I want to connect one laptop with Windows XP home to the server and include it in the domain. Windows XP home is not intended for network connection, but this is the maximum we can do to connect it.

1. Change the workgroup name to “your domain name”. Right click My computer, go to properties and tab “computer name”. Click Change to change the workgroup.
2. Use the username and password the same as one user in the domain. Go to Control Panel, click User account. Create account.

Now, if you click “view workgroup computers” in windows explorer, you can see all the computers in the domain, and you can go to the sharing files without re-entering the username and password.

When you try to run a program on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

This is a good example of a nice typical random issue that happens to me. Seems last night the Application Event Log decided to corrupt itself on my secondary machine:

Windows systray popup detected:

System Event Log
================
Type: Information.
Timestamp: Fri Jul 10 00:12:05 2009.
Event: 0.
Source: Application.
Category: Event Log Corruption.
User: SYSTEM.
SNARE Event Count: 1.
Description:
The event log is corrupt and requires immediate attention

This is an excerpt from an email I was sent by SNARE / Kiwi Syslog Daemon when it apparently happened (SNARE and Kiwi are services I run that allow me to get emailed when important events happen on my machines). The SNARE service promptly died after.

I vaguelly remember having this issue in the past – presumably the only way to ’solve’ this issue is to clear the event log and start afresh, which I have done. Good thing I don’t usually use old event log data.

Problema che si verifica con Microsoft Internet Explorer qualunque versione. Presenta l’impossibilità di navigare su internet tramite ie7, viene riscontrato un errore che contiene il seguente messaggio: “Impossibile trovare la chiave di ricerca richiesta nei contesti di attivazione correnti”.

I metodi per risolvere questo problema sono:

1. Disinstallazione di ie e reinstallazione della stessa versione ( ATTENZIONE: non sempre funziona ).
2. Aggiornamento di Internet Explorer alla versione successiva.
3. Cambiare programma browser (Es. Firefox, Chrome, Opera ecc.)

As you know, Windows 7 is the newer operating system from Microsoft, which is in talk these days. If you are running Windows Vista, it is sure for you to install Windows 7 in your system. If you are using operating system other than Windows Vista, you have to go for quick check using Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor tool.

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This tool will disclose you that, whether you can install Windows 7 or not. Moreover, this tool will check for various devices and programs compatibility with your current system setup. It will also give suggestion regarding which components can be updated for energetic Windows 7 experience.

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MSI ha decidido lanzar 3 nuevos modelos de netbooks, el Wind U123, el U123H, y el U123T que cuentan con un procesador Intel Atom N280 a 1.66GHz, una pantalla LCD de 10 pulgadas que ofrece una resolución de 1024 x 600 píxeles, 1GB de RAM, hasta 160 GB de disco duro, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, una webcam, una batería opcional 3 o 6 celdas y sistema operativo Microsoft Windows XP Home.

La característica que hace que estos netbooks sean especial es que ellos vienen con la función de Administrador de Rostro Fácil que puede explorar la cara del usuario y grabar la reorganización a través de los ojos, mejillas, línea de la mandíbula y la nariz. El usuario puede ajustar el nivel de seguridad personal de identificación. Hasta diez imágenes faciales por usuario.

El Wind U123H también apoya un módem 3.5G HSDPA, mientras que el Wind U123T viene con un sintonizador de TV digital.

MSI Wind Top AE1900

MSI ha querido sumarse a la line de ordenadores todo en uno, por ello nos presenta el MSI Wind Top AE1900, un equipo muy atractivo que muy seguramente tendrá un precio bastante asequible al público.

