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  1. piaknow

    NIc Driver install problems

    I apologize in advance for my ignorance. I am attempting to install a different 3com nic card in a NT 4.0 Workstationthat I am setting up. I have downloaded the driver from driver guides.com. I Go to add the new driverin Network adaptors after the Yoshi unzip utility extracts everything. But...
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    Authentication

    Does anyone know how I can list the Authenticating bdc for individual workstations. Note: The local bdc does NOT always do the authentication which is part of my problem.I need to absolutely know which controller is doing the authentication on problem machines. We have 300 controllers. NT 4.0...
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    NT Account Lockouts

    Hello, I am challenging someone out there to give me a concrete answer on this problem . (NT 4 SP6) Since implementing a new login security policy we have been getting account lockouts on too many users. Something is going on other than just user error typing password,etc. Our Guru has told me...
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    Spurious Account Lockouts

    Hello, We had a global domain policy change recently. This requires users to change password evey 6 wks. Since then we are getting lots of calls with account lockouts AFTER the users have changed their password using our 8 character criteria. They change the password and this seems to work for...
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    Creating Shortcuts

    Hello, Can someone tell me how to recreate shortcuts for Outlook 97 And Intenet explorer without having to reinstall Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think it's as easy as sounds Thnks, Piaknow
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    Out of Memory Errors using Outlook 98

    Hello, I have a user that gets indiscriminate Out of Memory errors while Outlook is open. She can be creating a new mail or have a received mail open or simply doing nothing at all. I have eliminated hardware and have reimaged with known good image. We are running NT 4.0,SP6a,Outlook 98,She has...
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    Calendar items disappearing

    Help pls I have a very important user that tells me his calendar appts/meetings are disappearing off his calendar! He says that the meetings have not been canceled. Sometimes the shading is still there but the meeting info is gone. Does anyone have any ideas. We use NT 4.0,Outlook98,Exchange...
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    Distribution list

    Hi, I have been added to a new distribution list to receive workorders as they come in. My question is how can I have these new messages copied to my personal Inbox as they come in? The way it is now I have to open this distribution list and just visually monitor the thing. I would much rather...
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    Memory problems with Active X?

    Hello, Excuse me for my ignorance but I have a problem that some think may be related to ActiveX, which I know nothing about. However one of our programmers says that he suspects ActiveX may be causing our Dr.Watson Access violation errors in our client server application(written In Centaura.)...
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    Startup Error

    I am getting the following error on logon at the desktop for this users machine. " "Cannot find file C:\Program (or oneof its components. Make sure path and filename are correct and all required libraries are available." This only comes up under her profile. I have checked...
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    Internet Explorer/ OUtlook problem

    Hey guys, I've got a user that gets Iexplore.exe exception access violation errors whenever she trys to open an E-mail. This is intermittant. Nothing shows in the event log. She is running I.E 4.0 , Outlook98 Sp4, Mcafee 4.5 This is driving everybody nuts Any comments appreciated
  12. piaknow

    User Profile Question

    Could anybody tell me why a user.name.000 profile is created automatically along with the user.name profile When you log on for the first time What is the purpose they look the same to me. Thnks
  13. piaknow

    NT Service Pak Qurstion

    I am intersted in some opinions from you guys on which SP works best.We as a policy use SP4 reason being others before I arrived have said the SP6 was buggy. We have 5000 users and several domains. Just would like some pros&cons on using these SP's Personally I usually go with latest greatest...
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    Automatically clean temp files?

    Hello guys, Does anyone know of a good way to automatically have users temp files cleaned without their intervention, say once a month? We can't seem to get our users to do this,then they call in and complain of slow machines. Any ideas really appreciated RGrds,
  15. piaknow

    NT Remote registry editing

    Anyone know how to make a simple registry change to 160 NT 4.0 workstations in the field remotely. I have Admin rights and I think the answer is with a batfile ran from my Workstation. so far Mine have not worked. Any help appreciated Thnks
  16. piaknow

    NT 4.0 Workstation Registry hacking

    Hello, Does anyone know how to make a simple registry change remotely to 160 machines? I have Admin rights. Bat files don't seem to work. Any Help Appreciated. Thnks,

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