Legacy Operating Systems

I am testing Server 2008 terminal Server and the RemoteApp Programs feature. I deployed Word 2007 and found an issue with the following: When the users seeks to save or open a document, the dialouge box points to the Desktop or local drives of the Terminal Server and NOT those of the local machine. Can this be configured????? Thanks - Sam

I hope I'm posting to the right group, if not please let me know... Running Windows 2003 server, clients are all XP Pro SP2 and 3 mixed. Long story short: As far as I can tell the following holds true: User's account is set to require a change of password at the next login. User logs on to workstation, and is prompted to change password. User successfully changes password, and logs in. User's Lotus Note's icon points to C: drive, My Documents does not appear to remap to server. User logs out, logs into different machine, Lotus Note icon correctly points to H: drive, My Documents appear to map correctly. User logs out, logs back into machine where passw…

When I left click on my desktop icons they do not light up. When I restart the system sometimes they will work OK sometime they will still not work. Help.

Could you tell me, please, why I should need (translating literally from on-English system) Peer-to-Peer grouping of Windows; structure UPnP; Protocol name Peer resolution (PNRP) Could these be a threat by opening access to hackers? Thank you

Release notes for SP2 recommend upgrading SP1 installations using Windows Update to ensure all components work correctly. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773361.aspx What does Microsoft propose for an organization where servers are isolated and cannot use Windows Update? Has Microsoft provided a comprehensive list of actions to be taken in this situation?

Hello, GMT time is different all over the world. While UTC should be the same all over the world. So if windows could switch back and forth to UTC then that might be handy for people on the internet on different continents/countries/states etc to agree on a same time for meeting up or so ! ;) Bye, Skybuck.

Hi All I have a couple of batch files setup for the admin account but seem to be having a problem. Both these batches deal with data on a permanently mapped drive. 1 remanes some file and deletes some and the other creates pst files. If I login as admin and run the batch files they work fine with no problems but if I use the schedule set to run under admin they say running in the scheduler but don't do anything. Anyone got any ideas Cheers glenn

I have a home network with two computers connected with a netgear switch. This morning one of the two could not connect to the internet. I first tried switching the cable locations on the switch which did nothing. Then I connected the internet cable directly into the computer. I still cannot get it to connect. In uninstalled the internet card's drivers and restarted the computer. Still nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Do I have to use the TS Gateway to allow external users asccess to TSWeb or can I just NAT them to it? Thanks - Sam

hey all, i'm missing the compression utility from my context menu. i think a zip program that got installed removed it from there. any ideas how to get it back? thanks, rodchar

Using Windows XP Pro Backup: I have "My Documents" scheduled to backup to a network drive daily at lunch time. Sometimes when I return from lunch, the backup is waiting for a response to "insert the following media", however there is nothing to insert; the system is already connected to the network. I simply click OK, and it runs. Why can't it sometimes connect? I am hard-wired to the network using a laptop in a docking station. Thanks in advance, Dorci

I currently have a scripted method to install Windows 2003 SP2 Server using an Unattend.txt file. Question is, can one deploy Windows 2003 SP2 Server with an Unattend.xml file? I know this is possible with Windows 2008 Server, and MDT is supposed to support Windows 2003 SP2 Server. Just wondering if it was possible and how one would either create or convert from txt. xml file. Thanks, Ron

Hi, I use Skype and MSN Messenger for chat, and I use Windows Desktop Search (WDS) version 4 for searching. I've noticed that WDS searches MSN Messenger chat history by default, but it does not search Skype chat history. Is it possible to have WDS search my Skype chat history too? A plug-in perhaps? Regards, Peter

Using XP/PRO ,Zone Alm-Adaware+ AVG anti virus installed. I've completed a Complete Scan of my PC . Took over 1 hour.To reduce this in future, What are the Essential Areas to Scan please.I'll do a Complete scan Again in the future (IE 6 Months time.) jim

I have lost my mouse. It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via 'install new hardware.' It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types' & move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard down ket will noy move down!! Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse using the keyboard only? HELP..... Reggie D.

This is somewhat of a guessing question... because I can't recall what the feature is, but here goes. I have a Windows 2003 Server with SP2 installed - recently I installed a Third Party Piece of software that created a Windows Service. During a reboot, a dialog box was presented to me related to the exe of the service, I had two choices (checkboxes at the top) One was related to letting the server manage the other was something like allow all but the ones that I select, and then under that was a list box and there was a single entry in the list box that showed the exe name of the service. I left the setting alone, which I think was allow all but what…

Hello, W2K3 Terminalserver. I had to rename our 25 Workstations. In the licence server there are still the old names. It's very hard for me to manage the licences now? How can I update the names there? Will they update automatically with the next licence period? Thanks for your help Yvonne

A neighbor is having a strange problem with his PC as described below: "My computer is a Dell Dimension DIM 3000, with an Intel Pentium processor @2.80 GHz & w/ 2 GB RAM The Operating System is Windows XP, SP3 Windows "Defender" and AVG Anti virus have been active for a long time. Over time, my computer began taking longer and longer to boot up & to load any programs. It then began rather frequently locking up to the point that it would not shut down normally, and the only way to get re-started was to unplug the computer, then re-start. After re-booting, it would run as above for a while, then freeze up again. CCleaner, Spybot, UWClean, and PC Pit…

When a user connects to the Windows 2008 Terminal Server using Outlook 2003 as a RemotApp, certain multimedia attachmengs like .jpg or .wav do not open. What needs to be done to address this ?

Dear all, I have a laptop which has DVD ROM broken. I would like to re-format it. I have searched on the internet about how to re-format over the network and I have found to do RIS but it is on Windows Server 2000. Currently, I have only Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Furthermore, I have never done that before. Could anyone please help me to detail about how to re-format windows XP over the network? I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance, Yours sincerely, Susan

Hi, When Windows got damaged due to: - disk / file corruption - malware or it's removal - bad driver(s) - update flaw(s) - other causes it is always had to tell when to decide that after some hours of reparing, a complete re-install is the better option. Can you advice (MS / 3rd party) tools that provide a quick (partial / overall) Windows sanity check? Tools that check essential Windows structures. Kind regards, John7

Since Windows Media Player 9 is not supported anymore in Windows 98 Second Edition, can users of this newsgroup suggest players that they like to play *.mp3 files and the like that will work in Windows 98 Second Edition and are currently supported. I do not mind paying a fee for a good media player if needed.

Hi. Using a screen recorder and virtualization software, I'm making a video tutorial demonstrating the virtues of running a virtual machine and for this purpose I intentionally want to mess up an xp installation to demonstrate how easy it is to recover from a disastrous situation (like a Blue Screen Of Death when you reboot) by reverting to a snapshot prepared in advance. One method to achieve this, is to go to C:\windows\system32 (assuming windows is installed in C:\windows), and simply delete as many files as you can in that location. The problem with this method, is that many files are locked by the system, so the deletion process aborts every time it enco…

Windows 2003 cluster - install MSDTC resource into existing group using existing disk resource Hi, I was wondering what would happen to the data on a existing disk resource on a windows 2003 cluster if I install the MSDTC resource with that disk as a dependancy? I assume the data would remain intact and the MSDTC folder be created, but I would like to make 100% sure! Thanks Matthew

Why is this folder hidden? It makes it difficult for inexperienced users to find important folders like the Templates folder used by Word.