How to create multiple network profiles on Windows XP/2000

How to create multiple network profiles on Windows XP/2000.

I’ve been meaning to figure out how to do this…it was always easy to do on Macintosh systems. Someone else blogged about it for me here

I normally just use DHCP everywhere I connect. But sometimes I need special configs for networks that don’t have a DHCP server running. The problem with those special configs is that they just waste time when you need to go back to the office or your home network. Nothing works and it takes you a few minutes to remember you hosed your network settings to connect to some obscure network somewhere.

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1. First, save your network profile with all you need (ip, subnet, gateway, dns, wins…)
2. Now you can open a DOS shell with start -> run; then type cmd
3. On shell write: netsh -c interface dump > c:/windows/system32/homesettings.txt
   the path is optional, you save this as you want, and also the name of file (homenetwork.txt) can be different.
4. Now you can setup a different netrwok, like the first profile, and repeat the point 3.
5. On you Desktop, in a free area, click on right button of mouse and choose new -> link
6. write: %windir%\system32\netsh.exe -f c:\windows\system32\homesettings.txt
7. Next write the name of link that appear as title of icon, eg: home
8. Repeat the step 6 and 7 for other network, change the name of txt in step six…
9. you are ready, if you want, you can change the two new icons on desktop, with right button, properties, change icon (the default icon file is c:/windows/system32/shell32.dll).

Windows XP offers the ability to save passwords for web sites and network resources

1. Click Start and select Run

2. In the Open field type "rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr"

3. Once the Stored Usernames and Passwords interface opens you can select any of the entries and select Properties to view the existing information

4. To remove a saved password you can select one of the entries and select Remove. A confirmation screen will appear. Click on OK and the account will be removed

5. You can add additional saved passwords as well by clicking on the Add button and entering the appropriate information

6. Repeat the steps above as needed to add, remove or edit saved passwords

7. When you are done using the interface click the Close button

Windows XP restarts when you try to shut down your computer

When you shut down your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, your computer may restart instead of shutting down, and a Stop error may briefly appear before the computer restarts.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if the following conditions are true: You have "automatica...

This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:

• You have "automatically restart" selected.
• The Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.0 or Direct CD 5.0 program is installed on your computer.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, contact Roxio, or visit the following Roxio Web site to...

To resolve this issue, contact Roxio, or visit the following Roxio Web site to download and install the updated driver for Easy CD Creator 5.0 for Windows XP:

http://www.roxio.com (http://www.roxio.com)

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To work around this issue, remove Roxio Easy CD Creator or Direct CD.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows XP may experience a problem during startup that causes a Stop error mes...

Windows XP may experience a problem during startup that causes a Stop error message. Depending on the system configuration, the Stop error message may appear too briefly to record the error information. To gather important information about the Stop error message and to verify the cause, follow these steps:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Clear the Automatically restart check box under System failure, and then click OK. The error message should remain on the screen so that you can record the error information.

"Stop 0x0000000a(0x00000029,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x80466d7b" error message after Windows is already installed

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

When this issue occurs, follow these troubleshooting steps:

1. Remove the Easy CD Creator software.
2. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Security
4. Remove the Etetnt.mpd file that has a revision date of 1997.
5. Locate the following registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services
6. Remove the following files:
   • Cdr4vsd
   • Cdralw2k
   • Cdr4_2k
   • Cdudf

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

310628 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310628/ ) Easy CD Creator 5.0 does not function in Windows XP

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