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Hey guy how do you monitor all the running process memory consumption on your win03 server using performance monitor? -- Message posted via http://www.winserverkb.com

Seems that there are 'issues' with the july patches. 2 machines done so far, problems with both. Machine 1 is XP home, machine 2 is XP Pro. The issue seems to be that for some reason, a restart is not enough. One machine froze when restarting, the other would not correctly reload the (Zone Labs) Firewall. In both cases, a power down followed by a cold boot seems to have got things working again. My guess is that there was something left in memory that confused things to the extent of screwing a program after the restart. There are times when I wonder about the validity of alllowing any machine to update from the web, in that all I seem to get recent…

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Win98se themes and cursors in WinXP. I have two drives hooked up, one with WinXP Pro SP2 and the other Win98se. Can I copy cursor and theme files from Win98 to WinXP without a problem. I have done this but it seems(not sure) that some of the cursors give me trouble with the cursor locking up after awhile(not all the time). I have done some investigation and it seems that the Nature cursors from Win98 Plus package work alright. I have checked with Paint Shop Pro and for the most part those cursors are 4bit/16 color cursors. When I switch to Travel(8bit/256 color) cursors I will get lockups after awhile. I could go into thi…

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Win98se themes and cursors in WinXP. I have two drives hooked up, one with WinXP Pro SP2 and the other Win98se. Can I copy cursor and theme files from Win98 to WinXP without a problem. I have done this but it seems(not sure) that some of the cursors give me trouble with the cursor locking up after awhile(not all the time). I have done some investigation and it seems that the Nature cursors from Win98 Plus package work alright. I have checked with Paint Shop Pro and for the most part those cursors are 4bit/16 color cursors. When I switch to Travel(8bit/256 color) cursors I will get lockups after awhile. I could go …

What are the issues that I should anticipate in such a setup? Specifically, I'd like to tread slowly in the move to 64-bit. I have a simple home network setup: 1 Longhorn 32-bit standard server 1 dual boot Vista/XP client 32-bit (main PC, Vista default OS) 1 dual boot XP/Vista client 32-bit (kids PC, XP default OS) All are on a single domain. Both clients are capable of 64-bit. The server is as well, but I'd like to hammer out any 64-bit issues, quirks, etc. on a client before messing with the server, plus most of my kids' games and such aren't ready for the 64-bit plunge, so their PC will be stuck on 32-bit XP Pro for the foreseeable future. My mai…

What are the issues that I should anticipate in such a setup? Specifically, I'd like to tread slowly in the move to 64-bit. I have a simple home network setup: 1 Longhorn 32-bit standard server 1 dual boot Vista/XP client 32-bit (main PC, Vista default OS) 1 dual boot XP/Vista client 32-bit (kids PC, XP default OS) All are on a single domain. Both clients are capable of 64-bit. The server is as well, but I'd like to hammer out any 64-bit issues, quirks, etc. on a client before messing with the server, plus most of my kids' games and such aren't ready for the 64-bit plunge, so their PC will be stuck on 32-bit XP Pro for the foreseeable future. …

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I have a Toshiba Tecra A4 laptop running Windows XP Pro. It has 2 USB ports. When I connect a mouse to any of the USB ports, I see the following message (displayed only once, not consistenly each time I connect the mouse to the USB port): USB Device Not Recognized One of the USB ports has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. I checked the Device Manager and verified that (1) USB Root Hub and (2) USB Universal & Enhanced Host Controller are working. Simply put, only my touchpad seems to work. However the mouse that I am using does not appear to work. Besides the mouse that I was originally using, I have tried 3 different mouse, but the…

I have a Toshiba Tecra A4 laptop running Windows XP Pro. It has 2 USB ports. When I connect a mouse to any of the USB ports, I see the following message (displayed only once, not consistenly each time I connect the mouse to the USB port): USB Device Not Recognized One of the USB ports has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. I checked the Device Manager and verified that (1) USB Root Hub and (2) USB Universal & Enhanced Host Controller are working. Simply put, only my touchpad seems to work. However the mouse that I am using does not appear to work. Besides the mouse that I was originally using, I have tried 3 different mouse, but…

Is it possible and reasonable to reduce the pagefile in a server with 4GB RAM (3 GB usable, /3GB switch, Windows Server 2003 Standard) to 2GB from 4GB?? What are the performance monitors I need to look at in Performance Monitor to know how much the pagefile is really being used?? These servers are for Exchange 2003 (also DC, file/print) and SQL 2005. OR -- is it better to me to just move the pagefile to the larger one of the two partitions on the server?? That is, from C:\ to D:\?? (C is smaller than it should be, D is quite large) I know that the servers will eventually have to be rebuilt or replaced but if I can move or resize the pagefile, I can put thi…

Is it possible and reasonable to reduce the pagefile in a server with 4GB RAM (3 GB usable, /3GB switch, Windows Server 2003 Standard) to 2GB from 4GB?? What are the performance monitors I need to look at in Performance Monitor to know how much the pagefile is really being used?? These servers are for Exchange 2003 (also DC, file/print) and SQL 2005. OR -- is it better to me to just move the pagefile to the larger one of the two partitions on the server?? That is, from C:\ to D:\?? (C is smaller than it should be, D is quite large) I know that the servers will eventually have to be rebuilt or replaced but if I can move or resize the pagefile, I can put thi…

