Slow Windows 2000 workstation
I would run a scandisk and then a defrag to eliminate any disk problems. If all else fails, use your ghost/imaging cd (whatever company you use) and reload the pc. It’s usually faster than wasting time trying a bunch of things to try and fix the problem. ============ The slow response of your Windows 2000 [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:53 AM
DataCenter, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows, Tech support
I would run a scandisk and then a defrag to eliminate any disk problems. If all else fails, use your ghost/imaging cd (whatever company you use) and reload the pc. It’s usually faster than wasting time trying a bunch of things to try and fix the problem. ============ The slow response of your Windows 2000 [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:53 AM
DataCenter, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows, Tech support
Slow XP Booting
I had this problem with the machines attached to my Work Network. The problem was finally found to be the DNS Server that I had placed in the Network Settings. I had placed an external IP address as the DNS and I had to put in the PDC address and use this to forward DNS [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:52 AM
Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Software, Tech support
I had this problem with the machines attached to my Work Network. The problem was finally found to be the DNS Server that I had placed in the Network Settings. I had placed an external IP address as the DNS and I had to put in the PDC address and use this to forward DNS [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:52 AM
Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Software, Tech support
Perfect Disk or Disk Keeper
ESuazo I do not have any experience with Perfect Disk..but I did check it out on their website. It looks like a good solution. Of course it looks good…it’s their webpage;) I do use Disk Keeper on my network PC’s and have used it for about 3 years with good results. I like Disk Keeper [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:50 AM
Application software, Content management applications, DataCenter, Development, Hardware, Help Desk, Knowledge management applications, Services, Special-purpose software, System utilities, Tech support
ESuazo I do not have any experience with Perfect Disk..but I did check it out on their website. It looks like a good solution. Of course it looks good…it’s their webpage;) I do use Disk Keeper on my network PC’s and have used it for about 3 years with good results. I like Disk Keeper [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:50 AM
Application software, Content management applications, DataCenter, Development, Hardware, Help Desk, Knowledge management applications, Services, Special-purpose software, System utilities, Tech support
Laptop Slowing Down with over 80 Processes Running. Please Help!
Go to www.sysinternals.com and download (and run) their rootkit detector. I did a quick count of processes on my W2K laptop and found 47 – and I’m running a bunch of stuff. Also get TCPView and run it. It will show you processes which intialize and listen on network ports. One advantage I’ve found with [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:50 AM
Tech support
Go to www.sysinternals.com and download (and run) their rootkit detector. I did a quick count of processes on my W2K laptop and found 47 – and I’m running a bunch of stuff. Also get TCPView and run it. It will show you processes which intialize and listen on network ports. One advantage I’ve found with [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:50 AM
Tech support
General Windows XP Home reinstall question
Uninstall all unused programs. Run ‘msconfig’ from the Run box. On the start up tab, uncheck everything. Remove all the items from the start up folder in your start menu. Also, use task manager to determine any resource hogs you can remove or services you can disable (like Ipod service, spooler if you’ve no printers). [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:48 AM
Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Tech support
Uninstall all unused programs. Run ‘msconfig’ from the Run box. On the start up tab, uncheck everything. Remove all the items from the start up folder in your start menu. Also, use task manager to determine any resource hogs you can remove or services you can disable (like Ipod service, spooler if you’ve no printers). [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:48 AM
Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Tech support
Defrag 725 GB ona Windows 2000 Server: Pros and Cons
We have succesfully defragged dynamic disk with no problems. 250GB was the max. 725 will probably take the weekend to finish. Analyze the drive first, look at the report and see if you can clean up some junk files and then defrag. ============== The best thing you can do is to backup all the important [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:38 AM
Desktops, Help Desk, Information risk management, Operating system platforms, Servers, Tech support, Windows 2000 Server
We have succesfully defragged dynamic disk with no problems. 250GB was the max. 725 will probably take the weekend to finish. Analyze the drive first, look at the report and see if you can clean up some junk files and then defrag. ============== The best thing you can do is to backup all the important [...]
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| February 1, 2012 8:38 AM
Desktops, Help Desk, Information risk management, Operating system platforms, Servers, Tech support, Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP virus Query!
