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Nope, wouldn't work.

Even in safe mode it demanded a password , even for the administrator. In normal mode it kept trying to log onto a domain and gave the error

"The system cannot log you on...

Had the same issue a few weeks ago. Had to clean the drive and reinstall to get it working.

Is there another way?

Did an install of Windows Xp Home upgrade over a working Win 98 SE.

Install did not go smoothly, had to do it several times before it finally seemed to take.

But when the sytem boots it goes...

Thanks eboyjones but neither of those make any difference.

The deletion of the registry key has no effect nor did the policy editor show that the desktop items were hidden. I even tried setting...

Customer brought in a Win 98 SE machine that boots, but only shows the wallpaper. No taskbar or icons on the desktop. Does same thing in Safe mode, no taskbar or icons. CTL+ALT+DEL shows two...

Well I took the "cheap" way out on this.

Did a repair install of Windows XP Home and once it was finished the sound was working again.

Reloaded all the MS patches and it is still working.

I...

If I look at the hardware tab in the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties menu I see:
SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Media Control Devices
Legacy Video...

I have run Spybot 1.3 with latest updates and also Ad-Aware with latest update, machine appears to be clean. Also running AVG with latest updates, no virii detected.

Loaded latest driver off the...

Working on a Sony Vaio notebook model PCG-R505JL with docking station and using Windows XP service pack 1 and all the latest updates.

When I go into device manager it detects a SoundMax Integrated...

Kato2274,

Thank you!

Where do I learn the items you mention? I think I need a Server 101 type of knowledge but do not have the time or budget to go away to class for any extended time period.
...

The old server is running Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 with a small SCSI raid array on it (41 GB, 33 GB unused).

It is a old single cpu pentium 166 with 64 meg of memory (an old Gateway 2000...

The client just spent about $6k for the new server and is not going to spring for a second one.

As to learning, I do not have any other client who has Windows Server boxes so this is the only...

I'll be the first one to say I am getting beyond my level of expertise/experience in this and yes I need to increase my knowledge.

Please point me at a good manual or any other recommendation to...

I think the client was messing around and "accidentally" set it as a domain controller (since he paid for the machine and demanded the password it is kinda hard to keep him out of it).

I'll try...

Nunob,

Thanks for the reply!

I tried to do that but the machine seems to be set up as a domain server and as a consequence I can not use the properties window to join a workgroup as that option...

My client has just installed a new Windows 2003 server, how do I set it up to access the workgroup that has all the other machines on it ( a mix of XP and Windows 2000 boxes).

Currently the 2003...

You might try some "Kroil". It is very good at seeping into tight areas, used to loosen up frozen rusted nuts, bolts. Much better than penetrating oil.

Client has a Win2K server. When I try to open any app (Outlook Express, Control Panel, etc) it takes up to 4 minutes before it opens. If I check the perfomance monitor it shows next to no cpu usage...

The way we found it was to do a safe mode boot - no problems even after a few hours.

Then we knew it was due to a loaded driver - and then had to start to selectively disable them, reboot see if...

Turns out the culprit is devldr16.exe. It is a module from Creative for the Soundblaster card, specifically support for DOS legacy games.

Once we turned off the module by not loading it in...

Thanks for the suggestions NooNoo, that was the Knowledgebase Article I had read.

Turning off APM in the bios does not seem to help. I'll have to check out the screen savers to see if he has any...

System has AVG installed, problem existed both before and after the AVG install so I don't think it is that. Installed AVG on many systems without any clock problems being reported.

Wondering if I...

Customer's Windows ME system will start to lose time after being on for a few hours.

Checked motherboard battery and it appears fine at 3.1 volts (2032 coin cell).

Turned off power management...