MS FrontPage Extensions

Hello,
I have a customer that would like to install content which includes Microsoft FrontPage Extensions on his web site which we host on WS6.1SP5. I know that in the older iPlanet Web Server there was support for FP extensions. Is that facility also included in WS6.1? If so, how is it configured? Can you point me to some documentation that explains how this works?
Thanks,
Bill

Microsoft used to provide Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for UNIX through their partner, Ready-to-Run Software. Unfortunately, these extensions are no longer available.
There's more information on Ready-to-Run Software's website at http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/serk4.0/inunix.htm

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Dreamweaver 8 FrontPage Extension Support?

Hi All,
I have posted this question in the Exchange Forum but I have
not received a response so I am expanding the question to the
General Forum in the hope that one/some of you have seen this
problem.
I have a client that requires me to work with a FrontPage
enabled server and to use FrontPage extensions. As some of you may
know there is an Extension, published by Adobe, that enables DW and
DWMX 2004 to work with FrontPage Extensions. These extensions
create an additional drop down menu item option in the 'Remote
Info' Category of the Site Definition Wizard.
However, the latest extension (for DW MX 2004) does not work
in DW8; the extra FrontPage extension option fails to appear in the
Site Definition wizard's Remote Info Access category.
Does anyone know how to enable DW8 to work with FrontPage
extensions and FrontPage enabled servers? Should the MX 2004
extension work in DW8? Should I be using a different exchange
download or can the MX 2004 extension be modified locally to allow
access to the FrontPage Extensions?
Any help, as always, is much appreciated.
Thanks.
Nick Barling
www.barkingweb.com

Before doing anything else, take a couple of weeks to
gothrough the DW
tutorials, and also to study HTML and CSS. The more you know
about those,
the easier your transition will be. DW expects alot more from
you than FP
did, and as a result, you may find it much more frustrating
to have the raw
reality of web development staring you in the face rather
than the wizards
of FP.
> Is there a way to convert a Frontpage site into a
> Dreamweaver site
1. I'd define a Dreamweaver site that points to a location on
your hard
drive for the local site's root, and to the current FP site
on the web as
the remote site
2. I'd use Dreamweaver (if your host supports FTP
connections) to download
the remote site to the root of the site you just defined on
the hard drive.
This will pick up all the pages *after* webbot action so that
shared borders
and all are already present in the page HTML. This will also
pick up all of
the server scripting. Note - in the event that you are not
able to connect
using FTP since some FP hosts block that protocol, you will
have to use a
third party 'site copier' like Black Widow, QuadSucker, or
WebCopier, (or
even the DW extension called SiteAssist from WebAssist) to
connect and
download using http protocols. Doing it this way will *not*
retrieve any of
your server-script code, if any (unless you have used the
WebAssist
extension).
3. I'd create a DW template for the pages, that captures the
"shared
border"
effect you had in FP.
4. I'd copy and paste content from each FP pages to a new
template child
page and then save the new child page with an easily
identifiable
nomenclature that is distinct from what was used on the FP
site (since you
are saving the new child pages into the same local site as
the FP pages).
5. When the basic site is completed, I'd upload the new DW
pages to some
staging area/webspace, and by using the browser, I'd verify
that the site
(as it now exists remotely) is complete.
6. Then I'd create a *new* DW site in a new location on the
hard drive, and
connect to and download all the files from the staging site.
7. You can now delete the original FP site from your local
system if you
want.
You now have a complete site (minus any of the FP extension
server-side
code) that has no FP footprint.
If you have used any FP server extension functions on the
original FP site
(form processing, guestbooks, tables of contents, etc.), you
will have to
recreate those functions in DW using 3rd party scripts, or
scripts that you
write yourself.
If this site will continue to be 'touched' by FP, don't even
think of using
DW on it.
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"robtattam" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi, I am a newbie to using Dreamweaver.
> I am having a problem importing a site that has been
running in frontpage
> into
> dreamweaver.
> I run through the wizard but when I have finished the
wizard and it closes
> the
> program down, I re-open but yet my website is not in the
files section to
> the
> right of the screen.
> I have tried creating the folder and then drag and drop
into it, it seems
> to
> see the files, however does not recognise the documents.
> I am using the 31day free trial. Would this make a
difference??
> If anyone could help me to imoprt my frontpage site into
dreamweaver then
> you'll have a friend for life!!!!
> Please help a highly frustrated newbie??!!!
>
> Many thanks in advance
> Rob
>

Can DW edit sites built with Frontpage extensions

I have to work on a site that was originally created by
someone who used frontpage and frontpage extensions. Im basically
just redesigning the layout our outer shell, and adding all the old
data inside the design.
There are about 20-30 forms in this site that were created
using frontpage extensions.
Is there a way I can edit the forms pages in DW without
messing up the forms or frontpage extensions?
Does DW offer any easy user interface to create forms like
this FP extensions?

