http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5296260/rsscomment/5296260en-USSun, 27 May 2012 06:12:09 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 06:12:09 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/storage-device-identifiers-windows-ntfs-141438#commentsAnchorMon, 12 Mar 2012 21:04:24 GMT
I see that Seagate's "SeaTools for Windows" will also enumerate the "Physical Identifier" (ie. manufacturer's serial number that's printed on the drive's exterior label).]]>bretabennettMon, 12 Mar 2012 21:04:24 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/storage-device-identifiers-windows-ntfs-141438#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/storage-device-identifiers-windows-ntfs-141438#commentsAnchorTue, 14 Feb 2012 11:48:51 GMT
Due to time and space contraints, I didn't have time to get into the "MBS vs GPT" topics. Here's a couple links that introduce the concepts. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx http://www.petri.co.il/gpt-vs-mbr-based-disks.htm]]>bretabennettTue, 14 Feb 2012 11:48:51 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/storage-device-identifiers-windows-ntfs-141438#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:17:54 GMT
Just a test Comment.]]>bretabennettWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:17:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:15:14 GMT
Just a test comment.]]>bretabennettWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:15:14 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorFri, 02 Dec 2011 13:27:04 GMT
Typo: 2011 was 2001.]]>bretabennettFri, 02 Dec 2011 13:27:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorFri, 02 Dec 2011 13:25:50 GMT
Opps! I forgot to mention in my last 11/29/2001 post that after the Alt_F4 keystroke, , the test environment was infected with JS:Downloader-AWN [Trj]. That's trojan downloader.]]>bretabennettFri, 02 Dec 2011 13:25:50 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorTue, 29 Nov 2011 15:14:45 GMT
I just added a screen shot of yesterday's "Congratulations! You just won a free . . ." browser hijack back at http://www.bretabennett.com/pubstuff/utils.htm . Look for "Additional Browser Hijack Sample Pictures" and the "Click Here" button. Btw, I setup a test environment and tested the "Alt_F4" theory against this malware using the Chrome web browser. Unfortunately, Alt_F4 did not terminate/kill the browser process. Apparently the hijack was able to use the Alt_F4 keystroke as an Enter keystroke and loaded the next malware web page. So to date, only the kernel level Alt_Ctl_Del keystroke combination seems to elude the hijack attacks.]]>bretabennettTue, 29 Nov 2011 15:14:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorMon, 28 Nov 2011 19:38:04 GMT
Today I was using the Chrome browser. I already had about six tabbed sessions going. I opened up another empty tab and mis-typed something in the browser's url field. It brought up one of those "Free iPad" hijacks. I used the Ctl_Alt_Del procedure, but with Chrome, it killed all the tabbed sessions at once. Also - If you right click on Chrome's top boarder, you can select it's proprietary "Task Manager". However, that did not work because the hijack in progress does not let you click on anything in the browser session, except the hijack dialog box. I then took another look at my IE9 setup to see why with IE9, I can kill a specific tab process in Windows' Task Manager. In IE's Internet Options > Advanced, I have enabled Security > "Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks". By default, that is NOT enabled (big mistake by Microsoft imho on that one). Btw, if you disabled DEP on you Windows OS, it will be greyed out. See http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120778-dep-enable-disable.html Later . . .]]>bretabennettMon, 28 Nov 2011 19:38:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Nov 2011 10:43:03 GMT
Thank you all for the helpful comments and suggestions ! I liked the Alt_F4 suggestion (long since forgotten from the Win98 days when apps hung regularly). However, there's a caveat and some unresolved questions, as follows: 1) Alt_F4 closes the entire browser session and you would lose other the other tabbed sessions. Those sessions may have taken you considerable time to find, and may not always show up in your browsing history (depending on how you found those links). 2) I am not 100% certain that the Alt_F4 keystroke combo would work. As you know, Ctl_Alt_Del works in many circumstances where other keystrokes do not. I did try to revisit the infected web site (in a disposable WinXP VM) to test this, but that web site no longer exists, so I couldnt test it. 3) Even if Alt_F4 would close the browser session and stop the IE process, would it also stop any other spawned processes? As I mentioned in the article, I had additional processes hiding underneath my 1st hijacked browser session. Here again, I couldn't test to make sure. So out goes the call to duty! I would like to ask the community to email me with the URL of the next hijack web site you encounter. I'll test Alt_F4. My email address is listed in the blue Bret Bennett link below the article title above. ]]>bretabennettMon, 07 Nov 2011 10:43:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Nov 2011 15:04:40 GMT
