windows-xp

CSS issues in IE8 XP but not in IE8 Vista or 7

I've implemented a landing page design for a campaign we are launching at work, and did testing on IE 7 on my XP machine at work and IE 8 on my 7 machine at home. These both worked and so I thought I had beaten IE, but as it turns out, different OS's IE render HTML differently even though they claim to be the same browser. Anyone who ha...

Need to find a way to programmatically delete undeleteable empty folders

I've got a large folder on an offsite backup machine that gets populated with files by rsync (through deltacopy) every night (running windows xp) from the main work site. I've discovered some annoying folders that cannot be opened, or deleted, or even checked for file sizes. I get the such and such a folder is not accessible, access is d...

Running java from console

I cannot run the java keyword from the console. What settings do I have to change on XP to get this working. Thanks in advance. ...

hosts file with multiple entries crashes browsers

127.0.0.1 www.whatever.com 111.1.1.1 www.whatever.com 127.0.0.1 www.whatever.com The 111.1.1.1 in the second line can be any non-127.0.0.1-address. Under Windows XP, Firefox/Chrome. Why is it that this configuration will crash a browser? ...

Is there a way to automatically log onto a Windows XP machine at specific time?

How to set a specific logon time for a specific user on Windows XP? For example, the computer is an "always on machine" and most of the time no one is logged on. I want to set a time for my user to log on, without someone actually having to be in front of the machine. I've tried a workaround with the built-in auto logon function (control...

Problems using teamcity command line to perform ssh remote login

I was wondering if anyone has tried using teamcity's command line builder to perform ssh remote login. Right now, I would like to automate some testing on a QNX neutrino OS which is currently unsupported by teamcity. As a work around, I setup a ssh server on the target qnx machine so i could ssh and sftp the executables in. Firstly, t...

Lost connection to MySQL server in Windows XP while adding Data Source - ODBC

Hi, When I am trying to connect to the localhost, there is no problem. But when I am connecting to my server, I am getting this error. [08S01][MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver] Lost connection to MySQL server at ‘reading initial communication packet’, system error: 2 Please tell me how to work around this. I have tried with MySQL ODBC Drivers, b...

Windows XP GTK App Glib Import Error

Hello, I am trying to run my GTK app on Windows XP and I am having troubles with an import. I have installed the following as needed and recommended: python-2.6.msi gtk2-runtime.2-16.6.exe pycairo-1.8.6.exe pygobject-2.20.0 pygtk-2.16.0.exe pyserial-2.5.exe However, I am getting the following error when running my script: Tracebac...

Internet Explorer version number: 7.0.5730.13.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435

Has someone seen this version number of Internet Explorer before: 7.0.5730.13.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435 ? I have some problems with this version (running in VMWare) and I would like to know: When does a Windows XP user get this version? Is there a possibility to download exactly this version? ...

Bluetooth library for Windows

hi. Where can I find the bluetooth API details for Windows Xp, dlls etc for PAN connection etc. Thanks and Regards, Anjali ...

C# app runs in Windows 7, but not in Windows XP

Hey everyone, I have created an application in VS C# Express 2008 using Windows 7 as my OS. It runs perfectly fine on other W7 machines, but when we try and deploy it on a machine with XP it doesn't even run. I just get the usual "Application needs to be terminated" error message. The app was built using .NET 3.5 and all the machines ha...

WPF displaying differently on different computers

I am running Windows XP on my computer, and another computer also is running Windows XP. In my WPF application, I've changed the styles of my buttons to appear as if they are not highlighting when rolled over, clicked, etc. On my computer, this is the behavior that is occurring. On the other Windows XP system, I am seeing some outlini...

Running Mercurial with Apache on Windows XP

I've been struggling to get Mercurial working with Apache on Windows XP. I've read and tried the suggestions at the following SO threads: 1, 2, 3 & 4 So far all I can is a blank page and when I view the source I can see: <body bgcolor="#f0f0f8"><font color="#f0f0f8" size="-5"> --> <body bgcolor="#f0f0f8"><font color="#f0f0f8" size="-5...

how to uninstall linux without affecting the windows xp which is in a dual boot

hi guys, i need to uninstall ubuntu from my machine where i have a dual boot with windows xp, i know what to do but problem is to do that i don't have my windows xp cd with me now! now how can i uninstall ubuntu from my machine and reset the windows loader by removing the grub boot loader? is there any such method? regards, Rangana. ...

merge files into one on xp

We have order files that are date time stamped like so 28072010_950_order.txt 28072010_1050_order.txt does anybody know how to, on a windows xp box, have a small app run that would change all these time stamped files that have the same date and merge them into a single file called: 28072010_order.txt So it would take all the data from ...

Create Explorer.exe's File - Context Menu in WxPython application

I have a WxPython app that, among other things, has a integrated file-browser. I want to be able to create a system-default file context menu (e.g. what you get if you right-click on a file in windows explorer) when a user right clicks on one of the items within my application. Note: I already know how to create my own context menu (e....

when i click the drive shoing opwn with window dialog box

Hi , When i click the c-drive it is now opening , instead it showing the dialog box, please check the screen shot , When i click the c-drive it opening like this screen shot image-url ...

Plugin or Other Solution to open .BMP file in Internet Explorer?

Hello experts, I'm trying to open a .BMP image with Windows Internet Explorer. IE 8.0 I have installed, and am running Windows XP. Basically, I right click and choose Open With and click the box to "Always use this program" and then Internet Explorer opens, but then immediately closes and MS Paint opens and brings up the image. I...

Pydoc is not working (Windows XP)

Using Windows XP and Python 2.7 I tried to run "pydoc" through the terminal. unfortunately it doesn't work. Since I'm not allowed to post a screenshot (Newbie). Here is what it says (white on black) "C:\Python27>pydoc raw_input /"pydoc raw_input" is what I typed Der Befehl "pydoc" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefu...

VS2010 Minimum RAM requirement

I have 512 RAM, would i be able to run VS2010? ...