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by Guest Robert du Moulin- 0 replies
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"Neil Jones" wrote: > Just managed to resolve this problem myself, found a firewall rule that was > blocking port 443 for this paticular server Tried to update an older pc here, with XP sp3, got the same message. Tried several solutions, deleting datastore and download maps, changed LAN setting to non-automatic, changed a lot of rules in my rather old Sygate firewall. Finally I disabled my old friend Sygate in the Windows firewall setting menu (first I removed my ethernet cable) and activated the Windows firewall included in XP. And a few minutes later Windows update proposed to install 45 updates. Lesson learned, once aga…
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Please Help Computer Cant Detect SD or Pro cards when inserted.
by Guest ajhiker- 0 replies
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I am running an Acer Aspire 6920 running Vista 64. Altogether sound and well designed. I inserted an SD card in the built-in slot. Device was detected It was working great! Tried two other SD cards that had worked before. Same result! Removed &reinstalled the driver, first with the oem version and then generic Vista 64 driver, neither worked. Updates from MS has hosed my SD Reader: JMicron JMB38X Flash Media Controller Moving ahead is good. Moving ahead and then back, brings me, even a dummy die hard loyalist as I, to face the facts and a choice. Linux rather than Vista 64? When I go to Linux, it is for good. Mr Bill, What do yo…
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Office 2007 in Options / Advanced / Display. The show this number of Recent Documents is greyed out and has an information bubble which states:- “Your administrator has disabled this command through group policy†I am the administrator and I have no idea how I managed to turn this off. Or what and where group policy is Can anyone tell me how I can turn this back on please?
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Updates infected with "Antivirus Soft" virus?
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 0 replies
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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>> I'm sorry you had to go through this absurd experience just because >>> IE 6 is so susceptible to malware but, as you've stated, it's just >>> another lesson. I try to push folks to upgrade to IE8 >> [snip] >> >> Is IE7 not as secure as IE8? If not, in what ways is IE8 more secure? >> >> Is it possible to harden IE6 so that it is just as secure as IE8? > > A1. No. See, e.g., > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919181(WS.10).aspx > A2. No. Also see http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/05/ie8-smartscreen-filter-protec…
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How can I block auto start??
by Guest undisclosed- 0 replies
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Willard1547468 Wrote: > WinXPproSP3 > I have a program (RegCure) which auto starts even after deleting it > from > the quick launch tray.. I know this thread is old but here's a tip anyway: RegCure doesn't place the automatic startup function as a HKLM/RUN key (in the windows registry) as most other programs with an auto startup function, but instead it adds the auto startup function as a -windows task- which is automatically run on user log on. To prevent the RegCure auto start do the following: Locate and delete -C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\RegCure Startup-, or right click the task and deactivate it if you only want t…
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Security Alert popup
by Guest db- 0 replies
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"jj" wrote: > How do I stop the security certificate, secutiry alert popups? > > I'm using IE6 with XP > > Thanks you > -- > jj Check your date/time on your computer. If it is wrong (behind time) it shows expired certificates. I had a problem with security alerts seizing my machine. Had to use system restore. I only wish I could remember the site when i was infected.
