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I am helping a friend who has his domain registered with PlusNet. When I set up Outlook 2010 it runs the connection test and reports success. The test message, however, remains on the PlusNet mail server and is not uploaded to the local machine. He can send emails from Outlook OK but any...

Thanks for your reply. I am my IT Dept [ponder]. I have been using LogMeIn to give access to users and I wanted to see if Windows Remote Desktop would work in a workgroup environment.

What is my office PC's full name? It is part of a workgroup and I want to access it from home? Thanks for reading this.

Hi. I have a laptop which will not boot Windows 7. When trying safe mode it freezes at the point where CLASSPNP.SYS comes up. I can't even boot it from the original setup disk (Win 7 Enterprise). When I try using a recovery disk I get an error message 0xc00000e9. I can read the disk when I...

I am hoping to provide multiple concurrent remote desktop connections to my office LAN. I understand that I can associate different connections by using additional ports eg. 3390, 3391 by enabling these ports and appending the computer name with :3391 etc. I have had a look at the registry...

Hi. How do I set up a remote desktop connection to a PC on my office network from my PC at home? Thanks for reading this.

Thanks to you all for the above. By swapping processors I am fairly sure the processor is going down. It is an Intel E2200. I want to locate a replacement as the E2200 is obsolete. Is there a direct replacement processor available? Thanks for reading this. ....

I have two Lenovo 97027MG ThinkCenter A57. One of these has started cutting out randomly and unexpectedly. It then seems to try to restart; the fans blow for about a second, there is an audible click then it tries again. This is repeated sometimes for hours without success. Sometimes it...

Does anyone know if there is a Windows 7 driver available for the Konica Minolta Magicolor 2300W Printer?

I have installed Windows 7 Enterprise on 9 PCs without a problem. Today I tried to install on another machine but the installation failed during 'expanding files'. The error report was that Windows could not prepare my computer to restart. This was a custom install on a machine running...

Me Again - I should have said I wanted to use Remote Dasktop. Sorry.

Hi. Will Windows Remote Access work to connect a client to a specific computer on a Lan which is a workgroup and not a domain? If so, how should I address the target host computer? Thanks for reading this.

Thanks both for that. I am trying to connect a client in a remote location to an individual host on my office LAN. My issue is how to address the individual host pc on the client as the pcs on the LAN have a common gateway in the router. Thanks for reading this.

I have created an email signature in Word and saved it as an HTML file. When I apply it in Outlook and start a new email I get the following error message: "One or more activeX controls could not be displayed because either: 1) Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls...

Hi. I,m attempting to transfer files and settings from a PC on my lan to a replacement machine. When I run the wizard on the old PC the Home or small office network option is greyed out and unavailable. Can anyone tell me why this might be happening and how to correct it? Thanks for reading...