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DON'T USE THE IDE TO COMPILE!!!
use the build-in build environment from the ddk...
start menu/ddk/build environment/...
create the makefile and sources(or better copy them from an example driver source) and use the "build -cZ" command
Don't try it, just do it! 
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I have a customer with a small network running an NT Domain. They have a whiz bang Toshiba something or other printer/photocopier/... hanging off the NT Server which is shared.
Last night I installed a new Windows XP Professional SP1 machine and forgot to setup the printer. Today when I tried to talk the customer through setting up the network printer over the phone they received the following error -
A policy is in effect on you computer which prevents you from connecting to this print queue. Please contact your system administrator.
I can't get on site tomorrow so will be playing backup support by phone to the bloke who can.
Looking in the knowledge base led me to this[^] article. Unfortunately it is talking about Active Directory Forests which don't affect me here.
I believe they are getting this error as the ploicy currently doesn't allow the XP machine to connect to the server. According to the article when this happens XP will look for the drivers locally.
The only part that seems relevant to me is using Group Policy Editor (anyone know how to run this?) to enable the User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers policy and set User can only Point and Print to these servers to the only server there which is NT.
My quandry is how to get the printer drivers to the XP machine once we get it access to the server in question.
- Should I load the XP printer drivers to the NT server so it can hand them over when we connect the XP computer?
- Should I store the drivers on the XP machine so I can load them from there when I connect? If so where should they reside?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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I haven't worked with XP in a mixed environment, but as a general rule I prefer to install the drivers for any printer in the network on each machine that might use it. That way I am assured that the correct driver for each machine's OS version is at least available locally, in case the printer server doesn't have or can't locate the correct version.
The error sounds like a permissions thing, and there is a default GPO in WInXP. When XP refers to a server, it may be using the term to reference any host providing a service, including printing. Remember that in Microsoft terminology, any client which is sharing a printer on a network is called a Print Server.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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I am looking into the possibilities of creating an IN-HOUSE solution for restoring an image of 2000 O/S to any server regardless of hardware. The only way I know this will work is if I can somehow detect the current hardware and enter those settings in the registry. Does anyone know of a way (or is there an existing command line util) that will run the hardware detect? I would like to restore a Win2K image and then run hardware detect (similar to what Windows does during setup). Any thoughts?
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This[^] may be of some help.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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A Windows 2000 image will only work correctly if the right kernel, HAL and boot drivers are in the image.
There are two main versions of kernel, uniprocessor (NTOSKRNL.EXE on the install disk) and multiprocessor (NTKRNLMP.EXE). There are also physical address extension versions (NTKRNLPA.EXE and NTKRPAMP.EXE) for systems with >4Gb of memory. A 'normal' and a PA image are both installed on any given system; once installed they're simply named NTOSKRNL.EXE and NTKRNLPA.EXE - the multiproc versions are renamed.
There are a multitude of HALs supplied with the OS, including 'basic', 'multiprocessor', 'ACPI', 'single-processor APIC', 'ACPI with APIC'. Again, get the right one, or your system likely won't boot.
Finally, your system loads a number of drivers at boot time, which are needed to be able to load the rest of the system. These are the drivers which are listed before the switch to graphics mode when you select a Safe Mode boot. Typically this includes system bus drivers and disk drivers. If one system's Athlon-based and another Intel-based, you may have problems if you're not using Microsoft's generic drivers.
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Haven't worked with a proper network and domain setup for nearly 2 years now, and haven't had to connect a computer to a domain for over 2 years.
Tonight (a couple of hours away) I have to connect a Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional to an NT domain.
I know I have to go Control Panel -> System -> Identification and then clekc the button to add to a domain. But from memory I have to also add the machine to the PDC's Server Manager. Is his correct? I can't remember if I have to do this from the server itself or from the new client logged in as Domain Admin.
Anyone care to refresh my memory? I can't spend any time looking through the KB as I have to complete my mundane day job before immediately shooting off to the 2nd job to get this done. Only got the call half an hour ago to tell me this was on. I get the calls as the boss gets in more work than she has people to do it.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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On 2000 and XP, when you specify the domain name, it will prompt you for the username and password of a domain user with permission to add the machine to the network, and then add the machine account automatically. You shouldn't need to touch the server manager at all.
HTH,
Richard
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Exactly what I needed and exactly what I did. Thanks for the information though I had to ring someone earlier to get the info I needed. I received your reply 22:29 Sydney time and I did this about 3 hours earlier.
