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Can somebody point me to a good simple backup program (to an external HD), free if possible. But if it's necessary to pay ... Daniel -- _________________________________ Daniel Royer University of Geneva daniel at royer dot ch

I'm migrating approximately 300 users from Netware 6.5 OES to Server 2008 AD. Have all the hardware in place, but I'd like to save time by using MSDSS. I can't find anyone that will tell me whether this is installable on Server 2008. Anyone know, or do I just have try it? Thanks

I can choose between "Optimize for quick removal" and "Optimize for performance" for my external USB flash drive when I logged as administrator, but it is always set to "Optimize for performance" when I work under user account. Is there a way to let a user work with "Optimize for quick removal" option switched on? Thanks in advance.

Dear All, As you already aware that in Pakistan GMT time change to +1 hour & it was planed to revert it back in the Aug-2008 but now government announces that this will remain same for another two months. but microsoft still not released any patch for this change could anybody help me because my all clients time is revert back to GMT +5:00 . Actuall time in watches are 9:30Am But computers shows 8:30AM Please let me know the link from where I can download the patch for DST for pakistan according to this new change Thanks

How do i change the name or profile in documents and settings,i.e. c:/programfiles/documentsandsetting/username/ -- Dana

Current situation: SBS2k3 domain, 5 users inhouse running a server based database. Future situation requires 5 users in-house plus 5-10 users in-field. Please let me know if I am on the right (best and economical) path with this scenario: New Windows Server 2008 5 user (+ 5 later if/when reqd) New Terminal Services Lic 5 user (+ 5 later if/when reqd) Continue to serve db on SBS2k3 to in-house users and in-field users through new TS (W2k8) server to sbs2k3. I believe RemoteApp will be a winner for us. Do we need 5 additional licences for the SBS2k3? Any suggestions would be greatley appreciated!

When using Explore, I went to a folder with animations and right clicked on a gif file and chose "Open with", but it didn't show the program I wanted to use (Ulead GIF Animator). So I used Browse and found the executable & chose it; but, when I did that, all that happened was that the "Open with" window reappeared without the Ulead GIF Animator as a choice. What gives? Jack

This I find rather peculiar: When searching for files (e.g., *.*), search results window displays duplicate listing of same file (name, size, all attributes the same; location exactly the same!) Each file is apparently the same file (if open both, one opens; if delete one, both get deleted; if recover from recycle bin, both reappear in search window) listed twice in search window. I just noticed this recently, so it may be related to programs I've recently installed. What is going on here? Can this be fixed somehow? Anybody ever seen this before? Thanks in advance. -jd

Greetings All- When I use the "Eject" button when right clicking on an optical drive in my computer it only opens the drive but does not close it. Would anyone happen to know of a fix for this or how I could change my settings to make it both open and close when clicking the eject button? Thank you in advance. Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

Hi, I have a USB RNDIS network device, which when connected to windows machine shows a network connection. The windows RNDIS driver queries OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED from device, what speed shall device return? I am asking this question because:- My device is a high speed device which means link speed is 480 Mbps. But since my device implements BULK endpoint, the bandwidth allocated to it will be 10% i.e Maximum 48 Mbps. Now If I say the speed is 480 Mbps what will windows use it for? Will the data transfers from window happen at speed of 480 Mbps or this OID property is just to show the link speed in network connection status window. If windows use this va…

Hello all; Just wondering if someone could answer a very basic question? If you have a server that has 8gigs of RAM or more does SQL2000 Enterprise see more then 4 gig of RAM? I know that you have to install Server 2003 Enterprise edition but do you need to install 64bit OS or can you use 32bit OS with SQL2000 Enterprise?

I created a virtual image of a machine using Acronis. I'm trying to run the image on a different laptop. Both laptops are of same model (Dell latitude D630). When I start the virtual machine, the machine starts and when I try to login, I get this message: "This copy of windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?" Only a windows xp screen comes up when I click 'Yes' or 'No'. I could not activate Windows XP. How do I active Windows XP in this virtual machine? Thanks

Running windows XP MCE, SP3, Ihave runa a malware check and virus check to no avail. I am trying to install a USB printer (happens to ANY usb plugged in) as soon as the "Found New hardware" bubble appears on the in the lower right, I get an error message Run a DLL as an App has encoutnered a problem and needs to close. The technical info I have: App name rundll32.exe; Modversion 5.1.2600.5512; ModName newdev.dll. I tried to copy in a new rundll32 and re regsiter it I continue to have this issue. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mark

i cant install a external drive to my pc. i used softweres to install it, but it says i have to update it. and i didnt find any updates that goes with this problem.

