Legacy Operating Systems

Hi I have a server (Windows 2003) where a scriot is running as the System Account. The script uses some date information. This date information is retrieved as: mm/dd/yyyy (Looks like the US date format) I would like to have it as: dd/mm/yyyy (The UK date format) How can I change the regional options on the System Account ? I tried changing the administrators regional options, but that did not help because the script is running as System Account

Every night I was used to perform a scripted backup of the virtual machines (VMware server 1.x) that are on a Windows 2003 host server. The VMs are suspended just before to invoke ntbackup and restored at the end. Since a couple of weeks i get errors like this in the ntbackup log: 'WARNING: Portions of "\Virtual Machines\EureSolver\EureSolver-flat.vmdk" cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete.' It is always related to the large virtual disk .vmdk files. the invoked ntbackup command line is: 'start /wait ntbackup backup "D:\Virtual Machines" /J "%NAME%" /T "%NAMETAPE%" /N "%NAMETAPE%" /D "%NAME%" /V:no /L:f /M normal /HC:on /SNA…

I just installed SP3 on my notebook and desktop. When I run CCleaner Registry section, I notice many entries there. Can they ALL be deleted? (Most of the are: Problem: Uninstaller reference issue KB931784 (many different KBs mentioned. Register Key: HKLM\Software\MicrosoftWindows\CurrentVersion\App Management\App Management\ARpCache\KB931784....)

Dear Folks,, We have win 2003 server which is accessed by remotely by other system administrator....I have created one security policy file in JPG to show the remote user. I want to display that as wall paper on desktop ......so whenever any one get the desktop through MSTSC ...that wall paper shows on his desktop.. HOw can i make a wallpaper for each & every terminal session same Thanks in advance gaurav mathur

Windows XP SP2 Picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, computer shut down totally dumping a screen full of spreadsheets. Gotta love that. Previously, the monitor has just flickered and reset itself. It is sporadic. I haven't been able to discern a specific item that I'm doing when it happens. I had thought that it might be the scanner so removed it. Obviously it wasn't. I've asked the IT folk at work, electrician, my computer guru - all are lost. HALP! (an upgraded "help"). Suggestions, thoughts, updated Ouija boards.... Mist --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080728-0, 07/28/2008 Tested on…

Hi I am running Server 2003 R2 x64 and cannot get the File Server Resource Manager service to start. When I try to start it manually it gives me "Could not start File Server Resource Manager service on local computer" Error 193: 0xc1 Any ideas??

While using wordpad, I can access the font menue and select a different font or font size but when I look into the wordpad window or look at a print-out from the printer, the font and font size is always the default. Your suggestions please.

I have a Gateway FX7024 (came with Vista), that won't boot anymore (says cannot find boot device). Thinking it may the hard drive, I removed it and replaced with a new WD Caviar 320GB. I am trying to install XP on it, but I get BSOD. After some web searches, I figured I need the drivers for SATA and I tried to slip-stream them with nLite and with Driver Packs without success (still BSOD). I tried setting the BIOS to legacy IDE instead of SATA , still gets the same BSOD. THe computer seems to work as an Ubuntu Linux live CD works fine, and recognizes the new drive. When I launch the partitioning software in Ubuntu (GParted) the new drive appears as unallocat…

Hi, I have a HQ where the Terminal service server is deployed. The server is Windows Server 2003 R2 and the clients are Windows XP. We do not deploy VPN between sites. For some reasons a domain is not created so it is a non-DC server. There is a user at a remote office (let's call it UserA) who has a directly connected local printer. Another remote office has a user called UserB. When UserA connects to the Terminal Service, he can print to the local printer. We setup this by connecting the local resources and adding a printer driver on the server. Now, UserB wants to use UserA's printer, but he cannot see the printer. Both users are normal users. If…

I am operating a laptop that also has another users account on it. The other user is a fiddler and plays with things that he shouldn't play with on computers, so I have given him a limited account. The problem is I need him to be able to run and operate Autocad. This program needs to be able to write to the Registry. but because this users acount is limited it will not write to the registry, therefore causing an error and not allowing autocad to run correctly. Is there a way to allow this program to write to the registry so the user can run the program correctly, without him becoming an administrator on the laptop. or is there a program somewhere tha…

Hi, I'm using robocopy.exe to move old files to another server, I have started copying files that are create from 31/12/2000 and before. Now all the files do get moved across, but it will also create the entire orginal folder structure, so I get folders with nothing in them because no file meet that age, so why does it create the fodlers? eg robocopy.exe G:\marketing F:\Archive\Marketing\2000 /E /copyall /move /minage:20001231

