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| blank password after Winnt repair | 1/24/2008 | Chris Schuh |
Q: got the bsod for inaccessible boot device - moved drive to another pc as slave and did scandisk w/ ...
A: The role of BDC is assigned to a server during the install of Windows NT and its original ...
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| blank password after Winnt repair | 1/24/2008 | Chris Schuh |
Q: got the bsod for inaccessible boot device - moved drive to another pc as slave and did scandisk w/ ...
A: Unfortunately, if you don't have the admin password, you'll have to rebuild the machine from ...
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| nt 4.0 disk mirroring / hot-swap | 1/16/2008 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Good morning- I have a nt4.0 server with hot swap scsi drives. drive 1 quit and i reestablished ...
A: Given the time frame, I doubt that you could figure out the root cause at this point. I'd start with ...
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| nt 4.0 disk mirroring / hot-swap | 1/16/2008 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Good morning- I have a nt4.0 server with hot swap scsi drives. drive 1 quit and i reestablished ...
A: It really depends on what is causing the failure. If the disks are failing like that, then I would ...
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| gaining internet access | 11/13/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: God's peace. Thanks in advance for your help. I just installed NT server onto an old computer, ...
A: You'd need to find the make and model of the NIC. Then, you'll need to go to a computer that can ...
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| PC freezes on startup | 10/24/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: When I start up my Dell Inspiron 8500 the first time after being off for several hours is goes ...
A: Okay, that's cool - we figured it out right away. Love it when that happens! What you have to do is ...
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| Internet Explorer 6 Error | 10/24/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: When I write a web page address in the browser it appears a list of possibilities instead of the ...
A: It sounds like the customer itself doesn't have an internet connection that is working. If it does ...
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| Automatic shutdown | 10/16/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I recently aquired a computer that was highly secured (used to be a hotel internet kiosk) and ...
A: You would have to really contact the place where you got it from and see how to disable that type of ...
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| mapped drive and antivirus | 9/25/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I have found that the antivirus will not scan a mapped drive from my W2000 computer to my NT4.0 ...
A: It really depends on the antivirus software that you're using. You'd have to read the details about ...
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| task manager/startup programs | 9/7/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: my friend said my computer is running too many processes. I activated the multimeter ram watcher ...
A: Well, there are a couple things you can do. 1) Install something like Norton or McAfee to check ...
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| Dump of physical memory | 6/27/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I just improved RAM memory of my PC but I can not work because a blue screen appears with the ...
A: With the case open, you'll want to find the motherboard. There will be a number on the motherboard ...
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| Dump of physical memory | 6/26/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I just improved RAM memory of my PC but I can not work because a blue screen appears with the ...
A: What you'll want to do is find out what RAM the motherboard supports. This should be available in ...
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| WinNT4 OS recover | 3/6/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Chris! One more question. If there is a file in WinNT, where I can see the exact order the software ...
A: There isn't a file that stores this information - you can't even see time stamps from the registry. ...
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| WinNT4 OS recover | 3/4/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Chris, for helping me! The Error message is : *STOP: 0x0000007B (0x80893E30, 0x00000000, ...
A: I hate to say this, but I don't think you'll be able to recover this machine. I'd say your best ...
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| win nt scheduled task | 2/5/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Do you have any simple VB code that I can try. Thanks & best regards, SimonIn my Win NT server, I ...
A: I just googled some of the terms like "Visual Basic" and "batch file commands" to see what would ...
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| win nt scheduled task | 2/3/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: In my Win NT server, I can use DOS prompt or bat file to copy a folder/files from c: to n:. I try to ...
A: Windows NT doesn't allow for you to set up a batch file as a scheduled task. You'd have to program ...
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| win2000PRO downgrade to NT (accidently) NTDETECT FAILED | 1/22/2007 | Chris Schuh |
Q: windows 2000 Professional was installed on the computer. there was a problem with Word, and i put ...
A: Well, things aren't looking good - Windows NT and 2000 are very hard to restore from this type of ...
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| NT closing open database files | 11/13/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Recently you answered a question (from Assaf) regarding how to backup workstations when there were ...
A: I don't recall answering a question like that, but I do think that there are some VB Scripting ...
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| Windows NT | 8/26/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I have a compaq 2800 note book, P4 1.4ghz,256mb ram. 20gb hdd. recently,i accidentaly deleted NT ...
A: You'll need to go to another NT machine and create a boot diskette. Boot the machine off of that and ...
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| Pre-installed windows | 6/22/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I have a laptop which has a slow,low capacity harddrive I would like to put a faster larger drive in ...