I did a clean install of Vista Business, it was working fine for a while, then it started hanging about 30 seconds after I logged into the administrator account every single time. So I booted in safe mode and logged into administrator (it worked) and ran MSCONFIG and disabled just about everything I could think of, then rebooted normally and logged back into administrator. It still hung. So I then rolled back to a previously known good config from a couple of weeks prior, but that didn't help. I had an alternate user account I had created and logged into that. It worked!!! No more hangs..... then........ I remote desktopped in from my wife's XP machine. …

Hi all, I walked in on a new job, they had two DCs Win 2K and one has been dead for weeks, no backups…. One DC is operational. I bought a new server Win 2003 R2 server and all hot fixes are installed. Can not join the domain because the failed DC name is the same is the new box….I thought I should force removing the old DC name from AD and seize any FSMO role to the existing DC which is win 2k advanced server. I plan to run adprep / forestprep and domainprep and run dcpromo on the new box. I would like to know if you think my plan will work before I start this process, and learn how to remove a filed DC from active directory… Thanks

I've been using NetChk Protect to install Windows patches for the past couple years on an XP machine, when they offered the service free to individuals. It installs multiple patches at once, reboots automatically when necessary, and avoids the WGA issue. Unfortunately, they're no longer free, and they're really set up to deal with Fortune 500-type companies. Anyone know of another service that might be more suited to an individual? Other than WindowsUpdate, of course. :) I'm now using a Vista PC. -- The most important tool of the scientist is the wastebasket. ....Albert Einstein

I am trying to help my friend set up his vista laptop to connect to the printer he has shared on his desktop pc but am getting an error message "you are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network" Below are the details There is an xp pc (\\carey) with a printer on it which is shared as \printer (The other 2 machines which are all XP machines can access it connect and print no problem) The workgroup is set up corrcetly, all machines are part of a workgroup called "WORKGROUP" and the machines have different names. I get ping reponses to when i do ip address pings to and from all machiness when i try to connect to the main PC by name, i…

I am trying to help my friend set up his vista laptop to connect to the printer he has shared on his desktop pc but am getting an error message "you are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network" Below are the details There is an xp pc (\\carey) with a printer on it which is shared as \printer (The other 2 machines which are all XP machines can access it connect and print no problem) The workgroup is set up corrcetly, all machines are part of a workgroup called "WORKGROUP" and the machines have different names. I get ping reponses to when i do ip address pings to and from all machiness when i try to connect to the main PC by name, i…

The content source <csc:// {s-1-5-21-2237544137-4080481152-488268604-1000}/> cannot be accessed. Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog Details: The object was not found. (0x80041201) Anyone know how to fix this?

Svea7151 Wrote: > Hi! > > Have really strange problem with my USB Headset Plantronics Gamecom pro > 1, > music is choppy and bad quality. Windows Vista Beta 2 32-bit..... works > perfect on my XP installation as well as MacOs X. Im surprised cause > its a > 100% plug´n play set. Well, and my usb keyboard and mouse also fails > to work > proper, I always have to unplug/plug to get em to work. Any solutions > to > this??!! Hey, I have the same problem. Did you fix it yet? -- FloOFy.2

I tried to add network a printers to a workstation by clicking Start > Search > Find Printers and then clicked Find Now. In the past I got all the printers shared from each of my print servers. Now I am only getting shared network printers on workstations throughout the domain, not any on the print servers. All the printers are shared correctly on the servers and I can still map a printer by browsing the server (\\SERVERNAME) and selecting connect. Any idea why all the print server printers will not display? Any idea how to get them back? Thanks, James

I tried to add network a printers to a workstation by clicking Start > Search > Find Printers and then clicked Find Now. In the past I got all the printers shared from each of my print servers. Now I am only getting shared network printers on workstations throughout the domain, not any on the print servers. All the printers are shared correctly on the servers and I can still map a printer by browsing the server (\\SERVERNAME) and selecting connect. Any idea why all the print server printers will not display? Any idea how to get them back? Thanks, James

I want to run an input mask and the download starts up and ask for a disk to continue, i never have a disk for my mircosoft office. this is for the access program. is there a way to download from windows web site? or a different function i can do to get the field to set up for input mask?

Hello, I just got Vista, I was changing permissions for network access. When I added "everyone" I accidently unchecked the change permissions box. Now no matter what I do I cannot change the permissions back to what they were. I am totally locked out. I even tried to log into administrator and it still didn't work. Please help!! Thanks, Ed

When i click on check for updates, no updates are coming :( I wanted to install a MUI but they dont come in the update list :(

I did not have the problem you did concerning the Hal.dll. But three times in the past three years I have encountered the "missing ASMS file" error -- using different XP setup CDs (all legal), and several different kinds of DVD and CD ROM drives. You ask, "can it be that an installation disk ask for files it did not put into the CD to begin with ... "? I think the answer to that question is yes. I would be interested to know what year appears on the Windows setup CD you used, as I suspect the bug might have been fixed sometime in 2004 or later. I am only interested in the year if it's a valid Microsoft hologram type CD you used, or a media that came with an…

I did not have the problem you did concerning the Hal.dll. But three times in the past three years I have encountered the "missing ASMS file" error -- using different XP setup CDs (all legal), and several different kinds of DVD and CD ROM drives. You ask, "can it be that an installation disk ask for files it did not put into the CD to begin with ... "? I think the answer to that question is yes. I would be interested to know what year appears on the Windows setup CD you used, as I suspect the bug might have been fixed sometime in 2004 or later. I am only interested in the year if it's a valid Microsoft hologram type CD you used, or a media that came…