Legacy Operating Systems

I installed x64 in the same partition as XP. DUH... I was told if I have an AMD x2 cpu I needed x64. I can dual boot and found that that I don't want x64. Can I just delete the x64 related folders and files and make my system a single boot sys again??? The other OS is WinXP. If I do a sys restore to a point prior to loading x64, will that remove the x64 OS? This is my first visit here. OOPS wrong site Hope I'm in the right place this time..nope, wrong site Maybe this is the correct place.....

When i start up my computer, i get a Note Pad message that says: [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787 Can you please tell me how to get rid of this message. Thanks

hello, i wanted to format and partition a new drive, but couldn't seem to find the disk admin panel anywhere (XP pro). MS' website said to run "compmgmt.msc" from the command line. oddly enough, this brings up an "install dialog", preparing to install Diskeeper Lite, which I already installed some time ago. I have to click many times to cancel the install process, and am considering nuking DK lite because of this headache and other screen nags, etc. my questions, how did DK lite "hijack" the Disk Managment console? can i get it back? any other place that I can run disk mgmt from rather than the arcane command prompt? thanks for any help ... …

dual opterons, tyan mother board 2885, highpoint raid card 1820, raid 5 , 5 raptors, 3 other for scratch photos, spare, currently 2 gigs ecc registered corsair memory 512 sticks, ultimate on raid c drive. Installed with all important updates, had to eliminate 2 gigs of memory think one was bad to get it to install. System is stable with photo shop cs , office 2007 updating now, avast home. Problem is when I try to do an administrative thing system crashes, locks up. restarts on hard boot. last good config no error messages. Last crash was I tried to update vista experience, it was 4.6 so not bad, but I had added memory to 2 gigs and hard drives. syst…

I just installed finally Vista Ultimate 64. After several tries I did get it installed on a Tyan 2885 board with dual singlecore opterons to a raid 5 on a Highpoint 1820 card. I did a clean install with all other stuff removed even had to use a floppy to get vista to see raid 5 as c drive but that has been accomplished. After many tries. I had to remove all memory and start with one stick Corsair 3200 memory all are matche512 sticks. I have system running with 4 sticks 2 gigs, more it is funky, sorry about technical term. I did find 2 that would not work as a single stick. Others worked just fine. Now system works until I hit something that needs to chang…

Hello Anybody! Having nothing else to do :-) I tried to run the SFC /Scannow command on my wifes WinXPx64 PC. It didn't work. I got a msg. telling that I needed to insert the original install CD, (which was already in the DVD drive), and the process couldn't continue. I have been thinking of slipstreaming SP2 some day, and I thought that now was the right time to do it. I found a nice description, on how to perform the slipstream operation, here: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Create a Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 Slipstream CD http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&amp…

Hey gang, I run AVG 8 , free version, on my Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I thought I would ask here first, in case anyone else has run across this. Recently, the update manager has stopped working in it, for me. When I boot, the icon will just have a red mark in it, and when I open the program from the notifcation area, it states the update manager is not working. I basically have to manually update the program each day. I have tried different settings under advanced-tools-update manager, but none seem to change this behaviour. Thought I would check here for ideas first, would appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks, -- Don

When I try to delete programs from a RW DVD disc,my PC immediately reboots itself. How can I erase please. Thanks

My machine is running WinXPsp3. Everytime I logoff or shutdown, my antivirus programs "hangs". A menu appears-Symantec Antivirus-End Now and a progress bar runs across about half way before it logs off or begins shutdown. Not sure is this is a windows issue or service or software? Any suggestions?

MY SONS MACHINE AN hp A305w, running windows xp pro, was accidently unplugged, and now it wont start windows but goes to a screen which says do you want to start normally, or in safe mode, or with last known configuration that was good? None of the choices work. What can I do to get it to load windows? Thanks, Dalecoke

Whats address resolution protocol for? is it similar to DNS, why we cant just use dns instead of arp?

I have a client who currently has 2 servers in their organization. One is a SBS 2003 server that does all the jobs that SBS provides. The second server is a Server 2003 Std. box that is running Terminal Services and managing Terminal Server licensing. We have acquired a new Server 2008 box to replace the Terminal Server. I have purchased new 2008 TS user CALs for this server. My question is how to go about migrating Terminal Server Licensing from the 2003 server to the new 2008 server. If anyone can point me in the direction of some guidance on this subject, I would greatly appreciate it.

