Re: Upgrade to XP

From: Dan (spamyou_at_user.nec)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:00:19 -0700

Thanks for the explaination. There was no harm done of course. Dan W.

"RobH666" <RobH666@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EBAD9C72-29E4-411F-B89F-FD6441262CCF@microsoft.com...
: Dear Dan,
:
: Thank you for your comment.
:
: Sorry about the display name, no offence intended.
:
: I am new to this forum and use RobH666 as a user name in others, so thought
: it acceptable here.
:
: Rob H
:
: "Dan" wrote:
:
: > You will not be able to do everything that you want since XP uses a
: > command.com prompt according to Gary S. Terhune MVP. In addition, XP
does
: > not have true MS-DOS which is the maintenace operating system for 98SE
under
: > the 9x code. Microsoft needs to move away from MS-DOS for NT (New
: > Technology) and move towards their own maintenance operating system
according
: > to Chris Quirke, MVP. Finally, NT used to be called (Not There) as a
joke
: > back in the early days of Microsoft according to history books on the
story
: > of Microsoft. Have a nice day! DanW777 (counter your stupid use of
numbers)
: > (do unto others as they will do unto you RobH)
: >
: > "RobH666" <RobH666@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:17326CED-76A6-4420-8753-060F60D9AEDC@microsoft.com...
: > : I have just upgraded to XP and all works fine with 4 accounts but only
the
: > : main admin account is able to access the internet. All the other
accounts
: > : have the ISP shortcut on the desktop and application shown in the
programs
: > : folder but when the Desktop Icon is double clicked a box pops up saying
: > : unable to connect. This gives the options of OK or DETAILS for
diagnostics
: > : but when you click DETAILS nothing further happens. Is it possible to
have
: > : one ISP account accessable to all accounts on the one PC?
: > : I would appreciate any help with this.
: > :
: > : Regards,
: > :
: > : RobH666
: >
: >
: >

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