I have been having network problems. I checked my event viewer and it shows me alot of errors in system log. this is a windows 2000 pro sp4 system. I have a list of commands that have errors, here...

same thing just clicked on button rebuild icon cache.

thanks I got it fixed I had to download activicon and that had a simple way to rebuild the icon cache.

thanks I will try the tweakui. nothing else seems to work.

it opens the programs that are under the recycle bin, but its hard to make out the icons under the recycle bin icons.

I have a windows 2000 pc and all the icons are covered up by recycle bin icons. I ran ewido,adaware, spybot s&d and avg they found nothing.
sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but it doesn't appear...

I just installed windows 2003 server r2 for the first time.
when I put in the disk for the motherboard it started and loaded the chipset and restarted then it went to install the audio and that...

maybe someone can help me out.
I want to install some relays on some outside lights. I would like to know if there is a program that can turn them on and off at different hours and days. plus be...

where are you MartyMcFly I need your help here.

sounds like your power supply. when you plug it in do you hear anything sometimes a fan will start for a split second.

not sure what you mean, but you can change them I think in your internet explorer click on the tools click on options and then click on advanced and scroll down. like I said I am not sure if this is...

did you upgrade to xp home from win 95?

what operating system? can you boot to safe mode? press F5 during boot.

if you have extra ram around change it out or ask a friend if they have some you could try or even try a new processor.

ok now I am confused I reinstalled win 2k and everything went fine. after the install and it rebooted it did the same thing agian. so I put a new hard drive in and formatted and installed win 2k same...

well this is a DVR (digital video recorder) it is at a remote site and has been running fine for 2 years. then I lost contact with it so I had to go check it. when I got there it was just sitting at...

win 2000 locks up after you put in the password.
I can boot to safe mode and everything is fine, then I try to reboot and same thing.

this is what ewido found. going to kick my brothers butt.
changed my password now so he can't get on.
thanks for your help.



---------------------------------------------------------
ewido...

here is what it put in the info.txt file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies]
...

my background tab is gone and stuck with a blue screen with a warning on it from some spyware or something my brother did. I cleaned with adaware and spybot S&D, ran AVG there were no viruses, but a...

unplug your slave drive than reinstall your os on the new drive that should fix it. check your jumpers

thanks adding all the users names to that computer solved the problem. :D

ok I tried that \\workgroup\username and nothing it says
\\WORKGROUP\"USERNAME" is invalid to specify an object on a computer, use computer\item. to specify a computer, use \\computer

I tried ...

the printer is still in my printer folder and is checked as default. but to the left of the window it shows status and it says "access denied, unable to connect". its a hp7700 printer USB. also if I...

how do I stop XP pro from auto launching a music CD?
I want to choose my own program to open it, its a pain trying to rip mp3s every time you change a cd it opens musicmatch when I am using a...

still can't figure it out

well it worked for a day, and now I can't print under the user accounts.
what is the problem? I checked in the security settings and everything is checked everyone,network,admins all checks are the...

thanks that did it.
I just need that line \\"username"
than I could connect to it and set it up.
thanks again

I tried that but it doesn't show the printers I can see the other computers but not there printers. how do I add the permissions to the spool directory?

I have 3 computers 2 are administrators and the other is a user.
I have 2 printers one on each of the administrator computers I want to share both printers to the users computer. I set it up with...

ok I got my background tab back with a fix I found on google but I still can't change my background it just stays black. any ideas?

my display properties are missing background,web,effects tabs are gone I am using win 2000 pro, is there a way to get them back?

my friends computer got hit with 38 virus's it had coolwwwebsearch on it, about:blank tons of stuff. he didn't have any kind of virus protection.
so I put adawarese, spybot s&d and AVG, than ran...

well I wanted to change them in windows, not have a program running in the background. some of that stuff is full of trojans and spyware.Thought I could do it in the registry. thanks for the link...

thanks thats what I was looking for. :lol:

:lol: I know that, but I just wanted to play a joke on my buudys computer and make it say something funny when an error pops up. :twisted:

is there a way to change what a error message says when it pops up?

thanx thats cool.
but it costs 100$, I wasn't looking to spend that much.
I can't always get on the other computer to scan because my boss is on it most of the time. thats why I wanted to do it...

yeah I use timbuktu now to use the scanner but if someone is on the pc it makes it hard to do. thanks I will look at the manual.
unless someone else has an idea?

is it possible to share a epson scanner over a network?
it is a USB scanner. Both computers are running win 2000