Staff's network drives often get disconnected

The static IP address of file server is in the DHCP IP scope. In the IP lease list, we can see the  IP address was assigned by another machine. When there is a network connection problem with the file server, its IP address was assigned by another machine. When the network connection problem is fixed, there may be an IP address conflict between the another machine and the file server, resulting that

Add the Administrator’s Account to the Welcome Screen in XP Pro

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To add the administrator's account to the welcome screen in Windows XP:

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'SOFTWARE'Microsoft'Windows NT'CurrentVersion'Winlogon'SpecialAccounts'UserList

3. Create the following entry:

Administrator: REG_DWORD

4. Assign a value of 1.
5. Close Registry Editor.

Laptop computer shuts down automatically

Laptop computer shuts down automatically a few minutes after it is powered on.

Solution:

Clean the inside (especially CPU).