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Merge Excel Documents
by Guest Stanislav- 0 replies
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It is possible to take advantage of the special software for such purposes - MergeExcel J wrote: Merge Excel Documents 27-Aug-07 I am trying to merge multiple excel spreadsheets in regular or CSV format so I don't have to copy and paste each and every file into one document. The problem I am experiencing is that the "compare and merge workbooks" is not highlighted and I cannot access that feature in Excel 2003. Does anybody know how I can get access to that feature or recommend an altnerative solution. Thanks. -J.R. Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, August 27, 2007 10:30 AM J wrote: M…
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help for bluetooth
by Guest nelbulani- 0 replies
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hi i intall bluetooth driver and i need to connect my bluetooth device but one massege showing *chang your discovering setting* can somebody tell me how to chang this setting in vista.and how to make bluetooth discoverabel. thanks -- nelbulani Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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sd card reader not working
by Guest tiredofwindough- 0 replies
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Hi, I hope this helps your case. I have vista basic and for most people, the routine of disabling and enabling your USB device works. Not for me. After process of elimination, I concluded that it wasn't my driver issue as my USB and my SD card reader on my toshiba satellite came AFTER windows did some non-essential updates. I removed them AND BAMMM!!! It worked. So basically, try rolling back your and deleting windows update from the last time the USB and SD card reader worked. Again hope this helps -- tiredofwindough
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IE8 - viewing site certificate details
by Guest Kiwi-Gee- 0 replies
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Morning all, When using https:// and there is a problem with a site's certificate, and IE8 displays a page telling me so, how can I check the certificate details before the site is loaded to my browser. The only method I have found so far is to continue to the site anyway, and then select to see only secure parts of the page. However this dowloads content before I am comfortable about the site's identity, although it does give me access to the 'red' address bar from which I can check the certificate. This problem arose for me because a recently renewed certificate was issued for an incorrect server name. Thanks.
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URL Rewrite Module 2.0 provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server and for modifying response content before it gets served to HTTP clients. Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 RC is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds support for rewriting of request and response headers as well as response content. More specifically, it can be used to: Replace the URLs generated by a web application in the response HTML with a more user friendly and search engine friendly equivalent.Modify the links in the HTML markup generated by a web application behind a reve…
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i can't open .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx ... files
by Guest GregL- 0 replies
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I had exactly the same problem, but on Windows XP SP3. It may have started when I installed Office 2007 Student & Home edition. I checked the file associations (from the File Types tabbed page on the Folder Options window which can be launched from the Tools menu on an Explorer window) and found that although they looked correct in the list (Microsoft Word Document) when I edited it it said Microsoft Word Viewer (or similar, key term is "Viewer"). I changed to Microsoft Word and then the file could be loaded into Word from the recent documents list and from a shortcut icon. Before I licensed Office I typically viewed Word and Excel docs usi…
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Greyed out Volume and Network icon option.
by Guest xcluce- 0 replies
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Hello, Firstly at the taskbar press Right Click and then unselect "Lock to Taskbar". After that you can see that you able to unhide icons at the Notification Area tab. :) Thanks -- xcluce Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
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allow comments extraction from MSWord in selection-comment pairs
by Guest Joseph- 0 replies
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Pretty well as the subject implies, I would like to be able to extract the comments I have made on students papers so that I can let them easily know what comments I have created this is desired for when I would like to let them know how they are graded, or how they can improve without having to send 20 papers back and forth each class period. ---------------- 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 Newsread…
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Handling of Favorites is really bad in IE
by Guest firefox- 0 replies
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The main reason why I'm not using IE at home is the really bad handling with favorites. This is what most influences my UX with a browser, as I use them in every single session. First, the Favorites button and especially the "Add to Favorites Bar" button should be removed. They're annoying. I want to add my favorites by dragging a tab directly to the place where it belongs. It's annoying that I first have to click on this button, then sometimes the new link doesn't even appear in the favorites bar (bug) and after that I have to take it again and drag'n'drop it to the place where I already initially wanted to place it. Also, if I hover over a…
