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Armada 1750 BIOS or CMOS?

I've had an Armada 1750 for years. I love it. I want win 2k installed. I removed Win98se, formatted and setup the Sofpaq diag partition. I turned off ACPI. Win2k wants an updated bios. HP/Compaq is giving me the runaround. How do update the firmware on this Laptop?

View Answer   |  Feb 7 2008   2:35 AM GMT   |  asked by Edmar61
BIOS, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows


The Ever Constant Restart

workstation running Win 2000 pro has a vey strange issue. a coworker used the internet for his regular public e-mail and clicked on an attachment from a friend of his. Suddenly the computer blanked out (the screen). Now, every time I start the computer it starts up normally but then when it gets to...

View Answer   |  Jul 28 2005   2:52 PM GMT   |  asked by zzegri
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware


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   |  asked by MithunMCSE
Tech support, Help Desk, Third-party services


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   |  asked by appalaraju
DataCenter, Tech support, Help Desk


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?ThanksCripdan

View Answer   |  Jun 10 2005   4:24 AM GMT   |  asked by cripdan
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware


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 highly...

View Answer   |  Jun 7 2005   3:29 AM GMT   |  asked by BinooDas1234
DataCenter, Data center operations, Physical security


Wireless LAN roaming

I need to set up a wireless LAN (ADSL router with 3-4 access points). The client wants to be able to move between the access points without being cut off from the internet. Which products will do the job? Any special design considereations?

View Answer   |  May 21 2005   1:48 AM GMT   |  asked by benbje
Windows, Networking, IPv4


slow pc

hi i have Pentium-4 processor with 128 MB RAM .I have a dual boot system with Windows 2000 Proffessional and Linux AS3.0.My system was working fine but since few days it has bcome very slow.what shd i do to improve speed. thanks for any help.

View Answer   |  May 10 2005   2:33 AM GMT   |  asked by redrose
Hardware, Desktops, Intel PC hardware


Network Account Continually locking in Active Directory

User is continually getting locked out of his network account (atleast twice a day for the last two weeks). He logs into two desktops and one laptop all with Windows XP OS. Tried re-creating account but no fix. Any other ideas how to fix and why this could be happening? We've also recently upgraded...

View Answer   |  May 9 2005   3:55 PM GMT   |  asked by mtaylor
Tech support, Help Desk, Windows 2000 desktop


Internet Explorer with 2 NICs

on a server 2000 machine with 2 NICs, is there a way to point internet explorer at a particular NIC?

View Answer   |  May 5 2005   4:24 PM GMT   |  asked by zzegri
Hardware, Desktops, Windows 2000 desktop


DIFFERNCE IN WITDOWS 2003 & WINDOWS 2000

what is the basic difference windows 2000 server & windows 2003 server.

View Answer   |  Apr 15 2005   0:44 AM GMT   |  asked by psharma1176
Windows 2000 desktop, Servers, Windows 2000 Server


Need one WinXP PC not change Daylight Savings in Win2k Server domain

I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP PC to NOT change their time when our Win2k DC?s change their clocks to reflect daylight savings. Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern Daylight Savings Time, I have one PC that must stay...

View Answer   |  Mar 28 2005   9:39 AM GMT   |  asked by KeithD1967
Hardware, Windows 2000 desktop, IT architecture


Users cannot change password after upgrading Domain Controllers to 2003.

Hi there,We recently upgraded our DC's from 2000 to 2003, which were themselves upgraded from NT4. Since the upgrade users cannot change their pwds. Keeps coming back with the msg:"Your password must be at least 6 characters, cannot repeat any of your previous 5 passwords and must be at least 21...

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2005   3:11 PM GMT   |  asked by Maclanachu
Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance


facing problem with shared printer

GoodDay, Dear all, this is giri.We have got NT server in our office.1 since I found some bad sectors in one of my client system which was having windows98 operating system. I replaced with new 80gb seagate harddisk (7200rpm).I tried installing 98. in the bios my harddisk detected as 80gb,...

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2005   1:47 AM GMT   |  asked by GiriPrasad
DataCenter, Tech support, Help Desk


MoveFile() API reporting failure

We have a problem with the MoveFile() API called from C++ reporting failure, but actually working!We have a C++ Application which reads Data from a file, moves it to another Folder using the MoveFile() API and then updates the Time Stamp using the _utime() API.This works fine on my Laptop (W2K Pro)...

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2005   9:45 AM GMT   |  asked by HenryKafeman
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Servers


The ipconfig cmd is not working on my XP desktop operating system from the dos window.

hHello to all. I need to know how to get my ipconfig cmd to work. It has not been working for at least the last 6 months. I am wondering if I am missing a necessary file? Is there any other way I can test for my ip? Thank you in advance for any help you have.Sincerely, Stella

View Answer   |  Feb 22 2005   8:40 AM GMT   |  asked by stella26
IT architecture, Operating system platforms, System utilities


Batch file to cleanup temporary internet files found in profile directories

This is really an FYI. I just posted a batch script that you can use to delete temporary internet files from the profile directories of users with roaming profiles. You can check it out here:http://frankenrouter.homeip.net/System+Admin+Articles/109.aspxLet me know what you think.

View Answer   |  Feb 18 2005   2:08 PM GMT   |  asked by ghigbee
Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory


Slow File sharing access in Win 98-2

Actually I have 2 questions:I have a small workgroup of 3 XP Pro systems, 2 win98 systems, 1 win 2000 server and a 16 port ethernet switch(100mbps). I have enabled the ICS in the server and each compter can access files/printers and internet with the help of DHCP.1) When I access the win98 computer...

View Answer   |  Feb 16 2005   4:54 AM GMT   |  asked by BinooDas1234
Disaster Recovery, IT architecture, Operating system platforms


Slow File sharing access in Win 98

Actually I have 2 questions:I have a small workgroup of 3 XP Pro systems, 2 win98 systems, 1 win 2000 server and a 16 port ethernet switch(100mbps). I have enabled the ICS in the server and each compter can access files/printers and internet with the help of DHCP.1) When I access the win98 computer...

View Answer   |  Feb 16 2005   4:54 AM GMT   |  asked by BinooDas1234
Disaster Recovery, IT architecture, Operating system platforms


C:WINNTSYSTEM32SVCHOST.EXE svchost.exe-kwugroup, svchost.exe-k netsvcs, svchost.exe-k BITSgroup

Dear AllI have some meory issues and rang system scan with Norton, checked spyware, checked taskmanager servives and then downloaded very good tool called The Ultimate troubleshooter etc and now needs some guidance as to a number of instances of svchost.exe etc which have an extension after the...

View Answer   |  Feb 8 2005   3:06 PM GMT   |  asked by jessica
Security management, Hardware, Windows 2000 desktop


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