Entre las especificaciones técnicas del MSI Wind Top AE1900, encontramos:

• Una pantalla táctil de 18.5 pulgadas con resolución WSXGA
• Cuenta con un procesador Intel Atom N230
• Conectividad WiFi 802.11b/g/n
• Mensajería Instantánea
• Disco duro con capacidad de almacenamiento de hasta 160 GB
• Cuenta con un puerto Ethernet
• Lector de tarjetas de memoria 4 en 1
• Webcam frontal integrada de 1.3 megapíxeles, perfecta para videoconferencias
• Como Sistema Operativo tendrá Windows XP Home
• Contara con una unidad óptica lectora/grabadora
• Obtiene unas dimensiones de 476 x 365 x 49 mm
• Cuenta con 4 puertos USB 2.0

No cabe la menor duda que este ordenador en uno es lo que muchos estaban esperando tener en sus hogares, además que permitirá ahorrar energía considerablemente, pues solamente necesita 45 W para funcionar perfectamente.

Hasta el momento no se ha sabido nada acerca del costo de este ingenioso, atractivo y novedoso equipo, por lo que tendremos que esperar un poco.

MSI Wind Top AE1900 tiene un marco de diseño transparente que puede ser utilizado como decoración en el hogar. La pantalla táctil tiene un tiempo de respuesta de 5 milisegundos, totalmente realista y rápida sin lugar a duda.

Más información: msi
Vía: Tecnyo

BenQ is the latest manufacturer to jump on the all-in-one PC trend, with its i221. It has a 1.5GHz Sempron CPU with 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive (with options for solid-state) and ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card. Windows XP Home comes preloaded, and its gorgeous 21.5in screen supprots 720p high def. The best bit? It’ll only cost you around US$500. Not bad for a home companion to that netbook.

[via Gayakuman]

Software

McAfee AntiVirus Software
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Microsoft Office 2007 SBE Software
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Norton AntiVirus (3 user) Software
Price: Rs. 2020/-

Norton AntiVirus 10 User Business Pack 10.0 For server
Price: Rs. 10500/-

Norton AntiVirus 2008 Software
Price: Rs. 1220/-

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Norton AntiVirus FIREWALL Software
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Price: Rs. 1820/-

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Price: Rs. 2500/-

Windows VISTA Business Edition Software
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Windows XP Home Software
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Lowest Prices for Software in Hyderabad

Con el Acer Aspire One, el fabricante taiwanés inicia su andadura en el concurrido segmento de los ultraportátiles baratos. Y lo hace, a priori, de la mejor forma posible: ofreciendo las características de la última generación de ultraportátiles de bajo coste, pero manteniendo el ajustado precio del primer Asus Eee PC.

Así, el Acer Aspire One se presenta con procesadores Intel Atom a 1,6 GHz, 512 MB o 1 GB de memoria RAM a gusto del consumidor, pantalla de 8,9 pulgadas con resolución de 1024 x 600 píxeles y retroiluminación LED, y dos tipos de almacenamiento: disco flash de 8 GB o disco duro de 80 GB.

Si optamos por el disco flash, obtendremos un Acer Aspire One que no superará el kilogramo de peso (995 gramos). Mientras que eligiendo el disco duro de 80 GB, tendremos que soportar 1,26 kilogramos de peso sobre nuestras espaldas. No obstante, cualquiera de las dos opciones no tendrá problema en funcionar con Windows XP Home o Linpus Linux Lite, los dos sistemas operativos que Acer nos permite elegir.

El sistema operativo de Microsoft es un viejo conocido por todos, pero Linpus Linux Lite puede que no os suene tanto. Se trata de una distribución Linux basada en Fedora que, además de estar específicamente diseñada para ordenadores poco potentes, nos ofrece una interfaz por pestañas para los usuarios no iniciados, como en los Asus Eee Con Linux, y un escritorio tradicional para los más avanzados.

Otro de los puntos fuertes del Acer Aspire One, al menos sobre el papel, es su autonomía. Y es que la conjunción del bajo consumo de los procesadores Atom con la retroiluminación por LEDs, permite gozar de hasta 3 horas de autonomía con la batería de 3 celdas, o de hasta 6 horas si no nos importa aumentar las dimensiones del Acer Aspire One con la batería de 6 celdas. Con esta última, el Acer Aspire One gana 2,5 centímetros de grosor en su parte inferior trasera y 7 milímetros de profundidad.

