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If your dns doesn't pass the basic test then you have a big problem and you may need to add/edit/remove records manually if a ipconfig /registerdns isn't enough on the faulty DC or you might find dnslint usefull. As even dynamic update isn't working (from the test:dns), the ipconfig /registerdns might not work, i hope you have another DC with a dns server as this one might be a lot damaged. Check also your dns eventlogs, you might find a lot of errors.

A simple google search retrieved how to use soundrec on vista and higher and mp3 sound recorder.

I disagree there: LED technology have a better contrast and better black rendering. But most people (like me) won't see the difference (at least about the contrast but bad black rendering are a little anonying when watching a movie). So if you are buying a high end lcd or entry level led, you might find the lcd a lot better and that will be true. Also lcd screen may need a lot more than 50W in normal operation: i have a Samsung 244T and it need a little less than the announced 100W but a bare minimum of 75W especially when surfing or reading.

If you don't share anything using MS sharing, you should stop and disable the server service (as it might be the one crashing).

Try dcdiag /test:dns on the dc it might help you to fix your dns.

You could disable autocheck but that would not be a proper solution. I'd try to boot from a winpe/bartpe/XP install CD/DVD.... and do a proper chkdsk /r of both partitions.

I'd export all groups (of course as i don't know you ad structure, it could be the worst approach if your ad contains a lot of groups) with adfind or a dsquery and their members, then count each the number of members in each groups. But perhaps it might be doable with as single dsquery -filter and the right ldap request.

You could use check with this which service you may disable/set to manual as it is probably something like ssdp which is causing this problem.

Yes keyboard, i had an ibm one with the 5 pins din AT connector and used it for 15 years. The only reason i had to replace it, was because there wasn't any AT keyboard connector on new motherboards. I'm now writing with my second keyboard which i used for almost 10 years.

The winnt32.exe command line switchs for XP.

Nowadays the only good protections are online one's and without any executable available on the client side and this is a little expensive to setup but not really complex: - you setup a secured/hardened server - configure your application on this server with any protection or a minimal one (like checking the partition signature). - allow users with very restricted rights to access and run your application on the server. The worst case could be that someone find a way to hack your server.

So the win7 isn't connected anymore directly to internet ? A DC shouldn't be nat-ed (so if possible you should use bridged in vmware) that why i was trying simplify your network and put all computer on the same subnet. If you connected the computer as i drawn it then every computer should have an ip 192.168.0.xx and could divide the subnet so all computers can see all ips and use more than one dhcp.

Indeed i was wrong and to make it in pure batch would need external exe (at least wget or equivalent ) and Geej is right about compile the autoit as console if needed (as the autoit code is only a function, you'll need to add the output part that will call the function). Also i don't understand at all why you'd want to get the date from internet (and if it's for a software protection of some kind, this won't be reliable at all as everyone can just add nist.time.gov in their hosts file and create a fake web page with any date) and making it in batch would only make it weaker.

The variable %date% should do.

A properly configured router should be able to do it as it "just" another kind of network routing. I found an ipv6 guide for dd-wrt (that might be installed on most linksys routers). Perhaps this will help you.

If all computers need to access DN1/DN2 (and the one that might cause a problem are pc1, pc2...pc5) then you should change your network setup using the dir 825 as router for all computers (even the win7) as shown in the attached picture. Then you can choose to connect the client 1/2/3/4 computers through the red or the blue line on the drawing. I would choose the blue one as all computers could access internet and your network setup would a lot either using only one private network subnet addresses for all your computers (and then use bridge mode for VMs).

According to the hardware maintenance manual (page 37), it is fixable: you need to replace the system board. That would be pretty costly (this one seems to be the right one but you should doublecheck the part number with yours) as it is pretty old.

