Organisation buys a bunch of second hand computers.
Valid licenses on them for Windows 2000 Professional but no CDs come with the machines. Hard disks have been wiped clean.
OK, no pr...
We're running a Small Business Windows 2000 (SP3) server. Every 5 - 10 days we start seeing many entries in the System event log stating that "The server was unable to allocate from the syste...
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I am trying to setup a logon script so a when a user log's on he will have 5 mapped network drives. When I googled on how to do this it seems like I need to setup a batch file first. I...
I'm looking for a simple (and preferably free) way of getting remote desktop functionality between 2 windows 2000 pro machines. I know this is available in XP, but I'm not sure how to do it i...
One of our web servers is acting weird and not letting us view the control panel to add/remove software.
Question: Is it possible to uninstall software that is in the control panel "Add r...
I got this error in my system.log file and Network become too slow.
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer <computer Name > that believes that it is the mast...
How do you import updated ADM files into a GPO ? Do you update the default domain policy ? Does that apply to all GPO's ? Or can you import the specifc ADM into the GPO that you want to app...
An event in the event log of our 2000 server states: "This machine is a PDC of the domain at the root of the forest. Configure to sync from external time soruce using the net command 'net tim...
What is the major Difference between Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professsional.
I have a Windows 2000 file server hosting the files and folders for a large department. We have purchased a new server for the department. I would like to use a tool to copy the file and fol...
For the past couple of days, the following error has been popping up in my Application Log on my server - . After this error is thrown, it is followed by about 1500 other errors all statin...
In our organization we would like all of our users to use a proxy server to access the internet. Reading online I was able to find suggestions using group policy to set this up. I figured it w...
I am trying to write an efficient batch file to do some cleanup for systems in our network prior to recreating new systems and copying some saved files over to the new computer.
The follo...
This has happened on my terminal server twice in the past few months. Granted, rebooting solves the problem, but when this box services roughly 500 people rebooting is not optimal. Not to me...
I noticed that my desktops and member servers keep getting messages that a time server could not be located. I noticed that I do not see the port 123 listening when I use netstat. I am also ...
Im trying to use GP to install a update over our network. the update is an .exe file type and GP will only use .msi file types.
ive got hold of the WinInstall LE off the w2k 2000 server di...
What is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG\Seed and what is it used for?
We would like to use NTBACKUP as a cheap solution to backups. Scheduled to run every evening is easy. However, we also would like the .log file to be printed out or emailed and the tape to be ...
I AM FORMATTING MY HARD DRIVE AND I HAVE LOST THE PRODUCT KEY CODE FOR MY WINDOWS 2000 PRO.
I HAVE ALREADY DOWNLOADED THE KEYFIINDER SOFTWARE (I HAVE TWO COMPUTERS)AND IT ONLY GIVES MY THE UP...
I have a production server that I need to kill a service process on without having to reboot the windows 2000 server.
I can see the executable in task manager that I want to stop but gives m...
Hello experts,
I need to write a batch file that will ask users for account and password and then will connect to different servers using these input data. I can do that with the following ...
We are just about to roll out XP Pro with SP2 as our new SOE, we have locked
down the desktop for all users apart from the few that have local Admin rig
hts.
By default, the Quick Launch...
How do I get around this procedure entry point problem without the original Win 2K CD?
Beginning Wednesday the 13th after my PC automatically restarted after a Windows update I've been gett...
Dear all,
I have around 2000 machines in my network. All the machines are the member of a single domain.
I have created one group in my domain for my Technical Support Engineers.
I want t...
How do i check my computer to see if port # 19638 is being blocked by an application or anything.
(it's not a router problem)
This port is mandatory for me to access the admin control panel ...
