Legacy Operating Systems

just installed a new printer but have information for two previous printers on the computer. . no "uninstall" file files found for either and nothing in "add and remove programs". . .can i just delete the "keys" in the registry to take them off my computer??? thanks for any help . . i have WinXP home -- Life happens, ready or not. . . live it

I need to make a Network Connection From my host(Windows Vista64) With Virtualbox PC To my Guest Computer with Windows XP. I can't do it , i need your help Please. I need to have a Internet Conection and Host OS Connection from my Guest under Virtualbox(Windows XP) Thanks i Wait your response

Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "Li'l Roberto" wrote: > Run Help and Support, enter doctor watson in the search field > > rgds > Li'l Roberto > > > "tonpal" <tonpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C954AABF-DFCC-404C-B83F-BEF273A03BB7@microsoft.com... > > For no obvious reason, I started getting an error message when I shut > > down > > WinXP. The message is only on-screen for less than a second so I've > > been > > unable to catch it all, but (probably paraphrased) it says that > > "DWWin.exe > > failed to initialise because Windows is shutti…

Event Type: Error Event Source: ESENT Event Category: General Event ID: 484 Date: 7/28/2008 Time: 11:20:08 AM User: N/A Computer: SERVER Description: wins (1952) An attempt to remove the folder "E:\WINSBackup\wins_bak\temp\" failed with system error 3 (0x00000003): "The system cannot find the path specified. ". The remove folder operation will fail with error -1023 (0xfffffc01). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. I keep getting this error message on my domain controller. The folder does exists, but am not sure what I can do to resolve this issue. Any help would be much appreciated…

Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup. I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning. How do I get the details of the problem? My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.

I have Windows XP Home Edition on a computer that is no longer working. The recommedned OS for a new computer that I wish to buy is Windows XP Pro. Is there a way I can upgrade Home Edition for the Pro Edition?

Dell doesn't want people to get XP pro as downgrade rights from Vista Business... I have a friend on the phone and she is in tears.. she hates vista (and with very good reason) and I told her that if she gets vista business and ultimate dell can install XP pro on her computer as downgrade rights. Apparently the dell employee insists that dell cannot do that UNLESS someone buys one of a couple of computers from them that they have included this option... the models are: Dell systems that are part of the downgrade rights program are: Latitude laptops, OptiPlex desktops and Dell Precision workstations Dell Vostro laptops and desktops Dell Gaming sy…

Example: I turn up the "Device Volume" in Sounds and Audio Devices Properties and next time I start the computer it's back all the way down. I put my computer on Standby (start>turn off computer>standby) and it won't come out fo the Standby. Even though it Power Options Properties I have Turn off monitor: Never, Turn off hard disk: Never, System stanby: Never. Before I just hit the powerbutton and there it was, a few seconds later, ready to go. The only way to make it come back is to hard boot it by holding down the power button for a few seconds. IE is not remembering any settings at all it almost always defaults to its default factory settings…

One of my users managed to open a spoof email supposedly from UPS which unleashed a trojan - some sort of fake virus warning. I managed to remove the virus which has installed a .bmp file as the desktop image but then managed to turn off a couple of the tabs on desktop properties. When you fire up desk.cpl in Control Panel there are only three tabs: Themes Appearance Settings two missing ones: Desktop ScreenSaver So now I can't reset desktop images or set screensaver properties. I looked in Local Security Policies but couldn't find anything obvious there and can't seem to find a config file for desk.cpl which could have been altered. If any…

"Walmart will soon be launching its own version of the Geek Squad as pilot program in 15 stores in the Dallas area. The new "Solution Stations" will supposedly help customers with such tasks as flat panel TV installation and computer repair and will be managed with Dell Inc." http://consumerist.com/5026600/walmart-to-unleash-its-own-geek-squad-in-dallas Plus, check out the chick who stripped to her undies in order to ENTER Wal-Mart http://consumerist.com/5029679/disagree-with-walmarts-bike-policy-take-off-your-clothes-in-protest

On a Windows 2003 Server, there are 45 GB of files in the System Volume Information folder. The volume shadow copy service is disabled. How are these files being generated and how can I safely delete them?

