Neighbour complained about cat

My neighbour complained about my cat, 'item, digging in her garden. She
wanted me to keep it indoor. Since I can't train it to stay off her
garden, I have no choice but constraint it within mine. I need a
cat-proof fence.

These pages are the ones that interest me most:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/cat_care/fence_me_in.html
http://www.purrfectfence.com/default.asp
http://www.catfence.com/index.htm
http://www.feralcat.com/fence.html

Unfortunately, the lowest rate for commercial fencing, at $2/foot, is
still higher than what I am willing to spend.

The do-it-yourself route (last link) seems cheap. I'll go to local
hardware store and calculate the total cost for the materials. If it
is cheaper than $2/foot, then I'll go that route. And if I were to
succeed, I'll post photos.

Samba error message

Samba error message leaves a lot to be desired.

I spent 2 hours tracking down the cause of:

$ smbclient //berbagi.3/berbagi
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

Turned out it was caused by a parent directory to the real path being not world-readable.

XP hanging when opening files

XP seems to hang when opening files. It does not actually hang; it is just doing file browsing very slowly because of certain settings. Below are the settings you can change to make file browsing faster.


From http://forums.pcpitstop.com/lofiversion/index.php/t121312.html

Go to Start - Run
type gpedit.msc
hit enter

ENABLE User Configuration select Administrative Templates - Start Menu and Taskbar-"Do not use the search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts"
ENABLE User Configuration select Administrative Templates - Start Menu and Taskbar-"Do not use the tracking-based method when resolving shell shortcuts."
ENABLE User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Windows Explorer-"Do not track Shell shortcuts while roaming"



From http://www.ss64.com/nt/slow_browsing.html

Removing all shortcuts from 'My Network Places' will return the system response to normal.
Prevent XP from placing shortcuts under 'My Network Places' by changing registry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsNetHood to 1.


More information http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841978