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Yearly we have fundraisers and use the mail merge function to replace the names, addresses etc...in the actual letter and also on the envelope. I'm not sure if it being a template would complicate things. But it would be easy enough to create a document and work off that.

mvkingswood, This is for Dell Optiplex 745's but may be true for precision too. OptiPlex 745 computers that shipped in December have a BIOS with new power management features. (The BIOS is version 2.3.1 or 2.4.1). One feature is "Low Power Mode" which, if it is turned on, has the effect of...

you can logon to the local admin account by putting the name of the computer in the logon field and then use a slash to seperate it from the admin: Logon:computer name\local admin name password: password

This website lists a number of security tools and classifies them as to whether they are free, what OS ect..http://sectools.org/ This subdivision of that same website gives you 6 traffic monitoring tools.http://sectools.org/traffic-monitors.html

There is a general site for 100 network monitoring tools at Insecure.org. This is the linnk to the 6 apps for Traffic monitoring. http://sectools.org/traffic-monitors.html. The app NTOP (free, open source) looks like what you might need to monitor each ip for bandwidth plus other goodies.

For the help files there is an open source product to copy websites - HTTrack which I used. This keeps the organization intact. www.httrack.com

If you synchronized the files you can sometimes discover a copy on the local machine. Try doing a search for some of the documents on the c drive to discover the location. Be sure to check off the options to check system flies and also hidden under advanced options. There could be temp files...

I've also had trouble when the Workstation has the firewall on.

I use this website for freeware http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm There is a section on finding system info here http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm#43 and the freeware itself that tells about installed memory(and much more) here...

How are you going to use a keystroke to go to admin mode if you have disabled the keyboard? lol I would physically remove the peripherals or disable in the BIOS. Try this link for automatic login which admin can overide. http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/13/ For the rest I think...

Go to this article "How to configure an authoratative time server in Windows 2003 Server" http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 I know it does not sound as if it will be useful to you but it is a comprehensive article on the Time service. In it you will see how to manually configure the...

Would it be possible to transfer what you need to share under Program Files to another part of the hard drive? Most times you have the option when installing to change the default to another location. Just a thought...

Actually you can disable the script debugging in IE. Go to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced Tab/Under browsing subtitle uncheck "Display a notification about every script error". There are two other debugging things there you can check/uncheck too. I believe you can do this with Firefox too but...

Just one thing... Make sure when you select Local printer attached to this computer to uncheck "Automatically find blah blah

if it is the vlans you could check this by moving a cables from a port that does not work to a port that does.