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Is there a way to perform a simple sysprep on a Windows 7 Pro image, once I have all the applications preinstalled, that I want on it. I'm fine with having to manually walk through the initial settings (i.e. computer name, user name, etc.) just as long as I know that sysprep reset the SID on the image so I can use it for an install on different desktop PCs. Continue reading...

Folks, Given that the User Profile directory is set in AD appropriately: If in the destination directory both types of profile files are found, both NTUSER.DAT and NTUSER.MAN, which one is going to be processed? I would hope the .MAN would take precedence, but I don't know and can't tell in the production environment right now. (It's a live world for someone I'm taking control of for a while, and I just found these directories with both files in them.) I know that XP and W7 also use different directories, and these happen to be in the W7 (.v2) directory, but it wouldn't surprise me to find other directories as well. Thanks! Continue reading...

The Internet Explorer team along with the broader Web community has continued to make improvements to the IndexedDB specification. IndexedDB is a W3C Working Draft that enables you to store, search, and retrieve data on the user's device, even when Internet connectivity is disabled. IndexedDB is a feature of the Web platform shared by IE10 and Metro style apps in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. This blog post describes changes we made in Internet Explorer 10 Consumer preview to implement the latest version of the W3C spec. Changes to Versioning The most significant change involves how developers update their database schemas (i.e. object stores, indexes) from one ve…

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM COMPLETE AND FROM ADAPTATION SCANNING Continue reading...

in windows XP if you print a tiff document in Paint it prints on 4 pages... any ideas? Diane C Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott This week on What The Tech: Andrew responds to a viewer’s email about pirated software. Do most people pirate Microsoft software or buy it? Paul Thurrott and Andrew discuss anonymity on the internet. Will it become a thing of the past? Paul gives us this thoughts on the new Apple iPad. Does the new iPad have a heat problem? Andrew and Paul also discuss how we live off of technology today compared to the past. Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott As with previous Windows versions, it’s possible with Windows 8 to configure your PC with two or more operating systems, choosing between them via a boot menu of some kind. And this configuration, typically called a dual-boot or multi-boot configuration, comes with just a few gotchas to consider ahead of time. Continue reading...

does Microsoft Security Essentials detect an remove key stroke loggers like ZueS Continue reading...

Schedule a daily backup to run each day of the week.....backing up a folder and system state to a network drive folder. PC is Logged in as Local Administrator......Unless I manually put in the password each day before the backup, the Backup does not run. ca Continue reading...

I have read the The Machine SID Duplication Myth on Mark Russinovich's blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx I am curious to know of people's experiences of deploying W7 images with and without running sysprep. I know sysprep does more than just reset the machine SID, but in the 'real world' how have people fared? I appreciate Mark's caveats about taking care with duplicate SIDs on DCs and when using WSUS. However, really how necessary is it to sysprep workstations? Thanks for any views/insites Anastas Continue reading...

The alert level is "severe" but it says action taken "allowed". Why wont it remove this virus and is the reason our laptop is running slowly Continue reading...

Hi, I had a security alert whilst on line today, it came from Internet security which I think might be a private company selling computer security, I have not signed up for this which is sinster in its self, but when you take into account it tells me that I have 59 high risk trojans and other malware on my computer and then asks me to sign and pay money by credit card to get rid of them, and that I can't get on my security essentials or my paid for PC Cleaner to double check the computer for malware, and get this my main computer will not let me on help and support to ask this question, you must admit it does make one very suspicious, I do however have stopzilla on my com…

keep getting c5.zedo and ran spyware and malware and it does not show up so how do i get rid of it. Continue reading...

Hi, I recently ran updates on my computer and IE 7 was taken up to IE 9. I had CCTV plugins that dont work with IE 9 (I find out too late) so now I want to revert to IE 7 or IE 8. No download that I can find for either IE 7 or IE 8 will run on Windows 7. Both throw up a library error. Can anyone suggest a solution please. My Windows 7 Ultimate had IE 7 intalled from the box - so it will obviously run. I can remove IE 9 for the Control Panel - but that is about it. I don't belive that the only option would be to completely reinstall Windows to slove the issue - and would it even activate a second time? Continue reading...

Hi - I recently built a new machine, two hard drives, one 60GB SSD for Windows and the bare minimum, and then a 2TB for Program files storage etc. After two days, I'm completely capped on the 60gb drive, and can't even begin to explain where all of the storage went or what Windows is doing. I've unhidden all hidden and system files, and my folder properties look like this: Program files x86 - 4.82gb Program files - 1.81 gb Windows - 16.9Gb Users - 1.14GB TOTAL if I select EVERYTHING in the C: drive: 27.3GB That's exactly where I expected to be. The real question is...when I go to the actual Drive, it tells me I have 896 MB out of 55.8 GB (where 5 gig of my 60 g…

i am an owner of a business, and have an employee constantly surfing the web playing around. she always uses inprivate browsing and/or delete history, so i am unable to prove and confront her. is there a way to permanently disable the ability to disable inprivate browsing? and is there away to disable the ability to delete history? i am running windows 7, ie 9. thanks in advance for the help Continue reading...

How will Microsoft’s new per-core pricing affect the prices that SQL Server 2012 customers may pay? Directions on Microsoft has done the math. Continue reading...

New Nokia Lumia 710, no data package. Other than manually recording all phone contacts to PC, is there anyway these can be backed up in less antiquated manner? Zune is about music and an app/no data package. Windows Live is about an app/no data package. Cloud is Mac, I'm a PC. I've spent hours searching and pretty much think manually recording is only answer. PLEASE HELP and thanks Continue reading...

How can I make my Office 2010 and Outlook 2010 windows borders look like they did in XP? I set the theme to Windows Classic and most windows open with the look I expect, but Office and Outlook windows apparently don't obey that setting. Continue reading...

Can not turn on real time protection gets timed out with error coed ox800705b4 Continue reading...

que es el error 105 y como lo reparo Continue reading...

My Microsoft Security Essentials says that my definitions are out of date - Virus and spyware definitions: 1.123.62.0 I have tried multiple times to "update" but it just searches (twice) and stops and tells me they are out of date. I'm not getting an error code or anything. If it is out of date is there a way to download manually? Any help would be much appreciated. Continue reading...

How long microsoft provides every day updates for microsoft security essential in vista home premium?? Continue reading...

Can Microsoft Security Essentials be used instead of McAfee? Thank you Tara Continue reading...