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    Nforce4 vs Nforce4 Ultra -- How big a performance difference?

    The MSI Neo4-F is a nice board, I've worked with it recently and I was very impressed. The difference between that board and the MSI Neo4 Platium Ultra NForce4 Ultra is SATAII 3.0Gbps HD interfaces where the Neo4-F only has Sata-150. The Nforce4 Ultra boards typically have more of these...
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    What causes a slow WinXP shutdown?

    Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Local Security Policy --> Local Policies --> Security Options; then close to the bottom. If you have not enabled this; or applied a security template to the machine then it is likely already disabled as I believe by default it is disabled.
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    What causes a slow WinXP shutdown?

    Make sure "Clear Virtual memory at shutdown" is not enabled in your local security policy. This could extend your shutdown time. Also, what kind of of viral program are you running. I have noticed at longer wait during shutdown after installing the likes of Norton or Symantec Antivirus.
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    2003: User created with 'Remote Desktop User' can't log in remotely

    Are you running a domain with active directory?
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    New Server Advice Wanted :)

    I just built a Windows 2003 Terminal Server with a Tyan K8WE (2895). Two AMD dual-core 275 Italys. 4gigs of RAM. LSI MegaRAID 2X PCI-X SCSI Raid Controller. 4 Seagate 15K 36.7gig Hard Drives in Raid 10. Anyway, it is the fastest thing I have ever seen. All the users on the WAN are raving how...
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    Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services

    I recently just implemented a Windows 2003 Terminal Server for our company; so this may or may not help as they did improve many of the Terminal Server features from 2000 to 2003. Our clients are able to connect using 15bit, 16bit, or 24bit. I have setup default RDP connections so that our...