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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| win 2k | 1/18/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I ran win2k + sp4 for years. Recently got a problem with Outlook cannot find msvcrt.dll. used ... A: sorry for the delay ok i understand that you have a problem with outlook not finding msvcrt.dll then ... | ||
| changing windows user name dilemna | 1/2/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I just changed my windows 2000 pro user account name and when opening up command prompt it shows the ... A: changed the account name will not change the user profile name , for example if the username was roy ... | ||
| recovering data off of password | 1/2/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Is there something extra you have to do when you plug in your pc 's hardrive into the secondary ... A: the x stands for a drive , it could be a flash drive "usb thumb drive that is attached to the ... | ||
| x at prompt | 1/1/2012 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Do you know what the x stands for where the drive letter is? A: it could be a usb/cd/dvd/or a network shared drive drive that is mounted based on the system tool ... | ||
| Windows 2000 | 12/18/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I have a Dell 322S431 computer that I cannot start because I have done something wrong when changing ... A: oh yes i meant it to be blank "no password" or "quotation marks" if you have the windows xp cd yes ... | ||
| Windows 2000 | 12/18/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I have a Dell 322S431 computer that I cannot start because I have done something wrong when changing ... A: first try to hit enter " a blank password if you are sue you didnt set a password for ... | ||
| running win 2k in sata | 12/15/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Is it possible to install and run windows stably in a brand new win 7 compatable latest computer out ... A: yes you can , you can install windows 2000 on windows 7 compatabile pc" by it self" its going to be ... | ||
| installing windows 2k on another hd | 10/12/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Will my system let me install another hardrive while this one's working , but I temporily take it ... A: you need to set the jumpers on the hard drive primary master and primary slave to the bios wont ... | ||
| seperate partitions seperate lives | 9/25/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: My mom and I share one coputer between the both of us. and recently i kindof screwed up mom's ... A: for sure you can dual boot two operating systems at the same time , but if the main system that ... | ||
| Cannot load locally stored profile | 6/23/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: I am using windows xp home add windows was installed 1 year back now i am facing the problem wile ... A: probably your profile got corrupted so you need to do the following goto control panel , then ... | ||
| windows 2000 prompted add'ntl drivers | 4/23/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: For the very first time after my 15 reinstall of windows 2000 pro along with roxio easy cd creator ... A: I say it would be Roxio that is asking you to install the driver I doubt it will do much damage to ... | ||
| windows 2000 prompted add'ntl drivers | 4/23/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: For the very first time after my 15 reinstall of windows 2000 pro along with roxio easy cd creator ... A: you dont have to worry about probably its a drive that roxio uses to grab or record streaming ... | ||
| windows 2000 system files | 3/31/2011 | Thomas |
| Q: I have reinstalled and washed + blotted dust and debris away from the motherboard + am using fat 32 ... A: use of Filesystem does not cause ATAPI.SYS errors..where should a virus come into play when the ... | ||
| windows 2000 data rec | 3/4/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: will a dos file system reconize a crashed ntfs file system? When i plug in my crashed windows 2000 ... A: Windows 2000 should read and partition formatted in NTFS but a DOS operating system will not. Have ... | ||
| windows 2k reinstall | 1/9/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: Do you know of a way to reinstall windows 2k pro w/o loosing the current data of what evers left of ... A: Depends what the data is and were it is kept you can reinstall windows over the top of the old OS as ... | ||
| windows 2k reinstall | 1/9/2011 | Denis Mello |
| Q: Do you know of a way to reinstall windows 2k pro w/o loosing the current data of what evers left of ... A: Since you are not able to run in Safe Mode, I suggest you to put your hard drive as a secondary disk ... | ||
| windows 2k reinstall | 1/9/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Do you know of a way to reinstall windows 2k pro w/o loosing the current data of what evers left of ... A: yes you can reinstall windows 2k on top of it " repair installation" that will keep all your ... | ||
| virus scan from a: | 1/9/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: How do I run a virus scan and get the latest one for windows 2000, safe mode can't be reached due to ... A: I haven't seen a AV scanner that works on floppy in years there maybe one out there but I could not ... | ||
| virus scan from a: | 1/9/2011 | Denis Mello |
| Q: How do I run a virus scan and get the latest one for windows 2000, safe mode can't be reached due to ... A: Since you are not able to run in Safe Mode, I suggest you to put your hard drive as a secondary disk ... | ||
| virus scan from a: | 1/9/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: How do I run a virus scan and get the latest one for windows 2000, safe mode can't be reached due to ... A: you can download the free avira rescue cd image from ... | ||
