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Just a suggestion but have you tried to put a $ at the end of the share name eg Home folds are called "H$". Shares with a $ are hidden from view. New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Suggestion for first question (3-4minute bootup time): Do you have a network card in the PC? If so check it has an IP address set manually. Win2k may be trying to get an IP address from DHCP (set by default), this can take some time before it gives up. Suggestion for question 2: In the Bios of...

Hello Are these apps written for Win2k? Do they use ODBC? Are there any errors in your Event Log? New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Hello, When you get the STOP error, do you also get the file name which is causing the error? The STOP error is caused be a file version mismatch, the version of driver you downloaded is for Win2k, not XP?!? New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Are you using DHCP to assign the IP Addresses? Its just a thought but, maybe the leases are being renewed at that time and there is a duplicate IP address issue for a while until the DHCP gets its sh*t togeather. Have you tried giving the 3 boxes fixed IP Addresses etc? New Zealand, a great...

Is the PC the user logs onto a NT box too? The user may not be logging onto your Domain but into a local user on the workstation (so the password appears to be different). Check to see if the logon is onto the domain plus untick the User can change password box in the User Manager (on the...

If you Laptop is running XP Home Edition it can't join a domain. Only XP Pro can join a domain. New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Check to see what screen saver you are using. If you are using the Logon Screen Saver with password protect the only users who can log back in are the actual user who was on the screen before the screen saver came on and the Admin. New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz...

Yes they may have installed lots of 'extra' stuff. If you go into Add/Remove Programs (in the Control Panel) then click Windows Components. In there you can remove the IIS components (web Server). New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Do a IPCONFIG /ALL from a command prompt and see if you have a WINS server address. If no, you will have to go into the properties of the LAN Connection and make sure you have WINS Resolution enabled plus add the WINS server address (it is usually you main NT server, the PDC). New Zealand, a...

Is the second install on the same partition (into another folder) or on another partition (like the D drive)? New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

Use the Recovery Console to rename the DLL. I would copy the replacement USERENV.DLL from your CD onto the C drive in Win2k. Then boot off the Win2k CD and take the R (Repair) option and go into the Recovery Console (Win2k version of DOS) and then rename and copy the DLL. New Zealand, a great...

Do you get any error messages when the user tries to print (from the app or in the Event Log)? We have some software here which was written so you MUST be admin to use it. So I know the problem you have!! New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz

It does sound like a SID problem. Try creating a new user (lets call it FRED) and give FRED the standard user rights. Get a user to log on as FRED for a test. Delete the users current name (the fiddlers user name could be a good one) then rename FRED to the users name. The renamed user should...

can you ping the Exchange server by name and IP Address? IE PING EXCHANGE and PING 192.168.1.100 New Zealand, a great place to live. www.southland.org.nz tokala@orcon.net.nz