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I cannot set some folder's icon to display a specified image (Properties -> customize -> Choose a File(F)... ) and some unrelated folders' icons have changed. as if the effect of setting the first folder's icon has been transmitted to these unrelated folders. I cannot recover these bad icons ! Please help!

is it possible to load third party utilities such as knoppix(live), ubuntu(live) the same way that you load a winpe from a microsoft ris server

is it possible to load third party utilities such as knoppix(live), ubuntu(live) the same way that you load a winpe from a microsoft ris server

Hi, I have a trouble with Win XP Home (SP2) :-) If I use Task Sheduler Service, my pc crash with error 0x000000F4 between 15-20 minutes with no activity. I suspect at this time my pc run into Idle time and process a task... and this task crash my session. I search what is the name of process (or task, or .exe or .dll). If I not enable Task Sheduler Service, I have no problem. Or if I work with my pc, I have no problem. My problem appear only if I not use my pc. My Disply Properties "Screen saver" is [none], "Background" is Bliss.

On loading Windows XP I get the Sub window Title:-SPRINGFLD_ADV_DAEMON:WksCAL.exe-Entry Point not found Below title is Procedure Entry Point GetIUMs could not be located in Dynamic Link Library MSDART.DLL Any idea what this is about

Hi all, I have added the Japanese IME but I cannot choose it or even enable it to type Japanese. Is there any solution? I tried few hours already searching clues within registry. Thanks.

In setting up my mouse pointer, I selected the Snap To function, which sends the pointer to a "default" position like OK, for example. However, the mouse pointer is not going to these default positions, but rather goes to some other highlighted area in the window. Any ideas what's going on? How do we fix this? Mike

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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?

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 …

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.

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

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

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?

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…

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…