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Hi Everyone:         I am trying to work on a laptop in which the desktop icons and start menu icons are missing.  At this point, I am interested in any recommendations or tips which will c...
I have a customer whos XP system wont boot. I tried recovery console and ran chkdisk which terminated at 25% with the message "one or more unrecoverable errors on volume". So the XP partition ...
How can I copy programs and data files from one PC to another?  I don't know if I have the budget to purchase a program.  Is there an easy way?  Thanks. Libbi
Anybody know where I can download clientdiag.exe for WSUS client testing?
Is there any way to restore an XP system when the Dell Recovery Partition is corrupted? The partitions show using BartsPE.  However on straight boot I'm getting a Stop 7b error. When boo...
    I have created some log files using perfmon on a server, but when I copy the .blg files to my local PC, I can’t view them, or it opens up a perfmon instance with counters from my PC. I have c...
I have around 100 laptops with XXP to configure that will not be used in a domain setting. I need to apply all MS hotfixes through Windows Update but I would like to save on time and bandwidth...
Hello -- Recently began working as a mini-computer operator on an IBM AS/400 system.  I'm looking to learn about some of the basics with AS/400.  I'm familiar with All version of Windows / DOS...
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Calling all MS-DOS experts around the globe to pool together and help out someone in desperate trouble. (me) Does anybody know where I can get the entire set of MS-...
Every five minutes the following error appears in the event log of one of Windows 2003 servers 'ABCFP1' ->   Event Type:     Warning Event Source:     MSFTPSVC Event Category:     None Event ID:     100 ...
In windows xp, how can i have the computer shutdown after 10 minutes or such of inactivity. The computer will most likely be at the 'log in' screen...so there is not a user logged in. The Wind...
Hi all, When mapping a drive to a remote server using the NET USE command and the logins don't match, it pops up an authentication box. Can someone tell me the exact syntax forincluding a l...
Hello Experts..! I have receieved a webcam from a friend without a CD, the webcam has nothing written on it. I have tried using everest program to identify the webcam, but it didn't giv...
I have a Toshiba Notebook, running Windows XP.  It is very slow to start up, and will not allow me to log in to any of my user accounts. Upon logging in to a user account, it simply logs back ...
I am looking for a way to auto start and auto shutdown my VM using VMWare Workstation 5.5 For startup I found this:     I'm using autologin with a shortcut to vmware.exe in the startup fol...
Is there a program that will allow manually typing in a ProductId or DigitalProductId (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windoes NT\CurrentVersion\...) and convert it to the XP CD Key? ...
How to assign static ip address to solaris machines ? We do have DHCP generated ips as on now. We want to revert to static ip addresses. Your help is highly appreciated.
I continue to get the error "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.Exe was restarted." when starting Windows Explorer on a Windows 2000 Pro SP3 box.  I have more than one machine that th...
In WinXP, something has changed the text background for both inactive and active icons from the default of 'clear' to a solid color. I have spent hours going around the office, (which is full ...
Hi, I need to find a way to automatically disable the wireless interface when the LAN interface is connected. Probably there should be a service that is up and sensing the status of the LA...
The title says it; here my analysis so far: I installed SP2 within the week before I shut it down and it did started this behavior. (The PC runs almost round the clock) Basically it boots u...
Hi guys, i don't know where to put this question, so i put it here, I am having problem installing my microphone, mic's health is good i have checked it with other pc.. see what happ...
We have a few computers here at  my office that are just on a workgroup, I changed the workgroup name and rebooted at which time I recieved the message: A domain controller could not be found ...
When I try to install applications they fail with a permissions error when accessing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows I have tried regedit, right clic...
I have a user that traveled to Chicago yesterday to give a presentation to the board.  He tried to boot up his computer and received the error message "Loading PBR for descriptor 2...failed". ...