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I have recently had a new pc at work as has my colleague (dell inspiron 6400). Since having my new laptop the connection when in server 2003 is disconnecting intermitted for 30 seconds to a minute. The settings are the same as my previous laptop which never disconnected. Is their any security updates which could affect this or configurations with the new laptop? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks in advance.

I recently started experiencing the following error coming from my BIOS MP3 error 2 it flashes on the screen just after scanning my SCSI drive, I have no idea where to look for more details, I've looked in the BIOS, nothing appears to be wrong, also looked in devices within control panel in windows, nothing is marked with an Exclamation, so what the heck does it mean? My system is set up in the following manner, floppy, internal DVD burner, External SCSI CD Burner.

After using the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs key to load a DLL into all processes, I now get a BSOD on startup. I've fixed this before by using the Windows XP CD to open the command prompt and delete the DLL, but I don't have the Windows CD with me right now. So, my question is, is there any other way to have Windows or even the command prompt open without loading the AppInit_DLLs? Thanks in advance.

After using the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs key to load a DLL into all processes, I now get a BSOD on startup. I've fixed this before by using the Windows XP CD to open the command prompt and delete the DLL, but I don't have the Windows CD with me right now. So, my question is, is there any other way to have Windows or even the command prompt open without loading the AppInit_DLLs? Thanks in advance.

Looking for a free or really cheap but effective duplicate file finder. One that can crawl trough 10 or 15 network shares on Windows 2003 servers and report on any duplicate file found... Have tried couple of tools from the Internet, but not very effective or even working... Thanks !!! --

could someone tell me easily how I organise the start menu programs, i.e. if I want to group all applications under "applications". Thanks -- maryc

I am having the Windows Installer problem where the installer tries over and over again to install SOMETHING. I have no idea what is being installed. 1) Is there some installer feature to list all products installed and the success of the process? 2) Can I just disable this? 3) Any other suggestions? Are there any products which can solve this annoying problem?

I am having the Windows Installer problem where the installer tries over and over again to install SOMETHING. I have no idea what is being installed. 1) Is there some installer feature to list all products installed and the success of the process? 2) Can I just disable this? 3) Any other suggestions? Are there any products which can solve this annoying problem?

Windows Explorer has encountered an error and has to close. We are sorry for the inconvience. App Name: explorer.exe Mod Name xvid.ax and I can't do anything with the directory.. Can someone help? thanks sharkman

Windows Explorer has encountered an error and has to close. We are sorry for the inconvience. App Name: explorer.exe Mod Name xvid.ax and I can't do anything with the directory.. Can someone help? thanks sharkman

I have two users who are configured as account operators. It appears that they cannot change or reset passwords on all AD accounts. There are some accounts they get an access denied message on. I am trying to understand what would cause this. I was under the impression account operators can reset and change passwords and unlock accounts on all accounts except system and administrator accounts (domain admin, enterprise admin, etc). It appears this way when they try and reset their own account as well through ADUC.

I have two users who are configured as account operators. It appears that they cannot change or reset passwords on all AD accounts. There are some accounts they get an access denied message on. I am trying to understand what would cause this. I was under the impression account operators can reset and change passwords and unlock accounts on all accounts except system and administrator accounts (domain admin, enterprise admin, etc). It appears this way when they try and reset their own account as well through ADUC.

Hi Guys, I have an HP dx 7600 with windows XP professional with SP2 pre-installed. It is hanging on "Windows is shutting down". I dont have any virus, most of the updates are installed. Any idea that can help? Thank you in advance... -- Regards Walid Natour

In another thread I detailed my problems getting my scanner to work properly in Vista without disabling UAC. Anyway, Canon says I should have installed my scanner using the administrator account: "Thank you for your inquiry. We value you as a Canon customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. Are you installing the scanner under the main "Administrator" account Accounts with Administrative privileges do not count. You will need to log directly into the Administrator account and reinstall. We hope this information is helpful to you. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your LiDE 30. Huh? do they mean I have to…

When I use an old IDE hard drive with pre-installed Windows XP Professional, my new computer doesn't recognize it. The computer works fine if I use an empty, formatted IDE hard drive and install Windows. The hard drive came from an older computer that had a different motherboard. Is there any way I can use the old hard drive (which has all of my programs) in the new computer? Or must I format the drive and reinstall Windows? The specs for my new computer are as follows: Motherboard: M2N-SLIDeluxe CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Graphics card: PNY Technologies GeForce 7300 GT Memory: Corsair 2Gbyte DDR2 Twin2X

When I use an old IDE hard drive with pre-installed Windows XP Professional, my new computer doesn't recognize it. The computer works fine if I use an empty, formatted IDE hard drive and install Windows. The hard drive came from an older computer that had a different motherboard. Is there any way I can use the old hard drive (which has all of my programs) in the new computer? Or must I format the drive and reinstall Windows? The specs for my new computer are as follows: Motherboard: M2N-SLIDeluxe CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Graphics card: PNY Technologies GeForce 7300 GT Memory: Corsair 2Gbyte DDR2 Twin2X

i want to create a named pipe with FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE access rights. for that i have to create one security discriptor but i dont which type of secirity discriptor i use to cerate namaed pipe with FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE rights. while creating security discriptor i dont want to use ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor funciton because i am going to build this code in DDK and DDK not support this function. so give me suggestion about security discriptor for FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE access rights.. Thanks in advance.. Kalpesh

When clicking on turn off computer the results are the hourglass comes on and stays on. Computer will not shutdown. Help would be appreciated.

Occasionally (but not always) when I right click on a file name in Explorer to get the drop-down menu, the file instantly disappears. It's not in the recycle bin, or anywhere else. This system is Windows XP Pro maintained to the latest maintenance and security levels. Currently I have to do backups before I touch any files, as there is no recoverability (that I know of).

Occasionally (but not always) when I right click on a file name in Explorer to get the drop-down menu, the file instantly disappears. It's not in the recycle bin, or anywhere else. This system is Windows XP Pro maintained to the latest maintenance and security levels. Currently I have to do backups before I touch any files, as there is no recoverability (that I know of).

Does anybody have the answer? I would really like vista to update. The solutions posted so far don't seem to relate to home basic. eg clicking start then run. Works in XP but not my vista.

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I have installed Longhorn server on drive "d" dual booting with Vista, eventually reformated this drive and installed Longhorn on a second computer. How do I remove the original loader from the Vista (offers choice Vista-Longhorn) Thanks in advance FJV

Sun has just released a new version of its Java machine for 32-bit IE, running in both x86 and x64 systems (Vista and XP). Go here: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and grab it. Carlos

I know Vista is very security conscious and all that, BUT every time you do anything, even as simple as renaming a file, it get ridiculous. It take from 3 to 6 times telling it, "this is really what I want to do", before it does it. Is there anyway to shorten this process down one or two "yes I want to do this" LOL. Sure would save on my nerves to have a shorter process. Thanks