Legacy Operating Systems

Hi I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries have appeared again in the host file. I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or monitoring my computer. 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 yieldma…

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I have two groups of machines. One group(A) is on a domain, and the other group(B) is not. Both groups are behind the same firewall. There is a program that I have that needs access to a specific site. The group that is not on the domain works...... The group that is on the domain doesn't. Where can I start looking? What might cause this? Ask questions if you need more information, or point me in the right direction if I am in the wrong group. Any help is appreciated... Thanks Shawn Huston

Environment: Server2008-x64 enterprise, XPpro SP2 client. I want to set up a shared encrypted folder on Server2008, so I: 1.. Logged on the server as admin and created folder "secure", marked it as encrypted. 2.. This new encrypted folder inherited full-control access permissions from user x. 3.. I go to my XP machine, map a network drive to "secure" using user x. So far, so good. 4.. I try to write a file to "secure"; permission is denied. 5.. I then go back to the server and copy the file to "secure" - no problem. 6.. On XP I export x's certificate (both keys) and successfully import it into the server. 7.. On the server I try to add …

Hi! I've got some trouble with our Fileserver. Everytime I restore a shadow copy (I use shadow copys for shared folders), there are errors in the Eventlog. First of all, the Eventlog is full of ApplicationPopup 333 errors. During the Backup job for all the Server, there is an error at the fileserver, and the backup Job aborts. I use Symantec BackupExec for the Tape Backup. This is the Event ID from the Fileserver Eventlog, wich generates the Backup error: Product: Windows Operating System ID: 8193 Source: VSS Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: VSS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_CALLING_ROUTINE Message: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling ro…

OK, so I'm having a strange issue. I've created a new domain for some office computers (SBS 2003 and XP Pro) and moved them all into it. There are some resources that cannot be moved into the domain though. There's a printer and another Windows 2003 file server that needs to be kept in the workgroup for unrelated business reasons. When the client computers first login they can access the printer and the file shares fine. Then, after oh say 45 minutes or so they lose access to them. All the same usernames/passwords exist in both the domain and the file server. The shares and NTFS security are wide open. I tried net use persistent:yes but no luck I thought …

Access Denied (policy_denied): when trying to access the Internetthru IE on Win2k3 TerminalServer? Hello, I administrate various Terminal Servers. On one Server I would need to call on support from the company responsible for a special application. Now it seems that it is impossible to get into the Internet. Instead of getting the proxy authentification dialog window I get a window with the following message: Access Denied (policy_denied) Your system policy has denied access to the requested URL. For assistance, contact your network support team. Is it possible to get around this? Or is it a domain policy where I cannot to anything about it? Or is it st…

I have two MS keyboards...the natural ergonomic variety...the old one, an Elite, works in USB and PS/2 modes but the newer Multimedia v. 1.0a will only work in the Ps/2 mode. I have the legacy mode set in the bios. The USB connection is via an adaptor from the PS/2 connector. Issue for me is to switch to a USB KVM and the Elite works but I prefer the Multimedia board. So, I am stumped. Any ideas on next steps? Thanx for any help. Henry

2 SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB U3 Readyboost flash drives are on their way to me from Amazon, which at £9.99 each post paid are the cheapest branded one I’ve seen to-date. I’ve found u3 to be an expensive gimmick and would normally use a little app called u3 uninstall which returns the flash to its original non-u3 state. However, not yet familiar with Vista Readyboost, has anyone any idea if using the u3 uninstall will affect the Readyboost aspect of these drives? I'm still using XP home until support runs out. - Thanks - Andy PS - Have also posed this question to Windows Vista General Discussion.

Hi using win xp My friend was using "Magix Photos on CD & DVD" to create commentaries on a slide show and each commentary has ended up on his desktop. Now he can't get rid of these icons He did go into the registry through H- key_Local_Machine and H-Key_Current_User to his desk top icons, deleted the icon streams and altered the binary codes but they seem to regenerate themselves. His desktop is a mess of icons. Would anyone know how to fix this please? -- Martin

Hi, I have an application called Sage FR100 installed. We have a site by site VPN connection with our regional office. So they can see our DNS servers via the Linkssys router but their IP scheme is on a different subnet. Also those PC's are not joined to the domain. They are connected to each other via a peer to peer network. Whenever we start this application, I get a password prompt where I enter domain\user and the password. Shouldn't that authenticate against AD and give me access to the application? Instead I get the following error: Connection failed: SQLState: '28000' SQL Server Error: 18452 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver] Login…

Re: Multiboot Single Copy of Win XP thats all good but what do you do when you have computer crash time after time that means you have to by the licence all the time thats reap of .so every time the coputer crashes you have to spend 200 huded dollars the the new licence i dont thing thats fare.microsoft should provide you with the tools to reaper hardrive crushes so this way you dont have to reload windows time after time i thing it is fair "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" wrote: > "AWU" <awu_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:z66ke.1897$Ot6.159120@news20.bellglobal.com... > >I would like to set up my computer as a multiboot system…

After updating to SP3, when turning off computer it hangs with the usual message "windows is shutting down" but doesn't until I switch it off, I've done a restore and this solved the problem but when I installed SP3 again, I'm back to the same problem.

