Tech Support Forum - Windows 2000 Pro / NT Workstation Support

manage the task bar

loninappleton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:32:18 GMT

Random mouse movement has triggered more task bar errors which I have no idea how to correct.

Here's the problem: What was on the left is now in the middle and what was in the middle is now on the left.

How do I put these things back where they belong? Vertical bar cannot be deleted for instance and you cannot drag and drop these panes from one position to another nor can you delete and start over. I get a wrist cramp trying to straighten these things out.

Last: is there a way to lock the thing so it stays in just a single row?

thanks for your patience with this.

Unable to delete file? Cannot delete "specified file": Cannot find the specified file

KingofLodis — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:15:54 GMT

Cannot delete "specified file": Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.

This stupid error message keeps showing up every time I try to delete a file on Windows 2k Pro...

I moved it to my C: folder because I thought the name might be too long or whatever... It's still not deleting.

It's not in use either, because it's a .pdf file...

*sighs*

Here's the name, if the name might help you judge why.

I know it's a long name, but that's why I put it into C: :P

The Prokaryotes - A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria 3rd Ed. [Vol. 1], M Dworkin, et al., (Springer 2006) WW.pdf

Any help would be MUCH appreciated!

Thanks a lot :)

Error Message

MutazYM — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:49:52 GMT

Dear
I am facing a problem while trying to open a newly installed program in a machine where windows 2000 is installed. Where the following error message appears:

Qvms98 has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will needs to restart the program.

Where Qvms98 is the newly installed program.

Best Regards

Mutaz Y. Melhem

Having a DNS problem and cannot surf

droidmk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:16 GMT

Hi,

I've been looking for a solution to my DNS problem but I haven't been able to fix it and I was wondering if anyone could point me in a right direction.

My PC is running on W2K sp4 and I can ping IP address and I can surf using either IE or firefox by just entering IP address. That means I have internet connection but somehow DNS is not resolved. I tried the following but did not fix the problem.

netsh
Interface reset all
routing reset all
routing
dump
bye
exit

I have entered the opensource DNS address manually in the LAN connection properties and my ISP support checked settings on browsers and everything seems to be as it should be.

I am posting this using my laptop which is also connected to my netgear router so it just my PC which doesn't seem to be able to resolve DNS. I run virus and malware check and nothing came up. What can I do to fix this problem?

droidmk

Outlook Express Problem

joegonz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:18:59 GMT

How do I delete mail from the sent mail folder when delete does not work?

How do I open/save attachments when they are dim?

Cannot log in on my computer

wollywolly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:21:07 GMT

I have an Compaq Evo N150 with Windows 2000 Professional SP4. I did something really stupid. I have changed some user id or member id in the network settings. I can�t explain it as well as i want to. What happens now is, when I start the computer it wants me to log on to windows and the user name says ASPNET. I have never had a password or anything on this computer. So now I can�t access my computer and I don�t know if there�s a way to do it. Please, can anyone help? :cry:

CMD.exe: Check when A File is Opened

Dalgetty — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:14:38 GMT

Hi Folks,

I would be very grateful if anyone could supply the relevent lines of code as they are beyond me. I want to know the date and time someone has opened a data file. The data file might be on a floppy/ memory stick

Thank you

Dalgetty

dell optiplex gx240 win2000 with only 16 colors

ineedsomehelpy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:41:09 GMT

i have an optiplex gx240 and when i reinstalled windows 2000 service pack 3 i started it up and i am stuck with 16 colors for an option in the display menu here are some specs i got from a program attatched i think i need to update my video card driver but when i went to the dell website nothing worked

here are the specs:
http://www.filehosting.org/file/deta...3000_HOME.html

virus is preventing access to anti-virus websites

esl — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:34:42 GMT

Hello,

We have a computer which runs a 'core' piece of equipment (i.e. many users). Unfortunately, someone has brought in a virus on their USB stick (a mactintosh user who is not affected - same problem for us several times).

The virus is preventing our anti-virus software from running (Sophos) and won't allow access to any anti-virus websites, nor can we install anti-virus software downloaded elsewhere and transferred by USB.

I saw a previous fix for this problem for an XP user (Nov2008), but wasn't sure if it would be the same for win2000?

Thanks in advance for thinking about this problem.