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We have Windows Server 2003 - We attempt to use remote desktop to log in from offsite via the fixed ip address, the background image starts loading from left to right, top to bottom, and approximatley 3/4 way down the screen locks up then an error pops up and says "The connection to the remote...

This should not be so complicated? I am simply trying to add a line in a batch file to rename a folder to the current date. e.g. rename e:\backup *** where *** should be the command to rename using the date format yyyymmdd i would have thought it was something like %yyyy%mm%dd but that is...

We are migrating from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Small Business Server 2003. We have setup new server, users in Active Directory. We have one NIC 10.0.0.1 for connecting to switch and LAN and second NIC 10.0.0.2 for connecting to our Router for Broadband. I have connected to the OLD...

We have an accounting software package that is on a Win2K Pro machine on a peer to peer network. The workstations are all Windows XP Pro. We have a linksys VPN router w/firewall and cable internet access with fixed IP. One of our tunnels for VPN from a off-site facility can log in to the...

No totally off track, I know how to change a homepage. If you go into IE Tool then Options, and go to the programs tab and go to the email drop down box you can choose hotmail. then the MAIL ICON and anytime the user clicks on any email link or the mail icon they are taken to www.hotmail.com...

Does anyone know where or what to edit in possibly the registry on an XP PRO O.S. to change the IE to go to another website besides yahoo. I have a company that uses webmail, and they do not want the browser to open Outlook Express or Outlook, they want the mail icon to go directly to the...

Fixed own problem.... went to Internet Options and ADVANCED... then remove the checkmark in the box REUSE WINDOWS for launching shortcuts... maybe that will help someone else.. Keith Buchanan AplusNetworking.com keith@aplusnetworking.com

The shortcuts to websites I have on my Winows XP Pro desktop always wipe out whatever I have open and go to the new website of the shortcut... I need it to always open IE shortcuts in a new browser window rather than wiping out the site i am at... this has to be possible but what is the...

Have a new factory copy of Symantec AV Corp. 8.0 and the license file and am attempting to install to a NT 4.0 Server box. The process seems to go well until the install progress reaches 100% on the server and the status says copying files... errors reported are 0 but computers finished also...

I have a RAS issue with a NT 4.0 Server, we are dialing in fine but when going through the verification of username and password, it stops after Registering Computer on the network, with the following... Checking Network Protocol Connections: TCP/IP Reported Error 733 a problem with PPP Your...

Someone set the startup options time to ZERO and we can't choose which option to boot with. We have an old dos boot that is defaulting and I need to boot to NT Workstation 4.0 (non SVGA) what is the keyboard command to force the screen to let me choose or get in to it somehow to change...

COLNER is correct you can not switch the cdrom after bootup with the floppy drive... it must be recognized at boot or the bios will not initiate the drive if the drive is indeed and internal bay drive that swaps with the floppy.... also the i used the term reformat as a generic term... this...

also, it will read the win98se disks and winXP disks with Win98 loaded but when i reformatted to install the new WinXP pro it will not read either the win98se or winxp pro disks as bootable Keith Buchanan AplusNetworking.com keith@aplusnetworking.com

I have tried two brand true ms WinXP pro disks with the hologram... but it reads other disks like win98se fine.. Keith Buchanan AplusNetworking.com keith@aplusnetworking.com

I have a DELL Lattitude CPi - A and it only has one bay. Thus, I can only use the floppy or the cd but not both at the same time. According to the BIOS i should be able to boot from the Cdrom but that is not the case. I have the cdrom set as the first device but it will not boot. How can I...

no it will start the install and stop at about 6% of the file copy process and say it can't find a certain .dll file. However we have had this issue on many older machines. Some types of PC66 and PC100 SDRAM are causing the issue. If I use the setup diskettes it still requires the cd to load...

I am having a problem when trying to install Windows XP Pro from the cd. The cd is good it is only causing the problem on an older machine. Is there a way to format the drive with NTFS then copy the cd files to the hard drive and then run install from the c: drive???? any other suggestions...

all of the systems NEED to dial the internet and are dialing through shared internet connections on a LAN and need internet access. Thus, I shouldn't have to choose NEVER DIAL A CONNECTION. Also, to clarify this is Norton Anti-Virus 2003 Pro not Norton System Works. I don't see anything other...

I have Norton 2003 Professional on several different systems, some 98 some ME, some XP. Since I have installed it the systems are dialing to the internet randomly numerous times daily and it is quite annoying since I am still on a dial up connection and my fax shares the line. I have turned...

one more item, the BIOS can see the entire hard drive size of 40gb so it is not a drive limit size issue.. Keith Buchanan AplusNetworking.com keith@aplusnetworking.com