Legacy Operating Systems

Hi, We are requiring all adminstrative accounts to have expiring passwords. Is there a tool or script that I can run that will force all local administrative accounts passwords to reset or expire? All machines are windows. Thanks Mitch

Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that is on "clearance". If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista and I was wondering why that is the case? Thank You Annie

Well, it is back again. My X64 running on an AMD64 X2 4400 gets in this mode where two programs hang: photoshop 6 and open office calc. I installed open office 3 and it made no difference. This is not a matter of software updates, since this problem mysteriously comes and goes. When photoshop hangs, it is in gdi32.dll. Here are the results from a search on gdi32.dll http://www.lazygranch.com/temp/gdi32.gif Now I assume the only gdi32.dll that matters are located in c:\WINDOWS \system32 and C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64 Now from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948590/en-us under "for all supported X64-based editions of WIndows XP Professional, we have Gdi32.dll 5.2…

MODI keeps setting as the default printer. I even tried uninstalling it and it still sets as default. THe weird thing is that it is only doing this for one of our divisions. We have 3 other divisions on the same terminal server and their printer default stays as selected.

I hit the "Windows key" There is an "All Programs" green arrowhead. The displayed list does not seem to me to be in any sequence that I can discern. Partially by date of installation, perhaps, as the most recently installed programs seem to be at the end of the list. I do want to have the listing in alphabetical order. How do I sort this listing>

I was trying to do a clean install of xp pro with a new HD and I let XP setup format the disc and copy all of its setup files e.t.c. When rebooting the pc, the Hard drive does not boot up to continue with the install. I've checked the boot order of the BIOS e.t.c., but it is just stuck on initial startup and will not boot. Any ideas? I've used fdisk and checked the Hard drive and the file structure looks to be in place and set as the active partition. Any help appreciated.

i tried to install XP Professional on my dads old compaq laptop that had windows 2000 professional. it started to install it, i followed the instructions but the comptuer went black at about what said 58% or so. now when i tried to reinstall it it says set up did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. make sure any hard dik drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. this may involve running a manufacturer--supplied diagnostic or setup program. set up cannont continue. to quit setup, press F3. what I want ti know is what do I do. if any one could help i wo…

I bought 2 identical servers (1 is the emergency server). So I set up Server 2008 on box 1 and did a full system backup. I was surprised it did not ask for a CD/DVD to burn boot info - not to worry I said. I have now gone thru all the HELP in Server 2008 backup and Technet (OK so maybe I missed some - don't be picky :) ) and I cannot find any info about how to restore to another box. The closest I get is a mention in "Recovering Your Server" about "Windows Setup disc or a separate installation of the Windows Recovery Environment" in the TOOL column. But it does not go on to explain 'how to'. Heck I even looked in my "Windows Server 2008 for Dummies"…

My IE7 was corrupted and getting the "cannot find (null)" error. I uninstalled and downloaded/installed again. When I restarted the computer there was a new outlook exp. icon which when I clicked on it, would only open internet properties. I found a thread on how to restore the icon (msimn.exe) , but when I use the restored icon I get this error: "Outlook Express cannot be started. The application was unable to create the font cash object (0x8007000E, 127)" Can anyone help me find the original program link, or were the files lost with the IE install? Thanks...gary

A few days ago I installed the following updates on my HP D530 running Windows XP Home SP2: KB956803, KB956391, KB957095, KB956390-IE7, KB954211, KB956841, KB958644. Today I found that the HP 932C parallel printer would not work, as it had before the update. I verified that the printer worked using my old 98 machine, and verified that the port worked using another device. Uninstalling and reinstalling the driver had no effect. I found that LPT1 was set to Never Use Interrupts. I thought this an odd setting for background printing; I suppose it could use DMA, but that seems like overkill. At any rate, I set it to Use Any Interrupt and printing starte…

I have a DDL that creates a test db and tables for SQL Server 2005. I would like to add a few rows of table test data as part of the script but not sure how to do this. Is this possible.

I have an external USB 2.0 High Speed hard drive case. The hardware currently installed in this case is a 10GB Western Digital hard drive. I would like to replace that hard drive with a 500GB Western Digital drive... --one that would be used for backing up my internal hard drive, and --one that could be removed from the USB connected case (without loosing the backup data copied on that hard drive) and installing it internally on my computer (if that ever became necessary). I know the 10GB hard drive currently in the USB box was taken from an old computer, and it seems to work without any problems. Are there things I need to know before purchasing …

At startup when when the taskbar icons were loaded at restart, one of them was the EN for the Text Services language bar. I closed the language bar on the task bar and now I can't it back. I know I probably don't need it but I'd like to do the reverse of what I did. so that EN logo would load the same way the SoundMAX, Volume control speaker icon, ATI icon, D4, Zone Alarn, The Area connection speed 3, and the Norton Antivirus Auto-Protect enabled all do all at start up.What would be the registry hack for this?

