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Read only archive of EOL Windows Systems.
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Quick Launch Toolbar??
by Guest Willard- 6 replies
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Somehow I moved the Quick Launch Toolbar over to the right, next to the Start Toolbar; which leaves the blank portion on the far left.. Is there any way to restore Quick Launch back to it's original position on the bottom far left??
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A disc read error occurred
by Guest Peter Phillips- 3 replies
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My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced: Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD: Boot from CD: A disc read error occurred Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K emergency installation on HD5. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks
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Hi, When browsing to servers via UNC, the "Scheduled Tasks" share does not show up anymore. It used to show up, but now the window is just blank when browsing to \\<servername>. I am a member of the Local Administrators group, I have administrative privileges on the servers. When connecting to this server by Remote Desktop and by opening a windows explorer with \\<servername>, I can see the Scheduled Tasks share listed. Moreover when I am running a schtasks command from my computer on this server: schtasks /query /s <servername> I am getting a: Error: Access is Denied. But if run locally, it works fine and lists the scheduled jobs.…
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Two Operating Systems W98 / Wxp
by Guest Lorenzoi- 9 replies
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I have W-98 in my secondary PC. However, W-98 does not support recent jump (pen) drives, thus I am plannig upgrade to Wxp. Have boxed Wxp upgrade version but instructions indicate that the upgrade will "replace" previous OS. I have several important W-98 program that will like to keep, but they will not work properly under Wxp. Thus, will like to keep W-98 as an alternative OS. Q: How can I installe Wxp and keep W-98 to be used when needed??
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Anti-virus for W2K
by Guest Raymond Morgan- 3 replies
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Hi. The anti-virus program I've been using is stopping support on W2K, but I don't want to change my configuration, so I'll just have to change my anti-virus. Who is likely to keep up support for W2K? Thanks.
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Not Spam, but Notice to change links 1 2
by Guest MEB- 44 replies
- 2.8k views
The former site which I included in my signature is defunct and should be changed to http://peoplescounsel.org This is provided for any parties whom might have added, included, or otherwise linked to the former address or its materials. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org _ _ ~~
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Print Spooler takes a large percentage of CPU time.
by Guest davidtheweb- 0 replies
- 340 views
I have a recurring issue with a Print Spooler on a Windows 2000 Server. A print job will get stuck and take a large amount of the CPU time. I stop the print spooler in Services, go into Windows (or Winnt) | System32 | Spool | Printers and delete all jobs in that folder and restart the print spooler. This fixes the issue temporarily, but several days later, the same process occurs. Is there a way to trace where the stuck print job is coming from, or has anyone run into this same issue? Thanks, David
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hard-disk controller errors
by Guest John A Grandy- 1 reply
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Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Not sure this is the right group, but I am experiencing intermittent disk-access errors : Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 11 Date: 9/26/2008 Time: 3:10:59 PM User: N/A Computer: DBSRVR2 Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\DR0. Event Type: Error Event Source: atapi Event Category: None Event ID: 15 Date: 9/26/2008 Time: 3:10:59 PM User: N/A Computer: DBSRVR2 Description: The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort3, is not ready for access yet. Are these just initializtion timing errors on reboots ?
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Defrag and Cpacity mystery
by Guest Entelechy- 4 replies
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A few months ago when I ran defrag I got an error message about something in MCC not operating properly with Diskeeper lite. Since then large amounts of file space are appearing as fragmented (red), even though the report says that the disk is fine. At the same time, the available sapce on my hard drive has decreased to about 10% (from about 40%). I have tried to open MCC but could not decipher what to do with it. I also downloaded the newer trial version for Diskeeper and got the same outcome- including a warning about volume space. Since diskeeper will not let me look at the drive map I cannot see what the files are that are appearing. I am runni…
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MPEG4 codec for WMP 11?
by Guest Somebody- 2 replies
- 222 views
How do I get WMP 11 to play MP4 video? I tried installing the codec packages from Microsoft and can play the audio, but no video. Looking for a free plugin :).
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Speed up Vista boot by using two cores
by Guest Carlos- 5 replies
- 557 views
This article http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/editorials/dirtyvista/index_2.shtml Step Three, items #1, 2, and 3 states that Vista normally uses only one core during boot, even if you have a dual or quad core processor, and that by enabling the additional cores you can get a boot time reduction. I will quote the important part: "Click on Start then type "MSCONFIG" hit enter then click continue through the UAC we talked about earlier. This opens a small screen containing some interesting startup options, playing with this will allow you to start and stop most things that run in the background. The startup tab tells you which company each service belo…
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Unable to create new folder in any CD
by Guest John Eppley- 1 reply
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I have had XP pro for several years and have been quite happy with its performance. I also have every MS update installed. This may be good or bad for the following reason. Immediately after the latest update, a new icon appeared on the bottom right for "My Documents". No problem with that except I did not create it !!!! Update, maybe ??? My big problem is that ALL cd's either blank or partially populated now show as FULL and I am unable to create a new folder or add files. Very strange. Can this be corrected, and how or am I on my way to VISTA ??
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System Idle Process
by Guest SPD- 4 replies
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Windows 2000 Server SP4 3.05 GHz Xeon processors (2) Intel SE7501HG2 Board 4 GBs Memory System Idle Process starts at 99% and over a weeks time it declines. As of this writing and five days later, its at 40% with a CPU time of 399:26:42 and mem usage of 16K. All other processes appear to be running minimal percentage of the CPU or none at all. Eventually I will need to reboot bacause my clients begin experiencing poor performance. Any suggestions
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XP, SP3 - Office 97-Word Print problem
by Guest D. Kirkpatrick- 3 replies
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Windows XP, SP3. All Updates and patches as offered to date installed. Today being August 31, 2008 HP USB port printer CS3100 series. I have licensed copies of Word 2002 on this system as well as an older version of Office 97 that includes Word, Access, Power Point, and the rest. Well... recently Word 97 has ceased printing. When you commit something to print, it is sent to the printer queue but just sits there. When we look at the printer spool queue it says "spooling" and does nothing. At the same time I was having a problem printing from Word 2002 but learned that there may be a problem with the "normal" template. After resetting the normal…
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order of images
by Guest Louise- 3 replies
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Have just downloaded recent holiday photos and have renamed each photo with caption. I wish to burn them to a cd, but when I do, it changes the order of images to alphabetical, rather than keeping it how i arranged them. How can I stop this?