Threads Replies Last Post 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   xp installer migrated from 98 to xp no problem. then added my office xp pro suite from cd now i get message ' THE WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE COULD NOT BE ACCESSED,THIS CAN OCCUR ETC ETC ' THEN DID ACTIONS OUTLINED IN ARTICLE 315353 STILL NO GOOD. BETWEEN THE 2 ACTIONS ABOVE SYSTEM CRAHED LOST EVERYTHING. IF I DO NOT HAVE THE WINDOWS INSTALLER PROGRAM ON MY BOX IS THIS THE PROBLEM AND CAN ... 1 21.05.2007 13:34:00 WSUS problem with some XP clients In my network, some of my XP clients doesnt show up in wsus. I use AD and GPO to control the wsus behavior. All the failed clients have correct gpo settings on the client. But still doesnt connect to wsus server. After searching the internet, I have tried to change SID and upgrade to SP2 but still the same. Manually connecting to wsus in Internet Explorer work. Tried serveral swtic... 1 20.05.2007 12:47:00 Winsock provider catalog XP SP2 - 3 browsers not functioning. Diagnostic gives the following message: "Windows has detected a problem with the Winsock provider catalog on this computer. This catalog allows programs to communicate with this computer across the network. Would you like Windows to reset the catalog to the default configuration? This computer might need to be restarted to restore network connectivit... 2 19.05.2007 20:46:03 Windows file corrupted and cannot repair Now what? everett williams ... 3 19.05.2007 17:54:31 Ping, tracert, help, netsh Not found Everytime I use those commands I get '<command> is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I have a feeling that it has to do with my path. When I type in Set at the command prompt I get Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSy... 3 19.05.2007 03:47:00 Startup What programs need to start when the computer is first booted up??????? ... 3 18.05.2007 18:45:53 Auto Time Sync not working We have a workstation that cannot Auto Synchronize with the Internet time server We get "An error occurred getting the status of the last synchronization. The RPC server is unavailable." Any Ideas how to fix this? Thanks... 5 18.05.2007 12:29:00 msconfig - access denied while logged on as an administrator When I attempt to use a clean boot via msconfig while logged on as any administrator account, I get this error when disabling services: " An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a service. You may need to log on as an administrator account to make the specified changes". Does anyone know how to correct this? I have tried the hidden administrator account as well a... 2 18.05.2007 01:09:02 Date settings Hi guys, I am sitting on a network with +- 50 computers and I have to make sure that all these computers have the exact same date settings. Now, being a programmer I always look for ways to automate my job. Has anyone please got a script for me to do all these computers in one go. Be much appreciated. -- Manie Verster VB and SQL Programmer Johannesburg South Africa... 4 17.05.2007 20:19:51 Not a valid Win32 application during DVD Autoplay I get the following error when I try to auto-run the May 2006 `Evaluations` DVD (number 0429.01-English language): `D:\ is not a valid Win32 application.` D:\ is the DVD drive in my system.All other DVDs play well.I received this DVD as part of my single-user Technet Plus subscription. How do I get around this error and make the DVD autoplay? I use Microsoft Windows XP Professional with se... 12 15.05.2007 10:02:03 administrator account help! > The original Administrator account is still there, when you create another > account with Administrator priviliges the original account is no longer > displayed. > To get into the original account if you are using XP Home restart in Safe > mode and login as Administrato, if you are usein XP Pro hit Ctrl-Alt-Delet > twice to get the login screen. Thanks so much for yo... 1 14.05.2007 00:31:54 administrator help! Hi everyone! Yesterday I tried to create a new windows account and accidentally made the new one the administrator. Now I can not access the previous administrator account nor any of the files I had saved on the account! Does anybody know how I can get the old administrator account back along with all of its settings and files? Your help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks! Caley ... 3 14.05.2007 00:23:57 Problem in accurately checking the license Hi I had to repair my win xp partition. Now after login in I am getting an error message 'A problem is preventing windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code: 0x80090019'. What is the problem and how can I fix it? Thanks Regards ... 2 13.05.2007 18:23:05 Running Slow! I have an HP laptop with an AMD Athlon 64 bit processor running Windows XP Professional version 5.1 w/ SP 2. It has recently started to run very slow, with any activity taking a lot longer than it normally has in the past. I checked the System Information page under System Tools within Accessories. The following specs indicate to me that something other than my available resources could ... 