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Do the necessary .adm templates exist in %windir%\inf on the server that has the issue? It sounds like it doesn't have the right versions of those files to display the group policy settings, or the files are missing altogether.

It's just simple javascript, and the links (especially the netscape one) show you everything you can and can't do with them. I use them regularly

Not sure specifically about nlite, but you can add the following sections to your .sif file: [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes [URL] Home_Page = http://localhost Search_Page = http://www.google.com/ie_rsearch.html AutoConfig = 0

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but... It could be that we removed the ability to create boot disks to boot to x64 Windows.

I believe he's talking about the recent programs list that shows up, by default, under the internet and email icons on the left side of the taskbar. In the start menu's configuration options in the taskbar's properties, you can set the number of items to show to 0 to disable any new icons from showing up, but you have to click the "clear the list" button in the taskpar properties to get the icons to all go away at once (you could right-click each of them and select the remove listing option as well).

VMWare server 1.0.1 is free, as is Microsoft Virtual server 2005 R2. Both allow VMs to run without the application interface running, and both allow VMs to connect directly to the external network that the machine hosting the VMs is connected to. If you're running Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista in the VM, you can RDP to it like any "real" machine if you've enabled such functionality. If you're running a Linux OS, you can install an SSH daemon or VNC daemon and connect to it via those methods as well. Again, from your questions, it sounds like you should consider VMWare Server or Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 - both will allow a virtual machine to connect to the physical network directly, and thus be directly accessed remotely just like they were a "real" machine on the network, regardless of who is logged on (or if there is no one logged on at all, for that matter). I forward Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 first, but only because I am partial to it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversyst...er/default.mspx VMWare server is another good choice for this scenario: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

run msconfig (start > run > msconfig) to disable all non-Microsoft items in both services and startup items - you can even click the little "hide Microsoft entries" box to hide things you shouldn't disable.

In Vista, you can now create junction points, reparse points, and take advantage of transactional NTFS... .

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Since there are some "issues" with https: sites and content advisor / parental controls, you should consider using a proxy.pac file as the autoconfiguration address, and that'd allow you to lock things down even further. Information on proxying in Internet Explorer, configuration of proxy based on configuration scripts, and specific information on .js or .pac proxy files in Internet Explorer can be found at the following URLs: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...k.mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...s.mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/mind/0599/faq/faq0599.asp http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/rel...proxy-live.html http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/...xie_config.html A sample proxy .pac file that allows traffic to local LAN sites (for example, http://localsite), allows https traffic to all pages at mail.yourcompany.com, but blocks all other traffic (including all other http and https traffic) is listed below: //beginning of file function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { if (isPlainHostName(host)) return "DIRECT"; else if (shExpMatch(host, "https://mail.yourcompany.com", "*/*")) return "DIRECT"; else if (url.substring(0, 5) == "http:") return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:4321"; else if (url.substring(0, 4) == "ftp:") return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:4321"; else if (url.substring(0, 7) == "gopher:") return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:4321"; else if (url.substring(0, 6) == "https:") return "PROXY 127.0.0.1.4321"; else return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:4321"; } //end of file The proxy file above simply displays a “page could not be displayed” error page when a page that is disallowed by the proxy is attempted (in the above case, this would be anything that is not local LAN traffic or https traffic to mail.yourcompany.com). If you wish to redirect the user, or display a custom error page, you must have a proxy web server running at the address after the “PROXY” line, and at the port specified (can be any port, I used 4321 as an example).

If you can reformat and reinstall the x64 version of 2k3 R2, that would definitely be advised. However, if you cannot and must continue using the 32bit version, use the /maxmem switch to use only 4GB of RAM, and disable or remove any antivirus, antispyware, and backup software installed. That should remove the problem, and adding the software back, one at a time, should tell you which is causing the problem. If you can read files fine, but can't write them back, this smacks of filter driver issues... If you want an "official" answer, configure your server for a complete memory dump and dump it via the keyboard the next time it's acting really slow. The .dmp file can then be analyzed for bottlenecks and who's causing them.

CutePDF (Ghostscript required) is another good one.

My guess (and it's only a guess) is that he's got some application that fails to run after installing XP SP2, and it's a web-based app.

Well, that's not a file that is included in a base XP disc - did you integrate any drivers or applications to your disc?

Moving to more appropriate forum.

