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Issue: Laptops hang at "loading profile" after login w/ domain account when not on the domain. OS: Windows XP SP3 Domain Controller OS: Windows 2003 x64 SP2 Details: Laptops login fine when connected to the domain. Recent Changes to Group Policy: none Recent Software Installations: none Other Recent Changes: I think DHCP and DNS was recently turned off on one of our servers. Possibly also the server role was changed so it is no longer a domain controller. We still have another domain controller running DHCP and DNS. I will try to confirm these changes with the techs and get more details. Also there have been many Windows patches lately. Possibly Relat…

I am using XP Professional without any problem from last few months but from last few days am not able to open any local drive by double clicking in My Computer, even i scaned my computer by latest updates using with VIROBOT 5.0 i did not find any virus, please help me... Thanks....

when double clicking on an icon on the desktop the following message appears "The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this task.Create an association in the Folder Options control menu". This also happens when trying to start a program via clicking start ,all programs and clicking on the program. The same thing happens when trying to start control panel either via the Start menu or via the run command. In fact unable to run anything.

Correct me if I'm in the wrong news group for my question. I'm looking for a way to log/track all AD users that send print jobs to our printer. Lately, users have been wasting a lot of paper and I want to see who is doing this. One of our printers is an HP 8100 shared out on a AD Windows 2003 SP2 box. Any thoughts our suggestions? Dan

*reposted from 'network_web' as no response there* I have recently installed WinXP Pro (previously Win2K) on my small (two PC) home network. Previously I had shared folders and CD/DVD drives between the two PCs. After the install, I can share folders but do not get the share option for the DVD drive: http://www.firish.com/share1.JPG http://www.firish.com/share2.JPG The sharing of the file folders is fine (ie, I have connectivity, permissions, etc.). Any ideas what is going on here? Thanks. PS I have since found a setting in Policies that enables/disables that share but confirmed that the switch is set correctly.

Re: Out of Cycle Windows Update >MS is releasing an update today and should be available in the next 13 >minutes. It's Critical for XP. Never mind, I do see it. KB958644. - Thee Chicago Wolf

Re: Out of Cycle Windows Update >MS is releasing an update today and should be available in the next 13 >minutes. It's Critical for XP. News to me. What is the KB number? - Thee Chicago Wolf

I understand the maximum length for a filename in Windows is 256 ... true ? Is there any way around this ? Certainly people have need for apps that use longer filenames, no ? Any shells for Windows that somehow get around this problem ?

I have windows XP Pro English version installed and now need to provide French (Canada) as an option to all my user. Is it possible for me to make all the necessary changes so everything appears in French IE Menu Bar and Login and switch back and forth from the english version?

I have old KB articles which tell you how to add ShellEx registry keys in order to view thumbnails as images instead of as icons in Windows Explorer for formats other than the ususal jpgs and tifs. It worked well on my old Windows 2000, where I added thumbnail views for psd's and pdf's and etc. I hesitate using this technique on my present system (XP Pro), because it DOES show images for the formats mentioned above, but nevertheless does NOT have the added ShellEX file in the registry entries for those formats, whereas they DID appear in my old 2KPRO....The old articles are not meant for XP, except for one which dealt with getting image thumbnails "after …

Well, I was working on a buddy's computer, cleaned up a whole lot of trojans and viruses and worms (oh, my), but now the PC is having some interesting problems. - unable to access the taskbar/system tray area; it is "hidden" - unable to utilize most control panel features; they start to load, then freeze - unable to choose a theme; they've all disappeared - the processes view within task manager shows no users for any processes - adapter shows in device manager, but no connections in network connections Needless to say, there are many, many other issues. In the end, I've nuked all the bad stuff, but apparently some necessary stuff as well. Is there an…

Does anyone have any tips for migration from NT4 to 2008? I have everything working except for the SID migration. I am using ADMT 3.1 any tips or experience with this would be a great help.

Hi, My PC (DELL 3G dual core w/4G ram) seems to spend alot more time revving hard than it used to. When I chk. using Task Mgr. I find Helpsvc.exe and Mspeng.exe as big 'users', but I understand that's common. Typically I have the same 37 processes running that I always have had. I have set 'priority' to be given performance, over background services, (for online gaming). I'm only using 20G of 160 HD, would partitioning away 100G or so make a difference? Windows OneCare runs on schedule, and I've never experienced any more than 3% fragmentation. How can I reduce the 'load' to HD ? Thnx for any tips / tweaks that may help. KenM -- KenM

Hello, in one network we have the following problem: users on workstations can't use "save as" with any application such as Word, Notepad, Adobe PDF standard, to a 2003 R2 Server (no active directory). In this case the application hangs. All other functions, such as copy, delete, save ..., are working well. This happens on all clientcomputers in this enviorement. I tried it also with administrator-rights for this users. Has anyone a idea to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!

The MumbaiITPro User Group, a Microsoft User Group in Mumbai, India ( http://groups.msn.com/MumbaiITPro ) is currently running an opportunity to its members to join their management team (online / offline) as well as the Microsoft Virtualization Community Launch leadership opportunity. This is an exclusive opportunity to work directly with Microsoft to host our launch event around Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. The Community Launch program provides the technical training and launch support resources to showcase some of the technical features of these products within MumbaiITP…