Legacy Operating Systems

At startup of XP Pro SP2 I got the following message: ==== "When I boot up my PC get an error message 'Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt Windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows set up using original set up CD-ROM. Select r on the first screen to start repair." ==== If I shutdown and restart the computer it often starts but startup takes a long time. Before the slow startup or the failure-with-message there is a large band across the bottom of the screen that looks kind of like barcode and like a progress bar. I recently tried to install SP3 and got an access denied err…

Hi, Can someone tell me why I can't install either my ZyDas wireless USB adapter or my Linksys WUSB54G wireless USB adapter on my computer running Win XP Pro x64 edition? The drivers for the devices will not install...

I got the tools called 'Core Temp' it shows the CPU temperature but does not show the motherboard chip temperature. Any tools is available? And what is the normal/maximum CPU temperature?

I recently purchased a Powerspec E372 machine. From my old computers I added a soundblaster sound card, and a plextor ide dvd drive. The machine worked fine for the first couple weeks. Recently, I have started seeing windows xp professional freeze when I put a disc in the plextor ide drive I have not seen the problem when using the pioneer sata dvd drive. and launch EAC or Nero 7 Other than changing ide cable, does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this and what the cause might be. Could it have anything to do with an IDE drive in an SATA machine? My computer information Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9300 8GB composed of 4- 2048MB DDR2/800 …

Just switched from Novell to Windows Server 2003 R2. Individual remote users (XP PRO SP2) use Microsofts PPTP VPN to access a SnapGear router/vpn/firewall. Once connected users can access Unix servers as if local, and used to run Novell login. Novell login script would map drives for user. How does a remote user access Windows server resources, drive mappings? PCs are set to boot up to Windows login for domain. Thanks.

Hi Does windows server 2008 accepts outlook express?if yes where can i download it?if not what is the aplicattion for sending mails in windows server 2008?

Hello NG, running the "wbadmin start systemstatebackup" command on a Windows 2008 server always fails. Here are the steps to reproduce the error: - running command prompt as administrator - executing "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e:" Here is the output of the command (german): ================================================ C:\Users\Administrator>wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: wbadmin 1.0 - Sicherungs-Befehlszeilentool © Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp. Sicherung des Systemstatus wird gestartet [26.09.2008 09:56] Volumeinformationen werden abgerufen... Sichert den Systemstatus von Volume(s) SYSTEM(C:) na…

I have tree file servers: Windows Server 2003 x32, as my Domain Controller Windows Server 2003 x64, with Exchange Server, this server has a partition with about 55GB I could use Windows Server 2003 x64, with Microsoft SQL Server, this server has a partition with about 129GB I could use Is there any reason I shouldn't install WSUS on any one of these servers? Is there a good reason to install WSUS on a specific server? I'm trying to figure out if I will run into conflicts on any one of these servers. Everything is running smooth and I don't want to change that if at all possible... Thanks Kelvin

SBS server backup wizard error 80070057 Hi, I have a client with sbs2003 server with this error when i run the backup wizard. I already run the hotfix from microsoft to correct the registry key. I already register all the .dll files on the "wbem" folder. I already delete the .bks file and run the wizard again. I have the server updated. I dont no what else i can do, if some one can point me a direction i woul be apreciated. Cumpliments, Tiago Vieira

I want to deploy Server 2003 to 16 computers. What is the easiest way to do that? Imaging or anythinhg else? Can you recommend a website or article to guide me please? thanks.

Have somewhat of a problem and need help. After a recent update, I no longer have dialog when I select 'Search' from the 'Start' menu (Start > Search ). The animated character appears, but there is no dialog (options for searches or to change preferences). 'Google is my friend' but have not found anything to tell me how to get the dialog back. Depressing F3 closes or opens the dialog window, but NO dialog appears along with the animated character. How can I get this functionality back? Responses are greatly appreciated. -- Jim "What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

First the accolades. The guys on this site have been great, staying with my many questions and working through what I thought was unsolvable. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now the next question. I have XP pro, 2.8g processor, 1g of memory and quicktime, volume control, usb removal, realtek audio manager, norton, and a logitech itouch program loading on the task bar. When it boots up sometimes all of these show up, sometimes some of them, sometimes none of them. What's happening? Thanks again.

Whenever I download files, zip, wmv, mp3, etc. I can only download 2 at a time. Is this a function of my computer memory or processor capacity or is it a setting win windows? tia dennis

Hello: An end user reported something regarding the XP System Restore feature that I am surprised at. He had installed a program on his laptop. Beforehand, he created a Restore Point to use just in case the program created issues. It did. It was "messing up" some other programs of his, so he decided to use that Restore Point in order to get himself back to square one. He claims that, when he restored, it restored his laptop to the previous day rather than simply to the previous point from before installing the program. That does not sound right. I have used System Restore in the past to restore my laptop to a point from just before I installed…

Hi, I am trying to figure a problem on start up of windows. When I boot up after o'night close of system next day my sysytems locks up half way through windows boot, if I then switch off and reboot it works fine from then on and allows reboot all day. Next day after overnight close, boot up freezes again half way through ? Anybody any ideas whats wrong and what I can do to fix. Thanks Note I have already done a complete system xp re install has no effect still same problem. Do not have xp home cds as system came with already installed.