I’ve found this approach helpful in many cases. Boot the machine in Safe Mode (w/NO network support) and log in as administrator. Then go to the folder(s) in question and take ownership, and force that change to propagate. Because the permissions can be tightly locked by some of these pests, you may have to do [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:45 AM
Access, Availability, Bandwidth, Desktops, Hardware, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Tech support
I’ve found this approach helpful in many cases. Boot the machine in Safe Mode (w/NO network support) and log in as administrator. Then go to the folder(s) in question and take ownership, and force that change to propagate. Because the permissions can be tightly locked by some of these pests, you may have to do [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:45 AM
Access, Availability, Bandwidth, Desktops, Hardware, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Tech support
USB External Hard drive and Windows XP
You might want to check in disk management and see if the system is seeing the drive and what drive letter is assigned – Windows tries to assign the next drive letter – even if it’s already assigned to something. If you see the drive in Disk Management – then just assign it a different [...]
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| April 19, 2013 8:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Desktops, Development, Disk drives, Fibre channel, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
You might want to check in disk management and see if the system is seeing the drive and what drive letter is assigned – Windows tries to assign the next drive letter – even if it’s already assigned to something. If you see the drive in Disk Management – then just assign it a different [...]
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| April 19, 2013 8:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Desktops, Development, Disk drives, Fibre channel, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
The Ever Constant Restart
format this puppy and reload…. Virus or not. ============ There are many possible reasons why a computer restarts continuously. Most of the time, this is an operating system error specifically boot error. During the installation, there might be an incomplete or corrupted system files installed into the computer system. The best thing you have to [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:25 AM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Installation, Networking, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop
format this puppy and reload…. Virus or not. ============ There are many possible reasons why a computer restarts continuously. Most of the time, this is an operating system error specifically boot error. During the installation, there might be an incomplete or corrupted system files installed into the computer system. The best thing you have to [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:25 AM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Installation, Networking, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop
Report from check disk on active NTFS partition
In the event log. The name on the event will be: winlogon this will be found in the system event log. === Event log is also possible to record the checkdisk execution of your computer system. However, the best thing you can do is to perform a regular checkdisk scan to avoid any future problem [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:17 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
In the event log. The name on the event will be: winlogon this will be found in the system event log. === Event log is also possible to record the checkdisk execution of your computer system. However, the best thing you can do is to perform a regular checkdisk scan to avoid any future problem [...]
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| January 30, 2012 8:17 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
Open IT Forum: What do you want to see from IT Knowledge Exchange in 2012?
Some hot topics I would like to know more about are Virtual Desktop technologies (VDI), SQL Server 2012, and Cloud Computing. It would also be nice to be able to search across all TechTarget Search*.com sites at once when researching a topic. -Tech Talker
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| January 28, 2012 2:26 AM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Some hot topics I would like to know more about are Virtual Desktop technologies (VDI), SQL Server 2012, and Cloud Computing. It would also be nice to be able to search across all TechTarget Search*.com sites at once when researching a topic. -Tech Talker
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| January 28, 2012 2:26 AM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Hard Disk Data Recovery – NTFS MBR Failure-2
Can you slave to 80GB drive and boot witht he old 40GB. Then maybe once you are in XP you can go to manage and use disk utliities there to pull up information or use partion magic to read the drive. Just a guess without seeing the system, but before completely wiping the drive I [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, AMD PC hardware, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
Can you slave to 80GB drive and boot witht he old 40GB. Then maybe once you are in XP you can go to manage and use disk utliities there to pull up information or use partion magic to read the drive. Just a guess without seeing the system, but before completely wiping the drive I [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, AMD PC hardware, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
Hard Disk Data Recovery – NTFS MBR Failure
Hi, Try R-Studio NTFS. It is a recovery software and it will scan your HDD for all info regarding possible NTFS structures. I used it successfully to recover files from damaged HDDs. You can download a demo version, which will show you the files found. It will not allow you to recover big files (I [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, AMD PC hardware, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
Hi, Try R-Studio NTFS. It is a recovery software and it will scan your HDD for all info regarding possible NTFS structures. I used it successfully to recover files from damaged HDDs. You can download a demo version, which will show you the files found. It will not allow you to recover big files (I [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:28 AM
Adapters/Interfaces, AMD PC hardware, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
cyclic redundancy check error on floppy
Well, I think the only way for you to recover any data would be to pay a lot of money to a data recovery specialist (my company does that, by the way). However, it’s very “iffy” whether the recovered data will be usable since corruption may have scrambled things irreparably. Thus, you’d risk spending a [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:23 AM
Desktop management applications, Disk drives, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support
Well, I think the only way for you to recover any data would be to pay a lot of money to a data recovery specialist (my company does that, by the way). However, it’s very “iffy” whether the recovered data will be usable since corruption may have scrambled things irreparably. Thus, you’d risk spending a [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:23 AM
Desktop management applications, Disk drives, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support
Compressing Old Files
Hi there, I have been working with PC’s for a long time and I have been compressing files through disk cleanup with no problems at all. When I re-format a machine I also have no problems. I would recommend you do this on a regular basis to keep your machine operational and responsive. Compression does [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:16 AM
Access, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, Backup & recovery, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Certifications, CRM, Data analysis, Data management and storage, Data mining/analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disk drives, E-business, Ecommerce applications, Exchange, Exchange security, Fax and print management, File, Hardware, Hardware selection and management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Patch management, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance and availability, Project management, Replication, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, Software, Spam, SQL Server, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Systems management software, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Web development
Hi there, I have been working with PC’s for a long time and I have been compressing files through disk cleanup with no problems at all. When I re-format a machine I also have no problems. I would recommend you do this on a regular basis to keep your machine operational and responsive. Compression does [...]
