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Hi Is there a way to use a batch file or script to do the following; 1. Create a folder X 2. Copy a file form another location to folder X. 3. Create a shortcut to copied file in folder X on the desktop? If batch or script can not do this, is there another way? Thanks Regards

Here are the specs. Windows XP Pro SP3 I am tring to setup a scheduled task and I get this error ....the account information could not be set. The specific error is: 0x80070057: The perameter is incorrect. All of the updates for this computer have been done. The permissions for the Administrative Tools tools under the All Users \ Start menu are all correct. The Administrator account and the *User* account both have passwords set. From all my research to date say that the Microsoft hotfix and SP2 should have resolved this issue. The KB refering to this issue seem to have been pulled as the SP should have fixed the prob…

Every now and again, maybe 2 or three times a week, I open a commonly used folder which I have previously set to a specific size, position and view, and find it has been reset to its default size an position, and that the selected view has been lost. It seems to pick a view at random, usually Icon, List or Tiles. Sometime sub-folders of the folder are also affected, sometimes not. What could be the reason for this? Is there anything I can do to stop this happening as it is most annoying to keep loosing the settings. I have already set the BagMRU size to 8000. I am confidant at editing the registry if required. Paul.

Yesterday 9/26 I uninstalled my webroot spyware. Then restarted laptop. When I logged on (administrator account) I got this message, "windows cannot load the users profile but has logged you on with the default profile". I can not acces my desktop, and all the documents. I tried to use Restore system, it doesn't work. I used to be able to do system restore. I can't do any download, or send email using that laptop. Because it said that I don't have administrator privilege. Please help all my work related documents are in that laptop. -- Thanks

Using SBS 2003 sp2 on a server with a dell 5110 cn networked printer on the network. Upgraded to SP3 and there seems to be a permission problem printing to the network printer. - it wont print. Getting a printer error id = 20 in the event viewer every time I try to print a test page. On the xp client, can see the printer in the printer box, I can uninstall and reinstall it, can view its properties byt can not print a test page. Instant error as soon as I press 'print test page' - can not print to printer - see network administrator. I have looked at all the basic settings and they appear fine. Only happened after upgraded to xp sp 3 Pat

Have been struggling for months with MS Paint opening painfully slowly. If I open now it takes at least 10 minutes to open hard drive goes mad and every application is affected you may as well go and make dinner while it sorts itself out. Then over the past couple of weeks Office Picture Manager started to do the same thing but after looking at this forum found that by deleting the associated .cag file hey presto its back to normal. Is the problem the same in MS paint and if so where do I find its associated catalogue file?

My daughter's notebook computer tanked at college this week and she came home for the weekend for dad to fix it. It starts normally, then after the windows splash screen it goes black. Before I tried to fix it, I wanted to take her data off to another drive. I placed the HD in an external enclosure and plugged it into my laptop. When I explore the drive, everything appears to be there. Under properties, it shows about 2/3 full, which would be about right for the music, photos, documents and such. When I click on documents and settings, I see the normal folders, administrator, shared, and hers. When I click on the shared, there is the normal empty shared fo…

Hi all, I have a Dell PE 2950 server with a single hardware Raid 5 volume (Basic Disk 0) with 6 drives and a total size of 4655.00 GB. It has 2 partitions: 39MB Dell Utilities Partition 200GB System Boot Partition - C:\ For some reason Disk Management is showing the remaining unallocated space in 2 chunks instead of 1.So it shows the following: 1847.96GB Unallocated 2607.00 GB Unallocated Why is that? I want to create 1 big partition (D:\) with all the remaining unallocated space and I cannot do that now. TIA!

Hi, I am trying to use the windows explorer switches, but have a problem combining /root with /select. Individually they work, but together I get problems. Initially, I used: C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,/root,c:\ucd,/select,c:\ucd\module. I tried it different ways but usually I get C:\ to open instead. I tried skipping the comma before /select and when I try a file, I get a warning that the path does not exist or is not a directory. If I add an extension to the end of the file it sometimes gives me a File Download box. Other times, like for a jpg file, it actually displays the image in the 2nd pane! If I choose a directory instead of a file…

Can someone please help me out. I have had an issue with my sound. I had to partition my computer after my computer crashed and then i had to reinstall the windows xp. After i had reinstalled windows xp, i had no sound. So i decided to go check the device area and update/reinstall and there was a button for reinstall. just before i was going to reinstall, i was reading in the general area of the multimedia audio controller that " the drivers for this device are not installed. So i hit the reinstall button then i would do the regular search, not the specific location, and then i would click next and then it would take a second and then it would come back an…

Have an XP pro machine and will be adding two extra IDE drives. Is there some feature that would allow me to control stand by and shut down times for each drive? If not is there some app that would allow control ? I also have a desktop with vista ultimate and pose the same question. Advice sought

