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    Error encountered while opening a window..?

    Hi, and thanks for stopping by! I and a few of my users are experiencing a problem where Lotus appears to crash if closed abruptly. When you try and re-open Lotus Notes (6.5) it greets you with the message "An error was encountered while opening a window" and the program will not start. The...
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    There is a problem reading data from the tape, Backup Exec 8.6

    Backup Exec 8.6 I have a Windows NT server backing up approx 78GB of data (local and remote) every night using Backup Exec 8.6 and a Compaq 40/80 DLT tape drive. Some nights the backup runs fine (7hrs including verify) other nights it can run for up to 24 hrs! and display multiple errors: There...
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    Restore a PC across the network from another PC!?!?

    Hi, Basically my problem is this: I performed a full backup of an XP desktop PC, across the network to the spare hard drive of another XP machine in my office. This is the only copy of the backup I have. Now I need to restore the machine using the backup, as it has been formatted. how do I get...
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    NTBACKUP WIN2000

    Hi, I'm having difficulties getting familiar with Win2000 NTBackup scheduling. Any help is appreciated! I had set up daily backup selections as a .bks file, and scheduled jobs to run daily, using the backup wizard. Then I deleted one of the jobs, and now none of the scheduled jobs run. I...
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    HP StorageWorks MSL5026SL automation

    HI! I am using a HP StorageWorks MSL5026SL DLT tape library with two drives, and the capacity to store 26 tapes within the drive. I have five weeks worth of tapes loaded in the empty slots, and can manage the drive over the internet, but I was wondering how I go about automating the loading and...
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    BE 9.0 remote agents backwards compatible?

    HI! We have just installed BE 9.0 on a NT 4.0 server, whilst our other servers are still running BE 8.6. Currently remote workstations are using remote agents 8.6. This is giving us a problem with the server running BE 9.0 as the older remote agents are incompatible with the new version of...
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    Removing backup selections.

    Hi, any help in this matter is much appreciated. Im using Backup Exec 8.6, on Win2000 server. I have a daily backup job that is failing because it is looking for folders that have been moved/deleted. The thing is these folders are no longer checked as part of the backup selection, but backup...
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    Compaq DLT drive I/O write error?!

    Any help on this matter is gratefully appreciated... Im having a few different problems with a server tape drive. The drive is cleaned regularly and the media set is a pack of new tapes. Three different backup jobs run per day, the first is Overwrite, the following two append to data. The final...
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    Win98 / XP networking problem

    Hi, Having a problem with my home Network of 3 machines. One Win98 machine, and two WinXP machines. The XP guys can share files fine, but can't see the 98 machine. The 98 machine can sometimes see the XP guys, not always though, but if I try to Explore them in Network Neighbourhood it says the...
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    Can't get rid of old logo on startup/shutdown win98

    annoying problem with old company logo. Everytime I startup/shutdown my Win98 machine our old company logo pops up for a second, even though the NEW logo is displayed as the desktop background - not a major problem but rather annoying! I have deleted the old logo jpeg file, or at least I can't...
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    HOW TO CLEAR ERROR MESSAGES?

    I have no trouble clearing regular messages, ie: overwriting allocated media. But when I get a message: Error on-disk catalogues are full, I can't clear it. Its a pain because I have about 25 of them! Thanks.
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    PC reboots on startup....

    Hi, got a lickle prob with a gateway P3... Just reinstalled WIN98 se, fine until windows was loaded for the first time. The desktop showed, then the system shut down and re-booted!! Loaded up again, then as desktop showed - rebooted again! Now it is stuck in this loop and I cannot get it to stay...
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    PC resets at startup...?

    HI, I was given a PC that would not boot - got hung up at verifying DMI pool data. Tried to replace MBR - no luck so formatted HDD and re-installed win98 SE. msg "you already have operating system installed - boot from HDD!!!?" Installed Win98 anyway - as soon as it was finished the...

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