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We have a windows 2000 server dedicated to as a print server and we regularly have problems with the spooler service. It seems that about every 2 weeks we fight with the server all day restarting the server and the spooler service several times and finally it hits a good reboot and works for a...

Is the pc in question a member of a domain? If so, a domain admin should be able to log into the machine and reset the administrator password. --------------------------------------- A+, MCP ---------------------------------------

What video card do you have on your pc? --------------------------------------- A+ Certified Microsoft Certified Proffesional ---------------------------------------

Thanks for the info Bronto and Niavlys. I got a chance to talk to the domain admin who has XP pro pro on his laptop, and he said that when I'm ready to load XP to come see him and he'll get me the .net cd with the adminpak on it. Looks like that will be my weekend project...

should be able to with the default sharing permissions(Everyone full control) --------------------------------------- A+ Certified Microsoft Certified Proffesional ---------------------------------------

1. First you will need to have File and Printer sharing installed. This can be installed from the properties of the network connection. 2. Once that is installed, find the folder that you want to share, right click on the folder and then click on sharing. 3. On the properties window that...

thanks felix, I am just taking this on the word of the manager and have not had a chance to talk to the Domain Admin. I just did not want to waste the time to load Xp on the laptop to find out that it does not work and have to restore the 2k load. I would not care so much but I had to give...

If anyone knows a trick for this I would like to know as well, but if I remember from my Active Directory class, the domain controller that you authenticate to is random. --------------------------------------- A+ Certified Microsoft Certified Proffesional ---------------------------------------

After posting this under the XP forum, I thought that I might get a faster response here.... I have not tried it yet for myself, but have been told by our Hardware/Network manager that the AdminPak for Windows 2000 will not load on XP. Has any one tried this, or seen a newer adminpak for XP...

NTFS formating should not be a problem unless you try to put the NTFS formatted drive in the 9x client machine as a slaved drive. I run a 2k prof pc at work and have a shared folder containing app installs that 9x clients can get to all the time. What are the share permissions set for on the...

I have not tried it yet for myself, but have been told by our Hardware/Network manager that the AdminPak for Windows 2000 will not load on XP. Has any one tried this, or seen a newer adminpak for XP? The reason I ask is we have a Windows 2000 domain that I must be able to administer user...

Not sure if this will help, but just might. You may want to contact your helpdesk or the person(s)who would do an install of Notes for the technical information needed in this setup. 1. Move the names.nsf file out to the desktop 2. Copy the notes.ini file out ot the desktop (just in case) 3...

Try this link... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33687 --------------------------------------- A+ Certified Microsoft Certified Proffesional ---------------------------------------

i have 2 windows 2k machines in front of me, my home PC and my work laptop. My home PC has the d3d8.dll file and the laptop does not. From what I can guess is the d3d8.dll file is associated with Direct3D and DirectX 8.1 since my home pc has that installed and the work pc does not. I would...

Some of our Compaq laptops have the ability to disable the hibernation support in the Bios. Have you checked there to see if that is an option. Another way to do this from in windows is to go to the control panel, hold shift and right click on power management, then click on Run as. This...

You can use the CSVDE program to export data to a csv file and open it in Excel. From the Active Directory Users and Computer windoe, open the help file and search on export. There is a write on procedures with how to do this. --------------------------------------- A+ Certified Microsoft...

You should be able to demote the server using dcpromo. When you do this though, you will lose all of you active directory structure (user accounts, computer accounts, ect..) that are on that server. This is the Tech information from Microsoft on this...

Do your client machines also use NW Link to access Novell servers? We have had issues with some of our pc (mostly the ones using Intel network cards) not auto detecting the frame type for IPX/SPX as fast as it should. In our case we only use 802.3, so we have been changing the settings on the...

If you have access to a windows XP machine, you can copy the MSconfig file to your windows 2000 pc. I downloaded it from the web, but I don't remember where from. The MSconfig file from a 98 Machine works on 2000 as well, but gives some errors on use because 98 has system files that Widnows...

The group policy would be the way to go if you have 2000 servers. Create the group policy and apply it at to the appropriate OU's in Active Directory. We currently have all of our users as members of the Administrators group so that they can install software patches (Client Access Express)...