Thank you all for the helpful comments and suggestions ! I liked the Alt_F4 suggestion (long since forgotten from the Win98 days when apps hung regularly). However, there's a caveat and some unresolved questions, as follows: 1) Alt_F4 closes the entire browser session and you would lose other the other tabbed sessions. Those sessions may have taken you considerable time to find, and may not always show up in your browsing history (depending on how you found those links). 2) I am not 100% certain that the Alt_F4 keystroke combo would work. As you know, Ctl_Alt_Del works in many circumstances where other keystrokes do not. I did try to revisit the infected web site (in a disposable WinXP VM) to test this, but that web site no longer exists, so I couldnt test it. 3) Even if Alt_F4 would close the browser session and stop the IE process, would it also stop any other spawned processes? As I mentioned in the article, I had additional processes hiding underneath my 1st hijacked browser session. Here again, I couldn't test to make sure. So out goes the call to duty ! We need some IT Pros to test the Alt_F4 method next hijack in process they encounter. Make sure to look for the remnants that I mentioned too (ie. other processes, new services, new run items, etc.). Ive already contacted Windows IT Pro and requested some sort of auto email notification function on these Comments. In the interim, post your Comment(s) and then and email me that youve made a post. My email is listed in the blue Bret Bennett link below the article title above. Regards, Bret ]]>bretabennettFri, 04 Nov 2011 15:04:40 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorThu, 20 Oct 2011 07:32:51 GMT
About 10 years ago, I opened an attachment to an email (from someone I knew) and immediately had an "Oh no, Mr. Bill ! " moment. I unplugged my desktop and then unplugged the Ethernet cable and powered back up. Maybe not the kind of thing you would do by choice, but proved to be effective in allowing me to limit the damage. Another member of my household got infected a few years later. I unplugged the Ethernet cable, examined the firewall traffic log, did a little research and cleaned that up. So your article was a good reminder that if you stop and think, you have options.]]>sterljamThu, 20 Oct 2011 07:32:51 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorWed, 19 Oct 2011 19:11:42 GMT
Anti virus 2009 and they are just first bringing it up? Been around for a long time. Got it on an XP but never on a Windows 7. Could not get rid of it with task manager or do a shutdown and anytime you tried with the window itself, it came right back to it so I would shut the desktop off and reboot. I fiinally just went and said to download it. THEN you could just exit the window manually and al was well. I know people who went ahead and bought it. Downloaded a 200k bat file that did nothing and 4 nudie icons onto this laptop. Got rid of it for them, told them it was a scam. They called their credit card company and told them to stop the payment but did not get a new card. Weeks later there were hundreds of dollars charged to that number that hey did not make. Finally got a new card number.]]>tomp5331Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:11:42 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorWed, 19 Oct 2011 17:15:52 GMT
One can use key combination Alt-F4 to close the active window. Safer than clicking something.]]>rejohnsonWed, 19 Oct 2011 17:15:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorMon, 17 Oct 2011 02:37:24 GMT
Nice article Bret, but don't forget the change the default level of UAC in Windows 7. In Windows Vista, UAC was either ON or OFF. But in Windows 7 there is a slide for UAC with four degrees and default degree is 3, not the maximum degree. Trend Micro and Sophos indicated that with this setting malware can infect the computer. So, as a best practice we should raise this setting to its highest.]]>murat yildirimogluMon, 17 Oct 2011 02:37:24 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/avoid-browser-hijack-viruses-140563#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorSun, 20 Feb 2011 13:13:12 GMT
Hi Lehrer,

Apparently your Lenovo has a proprietary utility to inject the appropriate drivers and registry changes for XP. Based on my experience, most XP based systems do not have that facility. Kudos to Lenovo.

