For Office XP and 2003, backup the data.dat or opa11.dat files in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE\DATA,I had to smile when I read this on the microsoft web site
Another compelling reason to encourage customers to move to Windows 7 is the ability to downgrade to Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/downgrade_rights.aspx
WINDOWS UPDATE FAIL
After instaling about 160 updates these 3 fail
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB2479943)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB2555917)
I ran the fix suggested on the microsoft web site. -> Failed
It suggested that a particular DLL need to be registered. I did the automatic fix and then the manual fix and it said it was registered but still the update failed.
Somewhere I read that the virus protection needed to be switched off.
So temporarilly disabled AVG Free >Failed. Renabled AVG.
Searched google and then downloaded each update as a separate exe file from microsoft.com.
Ran and installed each separately. Two needed a restart so it was quite timeconsuming.
Now Microsoft Update finally says all is OK.
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Shift and Caps problem
The keyboard seems to have issues. have to press caps lock to get captials. The shift keys have problems. It is not that they do not work as keys because when you press the shift key and press some letters, you get nothing.
OK it was the "stop" button jammed in. It is where my right hand rests.
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Time to make a ghost backup.
Fail
Ghost can not see either my external USB drive (formatted NTFS) nor the D partition also formatted as NTFS.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/d87bb6ce0bde286d88256d6a00452701/f83d8e86c0a7bfef88256874006a7223?OpenDocument
Well seems like I have a 'consumer' version of Ghost and it does not save to NTFS drives.
Ghost consumer versions other than Norton Ghost 9.0 and Norton Ghost 2003 cannot save image files directly to NTFS partitions. See the section "Alternative storage locations." Note that the version of Ghost included in Norton SystemWorks Professional Edition is a consumer version.
Well my version seems to be Version: 2003.789 (May 28 2003, Build=789)
But I got it from Norton System Works so is it or is it not able to do NTFS.
Why do they make it so frustrating!
Ah - It seems that it can do EITHER NTFS or external USB drives but not both at the same time. Possibly a limit on how much can fit on the ghost boot floppy?
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