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To see if the host supports PHP, try creating a file, called say, test.php. In the file, post the following code: phpinfo(); ?> and then upload the file to the site. Call the file by going to http://yoursite/test.php. If it supports PHP, you should see a series of tables, full of PHP config info. Otherwise, it should error out, show a plain page, or show a page with the above code on it. You might be able to save a bit of time, and use something like this to create your form. Hope this helps, Maria

Hi Probably a stupid question, but are the keyboard settings the same on the server and the client? The reason I ask is if you use the password 'P@ssw0rd', or something similar, and the server is in US format, pressing the same keys on a UK keyboard would output 'P"ssw0rd'. Maria

Hi I upgraded the hard drive in my black Macbook for a 320GB WD Scorpio Blue. When I did so, the installation discs refused to see the drive. Not wanting to go through the hassle of returning the drive, I put it in a USB caddy, connected it the mac, and installed OS 10.5, and later 10.6, this way. The install works fine, and when the drive was placed back in the mac, it worked fine. As far as I can tell, it was a SATA vs SATA II problem (Sorry, not much of a hardware expert). Strange if it is that the installer cannot support SATA II in thus day and age. A long shot, but worth a try. Maria

Hi I can't remember the exact key, but its one of the function keys - F14 I think (Sorry, I don't have an apple keyboard near me at the moment. I'm fairly sure its the middle F key, of that cluster of three, to the right of the main keys (Hope that make sense). Maria

One sent, but they seem to be very slow at sending them on. Maria

Definately sent, and I've got about 5 more if anyone needs one.

Thats what I meant, not Add-ons sorry.

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Hi What version of IE are you using? Its worth checking the GP Add-on settings for the workstations, as, I seem to remember something where we had to allow the Impero add-on to run. I didn't deal with this personally, so my memory of what settings to use is a little sketchy. Not much help, but might point you in the right direction. Maria

Hi Might not help, but I vaguely remember there being an issue with My Pictures and My Music folder redirection in SP3, which can be overcome by replacing gina.dll on the clients with the SP2 version. Might be a complete blind alley though. Also, check effective permissions on the folder that is being shared, and the share permissions also, and make sure they are OK. Good luck Maria

Sorry mate, I've just tried to download the first one, and its coming down at 0.7kb/s, so it looks like its an issue at their end.

Dont know if its any use, but we've had this all day, and we don't have smoothwall. Our ISP is EMBC. Maria

Hi I'm guessing that your talking about classic ASP here. If so, then try: <%= Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER") %>. Hope this helps Maria

Hi Don't know if this is relevant, but I remember we needed to use ntbackup to back up some stuff for a while. I noticed that if I used mstsc to log in to the server, and create the scheduled task, it wouldn't run. If I was sat at the server itself, all was well. This was backup to file (external drive), rather than to tape. Maria

Ok, I think this would be the right method. If anyone notices a mistake, then please correct me. Copy the contents of the quoted text, and paste into notepad. Save the notepad document as "MyScript.vbs". The speech marks are important, as they stop notepad appending .txt to the end. On your domain controller, if you have the group policy management console installed, click Start, Run and enter gpmc.msc. This launches the management tool. All your workstations should be contained in an organisational unit, such as 'workstations', or possibly a bunch of OU's, such as 'Room1', 'Room2'. Locate the correct organisational unit, and right click on it, and select 'Create and Link a GPO Here'. This creates a new group policy object, linked to the stations in that OU. Give that group policy object a descriptive name. Now you need to configure the GPO. In the right hand side, the new GPO should appear. Right click on this, and click Edit. Expand the Computer Configuration node, followed by Windows Settings, and click on 'Scripts'. In the right hand pane, double click on 'Startup'. A properties box should appear. On here there will be a button labelled 'Show Files'. Click on this, and windows explorer will open, at the location where you need to place your startup script. Copy the .vbs file into here, and close the window. Next, click on the 'Add' button on the startup properties sheet. Either type in the name of the script, or browse to it using the browse button. Close all open windows, and click Start, Run and type gpupdate. This will update the group policies. Your clients should then run the script on startup. However, before doing all this, test the script works OK in your environment. Log on to a workstation, get the script, and double click it to run it, and observe that it doesn't break anything. If everything seems OK, try a couple more, and when you feel sure enough, set it with group policy. Best of luck Maria