2 12.05.2007 23:51:51 "fAIL" appears in dialog box on start up. On my kid's computer a dialog box appears on boot with one word: "fAIL" in that lower+upper capitalization. I've scanned the computer with AVG, Microsoft's defender tool and web access Norton antivirus utilities. What else can I try? Thanks! Craig ... 5 12.05.2007 19:21:19 what is svchost.exe and how it's important?? my laptop shows that svchost.exe refers to the memory that may haVE problem and ask me to choose to terminate or debug the program. When I choose debug, my laptop will be extremely slow and not reponse to any command, included CTRL+ALT+DEL. If I choose cancel, It seems normal to be used. But somtimes the error windows shows again and ask the same. How can I deal with this problem. Can I d... 3 12.05.2007 16:24:25 DOS Box Keyboard problem When I start any DOS program I get message in the DOS box "One or more CON code pages invalid for given keyboard code". My DOS program will run but many keys do not deliver the correct character - all shift characters deliver strange symbols. This may be due to the fact I have a portuguese keyboard while XP etc are all set up in UK English. Maybe I need to put something in autoexec.... 6 12.05.2007 15:51:54 WinXP pro drive reading troubles.. private set on account, now need to recover... Dear All... One of my users set her account to "private", meaning for more security for her account. well, the inevitable happened, she lost her hard drive as far as reliability goes, so we got a new one, rebuilt her machine, and now we're trying to recover some odds and ends from her documents and settings account. to make a long story short, she marked it private, and now we can't... 3 11.05.2007 15:11:37 REPOST - WinXP pro drive reading troubles.. private set on account, now need to recover... Dear All... One of my users set her account to "private", meaning for more security for her account. well, the inevitable happened, she lost her hard drive as far as reliability goes, so we got a new one, rebuilt her machine, and now we're trying to recover some odds and ends from her documents and settings account. to make a long story short, she marked it private, and now we can't... 2 10.05.2007 22:57:50 Ever-Changing Drive Letters I've partitioned my HD and an external HD. The drive letters I assigned will not stick. I want the external to have R:\ as the primary and W:\ for the logica. The letters keep changing, usually to E & F. I've used Partition Magic to assign the letters. I've also used TweakUI. What next? I'm running XP/MCE2005, SP2. -- *rain*drops* ... 2 10.05.2007 10:08:02 "Windows Explorer has encounted a problem", Error at boot up Ok so I patched the uxtheme.dll from this website http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1088.html. Applied the Alienware theme through AlienGUIse & was running the computer without any problems. Then I burnt a DVD using MyDVD in Roxio Easy Media Creater 9 & tried to play the DVD after it had finished burning. The computer froze after a few minutes of the DVD having being played, played ... 1 10.05.2007 10:05:00 Special Folders I am running out of space on the drive which holds 'My Documents', I have therefore created a folder called 'My Music' on another drive with far more free space and moved all my music into it. What I want to do now is to use this new folder as 'My Music' as opposed to the old 'My Music' folder within 'My Documents', I know this is possible as I did it once before on a previous PC, can a... 6 10.05.2007 03:05:22 Trouble with Automatic Update KB93M68 After installing Microsoft's latest automatic update (KB93M68) for Windows XP Version 7, and restarting, I was no longer able to install certain programs (in this case Java), since I continued to receive the message that I did not have access to the needed files (I am the admin, and the only user on a standalone PC). The problem is critical, preventing me from updating and using one of m... 1 10.05.2007 02:53:19 Weird IE7 problem OK, when I start IE7 from the program, everything works fine and the favorite shortcuts do too. But, when I create a desktop shortcut to a web page IE7 crashes on load. Antone have any ideas how to correct this problem? Thanks... ... 1 08.05.2007 00:44:40 2nd Try: Please help -- Drive letters keep changing I've partitioned my HD and an external HD. The drive letters I assigned will not stick. I want the external to have R:\ as the primary and W:\ for the logica. The letters keep changing, usually to E & F. I've used Partition Magic to assign the letters. I've also used TweakUI. What next? I really NEED to lock those drive letters down. I'm running XP/MCE2005, SP2. -- *rain... 2 07.05.2007 15:49:14 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9