machines have INet access, and each machine can ping the other, so there are no connectivity problems...