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  1. Hookey

    How do I stop users accessing Advanced Options Boot Menu (f8 key)??

    I am currently using Windows XP pro and would like to stop users accesing the Windows Advanced Options Boot menu - the one that you access by pressing F8. I do not want users selecting safe mode, etc and attempting to fix problems themselves. Is this possible.??
  2. Hookey

    Added secondary 70GB HDD - goes corrupt after 23GB

    Thanks for the reply. Do you mean turn lba on or off.?? The only setting I can see in the bios on my compaq desktop is translation mode is bit shift. Do I change it to LBA assisted or off. Also do I change each hard disk in the bios to this or just the default values.??
  3. Hookey

    Added secondary 70GB HDD - goes corrupt after 23GB

    I need to go back to basics with this. I still have the problem and cannot find a solution as yet. I have just recieved a replacement 70GB ide hdd to make sure the original wasn't corrupt. I have installed it as secondary onto nt4ws (sp6a) and here is the problem: If I go into disk administrator...
  4. Hookey

    Added secondary 70GB HDD - goes corrupt after 23GB

    Hello, Thanks for your prompt reply. Sorry if I have confused you. I am using NT4 with ntfs. I cannot run disk administrator at first as it will only see 8062 or upto 7.8GB when you create partition and format. The way around it is to use fdisk and use large file support so it can then see the...
  5. Hookey

    Added secondary 70GB HDD - goes corrupt after 23GB

    Hello, I have added a 70GB ide hdd in my tower pc on the secondary cable. I fdisked and formatted it using a win 98 boot disk using large disk support. This then show the full 70GB available for use. I then installed it as the second hdd on my NT4 workstation pc and copied all my data over to...
  6. Hookey

    How do I unregister msvcrt.dll

    I am trying to unregister msvcrt.dll which resides in c:\winnt\system32 under nt4. This is a control dll which will not allow me to unregister because it is in use. I have tried regsvr32 with no luck. Do you know of any utils or tricks that I can use to unregister the above dll and replace it...
  7. Hookey

    Added 2nd HDD - Drive letter changes after reboot!!

    Yes, I did that yesterday before I read your message and it worked. Thanks for all the advice. Cheers.
  8. Hookey

    Added 2nd HDD - Drive letter changes after reboot!!

    Windisk IS Disk Administrator. If you type windisk in Start, Run you will see you get the same thing. Anyway, I'm still having the problem!!!
  9. Hookey

    Added 2nd HDD - Drive letter changes after reboot!!

    I have already tried administrator tools (windisk) which lets you assign drive letters etc, but once they have been set they still change (revert) to f: instead of retaining o: So I still have the problem. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
  10. Hookey

    Added 2nd HDD - Drive letter changes after reboot!!

    Hello, I have installed a second hard disk drive in my nt4 workstation tower. I have assigned it o: under windisk. After rebooting the drive appears as f: instead.!! How can I make it stay at o: under nt4 (sp6a).?? Plus the machine also has a cd drive(d)and a (e)cd re/writer too.?? Thanks

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