> Ive heard that
> conecting via FTP to a frontpage site could also mess up
the coding, which
> seems odd to me. ??
It doesn't, and couldn't, affect the coding. But it can
'break' the tight
connection between the files on the site and the FP server
extensions, which
would have the immediate effect of breaking the form
processing.
If you must take this job then I think the only "SAFE" way to
do it would be
to use Microsoft's ExpressionWeb product for the project. EW
understands
how to keep the FP Server Extensions healthy, and can
therefore use HTTP
transfers of files rather than FTP transfers.
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> Thanks for your quick reply Murray. Unfortunately, I do
not have that
> option.
> What if If I was to open the graphics that are currently
on the forms page
> in
> pohotshop and make them match the color and type font of
the new design,
> than
> just upload those images to replace old ones, this
should update the forms
> pages look. This way I won't have to even bother opening
the forms pages
> and
> mess up the code.
> Would connecting to the site via ftp and just upload new
images to
> overwrite
> old ones work without messing the FP forms coding up?
> I can get by just revamping the home page and uploading
that with links to
> other pages and that should get me by for now.
> Am I missing anything or would this plan of attack work?
Ive heard that
> conecting via FTP to a frontpage site could also mess up
the coding, which
> seems odd to me. ??
> Thanks for your input.
>

Recalculate Frontpage 2002 extensions Web

I'm running IIS on Windows 2003 server with IIS, SharePoint and FrontPage 2002 extensions. I have a FrontPage sub web in the site which recently has started active erratically. Two nearly identical pages are not rendering similarly.
I suspect that something in the FrontPage extensions on this server has gotten corrupted. On my development sever (Windows 2000/SharePoint/2002 extensions) the pages work correctly.
Thus I wanted to do the "recalculate Server 2002 web" task from a right-click on the sub web within IIS. I access that 2003 Server via Remote Desktop over a VPN connection. When I try the recalculate from within IIS, it asks for my
credentials, ID and PW. I'm an administrator on this server. I supply my id and pw, but it rejects and re-asks for credentials with a partially filled dialog showing the previously supplied id but with the website URL (www.ccc.com\myid)
and a password field. It does not matter what I supply it rejects and re-asks.
I'm at "wits end" to understand what need to be done to get into the web administrator function to do this recalculate.
What have I done wrong or what am I doing wrong?......RDK

Thats a vintage setup you have there. Those extensions always were fun. Try this to begin with and see if it helps.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887993/en-gb
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Form created in Microsoft Frontpage?

Hello,
I am attempting to fix a form using Dreamweaver. The form is located at the top-right corner of http://www.imagecandyusa.com
The code for the form is as follows:
<form method="POST" action="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/index.htm" onSubmit="" name="IC_home_page" webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0">
The form is returning a 404 Error File Not Found:
http://imagecandyusa.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/index.htm
Although I checked with the webhost and the filepath above does exist, I believe there may be an error somewhere in the code.
Can anyone identify what software was used to create this form or how I may resolve this issue?
Sincerely,

My web host supports FrontPage. I don't know why, but they say theyhave a lot of people using it. FrontPage was originally created by the Cambridge, Massachusetts company Vermeer Technologies, Incorporated, which is why the files and directories for FrontPage have vti in them.
Frankly, if they were going to support something right out of the starting gate, I think they should support WordPress, which is actually being developed, rather than FrontPage.
Where FrontPage extensions are in place on a server and are properly configured to handle email, FrontPage will provide you the ability to specify an email address to send the form data to as a property of the form. The program then generates the instructions needed to utilize the Webbot in the FrontPage Extensions on the server to send out your email.
This proprietary system cannot be accessed by Dreamweaver. Instead, Dreamweaver can help you create a script in a language hosted on your server, like php or ASP or ColdFusion that will do the "heavy lifting" of processing the result of the form and sending an email in response.
If the rest of your website was built using FrontPage, It's advisable to rebuild it in Dreamweaver. To do this, you'll need an understanding of HTML and CSS. Then, for your form, you would build that in Dreamweaver and use the scripting language available on your server. Since php is free and open source, most servers have that.
Here is a link for a tutorial for creating a contact form in HTML4.01 and CSS3, where you can download the script that runs in the background.
-Mark

MS Front Page Extension Problem

I am managing an old website that was built before using
Dreamweaver.
When I try to connect to the site through Dreamweaver II see
a message on the site;
Important information:
By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
website with FTP. Please make sure that the MS Frontpage
Extensions
are disabled.
If you still have problems after disabling the MS Frontpage
Extensions please contact our support.
Many thanks!
I do not have the Front Page extension in my Dreamweaver
Extension Manager.
Is there something in the old code that causes this problem?
Is it something that I can eliminate in a Dreamweaver edit of some
kind?
TIA, Dave Harding

