When you upgrade a computer, a server running Windows Server 2003 may rename your computer, if your computer name cannot be validated. This behavior would occur if you had a duplicate name on the network.

Solve this month's Windows Client problem, and you might win a prize! Email your solution (don't use an attachment) to challenge@winnetmag.com by June 26, 2003. You must include your full name, street mailing address, and phone number (all...

When you run Winnt32.exe from the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM to setup Windows Server 2003, the customary keyboard shortcut keys do NOT appear? For example, on the License Agreement dialog, you see: I accept the agreement I don't acce...

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When you use the Automated System Recovery applet to restore to a replacement disk of identical size, you receive: Setup was unable to restore the configuration of your system because of the following error: ...

Yesterday's article about the SCO Group and Linux generated a slew of somewhat predictable hate mail from the Linux community. So be it. I wasn't trying to stir up a hornet's nest, but as longtime WinInfo Daily UPDATE readers know, I'm not afraid...

If you press Next on each page of the Accessibility Wizard (Start / \[All\] Programs / Accessories / Accessibility), the Completing The Accessibility Wizard page lists changes, even though you have NOT made any. This behavior will occur...

Starting with Internet Explorer 5.0, the Microsoft Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Editing Component can script access to the contents of your Windows clipboard. This feature is turned off by default when the Internet Explorer Securit...

If you want all your clients to use the No Sounds sound scheme, I would configure the default profile, so that new users get the No Sounds sound scheme. For existing users, apply the following NoSounds.reg file: REGEDIT4 ...

After you upgrade from W9x, all the sample scripts in the %WinDir%\Samples\WSH folder are missing, and so are any of those samples that you copied to other folders. Windows 2000 Setup searches for and deletes all the WSH sample scripts, as it...