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I have written a small Windows shell batch file to report on missing files. The code correctly produces a list of (missing) numbers in a file as required, but for every entry, DIR outputs 'File Not Found' on the screen. Does anyone know how to switch this error report off? for /L %%f in (%1,1,%2) do (dir /s /b %%f.pdf>>nul (if errorlevel 1...

I have a problem, all the games i play on my pc are running in safe mode. i dont know why this is and it's annoying me. please help. i just bought call of duty and when i play online it says, can't load anim.script and such. i hope to get a reaction quickly

hi all when i print a html page from win xp it prints okay but when same html is printed from win 98 the format is disturbed in both the cases epson lx 300 + printer used (dot matrix) thanx in advance

Hi I am trying to get a string from the user using the command prompt and set /p command. How do I keep the password from being displayed? Using the set /p command, anyone can see the password! Please help.

I am writing a script to create folders within a FileShare. I have almost all of it workign except for the Group Access portion. Becuase the folder inherits the FileShare's security upon creation, I need to go to the created folder and remove the groups that shouldn't have access. In the GUI, I would right click the folder choose the Security tab...

Here is a great tip from one of our members:Thanks Nik!

what provides the services of Active Directory in a linux operating system?

My DNS is in Windows 2003 Server. Currently my DNS name is etc_dom.etc and my AD also using etc_dom.etc. I don't want to change my AD domain name, I just want to change my DNS domain name to etc_dom.etc.pmc.com.my. Please advised how can I change the DNS name...

Ok here's the setup that I have currently. We have 4 different servers No.1 SQL database No.2 Filestore server (Storing diffenrent kinds of files) No.3 Active Directory (for authenticating users who wants to log into the system) No.4 Commonications Server (retrieves files from the Filestore server and also sends out emial notifications and...

1. What is the best method for upgrading an active/active Exchange2000/Win2000 to Exchange 2003/Windows2003? 2. If exchange 2000 is installed on physical nodes do all MS exchange services come up on physical nodes before user creates exchange virtual servers ?

<Excerpted from this thread> All of these questions and answers are great. But it comes down to this I have seen this more than enough times to know better... From my experience at home and as an IT in an office with well over 900 computers to look after I maybe get this question up to 3 times in a week... sadly I suspect that if you...

Hello Techies... I have one doubt, I have given some sites in windows host file, If any user knows about this means they can clear it right, so i want to restrict that host file access to normal user, what permissions can i give, if we give any problem is there...? Thanks in advance...

<Excerpted from this thread.> i just suffered the same thing, and wanted to throw this out there for future reference. my system drive also failed - the data is good, but between the platter and the mainboard it randomly gets skewed and causes a crc error when reading from the drive. needless to say, windows can't boot from it anymore, and...

Hi, I'm using VB Express 2005, I'm wondering if there is any way to force the focus onto an application that is running but not visible (i.e. using an API call)? Any code in VB.net would be appreciated... I have already posted this in the VB forum but was told to post here as it is an API issue... Thanks in advance!

On XP, I have a problem where, with either media player 10 or 11, only one user can run the application. All others, the process starts then just dies. Any ideas?

How do you use Powershell to start a console app that takes an argument? Invoke-item does not appear to work too well. And what if you would like to redirect the app's output? Thanks, Paul

Hi. I work with Windows 2003 Server R2 , SP2. I need to write the tool which 'knows' to change password to the specified user. My computers are in WORKGROUP. I would like to get examples how to do it. I tryed to do it with NetUserChangePassword bud it was not succeded (Error code = 1327). I know there is a way to use WMI. But i didn't find...

Hello Everyone. This is my idea. I already have a shared folder over then network. Inside that folder I want to share another folder, but regulate who can access it. I have already tried to create permissions for it but all I can ever get to work is to on the local computer. When I get to the Select Users or Groups Window all I can...

Hi Everybody, I have just joined this community, i hope you all will give me instant reply to my question.... I have a query related to Exchange Server 2003 EnterPrise Edition. Whenever I install Ex-2003 and complete all configuration and all the services are started. After that i shutdown the computer and restart the computer. and i...

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I recently bought new computer with Windows Vista. Somehow, i could not use online Voice chat with Yahoo Messenger. There is an error displaying " this computer did not support the required audio compression format. Help!!!! I tried to download codec from Web, but still did not work...

Can you help please? I have been having problems for a while now, my system just reboots itself as and when it pleases. It seems to happen at different times with different software programs. I Also get quite regular exception errors - the one below is the latest one that I wrote down but they are all similar but also from apparently different...

i had two servers with Windows2000 Advance server OS. One is main Domain Controller and second on is additional. A problem occurred in additional domain controller and ultimately i had to format and i installed windows 2003 OS. Now i'm not able to register this system in network with same host name. ...it shows the user already exists. When i...

We r having domain enviornment in our orgnisation we r going to configure SUS . so can we push update from sus to clien pc,s and is itrequire to have admin rights to clients? and can we put auto update off on client side though we are pushing the updates?

I have Epson DOT MATRIX Printer which i have installed in windows, works fine when print from windows applications but there is an OLD MS-DOS Application which isn't printing from epson printer. Is there any other way to deal with dos application because it used to work with same dos app but dont know who installed and setup Printer: Epson...