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The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2008 is now available via Windows Update. Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the new Microsoft Update. I encourage you to upgrade to Microsoft Update if you haven’t already to ensure that you receive the latest updates for all Microsoft products. This update addresses six vulnerabilities. The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles the error resulting in the exploitable condition. For detailed information on the contents of this update, please see the following documentation: [*]Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058[*]Micro…

Microsoft hasn't moved quickly enough to improve Windows Mobile and now its competitors are lining up to make it an also-ran in the smart phone market! More...

Summary: I need to know how to customize the taskbar icons in Vista business. Situation: We use an emulator here at my company. Sometimes the users need to have multiple instances of their emulator open at the same time. They perform different functions depending on which emulator window they are in. Within the program itself there is no way to setup the sessions so that they can easily differentiate between the two. (one screen this color and the other one a different color.) In XP the desktop icon titles would show on the taskbar. Such as "Emulator 1" and "Emulator 2". In Vista the task bar simply shows the icon from the actual program and no…

[Crossposted to Windows Update and WinXP General newsgroups Followup set to Windows Update newsgroup] Posted as an FYI. MS08-061: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege: <QP> Known issues with this security update XPSP3 unsigned binary issue Summary If the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3 fails for any reason, the win32k.sys component becomes unsigned. This issue can also occur if you uninstall Service Pack 3 after a successful installation. If you encounter this issue, and then you successfully install Service Pack 3, the win32k.sys component is correctly signed. How does this update correct thi…

[Crossposted to Windows Update and WinXP General newsgroups Followup set to Windows Update newsgroup] Posted as an FYI. MS08-061: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege: <QP> Known issues with this security update XPSP3 unsigned binary issue Summary If the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3 fails for any reason, the win32k.sys component becomes unsigned. This issue can also occur if you uninstall Service Pack 3 after a successful installation. If you encounter this issue, and then you successfully install Service Pack 3, the win32k.sys component is correctly signed. How does this update correct thi…

I appreciate the info and help you provided...i got both os's up and running. As a note i tried both of the partition software suggested and neither let me fiddle with the hd. thanks again, peter

[Crossposted to IE General, WinXP General, and Windows Update newsgroups Followup set to IE General] Posted as an FYI only: MS08-066: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function driver could allow elevation of privilege <QP> Known issue with this security update After you install this security update on a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running ZoneAlarm, you may be unable to connect to the Internet. This issue may occur when you run the ZoneAlarm versions that are listed in the following table: • Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite 6.5.645.000–7.0.482.000 • Zone Alarm Pro 6.5.645.…

[Crossposted to IE General, WinXP General, and Windows Update newsgroups Followup set to IE General] Posted as an FYI only: MS08-066: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function driver could allow elevation of privilege <QP> Known issue with this security update After you install this security update on a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running ZoneAlarm, you may be unable to connect to the Internet. This issue may occur when you run the ZoneAlarm versions that are listed in the following table: • Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite 6.5.645.000–7.0.482.000 • Zone Alarm Pro 6.5.645.…

What's in a name? Microsoft defends 'Windows 7' moniker Computerworld, MA - 16 minutes ago The AeroXperience blog, for example, counted seven as of Windows Vista, eight if the consumer-oriented Windows Millennium was included. ... More...

Windows 7 equals some strange math CNET News, CA - 17 minutes ago That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0. So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and seventh in the family of Windows releases. ... More...

On 15 ÏËÔ, 14:52, "Clark..." <Clark_throwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dmitry Bond. wrote: > > Hi. > [...] > <snip> > > don't know, but try these. > Windows install cleanup tool:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 > PC-Decrapifier:http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/node/159 Both variants you suggested not fit my needs. Finally I have to wrote such simple utility by myself. Here the link http://cid-d4095215c101cece.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/UninstallUtil.zip Here the some part of "readme.txt" for it: Command line tool to enum installed products, find one and run command specified in "UninstallString" or "…

BetaNews The Windows name: Is there special significance to '7?' BetaNews - 20 minutes ago "We also had the lesson reinforced when we applied the version number in the Windows Vista code as Windows 6.0 -- that changing basic version numbers can ... More...

