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Hello Apro, You can indeed make certain parts of drives read only by using the permssions for the drive or the folders (or files). However the results can be very unpredictable when you try to set things to read only. For example: If you mark the Program Files folder as read only, you would...

Hello Abby, It sounds like Joey is hit the target with the Workgroup name. If the rogue XP machine has a workgroup name with a mispelling or a totally different workgroup typed into the field the it will not be able to map drives or share drives with the other machines. Right clicking on My...

Hello NTFOOL, I have seen this issue a few times on some of the laptops we have here at work. Sometimes it is the driver (it is an older version) and others it is the ATI software. If you have the ATI icon down in the system tray you can click on it and see if you can activate the dual screen...

Hello Mike, It is true that the guest account should be disabled to protect against any of the basic hacking techniques. A standard user on the PC will have limited access so that is a good level to give to an account for guests and visitors to use. You can set the PC to login automaticly...

I ran into the same issue once, it was the Antivirus software. Some of the software out there can stop your web browser from working. If you can, try uninstalling the antivirus software and check the firewall (if active / installed). You may need to uninstall any firewall software that has...

Hello, By default Windows should remember where the application was closed at the last time and want to open in that same location. In the case of laptops and multiple monitors this can be a little tricky because things will start opening on the extra monitor(s) even if it disconnected from...

CNeeds, I once ran into a computer that would not open Internet Explorer because of a corrupted favorites file. Have you tried: A) Cleaning out the Temporary Internet Files B) Cleaning out the temp folder(s) c) Cleaning out the history D) Manualy moving the favorites out of the favorite...

Users Accounts (in the control panel) is a way of viewing accounts that have access to a computer (These may include domain accounts). The local users in Computer Managment provides you with the a way to access users and groups that have been configured on your local computer (These do not...

Have you tried: Stopping the Print Spool service then trying to delete the port? Attempted to delete the port in safe mode? CJ Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

See if this helps: (From: http://www.msvl.k12.wa.us/StaffDevelopment/Registration/TechnologyCertification/CertUser/Tutorials/DelPrinterPort.pdf) Deleting a Windows 2K Printer Port (Essential if user has captured an AppleTalk port during the printer set- up process.) 1. Open Printers. 2. On the...

We use a program called "Shutdown". From: http://www.budja.com/shutdown/ You can setup a task using Windows Scheduler to run the shutdown.exe file and it's flags (as needed). This will shut down your machine (or reboot or log off) no matter what is going on. CJ Don't drink and post, save...

There are a lot of VNC programs out there, TightVNC is a very usefull tool that we use here to allow users to see what we are doing on their machines and allow multiple people to VNC into the system. Personally I am a fan of the VNC program. CJ Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

Check to make sure that both of your network cards in the router computer both allow FTP traffic to travel through them. Can you do an FTP from the routing PC? CJ Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

IN an Active Domain network the systems require a time server to stay synced and allow for communication between systems. Try running the following command at the command prompt in XP: w32tm /s or resetting the computer account on the domain controler. Basicly the system is telling you it...

Hello linney, You can correct this issue by doing the following: create a batch file that logs the PCs into the required drives and printers and put that batch file into the startup menu. The command: NET USE Z: (or whatever drive letter) \\SERVER\PATH /USER:username password will let you...

Given the issue seems to come up when you try to download updates it is likely that the machine has some mal-ware running on it. You can try Hijack this to remove the malware as well as cleaning out the temporary internet files, the ActiveX objects in the browser, and the temporary files on the...

Hello, I recommend going to Amazon and looking at the reviews on the .NET books. There are a lot of them and sometimes it changes from edition to edition which one is good. CJ Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

Hello, You should contact your technical support people, it sounds like you have an issue with your password on the domain. While you are able to login, your username or password are not being recoginzed by server that is sharing out the network drives you are attempting to access. They...

The size of the window an application opens in is controled by the size of the window the last time the application closed. It is not based on conserving memory as memory usage is the same no matter the size of the window. CJ Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

You can create a shortcut on your desktop, then copy it to the netlogon directory on any server, then using your login script copy it to the user's desktop using a command like: ECHO Y | XCOPY %0\..\[shortcut name] %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ /D /H /I /R /V > NUL This (in Windows 2000/XP) will load...