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OK I've hundreds of XP networks, this is my first look at Windows7, what a pain, thank god for Google. However I can't get past this problem. 3 computers all had the same computer names, so I changed them, computer 1 and 2 can share printers and files not problem, computer 3 is seen by 1-2 but...

Ok, short story, I had XP and Vista installed on separate drives, XP was the first OS installed and later came Vista, Simply I had programs that wouldn't work in Vista so having a Dual boot set up was great. XP's BOOT.INI file looked like this: ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and...

My 76 year old dad got a lap top, his first computer. The problem he has is the taskbar on Windows7 is transparent, unlike other versions of windows, if a window is opened to the fill size of the screen, and this one program has a button that is behind the taskbar you can't click it and can't...

Computer motherboard died, had to replace. Because the hardware is different, windowsxp couldn't start, so I had to do a repair, there is still a driver problem I need to fix, Windows hangs when trying to login, keyboard stops responding. Tried a safemode with network but get a message "windows...

Hey guys, I need help on reworking this formula you helped me with a few years ago, thread68-1330475 =B6+MIN(5000/D9,150)+(TEXT(B6+MIN(5000/D9,150),"ddd")="Sun") It figures mileage and a date for our customers next appointment but not to pick Sunday. Now we don't want to pick Saturday or...

We have a spread sheet to calculate when customers need to come back for their next scheduled oil change. It works really well calculating the mileage verses time and will produce the next date. The problem is when it picks a “Sunday” we would like it to add one day to the date. So, in the cell...

I have a work sheet, that after data is entered, need to be deleted from all the feilds. I made a macor to do this and it works great, but some users can't figure out how to use the macro. I added a button to the menu bar and still they don't getit. Can I put a button on the worksheet so the...

Hi all, I purchesed a laptop for my wife and I can't see the laptop on the network. However the laptop can see the other computers on our home network. The home computers can ping the laptop and laptop can ping the computers back. In the network places the laptop can see the other computers but...

I did a major hardware upgrades to the computers at work (4 computers)but only one computer can connect to the server. Every computer is running XPpro SP2 but one is running 2kpro. SERVER XPPRO Connected SLAVE1 XPPRO Connected SLAVE2 XPPRO (can't connect to network) SLAVE3 Win2000 Pro (can't...

My XP OS crashed, every thing I tried to repair failed. I reinstall WINXPPO on another drive but I need to get files off the old drive. One problem, I can't get access to my document folder. when I click I get "Access Denied" also Windows XP said the folder is empty but I can see the files and...

Why don't the Mapped drives connect automatically any more? When I first install the network, all the mapped drives would connect at boot up, but after the many updates from Microsoft, I have to run around to all the computers and manually connect the mapped drives before our POS system can see...

Hello all, I would like to have Outlook express on each users computer access the the same Mail inbox from the server, and I'm not sure how to set that up. The accounts need to be set up so that any user can send and Receive the company E-mail, However that mail must stay on the server. Thanks...

I tried to install SP2 for XP PRO, and MS update page said my Key Code was not valid. I when't to www.howtotell.com to run MS's software validator (activeX) and it will not run. I get the error "make sure you are running the right version OS Blah, blah, blah. Anyone have this problem before...

Hello, I have two bootable OS's on my system, one tweaked for games, and the other form my graphic and publishing work. At boot up I make my selection from the list that is shown after post. My question is, can this list be edited? It would help to see something other than “Windows 2000 Pro...

Hey, I have this one program that I need to make it save files in a default directory in our sever. There is no way to tell the program where to go and our staff is not computer savvy to do it themselves. In Windoz 98 I could edit win.ini and system.ini to set the default paths but I can't seem...

I have a few programs that worked great in windoz98 but either don't work in W2k or not very well (running of a time and then crashing) These programs have no upgrade to make them work W2k but I have heard there is a way in some cases, W2k can make these programs work. Any help would be great...

Well I only get the blue screen of death when I play any games. It doesn't happen right away, the system could run from 10-45 min at a time then BOOM!PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA : ntoskrnl.exe Microsoft said Page faults are caused by hardware drivers but I'm sure that isn't the problem because...

When I use Windoz 2000 backup wizard, to back up some files to a CD-RW I get the error "E: IS NOT A VALID DRIVE, OR YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS" But of course I have access, I'm the Administrator! And I can drag and drop files and folders at will to the CD-RW. I can backup to any hard...

I **$&%^#@#(*&#%$&* WINDOWS 2000 ok, heres the problem, I just added a fourth computer to my network, the other three computers can see the forth, but can't gain access. The forth computer is unable to see any of the other computers on the network but can see it's self. I'm using a Linksys 4...

Windows98 had a utility you could deselect programs from starting on boot up, but I can't seem to do the same in windows2000. Can anyone help?