OS=Windows XP Pro SP2 I downloaded a 1 hour video, file dn008.0318.mp4 from democracynow.com using the video player Miro.exe. The 451,294 KB, file had 6,264 fragments. When I use this process I typically get this degree of high fragmentation. Q1 - Is such high fragmentation to be expected with video files? Or does this indicate that I have a problem? Windows defrag couldn't defrag it (or several other video files.) Piniform defraggler showed 3 fragments after Defragging it. Information will be appreciated, Stan Hilliard

I am getting a new system with Windows Vista Home 64 bit. My old system is Windows XP Home. How do I get programs and data to my new system from the old system?

hello I have some DC in 2003R2 and 2000 SP4, and actually ma forest/domain functional levels is 2000 native because the 2000 DC i want to add a DC2008 can i do it or am i oblige to be in 2003 native mode and so delete my 2000 DC ? thanks

Looking to do a one-time hard-drive image for back-up. Not something that continually monitors changes, but something I can run whenever I feel the need to perform a backup to save to a DVD and load in the event of a system crash. Preferably free (if anything is available). I've bought a computer with three recovery CDs I can use to restore the computer to the state in which I bought it, but I have made so many changes since then, I would like to make a new recovery disc (DVD preferably). The CDs I have load Norton Ghost in a DOS environment. From there, I can choose to load from image to disc (I think is the option). Can I use this same app to bac…

Is it normal for the hard drive to be constantly active? While looking at a web page, without clicking any links, I notice that the hard drive light is continually flashing. I also noticed that the CPU usage went as high as 50% when I was simply viewing a web page. What might be the cause of this? I ran a virus scan with NOD 32 and it came up empty.

Hey, My company developes an enterprise application for close companies. As part of our product, we replace the winlogon shell from explorer to our application main entry, And the windows splash screen to our logo. My question is - is it legal? If not, is there a legal way of doing it - by asking permission from Microsoft or adding a small icon of Microsoft in our logo as well? Thanks alot --sternr

I run Vista Home Premium (64-bit version) on my computer. I'm the Administrator, but my wife and I have user accounts. We also have Office Professional on it. On occasion my wife accesses her email from my computer rather then hers. Yesterday when she tried to access it, Outlook loaded but she also got a message that Office had to be setup for her an the install program had to run?? Any ideas what's up and how to fix it? Microsoft has an installer cleanup utility, but they say not to run it with Office 12007 products. Also, The type in the dialog boxes in Outlook is so large that the text (and options) are cut off. Any Idea how to restore the default te…

I would like to produce a (text) file that shows when (date & time) bootup is completed and when shutdown is initiated. The file needs to append itself everytime bootup and shutdown occurs, i.e the file grows bigger with time. For example, over a year period the file will probably have many hundreds of entries in it. The program must NOT delete previous entries. Any suggestions?

After some inactivity on my Windows XP Pro, instead of the screen saver, I get a dark screen, with the message: "Could not find Macromedia Flash." OK. For some reason, I didn't have it any more. Maybe SP3. So I downloaded it, but I still get the same message.

Discovered an application's (PMI) tails left over from long ago when supposedly it had been deleted. I'm hesitant to play here because they aren't concise yet I'm fairly certain they're all together. Know what happens with "assume" also. Originally, the application was geared to start on boot up. If I wanted to gamble, how would I edit the ini file? Only reason to is if it's being read. If it's being ignored, eh, so what. Thinking it might be part of other ills here I'm hunting. Windows XP SP2

I've got a sealed, original Win98 CD, manual, etc. I give up on WinXP, too slow, and more importantly lost features I liked in Win98. So, in abandoning WinXP and installing Win98.... Where do I get a complete set of the really necessary updates? Robert