> By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
> website with FTP.
This says about everything. Because the site was created with
Microsoft
FrontPage, and it uses FrontPage extensions, the host's FTP
access has been
disabled (FP does not use FTP, and in fact, connecting with
FTP will break
the FP extension's tight link with the files on the site). In
order to
maintain this site with DW now, you would have to ensure the
following -
1. All functions in the current site that utilize the FP
Server Extensions
have been replicated in your DW pages - this would include
Form
processing/emailing, guestbooks, etc.
2. FP will never again be used to maintain the site
3. You ask the host to enable FTP connection, and this has
been done
Otherwise, you are going to watch a train wreck happen.
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"hardingdg" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am managing an old website that was built before using
Dreamweaver.
>
> When I try to connect to the site through Dreamweaver II
see a message on
> the
> site;
>
> Important information:
> ----------------------
> By activating MS Frontpage Extensions you can no longer
access your
> website with FTP. Please make sure that the MS Frontpage
Extensions
> are disabled.
> If you still have problems after disabling the MS
Frontpage
> Extensions please contact our support.
> Many thanks!
>
> I do not have the Front Page extension in my Dreamweaver
Extension
> Manager.
>
> Is there something in the old code that causes this
problem? Is it
> something
> that I can eliminate in a Dreamweaver edit of some kind?
>
> TIA, Dave Harding
>

Front Page Extensions on Verizon Web Space

I want to move an MS FrontPage web from a Comcast server over to the allocated Verizon Web Space. I have "published" the site to disk and simply need to log in to the Verizon server using FrontPage software. However I have been unable to contact the right person to have FrontPage extensions enabled on Verizon. Is this possible, or am I "outtaluck"?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

You are in the out of luck category. Verizon effectively elminated personal web space for most uses last August when they ended FTP service, and forced all new and updated web work to be done by something called SiteBuilder. There is no support for r Front Page and FTP no longer exists for personal web space. .
I will refrain from using the descriptions that many have for SiteBuilder. The 10mb Verizon Personal Web spae has become a very bad joke for many of us.
Realistically if you want to have anything even vaguely resembling a real web site, you need to host it somewhere else, on either a paid host like GoDaddy, or one of the many 'free' web hosting sites.

Front Page extensions

A vulnerability scan was performed against our server which is running Performance Suite 8.0.2. The scan produced the following result:<BR><BR>tcp / 80 FrontPage Detected Microsoft FrontPage extensions were detected on this web server.<BR><BR>Do FrontPage extensions need to be enabled for Hyperion Performance Suite to run properly? Or can I simply disable the extensions?

You are in the out of luck category. Verizon effectively elminated personal web space for most uses last August when they ended FTP service, and forced all new and updated web work to be done by something called SiteBuilder. There is no support for r Front Page and FTP no longer exists for personal web space. .
I will refrain from using the descriptions that many have for SiteBuilder. The 10mb Verizon Personal Web spae has become a very bad joke for many of us.
Realistically if you want to have anything even vaguely resembling a real web site, you need to host it somewhere else, on either a paid host like GoDaddy, or one of the many 'free' web hosting sites.

