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Recovering Outlook 2003 email & folders

My mother board & CPU went south on me so I decided I would pull my 2 hard drives out of my PC and install them in external hard drive cases (which worked very well). I then set up a new Windows XP pc (my old one was 2000 running outlook 2003). The new pc recognized my external drives and I...

View Answer   |  Aug 28 2006  8:46 AM GMT
Tech support, Software, Exchange
asked by HDSupport

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how to replace motherboards without loosing installed XP or 2000.

Somebody out there must have figured out a reliable method of replacing a dead motherboard without loosing installed XP or 2000. Preferably a way that doesn't include matching the old motherboard (or its chipset). I am tired of seeing the "blue screen of death" or the "NT loader not found" message....

View Answer   |  Aug 22 2006  10:45 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Microsoft Windows
asked by Breesdad

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roaming profile quirk

I'm having a small problem with my roaming profiles. My profile will roam with regards to Outlook which is GREAT but some items don't; like my desktop (icons and background), ALL my start menu items, printers, etc. What am I doing wrong? I want to have a local system exactly like I need it then...

View Answer   |  Aug 18 2006  2:21 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Security
asked by BACSGuy

  0 pts.

DNS Servers

I have recently Changed My ISP. Previously we had a proxy Server which all the browsers where pointed to. The DNS Server on each machine was pointed to the Windows 2000 Server DNS. All Worked Fine. When We changed the ISP we removed the proxy server and replaced it with a firewall. I had to change...

View Answer   |  Aug 17 2006  8:26 AM GMT
Tech support, Microsoft Windows
asked by Bridgeman

  25 pts.

server cluster

hardware require for sql cluster server

View Answer   |  Aug 16 2006  5:16 AM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Security
asked by mammydaddy

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Roaming profiles from hell

I'm trying to setup roaming profiles for a couple of users. I have the documents and read on how to set it up, which seems real straight forward. I made a directory on the server c:profiles edited the user profile path in ADU&C to point to \myserverprofiles%username% setup a system that I want...

View Answer   |  Aug 15 2006  0:26 AM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Security
asked by BACSGuy

  0 pts.

NT4 and Netware 4.1 to Win2003 Migration

Hi, We are planning to migrate our NT4 server and Netware 4.1 server to a new Windows server 2003. Both servers are for file sharing purpose. We are going to migrate NT4 server 1st. Our plan is install AD on a new IBMx235 and migrate users & groups and files from NT4 using ADMT v3. The problem...

View Answer   |  Aug 9 2006  3:39 AM GMT
Tech support, Security, Servers
asked by ycsiong

  0 pts.

Windows XP Trouble

I have recently put windows XP on my old computer that was working fine, running well but when i put windows XP on i havent been able to install anything i had on the computer like openoffice, sims2 ect because it says files cannot be read from the media although the disks arent scratched.I have...

View Answer   |  Aug 5 2006  5:01 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Microsoft Windows
asked by bob987725

  0 pts.

Conflicting results from chkdsk

When running chkdsk /r, I get messages saying 'Windows replaced bad clusters in file ...', then at the end it says '0 KB in bad sectors'. Can anyone explain how this can be possible? How can you have bad clusters without having bad sectors? Regards, Bill

View Answer   |  Aug 4 2006  9:18 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Software
asked by BillBald

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Installation and updates

Howdy folks, Tryin to keep things going around here....need some advice. I have Win2003 servers and Active Directory.....single domain....approx. 100 client computers.....one location. Am upgrading all computers from Office XP to Office 2003. My project: Install Office 2003 and all updates...

View Answer   |  Aug 2 2006  9:36 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Disaster Recovery
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

workgroup problems of server 2003

i have a network of 10 computers . 9 win xp & 1 server 2003 . i have enabled NAT on server 2003 for the purpose of sharing internet on all computers. internet is running well but all the computers can't access the server 2k3 machine frm the workgroup. and all other computer are communicating with...

View Answer   |  Aug 1 2006  6:53 AM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Networking services
asked by hakimi

  0 pts.

Network Connection Freezes

For some reason, at random, among 20 PCs on my network, in the morning or during the day, the network connection stops responding for both intranet and internet communications. The only solution thus far is to remove the NIC from the Device Manager, reboot the PC, and let Windows XP Pro find the...

View Answer   |  Jul 28 2006  11:31 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by DboiSOBE

  0 pts.

USB Flash Drives Not Installing On XP

Hello All! I've been noticing recently that certain USB drives have not been installing automatically to windows XP pro. I'm working on one right now and have not found a solution to it yet. A user needs to install a Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB Drive to her machine which uses XP Pro. Instead of...

View Answer   |  Jul 26 2006  8:57 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by thecheyguy

  0 pts.

New 2003 install on the domain can't see the network

Long story short, a windows 2003 system died with a bad hard drive. Hard drive has been replaced and I am installing a fresh windows 2003 onto the system. Everything is updated and it joins the domain fine. The problem is I cannot see any other systems on our domain. I can do a \stampy from my...

View Answer   |  Jul 26 2006  9:16 AM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Networking services
asked by kevins74

  0 pts.

Migrating Domains and SIDS.

Hello All you techies, My company is trying to migrate domains with the ADMT v3. Everything seems to work fine but when I try to migrate the SIDS for user accounts thats when I get errors. The error states that the PDC of the source domain has not been restarted or that the TcpipClientSupport has...

View Answer   |  Jul 24 2006  3:16 PM GMT
Tech support
asked by ITisFun99

  0 pts.

Security on a Network Share using SBS 2003 - NTFS Partition

Hello colleagues; I am trying to accomplish the following task 1) Avoid users to delete and move folders and files on a network share They should only be able to create, read, execute,write files and folders I have already created the group and deny delete and delete subfolder and files. This...

View Answer   |  Jul 20 2006  1:50 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Security
asked by musiquito2001

  0 pts.

Long Path Error While Copying/Moving Data

Hello Frnds, I am very new in this site. I have one problem while I am cpoying/moving the data from the server to the local machine or in the Local machine it self. The problem is that while copying/moving data sometimes is doesn't work due to long path name. Means that if path length is greater...

View Answer   |  Jul 19 2006  10:40 PM GMT
Tech support, Security, Servers
asked by Prash786

  0 pts.

Windows 2000 - removable drive problems (CD, floppy, USB)

Hello, My PC, Win2k, SP4, will not read cd's from either drive or floppys or a jumpdrive. All devices seem to be recognized by the device manager and are assigned drive letters accordingly. The floppy is recognized and works if you insert a boot disk. The jump drive, when inserted, assigns a...

View Answer   |  Jul 18 2006  1:34 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Storage
asked by ranger390

  0 pts.

Group Policy...

Hi, For designing AD,which of group policies force us to have more than one domain?(for example when we want to have two password policy we should have two domain) Could you please help me? Thank you. ---- Regards Mahnaz

View Answer   |  Jul 16 2006  2:34 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Security
asked by aliyani

  215 pts.

OWA on SBS2003 Network Question

I would like to switch the OWA IIS server from the main contraoller box in a SBS2003 network to a member server in the same network (currently being used as a TS server) What needs to be done and can it be done in this network environment? All help is greatly appreciated...

View Answer   |  Jul 14 2006  6:52 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Security
asked by delebute2004

  0 pts.

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