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Clues hint Windows 7 debut in 2009 Computerworld, MA - 57 minutes ago ... the istartedsomething.com blog, and Ed Bott, a well-known Windows blogger, clues point to a 2009 release of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista. ... More...

Wow, I've become a computer programmer in one hour. I didn't think any of this jargon would be any use to me but here I am, downloading my updates. Thank you all very much. "NewScience" wrote: > Had same problem. What I did was: > > 1. Stopped SERVICES.MSC Automatic Updates and BITS > 2. Removed C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log > 3. Removed C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder > 4. Re-Register C:\Windows\system32\muweb.dll, as well as all associated > C:\Windows\System32\wu*.dll > > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuapi.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuaueng1.dl…

Apple came back with their own version of the MAC and PC ads as a response to the millions of dollars Microsoft started spending for the image recovery of Windows Vista. In the ads, it says that the money spent on advertisements for Windows Vista should instead be used to fix Windows Vista. What? Apple, the [...] More...

Using Windows XP Pro Backup: I have "My Documents" scheduled to backup to a network drive daily at lunch time. Sometimes when I return from lunch, the backup is waiting for a response to "insert the following media", however there is nothing to insert the system is already connected to the network. I simply click OK, and it runs. Why can't it sometimes connect? I am hard-wired to the network using a laptop in a docking station. Thanks in advance, Dorci

Hi, I use Skype and MSN Messenger for chat, and I use Windows Desktop Search (WDS) version 4 for searching. I've noticed that WDS searches MSN Messenger chat history by default, but it does not search Skype chat history. Is it possible to have WDS search my Skype chat history too? A plug-in perhaps? Regards, Peter

Hello. I have my computer set to sound a "low battery alarm", but it never sounds when the pop-up appears by the battery meter. All the other sounds work as they should, but not this one. Any idea what is wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.

In Windows Server 2008, is there a built in proxy server in which you can run RAS through? Or can RAS be configured to act as a type of proxy server that will log outbound connections? If so, HOW? Thanks!

I have 2 desktop PC that I want to synchronize (For source code sharing between the two) Is it possible to use briefcases to synchronize the two using a USB Key? Note that the Source folders are not the same place on the two computers... On my home PC and work PC, my sources are located on MyDocuments of different users that I log on to. How can I do that?

Hi Can anyone tell me if auto updates are supplied by proxy from servers at level3.com using footprint. I decided to do a netstat command and found a connection to 207.123.34.126 that only hung around for about 1 minute just after booting. I was intrigued to find that the pid of the program connecting was windows onecare. On another vista computer I have a simular thing happened but to a slightly different ip address but still in level3.com range. This time it seemed it was not onecare pid. Both my systems are running ultimate and both are up to date and both pass onecare scans. The firewall reports nothing unusual. The port at the other end is port 80 i.…

Using XP Pro (with latest upgrades) on high end laptop connected to a docking station that has an external VGA 22" monitor connect to it. When I watch a video from a website, on the laptop screen you see what you would expect, but on the external monitor, the video will fill my external monitor screen 100%. I normally use windows meda player. In skype, for example, if on a video conference call, the laptop will be as expected but the external monitor will be to 100% sized videos rapidly flashing back and forth between each other. It's very annoying to have video in full screen because you loose your mouse and you're unable to to see the program . D…

Hi, I have an Access program that I packaged with Office Developer on my Vista Home Premium computer. This package has been installed on many different Windows platforms with no problems. Right now I have a person that when she opens the folder “myprogram†on the CD there are (among other things) the files “Setup.exe†and “SETUP.LST†as it should be. When she clicks on the setup.exe file she receives a message stating “file SETUP.LST cannot be foundâ€. Why? She has Vista Home Basic. Is this a user access issue and if so how do we get around it? On Vista Basic can she run the program as an Administrator? Thanks, Phil -- Phil

Hi all, I got a problem with the typeperf command. When I set a number of secondes for the "-si" option and run the command line, it stay "idle"... but when I remove the option, the command-line work ans display the value. Exemple of command : typeperf "\Process(Explorer)\Thread Count" -s myserver -si 5 or typeperf "\Process(Explorer)\Thread Count" -s myserver -si 00:05 or typeperf "\Process(Explorer)\Thread Count" -s myserver -si 00:00:05 And if you remove the "-si" option, the command line work and display value each seconde... but I would like to poll each 5 secondes with the "-si" option According to this page (http://technet.microsoft.co…

More reasons I'm ready to be stoked about Windows 7 CIO Weblog, CA - 19 minutes ago Earlier this week I linked to a post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog called "A View from the Bottom" by Larry Osterman, a Microsoft veteran whose own blog ... More...

