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  1. akloster2

    HP Proliant DL380 G4 - Smartstart doesn't start the GUI

    I wouldn't try using a SmartStart 8.70, since 8.50 is what they call for on the HP site. Also, be sure you have a good download (check MD5) and a good CD burn. Try a different CD-ROM drive. On the newer servers, I have seen this happen with the Service Pack for ProLiant DVDs. Converting them...
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    VSMON.EXE Consumes CPU After ZA Upgrade

    I believe Rundll32.exe is a valid Windows application called "Run a DLL as an App" and stored in the C:\Windows directory. If you kill it, you may find that something broke. However, there are some viruses that masquerade as rundll32. Update your virus defs and scan.
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    Using MS Backup -- Why doesnt it work?

    I would also like the answer to this question. I spent hours trying to make SBS 2003 do scheduled backups. It gives a similar error about wrong media. It might just be that I need a training course on backup concepts in 2003.
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    How do i "ghost" a drive!!!???

    You can do it from the Run line if you are running Windows 9x - but not if you are running NT, 2000, or XP. In Win9x, fdisk a blank disk and make it active, format the disk and install system files (/s), install the disk as a slave or on the secondary IDE channel, then type XCOPY /H/E/R/C/K/Y...
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    VSMON.EXE Consumes CPU After ZA Upgrade

    I have used Sygate on a laptop. It broke my hibernation mode, so I had to uninstall. Never tried it on a desktop. I remember when I would always go for the free upgrades to latest versions. Not anymore. I have been bit too many times with the latest versions bringing my PC to its knees. A...
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    VSMON.EXE Consumes CPU After ZA Upgrade

    Thanks. I had already read that thread, but it didn't quite cover my issue. However, since posting, I dug into the Zone Alarm website and found out how to completely obliterate ZA (files scattered everywhere, registry entries galore). I followed those instructions and reloaded an older...
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    VSMON.EXE Consumes CPU After ZA Upgrade

    I did an automatic upgrade to the latest version of ZA (the free version) the other day. Rebooted and the PC was extremely sluggish (W2K Pro P2-233 128MB). Checked task manager and found vsmon.exe taking 99% of the CPU. Couldn't shut it down, even though I was an admin. Rebooted to safe mode...
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    After Quick Restore, Missing Web Pictures

    I did a quick restore to a friend's Compaq 5050 Presario the other day. I did a Windows Update immediately following the QR. Thought everything was okay, but noticed when surfing the net that most of the pictures wouldn't paint on the browser screen (IE6). Instead, there was the square...
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    insane boot virus

    If you have the hd hooked up as a slave, can't you run a virus checker on it? I still think the power is leaving the disk drive before the cache is written to platter. Make it so you have to physically turn off the PC after a shutdown. Just a couple extra seconds might help it complete the...
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    insane boot virus

    Try Device Manager, Disk properties. There should be a tab for the writeback cache. Might slow down performance though. The other workaround is to change CMOS Setup to prevent poweroff on shutdown. That's probably the best fix. After it says okay to kill power, wait a couple seconds.
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    insane boot virus

    There was a thread somewhere, i think in this forum, that talked about issues with system file corruption because the OS turns off power before the disk is finished purging the writeback cache. The workarounds are to either disable writeback caching or to, instead of doing a shutdown, do a...
  12. akloster2

    Excel and Word open docs slowly

    1. Try temporarily putting the roaming user in the Administrator's group and see if things speed up. 2. check LAN activity with a Sniffer and watch what traffic takes place, or disconnect from the LAN, reboot, log in as user, and see if still slow. 3. On a spreadsheet that is slow to start...
  13. akloster2

    format drive c

    I would just use the laptop's quick restore CD if you have one. Should put it back to factory installed software.
  14. akloster2

    Can't read CDs created with Easy CD creator 5 on W98

    Have you tried installing a secondary CD-ROM drive on the W2K system, then trying to read them from the new drive? I don't know if that would help or not, but I have seen burners that can't read their own burned CDs, but other PCs can read them fine.
  15. akloster2

    strange file deletion upon reboot!!

    Are you on a domain? Are you plugged into the network? Does it do it when you are not on the network (unplug the network cable)?
  16. akloster2

    Win2K professional installation problem

    Are these floppies you created using the Win2K CD? Normally you just boot the CD to install on newer PCs. If it is an older PC, you may need to boot a CD-ROM driver floppy. If you are trying to install Win2K and the error message is telling you it is looking for a previous version, there...
  17. akloster2

    Boot Problem

    Winnt\system is a folder, not a file. Has about 67 files in it. Could you have renamed it accidentally? Search for System.drv and see what sub-folder it finds it in. That's the folder that should probably be named system. . .
  18. akloster2

    Printer pukes over network

    If the user is logging in to a Domain, that may be the problem. If the printer is not published to the Domain, then the user can't print. Try having the user log in as Administrator to the local machine, with a matching Administrator password on the 98 machine and see if printing is fixed. If...
  19. akloster2

    Faillure after download and install of critical updates

    Make sure that when you are trying to do any updates that you are a member of the local machine's Administrator's group. Log in as Administrator and try again.
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    Norton Antivirus 2002........Slow Startup!!!!!!!!!

    I saw a similar problem last weekend on a laptop running XP Home. The red X stayed there for about a minute, and nothing would work for that minute, then everything worked after that. Finally found that a network connection, the AOL WAN driver, was tying things up. I disabled that network...

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