There were so many theories on why Microsoft has chosen the number 7 in the next Windows Vista. Mike Nash quickly posted his explanation — Why 7? In an excerpt of his post:Anyway, the numbering we used is quite simple. The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, [...] More...

You might try this. Go to the main Windows Update window and click on "Installed Updates" (on the left-hand side of the window, at the bottom), and then remove "Update for Microsoft Windows (KB931099)" (only). Reboot. Reboot again. Go back to Windows Update, and re-install the same update, by clicking on the Check for Updates button. Other folks may have additional ideas for you hope this helps a bit, see if that helps. I hope this post is helpful. Let us know how it works ºut. Good luck Ǝøçεl -=- "unknown" wrote: >

You might try this. Go to the main Windows Update window and click on "Installed Updates" (on the left-hand side of the window, at the bottom), and then remove "Update for Microsoft Windows (KB931099)" (only). Reboot. Reboot again. Go back to Windows Update, and re-install the same update, by clicking on the Check for Updates button. Other folks may have additional ideas for you hope this helps a bit, see if that helps. I hope this post is helpful. Let us know how it works ºut. Good luck Ǝиçεl -=- "unknown" wrote: >

"Agathon99" wrote: > One or two applications which used to run on my PC can't run anymore give the > following error message: > > ''Microsoft Visual C+ + runtime Library > > Programme: C:\Programme Files\ xxx\x.exe > > Runtime Error!'' > > Please assist me with the above subject.

Microsoft defends choice of 'Windows 7' VNUNet.com, UK - 15 minutes ago Windows Vista was version 6.0, Nash said, adding that Microsoft had realised from this launch that changing basic version numbers can cause application ... More...

"annamaria36" wrote: > > > "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 not the automatic updater. > > > >

It's official: Windows 7 to be called "Windows 7" Yahoo! Tech, CA - 8 minutes ago Consider Windows Vista: For years it was known widely by its code name, "Longhorn." And just when everyone got used to calling it Longhorn, Microsoft up and ... More...

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:52:12 -0700, "ITNews" wrote: >As I was trying to browse got the following message: > >Documents and settings is not accessible. Access is denied. Normal behavior. That's only a shortcut for use by older programs. You want "Documents". >Cannot browse the folder even after I took the ownership. > >Any help will be appreciated! DDW -- Reply via this group No email please

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:52:12 -0700, "ITNews" <ITNews@net.it> wrote: >As I was trying to browse got the following message: > >Documents and settings is not accessible. Access is denied. Normal behavior. That's only a shortcut for use by older programs. You want "Documents". >Cannot browse the folder even after I took the ownership. > >Any help will be appreciated! DDW -- Reply via this group No email please

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:52:12 -0700, "ITNews" <ITNews@net.it> wrote: >As I was trying to browse got the following message: > >Documents and settings is not accessible. Access is denied. Normal behavior. That's only a shortcut for use by older programs. You want "Documents". >Cannot browse the folder even after I took the ownership. > >Any help will be appreciated! DDW -- Reply via this group No email please

Hi we are on a domain with all XP SP2 My pc is VISTA (all updates are done) When i tried to connect to a remote pc with the WMI Control, i always get the error "Failed to connect to \\COMPUTER because Win32: Access is denied" If i tried from my xp pc to connect to the same pc, it work Can somebody help me please Thanks i join you a screen shot Jac

ITNews wrote: > As I was trying to browse got the following message: > > Documents and settings is not accessible. Access is denied. > > Cannot browse the folder even after I took the ownership. > > Any help will be appreciated! Your Vista install is behaving as designed. In Vista, Documents and Settings is just a junction, a virtual directory there only for backwards compatibility with older software. It's not "real" and this is why you can't do anything with it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