Disk Cleanup

I'm looking to purchase Windows 7 for my new computer build, but the only two options I've come across are OEM and Upgrade. I don't understand which one would be better to buy. Also, are student discounts offered for these versions of Windows? I'm a high school student taking extra classes at...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Installed SP2 onto XP Pro. Re-boot came up looking a bit strange: big image, no blue scrolling lights. Desktop was in 4 colors, low resolution. Re-booted. Start-up looked normal, but desktop was still crude. Went to...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I have noticed that a few programs I've instealled have the ability to make a shortcut on the desktop that will move itself ahead of the folders after an "arrange by name or type." Some of them can have their target changed...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi, I've been having spywares on my computer for over a month , which seems to slow down everything and popping-up windows for nothing. I was wondering if by reformating the computer, it would solve the problem...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Using windows XP How would I allocate the room on my hard drive between my program space and my free space.

My computer just cost me $600 in new hardware I had to get a new MOBO, CPU, Power Supply. I went from AMD to Intel so chipset has totally changed. I figured that XP pro would not like this major hardware change with having to reinstall XP. Problem is I have tons of apps installed along with...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) OK. Here it is. I have a PC with 4 HDD partitions and the CD rom is rooted. I have the Win XP pro SP1 CD content copied on a partition. On C I have win 98. I Instaled win xp from under win 98 on partition E I deleted...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) How do you upgrade an XP pro machine to dual processor? I've already added the second processor and turned it on in the BIOS. Do I need to reinstall XP?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I don't believe my new monitor is properly installed.. should only be 8 plug and play modes, per booklet.. instead there are 20-30? Using XP home, new Star Logic 17" from Office Max- and Intel 85810 adapter.. is there a...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) how do i change dvd region if the remaining change is 0.

As you can see, Newegg has two copies of Windows XP Home for $93, one identified as Service Pack SP1 and one as SP1A. Only SP1 says “full version,” which is, of course, what I need. Which should I buy...

When using Adobe Premiere 6.0 for an extended period of time (>15min) I end up getting a blue winXP screen that states: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL What is this????? How do I fix it? Please help. Thanks.

A client of mine had a working win 2000 professional machine that needs some work - in order to be safe and to provide more capacity I did a disk clone onto a larger drive. The existing system has two drives. I used Acronix disk director (running from the CD in Linux) to clone the first drive...

I have a large domain and a few-computers based workgroup environment. Workgroup environment is mostly used by contractors and external people so I want them to be separate from the domain. Sometimes they require access to shared files on the domain computers. Is there any way we could share...

I recently started having problems on my HP a818n desktop (was running very slow due to spyware and viruses) so i installed a fresh copy of windows 2000 on it(although it originally had windows xp). Once i finished installing the operating system and some programs i noticed that my volume...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) Hope you all can help. Two of my w2k systems Mbds have failed. Both Asus CUV4X-E bds. One now fails to boot even to BIOS. Other fails to recognize the mouse on W2k boot. First one started having the same problem before...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) hi all knowig ones!! well here i am agai gents and ladies I have just added a second dc to my home lan both runing the domain mydomain.local now i have also added the dns role to the second dc , created a secodary zone which...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?) Is there any way to disable autoplay for a removable USB drive? Thanks. Max

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) I would like to test RPC connectivity. If I tried RPC ping every test when i use tcp, connect without problem in both direction. But I with the programs that heavily relay on RPC do not connect, and i get error RPC is unaveable...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?) Can anyone tell me how to rename domain. And also how to configure trust relationship one way, two way. I dont know how to configure it, please help me. Thanks in advanced. -- phirom_mis...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) I need some help on this one. I want to copy all files from my C:\test to G:\Backup. In addition I want to create a text file that displays the date and time started and date and time finished. I want to script using a...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general,microsoft.public.win2000.networking (More info?) Hello people. Could someone please tell me how to get all the networking commands from command prompt (e.g)arp, netstat e.t.c.). Which command would i use to get the ip addresses and DNS...

Is it possible to build a PC that I can use as a surround sound receiver? Something where I could run the xbox and cable audio to the computer and then have my surround sound speakers hooked up to the PC?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system,microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) For some reason, on a Win2K Pro box, the Program Files directory is set as Read Only. If I change the permission, close the windows, and re-check the permission, it is back to RO. What's...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) Apologies if this is an obvious question but I'm not too familiar with Windows. I've been asked to look into scheduling an ASP program to run automatically in the night on our Windows 2000 server. Is there something built into...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?) I have a problem with a webpage shortcut on my desktop which i want to delete. The problem is that when I try to delete it, i get a dialog box telling me that it cannot be deleted as the file name is too long or invalid...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) I have an Dell All In One Printer;with the Dell 2400 desktop.My provider has changed too DSL-MSN; which requirer's an specific configuration of directions, of how too Fax an recieve Fax'S. An I can't seem too even do...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) How can I setup a domain name with *.domain.com that all computer name of this domain name all be resolved to a specific IP address? Please help. Chris

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?) HI everyone, Just in dire need of a bit advice. I have a small network with a w2k server and 10 clients. I had to restart my server the other day and i ended up with a blue screen crash on the restart saying...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) Greetings, I set up in Group Policy for all users (default policy and individual OUs) to disable replys and send Outlook 2003 signatures (Windows 2003 server). It is setup properly but is not working. Have anyone had...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) Hi, I use a USB hard disk to store my files on at work and I have made a rather silly mistake with the access permissions. Firstly I set my user name to have full control, I then changed the Everyone group entry to deny all...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) Hello, We have a mixed environment of XP SP1 and SP2 computers. If a turn the XP SP2 firewall on in a Group policy will this turn on the firewall in the XP SP1 computers? Thanks -Bill

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) One member of our security team has requested to be made a member of the Domain Admins and Exchange Admins group. I see this as being a risk with his past experiences. How can I give him rights to create domain user and...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc (More info?) The folder list within Windows NT Explorer has disappeared. Is there a way to get the folder list back like in XP or has it just been reduced in size? Regards Jaco

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) I have a Win2000 SP4 server and I am trying to add a new DC to my domain. I am getting the following error in the FRS log. Event Type: Error Event Source: NtFrs Event Category: None Event ID: 13559 Date: 8/9/2004 Time...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?) Today none of my NT Workstations can logon to our Small Business Server Windows NT 4.0 domain. I ran Windows updates on Monday. I rebooted the Server today. Error appearing on server is 5722 The session setup from the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) An MCSE I hired to fix a Registry problem ended up formatting my drive & reinstalling WIN2000. However, my "My Documents" folder was encrypted (& stored on a non-system drive). I had a complete backup of my system on an...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?) Hi, When synchronizing some users my documents folders, which are redirected to a server, we periodically get a reached end of file error and the synchronization fails. This is resolved by re-initialising the offline...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?) Hi all Is it possible two w2k os on 2 hardisks on a same computer want to choose boot from C(first harddisk) or D(second harddisk) Requirment is load w2k on c drive unplug it load w2k on d drive and plug both c drive...

I decided to replace my hard drive because it seemed to have viruses that were making it run incredibly slow. I put in a brand new hard drive and proceded to run the Windows 7 Ultimate disk. I got as far as the beginning of the actual installation (after telling it what partition to put it on)...