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    Error encountered while opening a window..?

    Hi, and thanks for stopping by! I and a few of my users are experiencing a problem where Lotus appears to crash if closed abruptly. When you try and re-open Lotus Notes (6.5) it greets you with the message "An error was encountered while opening a window" and the program will not start. The...
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    There is a problem reading data from the tape, Backup Exec 8.6

    Backup Exec 8.6 I have a Windows NT server backing up approx 78GB of data (local and remote) every night using Backup Exec 8.6 and a Compaq 40/80 DLT tape drive. Some nights the backup runs fine (7hrs including verify) other nights it can run for up to 24 hrs! and display multiple errors: There...
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    Restore a PC across the network from another PC!?!?

    Hi, Basically my problem is this: I performed a full backup of an XP desktop PC, across the network to the spare hard drive of another XP machine in my office. This is the only copy of the backup I have. Now I need to restore the machine using the backup, as it has been formatted. how do I get...
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    NTBACKUP WIN2000

    Jump1ng, Cheers mate, I realised I hadn't input the administrator password at the set user to run job screen. Once I did this it was all gravy, but I wouldn't have clocked it without reading that faq. The part about testing task scheduler with a calc opener was what led me to the solution...
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    NTBACKUP WIN2000

    Hi, I'm having difficulties getting familiar with Win2000 NTBackup scheduling. Any help is appreciated! I had set up daily backup selections as a .bks file, and scheduled jobs to run daily, using the backup wizard. Then I deleted one of the jobs, and now none of the scheduled jobs run. I...
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    HP StorageWorks MSL5026SL automation

    HI! I am using a HP StorageWorks MSL5026SL DLT tape library with two drives, and the capacity to store 26 tapes within the drive. I have five weeks worth of tapes loaded in the empty slots, and can manage the drive over the internet, but I was wondering how I go about automating the loading and...
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    BE 9.0 remote agents backwards compatible?

    HI! We have just installed BE 9.0 on a NT 4.0 server, whilst our other servers are still running BE 8.6. Currently remote workstations are using remote agents 8.6. This is giving us a problem with the server running BE 9.0 as the older remote agents are incompatible with the new version of...
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    Which Oracle files do I exclude from normal backup?

    Hi ARKROYAL! not sure about all the files you need to exclude, but definately leave out ORADATA. Attempting to backup this file will shut down your database, as it is a log file that is constantly updating. RANKIN
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    Removing backup selections.

    Thanks a lot guys - bang on! The text view shows all selections, even if they are not listed in the graphical view. problem sorted - now lets go have a pint!
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    Removing backup selections.

    Hi, any help in this matter is much appreciated. Im using Backup Exec 8.6, on Win2000 server. I have a daily backup job that is failing because it is looking for folders that have been moved/deleted. The thing is these folders are no longer checked as part of the backup selection, but backup...
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    Compaq DLT drive I/O write error?!

    Thanks for the help Zoh-Eee! I tried that already to no avail, and it is always at a different point that the backup fails.... but don't worry about me beacause we've just had the drive replaced with a newer model. fingers crossed! James
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    Compaq DLT drive I/O write error?!

    Any help on this matter is gratefully appreciated... Im having a few different problems with a server tape drive. The drive is cleaned regularly and the media set is a pack of new tapes. Three different backup jobs run per day, the first is Overwrite, the following two append to data. The final...
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    Win98 / XP networking problem

    JTB... steps 1-4 Ive checked already, and the xp machine has wireless networking enabled - but do I have to enable wireless on the 98 machine? thanks,
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    Win98 / XP networking problem

    Thanks, will try that as soon as I get the chance tonight! James
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    Win98 / XP networking problem

    I tried ipconfig/release, ipconfig/renew on XP machine, Win98 has password protected logon, with the same username & pasword on the XP machine. still no joy. Both machines can ping each other, but cannot connect to each other!? by the way Im using a wirelessG router with DHCP to supply ip...
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    Can't get rid of old logo on startup/shutdown win98

    But how is it possible to have 2 wallpapers?
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    Can't get rid of old logo on startup/shutdown win98

    Grenage, YES active Desktop is enabled
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    Can't get rid of old logo on startup/shutdown win98

    Thanks for that Joe That is exactly what is happening. The company logo was set up as wallpaper, then replaced with the new logo. Now the old logo pops up for a second at shutdown/startup. Thanks James Bradie
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    Win98 / XP networking problem

    Hi, Having a problem with my home Network of 3 machines. One Win98 machine, and two WinXP machines. The XP guys can share files fine, but can't see the 98 machine. The 98 machine can sometimes see the XP guys, not always though, but if I try to Explore them in Network Neighbourhood it says the...
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    Can't get rid of old logo on startup/shutdown win98

    annoying problem with old company logo. Everytime I startup/shutdown my Win98 machine our old company logo pops up for a second, even though the NEW logo is displayed as the desktop background - not a major problem but rather annoying! I have deleted the old logo jpeg file, or at least I can't...

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