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by Pains2
Thu May 22, 2008 4:26 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Share Calendar without Exchange for Office 2003
Replies: 1
Views: 1522

Share Calendar without Exchange for Office 2003

g'day all,

anyone know of a free software to share outlook 2003 on a home lan? I'm looking for something that shares in outlook. If you can help that would be great.

cheers and thanks in advanced
by Pains2
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:19 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Schedule file transfers
Replies: 1
Views: 575

Schedule file transfers

Hi All,

Does anyone know if this kinda software exists?

What i need is a program that will pick up a file from a designated local drive then put the file in a diffrent computer atleast 4 times aday with no intervention from me, and using something alittle more reliable then one of my dodgy scripts ...
by Pains2
Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Option screen on startup
Replies: 1
Views: 374

Option screen on startup

Hi All,

When my computer starts up it has two option:
XP Pro
or
XP Home
and it gives me 24 seconds before it defaults to XP Pro... is there any way i can set it to defualt automatically to XP Pro? or reduce the time it takes to make that decision?

Cheers and thanks in advance!
by Pains2
Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:02 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Large network question
Replies: 5
Views: 1110

more info is required to help you but if the internet is slow between 11pm-1am... as default windows have their patch system to kick in around the times u described as slow.... just a thougt to keep in mind.

goodluck
by Pains2
Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:53 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Free internet lock?
Replies: 3
Views: 5626

Free internet lock?

Hi All,

Is there a free internet block out there?

i want to stop the kids from accessing the internet when i'm not around. So the question is... is there a free internet blocker for IE? something that when the IE is clicked a password box comes up and if they don't know the password, they can't ...
by Pains2
Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:45 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: any more then 2 programs opened and the 3rd disappears
Replies: 0
Views: 646

any more then 2 programs opened and the 3rd disappears

Hi,

This computer has only just started doing this weird thing. It seems i can not open any m,oe then 2 programs at a time.

When i open EI6 then Outlook the systems fine.... if i open Explorer.. Explorer disappears.

if i have Outlook and Explorer open, IE disappears... freaky! and if i have Adobe ...
by Pains2
Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Web page driection from another domain
Replies: 5
Views: 6142

Hi Thanks for the replies,

"Do you actually want to point to another site or just shorten the url (still pointing to a local site) to make it easier to type in for visitors?"

This is closer to what i mean.

We have a website (yyy.com.au) but information about yyy.com.au can be found on xxx.com.au ...
by Pains2
Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:00 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Web page driection from another domain
Replies: 5
Views: 6142

Web page driection from another domain

Hi All,

is it possable to have a domain XXX be directed to a page with in another domain's website YYY??

How would i achive this using DNS for XXX domain?

cheers and thanks in advanced.
by Pains2
Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:06 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Citrix system, Pros Cons
Replies: 2
Views: 9937

Citrix system, Pros Cons

Hi all,

Our company recently bought another company whose architecture is Citrix based.
As I’ve never used or even seen Citrix, I thought I might ask your thoughts and ask a few questions:
1. What should I be asking the old admin about the Citrix system? (open ended question I know, but surely ...
by Pains2
Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:35 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: has anyone been audited by microsoft?
Replies: 15
Views: 1889

What happened when you were audited ghosthunter?

We have a few linux serves, mostly running business critical stuff, financials, DNS etc unfortunatly linux isn't practical for desktops since EVERYONE knows/feels warm and fuzzy with a windoze desktop.
Don't get me wrong, gnome is great, i prefer it ...
by Pains2
Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:43 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: has anyone been audited by microsoft?
Replies: 15
Views: 1889

update:

Well all the paper work has been ticked and crossed, now i'm pateintly waiting for the reply, the "magic jellybean" that i found reading other things on the site helped heaps, i can't remeber who posted it, but cheers :thumb:

next update will be the big one...lets all hope it's anti ...
by Pains2
Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:16 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: has anyone been audited by microsoft?
Replies: 15
Views: 1889

yeah we have invoices for all purchases, it just worries me that Microsoft can waive a piece of paper stating we have purchased 2 or 3, but not the other dozen.....piss me off reallly, we are such a small company with 1 IT guy.
Next they will want to see the invoices which means digging up 4 years ...
by Pains2
Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:56 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: has anyone been audited by microsoft?
Replies: 15
Views: 1889

thanks for the replies.

