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We have a desktop 5 users. We want to get rid of all but 2 users. My user "Lisa" is also "Owner" If I delete the user "Lisa" will that create a problem because it is "Owner" Do I have to change one of the other users to Owner so I can delete "Lisa" Thanks for your help!! ....Lisa

Sound worked until few days ago. Computer set to automatically load updates. Got Message that there was a problem with sound device. Said _ maybe driver not installed, used by another program, or not functioning. This has happened once before and someone sent me a link and a process to repair it.. -- Thank you for your help. Julia Ann

Any time i need to right click on a file to copy and paste, or rename, i get the error message saying Windows explorer needs to close. The message details through eventvwr.msc are as follows. Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 20/09/2008 Time: 09:52:22 User: N/A Computer: Mally Description: Fault bucket 877976138. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket: 0008: 38 37 37 39 37 36 31 33 87797613 0010: 38 0d 0a 8..

I've recently doubled my system RAM to 512MB, with no problems. There's room on my motherboard (ASUS A7V8X-X) to plug in another similar 256MB module. (I don't think I want to add 512MB merely because it might be useful when/if I get around to dual-booting some version of Linux. A total of 768MB ought to be enough. I would rather not have to fiddle with MaxPhysPage=39999 - or what- ever else would be needed if I had 1GB or more memory - unless it is absolutely necessary, in which case I will think again.) In system.ini at the moment, I have MaxFileCache=163840 (160MB), and (presumably much less important) MinFileCache=8192 (8MB). From what little I've …

Had to reinstall Windows use all the CD'S that came along with Windows XP Medaia Center Edition Service pack 3. I did not get to back up my system . I know first mistake. I have found some problems after reinstallating windows .. Have not sound , disk defragmenter does not start . While installing a program from the internet received this message Application has genarated an exception that cannot be handled . Have tried to troulbe shoot these problems do not know if I may find more .

I will be installing a new system and have no experience with the 64-bit version, only the 32-bit version. On my 32-bit system I use NOD32 for my virus checking program and Acronis True Image as my backup program. Does anyone know if these programs run on Win XP Pro 64? If not, anyone have recommendations? (Do viruses run on a 64-bit system???) Thanks Ken K

Internet Explorer is removable? I thought that it was necessary for all Windows programs. Mist

I am having a frustrating disagreement with our paid IT consultants. I am running XP with the usual PC software. All of my data files are backed up to a network server. I want to backup the entire C drive - with the built-in XP function, or with a program that makes an image of the C: drive, etc. I want to be able to restore the PC to a prior date should there be a serious problem. Our IT consultants insist this is not possible. That, if I have a serious problem, my only choice is to restore to factory default settings, loading all programs again from original installation CDs, and then restoring the files backed up to our network server. Yet other c…

Incredimail is my default email client, but after and auto update from Microsoft, my attachments open in Outlook Express even though I don't have OLE on my computer. How can I get rid of this and have attach open with Incredimail like they used to?

ChooseColor Dialog - Can Only Enter 2 Digits, Not 3 This bug has something to do with font sizes, display settings and XP not being "DPI Aware". To fix this, simply modify the COMDLG32.DLL file by increasing the input box size. This modification does not cause any problems at all. It is perfectly safe. Instructions: 1. Download "Resource Hacker" and install it: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ 2. Backup the original. Open the Run box and enter: xcopy C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMDLG32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMDLG32.DLL.bak 3. Run "Resource Hacker" and open: C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMDLG32.DLL 4. Expand "Dialog". 5. Expan…

A while ago I was trying to network my laptop (Win2K) to my desktop (W98se). I never did get it to work and gave up. I only wanted the network to copy my camera pictures to the laptop. I decided it was easier to copy files using flash memory sticks, than fight with the network connections. Anyhow, I am not posting this to get help with the network. I abandoned that project weeks ago. The problem is that ever since I tried to make this network work, I have been getting freezups. They occur particularly when I delete or move many files. For example, moving all the camera photos from my camera card (via USB card reader), caused the computer to just free…

After updating my Windows XP Pro machine from SP2 to SP3, I have run into a problem where winlogon.exe is consuming 50% CPU on an AMD dual core processor machine. Normal windows shutdown does not work. I am forced to hold down on the power button to shut down the computer. Any one else experiencing this problem? Any thoughts as to what is causing it (besides the SP3 update)?

