you might need a bios update

no. why use windows anyway?

very easy:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Group-Policy-Deploy-Applications.html

corporate AV's have the endpoint clients delivered in .msi format

http://www.google.co.il/search?q=install+.msi+GPO

sounds like it's trying to access the printers the old way - LPT:/prn
that means you either need a printer that will connect via LPT or you need to contact the application developers and file an...

what kind of application do you use?
is it windows based?
does the application have printing capabilities?

1st of all - it is totally illegal to use thore free AV products in a corporate environment, they are for home use only
2nd: corporate AV products are available with their own network deployment...

for a small network, I suppose a simple SBS server should do. if you are unfamiliar with this technology, do spend a few more quid on an IT pro who will come out and set it up for you.

dblpost

this is known to be an issue with older motherboards. they just would not POST with a USB device attached. a bios update might fix it, as I have mentioned.

I am not going to waste my time googling...

disable the firewall
disable the ToE functionality
reset winsock
update the NIC drivers to the latest ones
replace the switch to make sure the switch is not causing this

either look for a way to translate the cmd windows to codepage 864, or look for the following keywords:
arabic dos characters ascii

this is all pretty old stuff, you might want to try some arabic...

not sure about arabic, but I have had russian and hebrew programs run under dos, using a TSR driver. it's a small piece of software that loads into memory and changes the display of the language...

disable caching of mailboxes while working in a LAN - things will update much faster

I'm no expert, but our developers used to bundle everything using installation managers

there are free managers available I think

call Dell support. you probably need a bios update

could be that your user doesn't have the correct permissions for the paths

use the SET command to configure your environment

set path=c:\;c:\windows; ...
set prompt=$p$g

and so on

in Active Directory Users and Computers, right click the domain name

but the better way is to download and install GPMC

configure RAS with NAT on the server. put the workstations in the domain for access

too heavy, too buggy, and it is not linux.

how about this:
http://www.google.ie/search?q=riprep+howto

because trying to run a command in windows which obviously belongs in another OS is as close to a joke as it gets.

would you be surprised if I tried to compile code written in Turbo Pascal using...

glad it's working for you, it is important what OS you are installing
also, read up on slipstreaming the drivers into the riprep images

cheers mate, sorry I couldn't reply earlier

I sincerely hope this is a joke

google for RIS

first of all try posting this on petri.co.il

also check the DC with dcdiag and netdiag

does he log into AD or locally?

during logon, the prompting for username/password window can be expanded, it is possible your user logged in locally, and all the settings are in the domain enabled...

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/77db3ca9-e4f8-49cf-b415-7c268f77c9411033.mspx?mfr=true

yes - buy TS licenses and install them.

you need a KVM switch

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R64645.EXE

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/da116a07-36a0-4b8d-885e-eec3b8ed33fe1033.mspx?mfr=true

google is a wonderful tool.

you mean you need a ticketing system? just get one of those, and don't invent the wheel again

go for the free mailenable software
but XP is by no means a valid server system, and will not work in a production environment

AD services can only be installed on a server OS.
2008 requires at least 512Mb RAM, and will run very slowly on that.

you need to stop using local user credentials, only the domain ones.
and set permissions according to that

have you got MCSA already?

need more info - what server you are using, is the ftp service running and accessible from the wan and the lan, what ports are open for the ftp, what OS is used etc

you can get the services.msc MMC alright.
but if you want server specific stuff you need to install the adminpack - that will allow you to create MMC consoles to server specific services.

is the user banned, or do we still troubleshoot this one? :)