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Just added a new administrator to the domain admins group. Unlike the rest of us, she can't get a remote desktop on our DCs (although she can on our member servers). When she tries to connect, she gets this error window: "To log on to this remote computer, you must have Terminal Server User Access permissions on this computer. By default, members of the Remote Desktop Users group have these permissions. If you are not a member of the Remote Desktop Users group or another group that has these permissions, or if the Remote Desktop User group does not have these permissions, you must be granted these permissions manually." Huh? This is a Win 2003/S…

Can anyone tell me the best way to troubleshoot the below message? We get loads of these in the event log and eventually the application hangs and the server has to be rebooted. Unable to start a DCOM Server: {86DCD373-9E45-4CCA-90B8-F5B557FEBDCE}. The error: "The system cannot find the file specified. " Happened while starting this command: C:\Program Files\programname\application.exe -Embedding Citrix Version is MetaFrame XPe FR3 SP4 The farm is running in Mixed mode with 4.5 Citrix hotfixes applied mfxpservicepack4 xe104r02w2k001 xe104r02w2k038 xe104w2kR02

Hi there, I have some remote XP machines on a remote subnet far from the domain controller. How do I make one master browser for that subnet? Thank you, T

Can anyone help me? Now and again after logging on the active screen deactivates after about 30 seconds, click the screen it is reactivated but then deactivates again, This will carry on indefinably until I either reboot or; as I found out by accident that if I went to System Restore but just clicked the cancel button the active screen would then behave normally. This has been a periodical problem for months. I have XP with sp3.

I have a Dell desktop,XPST-450 that I don't use. It filled up, and I bought a new Vista and I use that.. I want to backup all of the data from Windows 98 on the old machine to a 1 tb external hd with a usb port. I think this can be done with an IMAGE for Windows by Terabyte. Then I can delete/uninstall the original data from the Windows 98 machine and take it to my place in Florida and use it there for the Winter, and leave it there, instead of transporting my new Vista Machine back and forth. The problem is that if I want to restore any part of the Image backup to the 98se machine, I don't believe it can be done with the Windows Image according to the …

I have Win XP Pro XP3, and as a result of trying some changes to fix another issue with the Quick Launch bar, now when I go to change the background image for my desktop (wallpaper), the selections are not coming from C:\WINDOWS as they are supposed to, but from another directory on my PC that contains pictures (.jpg and .gif). It's not even looking for bitmaps. How can I force the OS to look in C:\WINDOWS? I've checked everything in the desktop properties screens/tabs and cannot find anything there. There must be a registry key that controls this option. Thank you.

Hello, I have a problem with Windows 2008 and the new server backup. First, everything works fine and the bakcup run every day (for several weeks). The last few days I have a problem with the backup. I can solve the problem temporarly by doing a restart. After a restart, the backup works fine for some hours. If I wait some hours, the backup will end with this error message. Error Message: ---------------- - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1db28f2e-8f80-4027-8c5a-a11f7f10f62d}" /> <EventID>521</EventID> <Version&…

we just converted our windows 2003 file server over to a vmware server. since that time I have had issues with users accessing certain folders. I even have issues such as certain folders in our Public folder are denied, while others are accessible, even though the Public folder itself is set to be accessible to all. other people lost access to their my documents, even though all rights appeared to be correct. that is appeared. the only errors I can find are a lot of pre-authentication errors such as the ones below. any hints where to look next? Pre-authentication failed: User Name: simpson User ID: mydom…

Hi, When I try to get to the Firewall settings on my Server 2003 system, I always get the following message... "Windows Firewall cannot run because another program or service is running that might use the network address translation component (Ipnat.sys)" Any ideas what this could be? Thanks! Frank

I am unable to start the Security Center in XP pro. The message says that it started and stopped. What could be interferring?

