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There is no Mal-Ware present - these are new machines and I tried 3 different spyware removers trying to locate the issue. We do have McAfee installed but, I turned it off trying and resolve the issue. This had no effect.
We are using Office XP 2002, we are thinking a newer version may be more multi-processor friendly. It has not happened on all boxes and Office is the only common software on each and every box.
Reinstalling did work on one box but, we think this is just a crap shoot. Same software/patches installed but possibly in a different order. We are talking 50+ boxes here. It is much easier to turn a switch in the BIOS than start an install from scratch.
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Michael Potter wrote: We are talking 50+ boxes here. It is much easier to turn a switch in the BIOS than start an install from scratch.
True. Maybe an upgrade would do the trick.
What processor brand and model are you using?
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Gateway E-6500
3.2ghz Dual Core Intel
Interesting note - while the crash notifcation is on screen (the one that will send info to MS if you desire) you can complete your search without error. Of course, leaving the 'always on-top' crash window up is not a good work around. This leads me to believe that some shell extension is causing the issue and XP is killing the main process that tried to load the erred extension. Once you clear the crash screen - Explorer/shell reboots.
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Michael Potter wrote: This leads me to believe that some shell extension is causing the issue and XP is killing the main process that tried to load the erred extension.
That's the first thing I thought when I read your OP. You can see your installed search extensions in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\FindExtensions
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Well, I've researched everywhere and I couldn't find anything. Sorry man, wish I could help.
Try upgrading your servers, and if that doesn't work, post again. Maybe I'll find something out that will fix the problem.
Sorry, hope you can fix it.
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Try to check an event viewer in the system node and try to figure out what is cause the problem.
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I have a hard disk with 4 partitions. The first 2 are NTFS and the other two unformatted-RAW. I'm trying to format the 3d one from a Linux disk (ubuntu) and it doesn't even detect the devices. I installed the partitioning software for the ubuntu so it isn't that.
Furthermore the 'fdisk' command from the command line is not accurate.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
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You need to create the partitions as "Linux" (partition-type 82 or 83, if I am not mistaken). Then, with the partitions in place and being listed, you have to format them using the mkfs family of commands (mkfs.ext2 / mkfs.ext3 / mkswap / etc (names MIGHT differ between distributions))
After you have created the filesystem, you can mount the partitions into your linux-system.
If you are preparing a linux-install, and want to use the linux-setup provided by your distribution, the best approach would be to remove both RAW-partitions and then just telling the installer about your preferred partitioning scheme. They usually do a good job for "first-timers".
If your windows-fdisk cannot handle the raw-partitions (i.e. if it is unable to delete these partitions), you could always boot from a LiveCD (like Knoppix or the Ubuntu-LiveCD) and use a Parted-Tool (e.g. qtparted) or a command-line-tool (e.g. cfdisk) to remove them.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.
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Hi there,
I program in Visual Studio 2005 .NET in C++ language.
When I trying to build my project an error occur: "error: PRJ0015. The null device is missing from your system. we are unable to launch a build."
anything I did don't help ...
Please tell me what is the NULL device and I can I install it if it is missing.
Thank you very much,
Reuven
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I want ot purchase a genuine version of MS Windows XP Professional Ed. I have two desktop PCs and one laptop - the hardware of all of them are compatible for WinXP Pro installation. Now I want to know with one copy of WinXP Pro can I install the OS in all the three systems and all three copies will be legal or I have to purchase three different WinXP Pro CD to avoid installing illegal copies of WinXP Pro. Also what happens if (say) one of the PC's hardware is changed and after that when I install the OS from the purchased WinXP Pro CD again, will there be a message displaying I have installed an illegal copy of the OS (even though the OS is a genuine one, purchased from an authorised Microsoft Vendor)?
-- modified at 2:16 Sunday 29th October, 2006
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frontend wrote: Now I want to know with one copy of WinXP Pro can I install the OS in all the three systems and all three copies will be legal or I have to purchase three different WinXP Pro CD to avoid installing illegal copies of WinXP Pro.
