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I'm trying to write a batch file that will move all files on a digital camera onto the desktop (or other destination on the HDD) so my partner can easily transfer photos off her camera. The problem is that when the camera is plugged in it see's it as an external device and not an additional...

I have been asked to check which user was logged onto a specific machine (e.g. 172.1.1.2) on our network at a specific time (e.g. 3/11/09 - 12:54). is there an easy way to do this from the server e.g some kind of security logs? Thanks in advance for any help The network is a mixture of XP Pro...

I have a Colour Laserjet 2500n with a HP Jetdirect 615N card in. Without removing the Jetdirect card is there any way to find out the mac address of the printer? Normally I would print out a configuration page but the configuration page on the LJ 2500n does not contain this information. Any...

I've recently started looking into GPO's and understand the basics of installing software throughout the organisation by distributing it through a GPO. The only problem is I've read that only .msi files can be installed this way because of the unique way they are constructed. Is there any way to...

I know that it's bad practice to make system calls but Programming isn't one of my strong points and i found that system calls was the easy way to do what i'd been asked. However the HCI of the program is affected by the constant flash of the command prompt whenever a system call is made. Is...

As of yesterday whenever a user uses a terminal services session and logs out the property in active directory that sets them to a member of Remote Desktop Users is removed. This means that we are constantly re-adding users to this group. I cannot understand why this would be happening. Any...

As of yesterday whenever a user uses a terminal services session and logs out the property in active directory that sets them to a member of Remote Desktop Users is removed. This means that we are constantly re-adding users to this group. I cannot understand why this would be happening. Any...

I have an ongoing issue with Backup Exec 9.1 We have backup jobs scheduled to run every night however if a restore is run during the day the backups set off and run for a few hundred MB and then hang there. There is no error shown in the logs and if the job is not cancelled it can disrupt other...

I have an issue with the apparent non ability to save settings in terminal services. I am looking after three sites running xp pro sp2 that remotely connect onto a windows 2003 server. Each site has a OU in active directory on the servers domain and contains the users from the branch. Whenever a...

Hi, We have multiple branches connecting to the main server via terminal services to use our design software. When exporting data from this program into an excel spreadsheet to collate the user needs to modify the registry. Is there any way I can set the Users as being able to do this without...

Hi there, I am importing data from an excel sheet that is generated automatically overnight. In this spreadsheet there is an average cost and a last cost field. I want to update the access table which contains the price field, with the highest of the two costs from excel. I think that makes...

I have a table that data is imported to every evening using a script. However i want to do a calculation automatically when the table is opened. Comparing two cells and displaying the hishest number. I have the calculation but was wondering if there is any way to automate the updating of records...

At one of our remote sites we have a strange and while not serious, annoying problem with backing up one of our older servers. It is running windows server 2000 and backup exec 8.6. When a job has completed it is shown in the normal way in the activity monitor. However recently it also shows the...

Whenever I try and perform an action using Veritas 8.6, I know its old but it has worked perfectly up to now, I get the error message: Warning - The tape drive has a problem with the host interface Check the cables and restart I have checked the windows event log and receive an error ID of...

We have recently had a user who has deleted some folders and files off the hard drive but cannot remember what he deleted. Is there any way veritas can compare what is on the tape to what is on the hard drive and identify what is missing. I really don't want to manually search through the...

I have a HP Laserjet1200 that i am trying to install on windows xp. The computer recognises the printer and tries to install it. However just before it finishes copying the files it fails. I've tried downloading software from the internet, i also tried to update the driver for the printer but...

I have just installed service pack 3 for version 10d. When i restarted my computer i was greeted with an error message saying one or more drivers failed to start and when i went in to backup exec i found that the services had stopped. I tried to manually start them but the following error...

In IE6 I had some of my favoruites set up as buttons along the toolbar. This made for very easy navigation, particularly as when i'm at wok i need to keep an eye on a few webpages all at once. I know i can open these all in a tabbed browser but would much rather have the buttons back. Is there...

Hi all, I have recently been tasked with the care of the servers at my workplace. One of these servers has 140 GB or hard drive with almost 60GB free. However only 500Mb of this free space is on the C drive as it was partitioned only to be a 4Gb partition. Is there any way to increase this...

We have recently created an intranet for the company i work for and am about to set it as the default web page on the computers at work. The users are restricted with their use of the internet by enabling the content advisor. However when the user is on the intranet which is an allowed IP...