I've been wicked pleased with 1&1 (3 years using them) and the price is right for the business package I recently upgraded to: $7.49/mo 200GB space and 2TB bandwidth.
minda25, was this version of Word or Office an upgrade, a fresh copy, or did it ship with the PC pre-installed? I have experienced wonkiness with Office upgrades in the past. However, I would go for a full uninstall, reboot, reinstall since imaging does not appear to be an option. The Outlook settings are stored here --> C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username Here]\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and since I'm assuming you are storing your mail locally you might want to export it to a pst for safe keeping.
"I can say that the 60 plus PCs with windows I administer crash daily under heavy use..."
Um, hmmm... At the risk of starting a "My network is bigger than your network" flame war, the 500+ network I run does not have that issue. For the most part things run along smoothly and our biggest problems are failing hardware and the ATM circuit going down. Sure, like any other system problems do crop up but re-imaging each machine on a weekly basis? I dare say something would be wrong with the base image and/or hardware. Properly configured and administered Windows will run fine just like OSX or any flavor of *nix.
My point about re-imaging is that often a sysadmin will spin their wheel trying to solve an issue of gremlins when the best course of action is often to just back up the user files (which ought to be on the network) and start over. The more I read it looks like this is a small shop so the suggestion of testing the profile is a good place to start though I would also seriously look into using the XP system restore feature to roll it back to a time prior to the problem.
FWIW, I am a Ubuntu user at home.
I'm going to take a guess here that you are a small shop but what is the chance of doing a clean re-build of the machine? I know that it sounds like a sledgehammer approach to the problem but my experience has been that 4+ hours chasing something as inexplicable as what you describe would be best treated with a re-image so you can move on. If that isn't an option you could do a system restore to a point in time prior to the problem and see where that gets you.
"Yeah, if you're such a powerful sorcerer, MCT, why are you casting Magic Missile?"
Dude! At higher levels with an empower feat MM is still completely useful.
....oooo, dork.
*Lightening Bolt! Lightening Bolt! Lightening Bolt!*
Yeah, I still play. Come on, I bought a d4 got to use it somehow, right? Other than as a caltrop... }:-)
Ha! The father and son team of Joseph Meeker Sr. and Jr. with their "Fraudulent tournament reports; Obstruction of DCI investigation" just cracked me up. Plus they are from Connecticut, my home state, which makes for giggles x2! Represent!
I had three lenders all of which I had notes for both subsidized and unsubsidized loans. I ended up consolidating them all with Citibank over a 20 year payback period ($38k total) for 4.5%. It's made my life *somewhat* easier. Now only if this F'in MBA pay itself back. Damn sunk costs...
The biggest winner with my mom and mom-in-law has been Animal Crossing. It has tons of bonus NES games hidden inside and its peaceful yet addictive gameplay will have you coming back day after day. My wife and I logged over 500 hours combined. Electronic crack.
[A]t 13 she was banned from performing solos because, she remembers, "my boobs were too big and they said it would make men lust."An In Touch readers poll anointed her the celebrity with the "best boobs."
What a nice turn of events!
...but what kind of skeezy men went to her church?
*elbows scartol for more room near the door*
posted by DrMoxie 17 years ago
In "Curious George; My hosting company (Dreamhost) is having serious problems. I need a reliable hosting company. Suggestions?"
I've been wicked pleased with 1&1 (3 years using them) and the price is right for the business package I recently upgraded to: $7.49/mo 200GB space and 2TB bandwidth.
