Legacy Operating Systems

I have a google and facebook tab which appear automaticaly when I open explorer. However, when I then create a third tab a second facebook tab also appears. How do I stop this? Thanks Pete

Hi What community should I use for problems I'm having adding tape device drivers on a Windows 2008 x64 system? Thanks! tl

I need to set up a bat file that will use xcopy to copy a directory from one drive to another. The resulting directory needs to incorporate the date that it is copied into the name. Something like this: xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-10-oct-2008\*.* I need to do this on a regular basis, so how can I pull the date within the bat file into a variable? Also, assuming I can get the date into a variable named something like "DateIn" will a command like this work: xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-%DateIn%\*.* Thanks,

I'm hoping someone can advise on a problem we are having. Since installing the Microsoft Patch MS08-067 last Friday, we cannot connect to two servers via Remote Desktop. The rest of our 70 servers are not having this problem. The RDP services are running. The firewall is off. I disabled and then renabled Remote Desktop on the My Computer Properties. I haven't restarted the server yet but will be trying that after 5 PM today. There are no errors in the logs regarding RDP. If you had this problem and were able to correct it, please advise. Thanks in advance. Greg

If I leave my Windows XP Pro desktop unattended for a period of 10-15 minutes (estimate), the operating system logs me out automatically. I have to log back in each time I leave the computer unattended. Where can I change these settings?

Hi Thanks in advance. I have problem that a laptop keep going to sleep (Or Hibernation) approx every 20 mins. I have no access to security so can't change the settings. Need someway to keep laptop awake. Lap top is looking at inbox of outlook for new email using access vba code (Problem is outlook freezes when it is in sleep mode so stops processing) At present we have to remember to press, alternative, the shift and ctrl keys manual to keep it a wake (Pain in the a**) Have tried to use kendkeys but does not work. Please please help asap. Any idea would be good. A simple fix would be fantastic Thanks -- Trev B

I did a system restore and no longer have any screensavers. How can I get them back? -- inquisitve 1

I have an old Win2K Advanced Server that I'd possibly like to upgrade to Windows Server 2003. I got the trial version from Microsoft and burned the 2 ISO images to CDs. The CD isn't bootable, though. It definitely has a boot sector on it, but just boots right into Server2K. The CD light blinks for a second on bootup and then moves right on. If I put the Server2K CD in, it will boot into that install fine. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian Mosher

Hi, I want to do a simple RoboCopy task but can't work out how to do it correctly. Move a file G:\HardDisk1\Test.bkf To a folder G:\HardDisk1\A\... I have the RoboCopy GUI to make it easier but still i'm confused with so many command switches for this feature. Thanks. -- Chris White United Kingdom

We have a client-server application that we are having perfomance problems on. The server runs a very complex medical archiving application that is accessed by clients. The server runs Win2003 R2, the clients are a mixture of XP and 2000. Occassionally the server's avg disk queue length will increase suddenly and stay high (100+) for 15-20 seconds, drop down and then repeat again. When it is high the performance on the workstations suffers significantly. When the avg disk queue length increases pages\sec increases only a little. What could be our problem?

I have a laptop with XP Pro that has "Password must meet complexity requirements" enabled in the Local Security Password Policy. I need to turn that off. However, when I try to edit it, the enabled/disabled buttons are grayed out. I'm using an administrator account. How can I reset that? Can I patch the registry somewhere? Thanks, Bruce.

Terminal Server 2003. I have routing and remote access configured. I see the users connect to the server. But when I try to make a remote access connection back to their machine the entire connection including the client (remote) machine gets hung. I disconnect the session from the routing and remote access console, but the remote machine gets hung. The remote machine is running Vista SP1. The problem is only on this 1 remote access server (TermServer). My old TS running windows 2003 sp2 can make the connection fine. Any idea? I am trying to look through group policy to see if something is blocking this connection from working properly Thanks, SJM…

Got two problem devices listed for PS2 keyboard and mouse. System uses USB keyboard and mouse but I had to plug PS2 version in temporarily. Trouble is PS2 version still listed as problem devices even though they are not in device manager. How do I remove these?

hi i'm trying to setup japanese for my english version of windows but standard IME keyboard layout is'nt shown

I am using the built in ftp command in Windows XP to connect to a Unix Server ih the same network subnet. When I start ftp and the ip address of the server it asks me for a user name and password which I type in and it works fine. I am trying to write a series of commands into a batch file and I would like to include the user name and password within the batch file so that the user is not prompted for them. Is there a way to do this. Your help would be appreciated. Regards, Guido