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Was installing Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista today on a machine and got error 0x800b0100 about halfway through running the large (500MB) patch. After lots of trial and error, I even took advantage of Microsoft's free SP1 tech support, but after I mentioned what I had tried, all the guy in the chat wanted me to do was a repair install of Vista. Here's what I did to fix it. ------------------------------- Step 1. I ran sfc /scannow. Step 2. I read through the logfile it generated, C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.log. I did not see anything other than changing listings under winsxs, similar to the following threads (which are not mine): http://www.vistax64.com/vista-perf…

Murphy? Murphy? Murphy? What's in a name?

Murphy? Murphy? Murphy? What's in a name?

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Murphy has got trouble in the wind.

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Da Jerk Count got bigger because I was playing with Da Baboon and Rubbing Da Lamb Chop On My Da Baboon when I got excited and it started jerking so I started counting.

Hi all, am trying to do a full system restore from a back up to save having to reload windows and all other software from disks but in the "Advanced boot options" I don't have the "Repair you computer" option. Any pointers??? -- Slave

Vista SP2 Before Windows 7 Hard OCP, TX - 11 minutes ago According to ZDNet’s “All About Microsoft†blog, Microsoft plans to have service pack 2 for Vista out before Windows 7 hits. Anonymous sources are cited but ... More...

....XP Home ed. SP3 I have 2 printers - Epson C82 and R300. Recently, I'm occasionally getting 2 system tray icons for the R300 i.e. 3 icons for two printers ! HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run seems to contain the "normal" two entries, for the two printers. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run contained a key similar to that (below), for the R300, and I deleted it. C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S10IC2.EXE /P23 "EPSON Stylus C82 Series" /O6 "USB002" /M "Stylus C82" C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S4I0F2.EXE /P30 "EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus Photo R300" ....…

From reading posts on here it seems clear that I need to try to disable remote differential compression to speed up my VPN connection. When I go into control panel -> programs and features -> turn windows features on or off -> uncheck remote differential compression and click "OK". I get a "Not all changes were completed" error message. There is nothing in the Event Viewer either that tells me exactly what went wrong. Does anybody know of a command line script or a registry key that will allow me to disable the RDC instead of the GUI?? Thanks, Ryan -- bittersweetryan

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Symantec launches online PC tech support services ZDNet Asia, Asia - Oct 14, 2008 Both services are only available to customers using Windows XP and Vista, and are open to customers not currently using any Norton products. ... More...

You could easily change the descriptions in the type column in Window XP, but that ability was one of the things Vista left out for some reason. I read a post somewhere, which I wish I'd bookmarked because now I can't find it, which explained how to do it by editing the registry. -- mandolinface Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Hello All In Windows Vista Home Premium service pack 1, the volume control keeps disappearing from taskbar and the checkbox in the taskbar properties box to restore it is grayed out (along with the network icon box). I've tried doing this, per MS knowledge base article delete key: [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify] If also tried a reg fix someone posted to fix this. Either fix works for just one bootup. If I reboot, the icon is gone again. MS says a work around is to use the volume control in Control Panel. I'd be happen to add a shortcut to it to my quick launch. But I don…

Hi, Can anybody help with my problem? 6 days ago my reliability monitor stopped working - more precisely stopped displaying the graph/chart. I'm gettting the seemingly common text about corrupt data etc. I have spent since then trying to fix it. I have read all the forum advice I can find. No joy. I've backed up/emptied the PublishedData* & StateData folders as recommended, waited 24, then 48 hours..it still doesn't display. I've even copied the contents of my partner's folders into mine, this actually displays but (obviously) shows her reliability index...I rather hoped it would update with my errors 24 hours later (!)..it doesn't. *PublishedData…

I have my display set to "Windows Classic" with a 'teal' background. . . . . dull, I suppose, but I like it. But about once a week or so, when I turn the computer on, the display has changed to "Windows XP". This never occurred until about 6 months ago. Can anyone tell me what's it causing this, and/or how to fix it. I know how to RESET it--but I'd like to know the way to keep it from happening at all. Thank you for your help. Judy

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