Threads Replies Last Post 18 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18   Renaming Machine Issue I am trying to rename a laptop that is on a workgroup, but it is telling me "Access is Denied". I've tried running newsid to change the comp name, but it doesn't change it. Is there any way to fix this issue or at least find out why it is doing this? Thank you in advance.... 2 05.07.2007 13:42:01 Windows XP Weird Crash I'm new to NTFS systems and Win XP in particular, so I'll just describe what happened to me, and hope someone may help with a an advice if not on recovering, at least on preventing future problems of this kind. I'm running a WinXP (5.1) and have a broadband Internet connection, protected by ZoneAlarm and NOD32's Internet security module. Since I had my Internet connection installed the co... 1 05.07.2007 10:59:24 no sound in any player on website I'm runnig on XP service pack2 and installed a media player classic with K-lite pack and quicktime alternative to use on Winavi video converter, after installation ,all this pop up questions stated detected broken codes and recommend removed, and I did, when playing rm files in media player classic, the sound was great, then I notice everytime I open or closed a site or programs there is... 1 05.07.2007 07:40:01 which cmd for Windows XP instead of "netsh wlan show all" on MS Vi Hello, "netsh wlan" command prompt is run only MS Vista. When "netsh wlan show all" command is running on MS Vista command prompt, it displays list of all the WLAN network connections. This LIST is important for me. I develop my software on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and which command can ı use instead of "netsh wlan show all" to gain THIS LIST. Is it possible to upgrade "netsh" com... 3 05.07.2007 06:32:02 BOOTMGR not found Trying to reset up a drive that has been formatted. However, No matter how I try and boot it, all I recieve is the black screen that says BOOTMGR not found, CTRL ALT DELETE to restart. I've tried booting from 2 different windows cd's, but can't get anything to push past this screen. It's been along time, and I'm getting frustrated. Any help or suggestions? ... 5 05.07.2007 05:12:00 PXE-E51 Hi I don't get an IP on some PCs when booting from LAN (all those PCs have the same NIC, so I think it's because of this... but this doesn't help me, because they are onboard)... so, I get a PXE-E51 -> "no DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received" ... what can I do? I try to use a WDS and until now it always worked... but not for the new machines... It seems that a lot of people have ... 2 04.07.2007 21:12:17 using BDD 2007 to deploy applications Helo, can i use BDD 2007 just to deploy software (ex: bdd 2007), without deploying an OS? thnk you. ... 1 04.07.2007 15:14:02 How to apply legal license to transferred clone? "sai.an" has successfully cloned his installed WinXP OS onto another HD, and it tests out OK on the original system. Now he wants to transfer the HD that contains the clone into a similar system, for which he has purchased another license. What is the procedure, and will there be any problems? I would expect that he will have to at least re-activate the clone OS because it will see the cha... 7 04.07.2007 00:56:54 Shortcut creation with no arrow and cannot be deleted I need help in creating an shortcut on a user’s desktop that cannot be deleted nor has a shortcut arrow on it. Similar to how AOL puts their shortcut icon on user’s desktops. I am specifically looking at way to manipulate the registry to do this. The other icons on the desktop can keep their shortcut arrows. I just want to manipulate this one specific shortcut. The ability to right-c... 2 03.07.2007 21:56:16 Bluetooth is not in control panel I run serv pack 2, when i look in control panel there is no icon, when i look in divice manager nothing there for blue tooth. have looked on all help and cannot find a soultion as to how to get this on pc any ideas... 6 03.07.2007 19:01:12 Windows Genuine Advantage CD does not install Message: I received the Windows Genuine Advantage disc: Microsoft Order Complete (Important - Contains Product Information) -- Order Number: 01112014942245. After installing the email download version, I upgraded the hard drive on the Compaq Armada E500 from 40Gb to 12Gb and installed W 2000, because it requires four floppy boot discs before reading the W2000 CD which installed okay. Wh... 5 03.07.2007 18:20:05 Hot Hardware News Hardware news. Hardware reviews. Hardware tips. http://tophardware-news.blogspot.com/ ... 5 02.07.2007 12:00:38 XP Pro Showing Task Manager not Windows Security window Hi, I've got a really strange problem where a Windows XP Pro machine joined to a domain is displaying the Task Manager rather than the Windows Security Window when CTRL+ALT+DEL is pressed. Normally this happens when the machine isn't in on a Domain, but this one is. Since it's in Domain mode, there isn't the option of displaying the Welcome screen (which is usually how you'd change t... 2 02.07.2007 10:14:01 Windows Installation From USB Device, Not CD! I have this interesting problem, this barebone system that i need to repair has no FDD or CD Rom, nor can just plug one in... it had a recovery partition but that went when the hard drive crashed, the bios supports booting from USB & Lan, so i need a solution to deploy WindowsXP Setup files to this computer Install from USB Key -> HDD would be the prefferd method if possible... Any ... 