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missing security tab on network shares and local folders
by Guest JBeckett [MCSA]- 0 replies
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I'm missing the security tab when I open the properties of local folders and on network shares. However, the problem seems to be limited to my computer and my user account. I have taken the advice to take off 'Simple File Sharing' under the 'Tools'->'View' tab of Windows explorer. I have also verified that I have an ntfs formatted disk. I was looking through Group Policy to see if that was the culprit but I couldn't find a setting that would prevent me from viewing the security tab. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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missing security tab on network shares and local folders
by Guest JBeckett [MCSA]- 0 replies
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I'm missing the security tab when I open the properties of local folders and on network shares. However, the problem seems to be limited to my computer and my user account. I have taken the advice to take off 'Simple File Sharing' under the 'Tools'->'View' tab of Windows explorer. I have also verified that I have an ntfs formatted disk. I was looking through Group Policy to see if that was the culprit but I couldn't find a setting that would prevent me from viewing the security tab. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Screen Resolution Resets
by Guest Luke- 0 replies
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Every time I turn my computer on it starts in the smallest resolution and every time I have to change it to 800 * 600. Also when I change it it doesn't say do you want to keep these settings. Anyway of making it stay? I have a Nvidia George 6600 graphics card Samsung TV acting as my monitor Windows Vista. Cheers Luke
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Files are not deleted handle held by system process
by Guest Jocky Mac- 0 replies
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We have deplaoyed our application on may servers but on only one we are seeing a strange problem. The application is written in C and uses the remove function to delete a file. The file appears to be "almost" deleted - we cannot open it, copy it or view security attributes etc but a di in the folder shows it is still there. We used process explorer to look at it and it reports that the file has on open handle from the system process. If I right click in process explorer and select "close handle" the file disappears. Any idea why the file is not removed?
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Files are not deleted handle held by system process
by Guest Jocky Mac- 0 replies
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We have deplaoyed our application on may servers but on only one we are seeing a strange problem. The application is written in C and uses the remove function to delete a file. The file appears to be "almost" deleted - we cannot open it, copy it or view security attributes etc but a di in the folder shows it is still there. We used process explorer to look at it and it reports that the file has on open handle from the system process. If I right click in process explorer and select "close handle" the file disappears. Any idea why the file is not removed?
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[/url]AP - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a Web component for its desktop-based Office programs that lets computer users store, share and comment on documents, but the software maker did not go so far as to let people create new files from scratch online. Link To Original Article
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AP - Barnes & Noble.com is getting a new look. Starting Monday, the online site for the superstore chain will have a thoroughly revised home page, including a running scroll of featured releases, and a number of new offerings, including Barnes & Noble Review, a magazine that will be updated daily with reviews and interviews. Link To Original Article
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AP - The social networking Web site Facebook has been warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at most sites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp, bought Lonely Planet in a deal that values the travel publisher at about 100 million pounds ($203 million), a person familiar with the talks said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Sony Corp said it will launch an ultra-thin flat TV in December, the world's first television based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology into an $82 billion market dominated by LCD and plasma models. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it would offer $8.1 billion in cash for all shares in digital map supplier Navteq . Link To Original Article
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AP - Nokia Corp. is buying U.S. navigation-software maker Navteq Corp. for around $8.1 billion, the world's largest mobile phone maker said Monday. Link To Original Article
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FT.com - The asset-servicing business is dominated by at least four US firms. Their reach leaves little room for others to rival them globally in terms of size, but European banks know there are at least enough opportunities closer to home to build a solid foundation of business. Link To Original Article
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Every time I sync my PDA with Mobile Device Center, it changes my Device ID to something like "WINDOWSMOBILEXX" where XX is any number from 1-99. This subsequently breaks all my registered apps that look at my Device ID to know if they are registered properly. I have tried editing the registry on Vista and the PDA, but to no avail. The Mobile Device Center changes the Device ID at random each time it connects. Any thoughts?
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repeted crash
by Guest renatoemme- 0 replies
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My new Vista suffers among other things of frequent crashes and other problems. When I try to understand the reasons I am invited to read such reasons in one language. But whatever language I choose the answer is always that it the connection was not possible. Yet my normal connections with internet are always ok. Can someone help? Thank you
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Most recent update wounded search
by Guest Wowbagger- 0 replies
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Searching a shared folder on the server became much slower over the weekend after the installation of the more recent MS patches (Server 2003). A search (right-click the folder, select search) that used to take 5-6 seconds now takes 2 and a half minutes. The update is the only change that was made to any machine on the network. Any ideas which patch might have broken the search and how it can be rolled back?
