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I had this problem once where I cloned my smaller drive to a larger drive and could never get Windows to boot on the larger drive. I thought the drive cloning messed up or something but turns out that was not the case. I think it has to do with the fact that the MBR is also copied from the 40...

I had this same issue when trying to convert home made DVD movies to a format that I could post on the web. I found a CNET Video that explained how to do it for free. See if this helps you out. I believe it allows you to convert the DVD to either an .AVI or .MPEG format...

I had a very similiar issue once where Windows XP Home would never pass the Windows XP Logo w/ the green progress bar. It would infinitely scroll the progress bar but would never load the desktop. I too could boot it into safe mode and didnt notice any obvious problem. I fixed it by...

The BIOS shows the total drive size as 200GB, and the original version of XP Pro SP2 that was on it before I formatted it recoginized one whole 200GB partition. I'm sure its caused by the OS being XP Pro with no Service Pack. I just wanna know what will happen to my partition once I install...

I have a 200GB hard drive and am attempting to install Windows XP Pro. When I run setup from the XP Pro Install CD the biggest partition I can make is 130GB (approx). I understand that XP Pro does not support drives larger than 130GB until SP1/SP2. My question is if I create the 130GB...

I agree with Bobg1 more than likely this is due to the Firewall being turned on by default. Try turning off the Windows Firewall (Windows ICF) and then attempt to connect to the PC. If it works great than you know what your problem was caused by. Acquisitive - 1. Characterized by a strong...

Thanks bcastner you confirmed what I was already thinking. Coming from you I'm sure my guess was correct. So I guess I'm pretty much stuck out of luck. Acquisitive - 1. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess. 2. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information :)

I have a small home network (P2P) with a Windows 2000 Pro CPU and a Windows XP Home CPU. When I try to connect to an HP Printer that is shared on the Windows 2000 Professional Computer from the Windows XP Home Computer it will not allow me to use the printer. If I browse through network...

Shannan, Have you tried restricting user logon hours and then enforcing Automatically log off users when logon time expires. I have never actually used this feature of Windows 2000, but I do believe it will log off users once there logon hours that you have specified have expired. For...

I know a few hubs that have network ports that can autosense if they are connected to another hub and will configure the network port so that a straight cable will technically be changed into a crossover cable. (This can be done by changing the orientation of the pins instead of changing the...

If you do not have have a WINS Server on your network by default your Win9x clients will use broadcast in order to register there NetBIOS name. One way to change this behavior is to add a WINS Server and configure your clients to use this WINS Server. Clients will first attempt to use this...

Yes this can be done by using dynamic disks and creating a spanned volume. You can make up to 32 HD seem like one volume (Make 2 HDs of 20 GB each to one 40GB D: drive for example). Microsoft Definition: A spanned volume is created from free disk space that is linked together from multiple...

Your localhost/administrator is not the same as the domain/administrator. These are two seperate accounts. Be sure that you are using the right password. Also run the command thats in the batch file from the command line, and be sure to check any error messages. If you use a batch file...

Im not sure if you know but there are Linux Distributions that will run an OS from a cd and allow you to access Windows Partitions. It might take a little research and toying around with to be able to access the hard drive but it can possibly done. Do a search in Google for Knoppix or even SUSE...

The messenger service built into Windows XP and Windows 2000 is used by the net send command. You can use this software service as a kind of instant messanging tool to let users on your LAN know of system outages, important messages, etc.. It only works for W2k and XP if the messenger service...

It depends on what mode you have set the Terminal Server in. If its in Remote Administration mode you will only be able to access it via an Administrator account. If its in Application mode then others can log on to the Server as a Terminal Server in order to use applications. The only thing...

If you are connecting externally over the internet be sure you are using the IP address of the WAN side of the router when using the Remote Desktop Connection Software (When connecting from the Remote Machine use the External IP address not the computer name like you would on the internal side)...

Please see this article pay attention especially to the step 4 under troubleshooting basic connectivity! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308007 Let me know if you get it resolved. Acquisitive_One MCSA, A+ Acquisitive - 1. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and...

Zone Alarm does not come installed with Windows XP. It is an additional firewall software that would need to be installed. Check your start menu to see if you have a program from Zone Labs also in your bottom right hand corner if you have ZA logo in your system tray. If not make sure that...

Just a heads up! The popular Linksys WRT54G wireless router has a security flaw that enables unauthorized remote access to its administrative functions, an expert claims http://www.techbuilder.org/article.htm?ArticleID=50593 Be sure to check out this if implementing a WRT54G on your network...