How can I log the sessions when a user is logged on? Also, can terminal services be setup that the user can only log on from only one computer? Thank you. Nereida

Hello I have numerous desktops running windows XP who's users have a policy puching out corporate wallpaper, which requires active desktop to be enabled. The same users logon to a Win2k terminal server, and active desktop (with it being enabled for the user account) gives every user the homepage when they logon. Is it possible to have this feature disabled? I think it must be in the default user profile somehow but unsure, can someone help? Thanks

Does anyone know of any software that lets someone know, via a pop-up or whatever, when someone else is connecting to their computer over the network in XP?

I have written an x86 Assembly language game which I now would like to distribute online. I have made a custom icon for the game that I associate with a shortcut to the game. I wish to distribute the game by zipping all of its files in a folder and then providing the zip as a download. My problem is that upon unzipping the folder on a new computer, the shortcut no longer remains associated with the icon, even though the .ico file is in the same directory. It is strange that the shortcuts themselves are able to reestablish a correct path to their executables, but they are not able to reestablish a correct path to their icons. My game originally began a…

I have 3 nearly identical Dell P4 pc's running nearly identical XP operating systems and software, yet one pc runs much more slowly than the others. For example, a program I recently wanted to install on all three units installed somewhat slowly but completely on the 2 faster units, but clogged the slower unit so much and took so long that I finally abandoned installation. My question is why does this one pc runs more slowly than the others? RAM is idential on each unit. The only thing different about the pc's are the hard drives- the two faster units have 160 GB drives about 60- 70% data filled and the slower one has a 20 GB drive about 80% full. I c…

Hello: I installed 4Gb of memory under WinXP, but Task Manager indicates only 3,406,240 bytes are available for use. Does anyone know why that is? Is there any way to get WinXP to use the full 4GB? Thanks, CHE

After of year of working, my external USB DVD burner would not load the device driver. The hardware was correctly recognized in Vista 64-bit (as well as in my BIOS). I tried uninstalling/reinstalling, using other USB ports, trying to update driver, and booting in Safe Mode. Nothing worked. Odd thing is that when I did check to update the driver Vista reports I have the latest version of the driver installed. So, I assumed it was a bad drive and bought a new one today (different brand) - same thing. Any solutions or ideas on this? Thanks, Tom

My icon says that my auto updates have been disabled. When I go to change it the security center has the auto updates checked that they are in fact enabled. I go to the security website and it checks to see if I'm running the proper stuff and then I get a message saying... error 0x8DD0018, The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer) Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted) Event Log (keeps a record of updat…

Hoping someone out there can help me. My system started hanging up, taking forever to open anything, we started getting error messages for everything and I do not know of anything recently added to cause this issue other than updating our Intel Bios for overheating issues. Very simple home users love E-Bay and working on my excel projects. I received this Debug Error! When ever we hit print (on or off line) we get this message and the spooling goes to 99% but never prints? Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\W32X86\3\lxdddatr.dll File: Run-Time Check Failure #3 - The variable siNumberOfTopics' is being used …

Hi, I need redirect folder to folder between two hard disk like command subst but with folders. ¿Is it possible?. Thanks

I have been having a disagreement with some admins who say that they were told by a consultant that if they buy a Windows Server 2008 license (you can't get 2003 licenses anymore), that they can downgrade it to install Windows Server 2003. This I buy. However, the consultant has said that they can later "upgrade" to Server 2008 with the same license. I have said that I can't see MS Letting me,in effect, buy two licenses for the price of one. I say that, while it is possible to do it with Open Licenses, it can't possibly be what MS intends and violates the license agreement. Anyone know what the facts are? Any links to "official" MS documents? -- …

We have a Domain controller at a Corporate office that is Windows 2008. In satellite offices we have Windows 2003 TS's the aren't on the domain but part of a workgroup. We need the ability to connect up to 5 users to each satellite TS at a time. We bought 40 WIndows 2008 TS CALS, and are now thinking that we should have bought 8 five packs of Windows 2003 TS Cals instead. Is there any way to effectively and legally use the WIndows 2008 TS Cals for these 8 Windwos 2003 TS's that are remote on their own Workgroups? Can the 2008 DC handle licensing for these satellite workgroups? Is it a license vioation to use the 2008 TS Cals on 2003 TS servers?