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cant playback the audio stream

I have a compaq genuineIntel computer running win98se with an onboard soundcard.When I try to play music it tells me it cant playback the audio stream,no audio h/w available or is not responding.I removed the hardware(sound,video&game controllers)through device manager.Upon restarting ,it...

View Answer   |  Jun 30 2005  1:27 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Third-party services
asked by joshuu

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Synchronizing Outlook 2003 Contacts with Samsung i600 cell phone problems

A user has purchased a Sumsung i600 cellphone and is using Activesync to synchronize it to Outlook 2003. Telephone numbers from his Contacts list all end up with a 1 in front of the number where the area code is outside his own area code. Cell phones do not require this number. The number does not...

View Answer   |  Jun 29 2005  6:19 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Application software
asked by Jerry63

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How do I tell which computer name (or IP) is accessing a specific file on a server?

I have a scenario where (on a small LAN) one computer is locking a shared file on a server so no other machine can use it. It's not the same computer every time, or the same LAN. I need to determine which computer has locked the file while it's locked to figure out why it keeps happening. If you go...

View Answer   |  Jun 29 2005  12:31 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Networking
asked by gwilks98

  0 pts.

Hiding System Tray ICons

Hi Guys.. I want to know how do we remove/hide system tray icon without stopping the service. I have a monitoring software which appears in the system tray which i want to hide. I m using win xp prof . I dont want to hide it i want to remove the icon from the system without stopping the service. I...

View Answer   |  Jun 29 2005  9:24 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Third-party services
asked by MithunMCSE

  0 pts.

Perfect Disk or Disk Keeper

To all, First, thank you for taking the time into reading my question/concern. We have 90 PC users, and 5 servers. In the past month, I have had 2 drives fail. Granted, Disk Defragmenter won't prevent hard drive failure, but I may have been alerted to a sector or a portion of a drive not...

View Answer   |  Jun 24 2005  9:12 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware
asked by ESuazo

  0 pts.

Flickering monitor

One of our users has reported that his monitor is flickering constantly and is causing him some problems, eg headaches, sore eyes. I have had a look and there is a slight flicker. Here are the things I have tried so far that haven't helped. I tried changing the refresh rate to see if that would...

View Answer   |  Jun 24 2005  7:22 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk
asked by harg7769

  0 pts.

usb communication

Sir/Madam, We are having 2 systems with windows as operating system. We need your help for transferring data from USB to USB Port. plese give max. possible ways. Thanking You, Appala Raju

View Answer   |  Jun 20 2005  2:39 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Third-party services
asked by appalaraju

  0 pts.

Windows XP Pro cmd prompt runs very slowly when connected to Novel 3.12

I have clients needing to run old DOS utilities from a DOS prompt connected to Novel 3.12 servers. Some workstations run fine. Others take 15min to load the utility and when loaded run very slowly. We are running MSoft client for netware and Msoft IPX/SPX compatible protocol. We tried disabiling...

View Answer   |  Jun 17 2005  9:06 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Third-party services
asked by jazz69

  0 pts.

cant connect laptop to domain

hi, weve had a new laptop delivered and for some reason it wont connect to the domian. everything is set up corectly (the same as the other machines) but it just wont connect. When i try to log in it says "the system could not log you on because the domain is not available" Im at aloss as to...

View Answer   |  Jun 17 2005  5:16 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Active Directory
asked by andy11983

  0 pts.

Bizarre Configuration "Restoration" - REPOST

Once again, here I am on the outskirts of reason with problem. Machine in question is an HP Pavilion, running Windows 98. It's a customer's machine so upgrading the O/S is not an option. The situation is that the machine has a bunch of stuff that I don't want on it - so I removed it - like: -...

View Answer   |  Jun 16 2005  1:29 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Installation
asked by bobkberg

  895 pts.

Bizarre Configuration "Restoration".

Once again, here I am on the outskirts of reason with problem. Machine in question is an HP Pavilion, running Windows 98. It's a customer's machine so upgrading the O/S is not an option. The situation is that the machine has a bunch of stuff that I don't want on it - so I removed it - like: -...

View Answer   |  Jun 16 2005  1:24 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Installation
asked by bobkberg

  895 pts.

HOW CAN I FIND ATTRIBUTES OF SPOOLED FILES?

I HAVE A FAXING APPLICATION ON MY AS/400 THAT CAN CAPTURE SPOOLED FILES AND FAX THEM. ABOUT 1 IN 10 TIMES THE FAX SOFTWARE CAPTURES THE REPORT WIDTH AS '84' INSTEAD OF '83' AND THE FAXED RESULT LOOKS WRONG. THE FAX SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THEY CAPTURE THE ATTRIBUTES THAT THE SPOOLED FILE IS...

View Answer   |  Jun 14 2005  5:27 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk
asked by LITTLELINDA

  0 pts.

netcafe with linux

Hello all, I'm new to linux and am planning to use it as a proxy server in an internet cafe which a friend and i are to setup, here in the uk. I would ideally require the pages to be cached (as to improve performance) and also limit bandwith equally between all the users. I have read a little...

View Answer   |  Jun 10 2005  10:31 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware
asked by r76ijecx

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Restricting Broswe capability in IE

A generic User account is used to run an application in an IE Browswer - I would like to remove the address bar so it can't be used. I think its a Registry tweak - can it be done using a policy specific to that account in Active Domain? If so how? Thanks Cripdan

View Answer   |  Jun 10 2005  4:24 AM GMT
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asked by cripdan

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Internet cafe solution

In around 3 weeks away from actually implementing an internet cafe solution from my research and helpfulness of fellow members ive concluded that:- there are a few options to choose from. asuming an adsl connection. 1) set up a linux solution say clarkconnect and xp on the clients etc 2)setup a...

View Answer   |  Jun 8 2005  4:04 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Networking
asked by r76ijecx

  0 pts.

Event log error eventID 10016

I am getting the following error ever since installing win2003 patch1. "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {BA126AD1-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}". After reviewing the steps to fix, it states to...

View Answer   |  Jun 8 2005  11:50 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Windows Server 2003
asked by worker1

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Exchange 2K IM Server Question

I have setup a test lab for E2K IM. I installed a separate Win2K server in the test AD Domain; all the latest updates etc. Installed the IM portion of the installation. I ran SP3 on the new server and and reapplied SP3 on the current E2K server that hosts email only. In SM i setup the new virtual...

View Answer   |  Jun 8 2005  8:19 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by delebute2004

  0 pts.

Stop Error (C000021a)

I am receiving this stop error(C000021a) "windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly" with win 2000 server. Safe mode and Last Known Good Conf. works fine. Is there any solution without reformating the HDD? I have ERD with me. Will that help me? Any advise on this would be...

View Answer   |  Jun 7 2005  3:29 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

V5R1 to V5R3

I'm currently running a model 820 on V5R1 and considering a two-level upgrade to V5R3. 1. Is this possible on a model 820? 2. how does this compare to a "normal" V5R1 to V5R2 upgrade? Pros/cons, gothcha's, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

View Answer   |  Jun 6 2005  9:09 AM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware
asked by teamjots

  0 pts.

City Based Website Portal

I am working on project of starting a city based Portal. and was looking for ideas, which can make it success. the city is an industrial hub of Punjab (a state in india) Please suggest the contents.

View Answer   |  May 26 2005  1:46 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by andesh

  0 pts.

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