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    - Starting floppys http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/ntboot/ have one for starting, while these http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and backup use at least 4, what differ? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563971
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    - Bootcfg/fdisk in W2000? Any version in W2000? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563956
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    - ie7 on windows 2000 Has anyone out there had success making Internet explorer 7 work on windows 2000? I know Microsoft says it won't work and so far I haven't been able to make it, but I know there has to be something hidden probably in the ie setup file that you can change to make it work on 2000. JM Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563952
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    - ie7 on windows 2000 Has anyone out there had success making Internet explorer 7 work on windows 2000? I know Microsoft says it won't work and so far I haven't been able to make it, but I know there has to be something hidden probably in the ie setup file that you can change to make it work on 2000. Thanks, JM Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563951
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    - disabling device per HW profile, but option greyed out ! I need to disable certain devices in a particular HW profile. In a normal situation this is a no-brainer, Device Manager has a 3- way scroll-box with options to enable/disable/enable in this HW profile for each device. However, that option has been deactivated (is greyed-out, and the scroll-box non functional) for some of the devices which I want to disable :=( The only possibility apparently remaining would be to remove the device(s) completely from system, which is /not/ what I want !!! Please tell how to reenable the choice - I assume it's a flag to reset somewhere in the registration information for the affected device(s). Alternately, may I use "devcon" to permanently disable a device from the current HW profile /only/ ? Or, could I find and nuke the appropriate bit(s) in the devices' .inf installer file(s) ? Please help ! I know what I'm doing disabling these devices, in fact I have done it previously but, the greyed-out status is new, probably post device driver updates. TIA -- Steph (no working email) Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563943
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    - Best NTFS Cluster Size for boot drive? My Windows 2000 Pro laptop has a c: partition and a separate D: partition.for data. I've been searching for a reference on the best cluster size for a Win2K partition, but can't find anything. The C: partition is a 12G NTFS partition with a 512 byte cluster size. Would 2K be a more desirable cluster size for faster performance? Thanks!!! Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563939
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    - SLOW SLOW DNS on Windows 2000 Server PDC VERY VERY SLOW browsing internet and browsing local network. Barely brings up web pages on our network. Primary Domain Controller - Windows 2000 Server (DNS) 192.168.28.4 NIC1 / .5 NIC2 DNS 192.168.28.1 192.168.28.4 Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563926
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    - : Reinstallation erases all? XP and W2k doesnt boot, I get a black screen and tested reinstallation. Got a Warning and stopped, it will wipe out all old files, is that true when I'm not formatting again? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563925
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    - Windows 2000 server - CTRL ALT DEL doesnt work at LOGON Win 2000 server - I have a problem when the server reboots the mouse works fine but the keyoard will not let me CTRL-ALT-DELETE to log on to the server any ideas or helpful hints as to the problem ??? What does work is the screensaver after 15 minutes it goes into the screensaver I have applied. But after that I cant get a logon screen with CTRL-ALT-DEL. thx Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563922
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    - Cannot copy file_name: Access is Denied I have a user that tries copying files into a shared folder and she gets: "Cannot copy <file_name): Access is Denied. Make sure that the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." I've tried taking ownership, which allows ME to move the files. I give her ownership and she still can't complete the above task. The disk is not full or write protected and the user has the appropriate share/ntfs perms. Any suggestions? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563917
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    - IE6 makes a screeching sound whenever it is opened I reformatted an older laptop and put the original Windows 2000 back on, but upgraded to IE6. Whenever I open Internet Explorer there is a high-pitched screeching sound in the background, from the minute IE opens until it closes, no matter the web-site. If it is closed there is no noise. What on earth could cause this and how do I stop it!!! Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563916
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    - Performance Log Event ID 1015 Over the past three months I've started to notice that we are getting the above event ID logged on our Windows 2000 Server. There have only been a handful of errors but I like to know what everything is and what everything means in my event logs! I've searched the internet and can only find something which suggests changing a registry value for the timeout, but I don't know which registry value. Wonder if someone could point me in the direction for troubleshooting, or if indeed I just need to increase this timeout figure, where it is in the registry? Detailed event below: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The timeout waiting for the performance data collection function "PerfProc" in the "C:\WINNT\system32\perfproc.dll" Library to finish has expired. There may be a problem with this extensible counter or the service it is collecting data from or the system may have been very busy when this call was attempted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563915