posted by DrMoxie 17 years ago
In "Curious George: Weird Word 2003 Problem"
minda25, was this version of Word or Office an upgrade, a fresh copy, or did it ship with the PC pre-installed? I have experienced wonkiness with Office upgrades in the past. However, I would go for a full uninstall, reboot, reinstall since imaging does not appear to be an option. The Outlook settings are stored here --> C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username Here]\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and since I'm assuming you are storing your mail locally you might want to export it to a pst for safe keeping.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
"I can say that the 60 plus PCs with windows I administer crash daily under heavy use..." Um, hmmm... At the risk of starting a "My network is bigger than your network" flame war, the 500+ network I run does not have that issue. For the most part things run along smoothly and our biggest problems are failing hardware and the ATM circuit going down. Sure, like any other system problems do crop up but re-imaging each machine on a weekly basis? I dare say something would be wrong with the base image and/or hardware. Properly configured and administered Windows will run fine just like OSX or any flavor of *nix. My point about re-imaging is that often a sysadmin will spin their wheel trying to solve an issue of gremlins when the best course of action is often to just back up the user files (which ought to be on the network) and start over. The more I read it looks like this is a small shop so the suggestion of testing the profile is a good place to start though I would also seriously look into using the XP system restore feature to roll it back to a time prior to the problem. FWIW, I am a Ubuntu user at home.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
I'm going to take a guess here that you are a small shop but what is the chance of doing a clean re-build of the machine? I know that it sounds like a sledgehammer approach to the problem but my experience has been that 4+ hours chasing something as inexplicable as what you describe would be best treated with a re-image so you can move on. If that isn't an option you could do a system restore to a point in time prior to the problem and see where that gets you.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Curious George: share your RPG memories"
TenaciousPettle, that is a frickin' awesome story! Thanks and props to your old principal for being so level headed.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
"Yeah, if you're such a powerful sorcerer, MCT, why are you casting Magic Missile?" Dude! At higher levels with an empower feat MM is still completely useful. ....oooo, dork.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
*Lightening Bolt! Lightening Bolt! Lightening Bolt!* Yeah, I still play. Come on, I bought a d4 got to use it somehow, right? Other than as a caltrop... }:-)
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Magic: The Assault"
Ha! The father and son team of Joseph Meeker Sr. and Jr. with their "Fraudulent tournament reports; Obstruction of DCI investigation" just cracked me up. Plus they are from Connecticut, my home state, which makes for giggles x2! Represent!
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Chastising the Wookie."
As the kids say, she was waxing the Welsh biscuits. Ha! She could wax my Welsh biscuit any day.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Curious George: Admin Please Hope Me!"
techsmith, that did the trick, thanks! +Helpful
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Bush amazes the US by borrowing more from foreign nations than all other US Presidents combined"
Tribal Warlord?!
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Curious, George: Student Loan Consolidation"
Actually, I should say damn liability as it will hang about my neck for years to come...
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
I had three lenders all of which I had notes for both subsidized and unsubsidized loans. I ended up consolidating them all with Citibank over a 20 year payback period ($38k total) for 4.5%. It's made my life *somewhat* easier. Now only if this F'in MBA pay itself back. Damn sunk costs...
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Thog's Masterclass"
"A horror tale of supernatural suburban terror in which a couple is stalked by a mail-order catalog with evil powers!'" Fingerhut!
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Curious, George: video games for non-gamers"
The biggest winner with my mom and mom-in-law has been Animal Crossing. It has tons of bonus NES games hidden inside and its peaceful yet addictive gameplay will have you coming back day after day. My wife and I logged over 500 hours combined. Electronic crack.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Endtroducing The Shadow Percussion Project"
Just plain awesome! Thanks! ))))))))))))
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "Tuesday, 7 September 2005, 9:30 AM Pacific"
Ha!
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "BBC: Has Katrina Saved American Journalism?"
Thanks, smallish bear, for the Penny Arcade comic. As always, even though Penny Arcade is mostly about games it is always about human nature.
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
In "The Zen of being Simpson"
[A]t 13 she was banned from performing solos because, she remembers, "my boobs were too big and they said it would make men lust." An In Touch readers poll anointed her the celebrity with the "best boobs." What a nice turn of events! ...but what kind of skeezy men went to her church?
posted by DrMoxie 18 years ago
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