A: If you don't have the CD, then you would have to purchase Windows again to get a new CD and install ...
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| Windows NT Blue Screen memory dump at boot | 6/8/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: My Dell Latitude displays a blue screen with a memory dump when booting "*** STOP: ...". The boot ...
A: Well, without the exact error, I can't pinpoint a solution for you. However, here's a great ...
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| NT4 Cloning...Please Help | 5/11/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I have a hardrive (40gig) with Windows NT 4 Sp6. Inside the hardrive are some ...
A: Unfortunately, this isn't really an option with Windows NT. The Operating System can be cloned with ...
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| Close open files | 5/8/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: My name is Assaf and I have a question regarding closing open files in windows NT. I have a network ...
A: Unfortunately, there isn't any software that I know of which will do this automatically. You'll ...
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| High Speed USB Host Controller | 4/15/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I am using pentium III with windows XP. When I Connect my DVD Writer to My PC I get a message like ...
A: This could be due to your system having USB 1.1 ports. There are two versions of USB - 1.1 and 2.0. ...
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| Copy shared Folders | 3/27/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: My name is Assaf and I have a question regarding copying folders. My server is Windows NT 4 with ...
A: You can't do this with the copy command. However, the permissions are moved over if you use the move ...
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| Buffer speed? | 3/12/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I am having troubles with radio stations, news releases, and other audio clips off the internet ...
A: Well, the stream would only be playing incorrectly if you had distorted sound as well as distorted ...
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| Windows NT Batch File | 1/17/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Below is a short example of my batch file: set blah=823182 type %temp%\patches.txt | find "%blah%" ...
A: To be honest, I'm not sure if that's possible within DOS. Yes, a loop would be more elegant, but I ...
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| Turn a Computer on or off | 1/13/2006 | Chris Schuh |
Q: What's better for your computer, to turn if off or leave it on at night? I use it all day in my ...
A: Technically, it is better for the mechcanical pieces to be left of when the machine isn't in use. ...
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| xp | 12/28/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: -No that doesn't workThe menu bar at the bottom of the screen os now double the height it used to ...
A: I just noticed the subject for this was XP. If you're running XP, then I'm not really sure how this ...
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| Windows Media Player | 11/23/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I'm using Windows XP, but when I consulted the experts in the area Windows XP, they all said it was ...
A: I don't have much experience with Windows XP, as per my profile. The only thing that I could suggest ...
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| ip address conflict | 10/11/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Do you have any reommendations on network scanning software?I have an NT network using DHCP with ...
A: I haven't used any of this type of software since 1998 on an NT network, so there isn't much that I ...
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| ip address conflict | 10/11/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I have an NT network using DHCP with about 50 computers attached. Most computers get their ip ...
A: I hate to break it to you, but you'll have to either buy some network scanning software that can ...
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| Handling Window NT errors | 9/22/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: ! am trying to find a means to redirect error messages from windows NT Operating system and send ...
A: Which types of error messages are you looking to capture and report? Ones that are created by ...
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| Reformat hard disk | 9/19/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Chris, I have an IBM Thin Pad Laptop, that my kids were using and installed all kind of junk ...
A: You'll need to create a boot diskette on a working machine and then use that to boot the laptop off ...
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| missing file | 8/23/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Have just acquired a pc which has been used in a doctor's surgery as part of a network The os is ...
A: You'd have to completely wipe out the hard drive during the Windows 2000 setup. It should ask you if ...
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| No Audio | 8/22/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I recently lost all audio on my computer. There is no sound when using a CD, no sounds from ...
A: I wouldn't suggest going to prior boots, as that isn't really all that reliable. Plus, you have to ...
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| File List Maker - Drag and Drop | 6/20/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: I used to have a great little file list maker. I could drag and drop the list of files that I was ...
A: That's a pretty neat piece of software, but I have to apologize as I don't know of any other ...
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| help this error message | 5/24/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Followup To Question -Everytime I close explorer, I get this: The instruction at "0x7c9105f8" ...
A: Okay, let's try repairing your current installation. Go to START > Settings > Control Panel > ...
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| Icon Display | 4/27/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: When you open any folder you get the files and folders in icons. The default display is icon but I ...
A: What you have to do is set up a single folder exactly how you want it (including list views). Then ...
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| Firewall | 3/23/2005 | Chris Schuh |
Q: Chris- I just purchased a new computer which runs XP Home. Can you tell me if the XP firewall is ...
A: The XP firewall is usually sufficient, but it all depends on how secure you want the computer to be. ...
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