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A few things to consider: 1) Make sure that you have the most recent Office service pack (SP2 I think) applied. 2) Right-click on the Outlook desktop icon and select Properties . Click on the appropriate profile and click the Properties button. Go to the Connections tab and make sure that the...

Are you using volumes or basic disks ?

What protocols are the Netware servers running ? 6.0 should be running TCP/IP. 4.11 will probably be running IPX/SPX. If this is the case, you will need to make sure the XP machine has the Client Service for Netware and NWLink NetBIOS protocol installed. When configuring the Frame Type, change...

If you have Exchange or Groupwise you can find most of what you're looking for here: http://www.appriver.com/support/answertrackloader.asp?action=kbprint&kbid=37 For other systems you can search the vendor's site for Open Relay. Hope this helps, SL.

Check the WINS server IP addresses on the 98 machine that can connect and make sure that they are the same on the Chinese system. If file and printer sharing is enabled on the Chinese machine go into the properties and make sure that Browse Mastering is disabled. If everything checks out then...

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2 things spring to mind: 1. Corrupt user profile. 2. Corrupt Outlook profile. Test #2 by logging in to windows as the user that has the problem. Create an outlook profile for another user (yourself) under that person's login. Have someone send an e-mail with an xls or pdf attachment to you...

Have you uninstalled the device in Device Manager then restarting the system with the drive connected ? The drivers themselves should still be in the \\Winnt\Inf folder (which is hidden by default, so make sure you have unchecked all those annoying "Hide protected system files ..&quot...

Have you tried reinstalling Office using the Reinstall/Repair option ? SL.

Try this: http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/nachia.html Regards. SL

A drives ability to read a DVD can be severely hampered by dust or dirt on the lens. Try cleaning the drive out by spraying some compressed ('canned') air in there or using one of the proprietary DVD lens cleaning discs. It sounds like it may be a cleaning issue. Hope this helps. SL

I bought my Wife a system from ACT (one of their desknotes). This was before Dell started getting competitive on the Inspirons (have you looked at the 5100 ?) ACT have a really sweet system, called an Omega: http://www.actonlinestore.com/smoreinfo.asp?iid=47558 The systems have a ton of cool...

Whilst Active Directory itself has a stated limit in excess of 40 million "objects", things are a little different when it comes to users and groups. There is a 5,000 user limit per group in Win2K (this has been increased in 2K3 Server). The exception is the Users and Groups container...

Try this: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6200/rh6260.htm Regards. SL

Have you tried chkdsk /f ? Regards. SL