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I'm trying to learn VB6 but the book I'm using keeps refering me to VB6 help files, saying if I press F1 I'll get context sensitive help but all I get is a message saying that I need to re-install MSDN. I can't believe MS get away with shipping a program without even basic help files! I've now...

Hi, Our office LAN has a primary & secondary DNS server in Active Directory Integrated mode. Everytime I create a reverse lookup zone, it dissappears each time I reload it. It actually looks as though it is still there but when trying to perform subsequent operations, it tells me that the zone...

When I peform an nslookup from my laptop when connected to our office LAN, I get the error 'Default servers are not available' as in the example below. However, when I do the same nslookup from home connected to my ISP, I get no such error. Can anyone tell me what my DNS server at work is...

Does anyone know how I can make MS Backup on Win2k Server locate the media in a Travan 40 tape drive? The drive work with Tapeware but can't get it to work with MS Backup. The drive is listed as an option to backup to within MS Backup though. Regards, peter

I have a server running Lansuite602 LAN mailserver as it's primary function, but Lansuite is unable to start and when I look in the system log there are hundreds of errors all the same. Event ID:7000 The FWL Packet Filter service failed to start due to the following error. FWL Packet Filter is...

I have set up DFS to replicate a share called "Auto" on a server called "HAL" The share is replicated to a server called "Jess" in the same domain which is called "office" Ideally, clients would only be directed to Jess in the event that HAL was unreachable but I can't figure out how to...

Can anyone tell me what is the minimum length of machine name on a windows 2000 network on a domain? We want to call our main server which is the domain controller, "HAL". Is this permissible? Regards, peter

We currently run DHCP on our dc but it would be useful to build redundancy into this as we will shortly have a backup dc too. The problem is that we can't have 2 DHCP servers operating concurrently on the same subnet, so is there a way to configure one so that it will only become active when...

We are using Netgear DG814 NAT Router for Internet g/w (192.168.0.51) and have forwarded port 80 to Intranet server on 192.168.0.1 However, if I type our public static IP into a browser when connected to the LAN, I get "No Page to Display" but when I connect from the Internet (when I take my...

We've got a W2K Server running with one processor in a dual processor capable machine. We want to add another processor. Q1) Will we have to reload the OS? (or reconfigure it?) Q2) Will all standard server apps run on dual processor machines or do we have to check each individually? Q3) Will...

I wonder if anyone could help me with my route table entries as I'm got myself in the soup! We have an ISDN modem (diva) which is used by our Mazda site to access a remote intranet on 172.16.2.5 The local ip address of the diva is 141.93.1.252 255.255.0.0 This works fine when accessing it...

I've just migrated to a new server last weekend from old NT4 box with backup exec on it. I've just been asked to restore data from an old DAT tape from last Thursday. The new server uses DLT so I've fired up the old server having changed its name and IP address, disabled DHCP etc. I've put the...

I've got a permissions related problem on XP Pro. I'm trying to assign permissions to a folder in the 'Programs Folder' called 'Goldmine' but everytime I set full control for creator/owner and press apply, the ticks all disappear. I'm logged on as a user with administrative rights. I notice...

How do I use the 'Move' command when right clicking on task bar item? I have a program which for some reason when in 'restore' mode (as opposed to fullscreen), is entirely outside of the displayed screen area. I need to be able to have this program run in a window but preferrably one I can see...

When I try to copy a file of a Network Server I keep getting this error: "Specified Network Name is nolonger available" Even though I browsed for the file first and it began to copy. It gets to about 3% done and then comes back with this error. Any help would be much appreciated as...

Hi, can anyone suggest why when running Office2000 on WinXP Word insists on opening another instance of Word with each additional document tha is opened? As opposed to opening just one instance of Word with the currently opened document appearing under the 'Window' menu? I can't find any option...

Path is C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Snow\My Documents\Pegasus It is the space after peter that I don't know how to render in 8.3 format? Any help would be VERY appreciated. Thanks peter

We currently have 1 PDC running NT4 (no BDC) but need to replace it with new Dell PowerEdge 2600 Win2K Server. My problem is that I don't want to lose the user accounts already set up on NT4. I was hoping to upgrade the NT4 machine to Win2K then promote the new machine to primary. However, the...