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Is it possible to set up network profiles within XP Home for one network device? I am open to using 1 profile with account a and another for account b. Heres the story. My dad, a GM Mechanic, had to buy a laptop computer as per GM's wishes so he can wirelessly access technical information. So I convinced him that he should get a Wireless router at home so he could surf at home wirelessly too. The person his employer has administering the whole system knows nothing. They are using a linksys Wirless AP/Router and a static IP network. The problem is they have the AP/Router DHCP server running only its a different IP range !. So I can't set up the computer to use a static alternate configuration because there is a DHCP server and it won't default to it. If I set it to static he can't use wireless at home because of the DHCP server in the home AP/Router.
Anyone have any ideas? I'm stuck 
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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If DHCP is running in both places it shouldn't matter about the ranges, the laptop should just pick up the differing information from whichever DHCP server it is talking too at the time. XP is pretty good about that usually.
I am guessing that I am missing something about this situation. Respond to this by calling me stupid and saying "phbbbt" and then tell me what I am mis-understanding. Then I will give you a proper answer. 
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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Jason Jystad wrote:
I am guessing that I am missing something about this situation
Well the problem is that the DHCP server at work is handing out 192.168.0.X Addresses, however the work network requires a Static address in the 10.5.X.X range (not exactly sure on this). Maybe this makes more sense.
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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Ah, so they have static addresses at work and the one you have at home is set up for DHCP. Now I follow you.
One way to try to configure this is buy setting up the "General" tab in the TCP/IP properties for DHCP and then go to the "Alternate Information" tab (Something like that anyway, its the secon tab in the TCP/IP properties) and input the static information from work. This should cause it to query for DHCP information first, so this would get him on the network at home, and if that failed it would try to use the static address in the alternate tab which should get him on the network at work. That is how it is supposed to work anyway.
Or you could try something like this program: http://www.netswitcher.com/[^] (I have never used it but it looks interesting).
Let me know how it goes, I am curious to see if either of these work for you.
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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Jason Jystad wrote:
is should cause it to query for DHCP information first, so this would get him on the network at home, and if that failed it would try to use the static address in the alternate tab which should get him on the network at work.
Thats how I had it, but the network is at work is handing out IP addresses, but that DHCP server isn't handing out correct information. Basically they are setting their Wireless AP up as a router 
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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Why not create a new user for the home network? That would create a new profile, and a whole new set of networking parameters to match the configuration at home.
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Roger Wright wrote:
Why not create a new user for the home network? That would create a new profile, and a whole new set of networking parameters to match the configuration at home.
There are 2 users, but they for some reason use the same network settings.
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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Yeah, they will. Same if you use different hardware profiles, though it MIGHT be possible to trick it that way. I have never gotten it to work though.
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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Won't work, users share network settings. 
They share Resolution settings as well. I was really hoping that they would fix that.
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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Yep, my roommate and I regularly face toward Redmond and shake our fists in frustration over the screen resolution issue. What part of "Everyone has different eyes" don't they understand?
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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I was afraid you were going to say they were set up like that.
The only choice in a situation like that is probably to go with a third party program like netswitcher[^].
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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I was wondering if anyone else has had this and if they managed to fix it.
Two of us recently upgraded to 2 processors in Win2K and did the various steps to make the Win2K us the Multiprocessor HAL (ACPI Multiprocessor to be exact). That works fine and Task Manager etc. recognises the two processors.
However....
Now IE doesn't show web pages until you move the window or click on one of the menus. The same problem exists in Windows Explorer - i.e. the right pane doesn't show until you move the window or select a menu. On top of that Mozilla and Firebird both fail to load (Mozilla gets as far as the splash screen). Everything else seems to work fine.
I've no idea what it is, and I can't find anything on the web that helps. I did find a google groups discussion that described the same thing but didn't have a fix. So if anyone knows what I can do to fix it I would be delighted
Win2k, SP3 (SP3 re-installed since upgrade)
Dual P3 733
2GB Ram
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If you upgraded from 1 CPU to 2 CPUs your most likely gonna have to reinstall windows. Replacing a mobo or CPU configuration may seem to work at first, but will eventually crash and burn.
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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After some more searching I came across the answer.
According to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 322913 it seems that WM_TIMER messages somehow stop being sent to programs. I presume that IE etc. uses the WM_TIMER to trigger drawing of the page, and without them only causing forced re-draws (i.e. invalidating the window in some way) was getting the content to display.
However, merely applying the hotfix did not work as some of my core dlls were newer than the ones in the hotfix and thus didn't get updated. So I then tried SP4 which is the first service pack which includes the fix. Once SP4 was installed the problem went away
So if it happens to you then I would try the hotfix first, and if that doesn't work try SP4 (and don't forget the Blaster patch after that).
Thanks for your help,
R
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i want to control file (not fold)opertions such as delete move or copy with some specifical extension ,in shell ,copyhook can just contol fold opertions,can any one help me!
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Hi!
I wonder if someone know how to get all the active shares using C++/C# or even VB? The thing I like to know is the same as if you right click "My Computer" and choose Manage. Then go down to "Shares" which is located "Computer Management (Local)->System Tools->Shared Folders-Shares".
Is this possible to do from a program?
Sudden
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2 questions down please
I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.
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btw, its not usually a good idea to repost a question unless it has dissapeared off the page.
Ista wrote:
I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work.
lol, thats great
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
"Whoa, that ruled! What function key do I gotta press to get that to happen again?" - Strong Bad
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Matt Newman wrote:
btw, its not usually a good idea to repost a question unless it has dissapeared off the page.
Well if no one answers it for 4 or 5 days I dont see what it hurts.
I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.
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No problem, take a look below. 
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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Why is it that the Windows Task Manager seems to always show "Total Memory Usage" as the sum of all the running process's "Peak Memory Usage"?
This doesnt make sense, since the "Peak Memory Usage" of a process may represent memory that has already been freed (i.e. test.exe's "Peak Memory Usage" is 10MB but currently it is only using 1MB - if this were the only application currently running, Task Manager would show "Total Memory Usage" as 10MB - it should be 1MB, since 9MB has been freed)
Am I missing something?
60% of statistics are made up on the spot
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dont forget when windows shuffles the process even though it shows 1MB its still using 10MB. And therefore even though 1MB is being used 10 should still be calculated because when the process becomes active again ( designated by the current OS ) it will be 10MB or how much is needed to continue processing the current process.
Find some articles on how windows manages the processes life cycle.
Plus, Peak Memory Usage means a peak. Not exact at that moment just over an interval chosen. Or so you would think. For more info on that See Spock on Star Trek encyclopedia.
This is from a devlopers point of view, I'm sure an admin would have more to say.
nick
I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.
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Not really sure, perhaps because many programs expand to take up more memory and fail to let go of it again later? (*cough* MSWord *cough*)
Seriously though, it doesn't seemto be that way on my machine, the "Mem Usage" which shows the total amount currently in use is going up and down as my machine runs. Not just when I open or close programs either, when I close one of three web pages I have open it goes down even though the browser does not actually unload.
What OS are you using? (Win2k here)
Jason Jystad
Cito Technologies
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
--Larry Wall
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