I have a local network running among four computers. On one of these, I have lost my ability to connect with other computers in its workgroup. This had been working for ages and I'm not sure what could have caused it. I can connect to the router and have access to the internet. My "network places" shows the workgroup, but when I click on it to connect I get an error message that the workgroup is not accessible and I might not have permission to use this resource. I've checked that the workgroup name is correct and even went through the process of re-entering the name - to no avail. I appreciate any advice.

I had to reinstall Windows XP and SP3. Now when I start Windows, I have to click on my user name to logon. Previously Windows started automatically. I can't find an option to change this as administrator. Since I'm the only user on my computer, I don't want this extra step before Windows starts. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks. Pat

tooh wrote: > Using XP Home Edition I recently reinstalled (Windows XP) and now cannot > locate and run the MS Money application that was there prior to the > reinstall. Suggestions to locate. MS Money has never been part of the XP operating system. If you had it before, it either came preinstalled by the computer mftr. (Dell, HP, etc.) or someone (you?) bought and installed it. Look through the CDs that came with your computer. If you can't find the installation CD for Money, you can purchase the latest version from your favorite online or brick&mortar store. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephant…

Howdy, I have a Win 2000 system that I personally use infrequently. Other family members use it nearly every day. Minutes ago, I went to Youtube to play a video. It played "fast" that is, both the audio and video were playing at about 115% of their proper speed. My wife said "Oh yes, this system does that all the time..." Every video source played the same way. What might cause this sort of problem? Many thanks, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

When I "Shut down" my Toshiba Satellite laptop running XP/SP3, it will power off and then immediately power back on. To get it to stay off, I have to interrupt the AC power by unplugging it. When I plug it back in, it will stay off. This started about about two months ago, but I can't think of anything I might have done at that time to start the problem. Thanks for any assistance.

I have a Realtek AC97 sound card which has a test facility that enables me to speek into a microphone and and hear on the speakers. However, I have not found how to do this without using the test facility. Does anyone know if speech into a microphone can be echoed on the speakers? Lewish

I have a bit of a problem. I have my Dell Dim 8300 set to go into Standby Mode when idle for 30 minutes. Most of the time, it wakes up fine when I click the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard. Lately, sometimes it will not wake up and I have to do a hard boot to get it back up. I'm running WinXP SP3 with all the latest updates. Anyone has experienced this have a possible solution to it. Would appreciate any advice to heal this. If you need more information, please let me know. I'm also going to post a message in the Dell Computer Newsgroup, but wanted to try here as well. Thanks Charliec ****************************************************** Char…

Yesterday I installed W2K over ME in a friend's computer. Works okay, except boot time is well over two minutes, measured from the splash screen to the appearance of all the desktop icons. At several points, the screen is just a pure blue/green. Once, it remains that way as long as 25 seconds, with just the mouse pointer visible and a very brief one-time flashing of the hourglass, before the next dialog box appears. By contrast, my computer with the same W2K boots in about a minute. I noticed several differences between the computers. 1. In my computer, there is a WINNT directory; in her computer, it's called WINDOWS. Regardless of the name, the cont…

I'm posting this in the XP forum because most of the people who will be getting my CD are still using XP, and I want the Data CD to be able to open and play on most of their machines. Setup for my question: I created a Data CD which contains: (1)400 wedding photos, (2)a Powerpoint 2007 slideshow of the wedding, reception, and honeymoon, (3)and 3 mp3 files that were played during the ceremony, which are also used in my Powerpoint slideshow. My question: How do I get my Powerpoint 2007 creator to use the ->user's<- CD-rom as the "default" disk when searching for a music file which is embedded in the slideshow? The problem I'm having is that the…

i have just installed this update and reseted the computer and all of a sudden my secondery screen was turned on as if he's the main screen i tried activating my main screen from the drivers options (catalyst) but with no luck it seem to be that the driver is no longer recognizing the fact that my main screen is the main the best i could do was to extend my secondery screen in order to activate the main any way i did a system restore to the restore point before installing this update and the problem was solved my screen is mag xj810 19 inch and my screen card is hd6350 sappire 512MB ati agp so please fix it and thanks in advance.:)

I am trying to resolve issues with Word and Excel files loading slowly, and in File type associations Advanced properties for .DOC and .XLS I unchecked the 'Use DDE' checkbox. However, this checkbox always seems to be checked automatically after saving and exiting the dialog. Any ideas how to keep it unchecked?

To all I ask.. I just installed 64 bit Vista business after almost a year and a half of Vista 32Bit.. My question is in my old system control panel I had a Bluetooth icon but now in 64bit I do not. Where did it go?? Does 64bit not support it or do I need to enable it somehow ??..This would be kind of nice to have.. Thanks in advance for your help. Running Vista Business 64 Intel core2 duo processor 4gigs ddr 677 ram Sapphire Toxic 4850 video card Twin 160gig sata Seagate Barracuda's Razer Death adder mouse Saitek eclipse keyboard Dell 24" flat panel Logitech z5300e surround sound Thermaltake Armour case logitech G25 wheel and pedals Saitek x52 …