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Personally, I think Microsoft should spend more time improving Windows Explorer than any other softwares included in Windows. It looks like as new versions of Windows come out, Microsoft is showing off brand new bundled applications for example the Sidebar, DVD Maker, Windows Picture Gallery or something for Vista. Actually there are many good or better softwares that can replace them. Many of them are even freewares. See Picasa for example. But Windows Explorer, it cannot be easily replaced, and most of the time, we are dealing with Windows Explorer. Making good application is what other companies are to do, what Microsoft should do is to improve the OS. So I…

[Crossposted to Windows Update newsgroup] Did you just enable Automatic Updates? Did you just reinstall WinXP and are you running WinXP SP2? Keep reading: How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services installation issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602 1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section of http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527 2. You cannot install some updates or programs http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798 3a. Check your WindowsUpdate.log (%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log) for errors associated with the download/install. => How to read the WindowsU…

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We're trying to use the VSS service on Vista (x64) and getting the following error in the event log for "vssadmin list volumes": Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}. Routine details IVssSnapshotProvider::QueryVolumesSupportedForSnapshots(ProviderId, 29,...) [hr = 0x8000ffff]. "vssadmin list writers" and "vssadmin list providers" both work fine. We've tried the component reregistration solution offered elsewhere and it seems to "work" but the problem doesn't go away. Can anyone help?

Windows 7: Microsoft says "No Looking Back" Datamation, CT - 16 minutes ago By Ronald Barrett If the Mojave experiment didn’t get you out there buying a new Windows Vista system, and the Seinfeld/Gates ads didn’t have you lining up ... More...

Microsoft's Windows 7 blog helping shape a customer-communicated OS HEXUS, UK - 16 minutes ago ... the Engineering Windows 7 blog has already proven to be far more interesting than the somewhat mundane Windows Vista Blog. ... More...

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When I connect any remote device or drive via SD slot or USB I am now getting the warning “ I:\ This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel.” This has only just recently started happening. Before it would usually pickup on the device and do a n automatic file transfer. The device would be identified by a specific icon i.e. Archos 405 would show an Archos icon in My Computer. I have been into Set Associations and changed options and changed again and still am getting the warning. Can anyone help please? Guy.

=?Utf-8?B?VENEYW5pZWxz?=129039 Wrote: > Greetings, > > I've been using AutoCad 2000 on my Vista Desktop for the past - I dunno > - > couple of months? > > All of a sudden today, I go to start up the ACAD, and get a: > > "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library > Runtime Error > > C:\Program Files\ACAD2000\acad.exe > > Abnormal Program Termination" > > I hadn't changed anything, hadn't added or removed any programs, hadn't > changed any settings... > > But now - when I try to open AutoCad - it gets half way through the > loading > process, and I get the above message, and that's it - w…

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I tried copying a new version of a file over top of an old one in a program directory under "Program Files" and it says the size is the new size, but when I open the file in an editor it has the old content. I even tried deleting the file first and it shows up as deleted in the explorer window, but when I copy in the new file has the old content. I finally gave up on using Windows Explorer and opened the two files in the editor and copied the contents of the new one into the old one. That worked. Anyone know what was happening to prevent the old file from actually being deleted? I even went into the recycle bin and deleted the old file there before copyi…

http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2008/10/01/a-new-resource-about-windows-update-is-available.aspx -- Vincenzo Di Russo Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional since 2003 Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

Maintenance Can Prevent Major Computer Repairs Evening Bulletin, PA - 27 minutes ago By Any Other Name: Vista's built in spyware catcher sounds good but it turns out to be Windows Defender! Microsoft has been working with this product for a ... More...

