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Microsoft Patches and Fixes
by Guest Rob Harmer- 0 replies
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We can now provide a FREE interrogation tool that you can use to examine in very fine detail each patch installed on Windows XP and Vista PCs. The output file is approx 75K for a new Vista PC for the COMPLETE list of all patches installed. EXAMPLE OUTPUT FILE is txt and and looks like this, for each patch applied; ===================================================== Title: MSXML 6.0 RTM Security Update (925673) Autoselect on Web sites: True Bundled update: MSXML 6 ENU x86 Can require source: False Category name: Security Updates Category ID: 0fa1201d-4330-4fa8-8ae9-b877473b6441 Category description: A broadly released fix for a product-specific secu…
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WMI
by Guest Brandon- 0 replies
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I am running a windows 2k3 std SP2 server which is also an exchange server 2k3 SP2 server. When services are restarted, I get the following mail from WMI@%servername% - can anybody tell me where I can edit the fields in the mail and/or configure who gets this mail? %servername% has reported a Error. Reported status is: Queues - Unknown Drives - Unknown Services - Error Memory - Unknown CPU - Unknown
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WMI
by Guest Brandon- 0 replies
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I am running a windows 2k3 std SP2 server which is also an exchange server 2k3 SP2 server. When services are restarted, I get the following mail from WMI@%servername% - can anybody tell me where I can edit the fields in the mail and/or configure who gets this mail? %servername% has reported a Error. Reported status is: Queues - Unknown Drives - Unknown Services - Error Memory - Unknown CPU - Unknown
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Backups in 2003 SP2
by Guest Phil- 0 replies
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Hi, We are having a serious problem with ntbackup on our Windows 2003 Standard servers. The problem originally occured when backing up the system state on the Domain controller. The backup fails after a few minutes with an error relating to the Volume Shadow failing at its first attempt. I then tried some investigation, and found that I can't backup up anything, on any of our servers (not just the DC) - even a single file from the C: drive. I get the same error relating to the volume shadow failing on its first attempt during backup. Typically I've left the exact error message on site (its not near where i work). I don't think its the problem that pe…
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Backups in 2003 SP2
by Guest Phil- 0 replies
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Hi, We are having a serious problem with ntbackup on our Windows 2003 Standard servers. The problem originally occured when backing up the system state on the Domain controller. The backup fails after a few minutes with an error relating to the Volume Shadow failing at its first attempt. I then tried some investigation, and found that I can't backup up anything, on any of our servers (not just the DC) - even a single file from the C: drive. I get the same error relating to the volume shadow failing on its first attempt during backup. Typically I've left the exact error message on site (its not near where i work). I don't think its the problem that people hav…
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when i CLick on "C:\" Drive the is asking openwith...
by Guest Ramana- 0 replies
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Hi i got problem in XP. when i click the any Drive its asking open with, when i right click the any DRIVE the "OPEN" option is Third place, how to change the this "OPEN" in to First place in Context menu, pls help me sir i need urgent pls....
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when i CLick on "C:\" Drive the is asking openwith...
by Guest Ramana- 0 replies
- 108 views
Hi i got problem in XP. when i click the any Drive its asking open with, when i right click the any DRIVE the "OPEN" option is Third place, how to change the this "OPEN" in to First place in Context menu, pls help me sir i need urgent pls....
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Really Cool Videos!
by Guest randomfell- 0 replies
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Want to hide something without seeming suspicious? Don't want all that ad-ware infested software which tries to hide your files? Try out this video tutorial which actuall... More»y teaches you how you can hide anything of any size on your harddisk with just two files of 1kb each! Simply press the Lock button and voila, your files appear to be a Recycle Bin outta nowhere! Check out this really neat video. Impress your friend with your OWN creation today! http://tinyurl.com/27cznx --------X-------- Want to send encrypted mail from any service provider like Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail without any provider support for encryption or any additional required encryp…
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Registry Creation problems
by Guest royzlife@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, When I create any string registry entry (REG_SZ) manually , does it gets created with NULL value? Because when the same registry key is created through InstallShield(installation of .msi), I find the binary value data for the key is 0 0 0 0. When created manually, its binary value data is 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0. Why is this difference coming? The real problem crops up when I retrieve the value from registry and check if it contains "" i.e. nothing. When created manually, this check is working fine but when created while installation of .msi, this check is failing. It will be helpful if any one can throw a light on this anomaly.
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Registry Creation problems
by Guest royzlife@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, When I create any string registry entry (REG_SZ) manually , does it gets created with NULL value? Because when the same registry key is created through InstallShield(installation of .msi), I find the binary value data for the key is 0 0 0 0. When created manually, its binary value data is 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0. Why is this difference coming? The real problem crops up when I retrieve the value from registry and check if it contains "" i.e. nothing. When created manually, this check is working fine but when created while installation of .msi, this check is failing. It will be helpful if any one can throw a light on this anomaly.
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xp shows dvd writer as standard cdrom drive
by Guest Steve Franks- 0 replies
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The DVD writer in my HP Pavilion T3155.uk, will no longer write DVDs. Whenever I try it says 'Invalid Function'. The drive is an HP HP dvd640c, my operating system is Windows XP SP2. I've seen various posts about upper and lower filters in the registry, but they don't specifically mention this problem. If anyone knows what I can do about this, I would be grateful for any suggestions. Updating the driver and firmware worked temporarily. Thanks in advance, -- Steve
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about system checker
by Guest xiaorun- 0 replies
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my driver was reported in security event it is changed, but i check the file is not modified. who can tell me the methos vista to check file by hash can how can i avoid it? thanks!
