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Recent content by alanbloom

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    cd drive not working

    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?
  2. alanbloom

    Onw workstation not working on internet but still communicates

    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...
  3. alanbloom

    Allowing printer settings but not control panel in GP

    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...
  4. alanbloom

    One workstation not accessing internet but still networking

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

    One workstation not accessing internet but still networking

    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...
  6. alanbloom

    One workstation not accessing internet but still networking

    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...
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    Internal DNS problem viewing own website

    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...
  8. alanbloom

    Deploying Office 2003 problems

    Thanks - I'll give that a go :-)
  9. alanbloom

    Deploying Office 2003 problems

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

    Deploying Office 2003 problems

    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
  11. alanbloom

    Deploying Office 2003 problems

    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
  12. alanbloom

    Deploying Office 2003 problems

    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...
  13. alanbloom

    Batch Install of Office XP/2003

    Perfect answer - thanks for that!
  14. alanbloom

    Batch Install of Office XP/2003

    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...
  15. alanbloom

    Remote shutdown a computer room

    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!

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