On one of my Vista Ultimate (32 bit) systems the order of the icons on the launch bar changes when I reboot my system. Also the task items gets pushed to the far right. I've unlocked the taskbar, moved the task list under the lauch bar, arranged the icons on the launch bar as I want to see them. I then lock the taskbar, and reboot my system. Upon reboot the icon arrangement is messed up and the running applications appear on the far right. I've searched for a solution but cannot find anything, possibly I've looked in the wrong places. Sugggestions would be appreicated

"Boraxus" wrote: > > I found 2 sites with fixes, combined them into a batch file and ran it, > restarted, and did all updates without a hitch: > > assuming your os is win xp adn located on your c: drive, > > open notepad: > > start- all programs - accessories - notepad > > Cut and paste this into notepad: > > > regsvr32.exe iuengine.dll > regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll > regsvr32.exe wuaueng1.dll > regsvr32.exe wuauserv.dll > regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll > regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll > regsvr32.exe wups.dll > regsvr32.exe wuweb.dll > regsvr32.exe wups2.dll > regsvr32.exe cdm.dll > re…

Hi, my name is Helen Drislane, I am a program manager on the IE team responsible for some of the user interface including tabs and I‘m going to discuss the new Tab Grouping feature (tab color!) with you. We had a lot of fun putting this feature together, so I am going to explain a little bit about the process involved in designing it and then describe the things you can do with it. EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN AND ALGORITHM After shipping Internet Explorer 7, the IE team collected data from user reviews, from IE Feedback on MS Connect, and from other Microsoft product teams. We formed a list of top user requests which included the new Reopen Closed Tab feature, the…

Siliconrepublic.com PDC attendees will get pre-beta Windows 7 CNET News, CA - Sep 24, 2008 ... that were part of Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to make those available as downloadable Windows Live applications. The blog posting as well as several ... Windows 7 alpha to ship Oct 27 Microsoft NZer: we’ve taken punches National Business Review Developers to get Windows 7 pre beta next month Register Microsoft to Deliver 'Pre-Beta' of Windows 7 in Oct. PC Magazine Tech2 - Computerworld all 89 news articles More...

Hi, When browsing to servers via UNC, the "Scheduled Tasks" share does not show up anymore. It used to show up, but now the window is just blank when browsing to \\<servername>. I am a member of the Local Administrators group, I have administrative privileges on the servers. When connecting to this server by Remote Desktop and by opening a windows explorer with \\<servername>, I can see the Scheduled Tasks share listed. Moreover when I am running a schtasks command from my computer on this server: schtasks /query /s <servername> I am getting a: Error: Access is Denied. But if run locally, it works fine and lists the scheduled jobs.…

The Real Deal 130: Road Test CNET News, CA - 25 minutes ago Windows Home Server - not using backup app, restoring from Vista 64- Rafe -Maxtor encrypted drive TrueCrypt ? -Rafe Please explain the 250GB restriction ... More...

Was trying to configure a router the other day.. IP address give via routers dhcp (also tried static), fine but because vista couldn't find an internet connection it assumed the worse, said limited access with a yellow bang and I couldn't even ping the router. Tried it with my old xp machine and everything was fine. I cant work out which settings kills this annoying feature. Any ideas? Tim

I have a recurring issue with a Print Spooler on a Windows 2000 Server. A print job will get stuck and take a large amount of the CPU time. I stop the print spooler in Services, go into Windows (or Winnt) | System32 | Spool | Printers and delete all jobs in that folder and restart the print spooler. This fixes the issue temporarily, but several days later, the same process occurs. Is there a way to trace where the stuck print job is coming from, or has anyone run into this same issue? Thanks, David

In the second part of my Windows Live Wave 3 preview, I take a look at the Windows Live Wave 3 apps suite, which picks up a few new additions this year! More...

On Monday, 09/29/08, my Windows Server 2003 system told me I was low on system resources, and when I checked, I only had 700 MB of 12 GB left of free disk space when I should of had 2.27 GB free space. The problem was the "CIfiles" folder, which held a 500 MB .ci file. The number in the file name was also on three other files, but they were small. The windows.edb file was 1GB. So, we stopped the Windows Search service, deleted all four "CIfiles" folder files with the filename of the 500 MB, and emptied the recycle bin. Then, the windows.edb file shrunk and the disk space increased back to 2.27 GB free space. We restarted the Windows Search service, and this…