Legacy Operating Systems

Hi all, We have a problem with a XP machine here where the following error shows it trying to double click on a mapped network drive in My Computer. Windows cannot find ',.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly. To search for a file, click the start button and then click search. To confirm the file is ,.exe [comma].exe. Other mapped network shares can be accessed, and this particular one can be accessed also by right clicking it and selecting Explore or by using Windows Explorer. I have tried disconnecting and remapping the drive and also creating a new directory on the server, and copying the data in there, still the same error. Can a…

OK I click start and it opens fine, mouse over "all programmes" and my programmes appear but when I mouse over them they don't turn blue anymore and when I click or double click nothing happens. At the same time this started my keyboard won't work on an MMO I play. Anyone have any ideas?

I have a group of users who are using a printer with private output trays. trouble is when they shall choose trays, thesesettings will not stay longer that until they logoff They are able to save their settings into a Default.sav file, but i cannot seem to find a way to load this file on startup. works great if they open the printersettings from printers and faxes and loads the save file, but we are trying to eliminate this process. Server is running w2k3, prniter is a Nashuatec dsc460 users are runnig terminal server through Provision Network client. Anyone seen this issue earlier? will this be possible to script? thing is to load the printersettings on eve…

We have a problems cannot run network .exe file in terminal server. the error message " window cannot access the specified device , path or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item. "

I have a 2003 standard server running terminal services in application mode that has been in place for about 3 years. In the past week or so the client has been complaining of poor performance, laggy screen display, etc. This is only happening from sessions initiated on a thin client, sessions using a PC and Remote Desktop Connection software are fine. This appears to be sporadic and can be temporarily resolved by either rebooting the thin clients with the issue, or in at least a few instances, rebooting the network switch the thin clients are connect via. Performance stats on the terminal server look fine, very low CPU usage, plenty of available m…

Continuing from a related thread below. Before posing a question on a new twist in the plot, let me review where I am. My XP PC's local drive failed. I replaced it with a new one. There was a d-drive in the system. When I installed XP, I mistakenly ended up with: c: New drive f:: Now the local drive with it's past folders. 85% full This I did not want. I wanted the new drive to be local and certainly didn't want the drive letter change. From the earlier thread below, it looks difficult to do anything about that. Meanwhile the computer shop where I took the "dead" disk finds it's alive, and quickly copy the contents to an external drive that I provided.…

A few days ago a strange window started appearing on my son's computer every time he turns it on and Windows loads to the desktop. Windows loads, his desktop displays, but on the desktop another window displays (taking up about 1/2 the screen) that looks somewhat like the Windows Explorer Window but there is nothing listed in the blank area below the toolbar (where it says "File Edit View Favorites Tools Help"). On the top left, in the blue area above the toolbar, it says "Common". If I select File, the dropdown menu appears and the first item listed at the top of the dropdown menu is ATI CATALYST® Control Center. I'd like to attach a screenshot but I …

Hi friends, I recently install a new server with W2k3-R2 with a new domain but I have a smaller machine with SBS2k3, could I used as replicate domain controller? and as replicate dhcp and dns server? I'm trying to implement fault tolerance with assets that I have, what you think about it? HB

Is there any Microsoft approved Registry Cleaning program available. I can find several programs available on the web, but my Antivirus software guru's say it is not a good idea to run these programs as they might do more damage than good. I would like to remove all of the extraneous registery entries that tend to slow down XP Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards,

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Hi, Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an error I am out of connections on the client. Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines for ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped drive and a shortcut to it on the desktop. I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. Thank you very much, T

I have a 2003 Server SP1 which is being used for volume snapshots (EMC Replication Manager) and BackupExec to back them up to tape nightly. About once a month I get the below error in the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7034 Date: Date Time: Time User: N/A Computer: ComputerName Description: The Virtual Disk Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this number time(s). After some searching around, I found the following two fixes which are meant to resolve this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949001 (339526_ENU_i386_zip.exe) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9486…

