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When you re-install Windows, it seems to do a good job of detecting and preserving your previous settings. That's unfortunate in this case. Try using the Regional Settings applet in Control Panel to reset the settings for your preferred language. This applies specifically to Win2K, but I believe other versions have a similar function. As an afterthought, you might also want to check the startup files (config.sys, win.ini, etc) for a CODEPAGE= command. You shouldn't need one, but if it exists it may override the Windows settings; try REMing it out.
Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003
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Hi All,
I hope this is the right spot for this question. I need to restore the configuration of a computer to its fresh out of the box state. The person who own this machine has (naturally) lost the accompanying disks that belong to the machine. However, I've found the C:\Windows\Options\CABS folder appears to be intact.
Does anyone know how to restore a machine with the contents of the stuff in the CABS folder? Or, better yet, make a bootable rescue disk out of this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron
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The CABs folder holds the files that are usually in the \win95 (or \win98 or \winme) dir on the CD, so you can just put that whole directory on a CD and install from it. (Note that there might not be a setup.exe there. Some OEM CDs don't have setup.exe - you have access to the CABs to install other Windows components, but you can't do a fresh install from the CD.)
--Mike--
The Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens.
-- Strong Bad
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I have no idea if this is in any way possible but,
I was wondering if it's possible to get the complete hardware list which is used when
detecting new hardware, so all possible hardware supported by windows.
I know microsoft has a hardware compatibility list online, but since hardware detection
uses it also, it has to be somewhere inside the system, my question is Where and more important can I use it in my own programs
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The database is the INF files in \windows\inf I don't know about reading them, though.
--Mike--
The Internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens.
-- Strong Bad
1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click!
My really out-of-date homepage
Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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I have some customers who have a problem with Windows displaying the wrong character set in various MS common controls. ie. Print Preview, File Open.
This happens in all apps that uses these controls. In XP I found Control Panel|Regional and Language Options|Advanced lets you choose a language for non-Unicode programs to use to display menus and dialogs. One customer is using W2K, and he managed to find the same setting there, but it was already set to "English".
So has anyone seen or heard of this problem and know how to fix it. ie. Get the normal english text back.
Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. www.getsoft.com
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Hi,
I'm having some problems. We have an application that we made and when it runs on a dual CPU machine, we lose one CPU after a while.
After checking, we found out that the Process Affinity was changed. We can set it back using the task manager but only to lose it again later. In no way in our code do we set the process affinity. But it seems to happen only when the CPUs are running at 100%.
Can Windows (this was on Windows 2000, Service pack 3) decide to change the CPU access to an application by itself?
Thanks,
Jason Phillips
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I would worry if you have CPU @ 100% on a dual machine. I would not be surprised if the OS took over and changed the settings to make sure that you app did not kill the box.
Is this Win2k server or Pro?
Paul Watson wrote:
"At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote:
"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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It runs correctly on Windows XP. The problem only seems to be located on Windows 2000 Server/Pro.
But I'm starting to think the same as you, in that the OS decides that the application is taking to much processing power and removes a CPU from the app.
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I have a dir on my HDD that is 13,5Gb!!
It's named _RESTORE and is hidden. I don't know if WinME or Win2000 created this (I run both on the same computer) but do you know if there is important data in that file!?!??!
These files are listed inside the dir:
DISKCFG.DAT
SRDISKID.DAT
VxDMon.cfg
VxDMon.DAT
Is there any secure copy of data that is saved by Windows automaticly when crashes happen or what!?!?!?
How can I "run" these to restore the configurations!?!?! if it's necesarey!?
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Those are created by System Restore.
--Mike--
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
System Restore
Guess it's on Win2000 then? (because I run to OS)
I wonder if it's safe to delete the _RESTORE directory?
What exactly is stored in the fiules?
Is it last working configuration perhaps?
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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OK, reinstalled a couple of old HP Vectra's (166MHz Pentiums) with 52x CD-ROM's. I installed windows and the few other pieces of software they had from CD's with absolutely no problems.
I have all the latest patches applied from WindowsUpdate. There doesn't seem to be any conflicts or other problems according to Device Manager and System Information.
Now if I place a CD in the drive and either try to install it or copy a file off using Windows Explorer the machine freezes. Completely.
I have no idea why this is happening, what I last did before this started happening. Since I was able to install all the software originally I don't think it is a hardware problem.
Help!
