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Application works after closing and restarting
I am working with an old Borland 1999 C++ client\server application that I don't have the source code to... unfortunately there is no vendor support or alternative this app.
This is a bit of a head ...
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PC Randomly crashes with c000021a code [closed]
At work we have some PCs that run on Windows XP SP2 (They are segmented away from the internet) and they have been having some issues which strike me as strange, there is 6 PCs that went down, all ...
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Run XP Application from Windows 7/8/10
I have a small network (windows Server 2012r2 Domain) and need to run on 10 workstations one application wich runs (well) only on Windows XP.
I was thinking of running a windows xp VM and connect to ...
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Windows XP can't install network drivers even in VMware
I'm a sysadmin at a building controls company. We are trying to revive a Building Management Server with very expensive and important software on it. I cannot for the life of me, install a single ...
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Retrieve IP settings from old Windows network adapters
This is pertaining to Windows in general (XP and all recent versions)
After replacing an old motherboard with a new one, the NIC is different, has a new MAC address and generally needs a new TCP/IP ...
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How to see when windows XP was on and off
Is there way to see when windows XP was on and off?
I have important system on windows XP computer, so I want to see when it was on and off.
If this is not possible, it would be also usefull for me ...
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Why does Windows XP run applications from network shares so much more quickly than Windows 7?
I have multiple clients that run all sorts of (mostly badly-designed) software off network shares. The design of the software is such that it's intended to do so - the server runs the database locally ...
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Access named computer on domain without using IP address
I added a computer to a Windows SBS 2008 domain, called it ps076. When I try to access the D: drive of the computer through Windows Explorer (I have admin rights) using this syntax:
\\ps076\d$
I ...
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Can’t mount NFS share from linux server on windows
There is a linux server supporting NFS v3 and 4, and a virtual machine with WinXP running a client service for NFS. XP can ping the server, but cannot mount NFS shares.
From /etc/exports:
/home/...
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What is the easiest way to deploy the same desktop & software across 35 workstations for several hundred users? [closed]
Currently we have 35 workstations with WIN XP SP3 on it. Currently they logon to Server 2012 Standard (we do have ability for RDS Session Based desktops), and the users files (my documents are stored ...
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In which version of Windows is PowerShell installed by default?
I just installed XP SP2 and I was expecting to have PowerShell 1.0 installed; however, it isn't.
It seems I have to manually install it. If I upgrade to SP3 do I get PowerShell.
From Wikipedia article:...
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Why does windows xp standalone group policy apply in the safe mode to the default administrator?
I am trying to turn standalone Windows XP installed on VirtualBox virtual machine into an AppStation-style machine (only one allowed application, taskbar, start with lone shutdown option, and a ...
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GPO - Mapped drive for non-domain user on a domain computer
I am trying to add a mapped drive for a number of CNC machines that all run off Windows XP boxes that are joined to our domain, the computer policies apply fine but as the software for the CNC only ...
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Create iso/image/installation from Windows XP-installation
I'm using VMware and want to create a virtual machine with Windows XP. For this I want to use the Windows XP-installation of another computer, I don't have the cd, so I want to create a iso/image (or ...
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Should I use FAT or NTFS when using Windows XP as a KVM guest? [closed]
I am installing 32-bit Windows XP as a KVM guest on CentOS 6.
Should I be using FAT or NTFS filesystem and why?
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How do I know if a DLL is registered?
When you are registering a DLL in old machines (Windows XP), regsrv always says that the registration was sucessful. This happens even if the user doesn't have permission to register.
With the name ...
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PC hardware and operating system upgrade - automating user data/file migration?
I need to upgrade bunch of PCs that serve as client workstations. The old PCs are running Windows XP, while the new ones have Windows 7 installed on them.
I need to make sure that every personal ...
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Group policy - deploying printers
I am trying to deploy printers using group-policy, we have a mixed domain of XP and windows 7 pc's I've used the printer management console to deploy the printers and its been smooth enough for the ...
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Windows updating hostname on network disconnect
We have a problem with a desktop app system which reads hostname and uses it to set context for the execution.
One of the conditions is when it is connected to Network it reads the hostname, call it ...
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windows xp batch - check if printer exists
I am looking for a batch-function to check if a printer does already exist on a windows xp system.
I made up the following script:
set PRINTEREXISTS=0
For /F "Tokens=8 delims=\" %%I IN ('reg query "...
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let users run program as administrator - windows xp 'sudoers'?
On linux I could just add a entry like username ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/program to the sudoers file to enable my users to run a program with root/administrator-privileges.
How can I do ...
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Getting the currently logged-in user to a Windows XP Pro system
We have a XP machine which runs scheduled tasks early in the morning and unfortunately has to be logged into the desktop of a certain user for that to work. Unfortunately, that user sometimes gets ...
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winexe + how winexe perform login to remote machine by which protocol
When I run the winexe tool in order to remote executes commands on WIN systems from Linux
Which protocol winexe tool used ?
Not clearly from winexe doc how winexe works ( ssh protocol or RDP …etc )
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Active Directory Kerberos issue KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN
We are implementing a system where our clients are Windows XP and our server is Windows Server 2008 R2. Ours clients use DCOM to connect COM+ components in our Windows 2008 Server.
It works fine when ...
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VPN, remote connection, which one?
This is the scenario. I have an application running on Windows XP. But I need to add another computer remotely that be able to connect to this computer running windows xp. The remote computer will ...
