macosxhints - Palm wireless networking via USB attached IrDA adapter on a Mac

macosxhints - Palm wireless networking via IrDAWow. This is really obscure! Cool though.

Using XP Automatated System Restore (ASR) to restore backups from network?"

Google Groups: View Thread "Use ASR to restore backups from network?"

ASR backup sets are to be stored on tape devices, removable media, or a
fixed drive that will be available at restore time. Storing an ASR backup
set on a network share is not supported by Microsoft...

But...it is possible...Go through the ASR process...the restore process
should hang at the point when NTBackup is called to start restoring data
back to your system. At this point, you will need to a map a drive to the
share and point ntbackup at this share. If you are needing to load drivers
at this point for a NIC....you may be at a dead end...

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See also Microsoft's article on how to restore. I'm going to test this one out ...

Microsoft's selected XP articles: Professional How-to Articles for IT Pros

Windows XP Professional How-to Articles for IT Pros

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Not really very high level, but overall worth reading for the home IT expert.

Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP: how to support older software

301911 - HOW TO: Use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP

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This looks promising for some of our kids older game software.

Win2K Resource Kit Downloads

Free Tool DownloadsMany of these Win2K Resource Kit apps work in XP as well -- use at your own risk.

Another independent email service ...

FastMail: Fast free or paid IMAP webmail with SMTP, POP & IMAP accessI've seen some recommendations for this. Might be worth a look. Not sure what the .fm domain means. I think an email service based in a country or region with severe anti-spam laws might be interesting.

Palm/Palm Pilot: Updates on Chapura and Sync Exchange/Outlook

Palm/Palm Pilot: Personal Experiences and Tips

Latest tips on ongoing desperate attempts to get Outlook and Exchange and Palm to be nice in their treacherous 3 way synchronization dance.

1. Prior to a Chapura/Palm sync, hit F9 key to force a synchronization between Exchange and Outlook.
2. Set up Chapura to slow sync (sync at multiple machines - even if you don't).
3. Set conflict resolution so Outlook wins (don't duplicate).
4. Backup Outlook data to unsynched folders in case all data gets trashed or duplicated during a sync process.
5. Outlook XP (2002) has a different approach to synchronization, make sure all the chapura folders are included in the All Folder (F9) synchronization group.
6. May be safer to leave Outlook/Exchange connection state at "Automatic" rather than manual!
7. When sync problems occur, after cleaning up Outlook set next sync to overwrite the Palm completely.
8. If Exchange/Outlook sync problems occur, turn off offline use, delete the OST folder (in user/local data ...), turn on offline use again. Get synchronization working from Exchange to Outlook (check sync status for each Outlook folder using the sync tab, # items on server should match # on client) then set Palm sync to overwrite Palm data from Outlook.
9. Keep all clocks synchronized and correct, (really Chapura should set the clock on the Palm). Don't change timezone settings when traveling.

It's just coincidental that Outlook/Exchange seem to play poorly with Palm ... I'm sure ...