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A new Microsoft blog post strongly implies that both Metro-style and Desktop apps will be supported on Windows 8 on ARM, as Microsoft originally promised. Continue reading...

I know USMT fails out if it sees a Temorary Profile. In this case, I am running into a series of machines where the Temporary Profile that ios causing USMT to fail is the Local Service account. Yikes! How can I fix this or work around it? If I find a temporary user account, I just delete it and off I go. But I don't want to do this with any of the system accounts. Any ideas are appreciated. Regards, MikeD Continue reading...

Ive recieved an numerous emails around the same theme about an alternative email account accessing my own account. I was wondering if this was a scam, I have not clicked any of the links. The email is as follows " It looks like you added an alternate email address to your Windows Live account (*** Email address is removed for privacy ***). You can use this email address to reset your password if you forget it. - Alternate email: *** Email address is removed for privacy *** If you added *** Email address is removed for privacy ***, great! Use this link to confirm *** Email address is removed for privacy ***: https://account.live.com/Proofs/AddConfirm?otc=*C…

I tried to download MS Essentials on my Vista pc. it now has "limited access" and I cannot connect to the internet. The solutions I have found require internet access. please advise!! Thanks in advance, Julie Continue reading...

Good day. Not a huge issue, but a bit cumbersome. We run our IE installations with tightly controlled security zones. When troubleshooting scripting issues for end users, the first question I ask is "which zone displays at the bottom of the IE window". I am currently testing IE 9 (the actual released version...not the beta, but there's no forum on the released version yet) in our environment before rolling it out to everyone and I have found that while there is still a status bar at the bottom, it no longer displays which zone the currently displayed site falls under. Is there a way to restore this functionality (I'm sure I'm missing a checkbox somewhere). This is v…

My computer opens to the Windows Media Center Edition. I just want the home screen for Windows. Should I uninstall Windows Media Center to prevent this? Will I be able to reinstall in the future? Continue reading...

I am using winxp sp2 and in all my drvs there is a RECYLER folder and in side the folder there is icon of recyle bin and the name is as S-1-5-21-842925246-1757981266-725345543-500. what is this and how to get rid from this problemI am a System Administrator at Vadodara Continue reading...

I am running WinXPPro with SP3. I have replaced my hard drive beause the old one crashed. I have ASR backups on a WD MyBook. When doing an ASR Restore using my original WinXPPro CD with SP1, the drive is formatted and Windows components are installed. When the file selection window comes up to select a backup file, the WD MyBook is not one of the devices on the list. There is only the hard drive, the floppy, and DVDRW drive. I am not using a USB hub or extension cable. I have an MSI KT4V MS6712 ver 10A system board. I have the latest BIOS update installed and the WD Mybook appears as a drive in the BIOS Setup. The ASR backups were originally done directly to the M…

I have been burning CD's using Sony brand blanks. I have just purchased a new batch but the brand is memorex (same type) The brogram seems to reject the new brand. Don't tell me the program is that pickey! What can I do to get these to be compatable.? Continue reading...

I am having trouble downloading Enterprise, your "DownloaderPackage" screws the pooch every time, and yes I filled out the form correctly, otherwise it would not have started to download, and no, I have had no power-outages or interuptions of any kind..... and yes, it has a legitimate directory to go to, so?????????? Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott The original HP Slate was highly touted at CES a few years back but the device itself got off to the quietest launch I can remember and never really amounted to much. But now HP is back with the HP Slate 2, a follow-up to its original Slate. Is it worth checking out? Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott It’s always been confusing to me that the web browser in Google Android is not based on the company’s excellent Chrome browser for PC desktops. That’s changing, though: Google announced today the release of the beta version of Chrome for Android. Continue reading...

Even though it shows as 'green', the home page indicates that the last scan was two weeks ago (Jan 21st) and is supposed to scan every Sunday. Does the computer have to be 'on' when it's scanning? I'm not here Sunday @ 2:00 am. Additionally (and coincidentally) just prior to beginning this post a notification that my system was at risk popped up. Hmmm, any input is gratefully appreciated. Pam Continue reading...

I found this code on my vista laptop, all my folders on the external & internal drives seem to be fixed to "shared" with no way to make them private again, I did set them all to private... S-1-5-21-1852131510-2817368491-2870954038-1007 Is this user name which I only identified today a hacker's ID? For the past 2 weeks my mobile phone has not been able to link to my vista or windows 7 laptops unless I switch the phone off then on again, though it's the fact I can't make my folders private again that has me bothered! Continue reading...

How do I install MSE in safe mode? Continue reading...

I'm having the same problems after doing the same. Continue reading...

Touch technologies are advancing across the Microsoft product lines, in everything from Office 15, to Surface 2.0, to Windows 8. Continue reading...

Hi, i try to migrate profiles from XP, 32bit to Win7, 64bit. Scanstate runs properly. But loadstate throws this error. I have administrative rights, i'm logged in as a domain administrator, and i'm member of the local group of administrators. When i choose the context menu and "execute as another user" and type the credentials of my domain admin account, i get an error saying he can't connect to the network drive where the profiles are stored. When i choose "execute as administrator", nothing happens. Thanks for any hints. Bernd Continue reading...

I need to generate a NEW SID for my security principals so i can clone the image and deploy along the way ... the thing is, this only seems possible using sysprep OOBE and by checking Generalize, and the problem with that is, once i restart system hangs on "Setup is starting up services". This doesn't happen if i don't check Generalize, but then again i don't get new sids generated for computer account etc. Failed Solutions so far: . Checking setup.etl for "failed to procees" or "reg key" gives zero results, a deeper inspection doesn't show relevant information. . Stopping the media player sharing service and disabling digital driver signing doesn't solve, setup still …

Every time I open an Office program, it opens a configuration window that first asks me for my product key. I type it in, it finishes after a minute or so. It then seems to stop popping up for a day or so at a time. Then it happens all over again. I've tried opening my Outlook in safe-mode to see if it was my google or iCloud plug-in but the window still shows up. If I click cancel, it says "Microsoft cannot verify the license for this application. A repair attempt failed or was canceled by the user. The application will now shut down." I know this isn't a huge deal, but I never have my product key on hand and I want to be able to use Word without having to worry about it…

I want to updated windows 7 I don't have chance to do that because have a password. I try to cancell the password and I can't Continue reading...

I keep getting a message that says: iexplore.exe Assert in LSP g_socket_data.Lookup(s)==0 capture\Isp\nolsp\wsp_patches.cpp:1313 ABORT RETRY CANCEL What is this and how can I fix it? Continue reading...

I tried to use an alternate program to open or read pdf files because IE would not work properly with Adobe X. No luck. MS says it's not their problem but I don't agree. This seems to be a problem in IE that's not exclusively Adobe. I started having problems when Adobe tried to update to version X. I have been using Nuance PDF Converter Pro for several years now and removed Adobe from my system completely to avoid clashes. I have no problem with any programs exept IE. When I know I have to download or read a .pdf file online, I have to go to the site with Chrome. IE will not allow any pdfs to be opened in or out of the browser. I upgraded to IE 9 to try and see if it wou…