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I changed a fan in my computer and now it will not boot up. I tried Safe mode and Last known good configuration, but nothing works. It appears to be booting then a blue screen appears but it disappears so quickly I cannot read what it says. Is there any way to freeze the screen at that point? Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you.

I was reviewing my programs in control panel and I found some programs that I do not think I ever use or need and want to know if I can delete them without interfering with some other programs or operations. Apple Modile Device Support: I do not own or use any Apple products. Apple Software Update: I still do not own or use any Apple products. Quicktime: If I use Windows Media Player do I still need Quicktime? I see a banner on top of the screen 'Click Here to Install Silverlight' What is Silverlight? JJ -- jj

Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as a newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups. Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the 98 groups. Tks.....Heather --------------------------------- Heather, I've got a problem. Started a week or so again. Win 98 On boot, error messages, Occurred in this sequence. Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command they each happened several times,…

i have downloaded google earth, itunes, installed sims 2 but when i try and go online (itunes store, google earth) it says there is no internet connection but i can click internet explorer and my home page and any website i want to go on comes up it is only on programs how could i fix this

We're using Windows server 2003 Standard version (5.2 SP2); we use the server to store user data & PST files. Everyones current PST file is stored locally on the C drive but all archive PST files are kept on the server with the users connecting to them via a mapped drive 'U'; i.e. user 1 may have: user1: C:\pst\user1.pst user1archive: U\userdata\pst\archive\user1archive1.pst The problem we are experiencing is that occasionally users are unable to open / expand their archive PSTs, when this occurs the whole of the archive folder on the server is 'locked'. The only solution to the problem is to use 'Open Files' under 'Shared Folders' in 'Computer M…

Hello, I have a Win2K3 SP2 server with 1 scope and have an address pool, no exclusions. I want to change the address pool range but can't figure out...? I can only add Exclusions, and the right-click gives nothing Any ideas...? Thanks, Tom...

I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them until I want to rearrange them again?

Whenever I have an excel book open and then open another the initial workbook hangs for about ten minutes before being usable again. The new one I opened works great until I open another workbook where the pattern repeats. Is this an Excel issue of a Windows XP64 issue? And what exactly is the issue? I had disabled auto calculate in case that was the problem.

Hi! I have a project that consist to migrate a StandAlone DFS 2003 R2 to a AD integrated DFS 2003 R2. The file server where are the files will be the same. My question is if it´s possible to migrate all the namespaces to the new dfs passing from StandAlone to AD. Wich tool can I use? Thanks!

Hi Everyone, One of the sites I look after is running Win2003 server with a 512K ADSL1 connection that is going! ( Don't ask it just is :) ! ) It is being replaced with a 3G Mobile USB Wireless Internet Key Modem. Yesterday I tried to install it on the server ( it is a Huawei model that self installs it's software ), but it just didn't seem to 'see' it when plugged into USB on the server. So I installed it on on of the workstations for the time being ( ADSL is still active until the end of November ) My questions: 1) If I can't install it on the server, can I tell the rest of the network that the internet source is via this USB modem on the works…

Customer complained of a problem - couldn't connect to the internet, desktop didn't display, no response. I'm running a SysClean scan and there is one file, rwywubay.dat, that couldn't be deleted from the C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temp folder. The file was currently in use, despite being logged on in Safe Mode as Administrator. I can't find any reference to this file anywhere. Has anyone ever heard of this? Thanks! Larry

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Hi, I have a big .PDB file, which could not open it. plz help find a software to open it. PS. the bored spoofer, googling is the stupid thing. I tried many softwares. they dont' work.

I can pull up task manager with cntl-alt-del but there are no menu pull down words showing. I know there is a certain keystroke to bring them back but I forgot it. Anyone know what it is off hand? thanks, charles......

If i enable the Indexing service and create a Catalog called "system" and configure for indexing my Win2K3_STD-64 File Server (300.000 files), this will improve performance on regular operations? ("regular operations" is the day-to-day tasks for end users, open folders, subfolders and files). It will be better only in "searches" for files?