It depends - if you have the /3GB switch enabled in boot.ini, you can use up to 3GB of virtual address space in one single process, but that is as large as you can get in 32bit Windows - also, for this to even work, your application must be compiled as Large Address Aware. If your application uses virtual address space to store data, you can use /PAE to use an AWE window to store data in process space above 2GB, but that's fairly rare (databases, mostly). Basically, if you require more than 3GB address space, you need to run x64 versions of Windows (where you'll get 4GB of virtual address space for 32bit apps that are Large Address Aware), or tweak and recompile the application in 64bit, where you'll get (theoretically) 8TB of virtual address space.

If you've reinstalled the OS and tried different driver versions, I'd say the problem almost has to be the hardware flaking out. Video artifacts of this magnitude and of this type almost always spell a video chip dying, and since your RAM passed the memtest, I'd say it's even more likely the video card (or even the PCI or AGP slot it's in) has issues.

You won't find many royalty Compaq OEM disc images out there. Dell, maybe, but not Compaq. Good luck.

The reason it asks you for a password is because you are not on a domain, therefore your access token (given to you by the Dell when you attempt to access a shared resource) needs to be granted based on authentication - this is the default, unless you follow the link in the post above. Since you don't have a domain (and thus your access token and permissions are not stored in an AD), the Dell cannot look up who you are in the directory, and thus will prompt you for a username and password when you first connect - if you provide a username and password that it likes, it'll grant you access and give you a temporary access token to that resource (and any other that token has been given access to on the Dell). If you reboot your machine, or log off, or reboot the Dell, your token becomes invalid (because your session is gone) and you will be prompted again the next time you attempt to connect to a share on the Dell - you'll need a new token due to the new session. Remember, just because "Everyone" has rights to the share doesn't mean the Dell knows you belong to that group - by default, you authenticate as "Anonymous", who DOESN'T exist in the "Everyone" group. Therefore, until you authenticate with an actual username and password, you're "Anonymous" as far as the Dell is concerned, and you don't actually have access to that share. Once you give it a username and password it likes, it can then tell that you are in the "Everyone" group, and can have access. Make sense? The only way around it is to either install a domain, or follow the link above. I strongly suggest you do not, but it's your network, and you know best how it is used and how secure it is. Unless you install a Windows Server machine and setup AD, or relax permissions as per the above link, you'll get prompted every time you need a new token.

No problem. Good luck, and enjoy Vista!

Your x1600 will run Aero just fine, and no, it shouldn't delete your data if it's in your user account documents folders (your %userprofile% path). It'll change quite a few files in Windows and Program Files, but it won't touch your files.

Check the following local policy (start > run > gpedit.msc) under User Configuration/Adminsitrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar/Remove Drag and Drop context menus on start menu - if it is enabled, set it to disabled. If it is set to "Not Configured", leave it alone. If that is set to "Not Configuraed", set or create the following registry value: Key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value: nochangestartmenu Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0 Once you've set the policy to disabled, or configured the registry value, restart and your right-click on start menu items should be working again.

If you get a version of Vista that can do an upgrade (and if you got the coupon, you will), Vista will upgrade Windows XP without killing application data if you start the installation from within Windows XP.

This should work: @echo off echo Gathering System Event log in TXT Format... dumpel.exe -l system -f %COMPUTERNAME%_system.txt echo Gathering Security Event log in TXT Format... dumpel.exe -l security -f %COMPUTERNAME%_security.txt echo Gathering Application Event log in TXT Format... dumpel.exe -l application -f %COMPUTERNAME%_application.txt echo Gathering Event logs in EVT Format... dumpevt.exe %ComputerName%_ -s Security That'll dump all of the logs usually found on a workstation to .txt and .evt files, named %COMPUTERNAME%_<logfiletype> for both .txt and .evt files. That way you can quickly look at the txt file for searching (or for parsing via vbscript ), or you can load the .evt file up the slow way and see around. The benefit of the .txt files is that it exports the events exactly as they are on the machine - an evt file will use the .dlls on the machine viewing the files to show the data, and if your .dll files are different than on the machine the logs were generated, you may get incorrect or missing data in a log entry.

Aha! So this should work, and it does: Corporate with an A/V server on the network: msiexec /i "%sourcepath%\Symantec Antivirus.msi" REBOOT=ReallySuppress RUNLIVEUPDATE=0 ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=1 SERVERNAME=SAVSERVERNAMEHERE ENABLEAUTOPROTECT=1 DISABLEDEFENDER=0 /qn Corproate w/out an A/V server (use Symantec's public servers): msiexec /i "%sourcepath%\Symantec Antivirus.msi" REBOOT=ReallySuppress RUNLIVEUPDATE=0 ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=2 ENABLEAUTOPROTECT=1 DISABLEDEFENDER=0 /qn