Legacy Operating Systems

Before doing some changes in my server configuration (installing new application and policies for example)I would like to make an image of the hard drive to an external USB Hard Disk because if sometime goes wrong I would like to revert the system. I don’t need any fancy multicasting feature. I would appreciate any recommendation. Can I use the windows server system restore feature or I should use a commercial tool?

I understand that the recommended minimum speed for active directory connections is 512Kbps. But I wonder, if I only need the authentication features of active directory with no policies or roaming profiles can I have a remote site connected using a 128K frame relay line? Has anybody tried it?

I am attempting to run a program that wants a file on the "L" drive. I have a folder on my local "D" drive that is shared and in this folder is this particular file that the program searches for. When I try to map the shared folder on my D drive to the L drive using \\server\share located in tools - map network drive eg \\my computer\shared folder name I receive the following error message Attempting to create drive The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error occurred "the network location cannot be reached......" I am using windows 2000 on my IBM laptop. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Ok, heres the deal, I have a Dell Dimension E520, it came with Vista I'm trying to install XP, I used GParted and deleted all the Windows Vista partitions (so I'm somewhat screwd) I have a Windows XP home edition install disk and when ever I pop it in and get it booted up, as soon as I get to "Starting Windows" install screen, I get the generic blue screen, and I really gotta fix this and fast! HELP ME!!!

It has to exist but is there a free stopwatch one can download and use in XP? Just something to time presentations and lectures. Jeff

WindowsXP Pro SP2/ Office 2003 I have just had my computer reformatted, (Mother board problem) Now whenever I click on the install updates icon in the systray , these two updates won't install, (KB951978) & KB950759), instead I get this message in the Automatic Updates box; Some updates cannot be installed ie:(KB951978) & (KB950759) What should I do? -- chequer When the game is over, the King and the pawn share the same box.

I have a developer that wants to troubleshoot and issue we are having and needs to be able to see the application log on our Windows 2003 server. Is there an easy way I can grant him this access. I'm currently saving the application log and placing it in a shared folder but that's getting old and wasting a lot of our time. Thanks.

RE: i need help with windows task bar and start menu "mr.man" wrote: > i downloaded the latest windows update, and once i restarted my computer, the > start menu and task bar went to the "classic windows" style. why is this? > also, i am not able to change it back to the windows xp start menu and task > bar. any help will be appreciated

I am running Server2008 and have installed a network scanner. The installation worked properly but now, the system does not find %windir%\TWAIN_32.DLL. It is not there, OK, but in other windows systems it exists. Does Server2008 not support TWAIN anymore or is the file missing? If so, where can I obtain it? Thanks for your time ole

We run terminal server licensing on the domain controller in one of our domains. There is a group Terminal Server Computers that up to now we have left unpopulated. The absence of entries in this group has not stopped terminal server licensing from working. What controls when this group is actively enforced, such that the absence of any entry in the group will stop terminal server licensing from working with any terminal server? -- Will

How do I install system support for multi languages in XP Home? I need to add Russian for a PowerPoint presentation but can't get it to activate. Help please. Thanks, Rick

Hi I am a newbie in Microsoft visual studio. According to the documentation, the solution can contain several projects. Each project can run with different platform with Win32 or x64. I don't understand this. I use Win32. Then I cannot run this solution on x64, can I? If I use x64 window OS, why should I choose Win32 platform? Thank you in advance. Mike

Are there any differences in the supplied fonts that are delivered with the French version vs the English version of Windows XP Pro? Where would one normally find this type of information? Any information and support is appreciated. Thanks,

I have a W2000 SP4 machine on a peer to peer network, connected by wireless card. there are 2 mapped drives to another machine. When turned on the boot stops with a message unable to connect to a netwrork drive, do you want to connect next time? I say yes and it boots OK, then I execute a batch file that connects to the other machine (there is a password) and all is fine. However it is very annoying that the boot stops and will only complete with manual intervention. The problem is that the wireless card is not initialised early enough so when Windows tries to connect during boot the network is not available. so I ask: 1. Is it possible to chang…

RE: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Hi to all just adding my comments I have used F+STW for years as I upgrade, build, rebuild and reload PCs. I do not trust it as I have had problems with it so I always back up my files to disk anyway. I HAVE FOUND; It's the speed of the re install. I set a folder on the desktop and run the collection wizard to store into it. I then copy this folder across my network to another PC. If I use an external drive (as the old drive was full I just plug this into a second PC on the network.) It seems faster to colect first to a folder and then copy that to a second pc. I then rebuild the offending pc. I install…

Hi, I have a TS that is also the Print Server for our network. I don't want TS users to be able to change the printers' settings. I would be even cooler to be able to define which printers they can see, but that isn't really an issue. More bothered about them fiddling around in there configuring defaults to undesirable settings. Any clues? TIA, Jarryd

I am running an MS Access ODBC app on Terminal Server under MS Windows 2003 R2. It connects to a SQL Server 2005 DB. The app runs fine from the console using the Access runtime engine, but fails when running from any user logging in to the Terminal Server. The failure occurs when attempting to access the SQL DB. Any ideas? TIA

Hi, I have a pc with xp home. It was runnning fine. I downloaded sp2 and it stopped responding at the cleaning up stage. I did an alt cntrl delete to restart the pc and now it just keeps restarting. I have selected safe mode, last known good config and stop reboot when windows has an error. All with no success. I either get a blue screen stated," stop: c0000221 bad checksum. The image comdlg32.dll is probably corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum or it just keeps restarting. Thanks, John

Yesterday I posted a question "configure fax" and it hasn't appeared. I saved the group as a favorite and that's what I used to access it. How do I find it? Thanks. Janice

Talked to Linksys and they say it's MS issue. Checked all my settings. Connection screen says "you are connected to the access point but no internet can be found." other laptops can connect on this network though. I've rebooted, rebooted the internet receiver, reinstalled the adapter software etc. to no avail. I also tried reinstalling service pack 2. Any ideas?

Hi, It happens weird with our server. when I try to login there is nothing load into desktop just the blue screen and nothing (tool bar, icons, start menu). Do you know what wrong with this. I am using windows server 2003. Thank you very much for all your help.

I am supporting a company with 6 Windows 2003 servers in the domain. I can remote into 5 of OK. The 6th server is the issue. "Remote Desktop" is enabled on the System Properties/Remote screen. On Network Connections/Properties/Advanced/Firewall Settings/Advanced, under both Services and Exceptions Remote Desktop in enabled for TCP 3389. Portqry shows TCP 3389 (ms-wbt-service) LISTENING, UDP 3389 (unknown service) NOT LISTENING. However, when I attempt to remote connect, even from it's own client, it cannot connect. Any suggestions on how to make this work? Thanks

I am trying to solve this very strange problem. First I found the issue in code, but then I replicated in explorer. Whenever I try to copy any file from a windows server 2003 x86, to any windows server 2003 x64, the machine bluescreens crash. I have successfully copied files between x86 and x86, and x64 and x64. As well, i can copy from x64 to x86. This is very annoying. Any thoughts???

Which internet time server do you use in your Windows Server 2003 time source? I've been having problem sync'ing with the following time source: time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov The following events have been logged during the past few days: Event Type: Error Event Source: W32Time Event Category: None Event ID: 29 Description: The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 30 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time. Event Type: Warning Event Source: W32Time Event Catego…

I finally cleared up all the metadata issues and have completely removed the 2000 server domain controller from our domain, leaving just 2003 server as domain controller and several 2003 member servers. this is really the only system I can use as a backup domain controller at this site, so I want to add it back as a domain controller. is it okay to give it back its original name, or should I rename it when I add it back? gary