Here’s a synopsis: 1) Clone your current non-AHCI mode SATA boot drive to an IDE drive. 2) Disconnect the SATA drive. 3) Set BIOS to boot from the IDE drive. 4) Set the BIOS SATA to AHCI. 5) Attach a SATA drive, boot XP, and let XP install the AHCI drivers (you might have to provide the "F6" drivers if XP or Windows on-line drivers doesn’t have them). 6) Clone the IDE drive back to a SATA drive. 7) Disconnect the IDE drive and set to boot from SATA drive. 8) SATA Boot drive now in AHCI mode.

I left out all of the safety stops in that synopsis, so proceed with caution. Hope that helps and thanks for the comment.

Regards,
Bret]]>BennettSun, 20 Feb 2011 13:13:12 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorWed, 26 Jan 2011 09:35:59 GMT
i am a little confused by the complexity of this. on my lenovo t60 running xp sp3 i selected the the intel ahci driver using the lenovo system update tool which then installed it. the ahci option was then available.]]>LEHRERWed, 26 Jan 2011 09:35:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage/Switching-the-BIOS-SATA-s-Mode-from-IDE-to-AHCI-129268#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/xp-power-scheme-fix#commentsAnchorSat, 08 Mar 2008 04:28:14 GMT
People witha problem with their power schemes: Please take a look at http://www.itexperience.net/2008/03/02/howto-repair-power-schemes/ It contains a manual and the default power schemes for Windows XP!]]>SpamSat, 08 Mar 2008 04:28:14 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/xp-power-scheme-fix#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/create-an-mmc-snap-in-for-searching-pdf-files#commentsAnchorThu, 22 Mar 2007 09:24:59 GMT
Hi jsramrod, I don’t know about the network paths, but as far as local drives, make sure that you have not disabled "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching check box". Regards, Bret]]>BretThu, 22 Mar 2007 09:24:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/create-an-mmc-snap-in-for-searching-pdf-files#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/create-an-mmc-snap-in-for-searching-pdf-files#commentsAnchorWed, 14 Mar 2007 08:23:25 GMT
Great article. No problems indexing anything on local drive. For some reason, unable to index any network drives, whether a drive letter or unc path. Cannot add any directorys other than C. Get a "Invalid directory name" for anything that doesn’t begin with C. Tried adding the directory through the registry and it does then show up, but doesn’t index it. I have full rights to the network folders so it’s not permissions issue.]]>JeffWed, 14 Mar 2007 08:23:25 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/create-an-mmc-snap-in-for-searching-pdf-files#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/surmounting-the-unmountable_boot_device-error#commentsAnchorTue, 18 Jul 2006 05:14:29 GMT
This article was really useful, it saved my costumer´s data and operating system. Thank you very much! ;)]]>Shinji Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:14:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/surmounting-the-unmountable_boot_device-error#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/xp-power-scheme-fix#commentsAnchorSat, 25 Mar 2006 10:20:57 GMT
My problem was similar to the one discribed above. All I had was the Home/Office Desk scheme and had the same warning.."indicates two rev... Did the above (copy registry..etc.) as suggested and now I have all of the shemes. However, none except Minimal Pwr. Mng. works. After one minute the monitor will turn off for about 10 seconds and then it will come on. Any help will be appreciated]]>zavier Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:20:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/xp-power-scheme-fix#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/surmounting-the-unmountable_boot_device-error#commentsAnchorWed, 01 Mar 2006 09:40:08 GMT
I had similar problem but was able to log into the recovery console. I did a chkdsk /k c: and fixboot and it solved the problem. There is a kb article on this as well.]]>CurtisWed, 01 Mar 2006 09:40:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/surmounting-the-unmountable_boot_device-error#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 25 May 2005 16:37:57 GMT
Thanks OP for the nice post. I found it useful. My additional two cents would be that if you have a XP user account with empty password (as i had) then by default you cannot connect from a 98 machine under that user name. In order to allow network access for a user with empty password, set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\limitblankpassworduse to 0. It set to 1 by default.]]>Anonymous User Wed, 25 May 2005 16:37:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorWed, 18 May 2005 16:15:43 GMT
to DISABLE autoplay for all drives you can simply disable the "Shell Hardware Detection" service. control panel -> administrative tools -> services: select "Shell Hardware Detection" press the stop button. for after next reboot: doubleclick and set startup type to Manual]]>Anonymous User Wed, 18 May 2005 16:15:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorThu, 31 Mar 2005 22:50:31 GMT