Looking for a recommendation. I have several clients using Windows Server 2008 Terminal Servers, having a problem with the print spooler service stopping. I feel that part of this may stem from the fact that not all the printers in use have drivers for Server 2008. What we did in those cases, was to use the Windows Vista print drivers, which seems to have worked. So, my questions are, was using the Vista drivers a good idea? Or, should we have used Server 2003 drivers, and if so, will they load without a problem? These Terminal Servers were put into an existing enviroment, so we had no control over the printers the remote clients have, some have mult…

I have two applications which are installed by MSI, but which then require administrative logon to each workstation to configure them. I have examines them and captured the changes which are made and it boils down to a few files I need to add to the Windows directory on the workstation. I would like to do that from a normal user logon so I don't have to visit every workstation, but how do I script that? The user logon script fails because it does not have permissions to write to the Windows directory. Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to install an Access 2007 package on a Terminal Server 2003. I can install the same package on all other computers and servers in the Domain, but not the server running Terminal Services. I get the error "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remover Programs on the Control Panel." I've tried uninstalling Access Runtime which installed on a previous install and it still gives the same error. The main difference between this version and a previous package that worked is now this version uses ADO to access SQL Serv…

Is it possible to map a key combination (i.e. Alt+M) and have the result be a text entry? My email address is fairly long, and when I have to enter it on web sites (sign-ins, etc) I would like to be able to use a simpler shortcut.

The FAT32 file capacity is 6.96 GB and has 954 MB/13% of free space. When you try to defrag, it states you need 15% of free space. How do I reduce the files in a FAT file? tks, mac

I know that I inquired about this awhile back, but I have 2 questions on it. I can allready hear the collective groan out there and a few "OMG's" but when I uninstall 2007 before I update to 2008 where does all the quarantined stuff go? Does it go away with the program or what? And why do you have to uninstall, doesn't the new one just update the old one?

Source: Winlogon EventID: 1002 Description: The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted. Explorer is restarting without consistency. Windows SP3 is installed and the latest updates have been applied. Previously I was receiving a pop up error: Data Excecution Prevention has closed windows Explorer. After this Explorer.exe would restart. I turned off Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for Windows Explorer but the result is the same. The error no longer appears but Explorer.exe restarts. This issue is happening to three computers on my network. One computer I have left the DEP enabled to see if once a fix is found it will solve both p…

Hi - what is the maximum path length in Windows XP? Thanks, Peter

XPSP2 - 80GB HP R3479EA Laptop - with 10GB freespace.... When I access Windows Explorer - My Pictures, I see large Icons, the program then stops and I get the following errors in the error report that is sent to Microsoft EventType : InPageError P1 : c000009c P2 : 00000003 C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERb767.dir00\explorer.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERb767.dir00\appcompat.txt any ideas how to fix Explorer / My Pictures so it works properly again? This is what I get for the fault when looked at in Computer Management Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting module gdiplus.dll, version 5.1.3102.3352…

Hello, We are wanting to install service pack 2 on one of our Windows Server 2003 machines which is running IIS6.0 and we need to know if this will stop the service during the period of the install. We understand it will need to stop on a reboot but will it stop during the complete installation of Service Pack 2. Thanks for responses in advance.

I have had 3 people this week on 3 different computers report they got a popup about a virus and to download this to fix it--which they did. Common thread seems to be XP Antivirus 2008 product. Now they have various symptoms: No Desktop tab in display properties No restore points exist or being made Can't uninstall XP AV 2008 listed in add/remove programs Ca't boot up in safe mode. ETC. Anyone know of these symptoms being caused by some malware this week ?

I'm using xp sp2 (I don't want sp3 as I've heard some horror stories about it). My Stand By was working just fine, but all of a sudden I click it and nothing happens. I'm able to shut down ok and even restart ok, but the Stand By does not respond. I've changed nothing on my computer. I would appreciate some input. Thanks

I would like to know the Windows 2003 terminal server setup is need run workgroup mode or domain mode.