Desktops Questions


Ghost 2003 made PC inaccessible. Anyone know why?
after installing an preparing ghost to make an image, it created a virtual partition and rebooted. However, when the boot menu comes up where you can select either the ghost boot or windows boot, neither option is successful. The ghost option boots, but networking is not functional (wrong driver maybe?) I type GHREBOOT as instructed, [...]

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2005  1:40 PM
Desktops, Hardware, Implementation, IT architecture, Networking, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
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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
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Using NT Bootloader to Dual Boot XP for Ghost Recovery of System
I’ve been asked how to do this privately via ITKnowledge Exchange. I thought I’d submit my response(s) for anyones comment/ideas. ColinNZ

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2005  7:08 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Servers, Storage
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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
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Using Linux on an older computer to telecommute
I have an older computer running Win98 at home and want to use it to telecommute to occasionally. I have a cable modem so speed isn?t an issue, but my OS is. Win98 is not compatible with my company?s Webmail. A techie at lunch suggested that a combo of Linux and Mozilla might be able [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  7:22 AM
Desktops, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware
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Symantec Ghost automated backup/cloning
Hi there I’m trying to get my parents a nice backup system. By using ghost I wanna see if it can be possible for them to use like a desktop icon to click once (or as few clicks as possible) and their system to be backed up to another drive. I want to use Ghost [...]

Answer Question   |  May 13, 2005  9:30 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Servers, Storage
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slow pc
hi i have Pentium-4 processor with 128 MB RAM .I have a dual boot system with Windows 2000 Proffessional and Linux AS3.0.My system was working fine but since few days it has bcome very slow.what shd i do to improve speed. thanks for any help.

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2010  2:33 AM
Desktops, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Server, Servers, Storage, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance
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Internet Explorer with 2 NICs
on a server 2000 machine with 2 NICs, is there a way to point internet explorer at a particular NIC?

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2005  4:24 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, IPv4, IPv6, NetBIOS, Network Interface Cards, Networking, Servers, TCP, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server
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Forgot Admin Password, cannot access. Please Help!
I’m runnig Windows 2000 server on a machine and the last user never left a password. No one in the company knows the password and re-installing the OS is not an option. I tried using the the suggestions on MCSE world, but have been unable to crack the password. Can anyone help me find a [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2009  11:47 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware
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Internet Explorer vs. Firefox
Hello, I’m the Assistant Editor on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. I’m looking to start a discussion about what browser people are using and why. Also, is anyone considering switching from IE to Firefox, or are your plans to stay with IE? Here’s some food for thought… As of Feb. 2005, an estimated 35 million users had switched from [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  2:14 PM
Addamark, Administration, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Application security, AppSec, Architecture/Design, ArcSight, Bindview, Biometrics, Caymas, CipherTrust, Compliance, Computer Associates, configuration, Courion, CRM, Cylant, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, e-Security, Emerging technologies, Encryption, Enterasys Networks, Entrust, Exchange, Features/Functionality, GuardedNet, Hardware, Host-based IDS/IPS, IBM/Tivoli, Identity & Access Management, IDS vs IPS, IDS/IPS management, Imprivata, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intellitactics, Internet Security Systems, Intrusion management, Juniper Networks, KavaDo, M-Tech, Magnifire, Managed security services, Management, Maxware, Microsoft Windows, Netegrity, NetForensics, NetIQ, Network Associates, Network-based IDS/IPS, NFR Security, NGS Software, Novell, Ounce Labs, Outsourcing, Outsourcing/Managed services, Passlogix, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product evaluation, Product/Service evaluation, provisioning, Risk management, RSA Security, Sana Security, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Service and support, Service contracts, Service evaluation, Single sign-on, Snort/Sourcefire, SPI Dynamics, StillSecure, Tech support, Teros, Thor, Tripwire, TruSecure, Vendors, VeriSign, VPN, VSecure, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Watchfire, Waveset/Sun Micro, Windows, Windows XP
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Win XP task scheduler supposedly not running
I’ve got a customers Windows XP Professional machine which tells me the “Some tasks did not execute at their scheduled times because the Task Scheduler Service was not running. You can view the list of missed tasks and attempt to run them again, from within the Scheduled Tasks folder.”. But, according to the Services control [...]

Answer Question   |  July 19, 2010  12:43 PM
Desktops, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
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Reporting domain/workgroup membership on your LAN using PERL
This is more of an FYI. I just posted a perl script that I use to generate a daily report of all Workstations and Servers located on our LAN. This report is sorted by domain/workgroup membership and includes any visible shares on the machine. If anyone is interested you can read it here: http://frankenrouter.homeip.net/System+Admin+Articles/111.aspx Thanks, [...]

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2005  12:13 PM
Active Directory, Compliance, CRM, Desktops, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Ethernet, IPv4, Lotus Domino, NetBIOS, Networking, Networking services, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit
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MoveFile() API reporting failure
We have a problem with the MoveFile() API called from C++ reporting failure, but actually working! We have a C++ Application which reads Data from a file, moves it to another Folder using the MoveFile() API and then updates the Time Stamp using the _utime() API. This works fine on my Laptop (W2K Pro) and [...]

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2005  9:45 AM
C, Desktops, Development, Servers, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows tools/WSRM
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The ipconfig cmd is not working on my XP desktop operating system from the dos window.
hHello to all. I need to know how to get my ipconfig cmd to work. It has not been working for at least the last 6 months. I am wondering if I am missing a necessary file? Is there any other way I can test for my ip? Thank you in advance for any help [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2011  8:40 AM
Desktop security, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Installation, IT architecture, Operating system platforms, Performance/Tuning, System utilities, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance
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Windows XP SP2 compatibility problems with HP LaserJet 4200 printer
I recently installed XP SP2 in a branch office on three PCs. Two of the PCs of the same model (Gateway 500L) are having problems printing to their HP LaserJet 4200n printer. The third (Gateway 500C) is having no problem. The problem the two are experiencing are extreme slowness of printing. I’ve changed the driver [...]

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2005  10:06 AM
Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Windows XP
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