Windows Server 2000/2003 General Support

Inaccessible Boot Device

Clueless about computers - 10 Nov 2007 12:31 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have Windows XP Professional (home edition) on my PC. When starting the system all I receive is a blue screen indicating STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. The message indicates if this is the 1st time this screen apprears restart the computer or run chkdsk/f. (This is the 1st time ...

Running Windows2000 Pro on new PC hardware?......

qinfo_esr - 9 Nov 2007 6:56 PM - 3 messages

Has anyone had experience recently with loading and running Windows2000 pro on modern PC hardware? We have a client that had a PC die and all the software they where using was developed for and was only validated under ...

Win 2000 pro won't boot

canna - 9 Nov 2007 12:32 PM - 9 messages

When the 2000 screen apear the loading bar gets about 3 quarters across and BSOD appears. It mentions about a virus and says run CHDSK /F. How can I fix this? I really need the files on the laptop for work. I got ...

possible to partition a drive in windows?

ps - 8 Nov 2007 9:46 PM - 2 messages

When setting up win 2000, My drive was partitioned as one big drive, using all space on it. Is there a way I can partition that drive C:\ into 2 drives, Drive C:\ and D:\ ? ...

Slow logon to desktop - winlogon ?

+Bob+ - 8 Nov 2007 3:33 AM - 3 messages

I have a Win2KPro system that spends a long time starting up before the desktop becomes active. That is, it puts the desktop up fairly quickly after logon, but it takes a couple minutes before the system is really ready for the user to interact. ...

How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

JOHNCHAP2 - 7 Nov 2007 10:12 PM - 6 messages

My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000 Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS ...

Win2000 Sysprep ?

ps - 7 Nov 2007 4:47 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I will be needing to do a sysprep on one of my server systems because I want to get a ghost of the PC. Is it pretty straight forward to do a sysprep? Is there a procedure document somewhere on how to do it? ...

GPOs

Daniela - 7 Nov 2007 1:58 PM - 2 messages

How to export Group Policy in 2000 Server? Thanks :) ...

Event ID: 51

WiZEGUY - 7 Nov 2007 12:15 AM - 2 messages

I'm getting the event ID: 51 error that's filling up my event log ([link]) From this article it says i have to call Microsoft to get the hot fix. Can't i just ...

Win2K3 server SP2 and Win2K3 Server R2

Brad Pears - 6 Nov 2007 10:53 PM - 2 messages

Are the above server products synomynous or is Win2K3 R2 a completlely different product then Win2K3 SP2? Thanks, Brad ...

Problems with installing win2000 server on new Dell

bill allemann - 6 Nov 2007 4:41 PM - 5 messages

I had an unused win2000 server package so I wanted to save some $ and use it for a low-tech server. I bought a new Dell SC440 and it comes with a "Server Assistant" software package on the install CD. ...

Serial/USB Cable Difficulty

W. Watson - 6 Nov 2007 12:31 AM - 2 messages

I have a Belkin serial/usb cable and it works fine most of the time. If I try it with program A, it works fine as com3. If I use it on program B, without A around, as com3, it fails. I bought a Cables Unlimited ser/usb ...

Disappearing task bar

mtkagal - 5 Nov 2007 9:15 PM - 3 messages

I have been running 2000 Professional for years and just the other day started loosing my taskbar intermittantly. I have to restart the computer to get it back on the display. I can go into the task manager and retrieve ...

W2K Frozen in Place

W. Watson - 5 Nov 2007 6:31 PM - 9 messages

I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same place. ...

Bad problem!

Mhaxx - 5 Nov 2007 2:02 PM - 9 messages

This morning my Windows 2000 started using a brand new home directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName.DOMAINNAME instead of C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName. Why?! This implies many things are lost (desktop, settings, etc): I suppose Windows found some problem on my original home directory. ...

Setting the Clocks Back and Windows 2000?

Victor - 4 Nov 2007 5:29 PM - 4 messages

O.K., here we are, November 4, 2007. Daylight Savings time is over, and it's time to set the clocks back. What's different this year is that, even after a reboot, Windows 2000 did not prompt me to accept a new clock change, nor did the clock on my computer ...

MSMSQ fails

Galia - 4 Nov 2007 2:34 PM - 2 messages

I manage some Windows 2000 pro. PC's. We use MSMQ client and in some PC's the Msmq seems to fail working(though it seems installed in the "Components" tab.. The solution is to uninstall from the "Components" tab and than to ...

Task Bar Problem

David Vincent-Jones - 4 Nov 2007 10:01 AM - 3 messages

We have a problem with the Task Bar on a laptop. The task bar suddenly showed up as a small white strip on the left side of the screen. I can make/pull this wider and at least now see the entire bar ...

AfterAd-Aware SEremoval, still appears

labfuji - 4 Nov 2007 7:47 AM - 4 messages

+sorry just repost in the appropriate OS newsgroup Ran the Ad-Aware SE scan found and deleted it. So it says but when I rescan it, Win32 AdWare.Cinmus still show up (either in Normal ot Safe mode). Its location CLSID \{385ABBC-FB22-4D17-8834-064E2BA0A6F0} ...