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Remote connection

Asked By: ras2008 | Asked On: Jun 7th, 2008

If you have client in a different location and want to access that client from server, what is the best way to access that client from server?

Answered by: Gauri on: May 23rd, 2012

Best is "mstsc"
if client is in LAN then vnc is also an option..

Answered by: satyasundar on: May 18th, 2012

the best way is to take a remote of that pc using command mstsc

Removal of virus

Asked By: Big Al | Asked On: May 12th, 2008

You have a virus that loaded several processes every time you stop the process it restarts itself you tried going into safe mode but it does the same thing...You found the dll files associated with it but you cant stop or delete them what is the easiest way to repair?

Answered by: thilak on: May 12th, 2012

First Remove the system from network and run the virus scan. Deleted the file from Quarantine if the system scanned fully copy the data in externaml drive and format the syustem

Answered by: Doraids80 on: Aug 26th, 2010

1. Try to find if there is an executable file for the virus in the startup list and remove it if so.2. Restart and enter safe mode with network enabled.3. Run anti-virus program after updating your ...

What is difference between win XP and wn 7 technically?

Asked By: Dastagir Amir Hamaja | Asked On: Jun 18th, 2011

Answered by: Senthil Kumar on: May 11th, 2012

Disk shrinking and extending is available in windows 7
Start up and shutdown will be fast
user defined theme
a program called psr is available

Answered by: SHAMIM HAIDER on: Apr 28th, 2012

Many differences in win xp and win7..
1) ip6 version not include in winxp
2) net meeting not include in win7.
3) driver automatic install.
4) both OS installation different types.
5) win7display look better than winxp

Connectivity troubleshooting

Asked By: kalahari | Asked On: Sep 26th, 2010

A user in a corporate network contacts service desk saying he/she has lost network connectivity: how will you troubleshoot the issue? What are the steps to followed?

Answered by: shajan on: May 2nd, 2012

If the user getting limited connectivity(APIPA ip address)..We need to check with the
ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew commands

Answered by: Javed Khan on: Apr 16th, 2012

Check LAN Cable
check ip address
check firewall setting
than ping ip , gateway and dns

What is the difference between outlook & outlook express?What is ip range in networking side? How we will troubleshoot outlook?How we will configure ldap on outlook?

Asked By: rajeevsoniji | Asked On: Aug 1st, 2007

Answered by: Yogesh Kumar on: Apr 30th, 2012

Outlook is the edition of Microsoft Office (Outlook file Extension is .pst) & Outlook Express is the edition of Internet Explorer (Outlook Express file Extension is .dbx).

Answered by: Pravin Bargode on: Mar 15th, 2012

Class A 1 to 126 Used for Network
Class B 128 to 191 Used for network
Class C 192 to 223 Used for Network
Class D 224 to 239 Used for multicasting
Class E 240 to 255 Used for research

How to install os from server to all system?

Asked By: tejeshwarao | Asked On: Sep 1st, 2011

Answered by: Yogesh Kumar on: Apr 30th, 2012

We can RIS service in Windows Server 2003SP1 and WDS Services Windows serve 2003SP2 and also WDS in Windows server 2008.
but we have .inf file of all systems of a network those boot from network.
so we can easily install from Server.

Answered by: Himanshu dihauliya on: Mar 31st, 2012

100% we will use WDS. Window Deployment Services Feature, That is Available in Windows 2008....

Ntldr error meaning

Asked By: adpatel33 | Asked On: Apr 7th, 2012

When I boot my computer I have seen on my screen " verifying dmi pool data" and then after second line is shown "ntldr is missing..." what is this problem and who can I solve it.

Answered by: Yogesh Kumar on: Apr 30th, 2012

If NTLDR is missing then we can copy from Cd (i386) to Systems 32.
1st we can boot from CD and choose the option of repair windows then we can use command of Copy D:i386NTLDR C:windowsSystems32.
For Example our CDDVD drive is D:.

Answered by: Javed Khan on: Apr 16th, 2012

Ntldr file corrupt or missing you have to copy ntldr from windows xp i386 Folder

How to install operating system in usb pen drive?

Asked By: Mohd.Mumtaz007 | Asked On: Mar 9th, 2012

Answered by: Shamim Haider on: Apr 28th, 2012

First create usb bootable to pen drive, then select first boot device (usb device) from bios

Answered by: rickevans on: Mar 9th, 2012

Step 1. Format the USB Flash Disk Run CMD (elevated) and type: 1. diskpart 2. list disk (*now find your USB disk number, youll find it by its size) 3. select disk 1 (*if your USB is disk 1)...

What is difference between msi and exe file ?

Asked By: pkarle | Asked On: May 14th, 2011

Answered by: itmanpjs on: Apr 26th, 2012

There is no relationship between an MSI file and an .EXE file. An .exe file, like a .com file is produced when source code is complied and creates a Windows executable program. An .MSI file is a file...

Answered by: Jisthi Khan on: Feb 21st, 2012

MSI file is only for installation purpose. EXE file can be anything that executes on windows.

Desktop icons

Asked By: Abdul subahan.H | Asked On: Dec 7th, 2008

How to make the desktop icons smaller or lager?

Answered by: kam on: Apr 25th, 2012

Right click on desktop-> view-> select any option (large/medium/small icons)

Answered by: Tahir Khalil on: Dec 19th, 2011

You can enlarge desktop icon simply by mouse in Win-7 , that is ( Hold " CTRL Button " and then Move Mouse Scroll To UP ) .. Thnx

Enable usb ports

Asked By: blayne | Asked On: Sep 20th, 2011

I have disabled all usb ports on my stationary computer, my mouse and keyboard don't work... How do I enable it back? Please help... i cannot press f2 to get into bios, nothing works... Keyboard or mouse...

