Any open source tools to test desktop applications using Java?
We have a Test Framework in Java.  This framework is used to test client-server and web applications. To test webapplications we are recording application flows for wrappers/Action keywords using Selenium IDE. Selenium provided Java driver to execute the recorded selenium specific code in wrappers. Similarly I want to use our test framework to test desktop [...]

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2010  7:41 AM
Automated software testing, Automated Testing, Automation, Desktop management applications, Java, Open source, Open source testing tools, Software Quality, Software testing

about desktop moniter
genrally in my lab its desktop configration one pc many desktop is tobe connected what happen more than one user can seat then all moniter is automatic swtich off plz give me nser thsi question???

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2009  5:59 AM
Desktop management, Desktop management applications, Desktops

Cheaper then Windows Server
So here is the story. I am the IT person for a small vehicle dealership chain that is spread across 4 locations in the city. Each location is presently setup with a VPN connection to the main site which houses a database server hosting all the programs needed to run the dealership like, customer tracking [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  6:20 PM
Active Directory, Desktop management applications, Domain management, File sharing protocols, FOSS, LDAP, Novell, OpenLDAP, Remote monitoring hardware, Roaming Profiles, SME Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Xserve

Retired computer accounts in Active Directory
I need a dependable script!!! After several domain migrations and adding a few new sites over the past two years I have found that there are hundreds of computer accounts in Active Directory. We are a global company so tracking computer names is impossible. Because we use several management applications (WSUS, SMS, etc.) that rely [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  8:57 AM
Active Directory, Desktop management applications, Intel, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Programming Languages, Security, Servers, XML

Blocking access to local Drive Win XP Server 2003 GPO
I recently found a way to access a local drive that is supposed to be hidden using group policy. I configured the policy to block the c: drive which works great – the drive is not listed in any program or my computer. The issue is this. If I open Notepad, Word, or most any [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2007  4:13 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Windows XP power settings not staying…
The setup: Server: Windows server 2003. Workstations: Windows XP Mandatory roaming profiles. All computers login as the same user. I do not want the computers to go into standby or hibernate or turn off the monitor. I have configured mandatory profiles, set the workstations into ‘Presentation’ scheme, and even went into Group Policy and enable [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2008  11:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

AMD Sempron
Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2012  4:25 AM
390, Cabling, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Linux, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, Tech support

Network documentation/Diagram
I am curious as to how others are documenting their network; both visually and configurations. I am familiar with MS Visio for drawing the network. Are there better options? What about documenting all equiptment? IP addresses? Settings? Changes? I am just using MS Excel/word to create all sorts of lists. Is there a better way? [...]

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2010  2:34 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Project management, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Systems management software, Tech support

DLL registration without local administrator rights
Hi there We create an Excel addin using MATLAB Builder for Excel. Our IT department has taken away local administrator rights from all users of our addin. We are able to install the addin using Altiris, but how can we allow users without admin rights to upgrade to new versions of our addin? To upgrade, [...]

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2006  11:56 AM
Altiris, Business/IT alignment, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server

TROUBLE IN BACKING UP XP SP2
Hi All, Recently I tried to make a back up of one desktop, after mounting system says process failed. Here I?m pasting log report of back up process ?Backup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination: File Media name: “station01.bkf created 11/10/2006 at 11:15 AM” Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:80042301 Aborting Backup. ———————- [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2006  1:08 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Storage, Systems management software

Folder redirection issue – Windows server 2003
I configured roaming profiles and folder redirection using Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 machine. I mapped all profiles to server_nameprofile%username% I redirected the desktop, application data, ect. to server_nameusers. The folder redirection works perfectly; however, when a user logs into the domain a list of ALL the other users is at the top [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2006  6:31 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

security problem
Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it. But he [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2008  3:44 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Biometrics, Browsers, Career development, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, DB2, Desktop management applications, Development, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Ecommerce applications, Encryption, Enterprise Desktop, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, Intrusion management, LANDesk, Lotus Domino, McAfee, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Oracle, patching, PC/Windows Connectivity, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Software, Spam, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Symantec, Systems management software, Tech support, Trojans, Vector Networks, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Hard Drive Partition
I have 40GB of available space of which is split 50% between C: and D: drive. I am using Windows XP home. The C: drive is almost at full capacity whereas the D: drive has 15GB free space. How can I repartition to add additional capacity to C: drive

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2011  7:52 AM
Desktop management applications, Microsoft Systems Management Server

Windows XP Visual style File?
I want to know if it is possible to centrally control the “look and feel” of the desktop environment of a user on my domain. I have a set of 10 computers that log in using the same name. This user’s profile is stored on the Windows 2003 Server. The workstations are XP. I noticed [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2006  11:04 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Allow regular user to unlock screensaver locked computer
We have the problem that in a multiuser environment users either lock their computers, or have the screensaver automatically lock it, and leave the workstation. As a result, nobody else can use that computer. By default, only the current user or an adminstrator can unlock the computer. I would like to allow select users who [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2007  1:31 AM
Biometrics, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Identity & Access Management, Network management software, Networking, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Systems management software

Windows profiles and folder redirection.
I want to understand the best way to centrally control a user?s profile. I need 10 computers to all be logged in at the same time and share a desktop that cannot be changed at the workstation ? only on the server. I implemented folder redirection using GPOs, but when the profile is synced with [...]

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2006  9:26 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

Win XP System Settings’ Question
Hi. I have a computer with different users access it with their respective limited account. Now i would like to allow 1 user account to have internet access yet another not; by setting different tcp/ip gateway’s setting for different user account. Is that possible? Any suggestion? The other thing that i would like to do [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2006  4:05 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Best practices involving admin rights for user on user system
We are currently in the middle of figuring out the approach we are going to take in regard to a user having admin rights on their system. Typcially we set up a new user as an administrator on their system when they are logged into the domain. They don’t have a local admin account on [...]

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2010  4:23 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Business/IT alignment, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktop management applications, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Systems management software, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Best way to script redirect of user’s folders and add printers…
I wanted to see which way is the best way to script the redirection of user folders. I am running Windows sever 2003 and XP for workstations. I wanted to know if there was a way to use a variable in a script in order to have Windows automatially redirect the location of my documents, [...]

Answer Question   |  September 26, 2006  12:01 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, JavaScript, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, VBScript, Visual Basic

Adding computers to Active Directory before they exist?
Is it possible to add computers to an Active Directory OU when the computer is not on the network or confgured yet? I want to add computers to an OU that assigns the computer software when it logs into the domain, but I don’t want to log into the domain then switch the computer account [...]

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2006  12:20 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server