Something for Windows 2000 users to try if having this problem: MAKE SURE YOUR GUEST USER IS NOT DISABLED! Mine somehow got disabled and I struggled for 3 days trying to figure out how to let W98 computers access my W2K drives. I tried starting the net logon service as per the article cited above: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=262916, but was unable to start it, getting error code 3095. (Looking up 3095, I found out that on NT servers, at least, you can’t start/don’t need net logon service if you’re using a workgroup rather than a domain -- as I was.) Bret’s remarks about the W98 user account on the XP server -- which could not actually apply to a W2K pro situation -- as I have -- let me to look at my "local user" entries. Thats Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Users. And there she was! All I had to do, apparently, was re-enable user Guest. I can’t believe I’m the first person that ever happened to. Hope this helps someone else. Ted ]]>Anonymous User Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:50:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 30 Mar 2005 02:59:39 GMT
HERE ]]>Anonymous User Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:59:39 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 30 Mar 2005 02:58:30 GMT
vey usefull]]>Anonymous User Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:58:30 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorFri, 25 Mar 2005 06:21:23 GMT
i tried that solution but it didn’t work.. what i did was i make the other OS windows 98..]]>Anonymous User Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:21:23 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorSun, 20 Mar 2005 20:07:55 GMT
Please see the following post to get to Tweak UI for XP. This is a utility from Microsoft that allows you to display autoplay drive by drive. Tweak UI is here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe The post where I found this advice is here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1036775953]]>Anonymous User Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:07:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorSat, 19 Mar 2005 13:54:22 GMT
I’m afraid I can’t help with the original problem but I’m glad to have found a way to get rid of autoplay on my system, once and for always (at least I hope so ;). ------------------------------------ I’ve found the how to at the following URL: http://www.pcbuyersguide.com/software/system/WinXP-tips.html ------------------------------------ You can disable autorun features under Windows XP with the option to easily re-enable them again later on, using the "Turn Off Autoplay" function in the Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc. You’ll find it under Administrative Templates > System. An even easier (and more basic) way of controlling Autoplay is found simply by right-clicking the CD icon, choosing Properties and then selecting various options in the Autoplay tab. You can disable or enable autoplay for individual file types, or restore default settings easily. ------------------------------------]]>Anonymous User Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:54:22 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSat, 12 Mar 2005 02:49:31 GMT
Couldn’t believe it was so simple, thanks a lot. Steve.]]>Anonymous User Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:49:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Mar 2005 23:29:02 GMT
i cannot access the winxp machine on the network(from win98 and winxp machine also)]]>rajuMon, 07 Mar 2005 23:29:02 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSun, 06 Mar 2005 18:20:25 GMT
this is simply a "majic fix"...this does not solve the problem or explain why it exists]]>Anonymous User Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:20:25 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage-management/uninstall-udfreadr-sys-in-win2k#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Mar 2005 05:16:41 GMT
I removed udreadr and now my computer doesnt recognize my cd drive.]]>Anonymous User Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:16:41 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage-management/uninstall-udfreadr-sys-in-win2k#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 02 Mar 2005 17:48:37 GMT
My Win98 machine has never had a problem connecting untill just the other day, now I can’t connect to any XP/2k/03 machine on my workgroup. I have always had them setup with out passwords and full read/write access to one another. Now windows 98 comes up with either of two messages "You do not have permision to access this share" or prompt for a password, it never has given me such prompts before. Why?...One thing has change on win03,I connected it to the internet then I syncro the clock...?? Could that have screwed my 98 off the workgroup? All my adapters are the same rt81xx giga lan 1000mbps full duplex, of course winXP and up are sickningly slow on this and all networks but I dont expect to fix that. Any way I hope someone can help???]]>Anonymous User Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:48:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorFri, 25 Feb 2005 14:43:33 GMT
