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hi, i have perfmon alerts config'd to monitor disk space, memory, and many other counters. i have created a regular (non admin) user that the alert runs as. all of the perfmon alerts start just fine and run appropriately UNTIL an alert is fired and it has to execute a batch file with "cscript sendemail.vbs ...." in it. i have even altered batch file to simply "echo test > c:\scripts\test.txt" (without quotes) and that won't even work the alert is never fired and of course i never receive alerts. :) user has been granted logon locally rights in sec pol, and i assigned user the logon as batch file rights in sec pol. i have also granted the builtin b…

Microsoft taking the shutters off Windows 7 next month ElectricPig.tv, UK - 14 hours ago So, Vista - that didn’t pan out ever so well, did it? Still, Microsoft is not getting disheartened at the less than rapturous response to its last OS and is ... More...

Microsoft Lifts The Veil, A Little, On Windows 7 CNNMoney.com - Aug 14, 2008 Microsoft's circumspection about discussing Windows 7 also comes amid poor perceptions of Windows Vista, which faced incompatibility issues when it ... More...

Digitaltrends.com Windows 7 Details Coming in October Digitaltrends.com, OR - Aug 15, 2008 In a posting to its brand-new Engineering Windows 7 Blog, Windows engineering lead Steve Sinofsky revealed that Microsoft plans to offer the first peeks ... More...

Thanks for all the replies on my "cmd window closing as soon as it opened" post. The problems is fixed now and Yes .. it was malware. I had to run 3 separate utilities to find the malware but once removed ... everything is working correctly now. Thanks again for all the help! Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

but msg then reads "OCXShockwave Flash File is missing." (Am trying to install Adobe Flash Player on WIN XP, SP2, Home Ed" "dr_ahmed" wrote: > i dont think it so simple,but by defult when site requires activex ,a yellow > pop-up toolbar appears below addres bar asking u to install it,just > right-click on this pop-up message and choose "install activex control". > after ithas been downloaded and installed the page will be refreshed and > displayed properly > > "Dennis Lazo" wrote: > > > the active x controls are downloaded along with the webpage that you open. > > > > problems may sometimes arise when the s…

Hello: Traditionally, MX priorities are set in multiples of 10, and an attempt is made to deliver the email to the server with the lowest priority first. Do they have to be in priorities of 10, though? If an MX file has a priority of 10, another of 9, and another of 8, will that priority "work"? Thanks! SQL Programmer (it's just a name)

I'm using Windows Calendar (the one included w/Vista) for appointments, but I sometimes miss reminder messages, since they are popping up underneath other windows, and I don't always hear the chime. Does anyone know of a way to force the reminder windows to pop up above all other windows? If it matters, I'm using Vista 64-bit Business edition.

I have a Vista Ultimate workstation running on a domain with a Win2K3 Srvr. I start Outlook 2007 in cache mode on the workstation as part of the startup sequence. I am also running Google desktop with a sidebar. When I reboot my workstation, Vista takes up all of the resources and won't allow me access to the cursor until almost all of the boot process has completed. Is there a way to control resources better during the boot process?

Microsoft Starts Windows 7 Blog bMighty.com, NY - Aug 15, 2008 Windows 7, due out in early 2010, is being built on Windows Vista's kernel, which means applications that are not compatible with Vista won't be compatible ... More...

BBC News Windows 7 details to be released BBC News, UK - Aug 15, 2008 Based on Vista, Windows 7 is expected to be released in January 2010. The announcement about the unveiling was made on a new Windows 7 blog written by ... More...

I have several Vista workstations on a AD network along with 10's of workstations running XP and servers running various OS's. The AD network is connected to a separate much larger AD network (several hundred workstations and servers). When browsing network places (e.g.: when mapping to a network drive), the XP machines on the smaller AD network show two distinct networks, the local AD network and, larger AD network. Both networks can be 'explored' without significant delay. However, when performing the exact same function on a Vista workstations, there is no distinction between the two AD networks. In addition, every time the browse button is hit, …

Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista ... ZDNet - Aug 15, 2008 Yesterday Microsoft indicated that it might be getting ready to peel back the almost Apple-like secrecy surrounding Windows 7 by unveiling a new blog called ... More...