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    - Access point Hi, I've been googling for 2 hours now :( Im looking to set-up a open public wifi hotspot (access point).I have a machine running win2k pro I use as a web server and a mp3 store with shoutcast. Im rambling again: Question Im looking for some control software something like The Public IP ZoneCD http://www.publicip.net/ but for windows must be open source or free for none commercial use. Cheers Chris -- Superb hosting & domain name deals http://dn-22.co.uk The Handyman http://www.looker.me.uk Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563914
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    - lousy dvd read speed I have TWO windows 2000 machines, an old p4 and a new amd 5600 with sata. The problem is that the speed reading a dvd on the new machine is about 3 times longer than the speed reading the same dvd (using the SAME DVD READER) with the old p4 system. Both systems have dma if available ticked, and the newer system has sata and the IDE DVD READER ONLY (no other IDE Devices). The lights on the old machine are flickering very fast, but, the lights on the new machine drag on. I searched through control panel/hardware/devices on both systems and I don't see ANY difference. If I connect an IDE harddrive to the new machine, and transfer data between the sata and the IDE harddrive, the speed is lighting fast. What is causing this new machine to read from the DVD reader so slowly? I am out of ideas. I am using SP4 on both machines. Help. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563911
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    - Access SBS 2000 share over VPN I'm having trouble mapping a Windows SBS 2000 shared folder over a VPN connection. I was having the same issue accessing a Windows XP shared folder, turned off Windows firewall and it worked. Question is, where/how can I allow access to a shared folder in SBS 2000 from a VPN connection? (I can't even ping the server over the VPN) Thanks in advance. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563904
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    - SP4 installation problem I needed repair my windows with the original cd windows 2000 server to repair many problems. ItÂ´s worked!! But now i want to install the sp4 and the application stops when says inspecting the configuration. I need help to install this SP4... Thanks Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563899
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    - persistent "ghost" USB device? I made the mistake a few days ago of shutting down my windows 2000 PC with a USB harddrive still connected and powered up. After the PC shut down, I disconnected the USB h/d and powered it off. Now, everytime I boot up the PC, windows 2000 informs me that it "found new hardware" "USB device", and then "error installing device" and I get a yellow question mark in the control panel/system/hardware/ device Now, I tried booting up with the USB h/d connected and powered up, and it recognizes it OK, but, it still tries to install that darn "ghost" USB device also and reports the failure. So how do completely remove whatever it is that is causing windows 2000 to think there is a USB device it needs to install. I am sure it is a "ghost" device somewhere, because, even when I disconnect ALL usb devices and boot up, it still tries to install a USB device and fails. Where is windows 2000 getting this from? How do I fix it? Thanks. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563896
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    - Diagnosing Blue Screens & Re-boots Hi Folks; I have an old Compaq DL380 G2 server that I'm using as my firewall. All it has on it is Windows 2000 Advanced Server & ISA Server 2004. It's worked well for years - never an issue. I manage it remotely via Terminal Services. Recently the server has been re-starting itself about once a week or so. This is done by the server management software (auto recovery). It checks the machine to ensure it's responding and if it doesn't get a reply for 5 minutes it forces a re-start of the system. Because this is a rack mount server I'm never in front of it to see it happen. In anticipation of it occurring again (it seems to happen once a week) - what would/should I do to determine what the cause is? Thanks! Dave Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563890
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    - Getting Wrong Profile We have one old Windows 2000 Pro (that we use once a quarter to run a database routine that we haven't yet moved to a WinXP computer). When I login (as JohnDoe), it doesn't give me my normal desktop/etc. When I look in c:\documents and setting, there are two folders. One is "JohnDoe" (which has all the correct stuff in it), the other is "JohnDoe.Computer05" (which is the one it's loading when I log in as JohnDoe). This is, and always has been, a stand-alone computer. Anybody ever see this before? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563889
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    - After update KB944338, ASP server fails After installing the latest Windows Update, KB944338, my local development server is no longer functioning. I am running Personal Web Manager on Windows 2000. I am just a lowly front-end web developer still doing all my server-side coding in classic ASP/VBScript. (If it ain't broke...) Anyway, I've never had a problem before, but after installing the lastest vbscript.dll-related update, I now get this error whenever I try to access any page on my local server: Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0201' Invalid Default Script Language The default script language specified for this application is invalid. And absolutely nothing I have tried has worked thus far. I tried uninstalling the update, but while that removes the new vbscript.dll from system32 and replaces it with the old one, it hasn't fixed the problem. I know it's not related to the default script language setting; that still is set to VBSCRIPT, just like it's always been. Even if it wasn't, all my pages start with <% @LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>. I also tried re-registering vbscript.dll, but it didn't help. I am really not well-versed in IIS or DLLs or anything, so please be gentle, but if anyone can help me here, I would be most appreciative. I tried every route with Microsoft directly, but they keep telling me that since I'm still using Windows 2000, they can't offer support or advice without charging me lots and lots of money. Help! Thank you! Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563888
