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Works like a charm for Vista. Thanks a million!! "Christopher" wrote: > Just got off with microsoft... here is the fix: > > Copy the following and past it into notepad... save the doc and rename it as > a bat file (example: update.bat) execute the bat file and reboot. Hope it > works as well for you as it did me: > > **** Begin **** > > net stop cryptsvc > net stop wuauserv > ren %windir%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.old > ren %windir%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old > regsvr32 comcat.dll /s > Regsvr32 Msxml.dll /s > Regsvr32 Msxml2.dll /s > proxycfg -u > Regsvr32 Msxml3.dll /s …

Apple pushes Windows Safari via iTunes updater Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago Joe Wilcox, who writes the "Microsoft Watch" blog, was the first to notice the behavior. "The Apple updater offered installation of new software, ... Apple 'undermines the Internet,' charges Mozilla CEO Computerworld all 2 news articles More...

Apple slammed over programming secrets Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago Quinn the Eskimo says: Vista clearly demonstrates that DOS/windows/vista has grown unmanageable by humans. Now, without SP1 Vista, MS is talking about ... More...

On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:55:56 -0400 General Paul Montgomery1 <generalnonnymoose1@yahoo.com> wrote: > He is a sissy that wants to play the game, but he can't take the heat > and runs like a tattle tale sissy. I filed a complaint that tigers should not be allowed to post. -- Hobbes,Tiger Extraordinaire

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My computer is stuck in power save mode and i can't get it to work. Does any one know what to do?? -- mtorres21

Beijing smog makes for a painful jog Times Online, UK - 4 hours ago Writing on his blog this week, another expat said that although he still considered himself a serious runner, “I have not found it sensible to run outside, ... More...

Apple 'undermines the Internet,' charges Mozilla CEO Computerworld, MA - 11 minutes ago On Friday, Lilly, whose company develops and distributes the Firefox browser, took Apple to task for offering Safari 3.1 to Windows XP and Vista users via ... More...

Apple pushes Windows Safari via iTunes updater Computerworld, MA - 12 minutes ago Joe Wilcox, who writes the "Microsoft Watch" blog, was the first to notice the behavior. "The Apple updater offered installation of new software, ... More...

Hackers vs. Windows, Mac, Linux next week in big-money contest Computerworld, MA - 47 minutes ago The client-side applications up for prizes, according to a blog post today by Terri Forslof, TippingPoint's manager of security response, include Adobe's ... More...

Apple slammed over programming secrets Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago Quinn the Eskimo says: Vista clearly demonstrates that DOS/windows/vista has grown unmanageable by humans. Now, without SP1 Vista, MS is talking about ... More...

XP still outselling Vista says HP VNUNet.com, UK - 46 minutes ago A senior executive at HP has said that sales of systems of Windows XP still make up the majority of its sales, despite the operating system being officially ... More...

Beijing smog makes for a painful jog Times Online, UK - 2 hours ago Writing on his blog this week, another expat said that although he still considered himself a serious runner, “I have not found it sensible to run outside, ... More...

Report: Jobs admits Apple bungled MobileMe Computerworld, MA - Aug 5, 2008 Their OS is flipping amazing but their customer service runs like [Windows] Vista." At least one analyst, however, thought that MobileMe's problems wouldn't ... More...

Beijing smog makes for a painful jog Times Online, UK - 38 minutes ago Writing on his blog this week, another expat said that although he still considered himself a serious runner, “I have not found it sensible to run outside, ... More...

The Magnifier came on for me and I was annoyed. So rather than reboot, I went to the web to see how to turn it off. I see others have the same issue I had. In my case, the magnification was not caused by Vista since the control panel -ease of use magnifier checkbox was not checked. I found that my mouse software was the issue. I have the wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 from microsoft. So under start-all programs- microsoft mouse-microsoft mouse, I noticed that the small thumb button is set to start the magnifier (and turn it off too). I am changing this setting because I really don't want to accidentally turn that on again. -- jvance

I want to allow users to create files and folders in the root drive, but I also want the rest of the folders in the tree to have seperate access. When I create a (BENCOMP/Users) permission for full control, but for folder and files only, it applies it to all of the child folders. Is there a way to prevent this? -- ACiD GRiM

I want to allow users to create files and folders in the root drive, but I also want the rest of the folders in the tree to have seperate access. When I create a (BENCOMP/Users) permission for full control, but for folder and files only, it applies it to all of the child folders. Is there a way to prevent this? -- ACiD GRiM

The Mac Observer Macs Averaging Twice the Price of PCs The Mac Observer - 52 minutes ago Joe Wilcox reported in his eWeek blog that he contacted Stephen Baker at NPD to verify the price numbers that were recently reported. ... More...

Every time I boot I get a pop-up window asking "Do you want to install Microsoft OLE automation?" There are two option: yes and no. If I select yes it starts to install. Then I'm told there are newer files existing, do I want to overwrite existing files? A yes answer and it continues, a no answer it stops. If I select no the pop-up window goes away and booting completes. No matter what I do the next time I boot I get the same damn pop-up window with the same question. How do I get rid of this annoying window? I have XP MCE, Service Pack 3. I'm not positive but I think this started when I installed SP3.

On 2008-08-07, Gary S. Terhune <none> wrote: > I can give plenty of examples to support Ed's side. What meaningful > task can you do with a Linux PC that you can't do with Windows? One > or two examples would be sufficient, and by "meaningful" I mean not > including keeping the user occupied with programming the machine > itself. 1) Writing a program that connects 100+ sockets and had 300+ file descriptors and is actually using the network and disk writing. (actual case from my own experience 3 years ago). Works great under linux and did not work under Windows. 2) Not having license limitations. 3) Not having to deal with viruse…

ln -s music “c:documents and settingsaaronmy documentsmy music†Technosailor, MD - 43 minutes ago It is a symbolic link, a tool that we have had in Linux and Unix for some time but that is sadly lacking in Windows. The Windows Vista blog is reporting, ... More...

Could you tell me how to change passwords and password protect files? Also, how to make sure Sharing folder is closed and can only be used by password protection assigned by myself and not someone I allowed to come in and make changes on my computer through IM?

Could you tell me how to change passwords and password protect files? Also, how to make sure Sharing folder is closed and can only be used by password protection assigned by myself and not someone I allowed to come in and make changes on my computer through IM?