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thanks for the reply sir.
but if i want to play song during bootup process.is this possible or at any time before the complete login to xp desktop.
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Go to Control Panel, and open Sounds and Audio Devices. Click on the Sounds tab and find the Start Windows sound. Click on that and then the Browse button. Your sound file MUST be a .WAV file in order for it to work. You can NOT use an MP3 or RM or any other sound file format. You'll have to convert those formats to a WAV file.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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hi to all!!
i have a laptop with xp home edition and a laptop with xp professional.i have data/network cable.how can i share internet dial up connection between two.
and how can i make one as server and other client..
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Since you don't have a server, you can't make one a server. Also, the Home edition can't join a domain; only Pro can do that. Either machine can share files and printers, though, so you can probably do everything you need to do just fine.
You can't just tie them together with a network cable; it isn't wired correctly. You need, at a minimum, a network crossover cable. The easier, and more reliable way, is to buy a switch or hub - very low cost devices - and plug both computers into it with separate network cables. From there you'll want to make sure that you can share files with either computer, just to check that you're connected and configured properly. This is a Workgroup or Peer-to-Peer network, and is commonly used for small networks. Once you have this much working correctly, you can then proceed to set up an Internet connection on one of the machines. The XP Pro machine is the best choice to host the connection to the Internet.
Whether you're using a dialup account or a broadband connection, make the connection to the Pro machine, then use the Wizard to set up your Internet and Email options. In this wizard you'll have the chance to specify whether you want to share your connection with others on your network. Select sharing and it will take care of the details of settting up the machine to act as a gateway for others. On both machines you'll want the TCP/IP protocol to get its settings automatically, as the Internet Connection Sharing service running on the XP Pro machine will act as a DHCP server to assign addresses and such that will work for your configuration.
There are other ways to do this, of course, and this isn't always as simple as it sounds, but this should get you started. Good luck!
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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thanks for the reply but i have windows xp home edition in my laptop and xp professional in pc.i have a crossover cable so since it is home edition can't i share internet connection among pc and laptop???
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Since you have a crossover cable, yes, you can share the Internet connection with a Home edition laptop. Connect the PC to the Internet, run the wizard, and you should have no trouble sharing with the laptop.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Look up 'share internet connection' in windows help...
Wout Louwers
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Read this: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ics.asp[^]
That should get you going. Follow the steps on the XP pro box.
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Gtk programs giving floating point exception in some Redhat linux distribution. Could you tell me any reason..
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How many times are we going to point you to www.LinuxForums.com[^] before you get the idea that CodeProject is not the place you should be asking all of your Linux question?
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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hi to all!!
i made a multisessioned readonly cd.i put some songs in one folder in first session.those are played well in my cdplayer but when in second session i copied songs to cd then those are not played in my cd player.kindly help me out!!!
thanks a lot in advance.
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There's just about nothing you can do. There are many CD players out there that cannot see anything other than the first session. Recompile the CD in only a single session and you shouldn't have any problems.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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hi to all!!
if we are to write rm converted to mp3 format on cd at what speed we should write so that it plays well in cd player
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My car stereo has never had problems playing CDs burned at the fastest speed (which is 24x I think).
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Burn speed just has to do with how fast it write the data, not the speed of the music or even the quality. I would suggest burning slow if you have the time. Burning at the fastest speed has the highest chance of corrupt files, although it is not all that high of a chance, it is there, and if possible is best to avoid.
The only way to speed up a Macintosh computer is at 9.8 m/sec/sec.
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Would there be a problem in networking functions, if we do not install NetBEUI protocol in windows 2000?(Ofcourse TCP/IP is installed.)
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Probably yes if you connect to network environment which consist of older windows operating system such as win 9x or using any command line tool which require NETBEUI to communicate over the network.
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I have experienced some malfunctions in networking functions(eventually two near computer can not see each other) when using TCP/IP and NetBEUI both installed on my two dual PCs. Would u think it can be related to NetBEUI?
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NetBEUI stands for NetBIOS Extended User Interface. It was used by Windows 9x, NT, and Windows for Workgroups, among some older others. It was, in simple terms, a non-routable protocol used as a transport (and to some extent an extension to) NetBIOS.
It has long since been replaced by NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP, which is pretty much automatically used when you install TCP/IP on Windows 2000 and XP. There is no reason to install NetBEUI today on Windows 2000 or above, unless you have older LANMAN or Windows 9x or NT machines on your network that use it.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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I get "Access Denied!" message, when i want to make a file using a UNC address "\\mobiledls2\c-hard\", although i have shared the drive with full access, I use windows XP SP2 and i also installed NetBEUI protocol.
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If your in workgroup mode, each machine maintains its own list of accounts and no machine trusts anothers list. So, the account that you're logged in as on your machine doesn't have any rights to the share on the remote machine. You said you gave the share full access, but to what accounts...
And you can uninstall NetBEUI - you don't need it.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Dear Dave,
Thanks for your response. I did find my problem, and i want to ask if you know the reason. I had shared the drive but it was a "default share", that i don't know wht it is. One of my co-workers propesed to set "Don't share this folder" ,and then make a new share. and the problem was solved!
But we do not know the reason. I would be greatful if you could send me the reason 
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On Windows 2000, the default Share permissions are for Everyone (authenticated or not) to have Full Control, Change, and Read. This allows anyone connecting through the share access to the files behind it. But, this is just the front door. NTFS permissions take effect after you get through the share "door".