5 01.07.2007 15:16:21 Tips to identify hardware model? I would like to automate the WDS process of identifying the model of the destination machine....how do I do this? I will create multiple WIMs using WDS but I need to automate the process when I deploy the image to a machine....my idea is 1. WinPE roles to the destination machine, 2. identifies the machine model (my stumbling block), and then 3. apply the proper image. The ques... 2 01.07.2007 11:52:50 Validating windows I am having serious praoblems validating Windows in order to download a media player codec. It was suggested that I uninstall Explorer 7 which I did but this has not helped and now I can't reinstall EX7. I do not get the ActiveX window when I try to validate my version of Windows. Now using the alternate method gets me to page saying that page cannot be displayed.... 4 30.06.2007 22:25:16 The nitty gritty of XP boot loaders (VERY LONG!) I just spent quite a lot of time troubleshooting a weird XP boot problem and finally fixed it, but it left me with many questions. If I'd known the answers to a few of these, I might have figured it out sooner. I'm pretty experienced at various OS and boot configurations, but this one had me stumped. Quick rundown of config: My computer has 3 hard drives, an older PATA drive attache... 1 30.06.2007 21:59:41 Users and Groups with XP Home I'm running into a problem with XP Home on our volunteer center's PC's. The Users and Groups utility with XP Home only allows "Administrator" and "Limited User". I don't want to have our students logging in with "Administrator" rights. But the "Limited User" profile won't allow some tutorial programs to run that I want the students to be able to use. Is there a way to install the Micros... 5 30.06.2007 21:04:02 XP Authen. 30 Days Expired, Cannot Login. How Can I Login to Authe Purchased and loaded OEM Copy of XP Pro on employee's laptop. Thought I had authenticated, actaully maybe the authentication never worked. Employee let 30-day period expire. Now I cannot get past login screen to authenticate, stays in a loop. Says I must authenticate, I click Yes, logs me out, lets me try logging in again, again says I must authenticate. Stays in this loop regardless. Ca... 4 30.06.2007 17:40:00 Change Boot Drives I have XP Pro SP 2 and Outlook 2002 SP 3 on my current C Drive. I want do Clean install XP Pro SP 2 and Outlook 2003 on a different drive then be able to boot from either to use the Files and Settings Wizard to import my current settings to the new installation. Can someone tell me how to do this or another method to be able to boot from either for a while until I get the new installat... 3 30.06.2007 12:26:03 Autologon after install, but Group Policy changed admin name I am using RIS to install Windows and supporting apps. I need to have the computer autologon one time and run gpupdate /force /boot to apply some policies to install some apps that don't get installed on the first go round. I have added the following to my ristndrd.sif file: [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = "*" AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 Now, this would work if I did not also... 1 30.06.2007 11:40:39 Auto logon and run GPUPDATE after install I am using RIS server to install Windows XP SP2. I am also using Group Policies to deploy a bunch of apps. Most of the apps install automatically on the boot after install completes however a couple don't install until after the first reboot (and policy refresh). Is there a way on a RIS install to have the Administrator account autologon, run the the following command once and stop au... 2 30.06.2007 11:31:41 installing on new hhd fails Hello, i bought new hdd with 500 GB capacity (I hope it will last long) and wanted to install my XP on it. But after the first phase of install, after the pc rebooted, the drive refused to run. On screen was only this: "cannot load operating system". I treid lot of workarounds even tried to reformat the mbr, but it did not help. Which worked was to change the drive access mode in bios f... 2 30.06.2007 06:34:00 WMI in WinPE 2.0 How can I initiate WMI query from commandline in PE? If I type wmic in XP I get access to WMI query via command lines...how can I do the same in WinPE 2.0? ... 2 30.06.2007 03:09:37 Riprep - RIS infinite reboot loop I'm running into an infinite loop problem. I installed everything on my base image computer that I wanted, and used Riprep.exe to pull the image to the server. Everything worked just fine, it finished, and shut down. I turn the computer back on, and go through the Windows Setup menu. After I enter the Windows Keycode, the computer just reboots. I can't get into safe mode or anything. 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