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I've written some Word macros that automate some tedious tasks in the office, and want to make it nice and simple for everyone to use them (and keep up to date when I make changes)
Here's the solution I'm using:
- Macros, toolbar, etc in my own custom .dot file, stored on a shared drive
- Make a shortcut from the .dot file to:
C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP\
but I'd like a simple batch file that makes the shortcut automatically - can someone tell me how:
1) To make a shortcut from a batch file
2) To find the current user's Application Data folder
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Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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benjymous wrote: To find the current user's Application Data folder
In the command prompt or address bar of windows explorer type cd %userprofile% and type cd Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP\
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I can remember reading that there is a registry setting that can be changed to disable the annoying popup balloons on Windows XP that usually state the obvious, e.g. lan status when you turn on or off an internet connection device, but don't remember what it is.
Another of my favorites is that I am constantly reminded, now that I have installed Windows XP SP2 and turned off Micro$oft's firewall, that my machine is in danger because Micro$oft could not detect a firewall.
Mind you that I have a firewall installed that is superior to Micro$oft's embedded firewall because it also filters outgoing internet transmissions.
When I disabled the firewall detection mechanism in the much acclaimed security center Micro$oft took it upon themselves to constantly remind me that my machine was in danger because I was not monitoring for a firewall even though I had made the conscious decision to disable their fledgling firewall in favor of a more mature product that is more in line with contemporary firewall standards. By the way the firewall that Micro$oft refuses to recognize is a mainstream security product vendors firewall and not a dreaded, in Micro$oft's opinion, open source interloper.
This baloon poped up so frequently that I disabled Micro$ofts Security Center service so I would not be constantly bombarded with what is basically marketing information. What Micro$oft is saying is that I should be using Micro$oft products, even if they are inferior, or they will annoy me to the point of distraction.
If anyone knows the registry setting I need to change to disable popup balloons please let me know.
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What you should know is the way tha winxp sp2 work with firewall. The second step is knowing what is the function of firewall that third party vendor will work in windows environment. Microsoft is not open source code OS, I think it is very difficult for your to discover about that. Because Microsoft hidden some secret of information to the general user, you should use Ms software to implement in your environment. But if you really hate Microsoft, may be linux is the best choice for you. For me, I still use Ms and Linux in my home.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step.
APO-CEDC
Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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 All you have to do is open the Security Center, click recommendations under firewall section and check the box that says I have a firewall solution i'll monitor myself etc etc. Before you go bitching about how evil Microsoft is you should look and then post a polite post. Micro$oft does not gain you any credibility.
Matt Newman
...armed with what? spitballs!? - Zell Miller
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My question is not about the WinXP security center but how to turn off the annoying popup baloons.
I admit that I rant about Micro$oft but I am used to working on proifessional systems like IBM, Sun, DEC, HP, UNIX, Data General, etc.
The one thing that they have in common that Micro$oft still hasn't figured out how to do consistantly is test their software before they release it.
But there I go on another rant.
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Why don't you just stop with using WinXP???
The regsetting you are looking for is:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\EnableBalloonTips
It must be a DWORD value. The value should be 0 for no balloons.
Wout Louwers
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Thank you very much. I remember reading about this setting in a newspaper article last March but it was on a train and I forgot what setting it was when I returned home.
As to why don't I just stop using WinXP. I use WinXP as well as other Micro$oft products because I make a living working as a consultant in the computer industry and a lot of my clients use Micro$oft products. In the past I had a lot of clients using IBM mainframe products but times change and I need to keep up with current trends.
I guess you can say that I work with Micro$oft products for similar reasons that Willie Horton responded as he did to the queasion as to why he robbed banks, "[because] that is where the money is".
Micro$oft users make up the lions share of my potential customer base (read that is where the money is).
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Does anyone know how to prevent the dialog from popping up that asks for you to send debug information to Micro$oft for every program failure on Windows XP?
It is shameless that Micro$oft not only releases software that is not throughly tested in the first place but to add insult to injury they want you to debug it for them gratis.
I do not work for Micro$oft and will not spend time debugging faulty applications for them free of charge.
Additionally there are privacy issues here if I send them information from my machine regardless of their stated privacy policy.
What if the offending program does not belong to Micro$oft but has encountered a problem interfacing with Micro$oft software. Would it be right to provide Micro$oft with a binary image of a competitors product in a failure state? I think not.
Enough of my ranting. If anyone knows how to disable this "feature" on Windows XP please let me know.
I anticipate that there will be replies stating that I am basically doing the same thing as Micro$oft by asking for free advise. To answer those critics in advance I would like to point out the differences.
This is a peer to peer forum and I am solicitating information that is freely shared by all interested parties, not just a special interest group.
More importantly, I did not sell you software and then try to enlist you to debug it for me free of charge.
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Don't worry - no one at Microsoft is looking at what you send them. At least that's how it appears to me, as no fix has ever resulted from it that I know of. At first I thought, "Cool! They really care!" But after responding thousands of times nothing ever got resolved, so now I gleefully click with gay abandon, doing my small part to contribute to the worldwide DoS attack they've solicited.
"My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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Try to check the information from here[^]. Or use google and type "disable error reporting in windows xp". It will display a lot of resource.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step.
APO-CEDC
Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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That is the information I needed to disable the error reporting. Thank you.
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Again always using Micro$oft does not give you any credibility.
Yes you can disable it. Its actually pretty easy.