I ask becuase i'm (company) is currently being audited by Microsoft.
Do CAL's in NT4 expire? If we have enough CAL's can we still use NT4 given the support is .....well nt is dead, but we can't afford to upgrade EVERYTHING.
i purchased OEM software with hardware, yet it ...
by Pains2
Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:30 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: has anyone been audited by microsoft?
Replies: 15
Views: 1889

has anyone been audited by microsoft?

Hi,

The title says it all really.

Has anyone been audited by microsoft (work or home)?
What happened? did you comply? where you found to have less or more licenses then needed?

Cheers
by Pains2
Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:36 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Easy Question about SQL
Replies: 7
Views: 1481

Thanks guys,

Didn't know about the phase out of 7.0, thats a issuse in itself!!

Will defiantly get them to budget for a seperate server.

Thanks again!!
by Pains2
Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:01 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Easy Question about SQL
Replies: 7
Views: 1481

Easy Question about SQL

Hi Everybody,

I currently have Pervasive.SQL runing on our fileserver for our payroll program.
Another department want a special program that only runs of Microsoft Server SQL 7.0.

I was wondering can you have two SQL databases/servers running concurrently on the 1 server?


cheers :thumb:
by Pains2
Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:24 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Has this ever happened to you????
Replies: 2
Views: 780

Hi Stonecat, thanks again for you many helpful hints!!!

It's basically just another node on our network, i restored the registry and that fixed 1 problem (gateway problem) but then i could get to the outside world, but i could bring any webpages up, my mail serve kept giving it sla error (i think ...
by Pains2
Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:45 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Has this ever happened to you????
Replies: 2
Views: 780

Has this ever happened to you????

Hi all,

The computer at work today has thrown me for a six, i have no idea hope you can help.

It's a windows 98 (not 2nd add) the default gateway is defaulting to the IP address. It's a statically set to 192.168.1.1. So when i ipconfig /all i see
ip 192.168.1.1
Sub 255.255.255.0
gw 192.168.1.1

I ...
by Pains2
Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:47 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: BDC over WAN
Replies: 4
Views: 833

Unfortunatly upgrade is a dirty word within our company :cry:

Thanks for the help!!
by Pains2
Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:11 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: BDC over WAN
Replies: 4
Views: 833

Hi,

Yes NT4, I don't have wins running, but i do have the LMHOSTS running and i can see the PDC using the nbtstat -c in the BDC.

I just wanted to know if there was a someway of telling the servers in the LMHOSTS file what is the BDC.


Cheers, for you help
by Pains2
Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:08 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: BDC over WAN
Replies: 4
Views: 833

BDC over WAN

Hi All,

I moved our works servers to a new location and have a BDC setup over our WAN link to the PDC in our Head Office.

I put in a LMHOST file in the BDC with the PDC's information and i can synch without problems, but when i try to synch the BDC from the PDC i get an error that it can't be ...
by Pains2
Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:23 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Wtf??
Replies: 3
Views: 886

thanks for the replies guys, unfortunatly, there really not an option.

i'll take out DNS and create a larger host file (apps, mail etc) ...problem solved..

cheers,

should have done that to begin with, sorry!!!
by Pains2
Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:30 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Wtf??
Replies: 3
Views: 886

Wtf??

Hi all,

i have a problem, in win2k, i've removed the internet using add/remove programs becuase poeple love to play.

Problem though, they can still use the internet via search > on the internet

How can i stop listless poeple from accessing the internet?
i can't block the gateway as we use it to ...
by Pains2
Fri May 21, 2004 5:23 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Logon Question
Replies: 4
Views: 881

hi thanks for you help guys,

I built a bdc, took it to the new site which has frame relay link to the head office and it said it couldn't find the Domain Controller, messed around with the lmhost file that didn't work, wasted more time trying other things, gave up as it had to be up and running the ...
by Pains2
Mon May 10, 2004 8:28 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Logon Question
Replies: 4
Views: 881

Cheers stoney,

The new office will be contacting the main site all the time due to the apps er run.

i'll set up a new domian and trust it, seems the simple thing to do.

thanks again
by Pains2
Sat May 08, 2004 3:50 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Logon Question
Replies: 4
Views: 881

Logon Question

Hi,

Need alittle direction guys and gals.

Our work has just added another site (subnet) to our network so i want to know your thoughts about how the new site should log in.
Should i creat a new PDC and then have it trusted both ways on the Main network?
Or
Should i just config a BDC and stick down ...
by Pains2
Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:11 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Corrupted PST file
Replies: 11
Views: 1334

Hi there,

Yes i used the cropping tool, it was the only way to get it back!

