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Quick Note: GLOBAL EMPIRE IS CLOSING HIRING SEASON
by Guest Stan Starinski- 0 replies
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Regrading my Global Empire: We've hired enough horsemen and staffers for March2010. Will re-start hiring in April2010. The 2 openings we still have are: a) My Horse Gloriosus is currently serving as Senator. He needs a groomer, entry-level is OK. Must own tools and have high tolerance of animal's gastric disturbances, which entails prolonged exposure to methane vapors. b) Need a door holder for Gloriosus. He is unable to use legs for that, and recentlky he got a case of "Charlie Horse". When he walks into Congress, he does not want to be faced with door issues. He wants to gallop into center stage and engage delegatres in a m…
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Error Code 8007006E - windows 7
by Guest BCVolkert- 0 replies
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This worked for me. I have Office 2003, not 2007. Microsoft Update wanted to install KB972581 but it would always fail. As suggested, I ran the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack (FileFormatConverters.exe) installation and it failed as predicted. Without rebooting, I ran the Office Installer Cleanup Tool and removed the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack. Without rebooting, I ran the Update from the shield in the system tray and it installed. PERFECT ! ! ! I'm using XP Pro SP3, Office 2003 SP3 "n5mj" wrote: > On Oct 16, 10:43 am, TheDane > wrote: > > I have tried x times to run the windows update …
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Windows Back-Up(centre) stopped automatic BU
by Guest Harry- 0 replies
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Since 2 weeks it has stopped. In the BU-centre Wizard at "What drives you want in the back-up record?" is written: Stations Unknown (C:) (Missing) - 0 bytes - 0 bytes Unknown (E:) (Missing) - 0 bytes - 0 bytes They are unchecked and greyed-out (uncheck able) The C: is on a SSD on SATA 1 and the E: drive is on an old-fashioned drive on SATA 3. On SATA 2 a disk entirely is taken by Linux (Ubuntu). The start-up sequence in the BIOS is SATA2 (Linux), 1 (Windows Vista Buss.), 3 (Windows data) At start-up first a boot manager asks if I will start Ubuntu or Windows: then, choosing Windows, Vista starts (the Windows Boot Manag…
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IE8: Cookies not being recognized!
by Guest René Vinding- 0 replies
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I have the exact same problem, except on Windows 7. I was running Windows XP and IE8 and never had the problem. When my new computer arrived with Windows 7 (build 7600) and IE8, the problems began. Originally it was several times a day, but after changing the "Delete browsing history" options, it happens less frequently. After much hair-pulling and screaming, I have finally managed to find the pattern. Every time I install a Windows Defender definition update, Internet Explorer refuses to acknowledge the existing cookies. I hope the solution is to disable Windows Defender completely, and install Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware …
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Fix - Security Update for SQL Service Pack 3
by Guest davep- 0 replies
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This worked to perfection and the instructions were right on the money. Thanks a zillion.. "Nicholas DiDonna" wrote: > Hey all, > > I copied this from another discussion group and it worked on my computer. I > am running XP Professional. > > To resolve this issue, do the following: > > 1. Go to Run, type regedit, and click ok, or press Enter. > 2. Back up your registry, if you don't know how to do this, google it... > 3. In Regedit, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL > Server\MSSQL.1\Setup] > [Note that if you have multiple instances of MSSQL installed, the reg ke…
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FAX Console not printing
by Guest Robo- 0 replies
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Fax console is configured to print the fax when it is received. Previously when the printer was hosted by the same computer it the incoming fax would print automatically. Recently, that printer was moved to a different computer, and the console was modified to print to the print device on that computer. Unfortunately, incoming faxes do not automatically print now. Is there a fix for this, or does the Fax Console only print to a local printer???
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I don't think it's ignorance. I think it just makes too many basic mistakes to be taken seriously. But we can all have our pet obsessions. Yours happens to be SR. No shame in that. I pay my electricity bill via voice recognition and the (electronic) 'lady' on the end of the phone has never once made a single mistake even when I've mumbled or had a cold, so it must be good. I sometimes suspect that there's a real woman monitoring the robot just to make sure she never goes astray (or that could be just a fantasy). Anyhow, I'll ask her next time, if I get the chance, which operating system she runs on (the robot that is). Mind you…
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after installing windows live, disaster
by Guest arizona lee- 0 replies
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I no longer can access most apps. I do have access to Outlook and to My Documents. I can not access "add or delete programs". I can access IE by clicking on "run as". I can not access Office or any components such as word. How can I delete Windows Live and restore access to my installed apps.