We are using Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit Enterprise Edition. It is our Terminal Server. We are not able to configure Outlook Profiles. Right-click on the Outlook Icon in Start Menu shows only 3 options - Read Mails, Internet Properties and Remove from the list. Access to Control Panel have been restricted, so users cannot access "Mail" control panel applet in "View x86 Control Panel Icons". How can I enable the "Outlook Properties" option in Start menu? Or how can I enable the "Mail" icon to be shown directly in "Control Panel" rather than in "View x86 Control Panel Icons"? Thanks in Advance. Best Regards, Denis Dudhia

I have a client who takes her laptop from office to office. She runs a batch file to connect network drives. When she goes to the next office, she runs a batch with all the drive letters net use j: /delete etc. If you look after running the batch file - it still shows the diconnected drives. If you run a line manually to delete the drive it returns - The network connection could not be found. You can't right click to kill the drive. What should I run at the command prompt to complete eliminate the previously mapped drive? Thanks

I just installed XP with a new 320G IDE drive. I put in the master position, I think, at the end of the cable. I had a second drive in the machine. I apparently the latter was named audio/video. I now see the old drive is C and the new drive (local) is F. What happened? How do I correct this without re-installing. I recall one odd moment when I was install when it asked something about formating the new drive. It said something about partitioning it, which I think I rejected. However, I was puzzled by a list that showed audio/video, not realizing this was the name I had given to the second drive. As far as I can tell, all is OK on both drives. I was …

Well 5 days later, Mozilla is now allowing this update for 98. I therefore recant my earlier jeers and say hooray. Hopefully the support will continue.

> Hi, > > I have used the below link and tested in test Environment for monitor > Poweroff > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160 > > It worked well in test environment. > > But when we deployed in Production.It is not working. > > Could you please let me know what might be the issue > > Thanks for your help....

> Hi, > > I have used the below link and tested in test Environment for monitor > Poweroff > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160 > > It worked well in test environment. > > But when we deployed in Production.It is not working. > > Could you please let me know what might be the issue > > Thanks for your help....

Good Day Community, I'm going to outline a scenario I have, and just want get some feedback on what would be the best method to implement it. Scenario Server: Windows 2003 SBS Standard (DC) Server: Windows 2003 Standard R2 - Terminal Server Goal: I need to implement the terminal server for our remote sales staff. We recently did a big push on our accounting software - which requires the workstations to have amounts of RAM and atleast 2.0ghz. Most of remote sales agents have laptops that do not qualify for the upgrade. Instead of replacing 5 laptops, we purchased the hardware to make a terminal server (Dual Quad Core, 4gigs RAM etc). This will allo…

Well, looks like I get to keep that "- MVP" on my NG posts for another year. Just got reawarded again. I've lost count, but this is either my 8th or 9th award. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

i have an application that i would like to run but i was told i need to several things to make it run. i will try to keep this as simple as possible... -- i have windows service pack 3 installed. -- i tried to install .NET Framework 2.0 but it says i need the Windows Installer 3.0. -- i try to install Windows Installer 3.0 but it says i have Service Pack 3 and i dont need to install it. what can i do??

Hi, I had a typo when setting up users in XP Pro SP3 and now the one user name in Documents & Settings is incorrect. I changed the username in Control Panels/Users and also using Regedit to change it under HLM/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion. This all went fine but the user name on the Folder is D&S is still incorrect. Logon at startup is correct. Any ideas on where/how I can change this last remnant of my mistake would be appreciated. Thanks!

I currently am running Vista on a laptop, but am having compatibility issues, and am generally not a fan of Vista. My questions are: 1. Am I able to install XP to replace Vista? If so, am I able to use a XP Upgrade disk (as this is essentially a downgrade!) or do I need the full version to change the OS. 2. I currently have a XP Upgrade disk which I used on an old desktop, which has since broken down (CPU is fried)--would I be able to use this disk again (assuming the answer to question 1 is yes)?

Iim new to windows PC's and am unable to find a place on the MS website where I can get product info prior to purchasing. Any assist on a contact would be appreciated. I am contemplating the purchase of a new PC. The one I am interested in comes with Vista Home Premium; However, I need XP Pro. I wish to know: if I can replace Vista Home Premium with XP Pro, can I do so by simply purchasing a new copy of XP Pro and installing it over Vista. Will MS register the XP Pro OS on my new computer. If not, it looks like I will be limited to purchasing a used machine with XP Pro pre-installed on eBay.

I bought An OEM version of XP (sp2c) at a local electonics store. I want to install it on a laptop. If I ever replace this laptop, and want to install it on my next laptop, will I be able to get it activated? I know I would at least have to call MS's 800 number. I've done that before when I've moved XP &/or Office from one PC to another. But will this OEM version be treated any differently?