Recent content by NickTech

i had tried it in safe mode and another profile and the problem was the same. system restore also failed. I ended up just re-rising this PC and running diagnostics on the hardware incase of any faults. Thanks for your help guys. Nick

Any of you guys every seen a case where when MY COMPUTER is opened no local or network drives can be seen. Nothing at all? When using windows explorer the local drive can be seen but thats it. I can access the network drives using the RUN command and manually map shortcuts. Any help to resolve...

guys this may be a strange question but i will go on anyway.... We have servers running server 2000, as you all know if you delete a file on the server it goes into the recycle bin. Problem is if a user connect to the server through say a mapped drive deletes a file it is gone. Our backups are...

Hi guys, anyone got any advice on a machine that wont boot into windows? Just gets as far as giving me option of SAFE MODE, LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION etc...pick ANY of these and it just reboots in a loop back to same point. Machine is built from an image (XP pro)..Otherwise i would have run...

I have a user here whos machine is behaving wild, it seems every hour the machine trys to shut down any open windows and opens start menu! Its like a scheduled task but i checked and there isnt any. i have removed all spyware and done a virus scan, no viruses or spyware (everything up to date)...

i found the issue: Deleting the following registry key will remove the "Open With" menu item, but fixed the speed issue for me. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With After I deleted "Open With" key, WOW, what a difference. Also files open much faster. At least the two I...

Hi guys having an issue with one of my machines here, operating system is XP PRO. When i right click on a file options appear, if i continue to right click on a few files this becomes slower and slower. Its causing an issue here for one of my users as she COPYS and PASTES a lot and wating for...

yes we do overnight backups, unfortunately this user had the file saved on her local machine as opposed to the server! Phil thanks for your help anyway. regards Nick

thats what i thought she has actually SAVED it. I have some powerfull software that can recover deleted files, but as i said in this case has hasnt deleted but saved over it after making incorrect changes...

Hi guys wonder if you can help... I have a user here who was working on an Excel File, she accidentaly saved over this file after deleting a large amount of data from it. Is there any way I can restore the file from a few hours ago? i.e will there be a temporary file due to autosave...

thanks i will give the repair and compact a go. It is normally pulled off a server but i have and am testing it locally with the same results... Nick

Hi guys, I have a 36MB database that a number of my users run, problem is that just recently it has become very slow to open. It used to open almost instantly and show the main form now it takes an age as if it is trying to reference something. Once open it runs fine. I have checked the tables...

Hi guys, anyone know where i can download and install Internet Explorer (full standalone download, not one that requires an internet connection to run) Nick

Thanks guys this solved the issue! Nick

Hi, i am having an issue logging into an XP home pc. As you are aware you can setup these machines to have multiple choices of profile logon. Problem is whenever one is chosen ti immediately logs out. Any ideas how i can access one of these profiles? With XP pro you can log on as an admin...