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When rebooting I get a window titled PROGRAMS that pops up. I have stopped all loading programs, one at a time, but it still comes up. It would be nice to know where it is coming from and how to stop it.

Is the SYSPREP utility supposed to not work on OEM versions of Windows? On a Windows 2003 Server Web Edition computer we accidentally used the same key on two installs. On the second install - not wanting to lose installed applications - we copied over the SYSPREP.EXE utility from the original install CD. When we try to run this and "reseal" the computer we get a message that the SYSPREP utility is incompatible with that Windows. It's unclear whether this message is because of the type of license (OEM) or because of the version of Windows (Web Edition). -- Will

I have been playing around with the Full Server Backup feature on windows server 2008. It looks great but I wonder if it is truly a “FULL” server backup. For example I want to know if the feature will be able to protect SQL Server & Exchange. I would like to be able to do a backup that is basically an “image” and I want to know if the Full server backup will do the trick. Also I would appreciate if anybody could please point to a tool that allows me to do the same on windows server 2003. Please be aware that I am not looking for fancy features like restore a specific file. I just want something that can do a full system backup/image without stopping the …

How can you set master volume to unmute with a registry change? I need to modify several computers and would like to do it remotely.

I have a windows server 2008 standard computer at home and I am using it as a home domain server. I don’t want to use a keyboard or monitor on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt- del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown with a single button click?

Windows XP Media Center service pack 2 system. Somehow or other I'm locked out of Control Panel and all it's functions. I have no idea how this happened and wonder if I can restore this very important feature. No matter how I log on, none of my logon names can address these features. When openingExplorer, and double clicking Windows\system32\control.exe, it brings up the same window declaring "This operation has been cacelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" Frustrating....... Anyone with the knowledge to hack what ever is necessary to clear these restrictions would be greatly appreciated. I am …

This is the second pc running windows xp professional I've come across where any minimized windows in the task bar flicker or jump and can't be maximized. Also, the expansion arrow for system tray icons continuosly jumps left and right or up and down depending on horizontal or verticle placement of the task bar. Only thing that seems to temporarily fix this is to reboot the pc rebooting. Any ideas on the cause? One was a brand new pc and the other was an older tablet pc. Both computers were clean of malware. Any ideas on the cause? pjg

Hallo, ich habe auf einem frischen Windows Server 2003 (Member Server) den SQL Server 2005 Express installiert. Nun haben wir danach den Server mittels DCPROMO ebenfalls zu einem Domänencontroller gemacht. Seit dem benötigtem Neustart geht mit dem SQL Server nix mehr. Er bringt mehr als ein dutzend Fehlermeldungen im Ereignisprotokoll, u.a. das Berechtigungen auf die Verzeichnisse fehlen. Ok, dachte ich, deinstallierst du den SQL-Server wieder (wurde noch nix produktives mit gemacht) und installierst ihn neu. Aber ich kann ihn leider auch nicht mehr deinstallieren - bricht ebenfalls mit ner Meldung bzgl. Berechtigungen ab. Ich bin natürlich als Domänen…

I know that FSRM is available on 2003 R2, but can you use it just on 2003? If its available, is it just downloadable from Microsoft??

After replacing a SATA hard drive in a machine and during the reinstall process for WinXP, the install process fails at around 59-60% every time with a general blue screen error that says something to the effect of: 'Error copying file, press R to retry or ESC to ignore or F3 to exit.' Its always a different file name or names (if pressing ESC), but always happens around 59-60% of the copy file process. The WinXP install process will recognize the hard disk and even format it okay, but for some reason it fails to completely reinstall Windows XP. We have even tried different SATA drives and different CD & DVD drives for the install disk, as well as t…

I recently networked two computers together as a workgroup through a wireless router using the network setup wizard. Both computers are running XP-SP3. Everything seems to work fine, but in My Network Places on one computer it shows both computers as a Local Network, and on the other computer one is on the Local Network and the other is under the label "The Internet". As I said, everything seems to be working fine now, but will this cause problems in the future? I'm curious about this. Why aren't they under Local Network on both computers?

I'm using XP Home. I recently installed Service Pack 3. Now, when my computer starts, it gets to a certain point and then reboots--thus I can't get it to start at all, except in Safe Mode. I installed a Microsoft-supplied patch for this problem, but it didn't help. I've called Microsoft tech support, and that didn't help. The only way I can get my computer to start is to uninstall Service Pack 3 first. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can install Service Pack 3 without this problem? Thanks!

Two problems with XP SP3 I started with Win XP 32bit sp2 everything running fine, installed sp3 and ran into two problems: First - windows explorer was very slow in displaying file names - this occurred in explorer itself, but also in any file dialog. This problem has cleared up - I am not sure which of the various things did it - I changed the display options, but have set them all back - I increased the page space from the system managed, installed net framework 2.00. In any case, the problem seems to have completely gone away and everything is running fine except: Second problem - Quickbooks 2003 AND 2005 (the only versions I have tried) BO…

My desktop wallpaper disappeared ... I had a picture up for several days and the desktop just turned black ... all icons are still there, just the picture is gone ... when I go to Display Properties/Desktop, it shows the picture that used to be there ... I tried changing to a different picture, and nothing happened ... About twelve hours later, the picture reappeared ... but only for an hour or so ... now the desktop is black again ... Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot/fix this ...?? Thanks much ... CJ

I'm trying to write a vbs to run vncviewer on a relative path. The following code works, except when the path has spaces: Dim LaunchDir, FSO, WSHShell Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") LaunchDir = FSO.GetFolder(".") wSHShell.Run LaunchDir & "\vncviewer.exe -notoolbar -autoscaling myhost.dyndns.org" Where's the error? Any help would be appreciated.