What could be a good rate of memory

after my reformat, i had no sound. i have downloaded drivers for the realek ac'97 and av rack. however, the sound is not normal, also the windows volume control will not control volume. i can only control volume through ac'97.

Hi, I currently have the Google toolbar installed, which includes a calendar button, which I use frequently. Due to some conflicts I have to remove my Google toolbar, and wondered if anyone new of a different or alternative toolbar calendar. Thank you Joco (London)

Hi I have just change my Windows XP machine to a new Windows Vista machine. my network was set up from my old Windows XP machine to a older machine Windows 98. now I have change my Windows XP machine to a Windows Vista machine I have not found a way to reset my network to run from Windows Vista to Windows 98 can you help

I am running the fax service and shared fax printer on our Windows 2003 Server R2 (not SBS). This is also our domain server. I need to grant certain users the ability to view all faxes in the fax console for all users without giving them full administrator access for the entire domain.

I've not been able to download and install Flash Player. It downloads ok and starts the install then I get a message that the "Install Failed." I go to their website and follow troubleshooting, etc. and it still won't install. They suggest reloading Internet Explorer (I have 7). Did that and still wouldn't install. Any suggestions? ps. I haven't changed a thing to cause this that I know of. It tries to use Flash Player on YouTube and now it won't work. Thanks for any help. Doug

Hi, Sorry for English. I’m need to create boot and install images in .wim format from a original CD from Windows 2000, 2003, XP, … I’m have read many “how to’s” but all solution will install the OS on client. It is possible create image from original boot CD without install it? Please, if possible, provide steps to needed to make it (I’m not a typically Server admin). Big thank for solution! Robert

From the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar I select to remove my USB flashdrive (Buffalo brand). I get the proper 'now safe' pop-up, but I then find that my broadband connection has also invariably been disconnected. (This is the other option in Safely Remove Hardware: "SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP" - but I do not select it.) I then have to manually reconnect to the internet, and sometimes it won't even do this till after restart. (Windows XP home edition with SP3)

I have a Windows 2003 R2 server that is running as a terminal server. I'm not running AD so I'm using the local user setup. I have my users setup on their Environment tab to "Start the following program at login". This works great for all users except one. The program doesn't run at all and he gets just the desktop. I even changed the program to run to c:\windows\notepad.exe as a test but it didn't even run that. Where can I look to find out what is stopping this user from running a program at login for the terminal server? Thanks for the help. James Trogdon

I am currently running Vista Ultimate 64 bit on the a Gateway FX530XV machine with the following specs: Intel Motherboard Model #OEM975XBG1 with Intel® LA97510J (Bigram and Lava cot) motherboard Bios, with Intel Chipset i975X Rev A and Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Nividia GeForce 7500 LE Video Card with Driver 7.15.11.7516 dtd 5/2/08 4 Gb of DRY Memory set at 667 Latency 5.0-5-5-15 Per Cpu-Z, running at 333.3 MHz Monitor is a Gateway FDD 2485W 24 Inch Widescreen High Definition My problem started several months ago for no apparent reason. No new hardware installed and no new programs installed at the time. When ever I open any document, W…

I have two 486/586 machines running Win95B. One has a Cirrus Logic VLB graphics card based on a CL-GD5428 chipset, the other has an S3 Trio V64+ PCI card. The latter card has a 2-pin interrupt header which I have jumpered, and I have also enabled "assign IRQ to VGA" in the BIOS setup. Neither machine assigns an IRQ to its graphics card. It appears that these cards are polled, much like standard (non-EPP/ECP) parallel printer ports which also don't get an IRQ in Device Manager. OTOH, my Win 98SE box does assign an IRQ to its PCI card (Diamond Stealth III S540). Is this normal behaviour? FWIW, both motherboards have UMC chipsets. - Franc Zabkar -- Please…

Having Win XP Home with SP2 and SP3, may I do an upgrade with Win XP Pro with SP2 ?

Hi - Can someone give me a quick answer to this? I can't believe I'm not finding the right source... What is the recommended size for server 2008 system partition? thanks for your help!!!! -- Cindy B