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    - IE6 Very slow; System Log evnt id 10010 On startup and when going to a new webpage is terribly slow. In the system log I see logs being generated. One is: Source DCOM Event ID 10010 The server [long alpha numeric here] did not register with DCOM within required timeout. Any idea what is going on here? Thank you. John Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563887
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    - Defrag strategy to extend disk life I looked into defragging utilities in order to minimize the wear on my hard drive. This differs from most people's main motivation, which is to improve the speed of data acquisition from the hard drive. For me, that is a beneficial side effectg. So far, I've found that freeware doesn't cut it. The short story is that they don't use the proper security privilege so as to be able to access and derag all files, regardless of the account to which they below. I ended up trialing Diskeeper, which seems quite awesome in that it defrags all the files that the freeware could not. It also defrags in the background, making use of otherwise lull times in CPU usage. In addition, the premier pro version supposedly has some intelligence which figures out which files you access most, and optimizes the access to them. Unfortunately, the background defragger seems to go against my reason for defragging, which is to minimize disk wear rather than speeding up file access. The background defragging seems to keep the hard drive perpetually spinning, even in the absence of activity that would cause defragmentation. So basically, I'm going to forgo that feature and possibly continue comparing commercial defraggers. Are there any considerations that I may be overlooking in this decision? In the absence of background defragging, would once a week be frequent enough for defragging? I don't use the machine for video, audio, or any kind of media. Just plain old surfing and email. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563875
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    - I: Boot CD Dear ALL, as all of you know, I can use a diskette in order to boot a particular disk device depending on what I have written into boot.ini. I would like to know how can I do the same way using a CD device instead a diskette, thinking to a nowadays server without floppy device. Regards Alberto Brivio Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563866
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    - Bypassing Administrator Logon I had to rebuild my windows 2000 system, and now it waits for me to logon (press the enter key) during startup. My old system went ahead and booted up to the desktop and I didn't have to logon - I forgot how I got it to do that - does anybody know what I have to set to make it go ahead and LOGON without waiting for my to respond? I am logon on as administrator and the PC in question is not connected to the internet (I bypassed the network setup). Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563864
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    - Access to Network and Dial-Up Connections blocked I am in a losing battle with my IBM laptop over access to Network and Dial-Up Connections (shades of HAL 9000), which it will not let me into come hell or high water from either of the two administrative profiles on this machine. I even created a third administrative profile in an attempt to outsmart it, but access to this is just blocked, period. I'm not sure if the IBM "Access Connections" program on the laptop, which does seem to work, covers the same territory, but I'd like to be able to fix this, which is the only listing in Control Panel I can't open. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563862
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    - Sharing problem over LAN I am running Windows 2000 on two machines connected with a Linksys router. I have been able to share drives and peripherals in the past. Lately, I can no longer communicate over this LAN because I can't sign on with my usual passwords. Both computers are in the same workgroup. I cannot figure out how to change or verify the existing passwords. Any ideas on how to correct this? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563858
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    - scheduled task can not access shared drive This is actually on a Windows 2003 server but I didn't see it among the options. I've created a batch file on server A to generate a report and copy it to a shared drive on server B. When I log onto server A and run the batch file it works; when I use the task scheduler to run the batch it fails. A coworker suggested using the unc path rather than the mapped drive letter designation but that didn't help - all that did was generate a "CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories" error message. I have a hunch that the problem is because the shared drive is not recognized unless the user physically logs onto the box. Is that the case and is there a way to work around this? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563853
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    - mouse problem Hi, system Windows 2000 sp4 Pro: all of a sudden my mouse started halting for a minute or so, or until I tap it on my desk a few times. also, it will jump to other areas of the desktop or just hop around. then it will behave for 15 or 20 minutes and start again. thinking it was the mouse I put a spare mouse and had the same problem - then tried a wireless mouse; same problem, and decided it was a system problem I ran chkdsk /r and sfc but it did not help. any suggestions ??? thanks, bob Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563848
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    - Why does Windows requires a password I just bought a used computer with Windows 2000 Pro SP4 installed. I activated the access to the local network without specifying a password. When I try to open Windows, it keeps asking for a password. Is there something I can do to solve this proplem^ Thanks. Mishell Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563835
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    - Best Way to Replace Small Drives on Server I have a customer with a single 80 Gig drive. They need to move to a larger drive but I need some help with the best way to get this done. Is add the larger drive and then mirroring it and then break the mirror possible. Thanks for any input. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563824
