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I have searched the forum and can't find a post on this topic. When scheduling a backup, same time every day, it fails to run. There is no error, just does not run. When checking the backup log it shows nothing. Can run manual backups with no problem so it seems to be a scheduling issue. User rights are ok for this operation so am unsure why it fails. Any help appreciated. This o/s is updated to sp/2. Thanks. -- Doug B

I have AVI types associated with VirtualDub 1.8.1. But I've just noticed that if I view a folder as Thumbnails the AVI files just get a default VirtualDub thumb, not a small image. Anyone have any suggestions what might have changed to cause that please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Running XP SP2. The mouse and keyboard stopped working. Keyboard is PS2 and Mouse is USB. I tried different USB ports with no success. The computer starts and is running but I can not see the XP log on screen because the flat screen is in energy save mode and says move mouse or touch keyboard to return to normal mode. I plugged the flat screen into my lap top in it is working ok so the problem is not the flat screen. The keyboard lights for about 1 to 2 seconds when I cut on the computer but then the lights go out and keyboard is not working. Any suggestions on how to fix. Thanks for all replies.

Hi All, I am involved in a project where we need to have cretin print jobs sent to specific trays. If these print jobs are sent individually they print to the correct trays. if they are sent together, that is in quick succession, they print to the wrong trays. we have found that if we send these jobs together and pause the print queue and pause each individual print job the release each print job separately from the print queue they print fine. Is there a way to setup an automatic 'pause' or 'sleep' between print jobs? Windows Server 2003 R2 multiple printer type but all HP's Thanks in Advance

Hi I want to be able to use a user defined variable to then call a previously set variable based on the value entered by the user. Is this possible? e.g I have variables set IP0 xxx.xx.xx.xxx set IP1 xxx.xx.xx.xxx set IP2 xxx.xx.xx.xxx set IP3 xxx.xx.xx.xxx set IP4 xxx.xx.xx.xxx If the user is prompted for a number set /p NO=Enter Workstation Number: - user enters 4 set TEMP=IP%NO% - so this is now IP4 How do I now get it to use variable IP4? i.e copy \\%IP4%\\logs ......... As if I do copy \\%temp%\\logs it goes to IP4 not the IP address. Cheers Rich

hi i have winXP pro SP 2 and i went to system and it gave me this: intel r pentium r dual cpu e2140 at 1. my question is, can i play or install some games on it? just some simple games. and do i have pentium 1, 2, 3 or 4? thanks very much in advance.

I have win2003 server with about 15 XP clients. We use dhcp from a router. Is there any advantage to setting up wins on the server. It is my understanding that it is used for netbios clients. We dont install netbios on any of the computers. Would it be a waste of time to set up the wins on the server. Or does it do more than that. Would it help our network function better. If you ask "if it aint broke dont fix it" . Well the network does act up sometimes. Im wondering if this might help a little. Regards

I have a series of windows 2003 SP2 servers in a small domain, 3 are real hardware, and 3 on MS virtual server. During and after applying the latest patches to all of these servers, I'm noticing that in all cases I can no longer access my hardware based servers using RDP, or even Remote desktops. The error I receive on RDP is simply that "This computer can't connect to the remote computer." My primary workstation is Vista, but I get the same error running from a fully patched XP workstation as well, both are joined to the same domain. Has anyone else seen this behavior and hopefully found a resolution?

Where are the files that windows run at startup (beyond the startup folder) and the files it runs at shutdown ? I'm asking because just cleaned up a virus but one thing remaining. Every time upon shutdown/startup, some items in registry get corrupted with a hijack of IE home page pointing to a bad web site (its 3929.cn DON'T go there) Please help. Frank

I'm doing some maintenance on my backup routines. I thought I'd search \Program Files to find any recent files that have changed, such as INI and CONFIG and LOG file etc, so that I could include these in my list of backups. Using the 'Specify Dates' box, I got what seemed a useful list of folders and filenames. But on closer examination of the folders (in the top part of the list) I found several that although their Date Modified was 17/09/2008 they did *not* contain any files of that date. I also found several files (in the lower part of the list) like xyz.ini, for which there was no folder called xyz. How can either of these things happen please? I assumed …

No problems experienced during upgrade from Windows XP SP2 to SP3. However, when the computer is booted now an error message appears; AirGCGFG.exe - Entry Point Not Found. The procedure entry point apsGetInterfacecount could not be located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll. Has anyone else experienced this problem, if so have you found a solution? Andrea

Hello, I am running a simple NTBackup on a Windows 2003 server, the backups finishes sucessfully without any errors and everything is fine, but the tape does not eject? I remember when I configured NTBackup on another machine it auto ejects. What's Up?