From memory I posted this about 01:00 New York time which would have been 22:00 Arizona time.I can't believe Roger Wright wasn't up at that time scanning the Operating System forum on the off chance I most post a question he should answer. 
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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Sorry, but I was entertaining a beautiful woman at the time. You just can't compete.;P
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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Roger Wright wrote:
Sorry, but I was entertaining a beautiful woman at the time. You just can't compete.
You haven't so much as seen a picture of me, so how would you know? What if I trimmed the beard? Would I be in the running then? 
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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Michael Martin wrote:
Would I be in the running then?
Of course not, silly - you're married.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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How do I send messages via the messenger service, also how do I turn it off..
/\ |_ E X E GG
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I don't use it to send messages...however go into sevices, stop the service, right-click and select properties with a left-click. There will be a pull-down to disable the service. Apply the changes and enjoy a Messenger-spam free life..
Warm Regards,
The Boolean Operator aka Boo
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BTW for clarity, the messenger service is not the same as MSN messenger..I say this for the benefit of others. I assume you knew the difference.
-=Boo
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From a command prompt, enter
net send /?
It should spit out a bunch of info on the options available. The service is turned on and off from the Services applet in the Control Panel.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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I was setting up a family website with FTP access for my family to share their pictues on.... I was still in developmental stages, so I had no security on it... I didn't think anyone would find it that fast. It was up for 4 days...
So, I'm going through the logs and then I see this suspicius one where the person put a full AC/DC album and some comic book scans on. The funny thing was it was about 15 directories deep.
What's even funnier is that it was in the "_vti_pvt" directory...
Can anyone explain how they managed to put any files in there???
Also when I went to delete their files I couldn't... so then I'm like, oh yeah, I have to stop IIS... so I do that and then try to delete them, but the same thing, the disk is write protected or something...
SO, what can I do???, do I have to reinstall IIS??
Fill me in someone...
/\ |_ E X E GG
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Hi !
We need to install a mail server for our company (about 10 people). The server is running Windows 2000 Server.
I heared about MDaemon and MSExchange. We are looking for something simple to use and cheap.
Does anyone could tell is one of the two I mentionned is a valuable solution ? Does it exist another mail server which is better ?
Thank you or your suggestions.
Jerome
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Jerome Conus wrote:
cheap
Take MSExchange off your list, then. It's a beast to manage, and grossly overpriced. I found a product long ago called DMail that was free, but never really got it working correctly. It had a lot of features I liked, but the documentation had gaping holes in it that my knowledge at the time was insufficient to overcome. Google for it and take a look at the product - you may have better luck than I did, and they may have improved the docs since I last looked at it.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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We use both products, and MDaemon is a lot cheaper and easier to use the Exchange.
MDaemon Pro 12 user license is $440, standard is $200:
http://www.altn.com/Products/Default.asp?product_id=MDaemon[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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How can I add a direct TCP/IP printer to a Windows 2k workstation using WScript (either VBScript or JavaScript... don't care)? According to Microsofts documentation, adding a port via script is only possible in WinXP or Windows 2003 Server. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Cho Dan
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dude i am also looking for the same solution. It can be done by using scripting either VBscript or other scripting language is good. But VBScript you can find lot of help in fourms.
I am started working on this code......i will give you the details once i get that code for TCP/IP printing.
If you get any please post it here buddy.
First of all tell me why you are going for TCP/IP printing? Are you doing any migration stuff or just removing print server.
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I've installed MSN Messenger v6.0.
HOWTO: Stop the obsolete MSN Messenger (v4.x) client from appearing in systray when openning Outlook Express?
Solid.
o-[ BlackSmith ]-o
/*The roof is on fire, we don't need no water, let the MF burn*/. BHG.
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Hi,
I've created a batch file which would inturn launch a setup of a software. The setup has a silent installation mode so everything has to be done in the background. But whenever I launch the batch file a black window (DOS window) is also launched. How can I supress that black window from appearing.
Thanks,
Abhishek.
Learning is a never ending process of Life.
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if you are using NT, you can start a seperate process and hide the window using the START command and the /B Switch ...
some important switches for START that mey be useful (ie, ymmv)
START
/Dpath Sets Current Drive And Dir For COmmand To path
/I Initializes environment from parent
/MIN or /MAX Starts new window minimized or maxmized
/LOW, /NORMAL, or /HIGH - sets priority
/WAIT Waits for app to terminate before continuing
/B Executes command without creating new window ...
Ive missed out a few unimportant settings - hope this helps though
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