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I went to defrag myt HD after after installing & then uninstalling Norton Ghost 14.0. It came up with an error that it coulkd not defrag it. I am running XP Pro. Any help is certainly appreciated. My defragger will never defrag my Outlook .pst files completely...but there is this new error (something I have never seen) called VProSvc.exe. Any help is certainly appreciated. I usually do not use Norton products but heard some good things about this one....hmmm!!! I always wondered how I could dfefrag my Outlook ..pst files... but would be happy just to defrag it! The file (VProSvc.exe.2008 1002-041759-00. hdmpseems to be located in C:\WINDOWS\PCHeal…

Of late, Windows Explorer often takes ages to open up on a Windows XP Pro SP2 notebook. And the Dr Watson bugger comes up and the shell restarts. All updates installed, works perfectly otherwise. Also, one gets the ~another process is accessing the file~ error very often when deleting files. Unlocker takes care of that pretty effectively though. Don't now if related - Windows also takes ages to shut down when the explorer issue occurs - no end-process messages though.. No other error messages. Clear page-file at shut-down is disabled. CHKDSK /F and SFC /scannow run without effect. We would appreciate any insights into what to look for. Regards and TIA. Alpha …

When I use the bluetooth headset, I find that my system volume has no effect on the output volume. The output volume seems to be totally under the control of the application, eg Windows Media Player, Winamp. Is there any way I can configure the PC so that I can still use my system volume with bluetooth headset ? Thanks in advanced.

MS knows Vista is crap lol http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1619 Microsoft is sending some very confusing signals about Windows Vista - the latest of which it issued via a statement on October 3. The Register reported on October 2 that Microsoft was going to extend again the date until which PC makers would be allowed to continue to offer Windows users "downgrade rights," enabling them to switch from Vista to XP on new machines. The Reg said Microsoft had moved the downgrade cut-off date from January 31, 2009 to July 31, 2009. I asked Microsoft about the Reg's report and got this statement, via a company spokesperson: "As more customers …

I have never read so many posts and still not be sure of the correct answer. 1. If I have a server 2003 installed before R2 was released, is there an "upgrade" to R2 without buying the whole new product ? 2. If I have server 2003 installed after R2 was released (have the CD2), but exited the install when asked about installing additional features from CD2, can I now make it an R2 ? Just run adprep and setup2 from the CD2 ?? Thanks for clearing this up.

I unistalled Norton Ghost 14.0 and when I went to defrag my HD, I got this error -- basically saying it could not defrag the HD. Here are the specifics of my results. Any help is appreciated! Thanks. Duane Volume (C:) Volume size = 74.52 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 62.73 GB Free space = 11.79 GB Percent free space = 15 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 6 % File fragmentation = 12 % Free space fragmentation …

Hello everyone, I have a bit of a problem. Today for the first time in my life I had to set up one of our servers as VPN/Remote Access. I managed to set it up, but as i only had one NIC I had to go for the "Custom configuration" settings. On the way, I had to disable the Firewall service. I can now connect to the server VPN, however now I would like to restrict access to remote desktop and other apps - eg. I need the firewall to control access. Essentially, I want to: - only allow remote access to the server through the VPN. - have all the convenience of the firewall. Is this possible? Thank you in advance Leo

I have a fairly new Dell server (2 yo/dual core) but the dummy who originally set it up, split a single 120 GB hard drive into two partitions...one for system (12 GB) and another for data (108 GB). It's configured as a "basic" drive in disk manager. The server is running Windows 2003 and Active Directory. I'm not sos concerned about the data drive as I am about the system drive (as I'm considering upgrading it to Windows 2008). Is there any way to, more or less painlessly, migrate the system drive to a larger hard drive? - anthonxy26

In Explorer, highlighting a particular file and r-clicking it while holding down the Shift key brings up a context menu with an "Open with" option. Is there any way I can automate this via a single command line? I'm thinking of something like this ... some_command.exe /option_1 ... /option_n %1 .... where %1 is the file I wish to open. Would rundll32.exe or explorer.exe have appropriate command line options? - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Hello, a few days ago, a strang printing issue occured. An employee working on a WinXP Pro SP2 Workstation, with a HP Color LaserJet 2550 attached via USB. She works connected with mstsc 6.0.6000 in a terminal session on Windows Server 2003. Until the error occured she could print. And suddenly she couldn't print anymore. We reinstalled the driver. But it isn't even possible to print a testing page from within the terminal session. The Dialog only tells, that it is impossible to print the testing page. Who can help me? Thanks, Andreas

11/Oct/2008 12:01 I am running Windows XP Home with SP3. When I minimize a web page, the notification icon goes to the bottom of my desktop (between the start button and the clock). This web page SHOULD NOT change. However, when I start a new web page (for example, that is on my desktop, or is in an e-mail message) the minimized web page changes to the web page I just started. I want the prior web page to remain. This worked the way I want until about three weeks ago. Then the MINIMIZED web pages changed automatically when a new web page was started. How would I make minimized web pages stay the same until I terminate them? TIA Sincerely, Bar…

After recklessly using a registry cleaner, I can no longer upload files (DSL speed test upload speed = 0). Event viewer shows "upload manager failed to start ID: 7000). Account specified wrong. It looks like my computer name has been removed from some service that is trying to start, but I haven't figured out how to find the name of it. I did a system restore from a safe date, but no joy. Local system network DDE disabled network DDE DSDM disabled remote access auto connection manager disabled (I think this is due to remote access being disabled for security). I do have a drive image from a previous backup s…

SessionViewSize and SessionPoolSize entries is not listed on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management Is this normal? Can I just add it back manually?

Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition like IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will not do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne - Dodge

Dell laptop, Windows XP Home, one play/burn DVD drive. Have a Western Digital My Book Essential USB 2.0 320GB external drive. Whenever I connect this external drive then power up, I get a black screen and nothing else -- as soon as I disconnect the drive, Windows boots immediately. When I connect the drive AFTER the laptop is running, all processes seem to slow down or stop. Every simple click takes 2 to 3 minutes or the request won't complete at all. Can barely run Belarc Advisor. Can barely view "My Computer." Can barely even switch Web pages. Not a crash but I get a very long hourglass no matter what I do and/or this error message: "The specified…