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Machine can access network and Internet but can't be accessed by others
We have a Windows XP SP3 machine on our network which is able to access the network (local shares and computers and also external websites on the Internet) but is inaccessible to other machines on the ...
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Corrupted Windows Update Service Security Registry Key
I have a corrupted security key in the registry (Windows XP) for the windows update service. I noticed that I can copy a security key from another service and move and replace it with the corrupted ...
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Migrate Windows XP to Xen HVM
I want to migrate a Windows XP machine to a Xen 4.1 HVM virtual machine with Windows XP installed (the custom software will only work with XP).
The software is custom made, and needs to be migrated ...
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Listing ODBC Connections on Remote Machine
I'd like to connect to a Windows (XP & 7) machine remotely (command line or Powershell) & list the ODBC's installed on that machine, ideally I'd be able to list the server name/database setup ...
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Windows XP remote desktop window size is too small when physically switching to different machines [closed]
Main Workflow:
When you are physically on computer A (with a large resolution) and remote desktop (with the sub workflow) into computer B and then remote desktop again to computer C with a very large ...
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Client cannot see the server
Hi guys i am using windows server 2008, i set up a domain, and several clients joined. the server can see the client and the client pc which using windows xp cannot see the server.
from the server ...
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Redirected folders, server migrations and properly moving users to a new server
I'm currently having a hell of a time with what seems like it should be a fairly simple project.
Basically, $employer has a bunch of remote sites with ancient hardware impersonating real servers, and ...
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Windows sytem get slow when added to domain ( abc.com)
Client OS- Windows XP
DC - Windows Server 2008 R2
Earlier all my Windows system was in workgroup. I have created domain in windows ( abc.com ) and added all the system to domain.
But in one ...
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How do I transfer a Windows XP/Vista/7 partition into Xen?
Good morning Server Fault,
I have several hard disks with installations of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. I do not want to (or rather can no longer) reinstall these Windows installations so I want to ...
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No more endpoints in the endpoint mapper
I was just transferred to a new factory and there is this issue that keeps popping up and the error says "There are no more endpoints in the endpoint mapper." This error occurs when trying to rejoin a ...
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Domain login very slow 10+ minutes
We are racking our brains trying to figure this problem out an are currently stuck!
Basically we are having issues with some users taking ages to log in in the mornings, some times up to 20 minutes, ...
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Unable to Connect to Server From XP Computer [closed]
Whenever I try to login into my Windows 2011 server through remote desktop connection on a Windows XP computer I am unable to. Whenever I attempt to, it tries to "sync" for a while, and then displays ...
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VMware Workstation Guest won't reply to external pings [closed]
I have a Windows 7 x64 machine running VMware Workstation along with a Windows XP x86 guest.
The Windows XP machine can ping every machine on my network, as expected, but none of them are able to ...
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Allow User to Shut Down XP from the Command Line
Using Remote Desktop (RDP/Terminal Services), I can't select Shutdown/Reboot from the Windows XP start menu, so I generally have to open a terminal and enter shutdown -s -t 0 to initiate an immediate ...
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IE: Cannot disable Settings button under Browsing history via group policy
Windows XP Pro SP3, IE8 (8.0.6001.18702), within local gpedit.msc I did the below:
User Config/Admin Temp/Windows Comp/IE
enabled: disable changing temporary internet file settings
User Config/...
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WSUS and cloned drives
When I add new machines built with cloned drives to the network the fact that they have the same SID doesn't present any problems, except for WSUS, which shows only one instance of the clones, ...
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Disabling all write (cd burning) permissions for a specific group of users on all CD/DVD drives mounted in Windows XP Pro SP3
I want all users within 'Restricted' user group (Windows XP Professional SP3) to be able to read from CDs/DVDs they insert. I don't want these users to be able to burn any CDs/DVDs using CDRW/DVDRW ...
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Using GPEdit to lock down a local account on Windows XP
I have a few local accounts on a Windows XP machine.
The local account is called localUser1 ... localUser16
I need to lock the accounts down so the ONLY application that is allowed to run is Notepad....
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DNS Issue - Windows 2003 environment
Odd issue and I'm not having much luck with ole google (perhaps I'm not looking in the right direction).
Hoping to get a little help with that here from some of you.
On our network we have approx. ...
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Sync clock on Windows XP machine to external (non-domain, non-workgroup) Windows Server 2008 R2 machine
I have two machines and I'd like their clocks to be in sync for various reasons. Machine 1 is an XP machine located in the office. Machine 2 is a VPS hosted by a third party running Windows Server ...
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Backup & Restore Group Policy of Workgroup Window XP [closed]
I have around 20 system in Workgroup, I have configured a Group policy along with Administrative Template on one system.
Do you know, how to transfer this Group Policy along with Administrative ...
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Which version of windows to download for a serial code
I have a serial code of a Windows XP (it is on the case), but i do not know which version of Windows to download. How could i find out from the running system which version should I download? Because ...
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How Can I prevent a specific application from being run on a specific machine using Group Policy?
I know this is possible to do and I am working on it with limited success. I believe the Group Policy I want is "Do Not Run Specified Windows Applications" - I can enable this and add the .exe I want ...
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GPO - How to troubleshoot a slow Windows startup
I'm in a network with thousands of workstations. There is a bunch of GPOs applied to all domain users, and also a couple of Startup scripts in GPOs.
When the workstations are starting up, there is a ...
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RDP Windows 7 to Windows XP
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WarningMsg
10/16/2012 2:34:05 PM
RDP disconnected!
Remote Desktop can’t connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons:
1) Remote access to the server is not enabled
2) The ...
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