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    - Complete Bugs List of Windows 2K Pro Hi, I have a customer with problems with Windows 2K pro. When he tries to upgrade my application is impossible because with W2K exist a problem renaming the files. I would like to know if there is a full bug list of W2k just to check how to solve it or force my customer to upgrade to Windows XP. BR, Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563818
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    - Temporarily suspend/deactivate Diskeeper DkService I'm running Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier on Windows 2000 SP4. It was installed as admin. I'm logged in as power user, but want to turn off DkService so that the CPU can be uninterrupted for the next 20 minutes. I lauch Diskeeper as admin using Run-as, then disable DkService. However, though it uses little CPU most of the time, it still fluctuates in the amount of CPU that it uses, between a few percent to 40~50%. Why does it not suspend? I also see DkService in the Services menu. I am reluctant to suspend it because I'm not sure if that will screw things up. Some apps can be simply restarted, but some apps assume some kind of special boot-in/ login activity. Is it OK to suspend DkService from the Services application? Thanks! Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563817
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    - disk space issue Hi all. My win2000 server prompts a warning everyday. The warning is "The D: disk is at or near capacity. You may need to delete some files". This warning appears even though i have 16.1GB disk space free. The total disk space for my D: is 67.7GB. I did not use the registry setting to amend the DiskSpaceThreshold parameter hence it should only prompt if disk space is less than 10% of total disk space. Is there any other setting i should check? My win2000 server is on sp4 and install with symantec antivirus client and sql2000. Thks in advance. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563815
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    - IBM Serveraid 4xl Error I am installing windows 2000 on a IBM eserver with a IBM Serveraid 4xl card for the storage system. When I start the install I press F6 that will allow me to specify a specific driver. I insert the floppy when asked and it detects the proper driver. I select the driver and then let install proceed. After a bit it give an error that nfrd960.sys was not found and setup fails. The nfrd960 file is on the floppy so I can not figure out what is happening. Any ideas would be appreciated, the other option is to install Windows2003 but I can not get the CD drive to read my disk so I was going to attempt an upgrade to get to 2003, that is the reason for the 2000 install. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563814
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    - Remote Assistance and Server 2000? Is it possible to install Remote Assistance on a 2000 server? I want to be able to remote control the server console and show a local user what I'm doing. Is Remote Assistance a plug-in I can add to 2000? Or is there another (free) solution I can use? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563812
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    - Win 2k RDC Printer Problems!! I have a Win 2k computer connecting through a VPN and RDC to a Win 2k Server. The Win 2k computer will not print redirect when in the serve RDC. I tried altering the registry, re-installing the printer, checkin group policy, and mapping printers with terminal services configuratio but nothing seems to work. If I go into printers and faxes whe remotely connected it shows the printer but if I try to do anythin with it, it gives me an error that the device has the wrong name or i not connected. Any Suggestions -- rhogu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- rhogue's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=4788 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=96013 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563809
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    - Services running high and CPU usage high Hello everybody, Lately my HD is spinning like crazy and fans too. I looked in Task Manager and I can see that services are running very high and CPU usage is high also even when I do not perform any tasks. I scanned my computer for viruses and it seams that it is clean. A few weeks ago I installed Spybot and BitDefender but I uninstalled them soon because I thought that they may interfere with eachother. I ended unnecessary processes - now running 30. I have also unticked non essential Start Up programs and Services - that did not help. To me it looks like there is something running in the background but how can I detect it ??? It must be hidden somewhere. My computer parameters: IBM ThinkCentre CPU 3 Ghz RAM 2 GB HD 233 GB (194 GB free space) WIN2000 Pro with SP 4. AV software- Avast. I have this problem for the last few weeks and it is driving me crazy. I spent countless hours trying to find the cause. Please provide any suggestions. Thank you in advance. John Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563807
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    - For one server only, services now run only under local system - no Situation: Database server with several networked apps. Several apps are set up to use services that those apps have created, e.g. backup exec and "Track-It!". Each app had a service account under which it was run (generally domain administrator). few weeks ago the services could not start under domain admin, but can under local system. At least one cannot just leave it alone as a work around because it uses an outlook profile on the machine and local system, I'm told, won't work with the profile. only server in domain with this issue Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563802
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    - How do I make my start menu stop hiding programs I hate when my start menu hides my programs that I don't use often. How do I either make it stop hiding it or at least change the amount of time before it start to hide them? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563800
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    - Acronis and Win2k server Hi, I posted yesterday about Partition Magic and the resize of a boot system partition of a Win2k Server. I did find information about Acronis Disk Directeor server suite 10 which seems to work no matter what the Raid tyep is. This server has a 3 disks Raid 5. Is anybody here ever tried resizing a Win2k boot system using Acronis product? If so, waht the process OK? Thanks in advance. Amiro Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563788