I have an XP machine that I use to remote into our server that's located in another part of the building. The server is running Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2. The server is set up to accept remote connections. Usually I can get in to it fine, but then every so often when I open the Remote log on box on my PC and click connect (after entering the log on info like normal), the Remote log on box just refreshes and won't let me connect to the server. Our fix for this has always been to reboot the server, then I can log in fine, but this doesn't seem right. Is there something wrong with our server? Or a setting that needs to be changed on it so I can …

Hi there, Is there any windows program to give me the hard drive specs, in good old days would be cylinders, heads, sectors and now is the LBA #? I would need both numbers in order to attempt a partition recovery. Thank you very much, T

Re: xp set up does not see hd. Yes, i am loading from the cd. I have done this many times before, but not on this computer. It loaded 98 and vista with no problem. Thanks

W2K Help says - to move the taskbar: Click an empty area on the taskbar, and then drag the taskbar to a different location on the desktop. However - that never works for me. I prefer it at the bottom of the desktop but it jumps on occasion to the right side where I cannot drag it back. How do I get it back and lock it? (In the past, it jumps back to the bottom at random. Only once or twice I can recall that it will drag back but maybe that occurs about one out of 100 frustrating attempts - so I just live with it) Thanks - Blithe

I want to use an application under Windows 2008 Server (64-bit) that uses the computer name as a unique identifier. To have this unique identifier under TS I need to return the username rather than the computername. This is explained under KB190159, but it seems that this is not working for the 64-bit OS. Does this KB article also apply to the 64-bit OS or is there another way to get this to work?

The ONLY way I can view and delete individual cookies with WinXP SP3 is START -> RUN -> keyin: c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\cookies which allows me to view all cookies and delete individual cookies. When I try to move this operation to a more convenient desktop shortcut using the location that works in a run keyin, nothing happens on clicking the icon. How can I create a desktop shortcut thats equivalent to the run keyin?

Hi, I have windows 64bit terminal server and vista rdp clients. Frequently RDP sessions are freezing, can anyone guide me how to troubleshoot. I don't have any error messages, all it happens is RDP freezes and I need to reset the accounts in Terminal Server Manager. Regards. -- Message posted via WinServerKB.com http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-ts/200801/1

We have a Windows 2003 R2 Server that is a Terminal Server in a SBS2000 domain. We are replacing the SBS2000 Server with a SBS2003 Server. In the SBS2000 domain/AD, we created an OU for the TS and created a GPO to lock it down for the TS Clients. We are going to move this TS into the SBS2003 domain (which has a different server & domain name from SBS2000) but we want to keep the GP we created for the TS. How can we do that? Thanks

I need to reserve the UDP port, 53, for one of my DCs due to a recent DNS update to see if this will resolve the issue I have with DNS not starting and hanging my server on reboot. I have the instructions on how to do this from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812873/ (Original problem describing update here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956188) It says I must enter the port # in the format of xxxx-yyyy. If the port is only 2 digits, do I just enter in 53-53 (just need to reserve a single port) or do I enter 0053-0053? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I just want to make sure. Thank you!

Do they get saved anywhere? A temp folder?

Re: Screensavers On Sep 19, 1:25 pm, seriou...@googlemail.com wrote: > Do they get saved anywhere? A temp folder? Sorry, obviously meant screenshots!

Today I tried to print something and a window popped up saying I had the wrong ink cartridge installed. Well it's the same cartrige that printed fine, a few days ago. Is this a new thing that Dell might have recently installed on my computer to make me buy Dell branded ink? And does anyone know how to get rid of it? I can't make it go away or print anything, and also there is no red box to even close the window, I have to close it with the Task Manager. It is a Dell Photo All-in-One Printer and the computer is a Dell Windows XP. Linda

I am thinking of upgrading from XPpro to Vista ultimate. I am interested in the details of any new features, especially in the sorting and handling of pictures. Where can I get a no-frills listing of new features offered by Vista? Pleas help, Frank