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Mekong River2-Feb-09 14:36

2-Feb-09 14:36

Thank you very much for your help. I also try to find the link that I could download it in this VM but it is not available Frown | :(

Re: Need exchange 5.5 trail

Jörgen Andersson26-Jan-09 22:53

Jörgen Andersson

26-Jan-09 22:53

I wouldn't worry to much about a trial version. It's meant to be spread.
But it doesn't matter very much as I don't have it anymore.

Re: Need exchange 5.5 trail

Dave Kreskowiak27-Jan-09 4:26

Dave Kreskowiak

27-Jan-09 4:26

You still don't control the distribution rights to the software, no matter what Microsoft's intentions for it may be.

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Need a guid line or reference for Windows System programming

RezaAsAdi25-Jan-09 17:08

RezaAsAdi

25-Jan-09 17:08

Dear Experts

I'm a software developer,intresting on Windows system programmin.I need a program to monitor which processess are using Windows ports,modem chanel or network adapter behind the scene,but I don't know how can i start.I think this is part of Windows system programmin,but I\m not certain ,is there any reference or guide to help me?

Thanks very much
Reza

Citrix Presenation Server on WIN2003SERVER

Christiaan Laubscher21-Jan-09 6:39

Christiaan Laubscher

21-Jan-09 6:39

Hi

Can I use Citrix Presentation Server on WINSERVER2003 (configured as only an Application Server)?

I have previously set up my WINSERVER2003 as an Terminal Server and an Application Server. Citrix worked fine, so it propably is the <> Terminal Server configuration that is causing the problem.

Thanking you in advance

OMG | :OMG:

ChristiaanS

Re: Citrix Presenation Server on WIN2003SERVER

Sunil Dass26-Mar-09 8:09

Sunil Dass

26-Mar-09 8:09

What Problem are you having? Is this your only citrix Server? you will need a MS Server to be setup as your Terminal Server Licensing Server and on the MS server that you will install Citrix on, you will need to enable Terminal Server Services.

Open SSL Equivalent?

Dave Sexton21-Jan-09 3:19

Dave Sexton

21-Jan-09 3:19

Hi all,

Are there any windows commands that are equivalent to the openssl s_client command? Specifically I'm looking for one with a -showcert switch, e.g.

:>openssl s_client -connect somedomain.com:443 -showcerts

The environment that needs to use this command is Windows Server 2003. It's a production server and our security policy disallows us from installing any openssl lib's (which I feel is a little overkill but can do nothing about).

Any help appreciated.

But fortunately we have the nanny-state politicians who can step in to protect us poor stupid consumers, most of whom would not know a JVM from a frozen chicken. Bruce Pierson
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xcopy - suppress "specify a file name or directory name on the target"

devvvy20-Jan-09 17:14

devvvy

20-Jan-09 17:14

xcopy - how do I suppress "specify a file name or directory name on the target"?

I tried the /q switch didn't stop it from asking...

<br />
xcopy /E /q Util\Command\remote\outbox\BrowseDirectoryCmdTestFiles Util\Command\remote\outbox\01212008<br />

Thanks

dev

Re: xcopy - suppress "specify a file name or directory name on the target"

Dave Kreskowiak20-Jan-09 18:52

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Jan-09 18:52

Add a *.* to the end of the source and destination paths. Never just assume them...

xcopy /E /q Util\Command\remote\outbox\BrowseDirectoryCmdTestFiles\*.* Util\Command\remote\outbox\01212008\*.*

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2006, 2007, 2008

Re: xcopy - suppress "specify a file name or directory name on the target"

devvvy20-Jan-09 19:09

devvvy

20-Jan-09 19:09

Thanks, took your advice and copy files only. (i.e. directories created apriori)

dev

"Manditory" software from IT

john john mackey20-Jan-09 9:02

john john mackey

20-Jan-09 9:02

as a coder at my work, most of the stuff pushed from Corporate IT has no bearing on my job and often just slows development and progress for me - majority of the office is number crunchers with no OS or low-level computer skills.