Mención aparte para el teclado de 84 teclas que incluye el Acer Aspire One. Según Acer, es solamente un 5% más pequeño que los teclados estándar de los portátiles y, como no, viene acompañado de un trackpad (o touchpad) como el del HP 2133 Mini-Note, es decir, con los botones en los laterales.

Por lo demás, en el Acer Aspire One también encontramos los típicos extras de estos miniportátiles, que cada día se alejan más de esta denominación. Así pues, tenemos disponible una salida VGA, tres puertos USB, lector de tarjetas 5-en-1 que también sirve para ampliar la capacidad de almacenamiento, clavija Ethernet (acompañada de WiFi 802.11b/g), webcam integrada y las habituales entrada de micrófono y salida de auriculares.

Por último, aunque esta primera versión del Acer Aspire One no dispone ni de Wimax, ni del más necesario módem 3G integrado, sus creadores aseguran que muy pronto tendremos disponibles estás características como opciones de configuración.

El Acer Aspire One, por el momento, no tiene precio, ni fecha de lanzamiento para el continente europeo. Sin embargo, en Estados Unidos podrán disfrutar de él a partir del mes que viene, previo pago de los 375 dólares que cuesta el modelo más básico. Los colores iniciales son blanco o azul, pero este mismo verano estarán disponibles los Acer Aspire One con carcasa rosa o marrón.

Más información: Acer.

Dopo il grande successo ottenuto con l’Asus Eee PC 701 il noto produttore hardware si appresta a lanciare il nuovo modello evoluto Eee PC 900 con queste caratteristiche:

• Processore Intel Celeron M ULV (verrà rimpiazzato successivamente da un Intel Atom)
• Schermo: da 8,9 pollici con risoluzione 1024 x 600
• Sistema operativo: Linux Xandros oppure Windows XP Home
• Memoria di massa SSD: 20 GB con Xandros / 12 Gb con Windows XP Home
• RAM: 1GB DDR2
• Touchpad con tecnologia multitouch FingerGlide
• Webcam da 1,3 megapixel
• Chipset grafico Intel UMA
• Connettività WiFi 802.11b/g
• Lettore di schede SD/MMC
• 3 porte USB, 1 porta VGA, 1 jack audio, 1 ingresso microfono, 1 porta Fast Ethernet
• Peso: 1kg circa
• Autonomia: 2,5 ore
• Dimensioni: 226×38x170 mm
• Prezzo stimato: 399 €

Dovrebbe fare il suo debutto sul mercato europeo l’1 Maggio 2008 (per l’UK) mentre per l’Italia si parla del terzo trimestre del 2008 ad un prezzo stimato di 399 €.
Qui sotto potete ammirare una prima prova sul campo del nuovo gioiellino Asus.

Earlier this month Apple dropped the price of its smallest flash memory player to just £32. Wow! It also bumped its capacity to 2GB (around 500 songs in 128Kbps AAC format) and charges just £45 for the pleasure (1GB model still available). So I thought now was as good a time as any to get one in for review and see what I’ve been missing.

The immensely popular iPod Shuffle is a sight to believe – it’s just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs an unnoticeable 14g, features a minimalistic aluminium design with a built-in clip and comes in five metallic colours – silver, blue, green, purple and a (PRODUCT) RED special edition. There simply isn’t anything else on the market that’s as portable or as hard wearing.

The iPod Shuffle is also the world’s most wearable iPod – just take a look around the next time you’re in the gym! Now let’s not get carried away – the iPod Shuffle’s features list is almost non-existent and you have to use iTunes to get your music onto in. On the plus side there’s a vast ecosystem of accessories with over 4000 products made specifically for the iPod including cases, fitness accessories, and speaker systems. It should work with a lot of modern automobile stereo systems, too.

There’s no display on the iPod Shuffle, so it’s not great for discovering new artists, but using it is a snap. Tactile controls on the front let you alter volume levels and skip tracks, and there’s a dedicated on/off switch and shuffle switch – the latter either randomly mixes up the song order or resets back to the order in which the tracks were synced from iTunes. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the player actually outperformed Apple’s 12-hour battery life rating, and not by just a few minutes, but a few hours – I managed to get 15 hours!

