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oh right. slightly different in exec 12..

Can’t you highlight them all and do it that way?

i have had a similar issue to this before: they way i fixed was to re install backupexec on another server that had never had any index etc on. I then told it to do a catalogue of the media. (resotred fine after that) Not a nice fix but worked.

well i wouldnt recommend an LTO Autoloader. We went through 5!!!!!! however if you have to use the LTO symantec is probably your best choice. I would however recommend Acronis. Its 1000% better than symantec etc etc.

are you using profiles?? as profiles have a habit of storing printers..

In Windows Server 2008 R2, you can select levels of isolation for print drivers. The print drivers can continue running in the same process as the spooler (no isolation, None); have several drivers running in a separate driver process (Shared); or have each driver running in its own process (Isolated). By default, print drivers are placed in a shared print process separate from the spooler. So the only conclusion i can come to is the printer is talking back to the server. Or even if you switched one off all of them should stop printing?? How did the bi directional support go??

does the spooler crash?? in 2008 r2 you can isoloate drivers so yes each one runs seperatly having said that if you have lots of xp machines you coudl face more problems than its worth. p.s. we run 2003 and 2008 to keep backwards compatible drivers. i would definitly try the bidirectional support one as it solved a very similar problem for us with hp printers.

i dont know if 2003 supports this but in 2008 r2 you can isolate printer drivers. how about a script that restarts the print spooler every say 15 minuits? but this does sound like a print driver issue. i would aslo (on the properties of the printer ports tab) un check "enable bidirectional support" will stop the printer talking back to the server.

an excellent walkthrough can be found: Windows 2003 DFS (Distributed File System)

Great Idea..

i use group policy to push out printers. its not just one. its basiclaly the lot! its as if the name still resides in the group policy even if it been removed!

was only a print server. However all machines on the network were re imaged after that had been removed. so 100% have no record of its existence. I have turned netbios off and has stopped the broadcast but im still interested to find the actual cause.

your dhcp scope isnt overlapping your static adresses is it??

yup i agree printers are one of the worst.

yup checked that and nope not in dhcp or dns. hence why we are getting netbios traffic

i have multicast filtering to block on main uplinks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05d0598b-95f9-4bdd-af36-b365d68ec5f6&displaylang=en just install admin tools on windows 7.

how about placing it on the startup script for machine.

if you use the windows machine i would use the command xcopy that copys permissions aswell..

why dont you do a network scan to identify all the ip's in use?

well here is how you alterr file asosiation in the registry so you could write a reg file to do such a thing: . Associate the extension with a filename string: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.abc Add a default string of "abcfile" 2. Associate 1: Create the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\abcfile\shell\Open // Note that this key "Open" is the default verb Add the string: &Open with MyEditor1 Create the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\abcfile\shell\open EVC3\command Add the string: DriveLetter:\PathToFile\MyEditor1.exe 3. Associate 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\abcfile\shell\Open MyEditor2 Add the string: &Open with MyEditor2 Create the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\abcfile\shell\open EVC3\command Add the string: DriveLetter:\PathToFile\MyEditor2.exe

Unfortunitly its not possible to go backwards or indeed forwards..

are you using prefrences? as in new Internet Explorer 8 prefrences? reagarding disabling search arrow~: either: search: disable search customization or in advanced preven configuration of search from the address bar

depending on what roles they are doing its safe to do one at a time. Your WSUS one would be a good one to start. also it is better to do a fresh install. I would 100% no do an upgrade on your dc's though.

what script is tthis.. bat? vb? have u done %username%