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Creating a "Drop Box"
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I am working with a school district, and I am wondering if the following scenario is pdssible. A teacher would like a way to give students assigments on the network. They would like to have their...

SVCHOST.EXE error- Causes?
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 3 Comments

Sounds like the Blaster got you. Look for SVCHOST.EXE in C:\winnt\system32\wins and delete it.(need to kill the SVCHOST process (it will be capitalized) first) Or look for msblast.exe process and...

reestablishing program groups after OS reload
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 4 Comments

I didn't see the problem coming. I loaded an app and when I went to restart as part of the installation, it froze - wouldn't boot in normal, safe, or last known good config mode. Not much choice...

Many many problems
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Very helpful...

"Administrative Update"
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I'm sure we're all familiar with the ability to do an "Administrative Update" of MS Office 2000 or XP, so that we can incorporate the latest service packs and security patches into MS Office. Is...

can't delete user's local profile
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 1 Comments

For the local profile I normally just delete from C:\Documents and Settings\

Phantom jobs in Task Scheduler
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Mark, Thanks, option #1 did the trick. I found the hidden jobs via the dir command. I have my explorer set to "show hidden files and folders" but that does not do the same thing,...

Service Pack 4
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Hi Steve - Nothing pops to mind, but you might want to check out the following and see if they have any relevance (I personally have no idea): XCON: Problematic Message May Be Continually Retried...

Desktop Error Message
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 7 Comments

"SEH" <seharker@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:vN56b.4069$_26.3416@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... Explorer works fine and you can access the files alright? If that's the case, then...

install win2k on Dell laptop
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Greetings -- With Win2K, as long as you have a license for each machine, it really doesn't make any difference which CD you use to perform the installation. And, if making installation CDs with the...

windows 2000 sp/3 installation
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 1 Comments

"Jonathan Maltz " wrote: Hi Actually, all previous Win2k service packs are available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/

cannot start task scheduler
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Using WIN2000 Server...trying to start task scheduler and it says that it cannot start the service on the local computer. In the properties of task schedule service, it has "log on as system account"...

Roaming Profiles not saving to server
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I have a network of around 500 users, all setup in active directory with roaming profiles. I am noticing that when I create a new user, log into a workstation and log out, the profile directory is...

computer won't reconnect to isp
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Are you using a firewall? If so I had a similar problem. Check the settings for your NIC. On a McAfee firewall there is a DHCP tab. Make sure the "Allow DHCP" box is checked. Rebooting the computer...

Maximum # Desktop Icons
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

There probably isn't a hard limit, but rather the limit depends on the hardware. If the computer runs, then the limit hasn't been reached yet :-) -- --Jonathan Maltz http://www.imbored.biz - A...

File replication
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

is it possible to do file replication with windows 2000 pro, if so...is there some documentation I can get. Thanks.

crashed computer by adding 2000 OS to existing XP OS
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi, Copy NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the I386 folder on the XP cd to C:\, and see if that makes a difference And by the way, MCE isn't a scaled down version of XP, it's XP Pro with a Media Center...

Explorer.exe error after insatlling latest patches
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

We have a Dell C840 (portable computer) with Win2K. The user went to the windows update site and updated with "a few" security patches (not sure which ones). After rebooting, the Explorer.exe error...

kmode error
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 3 Comments

try removing hardware bit by bit, starting from CDROM, Floppy, Additional Hardware (3D cards, Capture Cards etc.). Boot after every removal of hardware unit and see if it...

Registry - Defaul mail client (solved)
Posted on September 5th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Found the answer: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q154/3/59.asp&NoWebContent=1 /starts writing "google is my friend" a hundred...