Did the install once - got into trouble when it kept asking for SP2 - CD1, so I bypassed all those copies and then applied SP2 afterwards. Result was that I can't see any diff from when I started. TB expected maybe - as SP2 could have downleveled the Media Center stuff? But now I'm running a second Media Center install. When all the dust settles, what am I looking for to tune TV programs? I've got an ATSC card in there. Whether the driver is A-OK is another question.... could the absence of a tuner card be making XP look like it's not Media Center? Or am I looking for a specific application (other than Media Player) to tune TV? -- PeteCresswell

I have a test comptuer. So this is not a productions machine. I have been testing converting from dynamic back to basic disks. I was testing a program called ptedit that several have had success with in doing this. I made the required changed to the hard drive and then rebooted the system. The server reboots fine, but after I log in it imedietly logs me out. There is no time to do anything. I cannot connect to it over the network. I try to reboot vi cd and run the program to put the drive back to the way it was but cannt do this. It seems it cant find the usb drive that had the program on it. My reading tells me that the reason its doing this is becasue it …

Hi, For some reason a single user, on terminal services, has a problem with word crashing, no other user is effected by this. This is the events from the events viewer: Event Type: Error Event Source: Microsoft Office 11 Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date: 14/10/2008 Time: 16:08:12 User: N/A Computer: ****** Description: Faulting application winword.exe, version 11.0.8227.0, stamp 486d648f, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.3959, stamp 45d70ad8, debug? 0, fault address 0x0004afb2. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 41 00 70 00 70 00 6c 00 A.p.p.l. …

Has anyone tried it? Now, at home, i have one XP machine that serves for backup (for other PCs and laptops), for p2p and as file server. It all works very good. Is there any good reason for installing Windows Home Server instead of XP on that machine? Do i get some new functionality?

Hi there, How can I decrease the number of remote IPCs [iPC$] that a computer is showing under shared folders, system tools, computer management? Computer is XP Pro, that is sharing some folders. I already disabled null sessions in registry. Thank you, T

Re: Internet Explorers [Forwarded to microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general newsgroup via crosspost for better assistance.] Judith wrote: > Hope I'm on the right forum. Just received my new Vista Ultimate PC > 64-bit. > Apparently, I have three (3) Internet Explorer programs: (1) Internet > Explorer; (2) Internet Explorer 64 bit; and (3) Internet Explorer (no > add-ons). Kinda confused. When I use the short-cut, which one am I > using? > Which one should I use? Does it make any difference?

Hi, We have 5 Fujitsu-Siemens rx300S4 servers which I have installed 2008 std 32 bit and 64 bit onto (3 TS, 1 Exchange 2007 and 1 Apps). All are randomly hanging with no BSOD and no response from the console or remotely. Fujitsu have had one of the servers in their workshop for two weeks and run numerous tests with no indication as to the fault, the server has not hung once! I've used the online conciege earlier which pointed me to adplus.vbs and the debugger tools, looking at them though I'm not sure if they will help as they seem to be linked to complete crashes or single/muliple process locks rather than complete hangs! I'm open to any ideas, as I'…

I installed Systweak's Advanced System Optimizer before for trial and uninstalled it. Recently, I would try a new version but when I install and run it, it displays as the software is expired. I guess some old file or registry were not removed after I uninstalled this software last time. Does anybody know how to remove them completely?

I imaged a server using Acronis True Image software and then restored it to a different server. Everything worked fine, but I noticed that I can't see any of my local user accounts. I can see the group accounts and memberships. When I attempt to create an account that was a local user, it says that it already exists. Can someone tell me how to fix this? thanks -- dee

Using Windows 2003 Standard. Prior to implementing a custom local security policy, the CD Writing Wizard (native Win2K CD burning) works fine. IMAPI service starts, no problems. After applying my custom template, the CD Writing Wizard gets to the point where you select "Write these files to CD", assign label, and then it says there's no disc in the drive. My security template is definitely breaking this. "Recording" tab on device still has CD recording "enabled". Not using "Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only" in my policy. Here's the kicker. I have determined that if I grant the "Lock pages in memory" right in my local security policy (to…