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Device driver software was not successfully installed
by Guest cosmanmr- 0 replies
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I had the same issue on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. I was having issues w/an external DVD-RW driver because my box was 2008 64bit. I decided to wack out the driver so I would stop getting the constant error/reminder. When I did that I lost function of my box's internal DVD drive as well..... Couldn't find anything that worked until I found the link to Microsoft that shows the registry steps required to wack out a couple entries.... I rebooted and now everything works perfect! Thanks -- cosmanmr
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How to convert PDF to Office
by Guest Larry- 0 replies
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As we know, PDF is easy to generated but hard to eidt. Many PDF files are created from Office document, sometimes we need to edit some contents in PDF ,so we nend to convert PDF to Office, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint.And recommend a App named PDF Converter by which users can convert PDF to Word, Excel,Powerpoint, Text and HTML. The conversion quality is superb. Maybe you can give some good comments about this APP. http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-converter.html#201
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Unknown IP address
by Guest Morris- 0 replies
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I have to communicate from my PC (Windows Vista) with a device that runs Windows XP, has no keybord and disply. Problem is that I don't know its ip address. I thout to run WIreshark on my PC but I don't know whats the best ip address and mask that I should set in my PC to asure that the sniffer would "see" the packets. Can someone advise please? Regards Morris
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I have a physical install of Server 2008 and a virtual machine install of Server 2008. The physical install has AD, DNS, and DFS installed. The virtual only has DNS and DFS. I am able to ping by name and IP on both systems the opposite system without any issues. However, I am not able to browse the virtual on the physical in the networks listing. (They are both in the same domain--we will call them server1.home.com and server2.home.com--so they are both in home.com.)I can browse the physical from the virtual. When I create a namespace on the physical and then put a folder in there from the physical it works fine. I cannot locate a folder on the virtual as it does n…
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Expand instead of Play on CD-ROM/DVD
by Guest WCVanHorne- 0 replies
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I had the exact same problem and tried almost everything. Particularly frustrating since I have 3 virtually identical boxes and only one was acting up. What finally worked was method #3 here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135 The one about setting "allocatecdroms" to "0". Good luck!
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please help me on this one:... I am the network administrator in my company. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All network servers are Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 and all client computers have Windows XP Professional. XML Web services for internal network working on computer SERVER1 is the Active Directory server that is configured with the Default settings, and in which order. I am a member of Local Adnministrators group on computer SERVER1. I need the ability to remotely manage computer SERVER1. I do not have the budget to buy additional licenses for my network before the end of this year. What i must configure on Server1? D…
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Outlook 2007 "Blocked File Type" Error
by Guest jjrmcp- 0 replies
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I have 50 identical HP dc7900 workstations running XP Pro SP3 and Office 2007 Professional SP2 on domain. All 50 have the following Office 2007 .adm files added in the c:\windows\inf folder: excel12.adm, office12.adm, outlk12.adm, word12.adm, ppt12.adm. All 5 of these .adm templates have been added under "User Configuration / Administrative Templates" in gpedit.msc. I am using the Word, Excel & PowerPoint .adm files to "block the saving of .xml file types". While no such policy setting exists for Outlook 2007, when users close out of Outlook, the following message appears "Microsoft Office Outlook - You are attempting to save a file type thatis…
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Upgraded from 2003 to 2007 and seems to be a problem with indd file extension. Any suggestions to re-attach the In-Design icon to files?
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Data Execution Prevention
by Guest Kit- 0 replies
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If I open a folder containing a file with windows explorer (windowsXP service pack 3) and place my cursor over a .avi file, an error window pops up showing a "Data Execution prevention" and explorer is stopped. Evidently windows explorer tries to execute something that is able to display a thumbnail of a frame of the video. This happens even if the "Explorer Bar" is set to something like "folders" which wouldn't display the thumbnail. This "prevention" can be turned off by going to start/control panel/system/advanced/performance/data execution prevention, selecting the "Turn on DEP except for" and checking "Windows Explorer". A reboot is nec…
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Word won't retain custom settings
by Guest donwb- 0 replies
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Win XP Home. MS Office 2003 Normally MS Word would always display the same view as when I left it. However just recently, it has decided to display settings which I did not select. These are, the Vertical and Horizontal Rulers, no Text Boundaries, and 150% Zoom instead of my "standard" 95%. I have tried Repair MS Office and Reinstalled Word, neither of which made any difference. If I change these settings manually and log out of Word, they are retained for the current session, but next time the PC is booted, the incorrect settings re-appear. Any suggestions please. donwb
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is there a way to disable shadow copy but retain restore point function
by Guest digitalist- 0 replies
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cmd vssadmin /delete Manually create a restore point (as needed) and disable auto restore as well as the shadow copy service. You can also disable VSS by drive: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SPP\Clients\{09F7EDC5-294E-4180-AF6A-FB0E6A0E9513} -- digitalist
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Prevent users from saving music and pictures to their hard driveswithout folder redirection?
by Guest ridergroov- 0 replies
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Hi there. I'm wondering if there is a way via GPO or anything else to prevent users from saving music and pictures to their local hard drives without using any type of profile or folder redirection. Thanks.