Have followed suggestion for CD Auto Play to no avail. What program should you consider using to run Pro show gold?. When I double click on any of the programs appearing in drop down window nothing happens. Hope you can help]]>Anonymous User Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:43:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorFri, 18 Feb 2005 03:13:02 GMT
i have a domain not a workgroup so please let me know how will i fix the Windows 98 to Windows XP Logon Problems. Please email it to me at anandudeshi@rediffmail.com. thanks and regards, anand.]]>Anonymous User Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:13:02 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorSun, 16 Jan 2005 05:51:00 GMT
That nonsense you talk about is what I want to happen with my USB Gizmo drive. But it doesnt. Cant find a fix]]>Anonymous User Sun, 16 Jan 2005 05:51:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorMon, 04 Oct 2004 07:45:27 GMT
More important would be clarificationof how to DISABLE autoplay, once only, for all removeable types, on both XP Home & Pro (& why one’s a reg fix while the other’s a policy). Ever plugged a large USB drive into XP and watched the nonsense that happens automatically?]]>StephenMon, 04 Oct 2004 07:45:27 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/windows-xp-autoplay-43811#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 04 Aug 2004 12:14:50 GMT
That fixed it! My Win98 to XP Pro *has been working* for over a year but suddenly stopped. Restating the passsword on the XP box did the trick. Prehaps doing a System Restore recently screwed something up. Who knows...]]>snuuzWed, 04 Aug 2004 12:14:50 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorThu, 17 Jun 2004 17:12:35 GMT
The solution discussed by bret@bretabennett.com is correct to some extent as i had experienced the same problem. XP always could be a client and there is no server version of it, so the Netlogon service mentioned would not work as this is possible in server-client based networks/in domains but if it is just a workgroup/peer-peer network Netlogon service is not at all required. Authentication of user’s passwords is done on Servers in their domains. I need to check if in peer-peer networks i can create users in XP/2kpro of Win98 then access the shared resources of xp/2kpro. Please let me know if any one had already tried this. Thank you.]]>SalmanThu, 17 Jun 2004 17:12:35 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorThu, 03 Jun 2004 00:34:49 GMT
Too good man keep it up. This article was of great help to me. Do post such nice articles.]]>Aniket Bande Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:34:49 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorThu, 27 May 2004 04:08:42 GMT
I have a slight variation on this theme and hope you can help!!! I have a windows xp laptop that is a member of a domain and a windows 98 laptop which is a member of the corresponding workgroup. When both these machines and connected to the LAN they can connect to each other with no problems at all. But disconnect them from the LAN and just have a hub between them and the problem is the Windows 98 laptop doesn’t even get prompted for the password for the IPC$ share on the XP laptop. It just comes up with an error every time.....HELP!!!!!]]>SvenThu, 27 May 2004 04:08:42 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 19 May 2004 09:26:56 GMT
I found this article useful. However, the information contained in it is not total based on the problem am having. I have a heterogenous O/s running on my LAN, Windows98, XP, and 2000pro. The server runs on windows 2000 server. The only system on the network that has resources which other systems shares its resources is the XP machine which is a fellow client connected to the server running Windows 2000 server. I have configured the windows 2000prof to access all the resources on this system (XP). The only challenge am having is the Windows 98 connecting. I went ahead, created an account for the Windows 98 user on XP. Got to the \\computername\IPC$ prompt on Windows 98 machine from the network neigbourhood. Typed the password for the account created on XP machine in other to have access to shared resources without success. Your suggestion "I reentered the Win98 user’s nonexpiring password in the Win98 user’s account on the XP computer" is not feasible in my own scenario since the all the clients using Windows 98 cannot be coming around to log on to XP machine first and then go back to their desk to Log remotely. Could you get accross to me to resolve this issue? Thanks]]>ade Wed, 19 May 2004 09:26:56 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorFri, 30 Apr 2004 10:11:53 GMT
I have a similar problem, but not exactly the same. I set up a third server (all 3 are running Windows 2000 Server) on the network. Only W98 clients cannot access it. They can, however, access the two existing W2000 servers. It does not seem to matter if the new server is a Domain controlloer or simply a member server. Any thoughts from anyone? Thanks.]]>SandraFri, 30 Apr 2004 10:11:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 28 Apr 2004 04:51:39 GMT
Thanks guys, it helped me, too. It is you, who should work at ms support...]]>Bernard Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:51:39 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSun, 11 Apr 2004 06:02:17 GMT
