I have a laptop in which the DVD drive does not function and i can not boot to USB, how can i install the OS over a network?
currently running XP
Remote desktop users have a grid visible on their desktop that runs through all the icons and applications. However when I log onto the server the grid is no where to be seen. My question is.....
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I've been having troubles running a particular installer which runs fine on one machine, but errors out on another. After a lot of digging through logs, I'm sure that the issue bo...
I currently have a .bat file, and it's loading a custom graphic image. This is great. But now, I need to be able to have the background color set too so it isn't the default blue. (I need i...
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what are the best free PC benchmark tools, testing data processing speed, multitasking abilities, graphics speed and so on.
It should be used on Windows (XP and Vista) machines.
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I have a portable PC runniing Windows CE 6. I want to create a saved RDP session that includes the server name and password and save it to the desktop so the user can double-click it to laun...
We are using acronis universal restore to move an image from an older HP desktop to a new acer AMD desktop. The drivers for the desktop are only available for windows vista. Short of manually ...
I grabbed this code off the internet somewhere, however it returns an error message while executing, although it seems to work anyway? Should I send the output to NUL? Is there anyway to mak...
I need to setup Steady state to block all websites except for one web domain address, so for instance a site like experts-exchange, but allow all of experts exchange content and pages
I've downloaded the latest version of RichCopy and would like to use it to move some files based on the Last Accessed date. Because the files themselves are in multiple directories, I would ...
start-up type greyed out in Services
When I open up services.msc and double click any service the 'startup type'
in the General tab is greyed out so I can't change it from Automatic to
Man...
I looked at MS website for Life Cycle information but it was quite vauge, can anyone tell me in plain english when exactly did/does XP go into extended support and when the life cycle ends?
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WHY AM I GETTING THIS AND HOW DO I FIX IT: EVERY TIME I LOG IN I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE WINDOWS EXPLORER ERROR SIGNATU
RE APPNAME: EXPLORER.EXE APPVER:6.0.2900.2180 MODNAME: hraoencj.dll m...
need the password bios for dell inspiron 5100 laptop
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Two users (user1 and user2) are sitting at user1's workstation. User1 is logged in using his domain account. He points IE...
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I have a Dell Vostro Vista Business PC on which I couldn't install updates. I ran chkdsk /r as per advice found on the net, but it is giving me problems. It repeatedly finds errors ...
Does anyone know if i can upgrade from xp to vista then vista to windows 7. i understand you can not upgrade from xp to windows 7 with out doing a clean install. i know you can upgrade from vi...
I have WSUS 3.0 SP2 running on a Win 2003 x86 box. Started as WSUS 2 and has been upgraded, working ok. Would like to move WSUS to a Win 2008 x64 box. I have it stuck in my head that for "g...
I grabbed this off the internet. And it works, but I have no idea how it works. Anyone care to explain for 500 points?
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This question is about a Windows 2008 server that is in a VMWare VM. It has two IP addresses that are set up in a Network Load Balance configuration. The IPCONFIG /ALL on the server shows:
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Why would an ODBC connection disappear from the System DSN tab?
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I have a script file (.VBS) which will execute some configurations in my system and install a software afterwards (there is a .vbs, .reg and .exe file)
The manual says that a...
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We are installing an Exchange 2007 mail server.
We can send mail, but we can not recieve it.
Internally, we can telnet to port 25 and recieve the expected response, howe...
Is there a good and free file manager program that can be run from command prompt in recovery mode (ie. when I booted from a recovery/install cd)on Vista 64bit?
I'm looking for one that runs ...
The last couple of days when an employee boots his laptop running Windows XP, he launches a shortcut that references a mapped drive (mapped to a folder on our Server 2003 file server) and it d...
