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  1. gbl

    Standard User on W7 home changing own status to Admin

    I have been away from this for a while but have a problem at home, using Windows 7 Home Premium. Three users on the computer, two admins and one standard. The standard user has apparently become able to change his status to Administrator. I am wondering how. The obvious way is to know one or...
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    How to Notify a Facebook Page Administrator of a Like

    I have a facebook welcome page that I want to require a non-fan to make a selection from a drop down before being forwarded to the fan welcome page. The fact that someone has made this selection and what the selection is, should both be communicated to the facebook page administrator. I...
  3. gbl

    "File does not have a program associated..." for Adobe Reader, but...

    I am running Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.4 on Windows Vista Home Premium With service pack 2. I can open pdf files stored on the computer with Reader no problem. Also ok with opening pdf files on websites. I can't open pdf's received as attachments to emails (Windows Mail). Instead I get the...
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    Multiple Display Question

    I have set up two monitors on a Windows XP Pro Computer, and have them both displaying. The Primary is a Samsung 580S tft, and the seond is an ACER X193BW, attached to ATI RAge IIC and ATI 3D Rage LT PRO Video cards respectively. I want to be able to display a word or excel file on one screen...
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    Cables required to connect through console, aux, etc

    This topic has been discussed a few times I am sure, but I am confused about how to connect through the console to a router or switch. In Wendell Odom's first edition of CCNA intro Exam Certification Guide, at page 177, he indicates that you connect to the console with a Console cable, also...
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    CCNA Certification Library

    Hello everyone, I have been studying with Wendell Odom's two book set, "CCNA Self-Study CCNA Certification Library", August 2003 edition which I bought in February 2004. The ISBN for the set is 1587200953. I've noted two other different items since this one: (1) The current ciscopress 2nd...
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    Job interview coming up - question

    This Monday, December 5, I have an interview at an accounting firm for a network administrator position where I would join two others. I have Microsoft Windows experience and exchange/outlook. They are using Lotus Notes for their email. I have no exposure to, nor experience with, Lotus notes...
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    How to undo update that makes server unable to boot

    I have not encountered this yet but am concerned it could happen when there is no real way of testing before installing patches and windows updates on a server. Has anyone encountered a situation where a Windows Server 2003 computer does not boot up after installing a Microsoft patch or update...
  9. gbl

    New to MySQL - using 5.0.11 beta to learn

    Hi, I've just started using MYSQL so these questions are rather basic but important. I have only one computer to test this on. Is it possible to have a client on the same computer as the server (Kind of like MS SQL server)? I installed MySQL when logged on to my computer (which is running...
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    Any news and thoughts about H.R. 4392?

    Last year a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives called the "Technology Retraining and Investment Now Act". I have some questions: (1) I have not heard what happened to this bill recently? Did it pass, get defeated or is it still somewhere in the system being considered by...
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    Presentation Server 4 - problems with cpsvc

    We have installed Presentation Server 4 for WIndows 2000 server on our Citrix server after a complete reformat and reinstall of the operating system; the OS Is Windows 2000 server sp4. We regularly seem to encounter the two following events but they appear at different times: Event ID 26 Source...
  12. gbl

    Office 2K settings saved/exported, then imported into Office 2K3?

    I am replacing our receptionists's workstation that runs Windows 200 pro SP4 with Office 2000 with a computer running Windows XP Pro SP2, running Office 2003 SP1. I would like to know if her Office 2000 settings can be saved/exported, then imported into Office 2003? I thought there were some...
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    Verifying web stats of another website

    I have been asked how to verify statistics presented by someone regarding their website. I understand that it is possible to check conventional web site statistics of someone else's website. Are there programs for this? If possible, I am interested in something independent of the webstats...
  14. gbl

    Logon Script to add mapped drive for certain users only

    I have a logon bat script which maps letters to shares on our server. All users current get these mappings since the batch file simply uses a series of "Net use" Commands. Now I need to add a mapping that will apply to users that are in a certain group. I have heard of the "ismember" function...
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    Symantec Winfax Pro 10.02 -transfer custom settings to new desktop

    I am giving a user a new windows xp sp2 desktop in our network and he requires Winfax pro be installed on the new desktop with the settings he has on the current desktop which is also windows xp pro sp2. There is no special forum for this product, so it seems, and other posts for winfax pro...
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    Event ID 10006 on notebook in network and user logged on other wkstns

    We are running a Windows server 2003 network with Windows 2000 pro and XP Pro sp1/sp2 clients. One notebook with XP Pro sp1 gets a continuous stream of event id 10006 in the system log, similar to: Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10006 Date: 12/22/2004 Time...
  17. gbl

    Dell server for SBS 2003 and windows server 2003

    We are evaluating a move from our current server, an HP ML370G2 (Compaq), with Small Businss server 2003 / Windows server 2003 to A dell Server product. Our server has 1.75gb ram and this needs to be increased as well. When we got our ML370, we had no Dell workstations or notebooks but now we...
  18. gbl

    Booking resources in Outlook 2000/2002/2003

    In our windows server 2003 network with Windows 2000/xp professional workstations we use Outlook 2000, 2002 and 2003. We have created resources for users to book when required. If the resource is free they get a message confirming that the resource was successfully booked. How do we set this...
  19. gbl

    How to "Sign out" files on windows server 2003

    We are interested in finding a way to "sign out files" on windows server 2003, as if they were folders in a filing cabinet. The users are using windows 2000 and xp professional workstations and would somehow sign out their required folder or file, leaving it apparent to others who browse the...
  20. gbl

    Saving Outlook mail to a windows folder through File - Save As

    We are using Windows server 2003, Exchange 2003 and Outlook XP and Outlook 2003 in our network. We would like to be able to save inbox messages as *.msg files, but when we do a file / save as, the default location is "My Documents". I cannot find a way to change this default location. Is...

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