Recent content by MstrGone

I agree with ScorpioX. It seems as if something must be blocking the inbound ports. Have you checked the TCP/IP setting on the invisible PCs adapter to make sure the TCP/IP filtering option is not enabled and blocking inbound communications? - Mr. Gone A+, Net+, MCP (Win2K Pro)

Swanwim, I don't mean to question your tech savvy, but you're blowing right over allot of the details here. It's usually the little things that we miss which can trip us up for days on end trying to sort out these problems. 1. Did you try to ping local host from the invisible PC? 2. Have you...

...also: Is the problem PC on the far side of a router (or similar device) from the other PCs from which you are attempting to connect? Point being: are the other PCs in need of/configured with the proper default gateway settings to reach the "invisible" node? - Mr. Gone A+, Net+, MCP...

Nothing perfectly solid, but I am aware of networking problems between XP / 2000 Pro / 98. Fairly certain that the problems arise due to an incompatible version of NetBEUI that comes default with XP. Is the problem machine XP, and is the rest of the network 2000? ...or any of the other...

Crazy questions: Is the PC in question running a firewall; does the firewall allow for Windows networking? When you review the network settings for the NIC on that machine, is the "Client for Microsoft Networks" checked (enabled/installed)? - Mr. Gone A+, Net+, MCP (Win2K Pro)

Another educated (or uneducated) guess: It is possible that with your reinstallation of Office, that Access was not installed; or was only installed as a Start Menu entry with the option to "install on first use". A basic User account would then not have the privileges to perform that...

converting to NTFS will keep all data on the partition intact. if you're still worried though (and better safe than irreplaceably sorry) just be sure to do a full backup before the upgrade. - Tim S. A+, Net + certified MCSA in training

OH YEAH, could be crappy RAM too. if you cannot solve this otherwise, try removing a stick at a time and repeating your defrag. the high mem usage of the defrag might be utilizing areas of your mem that wouldn't normally be used. - Tim S. A+, Net + certified MCSA in training

fat 32 SHOULD not be a problem, but that's a big SHOULD. always best to go NTFS, if there's nothing holding you back, upgrade. but if you're fat32 now, then it can't be an NTFS security problem. in win 98 (not 2000) i often had to restart in safe mode to able to run a defrag on my system...

open command line & type "secedit /?" for the help files on the different command line switches and syntax. have you checked again to see if the error messages does, in fact, claim you don't have permission to view the database? have you tried to import a security template using the...

are you part of a domain (security policies from domain overriding local)? have you tried using the secedit.exe command line tool? - Tim S. A+, Net + certified MCSA in training

have you seen this thread? thread616-482440 - Tim S. A+, Net + certified MCSA in training

on the print server: enable/install IIS, share the printer & give it a share name then, you should be able to install the printer locally to each machine & then change the port for the printer (on each of the clients) to the unc for the shared printer \\server_name\printer_share_name - Tim...

is office fully updated (sr1a & sp3)? i found this link which sounds like it may be pertinient, says error may be due to prob w/ permissions - would explain the search working for admin, but noone else... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;274696 - Tim S. A+, Net +...

reboot, hit F8 when prompted, and instead of choosing safe mode - choose "last known good config". if that doesn't work, boot into the recovery console & disable the driver for your network card; instructions available at MS techNet...