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Hi all, I have a 2008 domain in 2008 mode, 2 DC's (2008) and wish to set up a domain based DFS, but the 2008 mode is greyed out. I can assure you that AD is replicating happily and there are no other DFS's on the network. Does anyone know where to start on this issue? Thx
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KB970158 What is it?
by Guest arejfour- 0 replies
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I have MS Intellipoint Laser Mouse 7000 V7.0 installed. I went to install the latest update V7.1 and the following window update tagged along without my knowledge or permission KB970158. It was strange because it didn't come thru the normal windows update screen. I can't find any information as to what it is. Microsoft doesn't even show a description for this update. Some sort of driver. Anyway, I uninstalled it from the update screen and my mouse cease to function. I subsequently uninstalled V7.1 and went back to V7.0 and everything works again. I've searched around and can't find what it is. Can anybody enlighten me? -- arejfour …
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Can't send email from Excel or Word or Powerpoint
by Guest Penguin- 0 replies
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Hi there For some reason, I can no longer send emails using the send command in any of Word, XL or PPT. I get error messages in each which are slightly different but which are: WORD - Logon failed. You must log on to Microsoft Exchange to access your address book. Error code: "Unspecified error". EXCEL - General mail failure. Quit Microsoft Excel, restart the mail system and try again. PPT - There was a general failure with the email system and this action could not be completed. Windows Live Mail is set as my default email programme and in each case is opens when I choose 'send' but all I get are the above error messages…
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Uninstall Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)
by Guest Ferdi- 0 replies
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Thank you! I've been trying so hard just for something that worked. "Nepatsfan" wrote: > First off, in Control Panel -> Folder Options, is "Show hidden files and > folders" selected in the Advanced settings box on the View page? > > If it is and you still can't find the $NtUninstallKB940157$ folder, let's see if > the following helps. > > Go to Start and click on Run. > In the Run box, enter regedit.exe. > In the Registry editor, click on the + signs in the left hand pane to navigate > to the following registry key. > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP\SP3\…
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Error Code: 0x80070005
by Guest Deepak- 0 replies
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Mr. Ottmar, I have a similar situation here. I don't see any iis_ line mentioned in sysoc.inf file. And I remember my hpdv4 laptop servicing guy used the tool 'nlite' or 'nlyte' to get over with some blue screen error. My problem is, after a new installtion of the OS - IIS is not listed nowhere to add/install in my winxp pro sp3 now ? "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote: > "K. Becker" schrieb: > > > Trying to update this Windows XP SP2 box to SP3. Went to the update web site, > > downloaded OK. During installation, had registry access errors (!) on > > HKCR\RDSServer.DataFactor.2.8.1 and a couple of related ke…
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Can't add or open additional desktop backgrounds
by Guest Docster- 0 replies
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If I browse to an I would like to use for a desktop image it will not display in the Display Properties dialog box nor will it display on the desktop. I have even tried by coping pictures into the C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper, which I have done before, for use as a desktop background. Prior to reloading this particular machine I was able to use any image I wanted to. Can anyone give tips on what might be wrong. The reload was with an original XP SP3 disk. Perplexed!!
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Sticky Notes
by Guest ebaajundi- 0 replies
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JerryM \(ID\)160769 Wrote: > For anyone who used to play with Sticky Notes from Microsoft Tablet PC. > You can still use it on the desktop. > Either type STIKYNOT.EXE on the start-run line, > OR > Create a new shortcut, using STIKYNOT.EXE, > and naming it STICKY NOTES for the name. > > Have fun, > Jerry thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- ebaajundi Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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Terredo Tunneling, etc.
by Guest Fu-Dog- 0 replies
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From what I've read else where, Teredo tunnelling is not something you would want enabled. It is a security risk and should only be used if your firewall can deal with it. Read this article I found: 'Simeon Stoychev's blog > Teredo Tunnels' (http://tinyurl.com/y9f4j2h) -- Fu-Dog Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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Windows cannot print due to a problem with the current setup
by Guest Jon Dow- 0 replies
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I cannot print from any MS office 2007 application on either printer I have (Xerox and HP). This leads me to believe it is an MS Office problem and not a problem with the printers and/or companies. I have a new computer running Win 7 64 bit and I can print from any application that is not Office (Adobe, Photoshop…) I get this error message: “Windows cannot print due to a problem with the current setup†It then gives some standard things to try (check the cable, check the spool..) but none of them work. I have seen many other posts from other users that have said they have a similar problem but primarily with a specific progr…
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BUG? internet explorer 8 with touchpad scrolling function
by Guest Stimet- 0 replies
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my laptop touchpad scrolling function does not work in IE8. is this some kind of BUG? i use samsung x10 laptop. synaptics driver 7.2.9 03Jan03 ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=eb3c201c-1140-402a-9df4-23472ea43a2c&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer…
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Invisible windows update
by Guest David Larsson- 0 replies
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Just chiming in - I see the exact same problem as others in this thread (Windows 7 Pro x64). I see the number of updates, and things are installed if I click OK, but the list is empty. I am basically installing stuff on good faith now. For a while the problem went away and I thought there had been a fix (which I couldn't see beforehand, of course), but now the same behaviour is back. This needs to be fixed. -- / David
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billionton bluetooth adptar driver problem
by Guest nelbulani- 0 replies
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:huh: hi looking for billionton bluetooth usb adptar 100mt class1 driver for vista 32b. please some body help me for that ..............[image: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/../ubb/eek.gif] thanks -- nelbulani
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IE 8 Menu Bar & Favorites Bar Black
by Guest Hyram- 0 replies
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"Bill Bradshaw" wrote: > For some reason my menu bar and the favorites bar in IE 8 are black. I > can not see the menu items but they are there and the pulldown menus are > fine (black letters - gray background). Running WinXP Pro SP3 with the > Windows Classic menus. How do I change the background color? > -- > > > Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska. > > >