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We have TS server running Window server 2003 R2, we also run MS Office 2000. We are having a problem where the user has excel open on there desktop and working quite happily and then suddenly excel with just disappear, no error message appear on screen, now error message are shown in the event log, infact there is no trace of anything having happened. Office 2000 is update with all available updates. Our user base run a mix of PC with MS RDP client and Thin Client Terminals. The disappearing Excel does not show any preference to PC or terminal, large multi page spreadsheet or a few rows on a single page. Any suggestions?? Tim

I have XP laptops set to synchronize with a server running W2K Server. After sp3, files that were created offline, failed to synchronize when they were connected. When the laptop was connected and online, these offline files disappeared. When the laptop was disconnected, the offline files reappeared. This has nothing to do with permissions and the failure occurred as a consequence of the updated (as did other problems such a further updates failing) Any ideas? -- Mark

Every time I try to open Internet Explorer, I get a windows Installer window that pops up saying "The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-Rom or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the microsoft office professional with frontpage disk and click OK" If I hit cancel a few times it goes away and internet explorer opens. Any ideas?

what do i type in the run comd. to get to windows registry.

Check the comment on the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT.exe). It is a standalone .exe file so all you need to do is delete it from C:\WINDOWS\System32\'MRT.exe' http://forums.techarena.in/security-virus/624248.htm ------------------------------------------ "Santander" <santander@microsoft.news> escribio en el mensaje news:%236ayIRyEJHA.680@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Need advice how to remove correctly the Windows Malicious Software Removal > Tool installed with automatic updates. (KB890830) > What files to delete and where? > > Many microsoft Windows users who downloaded this AntiSpyware program from > microsoft, or had i…

I have started feeling my way through putting a Terminal Server in place for our company. In a previous post I was referred to a book Brian Madden made available on his website and I've read most everything in it. However there are a couple of questions I have left. 1. Is there a 'Best Practices' method for connecting a client to the Terminal Server? I went through the process of setting up a VPN connection using my SonicWall Pro2040 but I'm not sure if VPN and an RDC session are the generally accepted way of doing things. Aside from the extensive security configured on the VPN is there a need for additional security measures (regarding data bein…

I tried searching Google but have forgotten how to find a topic that has been removed already from the Microsoft newsgroup servers. I am interested in reading the "OT Ping: thanatoid OT thread but it appears to have already been removed from the Microsoft Newsgroup Server because it was off topic. Thank you in advance for posting the Google Group Web Site where I can read this off-topic thread at my leisure.

Hi, I am trying to automate the building od student machines for the classroom using GHOST. So far, everything is working well, however I need to set the DCOM security settings on each machine individually. I have a batch file that is running to do various things after the ghost build, so I need to know how to add this in to the mix. I have a couple of components that I need to add a user in to the "Launch and Activation Permissions" on the "Security" tab as well as altering the username / password on the "Identity" tab. How do I do this from a batch file / command line? Many thanks, Paul

A friend worked on my computer while I was out. When I got home my computer won't start and it is in Safe MODE. Can I get out and start my computer without the startup disk and if so how? Thanks

Hi Dan I just came accross this item by accident. Has anyone ever brought this page to your attention before? http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html I'm not intending this to be a provocative post, so please just have a look through and tell me if it would have helped if you'd read it some years ago. Thanks. FYI ............. I wish someone had shown it to *me* years ago too! Dave --

I have a Win 2003R2 terminal server, that I have locked down a little to much. Because of the Group Policy setting "Prevent access to drives on my computer", users are not able to edit the content of Quick Launch, so that it can contain Word and Excel. Now I dont want to remove the setting, because I dont want users to have access to the drives. But what can I do to "create" the right Quick Launch bar, with the icons that I want in. I should mention that they use roaming profiles. Best regards Jesper DK

Hi, When I export My Computer/HK_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE to Registry Hive File it locks my system for 6 - 7 minutes. I have a Dell Latitude D830, 2 GB memory, and XP Pro SP3. I tried exporting again on another Latitude D830, 2 GB memory, and XP Pro SP2, same time length. Running the export on a Dell Optiplex 745, 2GB memory, and XP Pro SP2 it took 2 minutes. What is going on? Thanks, -- JP

Hi all - we are currently using an aging (and failing!) PXE server in conjunction with Ghost to deploy our desktop & laptop images for new builds. I want a solution whereby i only need one base image for laptops and one for desktops, which i know i can achieve using Acronis using the universal restore add-on. However, can you also integrate Windows deployement services with acronis images? or does WDS only like certain types of images? Any help appreciated ! thanks, colin.

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of any acknowledged problems between Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and M-Audio's flagship Firewire 1814 (external soundcard). The bottom line is the card was working beautifully for 3 months then suddenly I'm getting disconnects - so much so that I now have a $500 piece of kit that I can't use. I can install the driver, click on the M-Audio Control panel to adjust my settings, then I play an MP3 via WMP. It could be OK for 5 minutes or sometimes even up to a couple of hours, then it will disconnect. Here's what I've tried so far: Disabling my onboard soundcard Disabling the 1394 net adapter Trying all the M-Audio dri…

I have been asked to investigate a Windows server. The server is unknown to me but is 2003. The client suspects rogue user activity. The user was a support technician with administrator privileges. The activity occurred some weeks ago. I have few details but the activity included, but was not necessarily limited to, a large number of outbound e-mails generated automatically by a program. The client has firewall, anti virus and anti spam software installed but I do not know which programs. Please can anyone suggest ... .... any post incident strategies for finding or tracing rogue activity .... utilities that verify the integrity of System files a…