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Hi all, This question is a bit of a follow up to the topic http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/da-da/officesetupdeploy/thread/fbc4bf23-c9fb-4a6c-a981-49f68127bf77 Since Office 2010 caches the xml data (in the registry at [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Spotlight\Content]) and image files (on the clients' filesystem) for the deployed custom templates, I wonder what the best way to update the centrally placed templates would be. I guess the point of having all templates on a network drive would be that it would be easy to make updates to just that one location, and then all users would use the same, and latest, version. So why does Office…

The Microsft Sec. Scanner, upon scanning finds a severe threat and asks to get a down load of Standalone System Sweeper, an advanced malware remover tool and perform scan. Please help me to get it and instructions for using it. Many thanks. Continue reading...

The Microsft Sec. Scanner, upon scanning, finds a severe threat and asks to get a down-load of Standalone System Sweeper, an advanced malware remover tool and perform scan. Please help me to get it and instructions for using it. Many thanks. Continue reading...

Hi All, I have a scenario where I will send some information from Internet Explorer browser to Outlook reply mail body on HTML button click event. But the problem is due to encoding while sending content to Outlook reply mail body, all the spaces are getting replaced by '+' which is not desired. I am using GET method to send the information from IE browser. This is happening only with IE, other browsers like Firefox and Chrome works fine for same. Please share your suggestions on this. Thanks Continue reading...

I have a small workgroup of computers (mixture of XP and 7 machines) in which I have a batch file on each system that will run a RoboCopy of their local data down to another pc acting as the 'backup station' The batch file is C:\BackupLocal.bat I want to set up a hidden user with administrator priveledges that will run this batch file after hours even if the main user is logged out. My problem is that they use the Windows user screen to select their log in name and go and I didn't want another username showing up on that list. The users are always changing their passwords so I can't really use their usernames in a task because it will stop working once they change t…

The main page of my website loads two frames. The right-side frame is a blank page and the left-side frame consists of a bulleted list, my company's logo and 3 other icons. The graphics are not bigger than 5k each. This frame uses an external css file to control the formatting. When I load this page in other browsers, it loads quickly and without problems. When I load it through IE, it takes up to 10 seconds to load. The index.html and left-side frame pages were coded manually. I'm also having problems with other pages on that website that were created using Microsoft Word. Unless I save the pages as Web Page, Filtered, the load time is very long and/or the graphics may …

Hi We are currently trying to get our machines to sleep, but it appears that since we use redirected folders for our profiles (with caching disabled, if it makes any difference), Windows stops the machine from sleeping. I have tried: Group Policy and local policy changes to enable automatic sleep with network files open Group Policy and local policy changes to deny applications to keep the machine awake Removing all USB devices except the mouse/keyboard Using the POWERCFG.exe -REQUESTSOVERRIDE switch for the \FileSystem\rdbss driver Nothing seems to work. Below is a report from one of the machines: Scan Time 2011-05-20T10:56:59Z Scan Duration 60 seconds Sys…

Any idea how to disable Windows prompting regular users to install a driver? I think it's the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT driver (but it's already installed). It installs without prompting (according to the system tray) if I login as a user in the administrator group. Some processes I can see. I think it's using the Task Scheduler, but I don't see anything in the task history: dcom/plugnplay/power svchost.exe rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\newdev.dll,pDiDeviceInstallAction \\.\pipe\PNP_Device_Install_Pipe_2.{6d9101a7-62fa-44fa-9b4e-0c8d179de38b} "pci\ven_1002&dev_9583&subsys_0083106b&rev_00\4&1e528e0b&0&0008" "C:\Windows\System32\dinoti…

By Paul Thurrott In a new post to the Building Windows 8 blog this week, Microsoft discussed its plans for minor accessibility improvements in Windows 8, particularly in the Metro environment and for touch-based devices. Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Microsoft on Tuesday issues nine security updates addressing 21 separate flaws in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, Silverlight, and SharePoint. Several of the fixes address critical flaws, including some that could aid in so-called drive-by attacks. Continue reading...

Where can install IEE 802.11g,for Windows Vista. Continue reading...

plz help me to reset password for my laptop i forget it so i cant log on thanks Continue reading...

Hello All, I am trying to run some CBT Nuggets video training stuff for the lats one week, but which doesn't seem to work due to some IE8 settings. When I run the 'index.hta' file from the CBT folder, the CBT nuggets media player opens up in IE8 with a warning ''To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer. Click here for options'' And when I click 'allow the blocked content' from the notice bar, it pops up another warning 'Scripts are usually safe. Do you want to allow scripts to run?' , OK I keep on licking YES to this warning and reach to CBT videos index page. …

I really need a copy of all my data from the now shutdown microsoft myphone service, after requesting several times to get a cd, I have never received any reply or cd. is there someone I can directly talk to about this? Continue reading...

hi, we've been prompting "windows security update windows XP (KB957097)" every day for more than a week. most of our clients have encountered with the same prompt. i installed those updates but unfortunately they appear again. pls help me what shoud i do? best regards Mori Continue reading...

Hi All I have a situation where I can not access the / dont want to modify the Unattend.XML file under /Sysprep directory. But I can modify the OOBE.XML, is there a way I can set the "Display" properties (as available in Unattend.xml) so screen resolution gets what I want? N.A.Malik Continue reading...

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Hi, I have a problem with Internet Explorer, both 8/9. My users can't remember passwords for few sites. AutoComplete settings are enabled and configured properly. I found the solution: to add sites to trusted sites in security tab but this not solved problem in all cases. In Firefox everything is fine. Could someone help me with it? Here is example website: http://outcat4.tecdoc.net/tecdocconsumer2/pl/login.jsp Thanks for the reply. Continue reading...

Hi all, no idea if this is being posted in the right place, I've been looking at the list of forums for about half an hour and still can't find one that seems to fit, so apologies if it is in the wrong place, if someone can tell me where it should go I'll repost it. Anyway, the question. I have a partitioned hard drive, something I've never had before, and recently needed to reload Windows due to a bit of malware that wouldn't let me open any protection software. So I reinstalled Windows from the disc expecting the old Windows to be overwritten. I now have two versions on my PC. Can someone please tell me how I can get rid of the old one but keep the new? Continue re…

I've installed a codec that allows me to play CDG files in Windows Media Player. However the option to queue them is missing from the context menu that comes up when you right-click on files. How can I enable this functionality? Continue reading...

Error code 80070643. Please help to fix it. Have no idea how to... Just got this laptop and dont want to ruin it with junk staff. Thank you Continue reading...

I can't update to Media Player 11, it says I'm blocked, but everything else updates OK. It's an old desktop which I had wiped a while ago, Continue reading...

Hello everyone, I have KMS Server 2008 R2 with VAMT. I need to search for all computers in my forest because I need an inventory about ALL computers that have obtained a license from my KMS Server. The VAMT query give me more than 24.000 computers, but VAMT tool hasn´t a "select all" option and select with the scroll bar + shift is very SLOW! After this, I have to wait and update status of the 24.000 computers... This is impossible... VAMT Crash after this action. anybody knows about command line or script to search for ALL FOREST COMPUTERS and Update computers status???? I need to query for all computers in a domain and list "Operating System Type" or "Office version…

Error code 80070643. Please help to fix it. Have no idea how to... Just got this laptop and dont want to ruin it with junk staff. Thank you Continue reading...