tguy

A couple of other options would be: 1) Office version xx resource kit, has tools for building Outlook profiles. 2) Autoprof from http://www.autoprof.com/profile/

You can customize the Internet Explorer settings using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, IEAK6SP1.EXE from Microsoft. There are numerous options for custom configurations available in there. Check it out.

Try putting the Office 2003 installation on a 2nd CD, use the 2 CD method discussed on this forum (you can search and find it). Then using a batch file or runonceex.cmd launch the setup with this command line: "<path to source files>\setup.exe" "transforms=unattended.mst" /qb- In this case, the unattended.mst file must be at the root of the Office 2003 source files directory in the same location as the setup.exe executable. I have done the install this way hundreds of time without any problem. Good luck.

Checkout Inachis Software's e-Backup 1.4x. It will backup multiple OE identities, the Windows Address Book, IE Favorites, and custom directories. There is a free version out there you should be able to find.

You don't get the Remote Desktop Connection functionality with XP Home either which you do in the Pro version. Good free tool for helping users. File sharing and other networking issues can be tricky as well.

@oofki - I believe you are mistaken. Right click My Computer --> Choose Manage --> Inside Computer Managerment -->Click on Device Manager In the right hand pane look for Network Adapters. They are there.

You could try TCPOptimizer, search Google you'll find it. It adjusts the settings on the TCP/IP stack of the machine you run it on to make them optimal for the type of Internet connection you have. You could also check out www.broadband.com under to Tools or Utilities section, I forget which one, there are some other things to try there as well. Good luck.

Does anyone know if NDIS or NDIS2 drivers will work with WLAN cards? If they do work, where could I get the NDIS2 .dos driver file for a D-Link DWL-G650 PCMCIA card? Thanks in advance, tguy

Try Quest Software's Reporter software. You can get a fully functional 15 day trial. Works great!!

You can also use the Netdom.exe resource kit tool and VBscript to accomplish your objective. See this MS KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;q315273

Any chance that some of those sites are cached in DNS? If it is a Windows DNS server you can run ipconfig /flushdns from a command prompt to empty the cache.

Yes, the steps you would use to add apps under WinXP will work under Win2K. If you use the Runonceex.cmd method you will need to get a copy of REG.EXE (REG.EXE is not included with WIN2K) from an XP CD or elsewhere and copy it into the $$\System32 directory. Otherwise things should work pretty much the same.

See this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....allelevated.asp Another option would be to explore the RunAs command or a freeware util called TCQRunAs. Both will allow you to elevate privileges during an installation.

I would check the applications section of http://unattended.msfn.org and also http://www.appdeploy.com These sites may help you get started.

Have you considered using a wireless router? They are relatively inexpensive (<$50.00 US) and will allow you to connect to wired and wireless networks. The ADSL connection will stay alive even if the servers plugged into them reboot. The only time it will go down is if the router is restarted or the power goes out. I have always had my connection setup this way. It is very reliable.

@dankbud42o Do you know if there is an update .msp file to upgrade from 9.01.1100? If so, send me a PM please.

I rename the Administrator account and Guest account using SECEDIT.EXE while I am setting local computer security policies. Works well every time.

Also, check Device Manager and make sure there is only one instance of the network card appearing under the Network Adapters section.

For free antivirus and spyware tools see this site. Free Security Tools You can Google the rest of the tools you are looking for.

If you just want to create a bootable CD to load to check for virus' check out Bart's boot CD with the McAfee Stinger and NAI viruscan gui utils. It can be found at: http://www.nu2.nu If you want to create your own, here is a .bin file you can copy to the root of the source directory you copied to your hard drive. It goes into the same root directory as setup.exe. Here is the file: Note it works for Win2K and XP w2kcdbt.bin

When testing in VMware, try commenting out the OEMPnpDriversPath statement in the WINNT.SIF file. VMware uses an AMD PCNET NIC driver. If you don't have that in your Drivers\NIC directory you may have found your cause. Just let Windows install the default NIC it picks during the installation and then install VMware Tools after the OS boots. I have done this succesfully many times.

To run the installation silently the way you have your current command line set up, you will need to make sure that your Unattended.mst is in the same directory as the SETUP.EXE for Office 2003. If you were to create a batch file you could put the .bat or .cmd file anywhere you want, call it from the setup button as long as the path in the batch file points to the directory where the Office 2003 setup.exe and Unattended.mst files are located. For example: Say you have a directory on your CD called Apps. Inside the Apps folder you have another folder for the Office 2003 installation files called say O2K3. This is where the setup.exe and unattended.mst files will reside. First you need to define your %CDROM% variable. There are plenty of examples of this on this forum. Here is a quick look: SET CDROM= IF EXIST D:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=J: IF EXIST K:\install\apps.cmd SET CDROM=K: You could put your batch file to install Office 2003 in %CDROM%\Apps and call it o2k3setup.bat. Inside the o2k3setup.bat you would initiate the installation string something like this: @echo off echo Installing Microsoft Office 2003, please wait.... echo . start /wait %CDROM%\Apps\O2K3\setup.exe transforms=unattended.mst /qb- Your setup button on your menu would then point to %CDROM%\Apps\o2k3setup.bat Hope this helps.

Microsoft's Technet website has lots of good how-to docs. available for Server 2003 as well.

Looks like the .OPS profile captured some keyboard settings for a Latin keyboard. Try changing your Keyboard layout in Regional Settings to something like United States - International and rerun the profile wizard. Good luck.

Did you try HP's support site? Go here:HP 932C Win98