Windows
2000 & XP resources
This page was written by Christopher
Spry.
Index
1. Windows XP
2. Windows 2000
3. Help resources
1. Windows XP
- Microsoft's
Help and Support.
It includes FAQs, troubleshooting and newsgroups for all its products.
- Device driver development tools
at Jungo Ltd.
-
Driver Files Net, download device
drivers for computer components and for many other electronic devices.
-
Error codes. Microsoft provides a useful command-line tool called
err.exe that can help you find the meanings of error codes. When you run
err.exe and specify an error code, the program searches all the error-code
definitions from the various header files that Windows uses to generate a list
of possible error meanings. You can use err.exe in several ways. Entering the
command 'err' with no parameters returns a list of all the header files that
the command checks. If you run err.exe and specify an error code--for example
'err 1645' the output looks like this:
D:\temp\Err>
# for decimal 1645 / hex 0x66d : ERROR_INSTALL_REMOTE_PROHIBITED winerror.h #
The Windows Installer does not permit installation from a # Remote Desktop
Connection. # for hex 0x1645 / decimal 5701 :
NELOG_NetlogonFailedToUpdateTrustList lmerrlog.h SQL_5701_severity_10 sql_err
# Changed database context to '%.*ls'. # 3 matches found for "1645"
Notice that err.exe searches for the value you entered in both its hexadecimal
and decimal forms.
- 'PC
Mechanic'. Advice on how to build a PC, troubleshooting Windows etc. It includes
reviews, downloads and shopping guides.
- 'Safari'
computing technical book subscription service online at O'Reilly.
- 'The PC
Guide'. Details of motherboards, BIOS, processors etc.
- Tom's
Hardware Guide. Guides on CPUs, storage, clocking, performance, chipsets etc.
Advice on
what to do if Windows XP fails to start.
- ZDNet.
Extensive hardware, software and Internet advice.

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05 December 2005 03:52