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clarification for VSS UseMicrosoftProvider setting
by Guest Hong- 0 replies
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It is documented the DWORD entry "UseMicrosoftProvider=1" at the hive HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\ will force Windows 2003 SP1's NTBackup to use the built-in Microsoft VSS Software provider, a useful exclusion test to see if third-party VSS Software provider is at fault 1. Does this also apply for XP SP2 platform? 2. Is the default "UseMicrosoftProvider=0" when there is no presence of this value, then a third-party VSS Software provider is used if present? 3. If there're more than one third-party VSS Software providers, how to select a specific non-Microsoft third-party VSS Software provider to be the default? 4. Can VS…
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clarification for VSS UseMicrosoftProvider setting
by Guest Hong- 0 replies
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It is documented the DWORD entry "UseMicrosoftProvider=1" at the hive HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\ will force Windows 2003 SP1's NTBackup to use the built-in Microsoft VSS Software provider, a useful exclusion test to see if third-party VSS Software provider is at fault 1. Does this also apply for XP SP2 platform? 2. Is the default "UseMicrosoftProvider=0" when there is no presence of this value, then a third-party VSS Software provider is used if present? 3. If there're more than one third-party VSS Software providers, how to select a specific non-Microsoft third-party VSS Software provider to be the default? 4. Can VSSTRACE…
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Memory and Motherboards
by Guest titus12- 0 replies
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If Windows Vista 64-bit can use more than 8GB of memory, where can you get the motherboard that has more than 4 bays to install the memory chips? All the motherboards I have found have only 4 bays. Even if the specs. says you can install 8GB of memory, the memory chips comes in 1GB chips and the motherboard has 4 bays. Thank you; David
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Problem with Shortcut to Local Area Network
by Guest Peter- 0 replies
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I have a shortcut of "Local Area Network" on my desktop. For unknown reason, there is a yellow exclamation mark adjacent to it. On the other hand, I am able to access internet via ADSL modem that make use of network cable. I have tried to repair it but still has the same symbol. I have restarted the XP machine as well. Your advice is sought Peter
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Problem with Shortcut to Local Area Network
by Guest Peter- 0 replies
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I have a shortcut of "Local Area Network" on my desktop. For unknown reason, there is a yellow exclamation mark adjacent to it. On the other hand, I am able to access internet via ADSL modem that make use of network cable. I have tried to repair it but still has the same symbol. I have restarted the XP machine as well. Your advice is sought Peter
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Print Server Problems With Vista
by Guest Roger Stenson- 0 replies
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Hi all I have installed a wifi print server on my network which services all the linked computers, which are one or another version Vista .. Every time it prints it starts with a blank page. Is there anything I can to to my setup to stop this Roger Stenson
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CSC Recovery of Offline Files
by Guest UName IT Solutions- 0 replies
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We have a computer were files were in an offline mode. When we went to reinstall our domain controller we didn't know some files were not syncronizing to the server. We took the computer off the old domain and switched it to the new domain. We can no longer access the offline files even though we have access to the entire CSC folder. I can not seem to find anything online that states if we can copy the existing CSC folder on another computer and extract the data. When we attempted this in the past it made the system almost unmanagable by freezing the computer. I am looking for a solution to be able to access this CSC file. I know I can use CSCCMD to extract the f…
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CSC Recovery of Offline Files
by Guest UName IT Solutions- 0 replies
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We have a computer were files were in an offline mode. When we went to reinstall our domain controller we didn't know some files were not syncronizing to the server. We took the computer off the old domain and switched it to the new domain. We can no longer access the offline files even though we have access to the entire CSC folder. I can not seem to find anything online that states if we can copy the existing CSC folder on another computer and extract the data. When we attempted this in the past it made the system almost unmanagable by freezing the computer. I am looking for a solution to be able to access this CSC file. I know I can use CSCCMD to extr…
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access to MS terminal server 2000
by Guest Alonso- 0 replies
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Hi I have more win 2k and xp pro clients accessing MS terminal server 2000. But there is on client saying that the terminal server license is running out in xx days. All sp and updates is installed. What do i doo. BG Allan
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access to MS terminal server 2000
by Guest Alonso- 0 replies
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Hi I have more win 2k and xp pro clients accessing MS terminal server 2000. But there is on client saying that the terminal server license is running out in xx days. All sp and updates is installed. What do i doo. BG Allan
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The Profil could be found....
by Guest Mr. Bike- 0 replies
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I am getting since some days a after singning in(ctrl+alt+del) a message liken " the profil could not be found a new profil will be created ...) after 60 second the screen disapears and I am in with another profil. When I start the PC again, I can without any Problem sign on and get my normal Profil. What can be the reason and how to solve the problem. I feeling like the problem comes with a microsoft patch. Isn't it?
