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I'm looking for a way to deploy Visio and Project 2010 to selected users without SCCM. I tried a logon script based on the one Microsoft posted as a sample in Technet and it worked for some users, but is unreliable. When the users need both Visio and Project, it would error out because it says 2 setup files can't run at the same time. So, I set a GPO for logon scripts to run synchronously and it worked for some users, but others would get a black screen at logon that would hang forever. Seems to me this is UAC interference with no UAC prompt being popped up. When the script was disabled, they could log on normally. I thought of startup scripts, but that does not sho…

Hello all! This is my first post here. I am finalizing a Deployment solution for small repair workshops. The objective is to reduce effort required to install the Windows Operating System. Final Result is a PXE boot menu with options for one button boot and nuke followed up with a fresh OS install. Can select from XP, Vista, 7, 8 all x86 or x64. Utilized code from tftp32... still working out details if I am allowed to release my code. Creates a lightwieght portable tftp server and pxe dhcp proxy server along with SMB share. Binary PXE image from syslinux package.No user input required passed OS selection, fully unattended partitioning and install.I have finished …

By Paul Thurrott This week on What The Tech: It’s been nearly a week since Microsoft launched the Consumer Preview of Windows 8. Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott discuss the new OS. What do they think now that it’s been a few days.Andrew debates whether or not Windows 8 will work well for laptop users. Andrew and Paul also discuss Apple’s upcoming iPad event. Could Apple possibly also announce an actual Apple TV? Also, what changes might we see with the next generation of the iPad. Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Google on Tuesday announced a new online service called Google Play that consolidates previously separate entertainment-based online services into a single location that’s easily accessible by users of the company’s Android mobile OS. Ultimately, what we’re looking at here is a rebranding of the Android Marketplace that better positions the service to compete with Apple’s dominant iTunes Store. Continue reading...

I had Office 2007 installed and I ran the upgrade of office 2010. I was under the impression it imported old user settings into Outlook. It did import, but apparently it duplicated my inbox's. I now have 2 inbox's for my Exchange Account and 2 inbox's for my pop3 account. I am needing to upgrade another user and do not want this to happen again. What can I do to ensure this doesn't happen. Jim Doss Continue reading...

Hi, I ve install microsoft essential. What other anti virus do i need especially for scanning virus when downloading email attachment? At the same time does not conflict with microsoft essential? thz Continue reading...

I had windows vista home premium 64 bit and IE9 Suddenly videos on the web pages were blocked Also when writing emails I was not able to change font sizes and color in some words that I want to highlite I had to remove IE9 and go back to IE8 which is working. Anybody can help me to solve the problem with IE9 ? arturomv Continue reading...

I was looking for a microsoft KB article that discusses removing the ability to allow users to save data to their PC's local drives for data governance / security purposes. I couldnt find one, can anyone share a link if they know of one. Continue reading...

Is it possible to use group policy with an admin template to add the everyone group to the local power users group on all XP machines, or.... in your experience would this more likely be acheived through another way, perhaps the machines build phase or some other way to push this out corporately. I know of RSOP.msc and gpresult, but I wouldnt know which setting to look at to see if a domain policy is populating the everyone global group into each local machines power users group? Basically I can see everyone is part of power users on my PC - but would like to see if thats the same for all other machines, i.e. if thats applied via default domain policy? I assume it isnt …

I have a web page that displays data in a table from a database. I am using standard HTML markup below. When the tbody can be printed on one page, it prints. When the tbody element has to span multiple pages because there is a lot of data, it does not print. How do I fix this issue? Column 1 Column 2 Data 1 Data 2 ... Data 1 Data 2 Continue reading...

Hi guys i see various posts but im going to ask it my way I have a shortcut on the desktop thats a simple URL link, for a Managed Print tool, It basically is a web URL Link. if i drag this link to the start menu its now On the desktop and in the start menu I need to automate this, At present the icon is part of the build with relation to being on the desktop i just need to have it automatically in the sart menu also. Is there a group Policy or way to have this done. Its windows 7 32bit ive got 29000 to deploy :) thanks Continue reading...

In the last couple of weeks, users in my school district started getting the Windows Scripting Error while browsing in IE. Our district computers are Windows XP and Windows 7 and we are using IE8 and IE9. All of the troubleshooting recommendations are not working. It does not seem to be happeing with the local admin user, only the domain user. Domain user and computer are under no policies. Since I thought it was a user profile issue, I deleted the user account of the domain user and also the user folder. I also deleted all reference to the user in the registry. Yet when I recreated the user and logged back on, the user still gets the scripting error. Any ideas on why thi…

In order to download Angry Birds through Zune ( I tried using the Marketplace app on phone but the Search came out null) I saw that the device was not recognized though the game is there for $1.99. What am I not doing? Or what do I need to get this working correctly? I have a Windows Live account (using my Hotmail credentials) T-Mobile --vendor OS -Windows 7 Zune 4.8 Continue reading...