TechShout! Microsoft starts stoking hype for Windows 7 Register, UK - Aug 15, 2008 The vendor has launched an Engineering Windows 7 blog, which contains scant detail of the planned OS, presumably in the hope of whetting the appetite of ... Microsoft opens up on Windows 7 What PC? all 85 news articles More...

Hi, I have the same need as well. To answer your question of why I would want to schedule a restart....... I need to schedule a restart in order to finalize Windows updates after all users have disconnected from the server and all backups have completed. This will be useful in getting the updates completed without inconveniencing the network users by waiting for a reboot during server access hours. Thanks, Matt 'Miha Pihler [MVP Wrote: > 2036513']Hi Mark, > > There is a command line tool that comes with Windows Server 2003 -- so > you > don't need any 3rd party or resource kit tools. > > You can simply put something like …

Hi Everyone, I am trying to allow a non-admin user to run a scheduled task on a remote server for reporting purpose, without putting this user as a member of the local Administrators group, the local Backup Operators group, the domain Server Operators group. Can this be done and what is the best way to acheive this?

Windows 7 Dev Team Goes with the Crowd IT Business Edge, KY - 50 minutes ago ... Windows 7 blog, where senior engineers Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan vow they and their teams will apply what they’ve learned from the Vista rollout to ... More...

TechShout! Microsoft opens up on Windows 7 What PC?, UK - Aug 15, 2008 Generally, the blog has been well received according to those leaving comments, although some have used the blog to highlight flaws in Vista. "Less is more. ... Windows 7 Gets a Blog Redmondmag.com all 85 news articles More...

Windows Server 2008 R2 by Any Other Name Microsoft Watch - 25 minutes ago The company already has indicated that Seven will be based on Windows Vista. There's not going to be any variation from the core, particularly with ... More...

Digitaltrends.com One Third Vista PCs Downgrade to XP? Digitaltrends.com, OR - 1 hour ago New data collected from the exo.performance.network suggests that over a third of PCs that ship with Microsoft Windows Vista are being downgraded to Windows ... More...

'Engineering Windows 7' OS News - Aug 14, 2008 The Windows Vista Team Blog was different - it informed users of Vista, yes, but it didn't really influence where Vista was going. ... More...

Everytime I shut down windows, I get a message "End Program f14". Also each time I do shut down, the "f14" changes to another hexadecimal number. The other issue that is occurring is with Cut/Paste, especially in Office 2007... it takes 1-15 seconds for the "Cut" to occur. Any suggestions?

I admit that everything was working and that -I- messed it up. To allow "My Documents" to be shared between two computers, I set one of the computers' (\\zm01) "My Documents" folder to be shared on the Workgroup. I then redefine the other computer's (\\zm02) "My Documents" target to the share name of the "My Documents" folder on \\zm01. It recently came to me that I may wat to restict access since a few people share this home network. So, I tried by disabling "simple sharing" and setting permissions, but realized that \\zm02\username could not be given permissions since a common domain doesn't exist. I then changed the share name to include a doll…

Microsoft To Unveil Windows 7 Features Next Month Tom's Guide, CA - 8 hours ago In terms of the base technology, we know that its kernel will be based on Windows Server 2008 kernel, which is an evolution of the Windows Vista kernel. ... Microsoft Opens Windows to Version 7 With Blog Internet News Windows 2008 R2 bites the dust CIO Weblog Windows 7 Server to be 'minor release' CNET News all 4 news articles More...

I have a Windows XP Professional SP3 machine on which I couldn't get this update to install. I went to microsofts website to get the manual download (sorry I don't have the link available to me right now). I tried to run the install but when it asked me to select (check the box nex to) the installed options I couldn't select anything and so would be forced to cancel. I thought maybe I needed to stop the SQL services before I could run the installation manually, and that's when i saw that they were disabled (in my case: SQLAgent$MICROSOFTSMLBIZ, MSSQL$MICROSOFTSMLBIZ). I set the both of these to manual and started them both. I ran the manual update again-this tim…