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Changed the Power supply and it worked. Thanks for the advice. Got one for abou $8 on Ebay, I hope the fact its so cheap doesnt come back to bite me on the ass. Thanks guys

I have a client whose pc wont power up unless it has been plugged in for hours. There has been new RAM added to the machine and new Video card, I tried it with video card out, and the Ram has been in for months! Although I will not rule this out. I doubt its the CMOS battery as the pc is only...

Thank you PHV that was exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated

hey, Can anyone shed a bit of light on this for me?? I am trying to map a network drive from a local admin account in windows XP. I am using the following commands set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Z:", "\\share\folder" I am sure there is a need for me...

Hi I am trying to change the proxy server setting within a dial up connection using a script. The only problem is that the reg value is in binary. Is there a procedure available to WSH which will do this for me?? Regards

Thanks a lot you guys. I think I will be able to modify this for other dreary tasks. If theres any thing I can do for you guys never be afraid to ask, but something tells me you wont need it!! thanks again PDB123

It sounds like the motherboard is blown or the battery is damaged. motherboard can blow from power surge usually. Test the laptop with another battery if its still the same contact supplier and book a motherboard replacement

thanks JFBOUCHARD, I have a background in programming c++ and Java and I think it is hindering me at the moment. Can you spell it out to me what i have is: LOAD ANSI.sys ECHO: Enter A value %1% convert %1; /fs:ntfs It is not giving me the option to enter the valu I am fairly confident the...

I want to start using batch files to simplify routine parts of my job ie: convert usb keys to NTFS. The dos commands are easy enough what i need to know is how do i accept an input through dos. Code example ECHO Enter Drive Letter? Get x // I know this wrong convert x /fs:ntfs any help would...

Thanks, Unfotunatley I am restricted from using external products which are not part of our global loadset!! It would be fine if this was one machine but it is going to be added to our images. Cheers

Hi All, Does anyone know a way to prioritise startup processes in XP?? Basically i want a process to load first before anything else does. Also if this process fails is there a timeout option to stop the machine hanging. Im not sure if this is even possible but any assistance would be much...

I have a problem where a network printer failed. this in turn has had a knock on effect with other applications ie Word, Excel , Email (Outlook Express) all Fail. We have restarted the print spooler on the local machine and on the server. This has had limited success but now anyone who had that...

I just looked up trancenders on the internet and that was exactly what i was looking for!! When i said brain dumps i was using the generic term. Thanks

I have always said I would never take them of force people to take them but the time has come for me to eat my words!! I am now encouraging everyone on the Helpdesk to study for MCSA or at least the core three. For the less motivated Lads and lassies (myself Included) i would like to know the...

Yeah not a bad idea!! Again it's getting these users to comply is another issue, It would be easy if everyone was on site all teh time but these people rarely are! If anyone has anymore ideas please feel free to help