cannot ping from router
hi all i am in an ISP.I have a cisco 3600 router and Keymile LECAR modem pair(V.35/G.703)at my end and cisco 1721 router and keymile LECAR modem pair at the customer end.From my end when i see from router i found the line is up but when i try pinging the router at the client [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  12:23 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Cabling, Cisco, DataCenter, Fault isolation, Hardware, IPv4, Modems/Cable Modems, Network applications management, Network Interface Cards, Network management software, Network Management Systems, Network monitoring, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Optical Networking, Performance management, Protocol analysis, QoS, Remote management, Routers, Security, Switches, UDP

Windows Media Player on XP Pro SP1 & SP2
I have a batch of pc’s that receive the following error when launching Windows Media Player: This application has failed to start because PTNET32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. I have tried removing and adding through the add/remove windows components utility in the control panel with no success. If I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 26, 2005  3:55 PM
Application software, Desktops, Hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows XP

Activity Based Costing tool in use with ERP Financial environment
We are currently analysing an ERP ( ORACLE ) implementation for the finance dept. ( AR, AP, FA, GL, … ). Does someone has experiences with activity based costing tools that interface with financial ERP data ? Does someone eventually has experience whit Oracle ABM ?

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2005  3:20 AM
Budgeting

No Gateway Given on VPN Connection
I am trying to connect a Windows 2000 server that is on another network to our main network via VPN. The firewall does the authentication. I am using the Microsoft VPN client. When I have connected, I am not able to see any of the network. I run IPCONFIG, and it shows me an IP [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2005  12:35 AM
Networking, Remote users, Tech support

reusedlt *yes
Hi, Has reusedlt *yes behavior changed with V5R3? When I add a record to a PF that is reusedlt *yes in V5R2 is uses a record that has been deleted, however when i do the same thing on a V5R3 system it adds a new record rather than re-use one. Anyone run into this before? [...]

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  2:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing applications, Database Management Systems, DB2, DB2 administration, DB2 Implementation, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, IBM, iSeries, OS/400, Performance/Tuning, Security management, Software Quality Assurance, System monitoring, Tech support, tips and tricks, Tools

Windows XP using only NBNS, not DNS
Situation is a system with XP Home, that was BADLY infested with spyware, viruses, etc. Hosts file was filled in with a large number of entries. After everything is cleaned up and the OS reinstalled with the “Repair” option, everything seems to work – except DNS. I can ping by IP address only, despite manually [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2005  11:27 AM
Data center operations, DNS, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows, NetBIOS, Networking, TCP, Tech support

PC COMMAND PROMPT in AS400
How Can I Change the Defalt Path and Why i can not write ” in the command line?

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2005  8:32 AM
Development, Tech support

Outsourcing Governance model
I am trying to figure out if there are standard (or generally accepted practices) Governance models between the Customer and the Outsourcer. This is, when a new Outsourcing project is to be developed, what should be the relationship model (or governance model) between the customer and the outsourcer? What should be the interfaces between both [...]

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2011  6:38 AM
Outsourcing

Stop users access to UNC within Office 2003 Apps
I have a W2K3 server with students accessing this by terminal server on thinclients. I thought I had tightened up the security of the server sufficiently enough so that they cannot browse and access the other users My Documents folders. The My Documents for all users has been redirected for to a ‘Shares’ folder and [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2005  8:00 PM
DataCenter, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Tech support, Windows Server 2003

Wireless LAN roaming
I need to set up a wireless LAN (ADSL router with 3-4 access points). The client wants to be able to move between the access points without being cut off from the internet. Which products will do the job? Any special design considereations?

Answer Question   |  May 23, 2005  1:48 AM
802.11 networking equipment, 802.11b, 802.11g, Application software, CIO, DataManagement, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, IPv4, IT architecture, Network Interface Cards, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking Products, Networking services, Operating system platforms, Peripherals, Planning, Security, Servers, Services, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vendors, WEP, Wi-Fi Protected Access, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows Mobile, Wired Equivalency Privacy, Wireless, Wireless Access Points, Wireless PC cards, Wireless routers, Wireless standards, WPA

problem with Index rebuild
How can I rebuild the indexes online,after trucating/moving partitions tables,so that things has not come in unstable stage and continue keep responsing on same tables. As rebuild takes several minutes. So how could I manage the things when database is online with out interuption.

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2005  2:15 PM
Data center operations, DataCenter, Development, Disaster Recovery, Tech support

Terminal Server Client on Win98
Hi I am using terminal server client on my windows 98 machine to connect to my server. But everyday my session freezes atleast once a day, and will remain like that until an administrator takes control over my session and moves the mouse. Can someone help me in solving this problem. thanks

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2005  5:12 AM
Hardware, Help Desk, Servers, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Windows Server 2003

USB pen and Windows XP
I have 2 laptops both running XP SP2 – one laptop recognises USB pen connection, the other laptop gives me a blue screen with windows protection error. What would cause this?

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2005  4:05 PM
Tech support

Moving a Windows 2000 Server Installation to a new Hard Drive
I have a Windows 2000 Server (SP4) Installation that I want to move to a new Hard Drive. Right now it is on a 250 GB Maxtor IDE Drive but I want to move everything to 2 new 250 SATA Drives to take advantage of the SATA Raid that is built-in on the motherboard (Intel [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2011  5:33 PM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Tech support

New to AS400 administration and need some help.
I have two questions here if someone can help. I will appreciate anything you can give. First, I am trying to configure a network printer on the AS400. I did wrkcfgsts, work with description, and copied the printer devices description and modified the printer device with the new info. All I changed was the IP [...]

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  12:04 PM
Auditing, Availability, Backup & recovery, Capacity planning, DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, IBM, Installation, Integration with other platforms, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, Mainframe, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating systems, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Remote access, Reporting, Security, Security management, Server consolidation, Servers, System monitoring, Tech support, Technical support, tips and tricks, Tools

configure auto-answer for modems in windows 2003
Just a quick question. How do you set a modem to autoanswer in Windows 2003???? In 2000 you could use the Hyper Terminal program to connect and sent the ATS0=1 command but there is no HyperTerminal program in Win2003. Thanks a lot for your help.

Answer Question   |  May 17, 2005  9:18 AM
Help Desk, Microsoft Windows, Tech support

Uxtheme.dll missing on boot
We have several users with Dell laptops running Windows XP, SP2. Every once in awhile, the laptops boot to a blank screen with an error that explorer.exe cannot start because uxtheme.dll is missing. We usually instruct the user how to use the Task Manager to connect to the VPN, and we copy uxtheme.dll to the [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2009  9:12 AM
Desktops, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Registry, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

Save Picture As…
Would anyone know why when I attempt to save a picture from the Internet, does not matter file type, the only option for saving is BMP. This would be the right mouse click option on an image on the Internet. So if I try to save a gif file, the only format it allows me [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2005  7:23 AM
Tech support, Web development tools, Windows XP

Converting Word documents to HTML via FrontPage
I’m trying to find the easiest & best way to convert Word documents into HTML via FrontPage, without manually removing all of the extra spacing and formatting, and basically re-typing 90% of the document. Any tried-and-true methods that have worked well (if any exist) would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2005  5:01 PM
Tech support, Web development tools, Windows XP

uploading a excel file to ifs file on as400
Is there a way to upload a excel spreadsheet up to qdls as a ifs file?

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2010  12:22 PM
Development, Help Desk, Tech support