You can start an application in the background with start /b c:\tools\SomeApp.exe To start multiple instances of robocopy is a perfect way to slow down the copy process and to wear out your disk,...

Sounds like a virus. Check your machine on-line via www.antivirus.com. "Jason" <showeljm@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:02f501c3b0a8$65fb53f0$7d02280a@phx.gbl...

I received the following message when logging into windows: Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted...contact your administrator. The next message informed me that I would be...

Greetings -- The Windows 25-character Product Key (required to perform the installation) is stored on the CD packaging on a bright orange sticker that says "Do not lose this number." If it was an...

Greetings -- You could always create a desktop shortcut with "%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" in the target field, if you like. (It is case-sensitive, BTW.) Bruce...

Greetings -- MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP, which is also targeted at the home consumer market. There is no equivalent utility included with WinNT/Win2K. In most cases,...

Greetings -- There is no "rollback" to Win2K. If you want to replace WinXP with an earlier OS, you're certainly entitled to do so, as long as you've purchased a legitimate copy of that earlier OS. ...

Hi Calvin, Boot to Safe Mode... Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced tab Startup and Recovery... Uncheck automatically reboot

Very true pegasus, but this was the error msg I was getting, and I believe that I have found the problem: at the site you indicated: StartupCPL: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml mr. Lin (19 year...

I'm running Win2K Pro on Compaq Presario desktop with ESS sound card. Resently whenever I set the volume control, the slider always moves to lowest level automatically. I found the solution 279442...

I have to re-image machines and when they come up they start complaining about being out of date. How can I force Windows 2000 professional to synchronize with an NTP server via command line if...

Hi, You can simply stop and disable the Computer Browser server on the Windows 2000 box. It won't prevent it from showing up in a browse list or being able to browse, but will stop it from trying to...

Try downloading AdAware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and running it to get any ad/spyware off of your computer Jason Spradlin <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in...

Have you checked the battery on your motherboard, it may be dead "richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03bf01c3b092$395d3770$a501280a@phx.gbl...

You may be able to recover the file with a "direct from disk" file recovery program. Doa Google search for "undelete" and you'll find several such utilities. To prevent this from happening in the...

I can't finish my work on a Windows 2003 server of my office. I keep my task windows open on the server. After going back home, on my home PC, I connect to this server via a Windows Remote Desktop...

norain wrote: Wild guess... You have a virus that was not able to do it's dirt until the services were terminated. Easyest way to deal with that is to pull the system drive and install it as a...

Get ahold of another power suppy that is the same and use your computer and if it does not reboot that is your problem. You could possibly purchase one and just use it and take it back if that is...

Hello: If my password protected screensaver has kicked in (for 5 seconds or 5 hours) it takes about a minute for the desktop to appear after I log in. I've booted into safe mode and the same problem...

Steele, You might want to see if you still have a lingering Trusted Domain Object left behind in your active directory. Go into your AD users and Computers. Make sure that its view is checked to...