One of our Windows 2003 servers shows that the C: drive is 8.5Gb (don't ask) in Windows Explorer but in Disk Management & Diskpart 17Gb? I think this Drive was 8.5Gb (it's on a SAN HDS) but was extend using Diskpart a while ago. We do use SAN boot via Emulex HBA's. Thanks.

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Hi! My Server model is Dell PowerEdge T300 running Windows 2003 Standard R2. It attached with Tandberg TS400 Backup Tape device. My server has installed Veritas 9.0 with IDR option. However when I try to restore the system from Veritas IDR, the system prompt me can't recognize the backup media. I have modify the asr.sif file in IDR diskete and add on the Tandberg TS400 backup driver in this file and rerun the IDR, however result failed also. Seem Veritas IDR option failed then I have tried to use ASR wizard from ntbackup to do the system backup. When I try to restore it with ASR. The system always prompt me can not find the media. Even I have insert…

Hi, I am trying to install an Ultrium td-2 on server 2008. It comes up in device manager with a Microsoft driver as installed and checking for updated drivers through windows says it is the best driver. However I can't access the tape drive itself. Is it supposed to work with 2008 server?

Hey all.. I have a slight problem with my computer not accepting incoming connections or stopping at one of my ISP's servers at least.. Basically, I have set up an IRC server which is configured correctly, I can connect to it, other servers can link with it etc.. But if anyone tries to connect to it they get a connection refused message.. I have forwarded the port 6667 which is the port clients connect through.. They have tried both my internal and external IP address. So I asked somebody who knows a lot more about computers than myself.. They then proceeded to try ping my external IP.. Which was unsuccessful. After this they did a trace route which w…

WXP SP3, MS Office 2007, Norton Internet Security, APC BR1500LCD UPS, Siemans Speedstream Wireless ADSL Gateway Router, Samsung CLX-2160N Printer Laptop that hasn't been turned on for weeks, Wirelessly Networked to this one Desktop. W Search 4.0 searches Outlook but little else. In Indexing Service\System\Directories, two locations indicate "NO": C:\Docs&Set\*\Application Data\* "Alias" Column - Blank. "Include in Catalogue" Column - "NO" C:\Docs&Set\*\Local Settings\* "Alias" Column - Blank. "Include in Catalogue" Column - "NO" C:\ - Yes My Documents - Yes All Users\Documents - Yes My Music - Yes My Pictures - Yes…

TECH.BLORGE.com Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS Computerworld, MA - 13 hours ago "Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore 'Windows 7' just makes sense," Nash wrote in Microsoft's Vista blog on Monday. ... Ballmer’s buzz on Windows 7 iTWire Ballmer Needs to Learn the Art of Shutting Up DaniWeb Ballmer: ‘Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better’ ZDNet Blogs ZDNet Asia - TechRepublic all 47 news articles More...

The Download Blog CNET News, CA - 30 minutes ago ThinkFree's Netbook Edition is available for Windows XP, Vista, Linux, and Mac OS X and will work fine on 800x480 and 1024x600 displays. ... More...

Hello all, Before this week, when I clicked on a hyperlink to download file, it prompted me with a "Save as" window, followed by a download window (showing percentage it's downloading, etc). Now when I clicked on a hyperlink to download file (on the file on the same website), only a message was showing on the bottom left corner of the IE's status bar that a file is downloading (for the uninitiated, it looks like nothing is happening), and ONLY prompted me with a "Save as" window AFTER it finished downloading. There is quite a few short-comings with this new set-up as you can imagine. What happen? Can I re-configure to revert to its earlier operati…

Have you found the solution to this error (no disk) -- JL "Lhayes9" wrote: > I HAVE THIS PROB. ALSO - DID YOU EVER FIND OUT HOW TO FIX IT??? > > "MaryZZZ" wrote: > > > WINDOWS - NO DISK > > Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf9c 475b6bf9c > > 75b6bf9c > > > > > > I am getting the same error anytime I launch Norton Ghost. Ghost was > > working now suddenly I am getting the error. I have tried putting a CD > > in the CD/DVD drive but that does not help. I only have a hard drive, > > CD/DVD, External Sea Gate Drive, and several internal card readers. > > Gh…

Im trying to figure out where the Incomming connections on Server 2K3 are stored. I need to write a script to remove them from 2200 servers but im not finding a registry key or a file that is associated with it. Stoping the remoreconnections Service wont work for me as the machines must still be able to initiate dial-up connections. I currently have a vbs to do this but it must be run interactively which wont work for me in this case. Thoughts?