Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available for download from Windows Update.
See the Technet article on installing Windows SP3. Note that they recommend having WinXP SP2 installed before installing SP3.
From the TechNet Forum:
“Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP […]
Having trouble with your .NET framework? I had a difficult time getting Windows Update to install Hotfix KB928366 on my computer. No matter what I did, I couldn’t uninstall or fix the .NET Framework. After a lot of Googling and trying different suggestions, here is what worked for me.
How to re-install the .NET Framework 1.1
Remove […]
During WinXP installation, if you try to access a network share at T-12 then you get a “Workstation is not running” error. Starting the workstation service manually with net start workstation reports the service is already running.
The the issue is that microsoft left out some info in the system hive so you need to edit […]
Slashdot had a topic about the first 10 applications you install on a fresh PC.
Heres my suggestions.
For the paranoid, I’d recommend installing AVG antivirus and ZoneAlarm firewalls from CD, so that you are protected before you even connect to the internet.
Windows XP and Win2000 SP2 come with a font editor called eudcedit.exe, usually in your Windows\System32 folder. Although your new font may look blocky or pixellated, Windows estimates a better vector representation that can be seen by selecting Show Outline on the View menu.
Use charmap.exe to use your new characters.
Delete old files from all your Windows temporary folders in one fell swoop with Erasetemp from http://www.webattack.com/get/erasetemp.html
More free deleters at http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdiskclean.html
CutePDF Printer is a free PDF generator from http://www.acrosoftware.com/
PDF995 from http://www.pdf995.com/ also lets you create PDF files for free. It creates files slightly smaller and easier to read than CutePDF, but you have to install Free Converter too, and it popups ads in your browser when you use it.
Using Outlook 2003 you can view the header and source together, if you edit a registry key. This works on mail obtained from Internet mail transports, not Exchange server mailboxes. However, if you access the mailbox using an Internet transport, you’ll see the full source.
Open the registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
right click on the right […]
If you want to “tray” Outlook you need to create this registry key and set the value of MinToTray to 1.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Preferences]
“MinToTray”=dword:00000001
Force Outlook to display mails in plain text to reduce the risk of html viruses carrying dangerous vulnerabilities. Edit the registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Add a DWORD of READASPLAIN=1
Now all messages will be displayed as plain text.