No, you need a license for every computer.
frontend wrote: Also what happens if (say) one of the PC's hardware is changed and after that when I install the OS from the purchased WinXP Pro CD again, will there be a message displaying I have installed an illegal copy of the OS (even though the OS is a genuine one, purchased from an authorised Microsoft Vendor)?
Enter M$ support......
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Ignoring WGA attempting to enforce the letter of the law instead of just the spirit you could buy 3 copies, install it once, and ghost the drive image onto the second and 3rd pcs.
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Hi,
I have installed 4GB of memory in my system and windows xp is recognising only 3GB of it. How can I make it to recognise and use the full 4GB??
-Pavan
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pavanbabut wrote: I have installed 4GB of memory in my system and windows xp is recognising only 3GB of it.
As far as I know, windows xp recognize 4gb as the maximum memory. In my opinion, the reason that your memory see only 3Gb because you might share your memory with your VGA card or other device that need to share with this memory. Check your computer CMOS for more information.
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But do ya think that for video and peripherals ROM, it takes 1GB?? I am sure that I have allocated 256MB of RAM to one of my framegrabber card and my graphics card is having on board memory of 256MB. I read a lot on PAE and /3GB options in windows and I tried all those with no luck.
-Pavan
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User applications under XP can only use a max of 3GB. The remaining 1GB is reserved for the Windows kernel.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Isn't that area reserved for PCI? AFAIR, that is why the area is "hidden" by Windows: The kernel protecting the PCI addresses.
If I am mistaken, please give me some feedback.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.
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PCI, AGP, IO ports. Basically any hardware that uses memory mapping to access it's buffers is stuffed in the >3gig range of memory. If you need more than 3gigs you need to get a 64bit cpu and os.
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I'm not sure if this problem is related only to the "Windows Server 2003" screensaver or to any screensaver you set to password protect, however it happens often enough that it's becoming an issue.
We have a Windows 20003 server with the "Windows Server 2003" screensaver turned on and the "password protect" option enabled. In order to get back to the desktop, you have to type ctrl-alt-del to get the login screen and log back in. The server is on a workgroup, not a domain.
Every few weeks or so when I type ctrl-alt-del the screensaver goes away and shows the desktop wallpaper (as if it's preparing to show the login screen) but the login screen never appears. Once this happens, I can never get to the desktop again without forcing a hard reboot. I've let it sit for hours in case it was just "thinking", but the login screen never comes up. Pressing ctrl-alt-del again to try to get the Task Manager does nothing either.
When this happens the server still runs completely normally. I've tried remoting in and doing a normal reboot, but even though the message on the remote screen indicates it's going to reboot normally, nothing happens on the server.
Has anyone seen this before? Any idea how to avoid it?
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murray-cgy wrote: I've tried remoting in and doing a normal reboot
What is the technique that you use to remote shutdown?
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Roath Kanel wrote: What is the technique that you use to remote shutdown?
I log in using Remote Desktop Connection. I don't normally shut down the server this way as it's sitting beside me...but I have done it in the past for other reasons.
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Hello,
A service windows run a programm server.
This serveur run some fonctions ( one is ti eject usb key )
If I run directly the server all is ok, if it detec usb key, it eject it.
If I run the server with sevice windows, the server cannot eject usb key : message is remote machine not available
What can do this ? where to search ? an idea ?
Thanks
Vincent
ps : when I run windows service in interactif mode, I can change user ( by programm, and so, the key is eject ! so I need to give login and password )
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Try running the Service as a specific user.
1. Go to the Start Menu, Select Run and type "services.msc" and press return.
2. Select your Service, right click and choose "Properties"
3. Select the "LogOn" tab and enter in the details of a valid user.
Darka [ Xanya]
"I am not a slave to a god that doesn't exist."
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