The iPod Shuffle requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later and iTunes 7.4; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 7.4 or later (not supplied). The headphone jack doubles as a dock connector – simply flip the player upside-down and drop it into the included dock.

The iPod Shuffle isn’t about features or sound quality – it epitomises ease of use, portability and convenience. It’s time to join the revolution! [8]

If you have a crashed hard drive do not reformat your computer. You will lose all of your valuable information.

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Hal.dll errors…The Whole Story behind Hal.dll

Yesterday at Fowler Computer we had a customer who had tried to install the service pack updates for Windows XP (SP2). He previously had Sp1a that Came with his Dell Dimension 4600 Desktop.

He tried on the phone for hours with Dell to get his dell dimension computer back up and running but could not get into Windows and had very important files. 2500+ pictures for his ebay business, as well as address book, outlook emails, and invoice data would be lost if he simply reinstalled windows without some help recovering the data first.

A technician from the Fowler Computer Repair Office in Rochester NH was sent to his house to assess the situation and had all of the data recovered in just one day.

If you try the solution to the Hal.dll error below and can’t solve it yourself then Call Fowler Computer at 603-343-8331.

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UPDATE: My phone plan does not reach Outside of the United States please email only shane@fowlercomputer.com I have had a couple calls from the UK and I am not able to return your calls so email me. shane@fowlercomputer.com

Windows XP- Missing HAL.DLL

Error Message: Cannot Find WindowsSystem32hal.dll

TRY THIS FIRST

Get the Windows XP CD, doesn’t matter if it’s one to upgrade, or to install Windows, any of them work.

Let it start the setup process. Then, when it gives you the option, press “R” to go into the recovery console.

once in, it asks you to select which windows installation you want to go into. Just type “1″ and hit enter.
For me, I just hit enter for the admin password, but if you have one, type it in and press enter.

You should now be in the C:WINDOWS directory. If not, navigate there I guess, although you should be there by default.
Next, type in the following command:

expand d:i386hal.dl_

(Replace D with the letter assigned to the CD drive that the Windows CD is in)
If it gives you an option to overwrite the file, type “Y” and hit enter. If it doesn’t, type in the command again, and it should ask you if you want to overwrite it.
Finally, type “exit”, and your PC should reboot normally. =D

Hal.dll might not be missing anymore. You’ll soon find out if you see the error or not.

That is the fix if the problem is actually the hal.dll file, it might also be the boot.ini file.

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Another possible fix.

So far, this has been traced to an incorrect BOOT.INI file. To gain access to the Boot.ini:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig. Then go to the Boot.ini Tab. Or…Right click the My Computer icon/Properties/
Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings/System Startup/Edit.

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP

This user had 1 hard drive, partitioned into C and D drives. His BOOT.INI file looked like this: (the erroneous lines are in “blue”)

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINNT=”Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional” /fastdetect

The 3 in the erroneous lines, above, points to the 3rd partition on the first physical hard disk. Since this user only had 2 partitions, this value was incorrect. Changing the value to 2, in both lines, allowed the user to complete Windows XP’s setup.

The corrected BOOT.INI looked like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINNT=”Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional” /fastdetect

HAL – Hardware Abstraction Layer (hal.dll)

HAL is Microsoft’s abbreviation for the Hardware Abstraction Layer, the technology and drivers that let the Windows NT, 2000, and XP operating systems communicate with your PC’s hardware. HAL is one of several features–along with the NT file system (NTFS) that replaced the much less secure MS-DOS–that make NT-based operating systems more secure and reliable than Windows 95, 98, and Me.

HAL.dll prevents applications from directly accessing your PC’s system memory, CPU, or hardware devices (such as video and sound cards)–a method that can prevent many device conflicts and crashes. Unfortunately, HAL.dll sometimes also slows or stops DOS games and programs, which need to load their own memory managers or control hardware directly for better performance.

