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What server is net time configured to sync with?? Type: net time /querysntp and what does it say? Is the answer a server that you have rights to access? To set the sntp server type: net time /setsntp:<servername> Then you should be able to sync by typing net time /set which will prompt...

Thanks for the suggestions guys - had tried all the above to no avail, in the end a bios upgrade on the machines cured the problem. Coleford

Hi Guys, I've got a handful of pc's that keep dropping off the network. The network connection initialises fine to start with but if you try to transfer a large amount of data the network connection drops! Nothing pings - it's as if TCP/IP has un-bind'd from the NIC/connection?? I've tried...

Hi Guys, I've searched & found a number of posts with this type of problem but have not come across a definative answer. I have installed an HP5 directly, via LPT1, on a W2k-server, shared the printer and it is functioning correctly. I need to logon to my W2k-clients as local admin to install...

Thanks for replies - disabling floppy is not possible and new software is not an option at present. Any more for any more? :)

Obviously you need to kill the process that is monopolising the system - try stopping the Print Spooler service in Services and kill the process in task manager.

Hi Guys Anyone have suggestions as to how I might lock-down users ability to run scripts on the network? In a Secondary School I have locked-down the desktops and all the usual, (W2k server - GP etc.), but the little blighters bring command.com in on a floppy - put it in their home folders and...

Some points I have had to look at with regards to this are; Is DNS perfect? Group Policy relies on DNS for implementation - this is particularly susceptible with XP machines. Check the event logs on the clients - sometimes the reason the redirection wasn't applied will be listed. Are you...

Why are some files inaccessible acung? As long as there is administrative acess to all the folders/files in the directory structure then resetting the permissions using the 'Reset permissions...and enable propogation..' option should work. I take it that you are logging-on as Administrator...

Hi Guys I am looking for either a method or a program that will allow me to reconfigure the permissions on a directory structure containing 100's of users home directories. I am migrating the data from an NT-Server drive to a FAT32 drive, on a different server, which is then to be upgraded to...

Hi Max, if you're running Windows 2000 server, with Active Directory running, then you're laughing.. Join them to the Domain so users must be authenticated to gain access to the network - then create an Organisational Unit, in Active Directory, and place the student user accounts in this OU -...

Hi Guys, DNS.. current configuration works fine for W2k clients but there is something amiss when it comes to XP clients. I've set all the usual settings - clients DNS points to the W2k-server, (which is running DNS & Active Directory), Root &quot;.&quot; has been deleted, forwarders are...

Thanks bcastner - logons are fine when the user account is using a profile that has been created in XP - when you try to logon an account that uses a profile created on 2k-Pro it sits on the 'Loading your personal settings' stage for an age. Coleford

Thanks for the reply bcastner but sadly this is not a size/speed issue. The profile is only about 700kb and I am already using folder redirection. The profile loads instantly on all W2k-Pro machines. This is seems to be more in the direction of how XP is interpreting and implementing the...

Hi Guys I'm using one central mandatory profile created on a W2k-Pro machine but it takes up to 5 minutes for the profile to load on an XP machine - and profiles created on XP take an age to load on 2K-pro!! Any ideas appreciated. Thanks in advance Coleford