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Microsoft ODBC Text Drivers for x64
by Guest Mark- 0 replies
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Anyone have Windows 2008 x64 installed and can have a look and see if the Microsoft ODBC Text Drivers are back in the OS again? Does anyone know if there are plans for this? There was a thread on this forum back in May 2007 but it seems to have been removed. I'll cut and paste part of it here as reference: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general From: "Ahmed Saeed" <ahmed...@eim.ae> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:19:59 +0400 Local: Wed, May 23 2007 4:19 am Subject: Need Microsoft ODBC Driver for Text files Reply to author | Forward | Print …
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help please, cant boot up properly
by Guest AndreasThumm- 0 replies
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Hey, my computer was running fine, went to watch a movie, came back and screen is black, cant get it back up so i restart. The screen fills with jibberish and flashing grey bars go down the screen which turn pink. It goes to the screen which just has windows with the loading bar in the center of the screen, still with the flashing bars, and then the screen goes black and nothing happens... Anyone know anything please? Thanks.
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Dual boot reinstall
by Guest Paul- 0 replies
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I have XP and Vista on 2 separate hard drives. Seems I may have a sneaky virus and I don't trust that the scans got everything so I want to reinstall XP. Since it's best to have XP installed before installing Vista, can I reformat and reinstall XP on the separate drive and will Vista even realize it? Meaning, will Vista's bootloader be changed or will it just see the XP boot info and not even know it was reinstalled? Thanks
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Dual boot reinstall
by Guest Paul- 0 replies
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I have XP and Vista on 2 separate hard drives. Seems I may have a sneaky virus and I don't trust that the scans got everything so I want to reinstall XP. Since it's best to have XP installed before installing Vista, can I reformat and reinstall XP on the separate drive and will Vista even realize it? Meaning, will Vista's bootloader be changed or will it just see the XP boot info and not even know it was reinstalled? Thanks
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Recently, some users didn't see their own desktop or files after logon. A new profile was created after checked and will use new profile (e.g. \username.000). Then I need to rename \username.000 to \username.old and restore user's original profile \username to \username.000 Actually, what can cause this problem or any solution to avoid this happen again?
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Strange Issue Migrating from SBS 2000 to Server 2003 R2
by Guest Bob Randall- 0 replies
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I have a strange issue that I need help with – here are the details: I recently moved a small business office off of Small Business Server 2000 which was running as a DC, DNS Server, DHCP, and IS 2000. This office has 10 users, so I went the fully manual way. I took a new Windows 2003 R2 server, built a new DC, and added DNS and DHCP services to it. I changed the Domain name when I did it as well, because the person who created the initial SBS 2000 domain named it the same as their registered domain name (which caused issues with the externally hosted web site,etc). The SBS 2000 domain name was special-tees.com, and I built the new domain as home.special-tees…
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Strange Issue Migrating from SBS 2000 to Server 2003 R2
by Guest Bob Randall- 0 replies
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I have a strange issue that I need help with – here are the details: I recently moved a small business office off of Small Business Server 2000 which was running as a DC, DNS Server, DHCP, and IS 2000. This office has 10 users, so I went the fully manual way. I took a new Windows 2003 R2 server, built a new DC, and added DNS and DHCP services to it. I changed the Domain name when I did it as well, because the person who created the initial SBS 2000 domain named it the same as their registered domain name (which caused issues with the externally hosted web site,etc). The SBS 2000 domain name was special-tees.com, and I built the new domain as home.spec…
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Backed Up Files!
by Guest JCW- 0 replies
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After having done a backup on my wife's computer, I tried recently to access her files and restore some, I found that the files either have an @ symbol or a $ sign and the end of the files and they won't open. Any help please... JCW
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Windows calendar
by Guest Kimberly OFlaherty- 0 replies
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Can I import from Palm desktop on my XP machine to windows calendar? -- Kimberly O'Flaherty Senior Destination Wedding Travel Specialist Destination Wedding Travel, Inc. http://www.destinationweddings.com koflaherty@destinationweddings.com Phone: 781-944-3138 Fax: 781-998-8384 (Eastern time) "A customer is the most important visitor on our premises he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so." -Mahatma Gandhi
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Explorer not showing correct disk space avail
by Guest gbug- 0 replies
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Hi all, im running Windows 2003 R2 server, with all service packs. The problem i have is a disk on this server is showin 80gb of 90gb being used, but when you view disk manager, it shows the true size, which is only 30 gb of disk being used. Is there something i can do to display the true size, as this is affecting quota's we have set on this server. Cheers!
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Explorer not showing correct disk space avail
by Guest gbug- 0 replies
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Hi all, im running Windows 2003 R2 server, with all service packs. The problem i have is a disk on this server is showin 80gb of 90gb being used, but when you view disk manager, it shows the true size, which is only 30 gb of disk being used. Is there something i can do to display the true size, as this is affecting quota's we have set on this server. Cheers!
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Error code question
by Guest TJ- 0 replies
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I recently discovered that my computer has not been installing the windows updates nor will it let me install them manually. The error code is 8E5E03FE. I can not find the meaning of this code anywhere. Please help. I have a Dell Inspiron E1405 and am using Vista Home Premium.
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shaderapidx9.dll FIX!
by Guest brinkk- 0 replies
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Read This: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=574938&highlight=shaderapidx9.dll I'm hoping this helps some people.. it worked for me! Who would've thought... AIM
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Version 5.13A of the Hyperion Pro drivers
by Guest Kue2- 0 replies
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Version - 513A 27 August 2007 Release Note ReadMe Note Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-Bit, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Vista 32-Bit, Windows Vista 64-Bit http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1070