Windows XP Professional

different footers for two sections

My document is divided into sections and I have created different footers for each section, also using "different footers for odd and even pages" so footers. However, near the end of the document, when I type in a footer on the even page of one section, it replaces the even page footers in the...

if i have windows xp home edition installed on my desk top can i get rid of it and replace it with windows xp premium edition. My operating system is

xp home edition to windows premium edition

Use server to execute remote procedures on other workstations in the organization

I have a few batch programs I have written for my organization. They are very useful and have been deployed on only a few machines. We have decided we want to make these batch programs available to all workstations. I would like the batch programs to reside on the servers. When initiated, I...

Application not responding in Windows XP Professional

How do I determine what is causing a "Not Responding" status in Windows Task Manager when running my application? It changes back and forth from "Running" to "Not Responding". It is very slow but eventually finishes. Using Windows XP Professional and SQL Server 2000.

Barcode scanner that dumps into text file

Hi, I'm going to try to implement a barcode system to keep track of inventory. I was wondering if anyone can suggest the best handheld scanner to get that will let us scan several barcodes and then dump the scans into a text file? Or if anyone know of another better way to accomblish this. I'm...

E-Mail delivery delay

A user sends an important e-mail that doesn't show up in the recipient's Outlook inbox until several hours later. Is this a common problem? Is there any way to verify the time sent, or to find out what caused the delay? I'm being asked to investigate and have no idea where to begin. (The recipient...

External USB hard drive keeps using the same drive letter as a mapped natwork share

I have an XP Professional computer that I use to backup the contents of a network share (just for redundancy's sake). The problem I keep having is that when I connect the hard drive, it keeps assuming the drive letter of a network share that already is being used. This is a problem as I want to...

Disk Defragmenter

What causes the Windows XP Professional Disk Degragmenter to be "unable to start"? How can it be fixed/started?

Networking Problem

I have Windows XP professional OS. I have networking problem in my laptop. I am able to ping successfully on google.com (0 packet loss), however I am unable to open any web page. I spoke with my cable provider Customer Support & he said everything is fine but it looks like some of the security...

Windows XP Pro 32-bit with 4 GB of RAM unable to use more than 3 GB

hello all, I've just installed additional 2 GB of RAM to get 4 GB in total. however OS is unable to allocate whole 4 GB, but showing addressable only 3 GB (in system properties). System BIOS and also msinfo32.exe points to 4 GB of physical memory. any clue how to configure OS to be able to...

Installing SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Manager in Windows XP Pro

how to install SQL 2005 enterprise manager in XP professional.. When I am trying to install it, it is giving me IIS errors

Networking and Windows Workgroups.

My situation: I am a reitred Oracle Database Administrator with little expertise in Windows. I am currently doing volunteer work for an organization of volunteers maintaining their network of 8 computers in a Windows XP Professional Workgroup. I have little experience but am learning. The...

Windows XP configuration programs unresponsive

I had a hard drive that started triggering chkdsk on every boot and finding more an more bad files so I replaced it by cloning what was left with Acronis True Image. None of the configuration programs work on either drive: Add/Remove Programs, Computer Management, or Services. I re-installed SP2...

Computer Clocks synchronization

We have about 60 PCs in our high school, running Win XP Pro with a win 2003 Server. Virtually all of the computers' clock times are 10 minutes slow. If they're changed, they revert back almost immediately. On most PCs this isn't much of an issue, but tardy students are getting away with being 10...

Test Director 7.5 installation

I have windows XP Pro on my system, I installed Test Director 7.5 successfully. But when i try to open the application i get the error message as "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0: (MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; MS-RTC LM 8) is not supported" I tried to downgrade my IE 7 to IE 6, but was not able to...

How to remove the password before Windows XP Pro boots

There is this laptop that prompts for a password before XP boots. I am seeking a way that this password can be removed. its quite irritating and since the password was set by someone else it is a cumbersome password to remember. Thanks in advance.

Recover Overwritten file

I was recording session by windows media encoder, i stopped and start new session, the new session overwrite on my old wmv file. is it possible to recover. i tried enable previous version tab in windows properties. but i can,t view it. that option is there in vista but not in xp. we can recover...

After Disconnectiong From RDC Screen On Work PC Off

My work PC is running Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 and Remote Desktop Connection Shell Version 6 (Build Number 6000), Control Version 6.0.6000. My home PC is running Vista Home Premium and Remote Desktop Connection Shell Version 6.0.60001, Control Version 6.0.6001. I can...

Installing SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition on Windows XP

When I try to install SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition on Windows XP Professional Edition, it is giving me an error message that says my operating system is not supported. How can I install SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition on Windows XP Professional Edition?

roaming profiles permissions

I'm trying to login into roaming profile on windows server 2003 R2 standard from XP pro client. Only users with administrative privledges can login. Any suggestions?