Windows Server 2000/2003 General Support

Browsing Network very slow for 1 w2000pro workstation

NewsGr - 28 Jan 2006 9:57 PM - 3 messages

This is updated with SP and patches to date. It is in a win2003 domain. There are about 40 other workstations that have no issue browsing. I just noticed it when I was working with this user. It takes about 2-3 minutes ...

File explorer/search very slow in deleting 10000s of files

John Dalberg - 28 Jan 2006 8:39 PM - 4 messages

I have a folder which has about 250000 text files most of them need to be deleted. I am using file explorer and it search to delete the files that contain a certain string of text but the delete process hangs because for ...

Event Viewer

memcneely - 28 Jan 2006 12:07 AM - 2 messages

Hi -- Does anyone know of a way to export/print (other than screen shots?) the event viewer ? If it matters, the OS is Windows 2000. Thanks... me ...

W2k

Tre - 27 Jan 2006 5:25 PM - 2 messages

I have a exchange server hung on preparing network connections. Just started after updates, has been working fine till now. running sp4 ...

Upgrading Windows 2000 DC's to Windows 2003 DC's

Greg - 27 Jan 2006 4:01 PM - 8 messages

Hello all, Is there a recommended way that Microsoft supports when performing this task? We currently have 3 Windows 2000 DC's, one of which is housing all 5 FSMO roles. I have a few questions. 1) Can a new Windows 2003 DC integrate in a Windows 2000 Native Mode domain? ...

Command

Peter F - 27 Jan 2006 11:41 AM - 3 messages

Hi All, I need to send a message to a client machine on the network we have a windows 2000 domain with around 500 client machines. Could you let me know what the commands are for send to many computers and an individual machine. ...

unable to run this command from windows program files

shriekanth - 27 Jan 2006 9:53 AM - 2 messages

shriekanth Jan 26, 3:47 pm show options Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.general Date: 26 Jan 2006 02:47:06 -0800 Local: Thurs, Jan 26 2006 3:47 pm Subject: problem with program files Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show ...

How to disconnect a mapped drive permanently ?

flahmeshess - 27 Jan 2006 1:23 AM - 7 messages

I have connected a mapped drive and set it to reconnect. I later wanted to change the drive (ie to change from g: drive to j: drive), but when I logon, it's mapped to both g: & j: drive. ...

Task Scheduler

Ory - 27 Jan 2006 12:29 AM - 8 messages

Hi. I have VB 6.0 app with a GUI that is scheduled to run everyday at 3 pm but it hangs up with the Win 2K Scheduled Tasks Window saying running with No GUI showing up. I look at the Task Manager and there's CPU time of 0. ...

Data Rates

FJ - 26 Jan 2006 10:14 PM - 6 messages

Can someone point me to a good website that lists the different data rates for all the T-1s, T-3s, Fiber, cable, dsl, etc? Thanks. ...

no internet but can email

BrianMultiLanguage - 26 Jan 2006 8:31 PM - 7 messages

I have uninstalled the networking but still can not: No Internet No pcanywhere No WinVNC I can not remotely fix it. No local shares can be accessed. But internet email on Outlook Express does work. Any help or advise would help. ...

add/remove programs icons messed up

MDenson50 - 26 Jan 2006 8:15 PM - 2 messages

When I open Add/Remove Programs, several (but not all) of the entries have a box with a red X and the words Computer Graphic instead of the icon picture. I looked to see if the entries missing the graphic had the "DisplayIcon" key ...

Auto reboot and restart of setup after Network components install

BionixWV - 26 Jan 2006 6:58 PM - 3 messages

Help! I've tried 6 times already,trying to install 2000.But the damn computer reboots itself after the installation of network components,actually it does the reboot during step 3 (?) when the other files and such are installing.Layman's terms,in the article "How to install Windows 2000" ,my pc ...

Why all my Icons change color like as 16 colors???

Bpk. Adi Wira Kusuma - 26 Jan 2006 5:32 PM - 3 messages

Why all my Icons change color like as 16 colors??? Although My VGA has 32-bits colors ...

Error message

JeffH - 26 Jan 2006 4:54 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I've seen this error before but I don't know how to reproduce it. The error I am dealing with is "Files that are needed for Windows have ... " "Please insert your Windows 2000 CD ...". This is followed by two buttons, ...