Still having problems with my system restore files. Trying to view them to see when they were created/modified. Windows won't let me as they are all greyed out and I get an error message when I double click. Under "Tools"; "Folder Options"; "View"; I have checked "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and I have unchecked "Hide Protected operating System Files". What else can I do to view these files?

I need to purchase a new laptop computer for my college-age daughter. It appears that the new ones (HP, Sony, Dell [i know that there is a higher end in Dell that uses Vista Business] all come with various flavors of Vista. My experience is with Win2K and Win XP Pro, which I have come to know well enough to do most of the support (with help from people here). I have heard problems about Vista being a memory hog and having "problems" but I am unclear about what those problems might be. In addition, I am not sure if these newer computers would run XP Pro (which I would prefer). If someone would venture their opinion about potential problems using …

Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup could not locate HD drives and aborted. It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C drive. Thanks again for all of the help.

Ok, I have gone through this before and it is time to rehash it. I hibernate my laptop every night using Shutter.exe. http://www.den4b.com/screenshots.php?project=Shutter and it works fine. By that I mean, not only does it hibernate my laptop at the scheduled time but it also allows my scheduled wake-up tasks to run, which Rundll.exe,powrprof.dll SetSuspendState did not do. It has in its parameters one that if true will DisableWakeEvent. So ,what I need is one of you experts here to tell me exactly what to type in my Scheduled Tasks Run box when setting up the task. If you would look at this page :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373201.aspx an…

I know that I can click on a .txt file and have it open with Notepad. And to open it with something such as WordPad or JEdit, I can right click on it and either use 'Open With' or 'Send To' [after putting the respective shortcut in the 'Send To' folder. But, I was wondering if there is a way to accomplish this by doing something along the lines of selecting a key and left clicking the application [such as holding down 'Control' and double clicking the application to have an alternate application open the file], or something along those lines? If there's anything anyone could help me with, it would be appreciated. Thank you. Matt -- remove t…

RE: 2003 Terminal services connections Hi guys Need a bit of advice if you wouldnt mind. I have setup a TS with two applications that the users need. I have locked it down with a TS GP and everything is working correctly. I have also written a GP to put an RDC connection on clients that need it to allow them to connect to the session. The issue I have is all the clients currently connect to X Domain and the terminal server is on Y. I dont want to have to create them accounts on the Y Domain to allow them to login so I wanted to utilise a single account. However I am finding if a user is logged in on one machine and I try and login as the same user …

This is driving me nuts! I don't know if it's just SP3 in general or if it's this useless file indexing thing or what, but my computer runs MUCH slower, it sometimes hangs when a program is trying to read a directory, and often the thumbnails it shows are only a fraction of the regular thumbnail size and I have to click refresh to get the fill size. This is supposed to be an improvement how??? When I looked in Windows Help to see if I could shut it off, it tells me there should be a "Fast Find" or something in the control panel. Not! I did find "Indexing Options" but it only gives me options, not the ability to shut that feature down. I tried to unclick…

Hi.. Im running Xp on 2 of my computers and Vista on laptop Ive got on of the Wireless USB Internets sticks with Three.. The computer has been working fine and internet but in the last week i cant get into secured sites im not sure why, i have not done anything to it.. I cant get into my bank accounts online or hotmail or ebay and stuff like that every other site works fast and good except sites like those.. I allready checked and made sure i have enables SSL and TSl in internet connections not sure why this keeps happening.. doesnt matter which on of the computer i put the stick in i cant access those sites... any suggestion what the problem coul…

Re: product identification number HI I NEED A 25 CHARACTER PRODUCT KEY CAN U GIVE ME ONE "Will Denny" wrote: > Hi > > Do you mean the 25 character Product Key (used to install XP) or the PID > (used to contact MS with for a problem)? If the latter - right click on My > Computer and select Properties. The PID is 20 character number you in the > format of: > > xxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxx > > -- > > Will Denny > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > Please reply to the News Groups > > > "steph" <steph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0C043F1B-59DE-46AC-978A-CF00E193DC3A@mic…

My computer died, and my son gave me his desktop that he doesn't use anymore since he got a laptop. How do I get rid of the Documents and Settings that say Brian (his name) and establish files for me? Same with Brian's Documents. How do I eliminate his name and files from everywhere I see it in one fell swoop and establish me as the owner of the computer? It is running XP -- David Schwartz Commack, NY