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Want the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference?

MelanieYarbrough — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:09:51 +0000

This week’s IT book giveaway is for the Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator’s Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7. Interested? All you need to do is answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion area of this question. Multiple answers mean multiple chances to win!

Resizing a Windows Server 2003 partition

Bonding and Networking

Protecting a file folder from everyone except two users

How do I set up a NAS network drive and how is it accessed? What about security?

Documentation devices in the field

Good luck! Check back for the winner this Friday, September 24, 2010, around 12 PM ET.

Upgrading computers from Windows XP to Windows 7 best data migration practice.

Karl Gechlik — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:13:22 +0000

We
will be upgrading users to Windows 7. We currently have XP SP3 boxes. We
will need to migrate the data to new boxes. The boxes will come with 7 pre
installed. Should each box be turned on and the data migrated directly or
should we backup to the server and pull it in from there? Can this be
automated at all?

Default folder location change in Windows 7

MostlyMick — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:52:30 +0000

How do I change the default folder location (C:Users)to another location?

Windows 7 issues

Nan10 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:22:25 +0000

Cannot view pdf files since Windows 7 installation. Also, no option available to rotate document.

In Access 2007, how do I increase the file lock capacity so I can split an existing table into smaller ones?

Kadiddlehopper — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:14:30 +0000

In Access 2007, how do I increase the file lock capacity so I can split an existing table into smaller ones?

Thanks

Setup IT USB drives to install/upgrade to Windows 7

Troubleshooter24 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:54 +0000

Can I setup IT USB drives for the installation or upgrades to Windows 7? Can I protect the drives from being copied to another drive or used for anything other than installs? Can it log the number of installs to the drive?

Is it possible to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bit?

Prateek55 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:07:00 +0000

Hi,

Is it possible to install MS SQL SERVER 2008 R2 INSTALLATION ON WIN 7 HOME BASIC 64 BIT OS.

Oracle 10g XE can be installed on Win 7 home basic 64 Bit

Prateek55 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:10 +0000

Please let me know can Oracle 10g XE can be installed on Win 7 home basic 64 Bit.

Windows 7 Troubleshooting difficulties

DAXQ — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:48 +0000

I am having difficulties troubleshooting a Windows 7 Issue. The computer slows to a crawl randomly. When it does, it takes about 1 to 2 minutes to open a windows or change from one program to the next. Some times, it can take 3 – 5 minutes to get Task Manager running. Once that is running, all 4 CPUs look idle, RAM is pegged at about 2 gig, and no process is running amuck – system idle is around 99.

When I looked into the resource monitor (took anohter 3 – 4 min to launch) I saw only 4 processes:
atiesrxx.exe
svchost.exe(LocalSystemNet…)
svchost.exe(NetSvcs)
svchost.exe(LocalServiceNet)
nothing else – when I tried to kill atiesrxx.exe I was told it could not be killed so I started trying to remove any thing else I could one at a time to see if anything would shake loose. Before I could kill anything else, the task bar disappeared, and a few minuets later – it looked everything had reset itself – there where many process in the resource monitor now, still nothing very interesting in task manager and the slowness was gone. I ran a system update to ensure the PC was upto date, (there was like 23mb worth of updates – nothing big) and it has been running fine since. But as I said, this has happened in the past, and I am expecting it will return. The user has no problem with this PC as far as performance unless it is doing this bog down thing it does every couple of days.
Any assitance or advice in helping determine the culprit is greatly appriciated.

Windows 7 Ultimate client can’t see Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller server

Ray3825 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:43:07 +0000

I am trying to join a Win7 Ultimate client to a Win2K ADDC domain. The Win7 receives it’s DHCP info correctly, and sees everything on the domain (printer, wifi router, satelite router) but it does not see the Win2k server nor the Win2k Pro box on the network. When attempting to join the domain, the error message is that the Win7 box can not find an ADDC controller. I have tried to upgrade to Win2K3 server, but am getting the same fault. What do I need to do????