You don't want to mess with share permissions too much. They are rather basic and only apply when a user is accessing a file or folder over the network. NTFS permissions apply to all users, local...

I think the only case that you would need a floppy is if you were not able to boot from the cd rom. If you can boot into win2k setup off of the cd, then no floppies are needed.

Has anyone else ever seen this happen? My machine has 2 hard drives with several partitions(c,e,f,g,h,i, and d for the cd rom). I booted from the winxp cd, and when it got to the point where it...

You can accomplish this using NTFs permissions. Right click the folder and select sharing and security.
-on the sharing tab, click permissions, in the top box make sure the group "everyone" is...

Just going to bumping this up with a follow up to what Chrisitan wrote.

If I go with a Win2k3 server, what would be decent specs for the system that will host the domain controller eeping cost in...

Here is something that has me stumped.

At work I have a workgroup of WinXP PRo computers. 1 XP box is used as a file server in order to centralize file shares. I have 3 users setup where I...

From your desktop:
-right click the messenger icon on the task bar and select open
-from the messenger window choose tool>options
-in the options window click the perference tab
-clear the...

This situation might seem a little odd. Alot of questions deal with trying to get rid of that log on box when accessing a network share, where me, I need it to come back.

I got a 15 user...

For those of you who have had the privledge of dealing with these people, how would you describe their knowledge/ability to do the job? I know by the term, they are not really qualified for the job,...

If you can, plug the old hard drive into another computer, then network the two computers and transfer that way.

I'm not sure about the history of the drive, but it may have been partitioned, so the other 12GB is just unpartioned space.

To check this, right click my computer and select manage. The...

You might not be able to get into XP at all now, since you installed win98, there is a good chance that it overwrote your Master Boot Record, so you will need to fix that before you can back into...

start > run type in control userpasswords2

user account properties box comes up. In the top part, clear the checkbox that says "users must enter a username and password to use this computer"
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First obtain a copy of WinXP. From there you can do an upgrade or you can format and do a fresh install. A Fresh install is recommeneded whenever possible as upgrades don't always go smoothly.
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IF an upgrade goes wrong, formatting the drive is probably the best thing to do. However, if you want to try and uninstall here is a site with instructions:
uninstall upgrades...

For XP Home: A limited user account cannot change system settings. In order to enable or disable the connection you will need to be logged on as an Administrator.

Before we can help you we need to know what the error message is.

You cna get a program call dameontools, it acts as a vitual cd room drive. Use it to open the iso, then it runs as if you put in the cd.