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Windows Explorer - some properties in details view show blank
by Guest Jazzer- 0 replies
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I use the Choose Details menu in Windows Exploer detail view to add extra columns showing information held in the File Properties fields of individual files. Most work as expected, however there are a few that don't: eg Keywords, Company. They show blank, even if there is some content in the field (using Word documents as an example). Some fields in the Summary and in Custom Properties don't appear in the Chooser list: eg Manager, and even if you create a custom property to match these or any of the other options in the Chooser, they still appear blank. Is this just a "feature" of Windows / Office? Perhaps someone has some tricks to make this wo…
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A Look Into Windows Memory Diagnostics
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I remember the challenges I had during the days of Windows XP when my computer kept on restarting and later on the technician found out it was a Memory problem and that my chip had to be replaced. I knew I could have easily done the testing if I had spare computer parts to test [...] More...
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USB Mass Storage Issue
by Guest ib_redbeard- 0 replies
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Hi all, Here is a summary of what is teh probelm and what I have done so far. When a user plugs in any USB flash drive, the "Found New Hardware" Wizard pops up. If you follow it through, it eventually asks for the USBNTMAP.sys file which is a file associated with USB mass storage on Windows Me. I am definately on a Windows XP SP2 machine. These USB flash drives work perfectly on other Windows XP machines. What I have done: I have downloaded and installed the chipset drivers for the laptop. I have removed all USB devices in the Device manager and then rebooted the laptop. I had to reinstall all the USB devices manually by the way. I ran chkds…
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Error messages
by Guest John Aldrich- 0 replies
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I have a user who has Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) and they keep getting an error, especially when trying to launch WindowsMail. There are two errors. The first is "C:\windows\AppPatch\AcLayers.dll is not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error...." The other is the same exact message, except for c:\Windows\system32\inetres.dll. Then it will pop up an error message stating that Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be loaded. I did some research yesterday and found that it is a known issue with KB935280 and uninstalling and supposedly reinstalling with the correct version would fix it. I uninstalled that hotfix and tried t…
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OpenVPN istallation and compatability
by Guest bettynew- 0 replies
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Hello all, I'm new here but found a lot of interesting stuff already.I am in the process of rolling out Vista Business machines our users who need OpenVPN access to connect to our network from home.I have installed VPN and done all of the relevant certificate requirements which allow access into the network, but my only problems is that I cannot get the program file to run at start up.By doing this all they have to do is double click on the icon on the taskbar to launch the connection. Without this, they have to run as administrator from the desktop and then double click the icon, which most people forget.I added it as a scheduled task to run at start up but it looks like…
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Patch/application testing procedures & criteria.
by Guest Barkley Bees- 0 replies
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For our patch testing process we install our internally approved patches to the lab environment systems (servers and clients). We then follow a basic checklist to see if any post install errors/issues arise - such as application problems and basic functionality. We also verify the all the event logs to for any issues. If no problems are found we then approve these pathes for production deployment. For our servers, we take backup images, using True Image (during our monthly maintenance window), applying any patches so we are able to roll back if any issues arise. I imagine many of you follow a similar process but would like to know what you folks use for…
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RE: Accounts assigned to services
by Guest Bazola- 0 replies
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Hi All I am in the process of renaming our admin account on the domain and changing the password. Just want to know if there is a quicker way other than popping onto all the servers and seeing if this account is used on any of them to host services. Cheers Baz
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Connect Microsoft Email Clients to Gmail - Windows & Net Magazine
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Connect Microsoft Email Clients to Gmail Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 1 hour ago Fortunately, you can connect a number of Microsoft mail clients—various Outlook versions, Windows Mail (Windows Vista’s free POP/IMAP client, a replacement ... More...
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Hackers are here. Where are you???
by Guest Neuerung Technologies- 0 replies
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Hi Greetings!!! Hackers are on move stop them before they enter your network. Beat hackers at their own game attend our training and excel in hacking and its counter measures. If you want to stop hackers from invading your network, first you've got to invade their minds. Computers around the world are systematically being victimized by rampant hacking. This hacking is not only widespread, but is being executed so flawlessly that the attackers compromise a system, steal everything of value and completely erase their tracks within 20 minutes. The goal of the ethical hacker is to help the organization take preemptive measures against malicious attacks b…
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dokumentation for allocation of ntfs rights
by Guest Sven Wiskow- 0 replies
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Hello @ all, i will have a history who and how have change the user/group permissions on folders and subfolders of an file server. for this i think i enable the auditing on a folder with the option read/change permissions. But in the event log are only the following entries. I collect the eventlog entries via the software eventsentry in a sql database an will create monthly user queries for documentation what changes are made. I have ask this question in the german newsgroup but nobody can tell me an answer. Is here anybody can say me how can i solve my problem? The tools (dumpacl, secedit, calcs or enterprise security reporter from scriptlogic) c…
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How I can install .net framework v3.0 x64 on WS 2008 throw command line level? In my script I'm using "\MS .NET Framework\dotnetfx3_x64.exe" /qb /norestart but I've got this message: "You must use the Role Management Tool to install or configure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 x64". Any idea?
