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I have a 9 user network with Exchange 2000, Outlook 2003 and Windows 2K desktops. Since Sunday 7/17/05 one user has not been able to retrieve new mail in Outlook; nothing new shows up but the previous mail is all there. There are no errors on startup and no changes …

Hello people. I am a security analyst from a computer security solution company. I am handling a project where an entreprise of 50 to 100 employee which requires an Active Directory to maintain their staff in the LAN network. So my team and I have deplyoed an active directory for …

The doubt which i currently have is regarding the functioning of defragmenting software. i.e. when you defragment a disk. does a defragmenter defragment only files or also folders. e.g. lets say i have a directory "folder\" in it are some 200 files. if i run the defragmenter then each of …

Hi, I'm getting BSOD extremely frequently over the last 24 hours. The blue screen says: Kernal Data Inpage Error, and 0x0000007a. but goes by too fast for me to copy down any other code. It also recommended stopping "Cache Shadowing" in the BIOS, but I could not find this option …

hello, I had my antivirus reporting a virus detected so I choosed to delete that file. Then I found that AFD.sys is missing from device manager what to do?thanks in advance

So far i've bought 3 Mic's thinkin it was because they were al rubbish but i got the same one as my friend hers is fine, i can hear he television but she cant hardly hear me. So i've been looking around and found i need to get to 'Mic …

I have 10 windows xp professional computers and 1 windows 2008 sbs and 1 windows 7 professional computer. On the windows 7 computer 15- 20 min with no network activity to this computer the windows xp computers can't reach any shares on the windows 7 computer. Once the windows 7 …

I am trying to go from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. The 32 bit Vista was installed by mistake. My system can handle a 64 bit OS. Now I have finally found the time to upgrade. But the 64 bit intallation DVD can't be read from my …

I just did a hard reset on a dell inspiron N5050 and now when I turn it on and it starts loading for the very first time after the hard reset, it gives me the BSOD 0x0000001E. I have tried hard resetting the computer three times and it continues giving …

Hi, I was wondering if somone could let me know the best method of sending video by email? Is a specilist bulk mail service provider required or can video files just be compressed and sent by normal mail? What is the best software to use? Look forward to hearing from …

Hi folks. I am planning to change my OS from windows 7 to windows 8 (customer preview.).. So those who are already using 8 , can give their feedback if they have encountered any problem with 8 .Any disadvantages ...etc...etc.. NOTE : (I know its still under preview version and …

Hello, anyone can suggest a free tool which can be used to store sample codes obtained from the net or other places as well as texts for easy access on a Win 7 PC?

A few months ago I was getting blue screens and crashes constantly and always while a youtube video was playing. I forget exactly now where I found it but something said video and suggested I role back the driver, so I did. It stopped crashing as much but still does …

Would any IT people out there have any IT word templates for statements, assessments, analyses? For an example, if we have to inspect a room’s tech equipment like computer and printers, then write up a quick summery or a detailed summery of what was wrong with the equipment, or asked …

I am trying to create a powerpoint quiz that tallies the scores, provides the results e.g. 95 out of 100 and the percentage %, then writes the users name and results to an excel spreadsheet. Oh, and all this has to be done using Office 2007 products. Can anyone help? …

Only about 1/4 of my screen is taken up with the desktop background picture and the rest is white. It doesn't change if I center, stretch or tile it either and I have no idea what I might have done to deserve this. Everything seems to be working fine (windows …

Hi all, I am running a dual display an have been for month, after an windows update i hav lost the display on my LG W2246T monitor. I have updated the drver for my GeForce Gt 220 card. The power light stays on, so the diplay is not in power …

Hello, I was wondering if you can install window 7 oem software on another computer that has the same OS but not the software ,we have the keycode for the other pc that needs the os? Thanks Ernie

idk much abt tech n all but i need help asap! my frn installed some software today (i really dont knw it was) n now m unable to open Computers or any of the files/folders and also unable to uninstall. wen i click on control panel only a blank window …

I installed WDS and is functioning. The issue- I did not find volumes on the client computer after SYSPREP. Meanwhile, the server is on VM machine and also the client. I have two partitions on the client. The client will boot from the network where i will choose capture image. …

I recently purchased the book Networking for Dummies 9th Ed by Doug Lowe and now I've come to the chapter on setting up a server. The chapter specifically talks about setting up and installing Windows Server 2008. I don't really know much about servers I've never fooled around with one …

tried downloading a pic sent to me and could not download, and windows asked what program i wanted to use. i clicked on windows media player.could not get to download this file. windows media player icon appeared on all my desktop icons and have not been able to acess my …

Hi, I have bought used computer with license sticker for win xp sp3 media center. System needs to be reinstalled. I do not have win xp sp3 media center CD. Can I install win xp sp3 and use key from the sticker? Thanks in advance for help....

How is this 'text-cursor' called or what is its name ? : [Click Here](http://i41.tinypic.com/5cxavp.png) Everytime when you click in a text box or somewhere when you can type, you get this 'flashing bar' in the very left corner of the line. How is this called ? Also can you have …

I am working on a project. I am a pen-tester. now at home i dont really have alot of computers that i can use so i got virtual box and i have created 2 windows xp 32 bit hdd on that virtual box. No i want to setup the computers …

I've been using SPLASHID for some time and have accumulated about 600 entries for passwords, serial number, identification, etc. But I would also like to be able to auto logon to a web site from the information in my splashid type entry. Splashid is quirky with the autologon and can't …

all thing is ok. I unplug all and check it. when I press the power button windows start normally. it scan drive D. When finished the scan it was hang. no welcome screen or user screen appear. Whant can I do now?

