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Hello, All! Anytime I put my machine on Standby it goes into Standby and then immediately comes out of Standby. Any thoughts as to why this would occur? Is there some setting I'm missing? Thanks, Colonel Blip E-mail: colonel.blip.at.bigfoot.com

When i switch on my pc from its' hibernate mode it boots up very quickly. Much quicker than when i turn it off in the conventional way. Since in hibernation, i cannot hear the cooling fan running; does that mean also that the hard drive is not spinning? If that's the case, would there be any reason *never* to switch it off in the conventional manner; but to always use the hibernate mode? Thanks for advice.

I use a 1tb external hard drive. Since loading sp3 Windows will not start. It freezes up on the first Windows screen with the blue bars. I uninstalled sp3 and computer works fine now. Microsoft, please let me know when it's fixed.

Is there a way that I can set a timer to have my computer shut down at certain time during the week? My system is Windows XP Professional. thanks. mondongo10@hotmail.com

Hi running win xp pro on new dell d830 laptop. set up the computer name and the user name for laptop. computer name is LAPTOPRE, same as user name. but when i view the document and settings folder, the user folder is named "Jason" and is the only folder listed. this is how i initially set it up. wondering if i can rename the subfolder "Jason" to Laptop? when i login as administrator and try to rename i get error message access is denied. when i navigate to the control panel/user account, the user Jason is not listed, only user listed is Laptop. is there any way i can rename the subfolder "Jason" under documents and settings?

Hi all, I wonder what is the maximum size for my eventlog. I have read on Technet that 300 Mo is the best practices. But Is it 300 for one eventlog (so 3 * 300 for all my eventlogs) or is 300 is the sum of all eventlogs ? Thanks for your help. (I use W2003 Std & Ent 32 & 64 bits SP2) -- P.A.

Hi, Is there a way to manage centrally the following setting for XLS files in the users' workstations: Windows Explorer --> File Types --> XLS --> Advanced --> Browse in same window ?

We have an application (specifically Oracle Forms through JInitiator on I.E.7) which when opened for the first time everything runs really slow. The response is really bad, e.g. when typing a character it displays on screen after 2 secs. Strangely after we press ctrl alt del and then cancel, everything starts running normally. We are running on Sunray thin clients with Windows terminal services. The question is what does really happen when you press ctrl alt del? Why is ctrl alt del fixing this problem? Thanks, Demetris

Was looking for some music and clicked on preview and WHAM - got da bug Used spyhunter adaware norton and spybot got most out I think But still have flashing icon in tray and file C:/WINNT/system32/drivers/etc/hosts is constantly busy so I cant put a block site entry in there. goggle showed me some sites which have software downloads to fix it http://removal-tool.com/antispycheck/ http://www.removeonline.com/remove-antispycheck Are they trustable sites since the bug came from purported bug fix site? Or are there other suggestions for fixing it? W2k IE6 all patches installed -- --------------------------------------------------------------- …

We already have the windows 2003 server running/working/all workstation are joined to this server. Our old server SBS 2000, would like to join it to the Windows 2003 server and also use it as a terminal server. What are the steps to do this. Thank you.

WHO STOLE THE SIGN-IN BUTTON ITS MISSING ON EVERY HEADING????? -- g.b.

Just a quick note about a flaw in default policies which I've discovered: If used in the standalone-server role with no AD, Windows Server 2008 sets a default password policy enforcing complexity-rules, but NOT requiring a minimum length. This is an unsafe combination, and should be changed. Where useraccounts are created by way of a batchfile or script, this condition may lead to some or all accounts having null passwords. This fact may not be realised by the operator, but even if it is, it may then prove difficult to correct the situation. Example commands: C:\> net user fred /add Creates a new account with a null password. This should no…

Can anyone explain why the changes I make to settings for certain file types revert to their original settings. Specifically, I uncheck DDE on URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol, but it doesn't remain unchecked. Thanks.

