unable to run add remove programs

[james]

Dear All,

Since I installed service pack 4 on my windows 2000
server, I lost 2 things:
1/ I can't run the add/remove programs (control panel)
2/ I lost the folder windows (left panel) from windows
explorer.

Any clue on how to solve this? Any help really welcome!

 

[Ray at]

You don't have to log on as administrator. My guess is that the
instructions you're reading say that because it's simpler than explaining
why that'd work. When you're in a workgroup (as opposed to a domain), in
order for permission to be granted for file sharing, the user connecting to
the remote computer needs to authenticate against that remote computer.
This can be done by having the same username and password on the computer
you're on as is also setup as an account on the remote machine. So, if you
have two computers, both of them have an "administrator" user account. If
both of their passwords are the same, you will be able to access the
machines over the network from each other while logged on as administrator.
But, if you log on as James, and your password is k38hjf, you can setup an
account on the other machine with that same name and password. Then just
make sure that account has the necessary NTFS and share permissions to your
shares.

Ray at home

 

[Ray at]

Sorry, replied to wrong message. Please ignore.

Ray at home

You don't have to log on as administrator. My guess is that the
instructions you're reading say that because it's simpler than explaining
why that'd work. When you're in a

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