Cannot Logon

jacksneed2000 - 26 Jan 2006 4:47 PM - 4 messages

I have a Windows 2000 file server running SP4 that lets Administrators and Operators log on locally just fine, but once their active session goes idle and the screen saver kicks in, the control-alt-delete keys will not bring the logon box up so that the user can either resume ...

BugCheck

Gsurfdude - 26 Jan 2006 3:21 PM - 2 messages

My windows 2000 machine seems to have an issue. It reboots about every two hours or so with the event log : Event Type: Information Event Source: Save Dump Event Category: None ...

Folder Sync?

William Stokes - 26 Jan 2006 12:56 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I need to find a solution to automatically sycn a folder content between two Win2000 Servers in different geographical locations connected with DSL. The folder contains about 10Gb of data so incremental and differential options are a BIG + Any software (commercial or freeware) recommendations for this task? ...

problem with program files

shriekanth - 26 Jan 2006 10:47 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, This is shriekanth, new to this group. I am using windows 2000 professional. Recently I got a problem with program files. Whenever I want to open any application from program files in start menu a message like "unable to run this command' is ...

Memory Resident Programs

sherwindu - 26 Jan 2006 6:44 AM - 2 messages

Is there some way to show what programs are memory resident on Win2000? My Windows Task Manager shows that out of 261600 kb of Physical Memory, I only have around 17748 kb available and 96880 in the system cache. I ...

restoring issues

whitehorse69 - 26 Jan 2006 3:38 AM - 4 messages

I can not reset my desk top to the original status. And when going to email and other sites my back ground is fuzzy. My computer will not do a system restore to set it back to a past date. I have scaned the computer for any ...

clean Windows 2000

Jake W.E. - 26 Jan 2006 1:09 AM - 8 messages

After typing command to format C: of Windows 2000 I am recieving a message stating that the volume is in use and cannot be deleted. I try to abort processes, but keep getting the same message over and over. How do I correct ...

Can't see itself in Repair Install

JohnnyB - 25 Jan 2006 11:11 PM - 2 messages

Hello, Got a system restarting... pulled the drive, hooked it up to another "Clean" system and did a AV/Adware Scan. No viruses and a few minor adware files. Still blue screens for a microsecond and reboots. Safe mode does the same thing. ...

NtBackup Tape Drive Question

needin4mation - 25 Jan 2006 10:25 PM - 2 messages

Simple question. When I click on My Computer, shouldn't I see my tape drive there somewhere? It's a new server. I don't know how to send the NTBackup job to the drive if I can't see it. Thanks. ...

Wrong default user login

Mike Dobony - 25 Jan 2006 10:11 PM - 2 messages

I did an update to W2K and now the computer defaults to the Administrator login instead of my personal login. How do I change default login user? I find no options in Users and Passwords to change this back to my login as ...

Internet Explorer error

Eileen - 25 Jan 2006 9:56 PM - 2 messages

I recently upgraded an older computer from Win98 to Win2000 and everything seems to work fine except when I try to use the internet. We have DSL which worked fine with WIN98, but now when I connect in Internet Explorer, it stay ...

Error during install

John Wiltfong - 25 Jan 2006 7:20 PM - 3 messages

When I try to load W2K, the fliles are copied to the drive just fine. When I am told to press enter to reboot to continue, it doesnt boot and comes back with "NTLDR is missing." What do I need to do in order to fix this problem? ...

EXE File that runs the login scripts

TheViolence - 25 Jan 2006 5:15 PM - 3 messages

Back in WIN95 there was an executable that was responsible for running the login scripts, it was LMSCRIPT.EXE or something like that. Is this still the case for WINXP WIN2K etc? ...

Automate changing password for scheduled tasks on multiple servers

Marc - 25 Jan 2006 4:17 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I have several hundred servers in the same domain. Each server has the same scheduled task. I need to change the service acct. password on each server. After doing some searching and even talking to MS, I haven't found what I'm ...

Motherboard Change - Hal Question

Freelance Tech Agent - 25 Jan 2006 3:30 PM - 6 messages

Hello everyone :) I used to have the documentation on how to do what I am about to request but I lost it a few years ago, and have never been able to find it again - so Im hoping I can get some help here. ...

