when powered up no boot squence is performed
using windows xp ver 2 when powering up it starts to check for boot squence and then flashes a yellow light four times and then a pause it tries agian for boot and nothing so the flashing light agian. fans have some on in the meantime.

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2009  9:11 PM
Boot failure, Windows XP, Windows XP boot failure

MOSS 2007, Excel 2003 document opens in read only mode
Salaam, I am using Windows XP Version 5.1, Service Pack 2 and MS Office 2003 SP3. On Some Sharepoint sites, when I open an MS Excel document, it opens in read only mode. I mapped the network drive and opened from there, but was still opening in read only mode. Other Office documents like, word, [...]

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2009  9:52 AM
Excel2003, Microsoft Office 2003, MOSS 2007, SharePoint, Windows XP

CRTL + ALT + DEL on a mac running windows
I have a MACBOOK that i;ve installed windows XP pro on. when I try to get into it by using the FN+CTRL+ALT then backspace keys, it doesn’t respond. this is a new mac and I don’t know what else I need to try

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2009  2:28 PM
Mac hardware, Mac OS, MacBook Pro, Windows XP

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 previous [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2009  2:24 PM
Microsoft Word, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Word 2003

Trust relationship between this workstation and Primary Domain
I have a win2k3 sp1 box connected to xpSP3 thru crossover cable. DHCP works, the PC is in the domain. I cant remotely manage the PC from the server, so I tried adding the domain admin to the list of users on the PC. admin can log on no problems, but when i try to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2009  10:29 PM
Primary Domain Controller, Remote management, Trust relationship, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

all the same picture when sending
when I try to send several pictures out they come back all the same picture. What can I do to make them stay and not be the same?? thank you

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2009  7:49 PM
IncrediMail, Windows XP

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

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2009  3:27 AM
Windows XP, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional

Outlook 2007 Not Enough Memory when trying to view a shared mailbox.
We are using Outlook 2007/Exchange 2003. Since last Wednesday, a small part of our users have been getting the error “Not Enough Memory to Perform this Operation” when just trying to open or view a shared/department mailbox. We made no system changes, but there was an automatic update from Microsoft. Everyone is on XP with [...]

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  8:49 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Windows XP

Can’t use database within Workgroup with Windows XP clients
I am in charge of 10 computers and a server, I have them all on a workgroup and i can only use the database application installed on the server on the older computers. I try to use the same program on win xp but it says that the program is outside of the local intranet [...]

Answer Question   |  May 1, 2009  10:57 PM
Database connectivity, Database permissions, Windows XP, Windows XP Workgroup, Workgroup

Disabling USB flash drive use via group policy
Do you know of a way to effectively disable USB flash drives while permitting other USB devices on client computers through a group policy? Our systems administrator has tried a couple of alternatives, but some of them completely disable the USB ports, and others just block some specific types or models of flash drives. The [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  6:07 PM
Group Policy, Security, USB Flash drives, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Virtualization advice for testing websites
just a quick inquiry about some Virtualisation products. I’m after a solution for my Web development team to test websites. Scenario: Team of Web developers who need to test websites in multiple browsers on cross platforms – Various flavours of XP// Vista possibly Ubuntu Linux Ideal Solution: Machine dedicated to remote log-in with various OS/ [...]

Answer Question   |  April 30, 2009  3:27 PM
Application virtualization, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Vista, Web developers, Web development, Website design, Website Testing, Windows XP

I am using TWEAK-UI for Auto log in. But it never auto log in. I have to press Enter always !
I have used different Tweaks from others & as wellas from MS.

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2009  6:53 AM
Tweak UI, Windows XP

Command used when replacing a HDD with another from a different PC
Hi Guys, I want to find out about a command that is used when I replace a hard drive with another one from another PC (already installed with windows XP), I know that when you do that, it will give a blue sreen. but when you run this command (on the hard drive you putting [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2009  6:41 AM
COMMANDS, Hard drives, HDD, Windows XP

Corrupt of Missing System file
Hi everyone. We had a remote user whose laptop shutdown on her while working on emails and when it restarted it gave the following message: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: windowssystem32configsystem We set up a new laptop for her and swapped it out. 20 minutes into working on [...]

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2010  9:43 PM
Desktops, Missing File Error Message, Remote users, Windows XP

Computer Management Console
Hi, When iam opening computer management in the disk management drives are not showing up and in the disk fragmentation drives are showing but when i click fragment it not fragmenting it shows up the disk cannot be fragmented. thanks Anil

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2009  10:47 AM
Computer Management Console, Desktop, Windows XP, Windows XP administration

Word margins and text appear shrunk after changing from reading view to normal view
First the OS is Windows XP, SP3, Office 03 SP2, Exchange 03. The problem is that a user opens an attached word document from an email, then changes the view from reading to normal, when he does this the font shrinks and the margins also shrink. When I say the margins shrink, I mean they [...]

Answer Question   |  April 22, 2009  3:41 PM
Exchange 2003, Microsoft Word, Office 2003, Windows XP, Word 2003

Can’t create ODBC connection to sql 2005 instance
I have a server 2003 two node cluster with SQL 2005 installed. The orginal instance is working fine and there is no connection problem. I have created a second instance and can connect with the SQL Management Studio. When i try to create a ODBC connection from my client os both XP and VISTA both [...]

Answer Question   |  April 26, 2009  4:20 PM
ODBC, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 connectivity, SQL Server connectivity, SQL Server Management Studio, Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Windows XP Backup Wizard
I am trying to backup all information on my computer using the Backup Wizard in Windows XP. The information is being written to an external hard drive. Unfortunately the wizard states I have to insert a floppy disc once the backup is complete, so that it can write a recovery disc, without which the backup [...]

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  9:52 AM
Backup, Windows XP, Windows XP backup, Windows XP Backup Utility, Windows XP Backup Wizard

Saves to desktop Windows XP
Windows XP saves to desktop instead of asking where to save it to. How do I change this?

Answer Question   |  April 16, 2009  10:20 PM
Desktops, Windows XP

VMRC-type utility for WinXP – What prevents Hyper-V Manager from running on WinXP?
Most of our users use windows xp and have been using vmrc for VS 2005, we hope MS can have some VMRC like utility for windows XP. any technical reason that prevents h-v manager run on windows xp? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2009  8:27 PM
Hyper-V Manager, Microsoft virtualization, VMRC, VS 2005, Windows XP