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WMI
by Guest Brandon- 0 replies
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I am running a windows 2k3 std SP2 server which is also an exchange server 2k3 SP2 server. When services are restarted, I get the following mail from WMI@%servername% - can anybody tell me where I can edit the fields in the mail and/or configure who gets this mail? %servername% has reported a Error. Reported status is: Queues - Unknown Drives - Unknown Services - Error Memory - Unknown CPU - Unknown
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WMI
by Guest Brandon- 0 replies
- 92 views
I am running a windows 2k3 std SP2 server which is also an exchange server 2k3 SP2 server. When services are restarted, I get the following mail from WMI@%servername% - can anybody tell me where I can edit the fields in the mail and/or configure who gets this mail? %servername% has reported a Error. Reported status is: Queues - Unknown Drives - Unknown Services - Error Memory - Unknown CPU - Unknown
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Vista Metrics
by Guest Chad Harris- 0 replies
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MSFT's vast percentage of profit in Vista in particular and any new OS in general is OEM preinstalled Vista. That's why they tromp on the OEM named partners with a heavy boot not to ship you a Vista DVD with your expensive marked up new pc purchase. While Bill Gates and others brag that they have sold 60 million Vistas mainly through forcing its sale through a preinstalled OEM machine sale, sales of Vista are lagging far behind sales of XP at this particular date. Sinofsky wanted it shipped and ship it did. SP1 doesn't fix most of the bugs in Vista and in fact it does not even come close. The main improvement of SP1 is that it delivers the Win RE Fix …
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Re: Linux Advocacy is completely Dead......
by Guest Au79- 0 replies
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Good, that means that you can be off and out of here for good! -- ..................... http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
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Re: Linux Advocacy is completely Dead......
by Guest Au79- 0 replies
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Good, that means that you can be off and out of here for good! -- ..................... http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
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Re: Linux Advocacy is completely Dead......
by Guest Au79- 0 replies
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Good, that means that you can be off and out of here for good! -- ..................... http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
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Do You Need A Different Driver For Different Computers To Print? Read This.
by Guest jonathan perreault- 0 replies
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nice Info From The Printers Newsgroup For Vista i had a problem while back with my printer. My dad wanted to use a different driver called HP DeskJet 970C series, because of that, i wasn't able to print on xp or vista. For some reason, only way to print was to use the HP DeskJet 970Cxi driver so what i did was created two printers on the host computer. One is for him, he's using the C Series Driver, The other one is the one that he shares on his pc, which is the cxi Driver. Here are the steps to have two different driver for one printer: I went to his printer changed the driver to what i wanted it to be, then used the wizard to SEARCH the driver that my dad w…
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virus? start menu "control panel" link exe's "create shortcut"
by Guest Bill Rowland- 0 replies
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everytime I click on START>Control Panel I receive a message box that ask confirmation of "create shortcut" on desktop. I am unable to locate an issue with the OS and believe it may be a virus or malware issue. Any ideas? -- Bill Rowland MCSA MCSE
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virus? start menu "control panel" link exe's "create shortcut"
by Guest Bill Rowland- 0 replies
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everytime I click on START>Control Panel I receive a message box that ask confirmation of "create shortcut" on desktop. I am unable to locate an issue with the OS and believe it may be a virus or malware issue. Any ideas? -- Bill Rowland MCSA MCSE
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Stop Internet access list.
by Guest InternetPizza@bellnet.ca- 0 replies
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We have co-op students working in our office and want to restrict their visits to approved web sites. Some of the websites on the available list are ones that we develop. These web sites receive graphic files such as .AI, .EPS & .PDF, which can be saved easily to the folder on the user's machines. Our problem in IE is that when we turn content on the student can not save .BMP or .JPG files to their computers. Can we receive a suggestion as how to control web access and still download our graphic files?
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Stop Internet access list.
by Guest InternetPizza@bellnet.ca- 0 replies
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We have co-op students working in our office and want to restrict their visits to approved web sites. Some of the websites on the available list are ones that we develop. These web sites receive graphic files such as .AI, .EPS & .PDF, which can be saved easily to the folder on the user's machines. Our problem in IE is that when we turn content on the student can not save .BMP or .JPG files to their computers. Can we receive a suggestion as how to control web access and still download our graphic files?
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Sending files to cd burner
by Guest Thomasg- 0 replies
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When I highlight a digital photo I have uploaded from my camera to my hard drive with my curser I am no longer able to right click on that photo and send its file to my cd drive to eventually burn to a cd. In fact, the cd rom associated with Windows XP no longer shows up as an option when I follow the process mentioned above. What is the solution?
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Sending files to cd burner
by Guest Thomasg- 0 replies
- 112 views
When I highlight a digital photo I have uploaded from my camera to my hard drive with my curser I am no longer able to right click on that photo and send its file to my cd drive to eventually burn to a cd. In fact, the cd rom associated with Windows XP no longer shows up as an option when I follow the process mentioned above. What is the solution?