Michael Martin
Australia
mjm68@tpg.com.au
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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It's been over a year now since I installed Win2K SP2 on this machine, and ever since I've been getting this error from DNS. I have tried every solution in the Knowledge Base, every recommendation I can find by searching Google, yet nothing works. I've read every tutorial on Win2K DNS ever published, and studied the Help files until I've gone nearly blind. It doesn't work. One last thing that I haven't tried, only because there's no way I can find to do it, is to implement a recommendation that I 'point Active Directory' to the DNS server. I can find no setting anywhere that matches this terminology - there is no 'DNS Server' setting in any of the Active Directory plugins. Where can I find this setting?
Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003
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I don't know if this is really the place to post this, but here goes.
I am currently using IE 6.0 on a Windows 98 system (with all current updates). The OS was installed clean. I have also installed Netscape 7.0. Here is my problem:
Intermittantly IE 'hangs'. That is I can browse websites fine, until I click on a link (random) and the IE seems to 'pause' and load and load and load the website - as if the site is not responding. Then, after a period of maybe 3 &1/2 minutes, it loads the website no problem. This is not a network problem, as during the 3&1/2 minute pause I can start Netscape and load the site fine. In fact, this never occurs if I browse using Netscape. Furthermore, if I try entering http://www.hotmail.com in the address bar of IE, it WILL NOT load the site, ever. Again, Netscape 7.0 loads it trouble-free.
I have tried reverting to IE 5.5, but I continue to get the same results. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
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According to my ISP, there is a problem with IE6 SP1. For a long time I've thought I was the only one having trouble - every two days or so I click on a link and the whole server freezes, and nothing will fix it but a complete restart of the system. My ISP reports to me that every customer who has SP1 installed on IE6 is having the same problem. Microsoft has not acknowledged it, nor offerred a solution yet, and I have not found any third party that can confirm the problem or recommend a fix. Frustrating, eh? I am beginning to feel an attraction to penguins, for some odd reason...
Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003
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There is a problem with IE6 SP1 the best way to sort this out is to uninstall the SP1.You can do this in XP\2k by going to add\remove programs but From XP\2K downwards the Service pack gets embeded into the operating system.So in that case its a Rinsatall of the operating system to get rid of this problem.
Thanks
Stephen
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Good idea. According to my ISP, though, the remove programs option also wipes out the repair option and corrupts the IE6 installation on all the Win2K systems he's tried it on. Granted, he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he does keep good notes on what he's tried for his customers. I'm hopeful that MS will one day release a fix for the problem - re-installing the OS is not an attractive option.
Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003
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Has anyone any ideas on stopping a Virus Scanner choking on a VBScript file?
Just because I want to manipulate the registry...
Davy
Weblog, Ramblings and more...
www.latedecember.com
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I have a program that needs to run at 800 X 600.My PC runs at 1024 x 768 but I don't want to set the screen resolution manually each time I start the app, Is there a way to automate this? ThanX TD
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Hello,
ENVIRONMENT:
Win2k or XP Pro.
I've created an app that must be started at the beggining and that must be stopped at the end so the user cannot switch to any other app.
The main problem was to keep it secure.
In order to do so, I've created a service that installs two system wide hooks (one that controls the keyboard and other that controls the mouse).
QUESTION:
I need to know how to avoid that the OS shows the user the phrase: "press F8 keyboard to show the start menu options" (Notice that I've translated it and I've done it from my memory (it's almost sure that the phrase is not the same but the meaning yes...)).
Thank you in advance.
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Can anyone help me getting information regarding the handles and threads count for a process on WinNT/win2k/WinXP platform.
I need to get this infomration using c/c++ code just like the values which are shown in TaskManager. I could get information about CPU utilisation using performance counters. But how to go about the handles and threads??
Addy
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You can get the handle and thread counts using performance counters (at least with PDH). You just have to have the right name for the performance object, which is easy to find using perfmon.
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Tnx for the info , I will be really thankful if you could put some more light on this and elaborate. How can I get the names for the performance objects?
Addy
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Sorry my other post was anonymous (I accidentally wasn't logged in)...
If you would like to find the names of the performance objects, click the Start Menu, then click Run, then type "perfmon". Now, you will see the performance monitor program. From here, you can click the "+" toolbar icon, and it will show you counters and all sorts of other information. You can even see a description of what each counter is actually counting. For a description of the naming scheme, check here[^]. If you'd like to take a look at the APIs required to do this, I would start here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/perfmon/base/about_performance_monitoring.asp[^]
Chris Richardson
Programmers find all sorts of ingenious ways to screw ourselves over. - Tim Smith
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