It's the S&M department and the bosses PA that seem to be the only ppl that hoarde all e-mails!!!, it's truly frustrating that they now know what is going to happen...but not care.
cyber had a fantastic idea, that seems to ...
by Pains2
Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:09 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Corrupted PST file
Replies: 11
Views: 1334

Your all correct, i manage to keep under 300k and thats after i've been away for a week or 3!!

It's the bosses Pa, so to delete ANYTHING is sacrilegious!!
she saves everything including attachments!!!, i told her the only way to get around the 2gb limit without deleteing anything was to archive ...
by Pains2
Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:51 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Corrupted PST file
Replies: 11
Views: 1334

Cheers thanks for your help.

Its actually gone past the point of using the repair tool...can you believe that the PST file has a max of 2gb and once this is exceeded the PST file instantly currupts and you have to use a truncating software to get it back up!!!! Who makes this **** up??? Does ...
by Pains2
Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:05 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Corrupted PST file
Replies: 11
Views: 1334

Corrupted PST file

Hi All,

I'm running Outlook standalone, not on an exchange server.

What can i do about a corrupted PST file?
it won't let me get into it to run the Indox Repair Wizard
I tried to export it to outlook express but it says it can't import from a MAPI client (WTF???)

Please help, any suggestion ...
by Pains2
Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:28 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Cable length...need more length
Replies: 1
Views: 931

Cable length...need more length

Hi, cat 5e has a max of 100m or 328 feet, i'm going to need about 150m or 492feet. How can i achieve my objective? Any powerless repeaters out there? amplifiers...what can i do?

Thanks
by Pains2
Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:46 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: help: someone haacking my box?
Replies: 12
Views: 1197

if its NT4

bring up a dos prompt

net send (ip address) "your message"

or as they said above, disable..
by Pains2
Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:46 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: DNS Help please!!!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 742

Cheers,

If anyone is interested it's in the pz directory
located /var/named

thanks again i'll go check out thoses sites now
by Pains2
Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:05 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: DNS Help please!!!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 742

DNS Help please!!!!!

Hi all,

I need help,

Our DNS server is on the verge of death.
Its a linux red hat 6.2 machine and i need to get the config
files off the server before it dies for good. At the moment if i have to reboot it, it takes 10 minutes of manual fsck to bring it up.

So please, where are all the config ...
by Pains2
Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:01 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Outlook troubles
Replies: 10
Views: 1402

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help, unfortunatly thats not what i'm trying to do. Similiar, but we don't use Exchange as our mail programme.

Between 2 Outlook 2k machines u can share folders, calandars, contacts as long as that person has permission in the way of an invite to authenticate.

XP ...
by Pains2
Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:57 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Outlook troubles
Replies: 10
Views: 1402

They would prefer Real Time, but peroidically would be better then nothing, basically as long as it's automated.

They want what they had, but unwilling to go back to Outlook 2k
by Pains2
Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:53 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Outlook troubles
Replies: 10
Views: 1402

No, the silence refers to a time difference, other times i refer to it as sleeping.

It did work though, thankyou.
View > Current View > Messages

No longer sent to Sent items.

For the other problem.

One of our Executive Directors lives in Hong Kong but the PA is here in Australia, when she was in ...
by Pains2
Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:40 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Outlook troubles
Replies: 10
Views: 1402

Outlook troubles

Hi,

I have some trouble with Outlook 2k, when i hit reply, the e-mail disappears from the inbox. I can go into sent items and there there, but not in the inbox....WHY?????

Other problem,

I can't get the calander to sync on Outlook 2k to Outlook XP, there doesn't seem to be the share functionality ...
by Pains2
Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:51 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: setting up email addresses
Replies: 4
Views: 1256

MDaemon is great with multiple domains, and users can change there settings remotly, such as putting on autoresponders and with world client can acess there mail via the web from anywhere.
Not to mention i could stare all day at the realtime SMTP sessions, love knowing that when i send an e-mail i ...
by Pains2
Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:27 am
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: MUVPN not connection via router
Replies: 1
Views: 890

MUVPN not connection via router

Last week our company sustainded a mail dDOS attack.
Our communications contacter came in and applied some rules to our SMTP proxy in the watchguard firebox II and upgraded the firmware to 7. It was 6.2.
From that day i have not been able to connect from home using MUVPN (Third party vpn client in ...