| os instl | 1/7/2011 | Denis Mello |
| Q: Will a parallel install on win 2k pro be accessible for a crashed one , if the crashed win 2k pro is ... A: Not necessarily. Depending on the crash (a hardware one will probably affect both partitions) you ... | ||
| os install | 1/7/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: Will a parallel install on win 2k pro be accessible for a crashed one , if the crashed win 2k pro is ... A: Yes you should be able to install Windows on the second partition and be able to access the data on ... | ||
| parallel os install | 1/7/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: Will a parallel install on win 2k pro be accessible for a crashed one , if the crashed win 2k pro is ... A: you can shrink and resize the partition , but if you are not an advanced user , dealing with such ... | ||
| how do i recover win 2k | 1/7/2011 | Saed Shawwa |
| Q: What's the best way to recover from blue screen memory error(s), at least 3-4 physical addresses due ... A: yes it could be a mess matched driver or a new driver that is causing the problem try getting in ... | ||
| best way to recover win 2k pro | 1/7/2011 | Brad Walton |
| Q: What's the best way to recover from blue screen memory error(s), at least 3-4 physical addresses due ... A: Without looking a the machine I would say the easiest way to repair your PC is to reformat the PC if ... | ||
| best way to recover win 2k pro | 1/7/2011 | Denis Mello |
| Q: What's the best way to recover from blue screen memory error(s), at least 3-4 physical addresses due ... A: Good question. In my opinion, you should start your computer in Safe Mode and uninstall the wrong ... | ||
| Installing windows XP over Windows 2000 | 11/8/2010 | Richard Rost |
| Q: My old computer with windows XP died and I have a spare that I have not used for a long time that ... A: I have NEVER been a fan of installing one operating system over another one. Even so-called ... | ||
| low virtual memory | 10/20/2010 | Richard Rost |
| Q: I use my 2000 machine because it's so much faster than my identical XP machine. But recently I get ... A: Virtual memory allows your computer to take a chunk of hard drive space and treat it as system ... | ||
| Windows Task Scheduler Problem | 8/17/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: I am using Widows Task Scheduler on a windows 2003 server for sending periodical reminder mails to ... A: You can either setup a account on the domain and set it password never expiry and use the "run as" ... | ||
| Upgrade | 4/20/2010 | Richard Rost |
| Q: I am running windows 2000 and it is becoming more and more obsolete with many of the web sites that ... A: Well, I never recommend UPGRADING your operating system. If you're going to move up to Windows 7, ... | ||
| win2k pro startup problem | 3/1/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: my basic system configuration is as follows: Intel P-II, 20 GB HDD, 192 MB SDRAM. I had formatted ... A: For testing the PC you don't need to install Linux on the Hardrive it will run as a full OS from the ... | ||
| win2k pro startup problem | 2/28/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: my basic system configuration is as follows: Intel P-II, 20 GB HDD, 192 MB SDRAM. I had formatted ... A: Intermittent faults are usually hardware you may have a bad connection somewhere in you PC I would ... | ||
| win2k pro startup problem | 2/24/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: my basic system configuration is as follows: Intel P-II, 20 GB HDD, 192 MB SDRAM. I had formatted ... A: Try booting the PC in Safe mode if it does Post me a follow up and I will help you diagnose it ... | ||
| Windows OS | 2/18/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: With windows 2000 or later version as server and about 50 client PCs with windows xp, if a SQL ... A: Local server I meant the file server or where the file you are opening up is stored. The file with a ... | ||
| Windows OS | 2/17/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: With windows 2000 or later version as server and about 50 client PCs with windows xp, if a SQL ... A: The working copies or temporary file is stored on the local server, weather it be a basic text file ... | ||
| Windows OS | 2/16/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: With windows 2000 or later version as server and about 50 client PCs with windows xp, if a SQL ... A: I don't have much experience with SQL server so I asked a couple of SQL administrators I work with. ... | ||
| windows updates | 1/31/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: At least once a day I get a message telling me I have updates to install. Upon installation I get ... A: .NET is Framework that is used by programers when writing software. IF you want more information ... | ||
| Booting | 1/29/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: ... I am using USB Keyboard in my PC and when I am trying to boot my PC for any Windows installation ... A: It sounds like your BIOS is not seeing the Keyboard and Windows has to load the drivers before the ... | ||
| W2K Pro Logon Problem | 1/28/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: I have a laptop running W2K Pro. After running an anti-spyware program, I am no unable to log on to ... A: OK when you tried safe mode did you see an option for last known good configuration ... | ||
| Orphaned file | 1/21/2010 | Brad Walton |
| Q: In my home PC I have two HDD, a SATA one used for OS - XP Home and programs and a EIDE for Data. ... A: You may have lost the lot but try this it maybe a long shot sometimes CHKDSK will move the files ... | ||
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