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Information about Network Monitor 3View products that this article applies to.Article ID:933741Last Review:March 17, 2008Revision:3.0INTRODUCTIONThis article contains information about Microsoft Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3 is a protocol analyzer. It enables you to capture, to view, and to analyze network data. You can use it to help troubleshoot problems with applications on the network. This article contains download and support information, installation notes, and general usage information about Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3.1 ... Read more..

INTRODUCTION loadTOCNode(1, \\'summary\\'); Windows allocates resources according to its settings and manages devices accordingly. You can use the System tool in Control Panel to change performance options that control how programs use memory, including paging file size, or environment variables that tell your computer where to find some types of information. This article describes how to set the performance options for your computer. Manual steps to set performance options in Windows XP loadTOCNode(2, ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the May 13, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952726Last Review:May 13, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the kinds of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

Plug the computer into a hub, switch, or router and then turn it on. (If your home has Ethernet wiring and you have a jack in the room where the computer is, you can plug the computer into the Ethernet jack instead.) Log on to the computer as an administrator. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. Click the Computer Name tab, and then click ... Read more..

SUMMARY loadTOCNode(1, \'summary\'); This article describes how to copy user data from your Windows XP profile to a new profile. When you copy user data into a new profile, the new profile becomes a near duplicate of the old profile, and contains the same preferences, appearance, and documents as the old profile. If your old profile is corrupted in some way, you can move the files and settings from the corrupt profile to a new profile. Note The method that is described ... Read more..

Log on to the computer as an administrator. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. Click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change. If the workgroup name is not WORKGROUP, change the name to WORKGROUP, and then click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel to close the Computer Name changes dialog box. Note If you have to change the workgroup name, you will be prompted to restart ... Read more..

SUMMARY loadTOCNode(1, \\'summary\\'); The My Recent Documents folder on the Windows XP Start menu displays a list of files and documents that you most recently used. This article describes how to display, use, and clear the My Recent Documents folder. To Display the My Recent Documents Folder To display the My Recent Documents folder on the Start menu: 1. Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of the Start menu, ... Read more..

If you have your settings saved to a USB flash drive, you can use the flash drive to add computers to your network. Log on to the computer. Plug the USB flash drive into a USB port on the computer. For a computer running Windows Vista, in the AutoPlay dialog box, click Wireless Network Setup Wizard. – or – For a computer running Windows XP, in the USB flash ... Read more..

Windows XP supports two disk file systems: the file allocation table (FAT) file system and the NTFS file system. This article explains how to convert a FAT partition into an NTFS partition and discusses the considerations that you must take into account. MORE INFORMATION loadTOCNode(1, \'moreinformation\'); Windows XP includes the Convert.exe utility for converting a FAT partition to an NTFS partition. Convert.exe is simple to use, but there are some limitations that you should consider before using the utility. You should consider ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the May 8, 2007 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:936981Last Review:December 3, 2007Revision:4.2On This PageSUMMARYAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the types of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

Although clearing the paging file is not a suitable substitute for physical security of a computer, you might want to do this to increase the security of data on a computer while Windows is not running. WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. ... Read more..

How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop View products that this article applies to. function loadTOCNode(){} Article ID : 306759 Last Review : January 31, 2007 Revision : 2.2 This article was previously published under Q306759 Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article ... Read more..

You cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accountsView products that this article applies to.Article ID:935944Last Review:May 4, 2007Revision:1.1SUMMARYOn a computer that is running one of the operating systems that is listed in the Applies to section, you cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accounts at the same time.MORE INFORMATIONYou can use Computer Management to delete only one local user account at a time on a computer that is running one of the following operating ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the March 11, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:950137Last Review:March 11, 2008Revision:1.3On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the types of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

This article describes how to change the location of the paging file in Windows XP. The paging file is the area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were random access memory (RAM) This is sometimes known as "virtual memory." By default, Windows stores this file on the same partition as the Windows system files. You can increase the performance of Windows, and increase free space on the boot partition, by moving this file to a different partition. How ... Read more..

Remove Invalid Entries from Operating System Selection Menu A common complaint after reinstalling XP is the appearance of a boot screen asking the user to select the copy of XP that is to be loaded, even when there is only one copy of XP on the system. The traditional method of removing the invalid entry is to manually edit the boot.ini file, ... Read more..

Completely Remove iTunes and QuickTime from Windows XP In some rare instances, it may be required to remove all traces of iTunes and QuickTime from your computer. Use the following steps to remove all traces of iTunes, QuickTime, and associated software installed by the iTunes + QuickTime Installer. Remove iTunes Note: iTunes Store purchases or songs imported from CDs are saved in your My Music folder by default and are not deleted by removing iTunes. Quit iTunes. On the Start ... Read more..

How to enable COM+ and COM diagnostic tracingView products that this article applies to.Article ID:926098Last Review:December 20, 2007Revision:3.1Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge ... Read more..

Before you perform a repair installation of Microsoft Windows XP, you must uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 from the Windows XP-based computer. If you perform a repair installation of Windows XP when Internet Explorer 7 is still installed, Internet Explorer will not work after the repair is completed. To resolve this issue, uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from the computer, and then install Internet Explorer 6. After Windows XP is repaired, you can reinstall Internet Explorer 7. INTRODUCTION loadTOCNode(1, \'summary\'); Before you perform ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the August 12, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:956636Last Review:August 13, 2008Revision:2.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle.This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the kinds of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating system ... Read more..