See there to know how to disable/enable ctrl-alt-del (use search in this big page). It also have a link to a vbs to toggle ctrl-alt-del functionnality on/off: Option Explicit Dim WSHShell, RegKey, ScreenSaver, Result Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") RegKey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\" ScreenSaver = WSHShell.RegRead (regkey & "DisableCAD") If ScreenSaver = 0 Then 'Ctrl/Alt/Delete is Enabled. Result = MsgBox("Ctrl/Alt/Delete is currently active." & _ vbNewLine & "Would you like to disable it?", 36) If Result = 6 Then 'clicked yes WSHShell.RegWrite regkey & "DisableCAD", 1 End If Else 'Ctrl/Alt/Delete is Disabled Result = MsgBox("Ctrl/Alt/Delete is currently disabled." & _ vbNewLine & "Would you like to enable it?", 36) If Result = 6 Then 'clicked yes WSHShell.RegWrite regkey & "DisableCAD", 0 End If End If So just looking in the registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\" and check if a value named DisableCAD exist and is set to 1 should be enough and of course to enable Ctrl-alt-del again, set it to 0 and reboot. Edit reason: I just saw that this key is more related to ctrl-alt-del before login so it might not work.

Most likely a part ( and most likely the header) of the file is damaged if is doesn't play properly. Could you post mediainfo output (set as text) for both movies ? This way i might be able to find the right tool to repair it properly.

Sorry to disappoint you there but i am most likely one of the worst vbs scripter there, i did a couple of google search and set up a working script to match your needs.

There is a strange thing on your network drawing: the win7 and the router dlink dir-825 seem to be connected to the modem but usually basic modems (and internet provider) only give one ip for one modem. But this fact doesn't really matter. If i understood correctly, you need the computers connected to the 16 ports switch to be allowed to connect to DN1/DN2 (correct me if i'm wrong) and the other computers doesn't need to access to DN1/DN2. You should be using a private ip on the win7 network card connected to the 16 port switch. This network subnet should be large enough to allow more than 5 ips. So you only need to do 2 things to have the computers connected behind the 16 ports switch see DN1/DN2: - set an ip from the same subnet on DN1 and DN2 - Connect the network card of DN1/DN2 to the network card connected to the 16 ports switch and set it in bridged mode. If you need DN1/DN2 to access to internet, you'll need to add another virtual network card and connect it to the other physical network card and set it to operate in nat mode.

Just for the record, it seems that other people are also wrong.

I perfectly understood but you didn't understood my answer: - the thing you want to modify is a shortcut; it's a fact and a shortcut is a file; it is also a fact. - if you modify a file (ie the shortcut) one time, it will be modified and never be changed until you modify it again. - so if you want to reproduce the modification (you wanted a script to modify the shortcut for the current user), you just need to copy the modified one in the right location on the computer/profile where you want the modification to take place. For example, you want to do the modification for all new users of a computer (and you never did it), you only need to modify the shortcut one time then do: copy /y "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Windows Explorer.lnk" "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" and all newly created user profiles would get the modified shortcut. There is no need in this case to go creating a script to edit a shortcut (as you really only need to do it one time) but if you want a vbs to do this: Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") dim appdatafolder set objenv = sh.Environment("Process") appdatafolder = objenv("APPDATA") Set shortcut = sh.CreateShortcut(appdatafolder & "\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Windows Explorer.lnk") shortcut.TargetPath = "%windir%\explorer.exe" shortcut.Arguments = "Shell:MyComputerFolder" shortcut.Save set shortcut = nothing set objenv = nothing set sh = nothing

I will be grumpy there: people here are doing what they want and only that (and it's a great thing) and you shouldn't even think of being unsatisfied because everyone here is doing this for free (and most of the time, it is even the reverse => people contributing posting often also contribute paying or using some more free time to help). Even if an advice isn't complete or enough explained, you could use google or any search engine to find a lot more information (that's what i do most of the time as i know only a few things and using google is one thing that i know but i still don't master it) after being gave a hint a more knowledgeable member. What i saw there and dislike is that knowledgeable members, who could contribute a lot in helping less knowledgeable one's, only come here to get detailed answer. I know it won't be even close to a perfect world where everyone would get and receive help from everyone but if no one helps then no one will get help. Also it would be great if people wanting to ask something would have done at least a search (google or msfn) and read the f***ing manual (i know reading something unproven like a manual isn't geek enough, it is a lot more geek to read an answer on a thread that will be a lot more knowledgeable). Most of the above comments aren't meant for the OP.

Could you do a network drawing of your networks and show on it where the physical computer running vmware workstation is and where are the others computers which must reach the mdt server ? As i don't understand some part of your network setup, i can't tell if you need to setup a bridged connection in vmware (in most case, it is the easiest and then the best option) or nat connection but, as you need to reach other physical computer with the mdt server, it could only be one of those as the host only connection doesn't allow the VM to be seen/connected on the real networks.