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We have a small office with 5 users. Single-server environment running SBS. One of the principals of the company left, taking the server with him. It was rather abrupt, but the users are now getting by without a file server or domain controller. However, we are experiencing some problems when they try to install or uninstall software on their worksations. During the uninstall of, for instance, Adobe, they are told that the setup program can not locate \\oldservername. I have tried running the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, but even it won't install, saying it can't find \\oldservername. The users are still logging in to the domain using cach…

I recently had my Desk Top PC's Mother Bd. Burn up. I'm looking at a whole new system but I do not want to purchase a new operating system. The suppliers are telling me I'll have to purchase the full version of XP or Vista (yuck) because the new interfaces within the PC for the periphiles are not supported by Win 98. I have the Upgrade version of XP and had no problem converting my old PC from Win 98 to XP but how would I do this with a New PC that does not use the old ribbon cables to the Hard drive and CD reader?? I have to first load Win 98 the upgrade to XP?

Due to total cockup I am now unable to access c drive (my docs, recycle etc) etc through icons (resources files or sub-files missing) but can still access all through run. Cannot find xp cd anywhere to repair. Restore to earlier time and last good configuration do not solve the problem Any suggestions please? Thanks

I use Low Level I/O API (_open) to create a binary file. Then I use _chsize to set the size of this file (a big size). And then I _open this file for reading (get fd1), and _open it for writing (get fd2) and _write something to it. After that, I _read something from the beginning with fd1, but find: 1.I have written 65535 bytes to the file; (with fd1) 2.But I can only read 126 bytes out with the 3rd parameter as 1024. (with fd2) Is it possible? How to avoid it? Note: 1.Everything should have been done in a single thread. 2.I am writing an extension for another product, I must use fd instead of FILE* that's why I use Low Level I/O API instead of buffered FIL…

We have several Excel spreadsheets that are shared between six workstations. This week alone, we have been kicked out of one specific spreadsheet 5 or 6 times and have to "save as..." and rename the workbook. The error message that we are receiving indicates that we have committed a "sharing violation". Has anyone else experienced this and, if so, is there a solution? Out IT guy says that we shouldn't share. If so...why does Excel have a sharing option? -- Tom

Hi, We have Windows 2003 server with 3 server license and 75 CALs. Now we have 100 employees and all of them use XP professional, should we purchase 25 more CALs? Someone told me that each XP Pro come s with one CAL, we should not buy any, is it correct? Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Lisa

I have a piece of software that is locked to one computer by a serial number, an activation code and what the software company calls a system ID number The format of this ID number is as follows: 09369D 30A3E8 ( my current SID according to the company) or 402919 226F85 (The SID the company says the software is locked to) What is this ID number? 1. HDD volume number? 2. HDD serial number(Factory number)? 3. Or what else could it be? Is it possible to change the newest ID number back to the old one? The only thing that has happened is that I had to re-format my hard drive and re-install the OS. (Media Center XP 2005) and XP SP3 I really quick solution…

You can't use the same name on two accounts... the built-in default-Administrator account is created when you install the system. If you want to use it, just log off or restart and at the logon screen, hit ctrl+alt+delete simultaneously two or three times to bring up the logon box, then type in Administrator and since you don't remember the Administrator account, it probably doesn't have a password, so just Accept or hit Enter afer typing Administrator. ----------------------------------------- "Cirene" <cirene@nowhere.com> escribió en el mensaje news:%23LbysXIFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used …

Hi all ! The other day I was using my friend's notebook to type a letter, and I found something really weird. I am sharing it here with all in the hope that someone may have seen this problem before and perhaps can help diagnose what's wrong. The laptop was a Dell, quite new too, with duo core or something. I opened up the Microsoft Word and start typing. It went okay for 5 minutes or so and then the letters started jumping ! I mean, the words like scrolled up, and then down, and then sideways or whatever. I thought something was wrong with the Microsoft Word on his machine, so I quickly saved whatever I've typed, closed down Microsoft Word, and power u…

Hi, I have certain scheduled tasks running on my work machine. They often hog the processor causing my machine to become unresponsive to the point of almost locking up. I'd like to run them at lower priority using the start command (either "start /belownormal" or "start /low"), but this doesn't seem to work. Typing this at the command line:- start /belownormal Y:\Vim\vim62\gvim.exe seems to run it fine, but if I put the same thing in the "run" line of a scheduled task's properties window, it says "could not start" in Scheduled Tasks' status column. Any thoughts? Thanks, - MM

Hi all, Im having a funny few minutes. In order for my logon batch amnd small vbs program to run at logon and for the GPO to enforce desktop wallpaper images, they must be in an accessible shared folder. My worry is; what is to stop a savvy user from finding those shares and altering the wallpaper or logon scripts/vbs..? Is it possible to secure these files from general domain users access but still leave them available during logon..? Thanks all, I couldnt find any answers online so far. Rolf

Installed a flatbed scanner succesfully on XP-Pro but the "safely remove hardware" icon is now stuck in my task bar. I've set it to be hidden but would like to know where to go \ what to do to remove it entirely since the newly installed hardware is working fine. Ideas or suggestions?? Thanks in adavance dc

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Where [or what folder(s)] are the old compressed files, that you see with disk cleanup/cleanmgr, stored at on win2k3? -- NuBee

Hello All, We are running Windows 2003 SP1 32 and 64bit. We are running into an issue when a specific server ( 64 bit, active node of a sql cluster ) is accessed remotely through perfmon to check any Logical Disk properties, certain disks show as "HarddiskVolume6". When checking these properties locally through perform, they show correctly. I have checked another cluster active node setup identically and it works properly. I have checked perfmon from either 32 or 64 bit machines with the same result. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks in advance!!!