Recently, my IT department pushed some software onto my machine. I only saw the evidence of this as a folder with some executables and data files was created on the All User's desktop. I quickly disconnected from the LAN and went to Wi-Fi mode.

Is there a way for me to search my system to see what might have been installed as a background app?

1) I did a search for *.* on c:\Program Files
2) I opened the Task Manager (but just quick glance) - I could use HiJack This i guess
3) opened regedit - and that's where I drafted this question....

Thanks,
John John

Re: "Manditory" software from IT

Randor 20-Jan-09 12:28

Randor

20-Jan-09 12:28

Autoruns[^] by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell is a great tool for viewing almost everything. The "start-by-demand" drivers and applications will of course not be listed.

If you have Administrative rights on your machine you may want to enable Windows Installer logging[^] since most installers utilize this service. Also keep in mind that some changes such as driver installation and account/policy change could have been written into the Event Logs[^].

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: "Manditory" software from IT

john john mackey23-Jan-09 6:52

john john mackey

23-Jan-09 6:52

Thanks for the info and what/where to look.

Today I am confounded by this "Trusted Desktop" and the app I used to run (and which read/wrote remote files from within its processing space) - it no longer works as before and get errors similar to missing files or permission problems.

Oy!

Re: "Manditory" software from IT

Randor 23-Jan-09 7:29

Randor

23-Jan-09 7:29

john john mackey wrote:
and the app I used to run (and which read/wrote remote files from within its processing space) - it no longer works as before and get errors similar to missing files or permission problems.

Sounds like your account permissions and rights on the local machine have been reduced. It is quite common for developers to be affected by domain restrictions. Hopefully your not developing applications which utilize global hooks or remote threads. System administrators have been known to completely shutdown development teams by simply applying new policies. D'Oh! | :doh:

Good Luck,
-David Delaune

Duplicate message

Mekong River19-Jan-09 20:34

Mekong River

19-Jan-09 20:34

Hi, I have a problem with my e-mail server. I'm using Mdaemon 8.0.2. The problem is when a user try to send an e-mail to someone within my LAN the recipient get 4 duplicate messages. I try to check all of configuration in my e-mail server but I could found anything wrong. If anyone have an expereince with this issue please let me know how to fix the problem.

Thank in advance!!!

Re: Duplicate message

Randor 20-Jan-09 12:32

Randor

20-Jan-09 12:32

Looks like a commercial product, you would probably get more valuable feedback from their support forums.

http://www.altn.com/Products/MDaemon-Email-Server-Windows/[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

DVD + Media Player 11 = no sound

David Crow17-Jan-09 3:49

David Crow

17-Jan-09 3:49

The sound works everyplace else. Even audio CDs work when played in the same drive. It's on a Windows XP machine using Media Player 11. I reinstalled WMP but that had no effect. The DVDs were store-bought movies.

Any clues?

Thanks.

- DC

"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

Re: DVD + Media Player 11 = no sound

Obafemi Martins19-Jan-09 5:59

Obafemi Martins

19-Jan-09 5:59

Hi.
I think WMP isn't support DVDs play format.
You can download some doceder to support it.
You can install the MPC(Media Player Classic),and play the DVDs using MPC.
May be OK.

Re: DVD + Media Player 11 = no sound

David Crow19-Jan-09 6:04

David Crow

19-Jan-09 6:04

Obafemi Martins wrote:
I think WMP isn't support DVDs play format.

Sure it does. I use it exclusively to watch DVDs. This is the first computer that it has failed to work on.

Obafemi Martins wrote:
You can download some doceder to support it.

This might be a plausible solution if both the audio and video were missing.

"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

Re: DVD + Media Player 11 = no sound

cjb11023-Feb-09 2:48

cjb110

23-Feb-09 2:48

A fresh install of windows will not play dvd's in wmp, as its missing the MPEG2 video decoder and the Dolby Digital and DTS audio decoders.

