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I am not sure where the origins of the problem begin, so I will strat with TS since that is where it seems to be. I am running a single 2003 TS server (standard edt), so to have a second server, in a 2003 Enterprise domain. When the remote clients log into the TS server, the response is very slow (sometimes 5 to 10 minutes). it causes latency issues with applications and drive mapping. Any suggestions where I should start looking? I am at a loss.

My one year old hit something adn now the screen on my laptop is sideways and the mouse movement is strang (like inverted) how do I fix?

I have a Dell Latitude laptop running XP Pro SP2. It has WiFi, firewall, spyware and AV software that runs at every start-up. I have one certain situation where I use the laptop on a regular basis in which I will never need the WiFi and anti-malware software to run. I'd like to create a start-up profile that does not include these so I don't have to wait until everyone finishes their scans and checks and connection attempts before I can have my machine back!! Is it easy enough to create a separate profile that would do this? Or would I need to investigate smoe kind of script that would toggle these? (Also, as part of this one specific use, I use the laptop…

Gurus, I am trying to change just the SourcePath value in my Windows Server 2003 Registry via script. I want to change it from it's current value to "D:\ENGLISH\WIN2003\32BIT\ENT_WITH_SP1\I386". What kind of simple script would enable me to change just that one value? The path to that is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. -- Spin

Where is the home of current Robocopy information? The sync software we use doesn't work on 2008. I'm awaiting an install of Commvault which will include the replication so in the short term Robocopy seems to work well. Is there somewhere where Robocopy and all its versions, faqs, etc lives. It appears to be built into the 2008x64 OS I have installed and I've seen mention of also built into Vista. It appears to be a later build which includes the dcopy:t timestamps funtionality although this is not listed in the output of /? - doesn't seem to be much info about.

One of my laptops crashed on me and I replaced it with an Apple iMac. Since the new iMacs can run Windows, I tried to install the Academic Edition that I got a year or two ago so I could still use my Windows-based software. However, I'm getting an error message. The error message goes something like this (I'm paraphrasing): "The system did not detect a current version of Windows on this system. In order for you to install this upgrade version, you must prove your eligibility. Please insert any version of Windows XP, NT, 2000, Me, 98, etc., etc., etc. The XP Pro Academic Edition doesn't say it's an upgrade version on the disk. I've read a few posts…

So i got a new laptop for one of my doc's. It came with Vista downgrade to XP, with XP preinstalled. I added our apps, whole nine yards to get it ready to riprep it. Ripreped it, then booted it back up to test the new image, when i test the image, i get prompted for the License key but the vista key doesn't work for XP. Is there some way around this that anyone can thing of? I can't use vista because our in house apps don't support it yet.

Hi. I have a 250GB external hard drive as a backup drive. Whenever I try to save to this device, I keep getting a write delay failed message. There is nothing wrong with the drive because it works fine on any other pc. I can access all the info on the drive and copy from the drive with no problems. I'm using XP Home Edition with SP2. The drive is plugged into a USB slot (USB 2 enabled) Please help, it's driving me crazy.

Is it possible to set up a key to perform double click operations?

Hello all, I'm really hoping someone can help me with this problem, as I've been struggling with it for the past week. When browsing through a network drive, most of the folders work fine, but clicking on certain folders will lag/freeze Windows Explorer. If I click the affected folder and leave it for about 15-30 seconds, it will highlight itself, and then I can open it. This has only started being an issue in the past week or so. I've created a shortcut directly to the folder(s) on my desktop, and clicking on them from there will open them with no lag at all. There are video files in these folders (not in the direct root of the folder I'm having the issue…

We currently have a 2003 Terminal Server in a SBS2000 domain. We are setting up a SBS2003 server with a new domain name. 1) What is the method for removing the TS from the SBS2000 domain and joining it to the SBS2003 domain. For instance, do we make it part of a workgroup first and then join the new domain? 2) With SBS 2003, should we use the "connect computer" method for joing both workstations & TS, or can we use the "Network Wizard"? 3) Should the GPO for the TS remain intact? Thanks

Hi, I just installed Windows 2K3 R2 Standard with SP2 and use BackupExec 9.0 to back up. Somehow when it back up - C:system. It failed with :" Directory C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\domainname.lan\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory was not found, or could not be accessed. This folder looked dim. I tried to share it but no success. How can I avoid this error while it is back up? Thanks.

