#windows-xp

Fixed: Can a password change in Active Directory be reverted? #programming #answer #computers

Can a password change in Active Directory be reverted?

I often need to log in with a user’s domain account to make sure that I’ve set up their profile correctly, but there’s no easy way to do this other than to call them and give them a temp pass and force them to change it (bad, since they often forget it,) or ask for their password (worse.)

Is there any way to change a user’s password, then…

Resolved: Is Windows XP Pro not a good Hyper-V guest citizen? #solution #development #it

Is Windows XP Pro not a good Hyper-V guest citizen?

On my Windows Server 2008 R2 w. the Hyper-V role, I have these guest VMs:

3 x Windows Server 2008 R2

2 x Windows Server 2003 x86

2 x Windows 7 x64

1 x Windows XP Pro x86

In general, all machines are very fast and responsive. However, the Windows XP Pro guest is very sluggish. It can take up to 2 minutes to connect to the console/or a RD…

Answer: Is the Task Scheduler in Windows XP reliable enough to be trusted with important tasks? #solution #it #fix

Is the Task Scheduler in Windows XP reliable enough to be trusted with important tasks?

I ask because the software my company is about to start using requires a single (windows) workstation to run a small automation program each night to increment several fields in the database. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is terrible design, but there’s not much I can do about it for the moment…

How to: Can we load video onto iPad without iTunes? #programming #computers #dev

Can we load video onto iPad without iTunes?

We have a shared iPad at work which is used for trade shows etc.

It is a pain to only be able to copy content to this from one PC, i.e. one nominated shared PC with iTunes on it. We have Windows XP on the PC currently.

Is there a decent way of plugging an iPad into an arbitrary PC and loading content on to it, while not breaking iTunes sync?

I’ve tried…

Resolved: How do I increase the hard disk size of the virtual machine? #it #answer #development

How do I increase the hard disk size of the virtual machine?

I have run out of space on my WinXP virtual machine, which I only gave 10 GB space for when I created it. Is there an easy way to increase it to, say, 20 GB? I can’t see any obvious option in VirtualBox settings.

The suggestion below gives this error

wim@wim-ubuntu:/media/data/winxp_vm$ VBoxManage modifyhd wim.vdi resize 20000…

Fix: Any game kills my sound #it #solution #development

Any game kills my sound

Every time I quit a game such as Braid, Fallout3, AVP all sound on the PC dies (Control Panel > No Audio Devices) I installed a new sound card (SB Audigy) and updated to the latest drivers, and it still happens.

It happens with Steam games and without.

Answer [by Ravi Vyas]: Any game kills my sound

Ok I am shooting in the dark here as I encountered a similar issue with a…

Resolved: Which windows XP services can I disable without major consequence? #answer #computers #fix

Which windows XP services can I disable without major consequence?

Possible Duplicate: What Windows services can I safely disable?

I want to disable some Windows XP services to make PC run faster.

I am not going to be using the PC for anything complex, but will need to leave networking enabled.

Which ones can I get rid of without fear of breaking something.

On a side note, which removed services…

How-to: What is this effect (and how do I stop it) #fix #answer #it

What is this effect (and how do I stop it)

As usual, you can’t do anything about it until you know what it’s called. So what IS this?

The symptom:

The group of icons was selected, and then dragged by clicking on new folder 2. Notice how there’s a gradient fade effect, so the further away in the group from the click, the dimmer the icon.

For contrast, here’s the same group, same drag attempt,…