Server running very slowly

James Orr - 25 Jan 2006 1:23 PM - 2 messages

I am trying to solve a problem on a Win 2K SP 3 Server. It seems to have been slowing down to where now I can hardly do anything with it- IE won't load web pages, Control Panel freezes before it shows any icons, some ...

Server not in network places

Winsmuppet - 25 Jan 2006 12:26 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a problem with a windows 2000 Server not showing up in My Network places. It's an Active directory envirnment and was working before. Can ping Server name ABC and it resolves to ip address from another PC. ...

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE

michalis - 25 Jan 2006 11:28 AM - 6 messages

I use win 2000 sp4. I kep geting the message "This shutdown process was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The system process C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE terminated unexpectedly with status code 128. The system will shut down and restart." ...

Stopping Explorer from starting at startup

wesw02 - 25 Jan 2006 2:57 AM - 3 messages

Hey all, I'm using windows 2000 pro, and I would like to know if anyone knows how to prevent "Windows Explorer" (I'm talking about the window manager, not the file browser) from starting up at startup, if I ...

Virtual Copy of Printed Document

frequencieme - 25 Jan 2006 1:02 AM - 2 messages

Doese anyone know were a copy of a printed document is kept in the hard drive. I head about it a few years ago, I just don't know were the file itself is actually located. ...

RaiseEvent not working (Access 2000, VB6, under Win2K)

Paul White - 25 Jan 2006 12:15 AM - 2 messages

Looks like I may have corrupted Windows. In neither Access nor VB does RaiseEvent any longer seem to invoke the client's event handler. I don't have any idea where to even start looking for the source of the problem... ...

EventID 64

TMitchell - 24 Jan 2006 10:13 PM - 2 messages

I run W2K Pro on a home PC (not workstation, part of a network or Windows server system) and I recently started getting the EvenetID 64 error: Because of repeated network problems, the time service has not been able to find a domain controller to synchronize with for a long ...

ip addres for stand-alone computer

Jess - 24 Jan 2006 9:28 PM - 4 messages

Hi! I have a stand-alone windows 2000 server. This computer is connected neither to the Internet nor to a network. I want this computer to have a given ip address, say, 192, 168, 0, 5. In order to accomplish the latter, I have tried ...

Media Player 9 - quality of video

trapper1950@hotmail.com - 24 Jan 2006 8:48 PM - 7 messages

When I attempt to play a DVD, the video lacks clarity (almost appears to be 16 color). When I switch to a drive with XP Pro & play the same DVD, Media Player 10 generates a beautiful video. Thanks to those responding - any suggestions as to what I might be missing ...

Schedules Tasks and Network Drives

saqib ali - 24 Jan 2006 6:52 PM - 15 messages

I have a few Windows XP / 2003 Server machine that need run a schedule task overnite. The schedule task needs to access mapped network drive. The mapped drive are personal storage for the userid under which the scheduled task is running. However I have noticed that if the user is ...

urgent -- recovering registery

Bill H. - 24 Jan 2006 5:18 PM - 2 messages

I have a computer that I have to reinstall win2k on, and I was hoping to copy the registry files to a backup so I can reclaim information after the win2k reinstall overwrites the files. Where are they and what are their names? I can access the disk because I ...

Little suggestion for future Windows relieses

par7133 - 24 Jan 2006 5:03 PM - 4 messages

in Windows Explorer, luck of New Folder in context menu of the left folder pane. In some cases this luck is the reason of too much steps to accomplish a file management job. And when happen I stop me and I say "where is the problem? I can do it ...

Unable to open service Net Logon

Joel Kauffman - 24 Jan 2006 4:58 PM - 2 messages

I have a Windows 2000 Member server. I am attempting to promote to be a domain controller. I ran into a permissions error with Net Logon. When I try to look at properties of the Net Logon Service it give me the ...

Windows Update problem

Art - 24 Jan 2006 2:30 PM - 8 messages

I 've not been able to track down the reason updates fail to install when using WU. They download ok. I've had to find each KBNNNNNN and d/l them to a d/l folder after which they install ok. ...