I can't see my I:\ drive in My pc. That's an external usb drive, and works ok. I can access it ok, and disc works fine but it just won't show on My pc. I don't want to change drive letter (can't explain reasons but simply can't). I need it …

Hello everyone, Few days ago i faced this issue: "Task Scheduler Engine has stopped working" my first thing that came into my mind was to go to Services and check how this services was there, but for surprice, the services was active and all grayed out. so then there was …

We are an IT company and we constantly get asked to install new software on computers. We are looking for a way to automate the sofware install process. We want something that will let us choose which software to install and not run without any interaction.

I am trying to figure out a solution to my works backing up issue and came here for a second opinion. This is my approach: 1. do a full server backup(o.s., programs, etc.) and put that backup on an external drive. 2. Sign up with Carbonite to perform file backups …

*There is no any specific area to add this problem of mine. Thats why i add this in to windows server area.* **This is a SQL problem.** I want to combine 2 columns in to one column (2 columns are in 2 tables). There are a lot of codes in …

My IE8 has suddenly started hanging on "Connecting" and will not connect at all. I have a good connection for mail etc, so line is working good. I have cleaned out temp internet files,history,etc. Reset all IE settings to default. Checked that Proxy server box is not ticked in LAN …

I have a ton of files that the 'owner' changed to 'Owner can not be displayed'. They are photos (.jpg's) and they come up as 'invalid image' when I try to open them. If I change the owner of the file to 'Administrator' (or me) and then add 'Everyone' under …

Please how can I get a software that can encode my movie to flash movie, Adobe media encoder and its Adobe flash coulden`t work in my pc,problem of activation. Is here any other soft ware that can do it for me perfectly, please kindly direct me to any movie encoder …

Hello, We are installing MS SQL server '08 and while installing its giving us the message, "Windows need higher version of Windows installer.. Recommended version: 4.5". How safe will it be to download the installer 4.5 and run it on machine? I just want to have clarification to this question …

Hi all, Heres my problem, not sure if this is the right place but daniweb users seem to answer every other question I have so here goes. I have windows 7 on my laptop. I have a repair disc that I have made from the same machine when it was …

I bought a used laptop and the former owner partitioned the hardrive (no big deal) but added a second operating system on the other partition. I have windows 7 on the primary partiton but don't know how to uninstall an operating system and don't know if there is a risk …

When I press the start button I get a black & white screen with the title 'AMIBIOS system configuration (c) 1985 - 2001 American Megatrends..etc My system is winxp Could some one please suggest how to solve this? manitm

Hello there, i'm having trouble that my computer get wake up after i put on sleep mode. Sometime it wake up in 10 min sometime pretty quick like in couple of minutes. Any idea how to reslove this issue. Regards Shahid

Ok I have been looking everywhere to solve this problem but I stumbled upon this website...anyways I was removing some programs I didnt want on this computer anymore and i accidently removed my sound card on mistake i didnt realize it until afterwards and i havent had sound in like …

Hi there, I have a machine with 2 harddrives. One has Windows 7 installed and the other has Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed. Since my Win8 is my primary, it starts up into windows 8 without even showing the bootloader. Is there a way for me to go add the …

First off i have to say its been a long time since i been here. Second i would like to say glad this site is still around. Third i need a program that allows me to recover a deleted file on my harddrive and i need to have it work …

I have recently been having occasional problems with a BSOD - the error message which is shown is: ***STOP: 0x0000001E (0x0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000) I have attached a .zip file containing some of the .dmp file. A common instance of the BSOD is when I play Skyrim - although it …

Okay here is my dilema. I am trying to transfer files between my laptop (vista) and my desktop (Windows 7) over the internet, through network and sharing center settings, and do it with privacy. You might think that the solution to this would be easy, as one would think turning …

Get error message, "Null is null or not an object" when trying to access bank account on line. Can access on my iPhone and other computers. Found a fix by doing a Google search but for the software, "WiseFixer" they want big bucks. Can anyone give me a fix for …

Hello guys, I am using Avast free version. Recently i tried to mail one of my file from google by archiving it in RAR format. I do regular scans and use external devices carefully. My antivirus didnt detect it as virus but google do. Its almost impossible as avast is …

Does anyone know if there will be any difference between the Desktop and Tablet Operating System. Such as i could have a program running on a Desktop machine and still use it on the tablet we no modifications?

I was looking around in Exchange 2003 System Manager. If I expand the First Administrative Group, and then exapnd the "Servers" container folder, no servers are listed! Of course exchange seems to be working fine; everyone is sending and receiving e-mail. I'm pretty sure the computer name of my exchange …

My question revolves around increasing the maximum mailbox size in outlook and what the dword values represent in the registry. I recenetly encounted a problem where someone I support reached a 20gig mailbox size in outlook 2007 which is the maximum default size in outlook. The exchange server has an …