I think that would depend on whether or not THOSE applications had automated installation facility. Most applications have things that require user interaction during setup, acknowleding a license...

Thanks for the info.

vgaoem.fon should be in two places on your hard drive
C:\winnt\fonts and C:\winnt\system32\dllcache\

you can start xp from the setup disk and choose repair options\repair console

do a dir...

You still would do it in Outlook. Auto replys always happen at the server.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll install it on something just to see what it does....but frankly, I have enough trouble working in 2D space. ;)

You can create a group for these users and adjust local security policy for this group on each machine. You may have to adjust the domain security policy also to allow it. You do this through the...

Well, if now it is being recognized by the system bios on startup, we have a whole different kettle of fish than we started out with. You wouldn't have gotten as far as you did if the jumper wasn't...

Sorry I misunderstood, this generally crops up on mapped drives. You might try checking the events logs for an error after you try accessing it and see if the log entry gives you a clue. I don't know...

Not bad for humans, but "Long of Tooth" in computer years! :)

OK, so you're swapping a 40 to a 80 gig drive. I still don't know how old your "old" machine is, but it probably is just incapable of reading a drive that large. For some of the "old" machines you...

Hi M&I,
I don't know off hand, but you CAN create a linux boot floppy to get you up and running. I did that on a dual boot Windows/Linux system before.

You need to configure a user logon name and password in the virtual directory settings to a user configured on the remote pc. The instructions escape me at the moment. If you can't figure it out,...

Well, I really can't tell from your description what exactly you have done. Are you trying to put the hard drive from the broken computer into your other computer as a second drive? Is the XP OS your...

It sounds like you're running an application that is expecting a different graphics capability. That is, it's calling a procedure in gdi32.dll that doesn't exist. gdi32.dll is a graphics device...

The potential for this problem is why I once suggested in another thread that I would never use windows encryption. It is tied to the user security ID and that will always be lost if you completely...

It depends on which right click "Context" menu you're talking about. The references to these things are skattered all over the registry because it's specific the the Current windows application. I...

It only applies to his particular PC model and manufacturer. If I do the same thing on another HP, I will another result entirely. Please start a thread of your own and clearly state your problem,...

Ok, hehe ntserver was just a name not a designation. I'm so easily fooled these days! About all I can say off hand about that, is that it is done through Active Directory Domains and Trusts on a...

That was actually what I was alluding to. I don't see how you could save the AD directory on NT4 since NT4 doesn't support it, unless there is some MS utility I don't know about, which of course is...

When your main server went down, was it the only domain controller? How did you restore it? IOW was active directory still intact and recovered?

It never could have been Adware Mark, your problems were occurring much too soon in the boot process for that. Adware doesn't get loaded until later. We had these sorts of problems long before Adware...

If regular users can access the Internet, then it's not a driver problem. Try disabling Mcaffe's firewall temporarily and see if a limited user can get out then.

One has to wonder what thread you were reading......

Just a thought, but have you tried creating a new odbc driver connection to that server?

Ouch! It sounds like you're probably going to have to do a repair install. To do that, boot to your original XP install disk when the setup asks if you want to repair your windows Installation reply...

I've noticed the same thing, sometimes it detects it, sometimes it doesn't. If you know you have antivirus installed and working just disable the nag screen.

There is no such timer in Windows XP. XP only checks to see if you have registered that copy before when you activate it online. It now sounds more like a bad install cd. Suggest you try cleaning it....

That would be highly unlikely.

There are a number of things that could cause this. Bad memory is right at the top of my list. But try starting in safe mode to see if it's a bad driver or other software issue. To do this, start...

Well, glad to hear you're making progress. :) The install of the hard drive depends on what hard drive you have and what cables you are using. One way or another, each drive can be configured as a...

Try just empting your recycling bin

Yes, 256 MB SHOULD be the recommended minimum for XP.

If you do an install, it will delete the windows files and install a whole new version of windows. Your files won't be deleted unless you choose to format, but none of your applications will work...

Still, we have to know how the computer is reporting the cd drive's letter. Was there more than one partition on your hard drive before?

If your machine is working good enough to browse files, you can look and see what drive letter is attached to your cd drive now. Do you have an E: drive? Maybe that's where your cd is. I would try...

If you're getting a license violation error, you're not booting to the cd rom. Make sure your system bios settings are set to boot from cd first. It looks like you corrupted the registry and you'll...

Intel boards use the Phoenix bios. The boot options are on the next to rightmost tab called "Boot" and the option is Boot priority. If your Atapi CD rom doen't show up there go to the "Advanced Tab"...

Try some other virus scans, I'd start with the free House Call at Trendmicro.com

As far as I know you're screwed. But you can go buy a real copy of the OS. You might want to check the seller or HP support.

Try giving us the name of your bios if you can. Maybe we can be more specific.