I am sitting in front of a WinXP system where *.zip files are shown in the folder tree on the left side. How can I suppress these kind of entries? *.zip files should be treated as files and only shown on the left side. David

Hi I have a pc running Win 2k Pro and am trying to isstall Sage accounts with no success, I have spolen to sage & been told it is a windows file permissions error. I am logged onto the PC as a local Administrator I try to install Sage but get installation error Sage installs user files in 'Docs & setting\alluser\app data' If i try & access this folder i get 'Access denied' message Chcking follder security properties - access is granted to System & Local users but not Admins. Uninstaled Sage, changed user folder security setting to allow Admins full access & deleted folder contents Reinstalled Sage with same problems Checking User fol…

It appears that my MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978 and KB936181) are corrupted as well as my .net framework installs. A very important program is not functioning and the tech support over there suggested that these programs may be the culprits. When he attempted to uninstall and reinstall them we got error messages on them all. He was right. For KB927978 it says, "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'msxml.msi' in the box below. Use source: e:\1c36409ef7fec974e1476d5c53\" This one is so frustrating because I ca…

Device Manager shows up with yellow ! in my external floppy drive...click on and get driver info: Driver (Service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionally. (Code 32) I am simply going around and around...since it is a system32 driver problem. I can uninstall the driver but must reboot to complete, then WinXP finds the hardware, but get msg: Have installed your hardware, but, a problem with installation may prevent your hardware from working. And, sure enough, same thing. I cannot delete driver, replace, since it is a system driver. I need this floppy drive to use some disks I had for previouis co…

I am trying to fix a very specific issue. A client of mine is running Windows XP, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works. The computer is about 2 years old. There is a HP LaserJet 1012 attached via USB. I can print normally when I use Microsoft Word or Notepad. When I try to use Works, the red light flashes. I have to press reset and then the document will print. The HP Printer is setup as the Automatic Printing option. How do I fix the red flashing light problem?

I am setting up a new fileserver on a Windows Server Standard 2008 machine. The machine is currently running in evaluation mode. I installed it on 9/11/2008. On our existing fileserver we have a data replication script that copies data from remote office fileshares to the local system for backup every night. I have copied the script to the new fileserver, making one change to the path (the target for copied files is on the C: drive instead of the D: drive now). Here is the script: robocopy \\aa-dc1.company.local\share c:\datamirrors\AA /R:3 /MIR > AA.Log robocopy \\gr-dc1.company.local\share c:\datamirrors\GR /R:3 /MIR > GR.Log robocopy \\tc-1…

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Is there anyway of restricting users from double clicking the programs icon (in classic XP style) and allowing access to a Window Explorer window which allows access to unauthorized areas. We are using redirected desktop and global policies.

Hello, Just making sure I am not confused. I have created shortcuts to a few departments share and placed it on a common share called --> \\fs1\depts$. The departments shares have been locked down (shares/security) and only allowed users of that department access. On the shortcuts created, I also locked down to allow only people that have access to the shares. shortcut security set ------------------- * Read & execute * Read share security ----------------- * Read & execute * List Folder Contents * Read Question: the shortcut securites set are independent of actual securities set on the shares? Just making sure. I have t…

My XP Home Edition PC has worked fine for over a year, but two days ago it was running fine when it got the typical notification of automatic Windows Updates needing to be installed. I let them install and the PC rebooted, but once it came back up it would no longer connect to my wireless network. The wireless card looks fine, and it can SEE the wireless network; it just won't connect to it. I attempted System Restore to a couple of different dates, but it failed each time. I also tried to use Add/Remove programs to remove the updates, but each of the updates says it cannot be removed! Since the updates were acting similar to a virus, I scanned for vi…

Why doesn't Microsoft sell Microsoft Bob anymore? I used to love the way it made Windows look and want it for XP. Apparently Bill's wife was the product manager for Microsoft Bob when she was still just his girlfriend. Look, it's great and I miss all the friendly animals to click on.

Hi, thank you for everyone's help in advance. I would like to ask if there is anyway to "hardcode" or "specify" a drive letter for a plug and play USB thumb drive so that it will appear to a known "drive letter"? Thank you very much aagian! Ultra

My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot drive, it's all on D: .

Help! I updated my antivirus software on my son's PC and now you can't access any program, file, internet, nothing. Could anybody tell me what I can do? I cannot access anything but the beginning blue screen.... -- tx61

Our PC when we try to start it, hangs up with a message "installing PBR 2....done" running various diagnostics didnt show any hardware faults. I've re-installed windows from the Cd and all seems to run OK. The message still flashes up when booting but the PC starts up OK. Just curious if anyone knows what this means and is it likely to prevent the PC from starting upagain in the future.