Legacy Operating Systems

I have a Gateway computer with the following: 1) a 1400-MHz Pentium 4 processor, 2) 256 MB of RAM, and 3) 40 GB of hard-drive space. The computer is running Windows Millennium Edition (ME). A month ago, I bought a Brother MFC-240C printer. This is a multifunction device: printer, copier, fax, and scanner. Recently, my "starter" yellow-ink cartridge ran out of ink, and one other cartridge is about to do the same. At the Best Buy store where I bought the printer, Brother cartridges are sold for $13.50 each. I believe that these are the LC51B, LC51Y, LC51C, and LC51M cartridges. Well, I have discovered the website known as http://www.ink4less.com This …

Re: IE6 keeps crashing 1. Please reply to a post, not to your original post. 2. Please quote the post to which you're replying. 3. Please continue the crosspost to WinME General newsgroup (where someone's sure to see & reply to this thread). ....or you can review these archived threads about "version hell" => http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsme.general/search?group=microsoft.public.windowsme.general&q=%22version+hell%22 -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ traumajohn wrote: > I appologize. I…

Hi Guys, Have a quick question. Have a global single AD spanning 6 Global Sites. Each site has TS Servers in place and working. The UK Site also has the TS Licensing Server (150 TS CALS). All The TS Servers are in Per User Mode. I am dropping Licensing configuration i.e. mode and license server name, via Group Policy Can someone let me know what happens if the the Licensing server becomes unavailable for any short amount of time (1 min to upto 24 hours)... Will no one be able to access the Terminal Services environment until it comes back i.e. will all access be cut off to the TS environments? Lozza

How can I configure terminal server - Win2003 - to receive calls via IP address { as I do now} and also via dial-up? Thanks, Raul Rego NJPIES

Hi, One of our TS users is having a lot of problem with her TS session, all other users seem to be fine. I was thinking there might be a problem with her user profile. So I copied an existing working TS user profile and renamed it to her existing profile name. I then assigned her full control on the "new" profile folder and reset the permission on all the child objects. I tried logging in. However, I was seeing difference kind of error message when launching different type of applications, Word, Excel and Outlook. Did I miss something when I did the profile copy? What is the proper way of doing such profile transfer? Thanks

I'm trying to write a script that will put a .bat file into the pinned portion of the start menu. Where are the settigs for that? or a folder that holds the shortcut?

I have 2 harddisk, 1 installed with Win2K and one with WinXP. Both have the same drive letters, C,D,E. The OS is installed on C. I would attached 1 drive at a time to start up the OS. I need to copy some files across (without using an external HDD). What would happen if I attached both the drives ? Would the OS be corrupted and then not be bootable ? Thanks.

Re: Deleting undeletable files hi i know how to basically delete files but the files i am trying to delete keep saying acess denied it dosent let me do system restores and i cant even view the folder the folder contains world of warcraft > wtf > user names > characters. in that order i managed to delete most of them but there are about 5 undeletable character files.? is there a way i can delete these? "Cal" wrote: > I managed to figure this out on my own... > > "Cal" wrote: > > > "Dave Patrick" wrote: > > > > > From a command prompt try; > > > > > > dir /x > > > and try del…

Re: Frustrated with update. [Crossposted to WinXP General] JPRhedd wrote: > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: >>> ...Told that SP3 installation >>> failed on three different occasions. I wonder if this is the cause of >>> some >>> of the problems? >> >> No doubt about it. >> > Here is the puzzle to me.... According to winver I am running Home > Edition > Version 5.1 SP 3 but according to win Install Clean Up and Add Remove > Programs I have SP2 with no sign of SP3. This conflict is probably the > problem so the question becomes how can I fix this.... Thanks for hanging > in > th…

I am trying to do an upgrade install of XP SP2 over 98SE. I need to do this for time concerns as the machine has far too much software to reload. If I boot to the CD, it tells me it can't find a previous version of Windows, so... I start 98 and then put in the CD. Setup asks 'what would you like to do' and I tell it to upgrade as it reccommends (would have chose that option anyhow). It would get to the end of 'analyzing machine' and stall... but then I would get the 'what would you like to do' screen again while set up is already running, errrr stalled! Once I clicked it for the heck of it and eventually got a 'this service is already running' or somet…

I have a desktop Compaq Presario PC running Windows XP Home with an 80GB Hard Drive I have reached the stage on my experience curve where I want to back-up my hard drive, I see lots of advice that this is a good idea. In preparation I have downloaded 'DriveImage XML' I plan to back up my 80GB drive (used space 30GB) onto my original 40GB hard drive which carries 2 partitions - the original working Windows partition (NTFS) and the original 'Recovery ' partition.(FAT32) Using the Disk Management feature in XP when I select to 'format' either of the partitions on the 'Old Drive' (and I am sure this is the one I want to Format), Disk Management tells me :- …