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Vista 64 bit Boot Manager (0xc0000428)
by Guest Godske- 0 replies
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I am experiencing the same problem - although the error is not the same. In my case, the reason it is unable to boot from the CD/DVD is because, when I reach the "boot-from-CD-or-DVD"-option and have to press any key to do so, there is no power to the keyboard, meaning it will try and boot from the HDD as per usual. I have no trouble getting into BIOS or pressing F2 or F11 during start-up, or when inside BIOS, but the power turns off when I reach the Boot Failure screen where I can press Escape or F8? - to exit or continue. Magnus Alstrom461512 Wrote: > Hi, > > I have an installed Windows Vista (64 bit) and …
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Printer spooler error
by Guest Nig- 0 replies
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Whilst I appreciate your reply Stan, it is somewhat akin to gloating that you are superior. Whilst I am sure that you are more than able to argue your point to the Nth degree, there are I am sure many others who would disagree. I do not really have a point of view. What I have, I have to deal with, it is too late to start wishing I had different equipment. I have a problem, I have asked for advice. There is little point arguing whether 64 bit is worse than 32 bit as is the AMD Intel argument. The best advice you give is to wait until someone with knowledge of the problem suggests a solution. Nig "Stan Starinski" wrote in …
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Two network - One Domain controller
by Guest karthikaravind- 0 replies
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My Network configuration is as follows: 192.168.2.1-192.168.2.255 (Subnetmask - 255.255.255.0 ) 192.168.3.1-192.168.3.255 (Subnetmask - 255.255.255.0 ) I have only one Domain controller with two NIC cards. One NIC card is connected to 192.168.2.0 Network(via one switch) and other NIC card is connected to 192.168.3.0 network (via another switch). Will this one server serve as DC for two networks ? (One Domain is enough). Please see the Network configuration at http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8596/networkf.jpg
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Weird problem with auto quotes in Word 2003.
by Guest Al Smith- 0 replies
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I've noticed that in Word 2003, when I close a quotation after a dash, the auto-quote makes it a beginning quotation mark instead of an ending quotation mark. Has anyone else run into this? It did not happen in Word 2000. How can I fix it? -Al-
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Model: WD5000AADS
by Guest umwhat- 0 replies
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By the way, it was the cheapest 500GB hard drive available on the auction website, a new hard drive that is. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Tim Meddick" wrote: > I wouldn't have said that! - You understood right enough. > > Certainly - whenever even "thinking" about taking off the back cover of your PC it > should, most definitely, be UNPLUGGED! > > However, as you so rightly determined, what I meant was that if you leave the PC > plugged in when not in use, then the CMOS battery will be kept charged. > > Keeping the PC plugged in (when not in use) also has the added effect k…
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Model: WD5000AADS
by Guest umwhat- 0 replies
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Hi folks. I am sitting at my computer with the second hard drive of the same model number on my desk. The same computer is producing the same symptoms as the first hard drive during an XP Home install. The computer was working ok before with a smaller hard drive. I searched google and found many people reporting problems with this model hard drive and many other Western Digital hard drives. An XP install fails with a "can not finish formatting the hard drive" message. From what little I have seen about the problems is the stick arm thing gets stuck in the read position, something like that. The hard drive is going back to the trader with some…
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IE8 - Group policy
by Guest Tony WONG- 0 replies
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i wish to disable this setting but it returns to "Not config" "Turn on Warn about Certificate Address Mismatch" Machine-Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel\Security Page Previous post / web info advised that "Not config" = "disabled" But the warning still come up and i can edit this setting in IE8 (option/advance) So i tried to do reverse, i enabled it in Group policy and it has no problem to enabled. The setting in IE8 (option/advance) is locked (cannot be changed) which means the group policy setting has been applied. Can i say it is a bug? Some settings can only be "Enabled" in group poli…
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How to rename a group in WSUS
by Guest coolthinking- 0 replies
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Hello, Using WSUS 3.2 console, I would like to rename one of the group defined to managed the different servers. As far I understood this tool, it is not possible from the menus. Moreover, I am not interested in creating a new group,applying the settings for each patch and then updating the servers membership. I rather prefer having a way to do it "simply" :-) Any help is welcome. Best regards, coolthinking
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Mail Merge Issue - labels are duplicating
by Guest Paul- 0 replies
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When I connect my word label template to my excel database, I get the same label (name,address, etc.) on 3 seperate labels. When I open the data file up in the edit mode, while in Word, triplicates, duplicates, etc. do not appear, so I'm confused. How do I correct this please? Thank you. -- Paul