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Hi, I want to enable " Password must meet the complexity requirements" property in Local Security Policy->Account Policies->Password Policy in Administartive tools programmatically or using any script but not manually. Please tell me a way to do this. This is very urgent requirement for me. Thanks and Regards, Padmaja

Hi, i have the following constellation: I have two PCs an only one Monitor. Earlier i had two monitors and used "Synergy" to use my single Mouse & Keyboard for both PCs. This worked fine. But now i gave one of the monitors away, so only one is left.

how can i be connected to the internet using my local area connection with windows xp professioal as the operating system and won't be disconnected anytime the system goes off.

Hello, everyone, I have found this site on chance and I hope that you can help with my dilemma. I have a crossover cable, but do not know how to configure both my PC and Laptop so that I can move files between them. I'm sure this is a simple task, but it just arrived today and I'm still trying to get used to Vista. Thank You in Advance.

Hello techies.. In my office one pc is there in that time will change automatically 30 minutes slow, OS is XP, I changed in Notification area time as well as in bios, same thing repeating, i dint get what the exact problem is .. can any one solve my problem...thanks in advance...

Hello Techies... I have one doubt, I have given some sites in windows host file, If any user knows about this means they can clear it right, so i want to restrict that host file access to normal user, what permissions can i give, if we give any problem is there...? Thanks in advance...

I have tried posting in PHP forum but no reply. I think it's not a problem with PHP anyway so perhaps someone in this forum can help. When I use the code below to try and launch notepad.exe from within a PHP script using the exec() function, I can see the process has been added to the process list (from task manager) but notepad hasn't...

I want to run my Ubantu Linux under my Windows Desktop. There Is any Solution ex- Virtual Server, And tell me the path of solution. Please tell me the solution.

I having a problem with my removable drive, when I go to My Computer and try to open it by double clicking it, a box appears that says Open With and then it list a bunch of programs. While on My Computer if I try to open it by doing right click instead of getting the Open and Explore options I just get this weird symbols: o'?a(O) something like...

<Excerpted from this thread> All of these questions and answers are great. But it comes down to this I have seen this more than enough times to know better... From my experience at home and as an IT in an office with well over 900 computers to look after I maybe get this question up to 3 times in a week... sadly I suspect that if you...

Greetings, I'm using WindowsXP Pro v5.1and am writing a BAT file to loop through a list of files (contained in a .txt file) and pass them (actually variables derived from them) to another program (ERDAS Imagine). What appears to be happening is that the FOR loop isn't utilizing the variables until the 2nd iteration after the variable is set. ...

Windows media player 9. My network tab under options will not open up. If I try to watch a previously recorded video I get the same, unidetifiable error message. Can anyone help?

For a while now, my download box has stopped showing info on how big the file is and how long the download is. Eta comes up as Not known and the loading bar has disappeared. At first my first blame was AOL (as it's always them who's to blame for my internet failures ^_^) but then I figured it's probably a Windows Problem. Any ideas anyone?...

Could someone take the time to list privacy and security options for internet properties found in internet options. I know there are lists out there but I can't find them.Thanks.

New user here... I'm a mac user trying to help out a friend with Win XP. Everytime that I change the Custom Security Level Settings in his Internet Connections, they keep returning to the original settings. The biggest problem right now is trying to change the Active-X settings and to rese the custom settings to Low. I've tried every way...

When i start up my computer and it goes to the welcome screen the cursor is stuck to the right side of the screen, i cant move it anywhere except up and down, does anyone know how i can fix this or whats causing it will be of great help, thanks.

Dear all, I want to open file by double click to the respective application which is not installed in C:\program files which is installed in D drive. Example: I want to open tex file in WinEDT application but the application is not installed in C:\program files folder instead installed in d drive so my 'open with' is not identifying the...

I have been trying to use Microsoft Text to Speech, yet when I hit preview an error comes up telling me to change my audio output. I know my audio output is fine and I have tried other options but it still does not work. I have even tried restoring the Speech folder in Windows Shared under Common Files but nothing seems to work. What should I do?

Hi-y@ll- I had a 2003 version of MS Access put onto my computer for education purposes.. When I started having alot of problems at everylevel like those of contamination, I was advised to do a complete system recovery or whatever you may call-it, I lost alot of files and etc. which I can live with, but I also lost Access. I am in the middle...

Dear Experts, I've a problem with browser. whenever i'm trying to open some websites, it is displaying one popup menu and saying runtime error is there, and wish to debug? i tried by saying no as well as yes. but no use. please tell me guys what will be the problem?

This is probably a really stupid question, but.. How exactly does one set up the classic Windows login system? Where a user can login to any computer on the network by typing in their username and password into the classic Windows login box? I mean Windows XP here.

Okay lets see, I have a Dell Inspiron XPS 800 Intel Pentium 4 3.40ghz 1.0gb of ram Ati Mobility Radeon 9800 55GB HD, only used 6GB Running on Windows XP Pro SP2

Hey guys I am in need of a registry cleaner.. my sister got a nasty Virus... and I cant seem to get it out of the ADD/REMOVE PRO prompt... let alone I am not 100% sure I got it... I put a scanner on here from my laptop which removed 4 trojans... then I downloaded and installed HIJACKTHIS... that seemed to have removed the main program.. but its...

how to reboot the system automatically at the specified time ?. can anyone pls help me?

My laptop with Vista Home Premium won`t open the files, although it shows they are there, that were burned on an XP desktop. They are still fotos and videos. Other XP machines open them. Please help. thanks, Doug