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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A default share on a disk is an administrative share. Only administrators can use them.
Windows has a number of administrative share. For example a c partition is shared as \\<server>\c$, and the window directory is shared as \\<server>\admin$. The $ behinds the share means the share is hidden (not visible in explorer).
-- modified at 5:27 Saturday 24th February, 2007
Wout Louwers
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Scenario:
I've a WebFarm with 2 web servers which are NLBs (network load balanced).
Web1 and Web2; they are not part of a domain.
I have a third server, Server3, which is part of a domain and on the same physical network, and it has an MSAccess database which is used on the external webfarm as well as on the internal intranet. I can connect via the intranet because the DB file is on the same box from which the intranet is being served (Server3)
While I've got code below which is VB.NET-related, to me I think this is an OS-related topic; but I could be wrong..
How can I 'connect' to the MSAccess database file on Server3 from either Web1 or Web2?
When I use the code below, I get this error:
The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '\\Server3\C$\MSAccessDBs\Database.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data.
Any clues?
Here's more info:
I'm using ASP.NET v1.1, using a standard OLEDb connection (referencing the database by path [see code below]).
From the ASP.NET v1.1 "web.config" file (I'll refer to this as ConnectStringA)
1 <appsettings>
2 <add key="strConnectAccess" value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\\Server3\MSAccess\DatabaseFile.mdb">
3
actual "connect" code:
... I'm pausing here.
I went to go look at the connection code and there is a direct inline connection string to another database which ap[ears to not be failing:
\\Server3\C$\MSAccess\LogError.mdb
--> I'll refer to this as ConnectStringB,
The difference between ConnectStringA and ConnectStringB is that ConnectStringA assumes a shared folder, whereas ConnectStringB goes direct, as it includes the "\C$" element.
Well, I added the "\C$" to ConnectStringA, (now "\Server3\C$\MSAccess\DatabaseFile.mdb") and it still fails.
Yes, I would agree there is some sort of permissions error. The database is set for Shared.
Here is my "connect" code (modified to protect a client's database)
1 Sub btnlogin_click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
2 Dim conpw As OleDb.OleDbConnection
3 Dim cmdpw As OleDb.OleDbCommand
4 Dim strsql As String
5
6 Dim dappw As OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
7 Dim dstpw As DataSet
8 Dim rowpw As DataRow
9 Dim bldpw As OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder
10 Dim inti As Integer
11 Dim rdrpw As OleDb.OleDbDataReader
12
13 Dim xx As String
14 Dim yy As String
15 Dim strmsg As String
16 Dim strcounties As String
17 Dim lngposition As Long
18 Dim strIsCSR As String
19
20 If txtIsCSR.Checked = "True" Then
21 Session.Contents("IsUser2") = "True"
22 Session.Contents("userName2") = txtUserName.Value
23 Session.Contents("userPass2") = txtPassword.Value
24 Response.Redirect("user2Logon.aspx")
25 End If
26
27 lngposition = InStr(txtPassword.Value, "'")
28 If lngposition > 0 Then
29 Response.Redirect("loginError.aspx")
30 End If
31
32
33 conpw = New OleDb.OleDbConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("strConnectAccess"))
34 conpw.Open()
35
36
37 strsql = "SELECT * " & _
38 "FROM [ User] " & _
39 " WHERE ( ([ User]].UserName = '" & txtUserName.Value & "') AND ([ User].password = '" & txtPassword.Value & "') ) "
40
41 cmdpw = New OleDb.OleDbCommand(strsql, conpw)
42 rdrpw = cmdpw.executereader
43
44 xx = 0
45 While rdrpw.read
46 xx = xx + 1
47 strmsg = rdrpw.item("userID") + rdrpw.item("userName")
48 strcounties = strcounties + strmsg
49 End While
50
51 conpw.close()
52
53 If xx > 0 Then
54 Session.Contents("counties") = txtMemberid.Value
55 Response.Redirect("Here.aspx")
56 Else
57 If Len(Trim(Session.Contents("logintrys"))) = 0 Then
58 Session.Contents("logintrys") = 0
59 End If
60 ctry = (Session.Contents("logintrys"))
61 ltrys = CInt(ctry) + 1
62 If ltrys > 6 Then
63 Response.Redirect("lockout.aspx")
64 End If
65 ctry = CStr(ltrys)
66 Session.Contents("logintrys") = ctry
67 Response.Redirect("loginError.aspx")
68 End If
69
70 End Sub
So, in all, this error [below] is occuring, it does point to "permissions" of some kind, I think. the Database is not set to exclusive. "Everyone" and "guest" have "Read/Write" to all files in folder (yes, a security hole).
The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '\\Server3\C$\MSAccessDBs\Database.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data.
FYI ~ I have set all 3 servers up with the same username/password (used by IIS). The user account on Server3 has full control to the folder and file.
I did create a page on Web1 and Web2 that accesses an image in the same directory on Server3 (for display on a web page), and the image displays fine.
I did visit Microsoft's website and read through several KB articles, but no success; #253580, #315276 (NTRights Utlitity)
The NTRights utility (KB #315276) adds permissions from ServerA to access content on ServerB.
Thing is, how to I "connect" from a webfarm not on a domain to a server (Server3) which is on a domain?
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