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Most recent update wounded search
by Guest Wowbagger- 0 replies
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Searching a shared folder on the server became much slower over the weekend after the installation of the more recent MS patches (Server 2003). A search (right-click the folder, select search) that used to take 5-6 seconds now takes 2 and a half minutes. The update is the only change that was made to any machine on the network. Any ideas which patch might have broken the search and how it can be rolled back?
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Which format allows higher compression: *.IMG or *.ISO ?
by Guest Frank Callone- 0 replies
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I want to put (resp. wrap) a directory into a CD image. The compressability of the directory files is high and I want to compress all the stuff as much as possible. Which format should I choose: IMG or ISO ? Are there tools which allow a higher compression (without creating a *.zip or *.rar or *.7z archive) ? Frank
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Which format allows higher compression: *.IMG or *.ISO ?
by Guest Frank Callone- 0 replies
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I want to put (resp. wrap) a directory into a CD image. The compressability of the directory files is high and I want to compress all the stuff as much as possible. Which format should I choose: IMG or ISO ? Are there tools which allow a higher compression (without creating a *.zip or *.rar or *.7z archive) ? Frank
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Network timeout problem
by Guest Ray Dawson- 0 replies
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Hi, My nice stable Windows XP setup has thrown a wobbly for the last couple of weeks and I haven't been able to find out why. I am connected to the internet via an adsl router - as are two other computers running XP. This computer has started to disconnect from the network connection every few hours for no apparent reason. The other computers don't do this - which means no router or internet problem. All three computers are running IE7. With this computer, if I haven't connected recently, when I try and open a web page, IE tells me that I am not on line and I have to click the Connect button for it to do so. My email client does likewise. I haven't know…
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Network timeout problem
by Guest Ray Dawson- 0 replies
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Hi, My nice stable Windows XP setup has thrown a wobbly for the last couple of weeks and I haven't been able to find out why. I am connected to the internet via an adsl router - as are two other computers running XP. This computer has started to disconnect from the network connection every few hours for no apparent reason. The other computers don't do this - which means no router or internet problem. All three computers are running IE7. With this computer, if I haven't connected recently, when I try and open a web page, IE tells me that I am not on line and I have to click the Connect button for it to do so. My email client does likewise. I haven't know…
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test ref/eDN3072784783
by Guest dennis- 0 replies
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http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.test.here -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - http://www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "dennis" <dennis@praxi.gr> wrote in message news:%23MrqCOABIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >
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Monitor goes black - SOS finding error
by Guest Mark- 0 replies
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After using HP desktop w/out problem for 2 years, started having problem with monitor blacking out when computer went to sleep mode. Would not come back on when rebooted or restarted. Had to click monitor on and off to see screen, click on help utilities to restore to prior settings. Then monitor comes on. Heard it could be software problem but can't find it. Virus scan comes up negative. Hardware scan comes up negative. Can you help me figure out how to identify the problem? Thanks!
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Monitor goes black - SOS finding error
by Guest Mark- 0 replies
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After using HP desktop w/out problem for 2 years, started having problem with monitor blacking out when computer went to sleep mode. Would not come back on when rebooted or restarted. Had to click monitor on and off to see screen, click on help utilities to restore to prior settings. Then monitor comes on. Heard it could be software problem but can't find it. Virus scan comes up negative. Hardware scan comes up negative. Can you help me figure out how to identify the problem? Thanks!
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Vista Firewall slows up printing
by Guest youngjan- 0 replies
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Hi, I've got a Canon LBP5200 laser printer. Since getting a new PC with Vista Home loaded I've had problems with the printer. Got the correct driver from Canon installed and the printer works but takes forever to spool & start printing. Checked with Canon support and all the printer configuration settings are as they recommend - they couldn't recreate the problem but suggested a firewall might be the cause. If I switch off Windows Firewall it works like lightning. I've tried adding the Cannon LBP5200 RPC server process to the exceptions list and this helps with some applications, but unfortunately there's still a problem printing from Office (Word…