I am using Works v7. I use the calendar for daily appointments etc. I would like to create a calendar of forthcoming events. Is there any way I can create multiple instances of the Works calendar, without using a seperate user account? Peter

I am running Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003. I remote installed a System Center Data Protection Manager agent and needed to reboot my server. Having rebooted the server it now comes up with a blue screen stop error. The error is 0x00000051 and says it is a Registry Error. I get this error regardless of whether I am trying to load normally or in safe mode. Any ideas as to how i can recover my sever? Thanks Gavin

I have always been one who believes in a 6 month moratorium on major non-critical updates, I refer to this gestation period as the "Final Beta Stage" or "Guinea-Pig Phase" and calmly read about other's experiences whom rush to install the latest and greatest with all the vigor expected of any excited guinea-pig. From what I have collected is that SP3 will not be a necessity until updates that require it in the future. I have also seen many a post whereupon single PC owners have experienced slow-down due to inadequate system resources or hardware/software incompatibilities which were not present in SP2 but are not inherent in SP3. I have to laugh at the…

I keep getting a security for power point update notice. I updated it the first time it asked. now every 30 min. it wants to update again. how can I stop this from updating when it already was updated. I turned off auto update for a while then turned it back on only to want to update the same update again. it shows the update already installed at the update site. using windows xp home toshiba laptop

Hi all, We are a company based in Switzerland, which has obviously the standards and formats set to "German (Switzerland)" in the Regional Options in the "Regional and Lanaguage Options" in the "Control Panel". However, I have a couple of users who run software which should report the dates (e.g. March) in English and not in German (März = March). I am aware, that I could change the standards and formats to "English (United States)". However, this has a negative effect in Excel, on the currency and dates in other applications. Does anybody know a workaround that the dates are displayed in English (e. g. March) and not in German? Kind regards, …

I am using Robocopy GUI 3.1.2.0 with Windows Scheduler to to copy/sync a folder from a client PC to a shared folder on a Microsoft Windows Home Server. The scheduler runs Robocopy every hour. I want to use the /MIR Switch to copy everything from the Client PC folder to the WHS shared folder and when a file changes or is deleted in the Client folder the change will be copied to the WHS shared folder or the file I ill be deleted in the WHS folder. People on other forums have told me that the /MIR switch purges/deletes the entire destination (WHS) folder when a source file change occurs then Robocopy copies the entire source folder to the destination fol…

I need to make space on my C: drive, and am not interested at this point in moving Win XP to my D: drive. What can I safely delete from the WINDOWS and WINNT folders? After installation of WinXP, endless Win updates, and many IE7 Updates -- there are HUGE files now listed in: Windows\Installer, Windows\IE7Updates, Windows\$NTUninstall . . .,Windows\Assembly\NativeImages. My lord! What can I safely get rid of?

I am having an issue using WBS on a Hyper-v Host with 4 VM's running on it. Config is as follows 64bit Windows 2008 with Hyper-v role WBS feature is installed. All the latest patchs released to 09/12/2008 Including Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697) Installation date: ‎9/‎12/‎2008 8:23 PM Installation status: Successful Update type: Recommended Install this update to resolve an issue in which the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) does not back up virtual machines properly. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Server 2008 Licens…

I recently did battle with some fake virus alert malware, and after successfully eradicating them, I find that my C: drive and my ZIP (D:) drive are no longer listed in the My Computer Folder. How do I get them back in there. I currently have created shortcuts on my desktop so I can still access them but can't seem to figure out how to restore them to the My Computer folder. Also, I still have a "VIRUS ALERT!" message displayed next to my clock in the taskbar on my desktop and have no idea how to get rid of that either. THe malware popups ahve ceased and everything else is working just fine. HELP! Thanks in advance, Brian

Windows XP SP2 NTFS I have a folder that has a subfolder with a title composed of 15 words. I didn't create it, but know what's in the sub folder (not much, and don't need it). It looks like the title of a web page. Inside the subfolder is four very small files (4 are .js) (1 is jpg). My computer got a complaint yesterday while I was doing a backup with a message that said the title was too long, either change the name or delete it. I could do neither. The folder's properties are checked for 'read only.' I went to Help and Support and it gives instructions, which I already know, and in most cases it always worked. I'm on NTFS, The change procedur…

Unable to access internet. Options have been chnaged to never dial a connection. Changed to always dial default and OK at time. When log off and start again it goes back to to never dial again. Happens every time I go on. Also affects all 3 users on the laptop. can sort but only for that session. Doesn't appear to hold changed settings?

Don't forget about; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "DaffyD®" wrote: > There are two program I unchecked in msconfig--ctfmon.exe and mobsync.exe. > Ctfmon.exe is associated with Office XP and mobsync.exe starts MSN > Messenger > (thanks to John John, Messenger no longer starts with Outlook Express). I > don't need these to startup with Windows but every time I've unchecked > them > they're checked again when I start Windows.…

I have to do a restore to factory settings and would like to backup my files, how can I do this. Please answer in simple terms as I am not technical at all thanks in advance for you help