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    - Anonymous access to Share We have a Windows AD 2003 domain with a share on a Windows 2000 SP4 server that needs to be accessed by XP machines that are not part of the AD domain. If I set the share to Everyone/Full Control, the XP machine gets access. However, if I attempt to tighten-up the security by removing Everyone/FC, I cannot gain access to the share. I have looked at giving the Anonymous user permission but cannot get this to work even hough I think this is the way to go. Guest account is disabled. Can anyone point me in the right direction on this ? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563786
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    - Registry value for "Hide underline for shortcuts"? Hello all! What Registry value sets the checkbox "Hide underline for shortcuts until I press the ALT key"? My computer always starts with the underlines hidden. If I check the box then the underlines are shown until next reboot. I'd like to put a .reg file in my startup folder that sets this checxbox for me after every boot. I would much appreciate your answers! -- Torben Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563783
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    - Windows Vista and adding 2000 multiboot Want to add partition to install 2000 in a separate partition. Laptop has Vista. Win2000 install begins, but popup box selection to install greyed out and can't get past this step. Any ideas to make work? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563782
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    - Windows 2000 Displays Symbols in system areas I have Windows 2000 SP4 and over the weekend my application screens and user areas have all lost thier font. It now displays symbols (like in the system information area) instead of the standard english. All of my icons are still in english and can read them with out a problem but it is all of the other areas that have changed. Even when booting the "Starting Windows display that states please wait is in symbol form. Has anyone ever seen this before? How can I correct it without formating and reloading the drive? Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563781
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    - Windows suddently won't start I just swapped mobos and did a repair install on Windows 2000. After than finished I applied SP4, loaded the nVidia drivers and the ATI video driver. Everything seemed to be running fine. From the desktop I changed the color depth from 16 to 32 bpp and it hung on a blank screen after I said OK to make the change. Before restarting, I pulled the power plug to the floppy drive (I had never connected the ribbon cable), plugged in the case fan and closed up the case. Now Windows won't start at all. It hangs on the splash screen at about 3/4 of the blocks in the progress bar in a normal startup. Tried to start the last good configuration and in safe mode and it won't start there either. Hangs on the "starting Windows" screen. It seems unlikely to me that any of the above changes could have caused this problem. I am stumped and need some expert help. Thanks. Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563778
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    - Partition Magic and Server Hi, I have to increase a system partition on a Win2k server and want to know if I can proceed using Partition Magic Pro 8.5 with no problem? I have less than 1 GO of free space and have to add an application or two but doesn't want to reinstall the entire OS and so... I still have plenty of space on other partitions that I can use. Thanks in advance Amiro Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563777
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    - How to sum the current and previous Value of a cell Hi, I want to add up the current and previous value of a cell. eg: A1 = 2 Then B1 should reflect 2 but when we change the value of A1 to 1, then B1 shud reflect 2+1=3(ie previous value+current value) Please help me out with this. Binz Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563772
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    - "Change your language and you change your thoughts." "Change your language and you change your thoughts." Learn English and free download Grammar & dictionary. Just click the website and share ur thoughts=85. "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." http://Onlinespokenenglish.googlepages.com/home Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563771
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    - Opening and saving files In the good old days (up until about three weeks ago), when I went to open or save a file, the dialog box would display the existing folders in alphabetical order, followed by files in alphabetical order. Now, with some programs, the dialog box shows the files and folders (in the list view) in what appears to be in random order. While the dialog box is in view, if I click on View Menu, choose Details, then click on the Name column, the folders will appear first in alpha order, followed by the files in alpha order, just as I want. But the next time I try opening or saving a file, the dialog box doesn't remember my last settings, but reverts to showing files and folders in random order. None of the Office programs (Word, Excel, Access) have this problem. But my audio editing program, Cool Edit Pro, and my picture viewer, Irfan, both have the problem. FWIW, I use a program called System Mechanic, and one of its tools compacts the registry. I really can't correlate the problem to when I last compacted the registry. But since I wasn't anticipating the problem and thus not looking for it, SM may have caused it. Any suggestions for curing it? Thanks, Ray Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563770
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    - Open Flash USB folder like XP? There's only one feature from XP that I wish Windows 2000 had - and that is automatically opening up a folder view of a newly inserted USB flash drive. By any chance, does anyone know if there is an application that will enable Windows 2000 to do that??? Thanks! Tony Tag: Windows System Error - Unknown Hard Error Tag: 563769

Hi! Rene,

If you found the solution aside from re-installing Windows 2000 Pro, please let me know.

Many Thanks,

Richard

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