I have an unusual problem that I haven't experienced before. I am unable to switch between application in Windows XP. If I have 2 instances of internet explorer open I am able to switch between them by clicking on the task bar or using ALT+TAB. This is the same for any program that I have 2 or more instances open for. The problem is when for example I have internet explorer open and notepad. I am unable to switch between the 2 applications using ALT+TAB or by clicking on the relevant programs box in the task bar. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know what is causing it? I hav done a full virus scan using the latest AVG with all updates …

Hello everyone, I would like to invite everyone, who want to be a part of Europe (and not only) wide community of SBC Professionals to our 11th PubForum meeting! It is all about Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix, other Server Base Computing products and Virtualization! After being held for nine times in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Munich, Dublin, Nice, Brussels this time PubForum is going to happen in Nice, France from November 7-9, 2008. I expect about 75+ people from all across Europe and US to be there this time. Get more info on PubForum 2008 Nice here: AGENDA & INFO: http://www.pubforum.info/welcome/PubForumEvents/PubForum2008Nice/tabid/74/De…

I installed terminal server, however I really did not need to. How can I uninstall terminal server now? I went to add remove programs and every time i try to uninstall it it seems to keep reloading it. Can someone please provide me with proper steps to making my machine a stand alone windows 2003 server again? -- Ray Montel Microsoft Integrator

I tried to install the Blackberry Tools Manager V4.3 CD in my computer and after running for several minutes, its shows "error 1720" which does not allow me to install. The message continues by stating "There is a problem with this windows installer pakage. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personel or package vendor. Custom Action RIM_install optional Tadminfiles script error-21473 19779,:line 8 column 1. I contacted Blackberry and had them help me with this issue. After several suggested downloads (from Blackberry), the problem has not been rectified. Verizon Wireless and Blackberry suggested that I con…

I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a non-system partition (obviously!) However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of my folders. How can I turn Target back on? (Or some other way of moving My Documents?) Thank you, Peter

When my computer boots up, this folder now appears on the screen when windows loads up.This just started within the past day or so. Ran virus scan, did not detect anything. Ran spyware, did not detect anything.

I have an XP Home system that uses fast user switching. i have reloaded and all has worked well for about a year but, now once again i have no user names listed on the welcome screen and cannot login. HELP! dave

Unfortunately I had to restart my computer due to an infestation of malware that tried to convince me that there were virus' in my computer to try and get me to buy some awfully low-quality virus checking program. Now i've started my computer i can't regenerate a registration key for XP Home Ed. I have the orginal key on the disk box, however when i ring the automated phone number they just tell me nothing can be done and i'm definately not paying £46 to ring the help-line. Anyone know what I can do... i'm really stuck and only have 29 days left to register! ARGH! Why is it so complicated and restrictive even though i bought this product outright. I shou…

I am trying to migrate from an old W2K3 Active Directory domain controller to a new one. Eventually I want to remove the old server from the network. I have never done this before and it is a little bit out of my league so I Googled, read and hopefully followed several articles that I found, but am still getting some errors logged. The list of AD users, computers etc replicated over to the new server, but when I turn off the old one no one can log in and there is no Internet access. I think both of these problems are due to DNS (which I really understand about 1% of). There are no errors in the DNS log though (just info that the service started). Most of th…

Hello, I am attempting to migrate a Windows 2003 Terminal Server (also the licensing server) from one domain to another. I am using a Quest tool that will migrate the TS server from current domain to new domain. The Quest tool will maintain profiles during this trasition. Because the server functions as a terminal server and licensing server, I am not sure if it will migrate properly and "just work". I am not certain if term server lic server requires same fully qulaified domain name of server, etc? I have already copied the appropriate GPO to lock down the TS server in the new domain, so this should not be a concern. Any ideas or has someone actu…

Hello, I have set up a VPN tunnel between 2 Sonic Wall routers. From location A, I can access network shared drives located at location B. But from location A, using a Windows XP computer, I cannot telnet to any Solaris UNIX workstations located at location B. Whenever I use telnet, I get error about cannot open port 23. Does Sonic Wall lock out port 23? Any suggestions how to fix this problem? Thanks.

Re: Windows 3.x program wont work on Win98 On second thought, I see you did give a procedure below, so maybe I should try it sometime (assuming I can still find a good 3.1 app that's worth playing with). But Windows 3.1 is "simply another DOS application", per se????? (Call me skeptical). > Color me skeptical here: > How is Windows 3.1 simply another "DOS application"? Have you actually > tried running "Windows 3.1", *per se*, in a cmd shell? <edited> > > Jeff Richards wrote: >> Yes. Windows 3.1 is just another DOS application. You could consider >> tweaking the PIF settings to get adequate performance, but fro…

Windows Server 2008 - How do I determine the current Activation Hardware Tolerance value for a MAK activated machine? TIA! Hi all, I would like to find out how I can find the current value of the "Activation Hardware Tolerance" variable on a MAK activated machine. A few of the hard drives have been swapped and I'd like to take some RAM out of the machine. I assume this action will change hash value and therefore the AHT value... is there an slmgr.vbs command to querry this? Thanks for any help!