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Windows XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft has been hiding Windows XP Service Pack 3 long from Windows Update but at last it is now available for download. Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system.
This new update does bring small number of new functionalities but in no way does it change the customer experience.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 can be downloaded as a standalone executable from Here. The installation package is 316 MB in size and is intended for IT professionals and developers downloading and installing on multiple computers on a network.
If you are updating just one computer, please visit Windows Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 3 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP.
Users running Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) are advised to install a hotfix for a Microsoft Dynamics RMS issue prior to installing Windows XP SP3. Also if you are running IE 8 Beta 1 then it is recommended to uninstall it before updating to Service Pack 3 and then reinstall after you have successfully performed the update.
Rename recycle bin windows XP
- Click Start / Run
- Type regedit and press enter.
- Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder
- Open the CLSID folder
- Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder
- Open the ShellFolder folder
- Change the “Attributes” data value from “40 01 00 20″ to “50 01 00 20″. Once completed change the “CallForAttributes” dword value to “0×00000000″ (double-click and change value data to 0). You must change both of these values to get the rename to appear.
After performing the above steps you will be able to rename the icon like any other icon. Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop and click Rename and rename it to whatever you wish.
SSH connection Block port (22)
If any of you guys use putty for SSH, to connect to a remote SSH server and you find a firewall is blocking port 22 // change the SSH listening port to 443 (https) port. Most firewalls allow access to this port. When working in the NHS I regularly used to connect to my SSH server and came across this same issue. Changing the listening port can be quite a pain depending what the SSH service is running on.
For the server I run // It runs on Windows XP and is called Cygwin the installation instructions can also be found on the site, which tells you details on how to change the listening port and extra packages you need to install when Cygwin is installed.
I find this piece of software is better to use if you don’t want multiple PC’s running at home. I do find the connection drops out quite abit, where as when I had my Linux machine running with the SSH service I never came across this issue. Not sure if it is a setting that I have missed or a glitch within the app.
the loopback adapter and windows file share tunneling: XP + 2003
After searching the internet for ways how to map network drives to my computers at home from remote locations over SSH i came across this little guide. It works perfectly!
The following instructions document how the Microsoft Loopback Adapter can be installed and configured for use with file share tunneling on Windows XP and 2003:
Installing the Loopback Adapter:
1. Open Start, Control Panel, Add Hardware.
2. Click Next on the introduction dialog box.
3. Select ‘Yes, I have already connected the hardware’ and click Next.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the list of hardware, select ‘Add a new hardware device’, then click Next.
5. Select ‘Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)’, then click Next.
6. Select ‘Network adapters’, then click Next.
7. Select ‘Microsoft’ as the manufacturer, select ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter’ as the adapter, then click Next.
8. Click Next to confim the installation.
9. Click Finish to complete the installation.
2. Configure the newly created adapter:
1. Open Start, Control Panel, Network Connections.
2. Select the newly created connection (should be named ‘Local Area Connection N’, where N is its order number).
3. Right click on the selected connection and choose Properties from the menu.
4. Confirm that ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter’ (or ‘Microsoft Loopback Adapter #N’) is displayed in the ‘Connect Using:’ field. If it isn’t, return to step 2 and retry properties for another adapter.
5. Uncheck (disable) everything except ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’.
6. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click Properties to open ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties’.
7. Select ‘Use the following IP address:’ and fill in the ‘IP address:’ and ‘Subnet mask:’ fields (e.g. 10.10.10.10, 255.255.255.0).
8. Click Advanced to open ‘Advanced TCP/IP Settings’.
9. Switch to WINS and select ‘Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP’.
10. Click OK to close ‘Advanced TCP/IP Settings’.
11. Click OK to close the ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties’.
12. Optionally (on XP only) uncheck (disable) ‘Notify me when this connection has limited or no conectivity’ to remove the connection warning icon from the system notification area.
13. Click OK to close the connection properties.