orcing a limit for the internet temp folder in windows 2000
Hello all, Setup is as follows: Server is NT4, clients are windows 2000 I CANNOT spend any money. All my users log on do all work as normall and then go on the internet. Now all users default size for the internet’s temp folders is 596MB!! and the Pc’s will be used by 700+ Kids!! [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2005  9:49 AM
Desktop security, Desktops, Hardware, Policies, Registry, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance

Hard Disk Data Recovery – NTFS MBR Failure-2
Hello everyone, I have a Western Digital 800JB ATA 80GB 7200rpm drive that was used for a time as a boot drive for WXPP. It was replaced recently as a boot drive by a smaller 40GB drive, and the 80GB drive relegated to backup duties (slaved to a CD drive on a 40-wire cable). Before [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2012  7:12 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
Hello everyone, I have a Western Digital 800JB ATA 80GB 7200rpm drive that was used for a time as a boot drive for WXPP. It was replaced recently as a boot drive by a smaller 40GB drive, and the 80GB drive relegated to backup duties (slaved to a CD drive on a 40-wire cable). Before [...]

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2012  7:12 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

Defrag 725 GB ona Windows 2000 Server: Pros and Cons
Good morning! I hae had some performance issues on a Win 2K files server and have been given a recommendation to defrag the system. I am reluctant to do so for two reasons: 1. We do not have an alternate server to place these files while defragging 2. The 2K server is configured as a [...]

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2012  9:25 AM
Desktops, Help Desk, Information risk management, Operating system platforms, Servers, Tech support, Windows 2000 Server

RUNAS error: Unable to acquire user password
I am trying to write a VBScript that will use local admin rights to run another script. However, for some reason I can’t get the RUNAS command to take the password. I am including my script below: set WshShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) WshShell.Run (“%comspec% /k RUNAS /user:/LocalACCOUNT/LOCALcomputerNAME C:proxyDISABLE.vbs”) Wscript.Sleep 500 WshShell.Sendkeys “PASSWORD~” The exact error is: [...]

Answer Question   |  January 28, 2005  3:08 AM
Desktops, Hardware, Policies, Security, Windows XP

Memory upgrade not registering
I have just upgraded the memory on my Abit AH6 motherboard from 64mb (2x32mb) to 256mb (2x128mb). When I start up the BIOS is only registering 128mb MY Computer-System Properties – General registers 128 mb and my System Information only shows 64mb. I believe this may be something to do with the BIOS but I [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2005  8:12 AM
Desktops, Hardware, Tech support

Windows 2K PRO
Hey Folks! My desktop crashed….Windows 2000 Pro….Intel D850GB motherboard, Intel P4 1.4GHZ Processor. The Processor took a permanant vacation. I have placed my HDD’s into another PC…Intel D845GVSR motherboard, Intel Celeron 2.40GHZ processor. According to Intels website and my motherboard utility disk, my Bios and drivers are up to most current. It booted once without [...]

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2005  11:11 AM
Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Windows, Registry, Windows 2000 desktop

Print server
I’m looking for a usb 2.0 print server that will support a multifunction printer (Epson CX6400). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2005  9:13 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Application Server, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Servers, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Dual Boot System Composed of Various Windows Operating Systems
Due to various software I have and would rather not lose the ability to use them, is it possible to have a multi-boot system composed of the various Windows environments: 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003? If necessary, I can dedicate different hard drives to these areas. I would also like to install Linux on [...]

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  12:13 PM
Desktops, Windows

Power Meter and Processor overheating
I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message “the processor stopped working due to [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2010  6:56 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, IT Governance, LANDesk, Power management, Security, Servers, Systems management software, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel

Slow boot-up in win xp home edition
My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is there something wrong with HDD [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2011  4:24 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

No bootup with W2k – after “Verifying DMI pool data”
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2004  5:45 AM
Backup & recovery, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance

Windows media audio codec
Hi, Sometimes in some programs(for example Training CD’s) there is no sound from my sound card!!!!!!!I try this program on another computer and it has sound!!!!!!! In control panel->sound->audio codec->properties there are some compression driver for sound for example “Windows media audio codec” ,other computer has it but my computer doesn’t, how can I add [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2005  4:49 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, ERP, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop

Join domain, retain user desktop
We are ready to move our first 25 desktop machines into a domain structure. We are using Windows 2000 server and professional. What is the quickest, easiest way to retain the user’s desktop and settings when we join the local machine to the domain?

