TOK

You should be able to get by with any graphics application, most of which are better than paint.

If you do need paint, Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs / Click the Add or Remove Windows components and drill down the Accessories where you will find it. Check its box and keep clicking OK.

Thanks Optimist. Going round and round in circles with adding Windows Components. Keep being told to insert the disc but it won't install paint.exe. Grrrr!!!

"Windows XP SP3 won't make any noticeable cosmetic changes to your operating system, but underneath the hood are several security improvements worth having.

In addition, one researcher claims Windows XP SP3 will slightly boost XP's speed as well.

Microsoft is using an interesting method to distribute Windows XP SP3. You don't download it as a separate .exe file - instead, you download a small executable file that, when run, changes your Registry so that Windows Update will download Windows XP SP3. If you are comfortable with editing the Registry, you can instead use a hack to tell your Registry to download SP3.

The actual download of Windows XP SP3 weighs in at 65.6MB. Once we downloaded it, it took about 30 minutes to install on a 1.83GHz Core Duo laptop with 1GB of RAM. Reboot after the install, and you're in business."

More at: Windows XP - SP3 Review

Get Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 with a simple Registry hack:

Here's how to do it: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1673&blogid=4

Windows XP - Latest News (for Bookmarking)

TOK

I'm not sure what the problem is, but your best bet is to Google for some free software that you can use to edit pictures. Paint is not a very good program.

TOK, Irfanview is one of the best graphics/video display applications and it has limited picture editing facilities.

For once in my life I've done the right thing. Infranview was the one I downloaded and a screenshot has been sent. I wonder why Paint wouldn't download from my XP disc? Corrupt disc, maybe? Who knows. (No, it's not from an ebay scally - it's validated authentic by Microsoft.)

Internet Explorer 8.0 beta: first review

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8.0 (IE 8.0) beta 1 today, available via a download page. This beta is aimed squarely at website developers, but on Microsoft's IE 8.0 blog, the company encourages anyone to try it out.

You might want to proceed with caution before trying IE 8.0, though. I forged ahead and installed the beta - and I experienced more browser crashes during my hands-on than ever before. Prior to installing the IE 8.0 beta, I had IE 7.0 happily running along.

So far, I think I've confirmed a known issue between my Google and Yahoo Toolbars and IE 8.0. My colleague, Harry McCracken, has also installed the IE 8.0 beta, and his only crashes came when he, too, installed the Google Toolbar. Stay tuned for further reports the more we at PC World use IE 8.0 - I'm personally looking forward to giving WebSlices a spin.

Internet Explorer 8.0 beta: First review:-

"Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8.0 (IE 8.0) beta 1 today, available via a download page. This beta is aimed squarely at website developers, but on Microsoft's IE 8.0 blog, the company encourages anyone to try it out.

You might want to proceed with caution before trying IE 8.0, though. I forged ahead and installed the beta - and I experienced more browser crashes during my hands-on than ever before. Prior to installing the IE 8.0 beta, I had IE 7.0 happily running along.

So far, I think I've confirmed a known issue between my Google and Yahoo Toolbars and IE 8.0. My colleague, Harry McCracken, has also installed the IE 8.0 beta, and his only crashes came when he, too, installed the Google Toolbar. Stay tuned for further reports the more we at PC World use IE 8.0 - I'm personally looking forward to giving WebSlices a spin."

More at: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1806

I've heard it causes double entries :-)

Does anyone know of a free firewall program (for use with XP) which works with Avast Anti-virus, please? I have checked on 'Computerdoctors' site, but the only freebie is ZoneAlarm which has known conflicts with Avast.

Harrycat

I think that extra software firewalls are unnecessary, over rated, resource hogs and in some cases a security risk.

The Win XP SP2 firewall is perfectly good for stopping incoming traffic and your external firewall router should be adequate when used with a good AV package. If youre still worried, most routers can be configured to further restrict outgoing traffic although some are easier to use than others.

If you are trying to connect to the Internet via a USB modem or public WiFi -DON'T!!

I usually disable XP firewall & use ZoneAlarm. I find that it is very efficient, easy to set individual parameters & also easy to see what is happening. XP firewall may well work, but all activity is hidden.
The system I have on my P.C. is XP Pro Ver 5.1, which I think preceeds SP2, so Windows Firewall seems to be minimal. Was using ZoneAlarm with Avast, but the recent ZA update will not work with Avast (known conflict which ZA are trying to sort). Internet acces via Broadband ADSL modem only.

SP2 is an update to Win XP which you should have installed by now. If you haven't then your system will be seriously lacking on security updates.

Try replacing your ADSL modem with a firewall/router. This will be a lot more secure, and will probably make your computer run better.

Anyone know how to setup Unreal Tournement 2004 to play against my friend using the internet, I know we can join games on the servers but we never get the same list, and if we do start to play we get stuffed by cheats (kids) who kick our butts

I thought I could connect using the LAN connection, and then type in his IP address but it just sits there

I am on a cable network, they are using a BT line

Richgit69,

They'll need to forward ports 7777 and 7787 on their router to the same ports on their local machine. Once that's done, you should be able to connect to them via the internet if you specify their IP address in the game preferences.

J.

Jonathan, thanks I'll find out how to forward port on there modem, (they dont have router) ;-)

Richgit69

If they only have a modem, the ports do not need forwarding. All they need to do is open the ports on their firewall.

Richgit69,

Alternatively, forward the ports on your router and have them connect to you.

J.

Optimist, Jonathan thanks

Looking at a few sites now ;-)