XP Professional

WinXP Pro PC cannot ping Win2003 DC after Windows Firewall configuration.

I have been fighting with this issue for 2 days and I am going crazy. We have 2 domain controllers, 1 on-site and 1 off-site as a backup. Last week I configured a windows firewall group policy object to open: file and printer sharing, remote access, disable remote desktop, open ICMP for the...

Print spooler batch file help.

Hey all, An end user has requested a facility to restart the print spoolers on a remote print server. I know how to create a batch file to restart the spoolers on a local machine but how would I go about pointing it to the remote sever? Many thanks, K

Archiving Calenadar in Lotus Notes

I have Lotus Notes 6.5.1 with Windows XP Pro. When I archive my mail, calendar entries disappear and I cannot find them in the archive. How do I ensure that the calendar entries are being archived and how can I find them in the archive?

Active directory user profile issue.

I'm running active directory on 2003 servers with XP professional clients. When a user has any file open for editing and someone else tries to access that same file, they receive a notice that the file is locked by "profile" instead of the actual user that has it locked. What could cause this?

Hang at "Applying Computer Settings" on Windows XP Pro

Incredibly frustrating issue. When booting, before logon, the system hangs at "Applying Computer Settings" indefinitely. It has been left for several hours with no change. If the network cable is unplugged, it will act normally up until login, where it will hang at "Loading your Personal...

XP Professional- Boot - Windows "System32" Folder

Dear ITKE: After a boot up, under a limited user account, the Windows "system32" folder opens. I was told this could be due to an uninstalled program component trying to load. Then instructed to check the startup services and uncheck anything that I didn't want running. The folder started...