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Hi, I have a Toshiba laptop with windows vista buiness edition and my CD Rom drive does now not run any cd's or dvd's, infact not even data cd's. It worked for a while and now does not work. I have tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it, but no joy. Can anyone help?

One workstation has ceased being able to access the internet. The wires seem to be fine and I've tried switching them; I can ping any address fine (including google) and I can ping the router. What happens is that it logs on fine and no matter which profile (inc Administrator) logs on, the...

For a room of training computers, I have disallowed access to the Control Panel for typical users. However, sometimes, it's advantageous to be able to edit the printing preferences of the installed printer from landscape to portrait, depending on the courses the students are doing. Is there a...

At the moment, there isn't a proxy server, so nothing is configured for that.

The DNS Server details are fine. There's no firewall set on the computer and the router's firewall settings are not restricting that computer. I've tried a different port on the switch and also tried using DHCP as well as a different fixed IP address. It will ping www.google.com with a reply...

One workstation has ceased being able to access the internet. The wires seem to be fine; I can ping any address fine and I can ping the router. What happens is that it logs on fine and no matter which profile (inc Administrator) logs on, the internet is not accessable in IE, Netscape or...

We have a center which has an internal domain that is exactly the same as the company's website. This causes problems as some computers trying to access the website will get a 'server not found' and some work. It's accessible through a proxy... I assume that the fact that it's the same...

Thanks - I'll give that a go :-)

I made the MST file by following FAQ96-4996 (http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=4996)

Hi there No, the removal of software deployment under User section in GP hasn't worked. I've got no idea what the problem is but none of the Windows 2k machines will run Office because of this error in Transforms :-s

I see - well, I've created the MST file and used that in the Modifications tab. I'll remove the assignment from the User software section in the GP and report back to see if it will work :-s

I have tried to deploy Office 2003 via Group Policy to a room of XP and 2K machines but I am having problems getting it to work on the Win 2K machines. I've followed guidance from the Knowledge base on installing Office and Assigned the Pro11.msi in both Machine and User sections of Group...

Perfect answer - thanks for that!

I need to Install Office onto a room of PCs in a training centre and ideally, both Office XP and 2003. I've done a network install on one of the machines and from what I understand, it needs to be installed on each machine separately... also I want to have a custom intallation, having Add-ons...

Thanks for that - very good answer. Not familiar with using VB Script to control computers so will have to have a look into how to use it but it's a great pointer and sure will solve the problem :-) Thanks!

Wanting to save power (and the invironment!) and time, I have made a batch file to remote shutdown a training room of computers using the following DOS command: shutdown -s -f -m computername It does work, however, it doesn't power them off - Windows closes and I get the window 'your computer...

What is the process/DLL responsible for the Messenger service? (i.e. net send). I know how to disable/enable the service, but if some clown (don't ask) has sent a flood batch which has put a seemingly endless number of Messenger Service boxes on the screen, can they all be killed without having...

I took over an environment where a 2000 Server was the main controller and a training room profile was set up with a default printer already available to that profile. Since then, it messed up and I have replaced it with a 2003 Server; however, the default printer on that training profile is...

I am going to upgrade my main switch which feeds 40 computers... I rarely require fast bandwidth as I don't transfer large files through the network but there is a lot of logging on/off , etc, so would a 100Mbs Layer 3 switch be a better choice than a standard 1Gbs switch? The layer 3 model...

Thanks for your help on that Sir Black - you're great! Thanks for the effort you put into your reply :-) Cheers