Microsoft Support & Discussions

I got my new computer a couple of days ago, and created an administrator account immediately (i'm logged into it now). I keep trying to create a standard account for my wife, but when I click on the Add/Remove Account link nothing happens. There's a windows shield next to it, so I expected to be prompted for my adminstrator password. Again, nothing happens. What am I doing wronge here?

I got my new computer a couple of days ago, and created an administrator account immediately (i'm logged into it now). I keep trying to create a standard account for my wife, but when I click on the Add/Remove Account link nothing happens. There's a windows shield next to it, so I expected to be prompted for my adminstrator password. Again, nothing happens. What am I doing wronge here?

Bring On Your Jokes With Comic Boom Animation World Network, CA - 31 minutes ago Comic Boom retails at $19.99 US and is available in electronic format only. Comic Boom runs on Windows Vista and XP as well as Mac OS X v10.4 and v10.5. More...

Is It Ok If I Take His Place? Just FYI. P.S. The Number Of Negative Posts About Microsoft Windows Vista That Have Been Posted Here In The Last 24 Hours Should Send Microsoft A Message Loud And Clear: It Is About Time That Either Microsoft Or The U.S. Government Recall Windows Vista Once And 4 All, Also Just FYI. "Spanky deMonkey, ESQ" wrote in message news:FnRek.17965$N87.15287@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com... > Why haven't you insulted anyone in the last 4 hours? Have you been tied > down your your bed? Did the nurses sedate you? Were you taken by Aliens > to the mother ship? Did you actually find a Sheep? >

Spanky deMonkey, ESQ wrote: > Why haven't you insulted anyone in the last 4 hours? Have you been tied > down your your bed? Did the nurses sedate you? Were you taken by > Aliens to the mother ship? Did you actually find a Sheep? > He's busy. You know how long it takes to give an adult his bath and a diaper change while they keep him in the straight jacket.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:56:55 -0400, Linonut wrote: > * Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo: > >> <http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3413801> >> >> He talks about a lot of interesting things in that interview: possible >> future directions for GNOME KDE Ubuntu release timing why OS X is >> growing significantly on the desktop and Linux isn't. > > I don't really agree with him saying that Apple is "driving innovation" > and "Linux" is not, or that Apple necessarily gives a (much) better user > experience. I kind of agree with him about the web being important. > But I think he misses (completel…

For anyone who regularly uses multiple windows, and has autohide toolbar / alot of quick launch buttons, the taskbar isn't always a convineant place to minimize windows you want to snatch back after a quick copy and paste for instance. This would be especially useful for multiple monitor uses. with the WIN+Space shortcut making the sidebar useful, it would be a nice addition to be able to minimize windows to the sidebar as well as task bar. perhaps as there is a horizontal line button on windows (top-right-3), there could be a verticle button to indicate minimize to sidebar. (and while we're on window management, Space and Expose like functions as…

Folks, There isn't a large abundance of reviews about network media streaming devices, but for less than £200 ($400) the Netgear EVA-8000 seems to lead the pack based purely on number of positve reviews. There seems to be even less reviews about multimedia hard drives or enclosures....odd since there are about 10 times more of these on the market that streaming devices. Because they're cheaper, and do not offer the possibility of a dropped connection, the multimedia HD might be the way to go. Does anyone have any personal experience with one? Sumvision and Iomega make some that look good on paper, but again, are not well reviewed. I have a collection …

Bandwidth Limits Make a Comeback PC World - 22 minutes ago I was unable to get two other free monitors, WatchWAN and Net-Regulator, to work on my Windows Vista PC. It's unclear whether bandwidth throttling and ... More...

Live Blog: Microsoft's E3 Press Conference 411mania.com, TX - 2 hours ago Oh and we see the new Vista inspired interface. The dashboard looks prettys weet! You get instant access to all of your content using multi-layered windows. ... More...

Hello All - Here's a wacky one. I have a Network Connections Icon or rather Link on my desktop (Vista Business) that I can't figure out how to remove. So far : When I right click it - the options are : Open Explore Create Shortcut I'm at a loss. I've tried rebooting in safe mode and still the same 3 options. I've went to the desktop folder and it's not showing there. I've also tried dragging it to the taskbar and nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Hi, I’m Sharath Udupa, developer on the IE team focusing on AJAX features for IE8. One of the AJAX improvements we adopted in IE8 from HTML5 is AJAX page navigations. In IE8 mode, we provide support for script to update the travel log components (for e.g. back/forward buttons, address bar) to reflect client-side updates to documents. This allows a better user experience where users can navigate back and forth without messing the AJAX application state. For more information regarding the feature and sample code, refer to the Internet Explorer MIX08 Hands-on Labs for AJAX and IE8 Beta 1 for Developers. For an example of how this can be used to hook navigation in Silve…

SYS-CON Media Offering Parallels Virtualization to HP Integrity server customers ... SYS-CON Media, NJ - 1 hour ago Parallels Virtuozzo Containers supports both Windows and Linux clustering, enabling customers to deploy multiple passive cluster containers on a single ... More...

