Tuesday, January 22, 2013

I want to reformat to an earlier windows?

Q. As the title suggests, I would like to reformat my hard drive. The thing is, I know how to reformat but I want to use windows 2000. When I go to reformat it gives me issues because I already have XP on the hard drive. How can I reformat and install windows 2k without the hard drive giving me crap about having a newer version of windows on it?

A. Hello,

If you want to reformat, boot from CD.
Then delete all the partitions, and create a new one.
Format it, then install Windows 200

Thanks,
Calvin's Network

What linux Distro should i use for my old PC?
Q. Okay so i've got a old pc.

I've basically put windows 98 on steroids, it has 3 hard drives like 512 MB ram. It's a pentium 3.

so what linux distro should i use.

ps it was originally for windows 2k runs windows XP great.

A. Im running Ubuntu on my old Compaq 1200 notebook 300mb RAM, 500mhz processor, It actually runs pretty good, Im sure your P3 is running at least 1.1ghz so I think Ubuntu is the best OS for you also seeing as Ubuntu has the most drivers of anything built in, you shouldn't have problems with this distro

How Can I Remotely Access & Interact with a Computer Over the Internet?
Q. I am looking for a method to connect to another computer remotely over a broadband connection for my consulting business so I can diagnose & correct problems without needing to be on-site. I have a few requirements:

1.) The method must be secure.
It can be secure either by a form of password, encryption, or by having the user remove the software from their computer when not in use.

2.) Interactivity.
I need to have full (temporary) admin rights to their computer or as close as to this as I can. It would be helpful if the user and I each had separate cursors we could use to make changes to the system, or we could take turns using the same cursor.

3.) Free or low cost licensing.
I would prefer free methods, but if I do need to purchase software to do this, I would look at licensing plans.

Please provide links to the software and/or methods of doing this. I would need Windows 2K, XP, and Media Center OS compatibilities.

A. Simple answer to a simple question. You can use realVNC, UltraVNC, PCAnywhere, Remotely Anywhere, or LogMeIn.
UltraVNC and reaVNC are free., PCAnywhere and RemotelyAnywhere cost money. Logmein is free if you get the basic but if you want to be abe to transfer files and all that then you need to pay for it. Now, I recommend Remotely Anywhere. I use it all the time. You can share files, make system changes, and just about anything you want.

Good Luck

Access software when away from the network?
Q. I have a laptop with Windows 2k that is always on running TrendMicro OfficeScan (virus scan thing). All of the computers in the network are using this as well (the laptop is acting as the software server). How can I set up the laptop so I can get the latest OfficeScan updates even when I'm at a different location with another computer? All I'm asking is how would you set up something that can have a public IP address or something?

A. By Remote Desktop, however to do it safly use VPN client as Hamachi.

http://www.hamachi.cc/
"Remote Desktop" is part of windows (not sure W2k has it,...)



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