March

XP recently on a number of PCs I look after (mostly HP Vectra VL420) lock up Explorer when you right click on a file (any file) to copy or do advanced options to it in either My Computer or Windows Explorer. This is really getting annoying, especially when I want to edit scripts or copy/move files. The machines in question have got SP1 installed and most of the hotfixes. Thanks in advance.

When I set up a new computer at work, usually I have to add its computer name into the server to register it onto the domain (Red Hat 7.3 server). This works fine. The computer I'm having problems with was originally on the network, but I need to change the computer name to reflect its room change. First off I changed the Computer Name settings to put the machine onto a workgroup, rebooted it, then changed the name. When I go to log back into the PC, under the list of Domains it can logon to, it shows the work's domain, its new computer name and its old one. Now it is refusing to connect to the domain, saying the resource is already being used. How do I get out of this issue? I've switched computer names on other PCs at work with no issue.

Thanks for the tips. I'll try them when I'm next at work and will post the results.