Guide: Optimizing Your Windows XP/Vista Notebook

purpose:
to build a highly optimized, personalized, faster, smaller and more secure OS installation using windows xp (can use vista also but this guide will not cover it in any detail)
plus i was bored to tears
information:
this is a somewhat advanced guide not meant for those unfamilure with the tools and techniques used here
the basics of this guide can be applied to most/all windows xp/vista notebooks and desktops, not just Lenovo, however in my case i run windows xp pro on a T60 (8743) with an add-on graphics card (similar to a T60p i assume) and this guide will be geared toward this config.
many alterations can be made, so it is very general in nature and should not be taken literally
this is my personal machine and i am not on a private network. you may have to adjust as necessary.
disclaimer:
it ain't my fault
what will you gain:
* a highly customized OS
* faster boot times
* more free disk space
* a lighter, snappier feeling OS
* a more secure OS
* a more stable OS
* more free RAM
* less problems (or maybe more if you're not careful)
with all due respect to Lenovo, i have found that the less Lenovo software i install the fewer glitches i have and the faster things run. this is often the case for various other hardware vendors that supply proprietary software which is often not needed, or not all of which is needed.
what you will need: (all free, except for possibly the OS):
* a windows xp/vista installation disk. though you may be able to do this using your i386 directory (perhaps on the recovery partition), a full, non-OEM disk is preferred.
* SP2 and SP3 (it is my understanding that either SP1 or SP2 should be installed before installing SP3, though i have built installations with SP3 only).
* dotNet runtime
* nLite (or vLite for vista) - http://www.nliteos.com/
* Ryan's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack - http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/
* Ryan's integration tool - http://integrator.siginetsoftware.com/index.php?download
* all current drivers for your hardware
please read any license agreements for the above (for instance, nLite is not to be used for commercial applications)
also visit the nLite and RyanVM forums as there's a ton of helpful info there, add-on packs, etc., and please consider donating to them both if you like the software. both are great guys. i wouldn't bother running windows anymore without nLite. from Nuhi's page (his english is not the best):
Have you ever wanted to remove Windows components like Media Player, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger...
How about not even to install them with Windows ?
nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on media or testing in virtual machines.
With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on media, the unwanted components.
Features
* Service Pack Integration
* Component Removal
* Unattended Setup
* Driver Integration *
* Hotfixes Integration **
* Tweaks
* Services Configuration
* Patches ***
* Bootable ISO creation
basic build procedure:
* install the dotNet runtime
* install nLite (or vLite for vista)
* create a directory structure something like:
c:\nlite\source\
c:\nlite\working\
c:\nlite\sp\
c:\nlite\hotfix\
* download Ryan's post SP3 update pack and dump it in c:\nlite\hotfix\
* download Ryan's integration tool and dump in c:\nlite\hotfix\
note that you can use nLite to integrate service packs and hotfix's, but i prefer Ryan's tool as i have had problems in the past using nLite to integrate Ryan's post SP update cabs, though this happened during the earlier beta days of nLite.
* download xp SP2 and SP3 service packs and dump in c:\nlite\sp\
* copy contents of windows installation disk to c:\nlite\source\
* using Ryan's integrator, set update pack path to c:\nlite\sp\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe, windows source to c:\nlite\source\, and destination to c:\nlite\working\ and start integration
* using Ryan's integrator, set update pack path to c:\nlite\sp\WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe set windows source to c:\nlite\working\ and destination to c:\nlite\working\ and integrate SP3. after SP3 is integrated, if you want to save the windows installation for the next time you install, copy it elsewhere before moving on.
* using Ryan's integrator set source to c:\nlite\hotfix\ (where you dumped Ryan's post SP3 update cab) and destination to c:\nlite\working\ and run it.
* start nLite and set the windows installation path to c:\nlite\working\
make sure that, in the "version" box, that SP3 is written, otherwise you've made an error earlier.
IMPORTANT: when using nLite be very careful and move slowly, making sure to READ ALL DESCRIPTIONS and explore all options -- it's easy to skip or screw up something if you're not very careful.
rule of thumb: don't remove something if you don't know what it is or what the implications might be
* following the wizard, select your options. i would suggest the following:
remove components
unattended
options
patches
tweaks
build ISO
in the case of my thinkpad my hard drive will not be recognized by windows unless i integrate the driver for the SATA controller using nLite OR enter BIOS setup and put the controller in compatibility mode so i can install the driver from windows (after which BIOS needs to be changed again). integrating drivers will require extra reading on your part and is beyond what i wish to get into here, so, to make things easy if you're not comfortable doing this, just put your controller in compatibility mode if necessary and install the driver from within windows.
* following the wizard and hitting "next" as necessary, if you've selected the options above, nLite will pop-up a compatibility options window where you want to select what components you really need (prevents you from removing dependancies later).
* in the next step you'll remove unwanted components - the part i enjoy most. be careful what you remove! stuff in red is important. this is what i typically remove, give or take:
Accessibility Options
Briefcase
ClipBook Viewer
Defragmenter (replaced with JKDefragGUI)
Games
Internet Games
Paint
Pinball
Screensavers (useful only for very old CRT monitors)
WordPad (replaced with PSPad)
Keyboards (i remove all - nLite will keep default for your language)
ActiveX for streaming video (depends on IE which i remove parts of)
AOL ART Image Format Support (depends on IE which i remove parts of)
Images and Backgrounds (desktop eye candy)
Luna desktop theme (cartoonish desktop theme)
Media Center
Mouse Cursors
Movie Maker
Music Samples
Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder (replaced in part by foobar2000)
Speech Support
Tablet PC
Windows Media Player (replaced by foobar2000, VLC and Satsuki codec pack)