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Vista Problems
by Guest woodybrown- 0 replies
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Hello everyone, I have had several problems with my computer. First of all when I turned my computer on I got a message saying: 'Your computer is suffering from a recent hardware or software fault. The file is windows/config32/config/system. My windows would not come on. It said that windows failed to load because the system reistry file is corrupt or missing.' I was then instructed to repair windows however it would not let me. As a result of this I was told to do a new install. Finally once I tried to re-install windows vista I got a message reading: 'The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected Error. Windows I…
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Desktop Icon Text in Vista
by Guest ggildas- 0 replies
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Hi all, I found this a while ago somewhere on the net. It works for all solid or wallpapers. So Credit to Lincoln Spetor. "*Change the Text Color for Desktop Icons *To change the text color in desktop icon captions. Microsoft doesn't provide that option, but there's a trick to turning the default white text to black. You can also turn off the drop shadows. In fact, you have to turn off the drop shadows before you can change the color: Select Start, then Run, type sysdm.cpl, and press ENTER. Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance box, click the Settings button. Scroll down to and uncheck Use drop shadows for icon labels …
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Event viewer now crashes if I attempt to sort by date or time.
by Guest Robbie Hatley- 0 replies
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Just yesterday, my Event Viewer starting crashing if I click on the "Time" or "Date" headers. What could cause this? Hopefully the program itself (mmc or it's event-viewer plugin) is not corrupt. I'm hoping it's due to something else, like too much data overflowing a buffer, or some needed service is stopped or disabled. I see that Dr. Watson records these crashes. He says, for what (if anything) it's worth: ============ BEGIN DR. WATSON'S REPORT ================================= Application exception occurred: App: mmc.exe (pid=888) When: 2010-03-08 @ 00:09:24.875 Exception number: c0000005 (access violation) *----&g…
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"Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality" Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.win2000.general Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:28 GMT Stats Begin...............: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:01:11 GMT Stats End.................: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:57:26 GMT Days......................: 7 Total No. of Articles.....: 59 Total No. of Characters...: 154992 Total Volume..............: 151 Messages Per Day..........: 8.4 Characters Per Day........: 22141.7 Average Daily Volume......: 21 kB Total Posters This Week...: 19 Messages with Sigs........: 23.73% Original Content Rating...: 55.54% …
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Help
by Guest skmc- 0 replies
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abra ka]dabra "Riley" wrote in message news:ezLqnIWoKHA.5524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I have Halo 1 CE. > I have lost the cd and and with it, license. > I want to mod! > Won't let me mod! > Anyone know where I can get a cheap copy of Halo 1? > Cheaper than five bucks (parents can't know)
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The Cat Came Back / Unnecessary Services?
by Guest Sid Elbow- 0 replies
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Robbie Hatley wrote: > The symptoms are exactly the same as before: usb mouse > (but not serial mouse) goes off-line, along with all networks > and sound. Everything else stays up and running. In the old days, this would have looked like an IRQ problem. I realise we are supposed to be beyond those now, but have you checked that all is well in the BIOS in that area?
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Logon Script Weirdness - Vista Systems
by Guest Nick- 0 replies
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Hello All, I have a logon script (W2k3 domain) which runs as part of a group policy. The script connects a networked printer and sets it as default. Works perfect on Windows Xp systems. Just introduced 4 Vista Pro systems to the network. I'm findng the script runs and connects the printer, but setting it as the default is hit and miss! Sometimes it sets it as default, other times not. The VBS script is as follows: Option Explicit Dim objNetwork, strUNCPrinter strUNCPrinter = "\\server1\laser7" Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection strUNCPrinter objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\…
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I need to find my Product Key for Trial Version
by Guest Ma.- 0 replies
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During installation of Trial Version by an error I skipped the step when asked me for Product Key and could not returned. Please I need to know how to do for create my Product Key. Thank you, Ma.