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| January 26, 2012 11:16 AM
Access, Adapters/Interfaces, Administration, Backup & recovery, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Certifications, CRM, Data analysis, Data management and storage, Data mining/analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disk drives, E-business, Ecommerce applications, Exchange, Exchange security, Fax and print management, File, Hardware, Hardware selection and management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Patch management, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance and availability, Project management, Replication, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, Software, Spam, SQL Server, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Systems management software, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Web development
Best book for SQL Server
I would recommend SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/193398872X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link) and SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067233044X?ie=UTF8&tag=brozsqseex-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=067233044X). My SQL Server DBAs use both of these books.
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| January 16, 2012 10:30 PM
IT Books, SQL Server, SQL Server business intelligence
I would recommend SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/193398872X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link) and SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067233044X?ie=UTF8&tag=brozsqseex-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=067233044X). My SQL Server DBAs use both of these books.
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| January 16, 2012 10:30 PM
IT Books, SQL Server, SQL Server business intelligence
Career Advise DW & BI background + MBA
The benefits of a Graduate degree such as a MBA or Masters in Information Systems come down to future marketability and equalization with many other potential job candidates who also hold Graduate degrees which is becoming more and more common. Nothing beats hands-on experience, but when combined with a Graduate degree and IT certifications, the [...]
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| January 12, 2012 1:59 AM
Data warehousing, ETL, IT careers, IT certification, IT certification and training
The benefits of a Graduate degree such as a MBA or Masters in Information Systems come down to future marketability and equalization with many other potential job candidates who also hold Graduate degrees which is becoming more and more common. Nothing beats hands-on experience, but when combined with a Graduate degree and IT certifications, the [...]
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| January 12, 2012 1:59 AM
Data warehousing, ETL, IT careers, IT certification, IT certification and training
IT Certification
Hi, Other than a BSEE, I have no certifications at all. I currently have a very successful consulting career, working with C-Level executives in very large enterprises, and no certifications have been and are required. The only things that are required are 1) a detailed knowledge of how IT works; 2) Experience doing the kind [...]
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| January 12, 2012 12:25 AM
certification, IT certification, IT training, IT training and certifications
Hi, Other than a BSEE, I have no certifications at all. I currently have a very successful consulting career, working with C-Level executives in very large enterprises, and no certifications have been and are required. The only things that are required are 1) a detailed knowledge of how IT works; 2) Experience doing the kind [...]
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| January 12, 2012 12:25 AM
certification, IT certification, IT training, IT training and certifications
Top IT Certifcations
Cloud Security Alliance’s CCSK will gain momentum in 2012 due to security related issues in Cloud Computing. Other than that, Java certification will retain its value. As I am sure all Microsoft and Oracle certifications will too.
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| January 12, 2012 12:15 AM
IT certification
Cloud Security Alliance’s CCSK will gain momentum in 2012 due to security related issues in Cloud Computing. Other than that, Java certification will retain its value. As I am sure all Microsoft and Oracle certifications will too.
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| January 12, 2012 12:15 AM
IT certification
Certificatfion suggestion
The tag you used for your post/question was CRM, so I am assuming you have hands on experience with CRM. That said, I would recommend pursuing a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Certification at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/dynamics.aspx. There are multiple MS Dynamics CRM certification tracks to choose from and many companies, including mine, are implementing CRM and have had [...]
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| January 7, 2012 10:11 PM
Certification and specialization
The tag you used for your post/question was CRM, so I am assuming you have hands on experience with CRM. That said, I would recommend pursuing a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Certification at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/dynamics.aspx. There are multiple MS Dynamics CRM certification tracks to choose from and many companies, including mine, are implementing CRM and have had [...]
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| January 7, 2012 10:11 PM
Certification and specialization