Hello ...aside from just deleting the printer from devices and printers .....I am under the impression there is somewhere else where drivers are deleted I cant remember where or how to navigate thanks Continue reading...

Hi, We are in the process of migrating 2500 pcs from XP to Windows 7 using SCCM. We are repurposing PCs on the network and each machine will be formatted and repartitioned in the task sequence. Currently I am working on adding Offline use of USMT to copy user profiles to a network share prior to the format/partition and then when Win7 is installed and configured, I am attempting to run Loadstate to move the accounts from the network share back to the PC. I have it working now so that my task sequence will copy the profiles back to the Win7 machine, but no matter what I seem to try, I cannot get the accounts to migrate from local accounts to domain accounts. I have tried …

Hi, I have the following problem, we installed Office 2010 on some Windows XP-Maschinen. The Setup was running through a software deployment tool Before we deploy the office installation we created a MSP-File for customizing the installation settings. The SharePoint Workplace was deacivated and made invisible for users so that they can't see and install the software. After the Installation I had an new button in the windows explorer toolbar called folder sync. I know this is a groove function (now called sharepoint workplace). Does anyone know how to remove this button and why the groove.exe exists in my office program files folder? THX Thomas Continue reading...

I received a phone call today from an Asian sounding caller. They claimed to represent Microsoft and that they were calling to advise of a new aggressive virus that they could deal with. I asked whether they had put the virus onto the internet themselves. After a pause they invited me to visit a site called something like "Check Buddah". Scam? or a real microsoft representative presumably calling all the millions of computer owners in the world to save them from a virus that, as they say, no virus protection programme can deal with. Perhaps it's a genuine service but I am not going anywhere near this site. Continue reading...

sir google desktop indexing not completing in windows 7 32bit Continue reading...

I had been using Firefox until yesterday, but it started crashing a lot so I switched back to Internet Explorer (version 9.0.8112.16421). I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit and I have Internet Explorer 9 32-bit pinned to the start menu and the task bar. However, when I click the IE9 32-bit icon it opens the 64-bit version instead. My keyboard has a key to open the default web browser on fn+f3, and this opens IE9 32-bit because it's the default browser. If anyone can help me that would be awesome because I really like using jump lists and as far as I know the 64-bit version doesn't have them. Continue reading...

Windows 7 64-bits SP1 IE9 Asus U35JC Laptop Crashes with Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace and VLC Media Player (I think version 1.1.5) The problem is that IE9 does not work when either a game from Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace is started (so it is fine when only the Marketplace is open, but when I start Age of Empires Online it crashes for example). Recently, it has been doing the same when VLC Media Player is on. What happens is that upon opening IE, it just immediately tells me that IE had an unexpected error and it tries to restore (resulting in the same behavior). It repeats every time these programs are used and for now doesn't happen with any o…

Cannot get Gpupdate /force to implement changes gone via regedit. Want to disable "Run" from start menu. Continue reading...

AFTER BOOT I GET THE MESSAGE 'WINDOWS COULD NOT CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM EVENT NOTIFICATION SERVICE'. THE CURRENT NOTIFICATIONS ARE BLACKED. ALL OTHER WORK PERFECTLY. I AM NOT DEPENDENT ON THE NOTIFICATIONS, BUT WOULD LIKE IT IN GOOD ORDER. Continue reading...

hello all i saw this word ( uABCrade or uABCraded ) in some places , and i want to know what does it mean for example : you decided to have all workstations uABCraded to MS windows 7 does it mean upgrade ? Regards Continue reading...

As I am expecting a delivery I have opened an email with attachment FedEx_Invoice_Copy_N23-12.zip from what appeared a reliable source. It was malware so I have closed laptop down. It seems to have locked my programs so how can I fight it? what can I do next? The email had got through BTinternet spam guards as well as those in Windows Security Essentials / Outlook on my computer. Continue reading...

Recently I noticed the my PC notification icon had some messages and when I looked into it I found that one of the problems was my anti-malware and virus protection MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials)was not turned on...so as I tried to launch it fromthe PC notification area...it failed to launch or even message me of any problems...I then tried to start the services related with out any luck. I tried to go to the web site for support but started dto get re-directed everytime I did a search...I tried every way I am away of to start it but I had no luck...I even tried to open as administrator with no luck. My browser is usless as it always redirects. I then loggen in in "…