Answered by: Shamim haider on: Apr 25th, 2012

First system restart and press del or F2. after bios inter enable USB keyboard & mouse support,and use ps2 keyboard and mouse.

Answered by: Javed Khan on: Apr 16th, 2012

You have to enable from bios and device manager

Mobile outlook

Asked By: Dastagir Amir Hamaja | Asked On: Jun 18th, 2011

How to configure outlook in mobile in exchange 2007 environment?

Answered by: chetan on: Apr 4th, 2012

you can configure outlook in all type of BlackBerry phone..
1st u need create blackberry account from your network provider .
then configure that ID in your exchange server to that domain id of user

How a virus program destabilize ms windows XP

Asked By: albrq | Asked On: May 12th, 2008

What is the mechanism of combating those malicious program? Evaluate each technique

Answered by: Rahul Sharma on: Mar 7th, 2012

Follow these steps
1)Run ->Cmd
2)Type netsh
3)Firewall
4)Now type in "set opmode enable" to start firewall and "set opmode disable" to stop fire wall.

Answered by: daperfetto on: Feb 24th, 2011

By corrupting, or deleting data

How to do a complete refresh of computer using back up discs ?

Asked By: dorothy828 | Asked On: Aug 17th, 2011

Answered by: Upendra Sabat on: Feb 29th, 2012

Firstly You to take the system backup on a External hdd, then You format and load os, then You restore the data through system backup.. thanx.

Answered by: shrikant dongre on: Dec 12th, 2011

This using the external hard disk and personal data back up the external hard disk. second thing format your computer...;

Microsoft outlook pst file size limit

Asked By: Pravin Bargode | Asked On: Jun 23rd, 2011

What is the pst size limit in outlook97, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010?

Answered by: Sundar S on: Feb 19th, 2012

In Outlook 2002 and earlier, the .pst files are in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) format, and the overall size has a limit of 2 GB. In Outlook 2003 and after, the .pst files are in ...

Answered by: Shafi23 on: Sep 6th, 2011

MS outlook in 2003 and 2007 is 2GB, in 2010 is 50GB

Blue screen death

Asked By: tshepisobo | Asked On: Sep 20th, 2011

What is a blue screen of death ? How do you trouble shoot the computer in such situation ?

Answered by: Ravinra Kulkarni on: Feb 18th, 2012

1) First check blue screen error number, is it Application Or Hardware
2) Generally this problem comes when problem in RAM so First check computer start with another RAM

Answered by: Gyani on: Feb 16th, 2012

First Step is Remove the RAM and Clean with a rubber on the copper part of the RAM and insert back again and have a check. If the problem is still there then check the hardware parts of the Computer.

A users application on their desktop is not working, explain what you would do to resolve this problem

Asked By: ramraje | Asked On: Mar 4th, 2011

Answered by: pravin on: Feb 15th, 2012

1. Go to task manager the partiquer applicatoin right click application and go to process and End Task.
2. Then go to Event viewer
3. Check application

Answered by: AdhamFadel on: Feb 5th, 2012

Maybe application is disabled by Antivirus

Reset user password

Asked By: Big Al | Asked On: May 12th, 2008

How do you reset the users password give the steps it took to get you to the user account.

Answered by: Jayaram. on: Jan 28th, 2012

If it is for a domain user go to active directory users and computers. Type username and click search. Below you can see user name. Click mouse right button on user name and click on reset password. T...

Answered by: raj_smart on: Jul 3rd, 2009

If its domain environment here all the user accounts info will be maintained with some security Questions add some security measures. By this tool user account can change his/her password every size l...

What is APIpa stand for?

Asked By: Big Al | Asked On: May 12th, 2008

What does APIpa stand for and how can you tell if your computer is using it? Why would your computer be using it?

Answered by: sunny lohar on: Jan 4th, 2012

APIPA stands for automatic private ip address, it is the feature of Windows XP, automatic takes an IP from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.255.255, at the time when when DHCP and TCP/IP not able to assign an IP to the local computers.

Answered by: saubhagya shakti singh on: Dec 22nd, 2011

APIPA - Automatic Private IP Addressing its a feature that used in opereting system. When DHCP is unavailable then
APIPA provide IP ranging from 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255

Unable to view deleted files in recycle bin (winxp)

Asked By: suresh pa | Asked On: Jun 10th, 2008

I deleted my files, but I didn't see that files in my recycle bin.Pls anybody help me...

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Answered by: bspkumar

Member Since Sep-2007 | Answered On : Jul 25th, 2009

Every one is suggesting what to do next time. he is asking how to recover the deleted file now.

First step you need to do is stop working on the hard disk in which you have lost the file. Otherwise, the file will be overwritten by another file.

Then run any of the file recovery software.

If you have already used the same hard disk, the chances of recovering the file is less.

Answered by: sivananduri on: Nov 28th, 2011

File deletion will be 2 types. Temporary & Permanent. If the file is deleted without selecting shift button, it will come to recycle bin. Otherwise the file will be deleted permanently. In such cas...

Answered by: bspkumar on: Jul 25th, 2009

Every one is suggesting what to do next time. he is asking how to recover the deleted file now.First step you need to do is stop working on the hard disk in which you have lost the file. Otherwise, th...

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