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  1. snorkel

    Power Supply: No -5V wire

    I just bought a generic ATX power supply (an el-cheapo) for a friend's E-machine PC. It doesn't have a -5V wire on the 20 pin ATX motherboard connector. Is that ok?? All my other power supplies have had 20 pins with 20 wires on the 20 pin connector, but this one has only 19. A power supply...
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    No boot situation/Repeated BSOD

    I'm curious as to what everyone does when confronted with the title situation. Do you bother trying to troubleshoot the BSOD if there's no obvious match mentioning a hardware problem. My approach has been to test the disk using chkdsk from recovery console or a boot disk OR use a...
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    Dealing with blue screen/reboot endless cycle

    Ok, I've been doing a lot of PC tech work for others lately and running into a situation where Windows won't boot. It gets to a blue screen then reboots before I can see what the blue screen says. Now I know how to set the option so that windows WON'T reboot on a blue screen but you have to...
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    Can't Write to USB Memory Stick Using BartPE

    I'm sorry I can't provide the exact error message, but I was trying to save someone's data by copying it from a malfunctioning hard drive to a 2GB USB memory stick in the BartPE boot disk environment. It would not allow any files to be copied from the HDD to the stick - something about write...
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    NTBackup script for backup

    Hi. I need a simple script that I can use for a scheduled task that will backup a list of files/directories. I know this can be done, but all I find out on google are complicated scripts with media pools, etc. I just want the tape drive to backup the same files every day and overwrite ANY...
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    Mobo Compatibility

    I need to replace a motherboard and bought another one off Ebay. Don't ask why I don't just buy a different mobo - it's for a customer. Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly the same as described when I got it. They had an MSI K7T266 Pro 2 and the one I received is a K7T266 Pro Question is - will...
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    Strange UPS Behavior

    Ok, this is a brand new UPS (APC Back-ups 750 ES) running on XP SP2 and it was fully charged when I tested it. I wanted to test the Powerchute automatic shutdown, so I disconnected the UPS power plug from the AC power. The PC waits 1 minute as I have it set in the PowerChute Personal Edition...
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    CPU Cooler

    Will this product work with my CPU? I have an AMD Athlon XP processor running at an indicated 1200 MHz according to a CPU ID utility. I just want to make sure before I order. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150036 Thanks very much!!!!
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    Slack Space Question

    This is to settle a bet, so a URL would be helpful with an answer if possible. Ok - data is copied from old HDD in PC to brand new hard drive on laptop for temporary storage. New hard drive is inserted in PC and Windows is loaded. Data is copied back from laptop to new hard drive in PC...
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    Slow Boot with USB Card Reader

    Hello. I have a Sandisk 12 in 1 USB Card Reader and when I attached it to a different PC at work, it took about 2 minutes to get to the "Starting Windows" screen. In other words, the POST process was delayed by having the card reader connected. Disconnect the device and reboot and things are...
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    Treo 650 GroupWise Email Attachments

    Okay, see if someone can help me. I only want to connect to our GroupWise server (6.5) INSIDE the firewall from my Treo 650 and download e-mail and then be able to view attachments. My e-mail server is totally behind a firewall and not accessible via public IP address (we have a relay server...
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    SUS Client Error - 80190197 Proxy Error

    I am new to SUS. I installed a NEW SUS server with the latest version: SUS10SP1.exe (right???) This was supposed to prevent the proxy error. My clients are configured properly using the POLICIES registry entry and they are contacting the update server. Directories named for patches were...
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    Microsoft SUS server - Problems

    Okay. New SUS server configured. All updates downloaded from Microsoft and approved on the SUS server. We are a novell shop so no domain controller here. I configured a test workstation with the following registry entries. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...
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    Novell FTP behind NAT - Problem seeing files from FTP client

    At my company, we have recently built an FTP server on Netware 6.5 SP2. We have no problems with internal connectivity or functionality of the server. To facilitate external connectivity for other companies to send and recieve data from our FTP server, we have implemented a NAT enabled router...
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    Time Settings Change After Server Reboot

    Hello. I have two servers in Mexico exhibiting the following behavior. I originally set them to MEX6 time zone WITHOUT daylight savings time and I found that this didn't give me the right time on the server/workstations. So I changed it to U.S. central time CST6CDT and put the standard...
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    Arcserve group busy - Job will start shortly in log file

    Arcserve 9.0 for Netware (fully patched) on Netware 6.5 SP1A server is giving me this sequence in the log file causing my second nightly backup job to be delayed by 3.5 hours. Can anybody tell me why this server is taking a time out in the middle of the job??? Server has 1.5 GB of RAM and only...
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    Arcserve 9.01 E0007 Server is low on memory error

    Need some help people. This error is driving me crazy. Server runs for varying lengths of time and backups are fine and then this error pops up and prevents backup from running. Server usually must be rebooted to restore memory to allow backup jobs to proceed. I have already done the...
  18. snorkel

    GroupWise Messenger Archive Settings

    Question on Archive settings. My archive is working (I can view it/searchit), but I'm just unsure of which settings control the size/expiration of the logs. Specifically, what setting do I choose if my boss says "Keep all conversations for XX days"? Here are my settings : under AGENT > LOG...
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    GroupWise Messenger Install Error "Language File"

    I'm trying to install GroupWise Messenger on a W2K machine and i'm getting the error "Unable to locate a valid language file" Does anyone know how to fix this problem. I have tried reinstalling, uninstalling (both Messenger and Groupwise) but nothing seems to work. The install has gone...
  20. snorkel

    E0196 on Arcserve 9.01 and NW6.5 SP1

    Weird deal here. Arcserve running happily and then I get an E0007 "out of memory error". Shut down Arcserve and then restart it and get a E0196 "invalid license file" error. Any ideas? The license was good every other time Arcserve started. No new patches applied (Arcserve or Netware) and...

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