Thanks Bret, you saved the day. I won’t forget this one.]]>Sun, 11 Apr 2004 06:02:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorTue, 06 Apr 2004 04:17:52 GMT
This is also known in the field as Hopping(dutch term). Create simular username & password on different machines and you can access resources also without having trusts between domains this will work.]]>hans straat Tue, 06 Apr 2004 04:17:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 31 Mar 2004 14:43:32 GMT
I have this same exact problem, but resetting the password did not help...? Any other suggestions?]]>EricWed, 31 Mar 2004 14:43:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorWed, 10 Mar 2004 18:00:01 GMT
I don’t have a problem with establishing connectivity between win 9x and win xp machines. Rather, the problem that I am encountering is access speed to shares. Specifically, once I connect to a share from a win 9x machine to a win xp machine, or for that matter from a win xp machine to a win xp machine, the access speed to the share is very slow. I’ve tried a lot of different things, including mapping by ip number(\\10.1.1.35\), and nothing seems to help. Do you have any suggestions?]]>SAMWed, 10 Mar 2004 18:00:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSun, 29 Feb 2004 15:41:16 GMT
You, sir, are a genius!!! I have been fighting this problem for 2 weekends and in desparation turned to Google. I found innumberable articles on how to set up networking between Windows ME and XP but I had alreday done that - your article saved the day! Do you have any idea why your suggestion works? Thank you so much!]]>Bill Wood Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:41:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSat, 14 Feb 2004 14:03:21 GMT
You are my hero of the day (You must excuse my writen english becasue i am latin traines only reading english). I have spent days trying to find a solution for this network problem, but only this article give me the solution. Inmediately I did what the author says and again Voilà! . I like the style of this article, becasue it exposes every hypoteses the author did (they are the same hypoteses i did and try before to find this heaven-gifted article) not only giving the final solution; it gives a fast explanation of all the mind process to get the solution exposing the hypoteses and the reasons that drive the mid to that hypoteses. Also it gives references to spread your knowledge . A good article for dummies and experienced users.]]>Mauricio Ortega Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:03:21 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorSat, 31 Jan 2004 07:25:31 GMT
This is a good tip but here are some more suggestions. In XP gop to help and support and in the search type "kbnetwork setup peer to peer Windows XP" and you will get some hits from the Microsoft knowledge base if connected to the internet. NOTE useing help and support in XP can solve many problems! An article that came up was http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318030 This has some very good reference to other articles that may help. Also a article I have used as a starting point for peer to peer networking in 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;258717 XP can be a challenge with peer to peer networking. It seems like it is a one way street. Another issue is simple file sharing on XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874 this article will help those who are used to windows 2000 networking and the Q258717 article mentioned earlier. I worked with Microsoft as a support tech in the Windows 2000 Q. Help and Support and the general help file is your friend when it comes to looking for answers. It just keeps getting better with each OS release.]]>Jeff Wallen Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:25:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/fixing-windows-98-to-windows-xp-logon-problems#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage-management/uninstall-udfreadr-sys-in-win2k#commentsAnchorWed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:05 GMT
free dowload adaptec udf reader for xp pro]]>ChristoperWed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:05 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/storage-management/uninstall-udfreadr-sys-in-win2k#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchorWed, 05 Feb 2003 04:48:06 GMT
I have used the script and it works fine. However the problem is that i get two log files as the output after I execute the script. Oneis empty while the other has the output. Any fix for this bug??]]>Suraj Wed, 05 Feb 2003 04:48:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchorMon, 25 Feb 2002 03:48:51 GMT
It works great but I only need the day, month, year. But the string varables do not work, %%M and %%m give both the hour. What are the exact varaibles to get an output like 250202 (meaning 25th february 2002)?]]>richardMon, 25 Feb 2002 03:48:51 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchorMon, 25 Feb 2002 03:48:51 GMT
When I run the batchfile it works fine but I get two logfiles. One with filename in capitalform and one "normal", only the log-file in capitalformat hold data.]]>richardMon, 25 Feb 2002 03:48:51 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/automatically-name-log-files-with-the-current-date-and-time#commentsAnchor