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Data erasing solutions?

Hello everyone, I am currently working on a worldwide project and I need address one specific issue: Which is the better solution in terms of: 1. Administration (time dedicated to daily production). 2. Product effectiveness and by this I mean the products capacity to provide a 100% or close to...

View Answer   |  Nov 28 2006  4:25 AM GMT
Hardware, Security, Storage products and equipment
asked by tmachado

  0 pts.

Daylight savings - Change in politics

Greets to all, First off, where I live (WA, Australia) we have had a change in politics. We now have daylight savings starting in 1 week. The problem is as follows. Details * 3 Domains (not linked to each other) * Multiple external sites (not tied back to base) * Multiple DB systems and...

View Answer   |  Nov 24 2006  9:34 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Security
asked by Nephi1

  0 pts.

IT scope of responsibility

I Have a question concerning the scope of IT support. To what extent should the IT Department support vendor items purchased that perform a specific funtion for other departments. Specificaly items that require the support of the third party vendor. For example we have a time and attendance...

View Answer   |  Nov 23 2006  4:46 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by DesertNomad

  0 pts.

hi all

last day i installed one new xp theam on my xp system. recently i noticed that "RUN" option deleted from my start menu. can anybody help me in this problem ? thanks in advance

View Answer   |  Nov 21 2006  2:29 AM GMT
Tech support, Administration, Hardware
asked by squibc4

  0 pts.

Networking DHCP growth

Okay, probably a simple question for a lot, but my experience has been more along the lines of many offices, with a typical setup of a border router (cisco, firewall (watchguard, new cisco ASA's, Windows 2003 server DC, exchange server, etc....) I have been doing this a while now and have been...

View Answer   |  Nov 20 2006  7:39 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by kevins74

  0 pts.

Create Domain and new exchange server

Pardon my ignorance, but I've looked everywhere for Exchange '101'. Everywhere I look starts off with upgrading and existing situations... I have a small office (10 ppl) that currently just has an application server. I would like to implement a domain controller and also have exchange server...

View Answer   |  Nov 20 2006  5:58 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network security
asked by BandHSolutions

  0 pts.

#com v's Cisco

Hi, I am in the process of scaling up a Datacenter to handle what over the next 3 to 5 years is expected to be a doubling of the current workload. I am pushing my current stackable switches to the limit at peak times and the performance impact is very visible even to end users. I am managing a...

View Answer   |  Nov 20 2006  4:06 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Performance management
asked by bouncybrit

  10 pts.

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...

View Answer   |  Nov 10 2006  1:08 AM GMT
Hardware, Storage, Security
asked by squibc4

  0 pts.

OS Does Not Load Beyond A Point

Interesting problem handed to me by one of th eother techs here today. He had set a home machine running XP Pro to allow th euse to logon without seeing thelogon screen. When he tried it, the logon was not accapted. He brough the machine here to the shop, and I've been putzing around with it...

View Answer   |  Nov 8 2006  5:06 PM GMT
Hardware, Microsoft Windows
asked by stevesz

  190 pts.

Odd Network Controller!

My HP Compaq nx6110 was stollen last month but recovered by the police last weekend. My hard disk had been sold, so I got new one, but on reinstalling the system, the ethernet network adapter - which used to run with the Broadcom 4400 10/100 Drivers on the Application Recovery DVD - doesn't install...

View Answer   |  Nov 1 2006  3:36 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Security
asked by Lance01

  0 pts.

need to take ownership of a folder

hi all, i'm using win xp sp1. not conected to any domain. i need to take ownership of some folders in my HD which created by one EX user. i tryd @ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us but in my system when i take property tab there is no Security tab . do any body can help me in this ?...

View Answer   |  Oct 26 2006  7:49 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Storage
asked by squibc4

  0 pts.

losing network connection

hi, i'm relatively new to this job and so far am self taught. running a school network that i took over from the previous tech. the problem i'm experiencing is one suite keeps losing the connection. there are five pcs in the room and the switch 10/100 ethernet says not recieving signal. if i...

View Answer   |  Oct 23 2006  4:02 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by jezwall

  0 pts.

odd NIC problem

Howdy all... I have a win2k3 member server with 2 onboard Intel PRO lan connections. One is 100mb the other 1000mb. On the 100mb connection, I can set either a DHCP or Static TCP address and it works fine. On the 1000mb connection, it works fine on DHCP, but absolutely refuses to connect with a...

View Answer   |  Oct 20 2006  5:47 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

R2

does anyone know if windows server R2 is compatible with exchange 2003?

View Answer   |  Oct 20 2006  3:51 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by wolfden

  0 pts.

CPU usage becomes very high when burning CD

I have just built a pc with the following spec, Intel Pentium D 945 3.4GHz (800MHz) 64B Bit 4MB 250GB Sata HDD MSI P965 S775 Neo CORE2DUO Mainboard Liton DVD recorder 1GB Corsair DDR 2 Memory Everything is fine except when i try to burn a cddvd, the cpu usage increases dramaticaly (with nero and...

View Answer   |  Oct 19 2006  4:11 PM GMT
Hardware, Development, Microprocessors
asked by r76ijecx

  0 pts.

Application connectivity, client to server

Application: Companion EMR. I have a Toshiba Tablet that was working fine. Now it will not allow the client application to access the server portion. The server is on another network, in the 192.168.0.x, this laptop will not access the server unless it is in the same network, when in .2 or .4...

View Answer   |  Oct 17 2006  12:56 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Networking services
asked by gforsythe

  75 pts.

USB Problems

Having problems with USB connectivity. I can hook a device to a USB port and it works. I stop the device, restart it and it is not recoginized. Then I restart and the computer finds it again, sometimes. My first thought was to replace the MB. Then I thought of WinXP. Does anyone have any ideas...

View Answer   |  Oct 13 2006  1:10 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Software
asked by dblkhurst

  0 pts.

2 NIC's

SMS 2003 with 2 NIC's What would be the best way to configure and connect them using static IP? Can they be on different VLAN's? And what about Bridging them? Thanks

View Answer   |  Oct 13 2006  9:29 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Ethernet
asked by STEVE23

  0 pts.

Two NIC's

SMS 2003 with 2 NIC's what would be the best way to connect and configure each NIC? Should or can they be on different VLAN's and what about bridging them? Thanks

View Answer   |  Oct 13 2006  9:23 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Ethernet
asked by STEVE23

  0 pts.

Network cabling- new rack

I never had the opertunity to completly rewire and set up a Rack with patch panels and new gig switches. I know the basics, and have maitained equipment already setup. My question is when cables are run and brought to the patch panels, do I wire everything into the panels and then from the patch...

View Answer   |  Oct 4 2006  6:50 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by coyoteken

  0 pts.

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