I'd like IE6 to display the details view of any folder so that all sub-folders are listed first and then files. Is there a way to achieve that? Bobbi

Hi, I just want to confirm that when I use NTbackup and check the tree option for SystemState (BU set is on tape or another hard drive), that the system state is included in the actual backup and not just backed up (copied) to the local system32/config folder. I am pretty sure the answer is yes, but I dont want to assume and find out that I am wrong when I need it! Thanks

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Just did a massive copy from one drive to another with RoboCopy. 250 GB total. I copied and logged and at the end of the 40 MB log file I see that I had 3 files fail out of the 750,000+ files. Every file is listed in the log where it seems all of them show "new file". I tried to do a seach on the file for "Fail" but I only find fail if it is in the file name or the summary at the end. What are some things I can search for to find what file has failed. Normally I would just stick this in Excel and sort, but I can't put in 3/4 of a million rows into Excel.

Hi All… I am running a production Windows Server 2003 SP2 on C:\ with Exchange 2003 installed on E:\ when the E:\ drive was full in the morning and has 0 bytes free space! I tried to free and delete or move some files but they appear shortly after I do that again and no changes in the size appeared. After restarting the sever, I start to get this error: E:\ is not accessible. There is not enough space on the disk. Also the Exchange services and some other service couldn’t start. This drive E:\ has all the Information Store and the files!!! Any idea how to resolve this? Thanks -- Aws awsok@yahoo.com

I have the following config: 2x 2008 server core machines, configured with Hyper-V, and as a failover cluster. All configured nicely and working well. I have installed an additional NIC in each machine and I wish to use these cards purely for iSCSI. How can I disable all the additional bindings (QoS, MS Client etc etc) on these cards via Server Core. I just want to leave ipv4 on these cards for iSCSI Secondly, is there any way I can force the iSCSI initiator to only use these additional cards ? Thanks Stu

We have a few hundred identical PC's we built for many clients back in 2004, on various occasions due to malware or general corruption we format and reload them. Up until a month ago they were reactivating just fine, now every one of them is requiring that I call in to get them activated. Almost all of them have been running for years since their last activation. These are XP Pro OEM licenses being reinstalled with a genuine OEM SP2 CD onto the original PC. Any ideas? Did MS change something in the activation scheme? -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/5…

Greetings, Amazingly, today, a simple operation like organizing the icons on the desktop seems to have wiped out the recycling bin... Don´t want to point fingers, but really, I did not do anything else.... Can anyone tell me how to re-add the icon to my desktop? I would appreciate it. Regards, Jean-Pierre

Hello, we have two Iomega Storcenter Pro 150d NAS in our network. Since we migrated the domain to windows 2008(Windows 2008 native mode), we are not able to acces the shares on the NAS anymore. We always get a "login failed" message. Web login still works. There seems to be a parameter in Windows 2008 default domain configuration(NTLM level or other), which prevents the NAS from authenticating users agains the domain. Any idea? Best regards PR

I am trying to install a hotfix from Microsoft to fix my 'no audio' problem. The file is KB888111 and while installing a message says I need to find a file 'sthda'sys' to continue installation. Any MS people here know where I can get this file or if there is a way around it?

If I go into the command prompt and type "defrag C:" (without quotes) everything works fine. However, if I run that exact same command from a batch file the command constantly repeats itself over and over like it's stuck in some kind of loop. If I write start defrag c: then about 250 cmd windows open and do nothing. I've checked DOSKEY /macros and they are empty (as they should be) Although it doesn't seem like a big deal it has me rather agitated. Anybody have any idea what is going on? Any help would be much appreciated.

The colours used in Paint carry numbers identifying the hue, saturation and luminescence. Is it possible to find out what these numbers are for any particular colour? I don't mean the colours given in the colour box but a colour, say, in a jpeg image imported into or saved in Paint. -- Clare

RE: Starting Up Computer (Programs that load automatically) Hi, Normally when getting rid of startup menu items I just remove them from MSConfig, through Start/Run, but when I execute the command it is returning nothing. It looks like I do not HAVE MsConfig on this PC. I do have a MSconfig file in the C:\i386 folder, but it appears to be called msconfig._ex so I am not sure whether this file is corrupt or what. It is a Dell Windows XP Home Edition. Any idea's? Tracey

Currently using Cisco Security Agent (CSA) as host based Intrusion Detection/Prevention software. Went to Vista 64, but found out CSA is not supported. Cisco claims there is no zero day protection software that runs on Vista 64 because Microsoft has not opened up enough API's on Vista 64 platform. So I have searched the internet, but no Intrusion software is listed that explicitely states that it supports Vista 64. (CSA does support Vista 32.) Does anyone know of any Intrusion Detection/Prevention software (with zero day protection) that explicitely states that it supports Vista 64? Thanks ...