We are trying to create a group of True Fonts fonts. Can someone recommend the best way or best package to do this. Thanks in advance

Hi, I am backing up to a 4mm Data Tape (72GB) using the SBS Backup program (with the Windows Backup program). I am trying to backup C, D and System State. I have noticed over the last couple of weeks that the System State has not backed up at all and it doesn't look like the D drive is being backed up correctly either. When I check the tape in the morning it has already been ejected but before this problem started it stayed in the drive. Below is a copy of the latest log. I notice that the media is not being found on the second part of the backup but why is it being ejected early? I have reset the backup schedule but this doesn't seem to make any differenc…

Re: Operating system langauge But for Windows Vista, is the same process in effect? I read that vista ultimate gives you the power to change the operating language. Is this true? "Will Denny" wrote: > Hi > > You can't change the Language of XP. You will have to purchase an English > full retail version XP CD. You can then either install the English version > over the top of the Spanish one, or dual boot both Languages. > > -- > > Will Denny > MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User > Please reply to the News Groups > > > "Kennym" <Kennym@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F07F6C6A…

I had to reinstall my copy of XP we had to get the activation code over the phone no prob. Then I continued to install the updates again no prob until I rebooted, Then when the logon screen came up it said you need to activate your windows. Click OK message this is already activated press ok to exit. Back to the logon screen, repeated and no access. Can anyone help?

Just curious if anyone had any ideas. My XP service pack 2 is stalling every time I boot it up (the black screen with the XP logo and the progress bar below it). The progress bar just gets frozen and nothing else happens. The only way to get anything going is in safe mode, which still works fine. I have tried a couple of system restores (back 10 days or so) to no avail - the same problem persists. Any ideas.

Can anyone help? Or tell me what i need to do!! I have 2 origonal copies of XP and have formated my PC and Laptop on more than 1 occation, now when i register validate XP it tells me I have validated too masny times with both copies! is there anyway I can validate these again????? Please help I have only 25 days left hahahahaha!!!!!!!

When I use, file>send>shortcut to desktop option (in Internet explorer) , an icon does appear on the desktop but it doesn't have the blue "e" in it and when I try to use it, it just asks what program do I want to use. I noticed in Control panel, folder options, file types, that when I select different items, the info changes but it does NOT for HTM & HTML so maybe these 2 are corrupted ? How can I fix this ? Thanks Frank

Can anyone tell me how to handle the following error message when starting up. Error loading C:\windows\wftadfi16_080705a.dll?

We are testing windows 08 TS. We want to be able to run script when a user reconnects to a disconnected session. Is it possible to detect reconnect for each session in TS08 then do something? There is an app called reconnAct that works with TS03, we tried but it didn't work with TS08. All users are logging in from XPe and Linux Thin Clients. -- HS

I have a laptop connected to a Sony projector and attempted to show an AVI file from the laptop using Windows Media Player. I can see the Windows Media Player session on both my laptop and the projection screen, but I can not see the AVI in the WMP display on the projection screen. I press the play button and the applications scroll bar at the bottom indicating that the video is playing is moving. The AVI file is playing on my laptop, but WMP display section is black. I have checked the video setting to ensure that AVI files are valid formats. Has anyone else experienced this issue?

RE: remote control "error 5 - access is denied" All; W2K3 Server SP2 I've followed this thread and report no joy trying to reset permissions to default. Unable to reset sessions or even send a message using an account which is a member of administrators. Further suggestions? tia S "RizFra" wrote: > Hi, > I have a problem when try to connect to a terminal session with remote > control in Terminal Service Manager; the error is > > Session (ID xx) remote control failed. > (Error 5 - access is denied) > > My termial server is Windows 2000 SP4 and the terminal client are win 2K/XP > > Does anyone know what can I do …

I have just begun to experience a Microsoft Visual C++Runtime Error during two separate operations. When I try to open my internal “D” drive (RAID 0 - mostly video AVI files) in thumbnail view I get the message window: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library / Runtime Error! / Program: C:\Explorer.exe / R6025 / -pure virtual function call. When I close the window, explorer closes and I lose my desktop icons and taskbar briefly, but they return within about 30 seconds. If I open the “D” drive in list view, it does not occur. The second instance occurs when I open Adobe Encore DVD. Upon initial opening of the program there is no problem, but as soon as I op…

Running XP Pro at work. Domain Admins are able to access my Desktop. I can tell some users have accessed my machine from new directories in \documents and settings. I've removed some of those directories, but one of them tells me the file index.dat is in use, but I can't find that file in the Documents and Settings user subdirectory. What does this mean? How can I tell the last time a user has logged into my machine?

Some XP machines in our office are automatically shutting down while working, automatic update is set to manual. Scanned computers for any kinds of viruses as well as spy ware, still not able to find any problem. System will work normally after switching on, recurrence this problem, might be once in a week or twice a week etc, some machines twice a month.