Remote desktop management

Julien Pham - 24 Jan 2006 1:23 PM - 2 messages

Hi, How can I configure a windows 2000 computer to allow me to remotely take control of this computer ? On windows XP machines I add me on the computer as a "remote desktop" group user, but there is no such group on this windows ...

Changing computer description

Julien Pham - 24 Jan 2006 1:22 PM - 3 messages

Hi, How can I chane a computer description on windows 2000 ? We have winXP machines and only ONE windows 2000 computer, and I don't know how to do this on windows 2000. Thanks ...

Outlook Express asks me if I want to go Offline

Julian - 24 Jan 2006 1:11 PM - 2 messages

Everytime I open Outlook Express I get asked if I want to go Offline. Why would that be? I have a permanent connection to Internet through a LAN. ...

Question about browsing ftp sites and security

ftpAproblem? - 24 Jan 2006 12:56 AM - 3 messages

I've noticed that when a software manufacturer links to their ftp site for an upgrade, at times the ftp address icon appears in my Windows Explorer tree under "My Network Places". Question: I try to delete the icon as soon as I see it, but sometimes neglect to. ...

How can I turn a script into an executable ?

JAQK - 23 Jan 2006 11:43 PM - 11 messages

I have a .vbs script that I can run from the command line without a problem. (simply using 'cscript script.vbs') I don't know what syntax to use in order to properly create some sort of batch file which I could then run by double-clicking or using the task ...

Cannot delete reminders for calendar in Micorosoft Outlook 2000

Mano - 23 Jan 2006 10:51 PM - 4 messages

I am not able to delete the calendar reminders in my outlook 2000. ...

Cannot Access Task Manager

Richard - 23 Jan 2006 9:50 PM - 4 messages

I have a windows 2000 installation that will not let me access the Task Manager. The window pops up for your selection and as soon as you select Task Manager it goes away and nothing appears. I CAN, however access it from ...

Windows 2000 BDC Setup

zsteve1 - 23 Jan 2006 8:13 PM - 2 messages

I have recently added a second Windows 2000 Server machine to my network which seems to be running fine so far. I can see in both my PDC and the new server in the AD applet under Domain Controllers. I do ...

Restricting guest user

Sharon - 23 Jan 2006 7:52 PM - 2 messages

I have a computer on the network that I am setting up with a logon for a guest user. Is there anyway to block internet access to this user without affecting internet access to the system administrator or any other authorized ...

Last logon ? - need utility

JAQK - 23 Jan 2006 7:39 PM - 5 messages

We need a utility that would determine the last logon of all the users in our Active Directory. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. ...

Checkboxes and radio buttons altered

ed_conn - 23 Jan 2006 3:52 PM - 2 messages

Hello, All of sudden all of the radio buttons, checkboxes and other items in any window have been replaced with other items. The checkboxes look like little cameras. The drop down arrows have been replaced with what looks like hourglasses. Even the "X" to close a window has been replaced with a folder ...

Windows 2000 Domain Controller Recovery

faisal_qasimpk - 23 Jan 2006 10:41 AM - 2 messages

Dear all, We are looking for document(s) describing, how to recover from a Master DC crash. We have valid backups and new hardware, but can't figure out how to re-build Master DC again. Our Additional DC is working, with ...

Administrator Password Problem with Win 2000 Professional

flynfast - 23 Jan 2006 3:48 AM - 3 messages

Hello, A friend asked me to fix his computer and I am trying to avoid completely reinstalling windows 2000. I still do not understand what happened, but now the computer is asking for the Administrator password that he did not create. Is there even a way to get into the computer ...

Computers with same SID

Ron - 23 Jan 2006 2:48 AM - 3 messages

Hi, Our shop is upgrading from a Windows NT domain to a Windows 2003 domain using Active Directory. Our desktop OS is Windows 2000. We have noticed that as a result of our Ghost (version 6.5) imaging practices we have a number of ...

"Windows Installer Service could not be accessed" error message when installing application

Ray - 22 Jan 2006 4:06 PM - 2 messages

Hello All, My server is running Windows 2000 server with SP4.When I want to install any application such as Antivirus, Adobe reader ...etc, I have error message when installing any applications will appear on screen "Windows Installer Service could not be accessed". ...