Hi, I have a Windows Server with another Terminal Services Server. I have setup a backup on the server to happen every night with a DAT tape. As you might have noticed from earlier posts this is now getting quite full. I have also noticed that there isn't a backup facility on the TS so the main server is backing up C and D on that machine which basically includes all the shared folders that have been setup but nothing is backing up the Database folder on TS or any of the users files under C:\Documents and Settings\User. Each user is using pop3 email through outlook via their TS login so I suppose their emails aren't being backed up either. Any suggesti…

Hi, I have a Windows Server with another Terminal Services Server. I have setup a backup on the server to happen every night with a DAT tape. As you might have noticed from earlier posts this is now getting quite full. I have also noticed that there isn't a backup facility on the TS so the main server is backing up C and D on that machine which basically includes all the shared folders that have been setup but nothing is backing up the Database folder on TS or any of the users files under C:\Documents and Settings\User. Each user is using pop3 email through outlook via their TS login so I suppose their emails aren't being backed up either. Any suggesti…

Our Windows 2003 server randomly shuts down. It happens approx 3 to 4 times per week usually at night. No helpful messages in the event viewer. One thing that I have found strange is that when you select Restart on the server the server shuts down and when you select Shut Down the server restarts. I have already replaced the memory but that did not help. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am getting backup report with following errors: UsrClass.dat.LOG error: "the Process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" pointing to c:\docs & settings\administrator\local settings\application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG NTUSER.DAT error with the same message pointing to C:\Docs & settings\administrator\NTUSER.DAT any idea how to fix it or does it matter? Thanks!

Hi, I have a Mac laptop and I have trouble to connect to a share drive on the 2K3 SBS domain. I am sorry if my question is not in this discussion board. Please help to show me where I can post my question. Regards.

Windows Server 2003. Domain controller. Fully sp'd and patched. NTBackup reports this when trying to back up the system state: Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0x8004230c. Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:8004230c Aborting Backup. ---------------------- The operation did not successfully complete. ---------------------- I can't find much on this that isn't supposed to be for Vista. We've checked the knowledgebase, Google'd it (sorry Microsoft!), etc. Nothing useful. No-one seems to know what the code means. We've applied the 940252 and 940349 hotfixes. We normall…

I lost my C drive and had to install a new one. I have a large amount of data on an existing E drive that windows does not see and allow me access. It is recognised in the BIOS as a slave, and a Western Digital diagnostic program says it is there and working perfectly. However, in the diagnostic program it calls the C drive a physical and logical drive but the E drive only as a physical drive. Am I doing something wrong? Is ther a way to access this drive? Thanks for any help

After installing the SP3, I no longer have internet connection. I am wireless( Belkin) with the usb adapter. It does show i am connected...

all of a sudden my screen saver has disappeared, and when I go to control panel, display the icon for screen saver has disappeared. The only options that appear are Themes, Appearance and settings. Does anybody know how to fix this as repairing the installation with the installation disk di ot help

Hello, A recent problem has surfaced: - When a new user logs onto a workstation in the BNE site (using the BNE DC) - the user does not receive a roaming profile and errors are displayed. - The Home directory is created successfully. Our network: Windows 2003 Server SP1 Clients = Windows XP Pro SP2 Active Directory network Four DC's in the network- MEL1, MEL2, SYD, BNE, across four sites We create a user in the following way: 1. Open Active Directory 2. right click on Organizational Unit BNE and select new user 3. Enter user details 4. Set Password 5. Select exchange server 6. Once created right click on user and go to properties and select …

Hi, everyone! I've just installed Windows 2008 Enterprise in a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine. The server is set up as a PDC with it's own domain forrest, and has a DNS server. DNS resolves Ok, but I have 2 major issues. 1) If connecting to/from WinXP / Windows 2003 computer, the network share is visible, but I cannot copy files. The operation fails after a few seconds, with the "Network name cannot be found" (or "is not available") error. This works OK, if the client is Vista, so I presume it's a SMB 2.0 issue. Any hints on how to force the w2k8 box to use SMB 1.0? 2) From the w2k8 box, I cannot browse to http://www.microsoft.com, http://ww…

I have clients setup, through group policy, to download updates from my WSUS server and install them on Thursday at 6pm. My question is, do these computers need to remain connected to the network in order to install the updates? Because I have users who want to take their laptops home with them on Thursday night, but I am unsure as to whether the update will install if the computers are not on the network at 6pm.

One of our remote administrators uses a folder under the Netlogon (\\domaincontroller\netlogon\gposhare) for GPO batch files/logon scripts. Since I put in the new domain controllers, he gets 'access denied' when trying to edit the GPO batch files or post new ones. I am the domain admin, and it works fine. He is in the AD security group that has full control of this share. Any help is appreciated. steve

This is for a Win2003 PDC. I read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 and I think I have this set up correctly. The only thing I need to know is where to stick tock.usno.navy.mil,0x1 . I don't see an option in the registry that has anything like this in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\TimeProviders\NtpServer Can someone help me? Thanks! Phil