Marsden

Public or Network Install Package... what's the difference? Is there a paticular reason for your question? Different versions will be released over time. Right now it is the Network Install Package and later today it will be be a small download for those with SP2 RC2 already installed via Window Update (V5). If you really must know what the difference is ... call MS and ask...

Where are your backups? Have you learned anything from this experience?

*.gif or *.png

What percentage of the world uses IE? The other browsers by total percentage are basically a rounding error... Designers code the for the largest market... always have and always will...

What was the Process and what was the process PID?

Not off hand...

It can be silent or even loud depending on the water pump and the fans blowing through the radiator.

The speed of the logon is directly related the size of the profile and the speed of the network. Are you using switches or hubs to connect your machines? There are a number of things that you can do to limit the size of the profile: • Redirect large folders such as My Documents this will reduce the amount of data copied to/from the computer at logon and logoff. • Exclude large folders from the roaming profile. By default large folders such as Local Settings, Temp and Temporary Internet Files folders do not roam. You can use the "Exclude directories in roaming profile" Group Policy Setting to add new folders to the exclusion list; once included in the policy these folders will not be copied to the local machine at logon, nor copied back to the server at logoff. • Set the Slow Network timeout appropriately if you're logging on over a slow link. When a slow link is detected, the system uses the locally cached profile, rather than copying the profile from the server. • Don't save large files inside the user profile. How can I troubleshoot user profiles? The first troubleshooting step should be to examine the Application event log on the client computer, and determine the error. If this is a roaming profile, be sure to check for the correct permissions (These can be found in the User Data and Settings White Paper) - one of the most common causes of roaming user profile errors is incorrect permissions on the profile share. In addition to logging events in the Application Event log, User Profiles can provide a detailed log to aid troubleshooting. To create a detailed log file for user profiles: • Start regedit and locate the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \WindowsNT \CurrentVersion \Winlogon • Create a new value called UserEnvDebugLevel as a REG_DWORD, and set the value to 30002 in hexadecimal format. • The log file can be found at: %windir%\debug\usermode\userenv.log Folder redirection is a feature of IntelliMirror that allows users and administrators to redirect the path of a folder to a new location. The new location can be a folder on the local computer or a directory on a network share. Users have the ability to work with documents on a server as if the documents were based on the local drive. For example, you can redirect the My Documents folder, which is usually stored on the computer's local hard disk, to a network location. The documents in the folder are available to the user from any computer on the network. The My Documents folder is the location on the Windows XP or Windows 2000 desktop where the user can save documents and graphic files. Previously, administrators who wanted to redirect folders to the network had to use logon scripts to change registry values. In Windows XP, the same task can be accomplished by using Group Policy. Why would I want to redirect Folders? Folder redirection provides a number of advantages. • Improved Roaming User Profile performance. Because only some of their documents are copied, performance is improved when the users' profiles are copied from the server. Not all of the data in the user profile is transferred to the desktop each time the user logs on — only the data that user requires. • Data stored on a shared network server can be backed up as part of routine system administration. This is safer and it requires no action on the part of the user. • Data specific to a user can be redirected to a different hard disk on the user's local computer from the hard disk holding the operating system files. This protects the user's data if the operating system needs to be reinstalled. • Even when logging onto different computers, the same documents same available on any computer on the network • Administrator can use Group Policy to set disk quotas, limiting the amount of space taken up by users' folders. How do I configure Folder Redirection? Step-by-Step Guide to User Data and User Settings located at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi...nt/userdata.asp See also http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/xpusrdat.mspx

Boot from your XP CD and choose the Second Repair Option

Could come from any of your friends address books...

ANY Microsoft Service Pack superceeds any that have been issued before. Example: Windows 2000 SP2 replaces SP1 SP3 replaces SP2 and SP1 SP4 replaces SP3, SP2, and SP1 Windows XP SP2 will replace SP1

You can always go the the Windows Update Catalog site and grab the latest updates for ANY MS operating system...

Shelves are not going to boost a poor or weak signal.

MS has a utility to print out all AD objects. You can use the Csvde utility, which is included in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server, to create a comma-separated value (CSV) file that lists all objects in a domain. For example, to list all objects in the demo.local domain, you'd run the command csvde -d "dc=demo,dc=local" -f domain.csv The -d parameter specifies the root of the distinguished name (DN) from which to start the output to the .csv file, and the -f parameter provides the output filename.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1...C9FA8/xpSP2.exe There you go

Is Outlook 2003 stand alone or running in conjunction with Exchange?

No. CALs only reside on the SBS server. They only control how many concurrent connections to the SBS server.

What are the Permissions on the files? Just take Ownership.

Water cool everything...

Get Outlook 2003... syncs with my 2 year old Pocket PC Phone Edition running PPC PE 2003. Exchange 2003 kepps both clients happy and me up to date... My PCCPE will sync anywhere the is a T-Mobile cell signal...

Don't forget Opteron (any flavor), Athalon 64, or Athalon 64 FX... all 64/32 bit CPUs.

SBS 2003 is a stand alone server suite. All other Win Servers can only join the SBS domain as "Member" servers. Exchange 2003 and SQL 2000 can only run and operate on the SBS 2003 install machine. MS was giving away 5 free SBS cals for a botched SBS install disk. That option may still be available... <<How does this work? i have 3 copy's of w2k already installed on various pc's here.>> If any of them are Domain controllers (PDCs) they must be demoted to member servers. If any are configured as BDCs they must also be demoted to member servers... Any existing Win2K servers can join the new SBS domain as member servers. Any Win 2K3 servers can join the SBS domain as member servers. There are no BDCs in SBS 2003. Or either Win2K or Win2K3 can connect as standalone Workgroups. There is no client software to install... except that any machine that connects to the new SBS domain can download Outlook 2003 from the SBS 2003 Server or any other software that resides in the SBS client install directory. Any connection restrictions are only when there are concurrent connections to the SBS 2003 server. <<how does a laptop which is installed with a 'client' windows connect to another network as the one at my company? just like normal?>> Just use the Alternate Connection found in TCP/IP Properties under Network Connections in XP. Set the Alternate Connection to be static or set it for DHCP.

Fire up the MMC console and select Local Computer Policy Work your way down to Computer Configuration and then Security Settings. Now select Software Restriction Policies. Select Security Levels. You now have two choices... Disallowed where Software will not run, regardless of the access rights of the user. Unrestricted where Software access rights are determined by the access rights of the user. (This is the default state) Lock your user down from here... you can turn off a program or go so far as to turn off different versions of the same program so your user can't run updated versions...

You could try and use the OEM disk to run the 2nd Repair Option. Boot from the XP OEM disk. Skip the first repair option. Proceed with an "Install". You will then be prompted to install over you current install (wipes everything out) a different location or attempt to repair your current installtion (2nd Repair Option). 2nd repair option will then replace all XP system files but leave your registry alone as well as your files and settings. After the reboot apply all service packs and hotfixes. Will it work? I don't know. Never tried this method over a lessor product. Done it many times to save installations from a complete wipe and install however.

Try a different PCI slot.