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October 7, 2002—In this issue:
1. COMMENTARY
2. FAQS
- Q. Why do I receive Stop Error 0x0000007E in Windows XP when I add a new USB device?
- Q. How do I restore or configure my own Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) start and search pages?
- Q. How can I configure multiple concurrent Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) download sessions to one server?
- Q. Why doesn't clipboard redirection work on my Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services client?
- Q. How can I set the default email program?
- Q. Where can I get updated Windows XP boot disks?
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1. COMMENTARY
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2. FAQS
A. If the USB bandwidth consumption exceeds the 100-percent maximum that the USB 2.0 update or XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) allows, you'll receive the error you mention. Specifically, if existing USB devices are already using the maximum bandwidth and you add another USB device (e.g., if you're viewing streamed audio or video through a USB device and plug in another USB device), you'll receive the following error message:
STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, <address>, <address>, <address>) usbhub.sys
To work around this problem, you can take one of the following actions:
- Connect your keyboard, mouse, or other USB device before you start streaming USB video or audio.
- If you've already started streaming USB video or audio, either stop or pause the stream, connect the keyboard, mouse, or other USB device, then start the stream again.
- If your computer has multiple USB host controllers, connect the keyboard, mouse, or other USB device to a USB host controller separate from the USB host controller that you're using to connect the USB video or audio device. Most computers sold in the past year have two or more USB host controllers. To verify this configuration, view the USB host controllers in Device Manager (go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Hardware, and click Device Manager).
A. Some users have reported seeing adult content when they start IE or click Search in IE. Adult Web sites sometimes modify the values IE uses to tell the software which URLs to use for the default IE start and search pages. To resolve this problem, you can reset the registry values that control these settings by performing the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main registry subkey.
- Review the settings for the Search Bar, Search Page, and Start Page.
- If any of the values indicate adult-based URLs, you can either delete the value, which causes IE to use the default setting, or modify these values to point to more-acceptable URLs.
- Close the registry editor.
A. In accordance with Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 2068, IE 5.0 and later limit the number of concurrent downloads to one server. HTTP 1.0-based servers are limited to four sessions, and HTTP 1.1-based servers are limited to three sessions, one of which is queued. If your servers support high bandwidth and you want to establish more concurrent connections, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings registry subkey.
- From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
- Enter the name MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server for HTTP 1.0-based servers or enter the name MaxConnectionsPerServer for HTTP 1.1-based servers, then press Enter.
- Double-click the new value, set it to the hexadecimal value for the number of connections you desire (e.g., "a" in hex for 10), then click OK.
- Close the registry editor.
A. Clipboard redirection lets you copy information from a Terminal Services session and paste it into the local console-based session. However, you might receive the following error message when you try to paste information from the clipboard:
Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk
This error occurs when you upgrade the Terminal Services client to the Windows XP Remote Desktop client, then reinstall the Terminal Services client. To resolve this error, you need to reestablish the clipboard registry setting by performing the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns registry subkey.
- From the Edit menu, select New, Key.
- Enter the name RDPDR, then press Enter.
- Close the registry editor.
A. The system registry maintains a list of email programs under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail registry subkey. You can configure any one of these programs to be the default application for sending and reading email by performing the following steps:
- Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) options dialog box (go to IE, click Tools, then select Internet Options).
- Select the Programs tab.
- Click on the E-mail drop-down box, select the preferred default application, then click OK.
Be aware that changing this value also modifies the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command value to reflect the new client. Because the IE value modifies HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, the default mail application you select is set on a machine basis, not on a per-user basis. As a result, you can't establish a different default mail application for multiple users on a single instance of Windows.
If you log on as a regular user (i.e., non-Administrator) and change the default mail application, Windows will ignore your changes. If you log on as an Administrator and change the default mail application, your changes will affect all users on that system.
You can create user-based shortcuts on the Start menu, Quick Launch bar, and desktop to make it easier for users to open a preferred email client. However, programs that use Messaging API (MAPI) calls, mailto: links, and "Send Page by E-Mail" in IE will still use the default mail application that you set for the machine.
A. XP doesn't ship with boot disks, and you can't create these disks from the XP media. However, Microsoft provides downloads to create XP boot disks. As Microsoft continues to release service packs, the company will continue to update the downloadable boot disks, starting with new boot disks available for XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). You must download the correct set of boot disks for your version of XP (i.e., you can't use an XP Home Edition boot disk with an XP Professional Edition CD-ROM). XP Home SP1 boot disks are available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=42818 , and XP Pro SP1 boot disks are available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=42819 .
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