O.K. - I just came back home with 4GB 1066Mhz Dominator RAM replacing the 2GB 800 Mhz I had - naturally, the machine didn't boot. I removed half and it boots fine, Windows is running, but now I cannot remember the specifics of successfully adding the remaining 2GB. This is XP x64 - the board supports 8GB in 4 slots and the sticks are 4x1024 units. This is the repaired machine with a new MB and the BIOS version is roughly a year old and a relatively late version but not the latest one. Tony. . .

I'm trying to clean up my hard drive and notice a lot of subfolders under c:\winnt\installer, they have names that are long series of numbers, and in these subfolders are files, some of which have names of programs I've installed. I'd like to know if it's essential to keep these files/subfolders, or if I can just delete them to save space. Does anyone know? John

Hello, I manage a webserver and to keep track of the performance and stability of this machine, I've created a Counterlog. This log writes it's data to a SQL database 24/7. Now and then the counterlog just stops. How can I make sure it will always keep running and it restarts itself when it is stopped? When the server is rebooted the log starts, so that's not the problem. I think it has something to do with loosing the connection to the database, but I have no proof for this. But when that db-connection is lost, or something else makes the log stop: how should I configure the log so that is starts again? I have scheduled it to start manually and stops …

Hello As an experiment, I installed XP Pro on my 98SE machine, and after playing with it for a while, deleted it. Anyone interested can read about this in 24hrsupport.helpdesk. Anyway, I deleted XP, and the machine still gave me the "XP or Windows" boot menu. Needless to say, unnecessary and annoying. So I renamed boot.ini as well as bootsect.dos (fortunately I was not reckless enough to just delete them). Well, you know what happened. So I booted from a floppy and brought those two files back. The question: How the hell do I get rid of that boot menu, the two files in root of C:\ and (/if/ in fact XP messed around with the MBR) restore th…

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I have desktop shortcuts for each of these and have set the properties to open maximized, but every time I open them they are in a very small window which is good for nothing. How can I set them to open maximized, or have them retain their size? Thanks.

I am trying to change the default view of folders in Explorer (with details and folders showing in the left hand pane). For some reason, setting it in Tools/Folder Options/View/Apply to all folders does not seem to work. Thanks for your help in advance. Astrid

Is there any way to 'switch off' a keyboard on Win XP Pro and conversely, is there some way to switch it back on? It seems my main administrator profile has either been corrupted or somehow changed so that it does not recognise the keyboard. Other user profiles seem to work normally on the same hardware. I have tried to remove / reinstall the keyboard using Device Manager & tried to use an USB keyboard - all to no avail. I tried to copy the profile (sans the nti* files), but it is a pain to do so since I have to use the on-screen virtual keyboard to do so. Anyway, I have not been successful in transferring the old profile into a new profile. Bef…

running Windows XP SP3 Got a virus :-(, most of it removed, just 2 items to go: * missing some Control Panel icons (mouse, display...), some there * did a search for *.cpl, nothing found :-( nothing. * Tried policy in TweakUI, did not turn missing ones on :-( * is there a place in the register I can turn on? * 1 other item: when I click on My Computer, my C drive is not listed (but it it there), just not displayed/hidden - how do I display? MUCH THANKS!!!!!!!!!! GEne:)

Dear all: In the AD, I add workstations to account log on to, the follow error accourd, "this property is limited to 64 values. you must remove some of the existing values before you can add new ones". i checked it. it does have 64 workstations. But i want add more.how can i do? thank you CarsemDu

So, I have a device connected at serial port and always on and sending data to the port. When XP restarts sometimes it understands it as mouse put driver on it and problems begin... Already tried fastdetect at boot.ini never helps - before at NT was NoSerialMice parameter, now it is substituted by fastdetect - but it never works. Could you recomend me how to solve this one? Can I turn off serial checking for mouse driver at all? Thx, Oleg

can someone please provide the step to add 10 CAL to windows server 2008 Thank you -- Bugster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bugster's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/bugster.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-server-help/1031278.htm http://forums.techarena.in