Windows Media Player 6.4 (replaced by foobar2000, VLC and Satsuki codec pack)
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (replaced by XnView)
Windows Sounds (unneeded sound themes)
Communication tools (phone dialer, hyperterminal, etc., some replaed by better 3rd part s/w)
FrontPage Extensions
Internet Connection Wizard (not needed to create a connection)
Internet Explorer (i keep the core (there's 2 options for removing this; one to remove parts but keep basic functionality and another to remove the core, which i suggest keeping) as it's functionality is needed by many applications - removing this will remove the "Program Files\Internet Explorer" directory, but you can still browse the web using windows explorer (file manager) if need be. i replace with Firefox)
Internet Information Services (IIS) (i use Apache (WAMP) for web development)
IP Conferencing
MSN Explorer (partially replaced with Miranda IM)
Netmeeting
Outlook Express (replaced with Thunderbird)
Peer-to-Peer (only for MS networks, nothing to do with P2P)
Share Creation Wizard
Synchronization Manager
Vector Graphics Rendering (VML) (depends on IE i think, which i remove parts of)
Web Folders
Windows Messenger (replaced with Miranda IM
.NET Framework (i don't install this at all)
Blaster/Nachi removal tool
Color Schemes (predefined desktop color schemes)
Desktop Cleanup Wizard (replaced with CCleaner)
Disk Cleanup (replaced with CCleaner)
File and Settings Wizard (used to transfer settings between 2 computers)
File System Encryption (try TrueCrypt or AxCrypt - note that MS encryption is propritary and, as such, should not be trusted)
Help and Support (huge space hog)
IExpress Wizard
Manual Install and Upgrade (ability to upgrade OS, which is always a bad idea (better to install clean))
MS Agent (used for annoying animated paperclip in MS office)
Out of Box Experience (OOBE) (do NOT remove unless you have a VLK)
Remote Installation Services (RIS)
Search Assistant (annoying animated dog in search window)
Security Center (replaced with Comodo firewall)
Service Pack Messages
Shell Media Handler
Tour (useless windows tour)
User account pictures
Web View
Zip Folders (replaced with IZArc and Universal Extractor)
Automatic Updates (hardly needed once attack vectors are removed)
Beep Driver (annoying beep, such as when you press too many keys at once)
Error Reporting (automitic error reporting to MS - i suppose vista is the result?)
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service (replaced with ImgBurn)
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
System Restore Service (bloated nonsense used for restoring viruses to their orgional state - better to reinstall)
Languages (i remove all - nLite will keep your default language)
as should be apparent from the above, security is already enhanced since many attack vectors were removed (OE, WMP, MSN, remote registry, system restore, etc., etc., etc.).
missing functionality is replaced by better, more functinal and more secure software
* for the "unattended setup" step, you can select many options, change default paths (Program Files), disable hibernate, configure network adapters and much more.
* next is "options" where you are presented with many more choices.
* next is "patches". here i would highly suggest turning off SFC (windows file protection) as this is an incredible annoyance for many people and will greatly increase the time required for your installation. furthermore, malicious folks and vendors that write drivers know how to get around this nonsense anyway.
* next is "tweaks" and then you'll finish up by building your installation. i typically cut the size of a default windows xp install by about 50%, but i'm a bit agressive with what i remove. also some of that space is used by 3rd party software to replace the components removed.
* if you are comfortable with virtual machine software, that'd be the way to test your shiny new installation ISO. if not, then get ready to take the plunge
when installed an nLite OS on my thinkpad for the first time (a day or 2 after i got it), i did a test install first - i kept the recovery partition in tact. once i got comfortable with installing the drivers and got everything working, i un-hid and formatted the recovery partition -- gone! you may want to do the same, though speaking from expierence i can tell you that it's rather trivial to get everything working on my T60 (though i do not have nor did i want a fingerprint reader, i would doubt it would be an issue to get working).
* once windows is up and running, there will be allot of broken stuff
some of the "Fn" keys will not work, some will (because the hardware is configured in BIOS). you'll need to install the drivers for the items that you want to work, and this is another area where i depart from the norm. here's some things i don't install and the reasons why (whenever possible, any hardware below is disabled in BIOS or device manager):
* easy eject utility - not needed/i don't use it anyway
* hotkey driver - bloated and sometimes buggy software that may corrupt OGL and DX full-screen display (games) and cause stop errors (BSOD)
* trackpoint - i don't use it, though it works anyway with limited functionality if not disabled in BIOS/device manager
* trusted platform module - yeah, well i don't trust it
* away manager - don't use it/lighter weight alternitives available
* keyboard customizer - not needed/i don't use it
* scroll lock indicator - not needed/i don't use it
* software installer - bloated mess/not needed (subscribe to the Lenovo RSS feed to be made aware of updates)
* thinkpad configuration package - i'll configure it myself, thanks
* thinkvantage access connectkions - bloated mess/slows boot time/not needed (better and lighter weight alternitives * available if you need this functionality)
* ultra-nav wizard - not needed
* bluetooth - i install the microsoft bluetooth stack (which is smaller and simpler) and have noticably less lag with bluetooth devices resuming from a standby state (mouse in particular)
* display drivers - i use the highly acclaimed and optimized Omega drivers.
for the drivers i do install, i install only the drivers, NOT the software (in other words i do not run the installer). i do this by extracting the installer using IZArc or Universal Extractor and using device manager to point the hardware to the extracted *.inf files. for me, there is only one device that comes up "unknown device" before drivers are installed (i forget which). the rest are named, so it's easy to tell what path to give them for the drivers. installing drivers for the unknown device is then simple a process of elimination, or you can use software to help identify the device.
::: the end :::
hack it 'till it BREAKS!