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free software downloads
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File copy operations and performance problems?
by Guest Edgeman- 0 replies
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Hello, I am running on x64 XP with 8 GB of RAM. I have issues copying or moving large files, either from drive to drive or over the network. When this happens my RAM is slowly eaten away until there is none left and the system starts aggressively paging. I googled and found this: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29912456/file-copy-operations-and.aspx Which is the same problem, so I know I am not alone. I'm just wondering if A: anyone else on here has experienced this, and B: if there is a solution at all? I should note that neither task manager nor process explorer show my RAM as being full when copying a file, but I have a little system…
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Einstien - Frank similarities
by Guest Rosco P Coltrane- 0 replies
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Einstein - Frank similarities Both have made very significant statements: Einstein said : Imagination is more significant than knowledge Frank says: Being a stupid fukced up troll is more significant than knowledge! This post is funny.. I'm taking a genius and the biggest moron in the history of this earth and comparing them! lol
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Big Frank - Little Frank
by Guest Rosco P Coltrane- 0 replies
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There is a significant contrast in what frank says he is all about with what frank shows hes all about. Big frank claims he is rich, handsome, successful, computer literate, smart, and can kick ass... while from everything frank posts the conclusion is in reality LITTLE FRANK! He is broke, old and falling apart, the biggest loser in the world, a computer illiterate, a super duper idiot, and a coward. Proof is in every single post of Frank... there is no hiding the truth. Yes frank is the biggest loser you will ever meet online and offline (*) (*) even though frank is a super duper loser he is still LESS revolting than the semi-dead quasi-gen…
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The subject says it all. I right click on an icon, choose "open", and nothing happens. But if I double click, it starts right up. Any ideas? Is this a virus? Help! -Pete
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The Real Truth Of Adam (Ringmaster) Albright
by Guest kevpan815@comcast.net- 0 replies
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Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives, whether plant or animal. It was found that Adam Albright of the vista.general forum practiced this sick kind of behavior. If practiced repeatedly, it leads to an increase in homozygosity of a population. A higher frequency of recessive, deleterious traits in homozygous form in a population can, over time, result in inbreeding depression. This may occur when inbred individuals exhibit reduced health and fitness and lower levels of fertility. Livestock breeders often practice inbreeding to "fix" desirable characteristics within a population. However, they must then cull unfit offspring, especially when tr…
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Windows shuts down when should restart
by Guest John Trauger- 0 replies
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I support an automation lab. Sometimes systems seem to shut down when they are supposed to restart. I have never caught a system in the act, but I see it in the automation logs. The most common time for this to happen is switching between OSes. Each system has 4 OSes (xp,vista, 32,64, mix 'n match). The system uses batch files to set up a change in OS. The shutdown command used in the batch file is shutdown -r -f Are there known cases where a XP or vista machine shuts down instead of rebooting? Googling this sort of thing gets me huge numbers of useless (for my current problem) "my windows won't shut down" pages.
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The File Server Resource Manager service terminated with error
by Guest Ludwin Pacheco- 0 replies
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I was install File Server Resource Manager on my server (Windows 2003 server Enterprice edition), but when i try to run the service show me this error on the event viewer: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7023 Date: 10/1/2008 Time: 5:25:38 PM User: N/A Computer: CAPACO-SQL Description: The File Server Resource Manager service terminated with the following error: File Server Resource Manager is not a valid Win32 application. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Could you help me please.
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Microsoft releases Process Monitor 2.0 - SearchWinIT.com
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Microsoft releases Process Monitor 2.0 SearchWinIT.com - 13 minutes ago On Windows Vista, Process Monitor also collects thread stacks for network operations." It runs on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, ... More...
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RE: Windows update/Automatic updater
by Guest Shemjx- 0 replies
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Thx Paul, it works find with me too :) thx a million. "Paul" wrote: > You might want to try reregistering the service: > Start>Run> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll > > Paul > > > "annamaria36" wrote: > > > > > When I try to use Windows update, I get an error message 0x80070424. This > > > number doesn't appear in the list, the nearest being 80070422. > > > > > > I have icons for the Automatic updater but can't get it working. When I used > > > "run", typed in "services.msc" the list which appeared seemed to have > > > everything to do with my system on it, but no…
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Activated Windows Server 2003 Ent. asking to re-activate
by Guest Dmitry- 0 replies
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We are using Windows Server 2003 Enterprise as a Terminal Server. It was installed and activated in 2005. This morning it would not allow any of the users to log-on, and every user was presented with the Activation Wizard, telling that the Windows needs to be activated before it can be used. The Event 1000 was logged-on in the event log Event Type: Error Event Source: Windows Product Activation Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date: 10/1/2008 Time: 7:16:23 AM User: N/A Computer: FSDTS2 Description: An error occurred while the wizard was checking the current Windows product license. Error Code: 0x80040507 For more information, see Help and Suppo…
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MS Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 Sticky/Stiff Spacebar Fix
by Guest Paul Michaels- 0 replies
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I bought a newer MS Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 to replace my very old white MS Natural Keyboard Elite. I was very disappointed to find that the space bar was stiff or sticky. So I searched the web for all the possible solutions. Here's what I found and tried: 1. lubricate plastic posts on underside of key (didn't work) 2. twist metal sway bar away from each other slightly (acceptable) 3. remove metal sway bar completely (acceptable) I took pictures of the procedures. Here's the gallery - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/MS-Natural-Ergo-Keyboard-Sticky-Spacebar-Fix/ Hopefully this will help some of you that have this keyboard. Cheers, Paul Michaels …