Windows 2000 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional help and discussions.
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Copy local users and groups
by Guest ceo@schoenfeldsoftware.com- 3 replies
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We have developed a software application to help administrators copy local users and groups between windows machines. It can do so as they are encountered within filesystem ACLs or by selecting them manually. If you need to solve this problem our software can help you. http://www.schoenfeldsoftware.com/fileservermigrator Software Features: Copy files and direcotories. Copy local users and their group membership. Copy local groups and their group membership. Automatically import local users and groups when used in file security. Copy timestamps including creation time, last access time, last write time of files and directories. Copy …
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MDAC 2.8 SP1 error on W2K
by Guest George Schneider- 0 replies
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Sorry for the repost on this. I posted this in a wrong newsgroup I beleive. I'm running into a robelm when I attempt to install 2.8 SP1 on a Windows 2000 Professional machine. 'm receiving an Advanced Inf Installer pop up box stating INF Installer failure. Reason: Access is denied. Any idea on this or how I can resolve it to get MDAC 2.8 SP1 on W2K installed. I need it for one of my applications to install.
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Small Desktop Area
by Guest Karenlc- 2 replies
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I have a Dell Latitude c610 computer with Windows 2000 OS. The desktop screen area is approximately 6 inches x 5 inches while the black area surrounding the desktop area is approximately 3 - 4 inches wide. How can I enlarge my desktop area? -- Thanks, Karen
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Issue networking XP and Win2k machines
by Guest lca1630- 2 replies
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Hello, I am having an issue accessing a share that I created on an XP machine from and a Win2k machine. I have a peer to peer network setup, wide open shares, and am able to access a dummy share I set up on my win2k machine from my XP machine. When I try to access the share on my XP machine from my windows 2000 machine I recieve the credentials pop-up. I enter the info for the account that's logged in on the XP machine. Any info I enter returns a denied: user access restriction error. The share is wide open and I'm an admin on both machines. I have read something about creating identical accounts on both machines but not quite sure. I don't know if its …
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Lost Hibernate Tab
by Guest mickey- 12 replies
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I'm running windows 2000 professional. Sometime ago I noticed that the notebook refused to suspend. Further investigation revealed that the "Hibernate" tab under the control-panel power-option disapeared. I tried updating the OS with the original CD, but that didn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can regain the "Hibernate" tab, without re-installing the OS?
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Reinstalling Server 2000
by Guest Richard- 4 replies
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Hello I have a Win 2000 server which is a Domain Controller. I might have to reinstall the OS and I need some advice on some issues to make some decisions. I understand that if I reinstall the OS and recreate users, the users id will be different from the current id. 1. How do I set it up that I will use the existing users Id? Can I save the active directory and copy to the newly created domain? 2. I am using raid 1. If I were to change both the hd, need I set up the mirror before I install or install first? If yes, is it difficult to set up? (One of the hd died on us, and could not find a similar hd replacement, advice was to upgrade both Hds) Many th…
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Regedit
by Guest RG- 1 reply
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After entering regedit in the run box, registry editor window appears for couple of seconds, then it disappears. Would anyone know the problem and how to fix that? Thanks in advance
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Re: W2K SP4, IE 6 SP1 Setup Fails
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 3 replies
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Re: W2K SP4, IE 6 SP1 Setup Fails Forwarded to Win2K General via crosspost. -- ~PA Bear ngkh5 wrote: > Using a HP Omnibook 900 with W2K SP2 and downloading W2KSP4 from Windows > Update site fails with error dialog box: "Service Pack 4 determined that > the > following Service Pack 4 files are corrupt:" A list of the corrupt files > is > shown followed by: If this error persists after you have clicked Retry > several times, go to the Windows 2000 Service Pack Web site and select > "Problems downloading the Service Pack" This will give you instructions on > how to download a version of the Service Pack that does not require a…
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outlook express
by Guest lady- 3 replies
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How do I change my email address in outlook express. Going to loose my main account soon and want outlook to recognize my new email.Very frustrated,tried creating neww identities and all I get is error messagges when using a new identity...please help.
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Regedit
by Guest RG- 0 replies
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After entering regedit in the run box, registry editor window appears for couple of seconds, then it disappears. Would anyone know the problem and how to fix that? Thanks in advance
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internet explorer 7
by Guest lady- 1 reply
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I am unable to download internet explorer because the computer says cryptographic is running. I have no clue what that is or how to disable it...please help
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Re: W2kSBS Repair Doesnt Work....? Files in System32/config/system
by Guest Karenlc- 0 replies
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Re: W2kSBS Repair Doesnt Work....? Files in System32/config/system The website you directed me to walked me through the process for fixing my computer. Thanks for all of your help! I am now up and running again! -- Thanks, Karen "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Velish" <Velish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:833F4953-25C9-4A7A-A5EB-B4985D293692@microsoft.com... > > ... are apparently missing or damaged, but there is no actual file name > > telling me which ones are missing or damaged. The exact message is > > "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or > > corrupt. …
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Logon Failure: the account is invalid.
by Guest Conrad- 0 replies
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I have customer with 1 main site and 3 remote sites. All r=the serveers are winodws 2000. The pdc is located in the main site. Each remote site has a backup domain controller. The problem I am having is that I can not access computers in 1 remote site by unc name. I can ping the pcs by name and also FQDN. I also can rdp into the pcs. But when I try to see the shares on any of these pcs by unc name . A error comes back saying that there was a logon failure: The target account is invalid. I can goto the domain controller of that remote site by unc name. Does anybody have any ideas?
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Check Disk after Format - necessary ?
by Guest flahmeshess- 3 replies
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I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk. Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.
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WSUS Solution for Server 2000
by Guest AC- 1 reply
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I'm administering a rather small network (seven workstations with Server 2000). I don't have SQL Server, so I'm thinking WSUS 2 is out. Is there any update delivery solution like WSUS out there that will run on a W2k server? -- Aaron Clausen mightymartianca@gmail.com