*bookmarked for desection*
I already see flaws, like turning off remote registry for example. Remote registry only has very limited access, and you can change the access, but why would you? You can see what it has access to by going into Control Panel > Administative Tools > Local Security Policy > > Local Polices > Security Options, then scroll a little more than half-way, and it's under the Network access box.
There are so many crack pot guides out there, that the only good advice is to look where they looked, and if you don't get it, and don't go though all of it, LEAVE IT ALONE! It only makes servicing the box at a later time a HUGE pain, and if it's in a business, it'll just be reimaged.
Keep this guy's disclaimer in mind at all times. Just do the easy ones to start, like run CCleaner, it basically does everything for you, and doesn't cause any errors (or as far as I know, and I use it just about every other day)
Currently Just passed the CompTIA A+ 601 with flying colours! =D
Owner of an SL500 running Vista Business with 4GB of PC2 6400 RAM

Dreamweaver as code generator for use in other applications?

Hello and thank you in advance for your time and your help!
I realize and apologize for this lengthy post but I had to explain my issue thoroughly...
I've just begun teaching myself to use Dreamweaver CS3 (on an iMac running OS X 10.5.8 - Leopard) with the "Dreamweaver CS3 Missing Manual". I don't know HTML or CSS but am very willing to learn as much as I can. In the near future, I hope to create a new website for my domain in Dreamweaver. However, I have an urgent and immediate need and would like to know whether Dreamweaver can serve a specific purpose...
My question is whether I will still be able to accomplish the following (even if it is by different means) once I convert to Dreamweaver from FrontPage AND whether or not I should abolish all of the current files at my web server and remove FrontPage extensions before I invest any time into making Dreamweaver my new tool for website development and maintenance.
I have a domain hosted by GoDaddy and a rather old website that I created using FrontPage 2002 (on a Windows XP desktop). For over 5 years now, I've used FrontPage so that I can work WYSIWYG to generate HTML code that I use in my eBay auction listings. Recently, however, the "network folder" for my web server (on the Windows XP desktop) stopped accepting my password and I cannot find a fix for it. It's my opportunity to finally break from FrontPage but I'm hoping that, before I do, someone can tell me whether or not Dreamweaver can serve my interim and long-term purposes.
I've been uploading image files using the "network folder" in Windows XP that I set up with FrontPage over 5 years ago. I "drag and drop" or "cut and paste" image files from my computer to my web server in Windows Explorer via the "network folder". Once the images are on the web server, I open FrontPage and ensure that the images show up in my web server files. I then open an existing .html document that I have saved on my hard drive, replace text and images within the file, save the file under a different file name, and then switch to code view where I copy the code directly from FrontPage into my eBay listing. This works perfectly well and has for over 5 years. I do not publish these .html files to the web, nor do I upload the .html files to my web server. They exist only on my hard drive and simply to provide the underlying HTML code for the eBay listings and nothing more. This method allows the images in my eBay auctions to be automatically sourced to their location on my web server without requiring me to do anything more than insert the image(s) from my web server into the .html document/file.
I think I'm discovering that Dreamweaver works specifically with websites and I'm wondering whether I can use it more generically in this way. If I'm learning correctly, Dreamweaver is quite particular about web server files having an exact match to a root folder on my hard drive. I've defined my site within Dreamweaver and I've since downloaded all existing files from my web server to my hard drive within a folder that is designated as the root folder. However, when I now open an existing .html document (one originally created in FrontPage and stored on my hard drive only) and replace an image (by cutting the existing image and dragging the other from the "remote view" of the "files" pane) with one that exists both on my web server and in my root folder, Dreamweaver makes the source/reference path point to the image file on my hard drive and, as you know, that won't do if I transfer that code to my eBay listing. So I've uploaded the actual .html file to the web server within Dreamweaver (something that I never had to do with FrontPage) and now I can change the HTML code manually (or the source in the "properties" panel for the image) for the image source to include "http://mydomain/..." (it doesn't include that automatically as FrontPage did). That now seems to make the code work but I have to store my .html files on the server and I have to make that manual change.
My question is whether I will still be able to do accomplish the following (even if it is by different means) once I convert to Dreamweaver from FrontPage AND whether or not I should abolish all of the current files at my web server and remove FrontPage extensions before I invest any time into making Dreamweaver my new tool for website development and maintenance.
Thank you very sincerely for taking the time to read this and for your response and good advice!

