Windows XP Professional

USB device issues

I am a green IT employee. And, have had an issue with several laptops not recognizing USB thumbdrives. When the user inserts the thumb drive the system recognizes it but        in "My Computer" it does not show up. But, when I go to "Device Manager" I see the device, re assign an available...

Windows XP Pro on Dell PowerEdge 2950

Does Dell poweredge 2950 support an install of windows xp professional? Software/Hardware used: Dell Poweredge 2950, windows xp pro

Windows error

win32 host generic error in event viewer ,net connection present but web pages not opened, use broad band dialer used for connect to internet how to solve this Software/Hardware used: windows xp professional sevice pack2

encryption and decryption WIN XP PRO SP2 PRE-INSTALL FROM DELL

I encrypt the data but i can't decrypt it.? last week i did encrypt some data of 35 GB contains doc xls jpg and videos. simple by selecting folders properties. ==>advanced down in attributes area. ==>then simple check the box enrypt contents to secure data. on D: on that time details button...

Operating System not found (but worse than usual)

I work in IT Tech support (Hardware & Networking) so have a fair bit of knowledge and experience but this one has really got me stumped. I got a tower running XP Pro on IDE 0 with DVD RW and on IDE1 I got 2nd data HDD. Both are Maxtor drives. It’s a fairly old machine but serves its purpose...

Acrive Directory Users and Computers

I provide support for a small school network running Windows Server 2003 on its server and Windows XP Pro SP3 on all of its clients. I want to set up user accounts that will remember user default setting no matter which client machine is used. All users need to map a network drive and various...

Outlook 2003: Export PST Emails To Excel

When I use the "File > Import & Export" command from Outlook 2003, I have mixed results. I keep my emails in sub-folders off one of several PST files that I use regularly, in the "All Mail Folders" side-panel. I broke up the larger folders into smaller ones in case there was a size limitation....

Find PDF Image file

I have a file containing 16,000 pdf files. Some are just image files created from a scanner (Documents) Some files have been run through Adobe OCR. I need to extract only the files that have not been OCR. Any suggestions? Software/Hardware used: Windows XP Pro, Adobe Acrobat 9

To set up an option of Windows XP auto lockout after a defined period?

Hello Guys, I am running an windows XP professional OS would like configure it to lockout after 5 minutes of idle activity. Can anybody let me know the option? Thanks in advance.

Windows Server and Exchange sync issues

I have changed from Windows 2003 SBS to a Windows 2003 R2 64-bit server. Now then, all the clients are running Win XP pro SP3. For some reason, they are still trying to sync to the old 2003 SBS server which no longer exists. What steps can i take to get them to sync to the new R2 server? ...

Microsoft Virtual PC

I have installed Virtual PC on my XP Pro system. My questions relates to security. 1. Do I need to install my virus protection software, firewall software and other security software on the virtual machine or is the virtual machine automatically protected by the main (host) computers security...

Clean Installation of Vista, XP and Ubuntu

I have xp, vista 32bit, vista 64bit, ubuntu and opensolaris. I want to install all 5. 1. What should be primary and logical drives 2. What is the order I should install them 3. What is the boot manager, I should use 4. Can I install vista 32bit, and 64bit both

Windows 7 and XP Professional In a Corporate Environment

I intend this to be more of a discussion than a question, but here are the details: Throughout the Redmond and I.T. world, many users are concerned about corporate rollouts of softwares, specifically operating systems. Many companies tested Vista, found problems, and stuck with XP. My...

'My Computer' does not appear in windows file choosers (Excel, Word, Visio, etc.)

System specifications: HP/Compaq with 2GB RAM, Pentium 4 @ 2.4GHz, Windows XP Pro w/ Service Pack 3, Office 2002 with SP3. When I use an open dialog, in the bar that appears on the left, i receive the following shortcuts: History, My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, My Network Places I would like...

Server 2008 Network Connection

I cannot browse a local network from a new Windows Server 2008. Every other PC is XP Pro or Server 2003. I can: Ping another workstation Browse the web Connect via VNC (only by IP address, not name) I cannot: Ping this 2008 Server Map a network drive Browse the network I have the server...

Outlook Calendar

when I update my outlook calendar it is not going to all the attendees and when I send out and invite no everyone is getting it

SQLDUMPER library

Hello: I keep getting at startup: SQLDUMPER library failed initialization. Your installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with. Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem." I am not even sure what program to uninstall and re-run. I know I do not have any SQL programs...

Active Directory seeing new computer as pre 2000?

We are using windows server 2003 and computers that are only a year or two old are showing up in AD as windows pre-2000 computers. Is there any way to correct the issue? These computers are running XP pro, vista and the beta windows 7rc operating systems.

Computer continually reboots

I reformatted a hard drive and reinstalled XP Pro; I was able to install Office and antivirus. But then for no apparent reason, the computer reboots immediately after login. I have no idea whether this is a hardware or a software problem. Does anyone have any insights? Thanks

AD problem

When I Connect a new computer to the network I get this error in the event viewer (lsasrv event ID 40961)( The security System could not establish a secured connection with the server IDAP/@#$#1675.domain.org/domain.org@Domain.org No Authentication protocol was available