A installation that came with a pc might though.

If its not a recent rebuild/reinstall of windows, then it sounds like the Dolby Digital or DTS decoder has been broken. AudioCD's and normal windows sounds aren't in the same format.

This could have been broken by a recent install of something else (cd/dvd burning, movie/video editor etc)

You could try installing FFDSHOW, by default I think the installation will make windows try that first, which should sort the problem.

A/c lock out problem

sandeep pathariye14-Jan-09 23:23

sandeep pathariye

14-Jan-09 23:23

Hi Guys

Problem while logging in domain

1st the problem started like this, sharing got disable from the file server...so i restatred the server, this server is DC also...
after restarting i am able access all my network drives...but problem is that the account of all the users got locked out...i remived thier lock..

then the next day...in the morning users were unable to log in, a/c lock out....same i removed their locks...

3rd day also the same issue a/c lock out

and in between of the working hours account is getting locked...pls help me guys

and 1 more thing there are two servers 1 is aplication server and one is mail server, on the servres all the network drves are getting disabled...from 2nd day onwards for this i have to restatr the servers,,but this not the solution for it ....

Can you guys help me out, what axcatlly the problem is

Thanks in Advance
Sandeep

Re: A/c lock out problem

Jörgen Andersson15-Jan-09 2:38

Jörgen Andersson

15-Jan-09 2:38

Lockout happens when someone has tried to log in with the wrong password more times than allowed.

This doesn't happen to everyone unless there is something seriously wrong in the system.
I would run a complete viruscheck immediately on the whole system.

Disk defragement result

Mekong River14-Jan-09 23:06

Mekong River

14-Jan-09 23:06

Hi, I have run disk degragement on my computer after it prompt me that I should run disk defragement. After I run it, its display the following result:

Volume (C:)<br />
    Volume size                                = 25.70 GB<br />
    Cluster size                               = 4 KB<br />
    Used space                                 = 12.67 GB<br />
    Free space                                 = 13.03 GB<br />
    Percent free space                         = 50 %<br />
<br />
Volume fragmentation<br />
    Total fragmentation                        = 4 %<br />
    File fragmentation                         = 8 %<br />
    Free space fragmentation                   = 0 %<br />
<br />
File fragmentation<br />
    Total files                                = 75,433<br />
    Average file size                          = 232 KB<br />
    Total fragmented files                     = 1<br />
    Total excess fragments                     = 0<br />
    Average fragments per file                 = 0.99<br />
<br />
Pagefile fragmentation<br />
    Pagefile size                              = 1.11 GB<br />
    Total fragments                            = 4<br />
<br />
Folder fragmentation<br />
    Total folders                              = 5,162<br />
    Fragmented folders                         = 1<br />
    Excess folder fragments                    = 0<br />
<br />
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation<br />
    Total MFT size                             = 79 MB<br />
    MFT record count                           = 80,757<br />
    Percent MFT in use                         = 99 %<br />
    Total MFT fragments                        = 5<br />
<br />
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
Fragments       File Size       Files that cannot be defragmented<br />
None

From here I would like to ask the qeustion: what point in this report that tell me whether the disk defragment could fragment the file effectively or not?

Thank in advance

Re: Disk defragement result

Randor 15-Jan-09 9:54

Randor

15-Jan-09 9:54

Mekong River wrote:

Total fragmentation = 4 %
File fragmentation = 8 %

Mekong River wrote:

From here I would like to ask the qeustion: what point in this report that tell me whether the disk defragment could fragment the file effectively or not?

I guess most people make the decision based on total and file fragmentation percentages. Your fragmentation is very low, and in my opinion would not require defragmentation.

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: Disk defragement result

Abhijeet Pathak26-Jan-09 0:06

Abhijeet Pathak

26-Jan-09 0:06

I would recommend you to use Smart Defrag[^]. It automatically runs in the background and defragments drive. It uses low system resources and is very effective.

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