With HAL.dll in the way, developers must rewrite or even abandon their older software in favor of newer, HAL-compatible versions. Microsoft has pressured hardware makers to provide or support technologies such as MMX, DirectX, and 3D graphics language OpenGL, all of which allow fast but indirect access to the advanced high-performance features of video, sound, and CPU hardware. Such access also makes for a better visual experience when using Windows for Web and productivity applications; improved graphics performance is evident all over Windows XP’s new user interface.

Tip: To see which HAL.dll is currently installed, open Device Manager, and expand the Computer branch. The entry that
appears in this branch corresponds to the currently installed HAL.

HAL.DLL is Missing – Updated by MVP Alex Nichol

Option 1:

Boot from your CD and follow the directions to start Recovery Console. If you cannot get into recovery console seek the advice of a professional.

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Then:

Attrib -H -R -S C:Boot.ini
DEL C:Boot.ini
BootCfg /Rebuild
Fixboot

Option 2:

Boot from your CD and follow the directions below to start Recovery Console.

Insert the Setup compact disc (CD) and restart the computer. If prompted, select any options required to boot from the CD.
When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts; choose the repair or recover option by pressing R.

If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console.
When prompted, type the Administrator password. (if you didn’t create one try pressing enter).

At the system prompt, type Recovery Console commands; type help for a list of commands, or help commandname for help on a specific command.

Most likely you will need to expand the file from the CD. The command would be expand d:i386hal.dl_ c:windowssystem32hal.dll. Substitute d: for the drive letter of your CD. Once you have expanded the file type “exit” to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.

TIP: Recovering Windows XP using the Recovery Console

Update:

Shaun Gray (3/2005) states:

Let me review my experience / problem with hal.DLL with you all:

I Received a computer with win XP home sp2 that after uninstalling IML4, and Installing IML5, and rebooting. (IML being Imesh light)
Computer displayed windows rootsystem32hal.dll is missing or corrupt, please re-install.

NO MODES would boot from advanced boot options
Only bootable option was from CD
Repair console would not EDIT system from OEM XP HOME CD
FixMBR did not solve anything
Bootcfg /list, bootcfg /rebuild did not solve anything
Fixboot did not solve anything

Solution Option 1 wouldn’t work with multi attributes with out “|” in between them. ******
Solution Option 1 didn’t solve anything, except inadvertently adding a second OS to boot.ini
Solution Option 2 was unusable with OEM XP HOME SP2 CD.
Solution Opt 2 with XP PRO SP2 Integrated CD “Functioned”, but was “unable to expand file”

REINSTALLING WINDOWS IS NOT AN OPTION.

Final Solution:

Removed hard drive from system.
Added Hard drive to a 2nd WORKING XP PRO System. As Slave on Cable select.

***(all references to “D:” are the Slave Hard drive damaged windows)***

Booted system and enabled – Explorertoolsfolder options

Display contents of system folders.
Show Hidden Files and Folders.
UN-check Hide Protected OS Files.

Go to “D:” open Boot.ini in NOTEPAD, remove the Extra OS’s added with option 1.
Close and Save changes to Boot.ini

Go to “My Computer” Right click on “D:” select SEARCH “D:”

Search “All or Part of the File Name” = “hal”

Hal.dll may or may not be found in “D:WINDOWSSystem32” either way it’s no good.
A working copy of hal.dll WILL be found in “C:WINDOWSServicePackFilesi386”
COPY THAT FILE “D:WINDOWSServicePackFilesi386hal.dll”
And Paste it to “D:WINDOWSSystem32” folder; if it asks to overwrite say YES.

You may now un-do the changes made to Explorertoolsfolder options to RE-Hide files.
Shut Down the computer.

Remove the 2nd Drive and reinstall it to its own tower as Master.

You should Now be able to boot the computer up as if nothing ever happened.

With the exception that it will prompt you to reinstall some drivers, Just say YES and let it auto detect …THEY ARE ALREADY THERE. And will setup fine.

This “FIX” assumes that the computer in question HAS at ther very least service pack1, if not service pack 2.

If these patches have NOT been installed , I dont belive any such Reserve copy of hal.dll will wxist on the drive!

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