Windows Server 2000/2003 General Support

unexpected Blue Stop Screen

Ushnell - 24 Nov 2007 12:42 AM - 2 messages

In the history of using my computer running Windows 2000 PE I have never received such error screen but I guess it depends on what you are doing that triggers it to come up. It seems some program was busy accessing the hard drive and the indicator ...

How do I disconnect from a network share?

Ant - 23 Nov 2007 9:38 PM - 6 messages

Hello! After connecting to a network share successfully that requires me to log in (user name and password) through a shortcut or manually (e.g., \\192.168.1.123\), how do I disconnect so that when I connect again without a reboot, I get a password prompt again since I am using shared ...

Shortcut to change password dialog

rvaas - 23 Nov 2007 9:57 AM - 4 messages

Hi everybody, I want to create a shortcut to open the change password dialog for the current user. The users canÂ´t use Ctrl-Alt-Del because they only connect via Terminal Server - and they asked whether they could change their passwords ...

A query on raid arrays

nesredep egrob - 23 Nov 2007 12:47 AM - 2 messages

I have a 750 SATA disk on which I hold all my photos and video. When that disk is half full it will be a devil to backup. I therefore thought that I should install another similar disk in a raid array. Well I sat down and read and ...

Programs menu

Herbert Eppel - 22 Nov 2007 12:54 PM - 8 messages

Start > Programs shows a list of recently used programs that can be expanded to show all programs. Is it possible to change a setting somewhere such that Start > Programs always shows all programs? ...

maintain user profiles when changing domain

JT in VN - 22 Nov 2007 4:36 AM - 6 messages

We have rebuilt our server to a new domain. How can we keep user profiles with minimal interruption? I found the "Copy To" user profile function in System Properties but I'm not sure what exactly it copies over. Does it just copy over the users folders ...

"Not enough storage is available to process this command"

Todd Cary - 22 Nov 2007 12:36 AM - 8 messages

It appears after an update to my Win 2K computer, I get this message when I try to map a drive on another computer. I have tried the suggestions by Microsoft to alter the IRPStackSize to no avail. The permissions are Everbody and the drive(s) is Shared. ...

changing the login screen to win2k ?

proteanthread - 20 Nov 2007 11:12 PM - 5 messages

is there an alternate login screen to Windows 2000 that can be used rather than having the user press CTRL+ALT+DEL all the time? (Similiar to the Welcome Screen introduced in XP that lists only the users on the system) ...

Script Triggered Following a Specific System Event

basis_consultant@hotmail.com - 20 Nov 2007 8:23 PM - 3 messages

Hi, We are running Oracle and SAP on a Win 2000 server. Once or twice a week, the Windows server logs a system event of type 'error' and source='eventlog' ,which shuts Oracle down. Not much information is contained in the event description. ...

What is causing Certificate Request

AVB - 20 Nov 2007 7:27 PM - 2 messages

Our Domain Controller is requesting certificates every minute to our old CA (which isn't a CA anymore). How can I determine what is causing these requests? The requests are failing with the Message: "Denied by policy module 0x80094800, The request for a cerificate template ...

Hyperterm error (non-admin user) Windows 2000 Professional

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2007 3:57 PM - 2 messages

When I try to run a hyperterm session as a non-admin user I get the following error mesage:- Windows has reported a TAPI error (80000048). Use the phone and modem options icon in the control panel to ensure a modem is installed ...

Saving Settings on Shut-Down

Ian D Samson - 20 Nov 2007 7:49 AM - 5 messages

Saving settings on shutdown now takes an eternity - about 6 minutes. Does anyone know why? Thanks. ...

win 2k network id question/reset sys info

wrap - 19 Nov 2007 3:18 PM - 2 messages

my appologies if this posts twice, I tried once before. I was trying to make it easier to access my win 2k machine from the XP pc's on my home network. Other 2 connect/share fine. Can see xp machines and printers from win 2k pc ...

Blue Screen-----Stop

TKHaw - 19 Nov 2007 2:36 PM - 16 messages

After I shut down my machine, it goes through all the shut down stuff then I get a blue screen: STOP................ Driver_Power_State_Failure Nothing else happens, so I just power the machine off. I have tried to manually turn off all programs prior to shut down, but this does not change ...

Help - Password Error

jen - 19 Nov 2007 12:55 PM - 13 messages

(sorry for the repost - lost first message) I took home my old work computer for my daughter. I wanted to eliminate the password prompt at start up, went into the control panel and made changes in "passwords". I changed to ...

Can't Log On to Windows

Ushnell - 19 Nov 2007 7:01 AM - 7 messages

Windows 2000 is treating me as if I am a thief that is trying to break into my own computer after I made a change to the Local Security Policy in the Management console. I don't know exactly what is causing the log on screen to say it can't log ...