Get Turbo Lister (a free page editing and listing tool from eBay).
http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/
eBay uses some seriously flawed markup on their auction pages. In fact, they don't even ALLOW you to use good code. You're better off using their proprietary tools for this. IMO, DW is not the right tool for creating eBay pages.
When you're ready to build a serious web site, come back to Dreamweaver.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
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http://alt-web.blogspot.com

Flash Video Play Does NOT Display Controls

I am using Flash Pro 8 - putting FLV files in SWF files using
Flash Pro 8 and then "publishing" to Html and SWF to a location on
my hard drive.
When I display the webpage from my Hard Drive from where ever
on my hard drive I initially published to from Flash 8 Pro -
everything works fine - videos play and video control bar shows and
works.
When I publish this website to web server the video displays
and plays but NO Video Controller Bar (at bottom of the video)
shows at all.
Symptom: when I make an Html, SWF and FLA file into a folder
on my hard drive and display them in the browser the video control
bar shows. When I copy those three files into the hard drive
website in FrontPage, the video shows but the video control bar
does not.
So, I re-made the Html, SWF, and FLA files and put them
directly into the FrontPage website (on my hard drive) then
everything works fine when I use broswer (IE 6 or Firefox). z
But, when I publish the hard drive website to the remote
website hosting company, the video control bar disappears -
everything else works fine (video shows OK just no video controller
bar.)
My guess is that the SWF file has a non-relative URL
reference concerning the video control bar and when the three files
(Html, SWF and FLA) are moved to new location then that
non-relative address rears its head.
I should NOT publish from Flash 8 Pro directly to remote
webserver as it has FrontPage Extensions and does not like to talk
to FTP changes to website not coming from FrontPage client.
is my guess right? What to do?????
[email protected]

Did you upload the skin swf file to your server also? That is
a common missed step.

Video Control Bar in Flash Displays on HD but Not From Webserver

I am using Flash Pro 8 - putting FLV files in SWF files using
Flash Pro 8 and then "publishing" to Html and SWF to a location on
my hard drive.
When I display the webpage from my Hard Drive from where ever
on my hard drive I initially published to from Flash 8 Pro -
everything works fine - videos play and video control bar shows and
works.
When I publish this website to web server the video displays
and plays but NO Video Controller Bar (at bottom of the video)
shows at all.
Symptom: when I make an Html, SWF and FLA file into a folder
on my hard drive and display them in the browser the video control
bar shows. When I copy those three files into the hard drive
website in FrontPage, the video shows but the video control bar
does not.
So, I re-made the Html, SWF, and FLA files and put them
directly into the FrontPage website (on my hard drive) then
everything works fine when I use broswer (IE 6 or Firefox). z
But, when I publish the hard drive website to the remote
website hosting company, the video control bar disappears -
everything else works fine (video shows OK just no video controller
bar.)
My guess is that the SWF file has a non-relative URL
reference concerning the video control bar and when the three files
(Html, SWF and FLA) are moved to new location then that
non-relative address rears its head.
I should NOT publish from Flash 8 Pro directly to remote
webserver as it has FrontPage Extensions and does not like to talk
to FTP changes to website not coming from FrontPage client.
is my guess right? What to do?????
[email protected]

quote:
1. When I encoded the video in flash I selected one of the
pre-packaged control bars (so the user can control basic
functions). I then published an HTML and a .swf. The HTML works
perfectly however when I use Dreamweaver to insert the .swf it does
not carry over the control bar. I have tried pulling over the
control bar .swf and placing it under the video file but a HUGE
object is imported with a bunch of controls that do not work (bunch
of controls = play/pause/etc).
make sure the component skin is uploaded in same directory as
swf, movie, html
quote:
The second issue is this; the user still has to click once on
the video to use the controls... does anyone know what I am doing
wrong on the video file?
Follow directions
HERE
for getting rid of ActiveX control

Mail crashes my web server - too many processes

Just a bit of information for anyone out there who has found their web server having trouble during access by Leopard Mail.
I have 1 computer using Leopard. The Mail app is setup with 5 accounts (i.e. orders, service, accounting, etc.). The accounts are all IMAP. Our website is hosted at Bluehost.com.
Mail starts so many processes accessing these 5 accounts simultaneously (instead on serially one after another) that it maxs out my web server processes and renders anything that needs additional processes such as FrontPage extensions, PHP, etc. unavailable. I'm not sure if the problem is associated with how many or improper closure of processes but I can tell you this. Mail with 1 user breaks my server and quitting Leopard Mail closes all of the processes and restores the functionality of my web server.
Apple...could you put an option in to allow serial access to the email accounts or really look at processes at this is a big problem. Thanks.

