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I find it more useful to troubleshoot with more information. And i usualy use the following tool from microsoft. http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b...SRPT_DirSvc.EXE to collect the info. Check the logs from this one..

Is the CD a slipstreamed XPSP2 Cd? What happens if you start from the cd directly?

In the access control list, is it a local user that you have allowed access rights or is it a domain user?

If you have a domain you can control this with Group Policy Objects.

Check support.microsoft.com and search for the error code. this should help

What you can try to do is to check on support.microsoft.com. This page helps alot, especaly me

Uhm, Ill try to answer a few of your question.. as far as i know the answers. There are two ways to use the Windows 2003 deployment of software, one is where you force an installation of the software and the other one is where the clients manualy go to add/remove programs and choose Add new Programs. In both cases the client checks on the Domain Controller to see what software is published and so on. Since Im a microsoft nerd I can only speak for myself so I have no other knowledge of other types of programs. When It comes to the "Slient installations" you were refering to I think you are thinking about Administrative installations. This can be created either by running the setup program with the /a switch. In the office question you have a Office Resource Kit, ORK that you can use to customize the complete installation. When your talking about software like adaware it depends on what install engine and what options that install engine has wheter you can make an administrate installation that you later on publish out to the clients using gpo's. I hope that this helps you and if someone has any comments on my thought and general belife about this, comment this

All i know about SBS is that you cannot have trust between domains. the sbs must have atleast one FSMO role in the network,.. and some other stuff

Sounds like "Require smartcard access" is activated or something like that.

Yes, its possible but check the All User start menu folder for admin tools.. ?

What you can do is this. On the X pc where its loaded with emails, export everything to a pst file. Remove and recreate his account on the exchange and then import everything on a client PC and sync the mailbox

Yeah, Enter the properties for this folder, and on the advance setting you can check the checkbox for "Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries show here that apply to child objects" hit apply and okay and then you should be able to access the folder.

To get the information from the right source.. ie Microsoft. You are alowed to install Office XP on two computer, One laptop and one desktop.

Hi Chon. Try this article from the microsoft knowledgebase http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818018 Cheers Rion

Dunno realy, but ..uhm, test the gpoedit to see if it's anything there that you can change. There is a knowledgebase article on this issue on http://support.microsoft.com .. but you have to search for it!

Try to change autodisconnect in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters to 0xffffffff This is on the server that you should do it.

what event id and such? .. doubt that it will give any info, but check on www.eventid.net

In the helpfile for Windows Debugger you will also have some info on some stop codes and such. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debuggin...ng/default.mspx

Ahh.. thought I recognize that nickname. Welcome fellow coworker!

Zippier performace in what way?

Ok, Let's convice me on using a registry cleaner. What are the benefits of using such a software?

What is the whole system message from the event viewer?

The outlook problem is due to registry permissions to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider Check http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290684 for how to resolve this problem

Ok, here is what is says. WORKAROUND ========== To work around this problem create a BagMRU Size DWORD Value in both of the following registry keys, and then set the value data for both values to the number of folders you want Windows to remember the settings for. For example, to allow Windows to remember the settings for 5000 local folders and 5000 network folders, set both values to 5000. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam Important You may need to adjust the BagMRU Size values for your specific situation. Increasing the BagMRU Size values increases the amount of information stored in the registry. When you use roaming user profiles, registry information is copied to a server when you log off and copied to your local computer when you log on. As a result, you may experience performance issues if you increase the BagMRU Size values for roaming user profiles. Follow these steps, and then quit Registry Editor: 1. Click "Start", click "Run", type "regedit" (without the quotation marks), and then click "OK". 2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell 3. On the "Edit" menu, point to "New", and then click "DWORD Value". 4. Type "BagMRU Size" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER. 5. On the "Edit" menu, click "Modify". 6. Type "5000" (without the quotation marks), and then "click OK". Follow these steps: 1. Locate and then click the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam 2. On the "Edit" menu, point to "New", and then click "DWORD Value". 3. Type "BagMRU Size" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER. 4. On the "Edit" menu, click "Modify". 5. Type "5000" (without the quotation marks), and then click "OK".

Here you'll have a other way of sorting that problem out. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...KB;EN-US;813711