Matt Newman
...armed with what? spitballs!? - Zell Miller
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JimmyRopes wrote:
It is shameless that Micro$oft not only releases software that is not throughly tested in the first place
Microsoft exists to make money. Whether or not you agree with that goal, the number of bugs that make it into released software will depend on the financial impact of those bugs. Does this crash happen only in extreme scenarios? Is it worth the time to track it down? How many customers will be affected by this bug? Are they likely to be put off by this bug enough to switch to a competitor's product?
Change some nouns and you'll realize it's exactly the same scenario as any other commercial venture. There is nothing shameless about it.
JimmyRopes wrote:
to add insult to injury they want you to debug it for them gratis.
Congratulations on achieving bug-free software. I, myself, am not quite there yet, so when a customer calls me and tells me my app failed, I'm certainly glad most are willing to send crash dumps and data files so that I can fix the problem and improve their user experience.
JimmyRopes wrote:
I do not work for Micro$oft and will not spend time debugging faulty applications for them free of charge.
How much would you charge them to click the "Send" button? The process it pretty much automated.
JimmyRopes wrote:
What if the offending program does not belong to Micro$oft but has encountered a problem interfacing with Micro$oft software. Would it be right to provide Micro$oft with a binary image of a competitors product in a failure state?
ISVs can subscribe[^] to the information collected by the Windows Error Reporting tool.
Please don't misunderstand me and think I'm against you wanting to turn this prompt off. I just don't quite get where all the (admittedly only perceived) hostility comes from.
Charlie
if(!curlies){ return; }
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Working with Micro$oft products.
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Hostility towards Microsoft is not difficult to find on the Net, and it blends two strains:
Resentful people who feel Microsoft is too powerful and disdainful people who think it's tacky.
This is all strongly reminiscent of the heyday of Communism and Socialism, when the bourgeoisie were hated from both ends. By the proles, because they had all the money, and by the intelligentsia, because of their tendency to spend it on lawn ornaments.
Microsoft is the very embodiment of modern high-tech prosperity, it is in a word, bourgeois and so it attracts all of the same gripes.
sierrachow
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You bring up an interesting observation but it is decidedly off topic on this thread.
Post this on the Soapbox or the Lounge and I will respond.
Please let me know where you decided to post it as I don't regulary check either of those threads.
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I recently completed a version of a messaging application I had developed using C#. It worked fine in Windows XP SP1, but upon running it on Windows XP SP2, the operation to connect to multiple Hosts using TCP sockets took 8 minutes instead of 40 seconds! I traced the problem down to a changes Microsoft have made in SP2 that limits the number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts. Microsofts resolution to this limitation? "Stop the application that is responsible for the failing connection attempts." 
I am now required to re-architect my application after convincing myself the app was close to release status - all thanks to Windows XP SP2!
I urge anyone undertaking development for Windows XP to read the Microsoft article Changes in functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2[^] that points out the changes that may affect an application. Even if your not using SP2 now, chances are future versions/service packs of windows will include the same limitations...ahem...I mean 'functionality' 
TC
Live and die by the code!
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I'm very happy to hear you could solve your problem 
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Hi all,
well this issues is really bugging my mind for the last week... and i didnt understand anything about it yet.... well the story goes that a few weeks back my Windows XP suddenly stopped booting, displaying me the good old BLUE SCREEN ..... when i removed one of my harddrive it started working perfectly. Now come the interesting part, as i booted my system on win98 with the harddrive attached it booted smoothly  . Now what i want is to do is, delete the NTFS partitions in the extended DOS partition but win98 doesnt allow me to do that using FDISK ......
So, if anyone could help with this issue or tell me any software that could delete the partition table completely please mail me ASAP at je_shoaib@hotmail.com..... or reply to the msg.
waiting.....
shoaib
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I used to be installing windows 98 many time before, but now I prefer to use winxp or 2000. As far as I know, FDSIK utilities in win98 have an option call "Delete non DOS partition" in the delete section. This option allow you to delete the partition with NFTS file system. Because I left win98 for a long time, so I'm not sure too but try to use this option. If you don't prefer this option, you could attach your hard disk drive to another system with win2k/xp then use disk management to delete its partition.
Hope it is working!!
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step.
APO-CEDC
Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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Just about every hard drive manufacturer has a utility, usually on their website, to "wipe" or write zero's to the hard drive.
I perfer to use the maufacturer's one over win98 fdisk, because it normaly comes with utilities to check the drive for errors.
i.e. Segate's is called DiskWizard.. ect. ect..
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hi,
You can try Partition Magic. And one more this i need to remind you that ' it is not possible to remove a ntfs partiton while heeping a FAT 16. If you would have intall your both 98 and xp in Fat32 then some times we can figurout and keep a chance for escape from your problem.
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Did you ever have a different operating system on the disk in question?
I remember getting into booting trouble once because the boot.ini file on my primary partition made reference to an operating system on a secondary disk that I had reformatted without first uninstalling the operating system from which would have updated the boot.ini file.
If that fits your problem and if your primary partition is formatted NTFS you are in trouble because your Win98 system will not recognize it. If on the other hand your primary partition is FAT formatted boot using Win98 and edit out references to the secondary disk that do not actually exist anymore in the boot.ini file and try to boot again with WimXP.
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Thankx to all for all the help you provided. But i think after some research i suggest that the only solution to this problem is to delete the partition table completely from your harddrive.You can do it using the DEBUG utility provided with win98. information regarding this can be found at the following link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;106419[^]
as far as the option in FDISK to delete non-dos patition is conserned.... well it normally fails...
thankx again......
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