Live Blog: Microsoft's E3 Press Conference 411mania.com, TX - 57 minutes ago Oh and we see the new Vista inspired interface. The dashboard looks prettys weet! You get instant access to all of your content using multi-layered windows. ... More...

SYS-CON Media Offering Parallels Virtualization to HP Integrity server customers ... SYS-CON Media, NJ - 37 minutes ago Parallels Virtuozzo Containers supports both Windows and Linux clustering, enabling customers to deploy multiple passive cluster containers on a single ... More...

All, I am attempting to get EFS file sharing working in a 2K3 AD Environment with XP Machines. I have successfulyl installed a DRA and disabled self-signed certificates with the Windows hotfix and Group Policy option as specified in the Windows KB Article. However I still can't get EFS to work over the network. In fact since installing the above, another user can't create a new encrypted file wthin an encrypted folder. They get access denied. Another user had told me that I should enable credential roaming or roaming profiles. This was to solve multiple certificates from being issued in AD (via Enterprise CA). Would this also prevent me from sharing en…

All, I am attempting to get EFS file sharing working in a 2K3 AD Environment with XP Machines. I have successfulyl installed a DRA and disabled self-signed certificates with the Windows hotfix and Group Policy option as specified in the Windows KB Article. However I still can't get EFS to work over the network. In fact since installing the above, another user can't create a new encrypted file wthin an encrypted folder. They get access denied. Another user had told me that I should enable credential roaming or roaming profiles. This was to solve multiple certificates from being issued in AD (via Enterprise CA). Would this also prevent me from sharing en…

Windows Vista winning the ugly way CNET News, CA - 31 minutes ago Josh Greenbaum makes sense of this over on the Enterprise Anti-matter blog. Enterprise IT has never run a popularity contest, and if you doubt that just ... More...

Is it possible to stop Windows from creating the 'My Picture's / 'My Music' , etc. folders when user's 'My Documents' are redirected to a server? I would like to have each staff member within a department have their 'My Documents' folder redirected to their departmental share but don't want a bunch of 'My Music' and 'My Pictures' folders automatically created. Thanks, Tom

SYS-CON Media Virtualization - VMware Suffers Meltdown SYS-CON Media, NJ - 4 hours ago Microsoft will be giving its Hyper-V technology away free with its Windows Server 2008 operating system. Hyper-V just came out a month or two early a couple ... More...

Dear all XP W/SP2 HP Desktop m9060la I prefer to get the TV-Tuner driver and WinTV app directly from : http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_pvrpci.html And not from Hauppauge WinTV PVR TV Tuner Driver: http://tinyurl.com/22t588 But I do not understand, if I download from Hauppauge: I have to Download the Windows2000 and Windows XP base driver (w2kdrv311.exe) Download the WinTV-PVR driver update file pvrpcidrv15_20045.exe Reboot Download the latest WinTV2000 application with the new video formats. Download the WinTV application (wintv2k339_20112.exe) Then install this MPEG decoder. Hauppauge MPEG decoder version 1_20032…

I do not understand this. 1. I have a Vista Ultimate installation. 2. I set up a user id and configure a desktop (color, icons, etc) to my liking. 3. I create a few mapped drives. 4. I install a program that uses the mapped drives. 5. I sit at the PC and the program works to perfection. 6. I set up Remote Access (RDP) to allow access without NLA. 7. I log off but leave the PC running. 8. I go to another PC and use RDP to connect to the Vista PC using the same user id as I set up above. 9. I see exactly what I expect (the desktop is exactly the way I left it in step 7) 10. When I run the program, Vista now prompts me to Allow a program from an Unidentified …

Read all 'iPhone 3G' posts in The Daily Download CNET News, CA - Jul 10, 2008 The object of hilarity and defamation is VistaPerfection 2.0, a theme by developer Spec-Works that plops the Windows Vista GUI onto the iPhone. ... More...

Your a true Gent. I tip my hat to you sir. Thanx -- Ade "TaurArian" wrote: > 1. Check the Service Manager for "Automatic Update" service > Click Start, select Run and type: Services.msc > Press Enter > Locate the - "Automatic Update" > Make sure the service is not disabled and started. > > 2. If the service is disabled and cannot be started: > > Go to START, Select RUN > Type: regsvr32 wuaueng.dll > Press Ok > > 3. If all else fails:- > > Windows Update Greyed Out - Restore (Line 179) > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > Automatic Updates options are grayed out?: &…