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2004  7:00 AM
Active Directory, Desktops, Windows 2000 desktop

Microsoft Office Reset Tool
I am looking to find a way to Restore Office97/Outlook 2000/Win2000 and Office XP/Outlook 2003/WinXP setting to the original state. I need it in a fashion that an instructor can walk into the training room and be able to run on their own.

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2004  10:29 AM
Desktops, Development, Hardware, Lifecycle development, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

WALLDATA RUMBA File Transfer Function
After upgrading from NT to XP or Win2000, the File Transfer function no longer works. Arpeggio is fine but the File Transfer application error is:[Wall Data][Rumba Data Access]No data source specified; dialog prohibited. SQLDriverConnect…. Maybe there are registry entries missing? How do you connect a data source to File Transfer?

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2004  9:31 AM
Data center operations, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Microsoft Systems Management Server, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Registry, Servers, Software distribution, Sun, Tech support, Thin clients, Third-party services, UDB for client/server, UDB for iSeries/i5, Unix, Vendor support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance

Rogue Character After FTP’ing
I FTP a file from the AS400 to a Windows 2000 server and there is a carriage return and line feed character at the end of the file. How do you get rid of it?

Answer Question   |  December 7, 2004  6:08 AM
Desktops, Development, Integration with other platforms, Microsoft Windows, PC/Windows Connectivity, Servers, TCP, Tech support, Technical support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98

Network Design Development
How do I create a network design for a large business? The following is the scenario and the requirements, I need so help please. An Ice Cream Factory with 5 stores, citywide and has connectivity to the corporate office in Austin. Each store is responsible for maintaining its inventory locally, but must communicate with the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 5, 2004  9:06 AM
Application software, Auditing, Career development, CIO, Cooling, Data center design, Data center operations, DataCenter, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, E-business, Electrical, Handhelds/Phones, Implementation, Information risk management, IT architecture, IT Governance, Networking, Networking Products, Operating system platforms, Partner facing, Peripherals, Physical security, Planning, Project management, Security, Security management, Security products, Servers, Services, Software Quality Assurance, Space/structure, Staffing, Storage, System utilities, Vendors

Monitor Internet Bandwidth
Good day, we are using windows2000 smallbusiness server in our organisation with Exchange,Dns and Isa server configured. 1. I want to monitor the internet usage by the users. 2. I want to take a report on monthly or daily basis how much mb/gb utilised By Each User. Thanks for u’r reply in advance.

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  1:55 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Auditing, Availability, Backup, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, BroadVision, Business Objects, Call Centers, Clarify Inc., CLB, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Component Load Balancing, Content filtering, Corporate portal applications, Customer relationship management applications, Data analysis, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing/Business intelligence, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Datacenter Server, DB2 administration, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, Distributed File System, DNS, E-business, E-mail applications, ERP, Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange Server ActiveSync, FAT and NTFS, Fault isolation, Firewalls, General Directories, Graphical User Interfaces, Handheld, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Integration/Connectivity, Intel servers, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Licensing, Lotus Domino, Mail protocols, Maintenance, Major Vendors, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Netscape Mail, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network requirements, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Office Applications, Operating system platforms, Operating systems, Outlook, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance management, Performance/Tuning, Planning, Policies, POP3, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Reporting, ROI & cost justification, Routers, S/MIME, Security, Security management, Security products, Sendmail, Server consolidation, Server management, Server-based/Thin-client computing, Servers, Services, Software, Software distribution, Software Quality Assurance, Spam, Storage, System monitoring, System utilities, Tech support, Technical support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Virus protection, Web services, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003

Moving DNS outside
We are moving DNS services outside and I would like to learn more about how to set this up. We currently have AD Integrated DNS server, Primary DNS server, and Secondary DNS servers set up in our AD domain. We have 2 Domain Controllers, one on Windows 2003 w/Exchange 2003 w/GC, and one Windows 2000 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2004  8:28 AM
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