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Single Beep When Deleting Documents and Email
by Guest EVH- 0 replies
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Here's how I fixed this problem: 1) Click START... RUN... type Services.msc in the box... click OK 2) Change both of the following services from "Automatic" to "Disable" ---> Plug and Play Service ---> Windows Audio Service 3) Reboot, then reset both the "Plug and Play" & "Windows Audio" Services back to "Automatic". 4) Reboot, then test if the "Beep" is still there by opening a new MS Word document, type a few letters, then exit without saving to get the Exclamation/Beep prompt. =) "Jackpine" wrote: > Since yesterday, my PC makes a single beep when the following quest…
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Single Beep When Deleting Documents and Email
by Guest EVH- 0 replies
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"Jackpine" wrote: > Since yesterday, my PC makes a single beep when the following questions appear: > - Outlook - Are you sure you want to permanently delete the selected item(s)? > - Word - Do you want to save the changes to Document1? > - Recycle Bin - Are you sure you want to empty the recycle bin? > > I can do all these things, but for some reason, the PC has started to make > the single beep whenever I do these operations. I don't have a clue why it's > doing this. There are no settings in Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices > that should cause this to happen. I also don't recall making any changes &g…
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Single Beep When Deleting Documents and Email
by Guest evh- 0 replies
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Here's how I fixed this problem: 1) Click *START*... *RUN*... type *Services.msc* in the box... click *OK* 2) Change both of the following services from "*Automatic*" to "*Disable*" ---> Plug and Play Service ---> Windows Audio Service 3) Reboot, then reset both the "*Plug and Play*" & "*Windows Audio*" Services back to "*Automatic*". 4) Reboot, then test if the "Beep" is still there by opening a new MS Word document, type a few letters, then exit _without_ saving to get the Exclamation/Beep prompt. =)
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KB953297
by Guest slobrian- 0 replies
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"MowGreen" wrote: > Bill wrote: > > > With all due respect Mow, if MS are still unaware of the widespread > > problems with the latest suite of updates, they have their heads right > > up their collective arses (or asses, if you prefer). It is unfair to > > users as well as to you guys who assist in these groups day in and day out. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > LOL, Bill. Unfair or not, trust me, MS is *not* aware of how many Users > are experiencing issues installing the latest round of updates unless > said Users contact them. There is no MS presence i…
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"Microsoft Update" Website - error and strange behaviour
by Guest John- 0 replies
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Thank you for the fix!! It has been an issue for us for several weeks, have tried LOTS of suggestions, thank you for the fix!!! "Surya" wrote: > This steps works!!!! I have been having this problem for months and I am glad > I ran into this newsgroup. > > "Kenneth" wrote: > > > Ha, re-registering the dll's worked for me too! > > Nice! > > Would have been nicer though if someone didn't break them in the first place > > ) > > > > "nlavery" wrote: > > > > > I tried the following method posted on a similar thread by 'Gothika' on > > > 10/16/09 to …
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Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 (KB955305) update fails with 0x5DF code
by Guest Ramonvet- 0 replies
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"Adcham" wrote: > I have done a clean install and Microsoft Update installs every update but is > failing to install Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 (KB955305) and gives an error > code of 0x5DF which (I believe) is due to "the event log file has changed > between read operations" or "ERROR_EVENTLOG_FILE_CHANGED". > > Can someone please advise me how to correct this. > > Many thanks, > > Peter
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Error Code: 0x800706BE
by Guest philipjheyes- 0 replies
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"aussie_1" wrote: > I have Windows XP and after downloading SP2 Error Code 0x800706BE came up . > Does anybody know how I can fix the problem? > > Thanks, > Aussie
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Windows Easy Transfer won't load files?
by Guest JonK- 0 replies
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I ran Windows Easy Transfer on my laptop with Windows 7 RC1 to save and move my profile data because Win 7 RC is shutting down. I am trying to install the Windows Easy Tranfer data to Windows Vista Business. Each time I try it won't read the file but keep asking for the drive with the data to be loaded. I tried a test by moving the the data (.MIG) files out of the folder I saved them to and put them in the root of the drive but that didn't help. I tried a test of copying the files to the root of C: and now it actually sees the file for the short test at home I trying in the path window. It still does nothing after that, it acts like there is nothin…
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Windows 7 64-bit Office Update in Windows Update
by Guest khodor- 0 replies
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"Neil Taylor" wrote: > I have a new install of Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium. > I have Windows Update running fine for Windows itself. > I have installed Word & Excell from Office 2007, and have (with considerable > effort) located the latest updates for them. > > At work, on Vista or Windows 7 Professional, the Office Update/Microsoft > Updates are integrated with Windows Update, and happen concurrently - a > single "check for updates" scans for all, and automatic updates picks up all. > > NOT so here at home... I cannot persuade Windows Update applet to show any > interest in Office. When I click …