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Nov 20th, 2008, 12:23pm
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Browser/Start pages
« on: Oct 13th, 2003, 5:23pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Hello, after reformatting and starting fresh I noticed that one of my browser or start pages was pointing to systemroot and another to system32. I can't remember seeing it like that before. I changed them to blank. Should they have been set like that? Could that cause problems? If someone could explain a little about this to me or point me to where I could find more information it would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Browser/Start pages
« Reply #1 on: Oct 14th, 2003, 11:58pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
'systemroot' refers to the folder where Windows is installed. Running cd %SystemRoot%system32 in 'Run' is the same as browsing to c:\windows\system32.
 
It's like a system redirect - going down the 'networked everything' line, creating UNC-like references for commons folders (which way also be hidden system shares, like c$)
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« Reply #2 on: Oct 22nd, 2003, 3:55pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Thank you very much for the reply/information Ian. The only reason I had noticed these settings is because Spybot S&D and SpywareBlaster have tools that show them. Since asking my question I see that it only relates to IE and it is the starting location and where search pages are anchored. The two that I changed to blank are current users local page and local machines local page. I didn't know systemroot referred to the Windows folder but did know that system32 contains important system file things. Not sure what UNC-like references are. I am guessing from the information in your post that if I were to start IE it uses this page as a shortcut to get to the folder that has the tools? already bookmarked? to load my IE browser.
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Re: Browser/Start pages
« Reply #3 on: Oct 23rd, 2003, 11:58pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Nice work, DC. Sorry about the lingo - I ment that, since MS have gone all 'web-crazy', they seem to want to make a web-style address to everything. UNC means Universal Naming Convention and specifies how network shared resources are accessed. Since XP is a multi-user OS, the start page would have to be shared to all users.
 
A bit off-topic, but here's an explanation of UNCs:-
 
In order to access Network Shares you must use the remote computer's Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path. UNC paths enable you to access the Network shares of Remote computers.
 
UNC uses a two level structure to access available resources. The first level of a Network UNC path specifies the Machine Name or the 'Server Name' of the computer on the remote network.
 
To discover the machine name of a computer:
 
Windows 2000 / XP / 2003
Open the Windows 'Control Panel'  
Select the 'System' Applet  
Choose the 'Computer Name' tab  
The Machine Name is listed in the 'Full Computer Name' area  
 
Windows 95 / 98 / Millennium / NT4
Open the Windows 'Control Panel'  
Select the 'Network' Applet  
Choose the 'Identifcation' Tab  
The Machine Name is listed in the 'Computer Name' entry  
 
The Machine Name is always preceeded by the prefix \\ . For example if the Computer Name of the resource you want to access is 'Inspiron' the UNC name is \\inspiron
 
The second level of a Network UNC path specifies the remote 'Share Name' that you wish to access.
 
To discover the name of a remote share you need to access access the Root Listing of the Remote server by simply entering only the Computer name in UNC format. This will present a list of all available shares on the remote computer.
 
The Share name is always preceded by a \ and by the Machine Name of the computer it resides on. For example if you wish to access the network share 'Data' on the computer 'Inspiron' the UNC address is \\inspiron\data ( \\server\share ).
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