Same problem here. You may want to check out the thread "My ISP has blocked my IP address because of Leopard IMAP configuration" under http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5780594&#5780594

FTP issues with DW CS5 that don't happen with an FTP client or MX

On a mac OS 10.6.4, using DW CS5 to login to an existing site using FTP. It connects fine but then all I get is a .txt file with a note indicating that FTP can't be used when Frontpage extensions are activated. I checked on my webserver status (at 1&1) and they aren't active. So I tried with an FTP client like cyberduck and all the files are there. Likewise, I used an old version of DW (think it was MX vintage 2002) and all the files show up server side just fine - (I just can't download the site due to version incompatibility so DW rejects it). Does anyone know what could be going wrong here? As far as I know the site was created by DWMX (think that was 2004). Thanks

I assumed that if I was using an older version of DW then it wouldn't download pages authored with a later version but I guess it's just code...
Yep - it's just text files containing HTML, CSS, javascript, and links to other files.
When using FTP through DWMX I see the server side of the site
You can see the files listed on the remote server?
I can send you the details if you wish, I'm not sure what's going on here...
You can try sending to forums at domain dot com (replace 'domain' with 'great-web-sights')

Expression Web to Dream weaver

I am tired of using EW and would like to phase it out
completely unless a customer asks for it specifically.
I have old website that I maintain developed in EW and I
would like to move them over to DW to work on.
Most of the website that I am using do not use any special
functionality the EW offers just basic forms that used FrontPage
Extensions. I just recently removed that functionality in a form
and used the behaviors in DW to validate some fields and then
directed the form to use the cgi supplied by the server and then
opened it up in DW and published and that worked well. This is why
am am inquiring about migrating that particular iste as well as the
remaining sites.
I am suing div tags, tables, css and a third party software
AllWebs Menus to make my Java drop downs. Thsi software supports DW
Just trying to cover my bases and feedback or concerns would
be helpful.
Thanks,
Hugo

> Recently had to move to EW because of the FP
discontinuance
Really, you could continue to use FP until you HOST tells you
that they are
discontinuing FP Server extensions. Just because it's no
longer being
developed is not really a reason to jump.
Cheryl is a good gal. We are happy to have her on board here.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"INVT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That is a loaded question but here it goes...
>
> For many years I have used FrontPage since 98 and really
liked the ease of
> use
> with forms and well most of my small business clients
all worked with MS
> products so it was a no brainer for them to buy it and
me to train them. I
> Recently had to move to EW because of the FP
discontinuance. This was not
> good
> for my clients so that was like a big bomb shell
exploding in my face
> actually
> lost a few, I know how is that my fault but these
clients depended on me
> to
> consult them on what to buy, most though did flinch
since I was able to
> migrate
> there sites to EW and they were able to upgrade.
>
> To start with because I create other media like
broadcast video media and
> print media I was enlightened by the Creative Production
Suite and how
> much it
> improved my work flow with all of the dynamic links and
seamless
> compatibility,
> DVD production Yata Yata Yata as well as the resources
available. I kept
> visiting the Dreamweaver website through the bridge
interface and was
> totally
> liken the Dreanweaver interface and all of the
functionality it offered
> like
> the form validation its seamless integration with other
Adobe products and
> the
> spry stuff. See before EW you had validation using the
FP extensions
> directly
> in the form fields now you have to use asp.net but need
a programmer to
> develop
> the server side stuff which I don't have or can do at
the moment which I
> am
> learning PHP trying anyway and XML but I needed results
now so I made the
> jump.
> I trained my clients to use FP and it had worked
perfectly because they
> could
> rely on the FP server extensions to add the basic
functions like
> validation or
> a simple forms and well other stuff. With Dreamweaver
and the Contribute
> product my clients can get back control inexpensively
and with out to
> years of
> programming classes, which I know I need to do but they
shouldn't have to.
>
> For the most part I decided recently to go Adobe totally
and plunged into
> Adobe Web Premium and wow was it worth it everything I
do is associated
> with
> all the software products it came with and I use
everyone of them to
> create,
> design and provide functionality for my web customers. I
have a new client
> that
> was totally on board after showing her how Contribute
works and they took
> back
> the new EW package they bought for the Contribute
product. Also I use
> Flash
> allot and the import PSD file option is well way cool
for work flow. I
> mean
> copy paste from PS into Dreamweaver and Flash object
support in
> Dreamweaver and
> the way it automatically makes all of the folders and
organizes your
> assets and
> other files. I liked the way Dreamweaver works it gives
you what you need
> as
> you need not everything at the same time meaning the
tabbed menus. It
> truly
> works well for me since I am a designer and not a
programmer. I mean back
> in
> the day FP had this clunky photo gallery and it did not
work at all and it
> was
> fustrating. I just used Fireworks to create a photo
gallery and well very
> cool
> and it works so what can I say.
>
> I just saw that Cheryl Wise has Joined up here as one of
your ACE's and
> that
> makes me even happier to see because the training I
bought for EW was here
> training it was good by the way. I'd like to hear here
take on what I just
> sad
> here. I mean I don't expect here to knock EW it's just
that it was not for
> me
> and did not offer functions for a designer like me that
I could use
> without
> knowing some type of programming.
>
> Sorry for the long explanation but thats it in a
nutshell.
>
> Thanks for you help and interest.
>
> My business is better because of Adobe, actually I think
I want my middle
> name
> to be Adobe!
>
> Kidding but close.
>
> Hugo
>
>
>

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