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just to say a big thnx paul for your help...after spending all day fiddling with this i finally got it working again thnx 2 u..cheers

Thanks for everyone helping me add the Thai language!!! I'm still having two problems with Vista and the Thai language. I had XP on my old computer and was able to read emails in Thai from Yahoo and I have an english-thai dictionary that used to work on my old computer and was able to install on Vista but the thai text is not working. Thanks again in advance for your help.

Microsoft Watch Microsoft Q4 2008 by the Numbers Microsoft Watch - 23 hours ago That suggests that Vista is not driving a switch to annuity contracts, which is consistent with Vista Enterprise survey data I will soon blog about. ... More...

What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP? ITworld.com, MA - 5 hours ago by Christopher Null I won't waste time rehashing the argument over whether Windows Vista is any good. The fact remains that lots of people prefer Windows XP ... More...

Those who have foolishly installed the Powertoy "Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager" - as I did - soon discover that when they uninstall it, it does not uninstall fully and leaves debris all over. One of the peskiest ones to get rid of is the Taskbar toolbar which continues to show "Desktop Manager" even after that toolbar is no longer functional! Kelly (great guy) has now created a reg file to remove that toolbar. The XP Tweak is found at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm # 401 right side. Thank you Kelly! Another way to get rid of "Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager" is to Restore to before it was installed rather than try to uninstall…

This is for anyone who's having trouble with WU (BITS/AU): http://castlecops.com/t106642-How_To_Fix_Windows_Update_BITS_Newly_Edited..html -or- http://www.castlecops.com/postlite106642-.html [i wrote it -- I would have posted the entire set of instructions here, but I wasn't sure if I could upload the Zip file with the Registry fixes on this N.G., so anyone could subsequently download it. However, the necessary File ready for downloading, along with the lengthy instructions, are all located at the above link.] If the above link doesn't work, go to: http://castlecops.com/ Click "Forums" right below the Castlecops logo, then go to the "General Computer Proble…

Microsoft Watch Microsoft Q4 2008 by the Numbers Microsoft Watch - 21 hours ago That suggests that Vista is not driving a switch to annuity contracts, which is consistent with Vista Enterprise survey data I will soon blog about. ... More...

Do you want to have an animated Windows Vista wallpaper? TechWhack announces the release of DeskScapes 2.0 which allows you to have animated wallpaper. In an excerpt: DeskScapes 2.0, now available on all versions of Windows Vista not just Windows Ultimate,supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more. (Windows Ultimate [...] More...

We currently use the code below to verify that a QFE is installed properly after it is installed online. We want to do the same thing after installing QFEs offline. Is there a way to do this programatically, similar to this method? What we have found is that no offline applied QFEs show up in this method currently. They do however appear in the Installed updates in the control panel. They also show up in WMI, but there is no flag for either operation or resultcode. In order to keep our global community comfortable that the updates are applied properly we need to log that the installs were successful programatically. Set objSession = CreateObject("…

When i try to play a disc in my dvd r drive i get the following message error code 0xc000033 failed to initilise properly

Microsoft Watch Microsoft Q4 2008 by the Numbers Microsoft Watch - 19 hours ago That suggests that Vista is not driving a switch to annuity contracts, which is consistent with Vista Enterprise survey data I will soon blog about. ... More...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of July 21, 2008 Windows IT Pro, CO - 2 hours ago An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including an iPhone 3G defeat, 180 million copies of Windows Vista in the wild, ... More...

You read it right. Microsoft has sold 180 million licenses of Windows Vista following their announcement on posting 60 billion dollars of revenue for fiscal year 2007 - 2008, the highest in their history.That is definitely a lot of licenses however, John Fontana of PCAdvisor was quick to say “http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?...id=13767″. Microsoft care less of that [...] More...

Microsoft records record $60bn revenue (PCAdvisor)What does it take to get a PC with XP? (ComputerWorld)Can I Delete from the Virtual Store? (PCMag)Is it Leopard, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Ubuntu ? (ITVoir)Microsoft Online Business Flags Despite Overall Revenue Rise (PCWorld)Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:48:48 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > Cool! I can probably resubscribe to some Yahoo! feeds safely now. I dropped > them all back in March. Translation: I'm adding a supercharger to my automated SPAM process.... Your masters will be very pleased with your output, Roy Schestowitz. -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

MacNN Microsoft tries to derail Apple’s MacNN, CA - 2 hours ago Recently Brad Brooks, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Vista consumer marketing talked with InformationWeek , and let it be known that Apple’s ad campaign has had ... More...

What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP? ITworld.com, MA - 29 minutes ago by Christopher Null I won't waste time rehashing the argument over whether Windows Vista is any good. The fact remains that lots of people prefer Windows XP ... More...

hello, I'm about to roll out a couple of windows 2003 sql server 2005 for a financial platform (banking industry). the servers use local hard disks to boot (drive c) but are attached to a san for holding data (drive d). now I noticed that the local sas disks are 15k rpm fast, while the disk hosted on the san only is 5k fast. I don't have that much know how with san solutions, but is it normal that san disks are so slow (our san is from hitachi) ? would it be better to use local disks for our sql server (the databases are used very heavily) ? does rpm makes a big difference in terms of sql server operations ? thanks in advance for any help. regards, z…

MacNN Microsoft tries to derail Apple’s MacNN, CA - 46 minutes ago Recently Brad Brooks, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Vista consumer marketing talked with InformationWeek , and let it be known that Apple’s ad campaign has had ... More...

Can Linux Replace Windows - Maybe! ZDNet UK, UK - 20 minutes ago ... brother yesterday evening, a typical Windows XP user could probably switch to Ubuntu or Mandriva Linux more easily today than they can switch to Vista. ... More...

I have a folder, 'My Tivo Recordings' that I want Media Center to search/display when I select 'play' video. How do I do this? OMEd

MacNN Microsoft tries to derail Apple’s MacNN, CA - 15 minutes ago Recently Brad Brooks, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Vista consumer marketing talked with InformationWeek , and let it be known that Apple’s ad campaign has had ... More...

Good People, Following is extracted from the cbs.log file resulting from running sfc /scannow 2008-07-14 09:18:33, Info CSI 0000011d [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.ini" of Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch How do I correct this problem? karl