Sparky1

I appreciate the reply, but I was looking for a solution from within Windows. I was really hoping to connect via TCP/IP or something. I don't think that Windows has the ability to connect a printer like linux can. It's really frustrating.

Hi guys, I’ve got this network at home and have a D-Link 704p router with an HP business 1200d hooked up to the router via the DB25. Now D-Link has a software utility that makes one of you machines a print server. I have used the software and share the printer from the computer and can print from my other windows systems via the shared printer. My question is a 2 parter really, 1) Is there a better way to set up the printer through the add printer wizard in windows? I have Windows 2000 pro, Windows 2000 server and Windows XP pro. I would like each machine to be able to print without one or the other having to be on. 2) My wife sometimes works from home, but her laptop (Windows XP pro) is bound to a domain at work and I would like for her to be able to use the printer. I have gone through the set up a new printer utility and have tried all the configs I could think of even creating custom ports. I can't get the printer to print. If I install the printer server software on here system it disables my other computers from printing. In Linux I just configure cups and set the print server IP to my routers IP and set up a printer queue. No third party software needed. Thanks for your help.

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can you modify the host file of the client system to point to the ip of your server? or would that not work?

Ok, I found a script on this site Disk Defragmenter Scripts , all I have to do is figure out how to run shutdown at the end.

I have this batch file that runs on XP to defrag all my drives and then shut down. In XP defrag is recognized in cmd, it's not in win2k. Is there a way of doing it in windows 2000? Perhaps with a script? The XP batch file looks like this; defrag C: /f defrag D: /f defrag E: /f shutdown -S

Do all the windows updates, especially SP4, as far as I know USB is supported natively by windows 2000. Make sure all your motherboard drivers are installed too.

Do all the windows updates, install motherboard drivers then video card drivers.

Ok, I've been getting a similar error from my WMP v9.0. I'm running windows 2000 Sp4. The problem started after I installed the latest Divx codec pack, 5.2.1, not 100% sure of that version #. I have since uninstalled the codec pack and re-installed a codec pack from Microsoft, but the problem persists. The thing is, I get the error if I left click a media file, be it mpg or anything else, and try to run it from the web page. If I right click and save as, and run it from my desktop no problem. I get the Error message and it also has a box checked that says "Restart Windows Media player"

Have you tried re-installing SAV9 completely after the SP2 installation?

As said, for the other users on the system, I would create accounts. Then I would use NTFS file permissions to control access to my stuff.

I've run the update to no avail. I'm going to keep up the research, if I find something I'll post it here.

How about something from your hard disk manufacturers support site? WD has data life guard.

Hey! I just recently ugraded from office 2002 to 2003 on an IBM T30 running Windows XP pro and now outlook hangs on exit and the icon stays is the systray until I end the process. I've searched the web and found that it is an issue. I then did a complete un-install and re-install of 2003. Deleted and recreated the users account, and even deleted the Outlook Backup profile. I have tried the .srs rename and the extend.dat delete and variuos other fixes including disabling sync on exit yadda yadda yadda............ Is ther a pill for this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2. somehow incorporate the promise driver into the image in such a way that it is no longer necessary to do the F6 thing. I think that is the way to go. I not 100% sure, but when I ran a sysprep to do an unattended install on my 2000 server with a promise raid controller my answer file contained a line with [mass storage device] along with the $OEM$ tag. If I get a chance, I will run through the process and post the log.