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I have the following problem with Windows desktop search. We have a network share, with a hidden folder for snapshots. If you descend to this hidden folder, it looks like there are about 20 copies of all the files on the network share. Windows desktop search is indexing this hidden folder and is therefore bloating the search results by a factor of 20. Because the folder is hidden, I cannot tell Windows desktop search to exclude it. I cannot unhide this share as it is a function of the Filer. I don't have the privilege to change the properties of this folder. I have tried simulating the default exclusion that can be set by group policy by creating the …

I have the following problem with Windows desktop search. We have a network share, with a hidden folder for snapshots. If you descend to this hidden folder, it looks like there are about 20 copies of all the files on the network share. Windows desktop search is indexing this hidden folder and is therefore bloating the search results by a factor of 20. Because the folder is hidden, I cannot tell Windows desktop search to exclude it. I cannot unhide this share as it is a function of the Filer. I don't have the privilege to change the properties of this folder. I have tried simulating the default exclusion that can be set by group policy by creatin…

About a week ago, I noticed that I had no sound. Videos would play but no sound. External speakers checked out ok. No sound at either outlet on the 'puter. I had moved some hard drives around and thought that might be the problem. Volume control from the keyboard seemed fine, nothing was muted. I ran virus scans and spyware scans. All drives were "working properly" and engaged. Music from files and DVD played without sound. I read dozens of pages of troubleshooting. Opened Device Manager a hundred times; checked every driver, used upteen free driver scan programs (I have 1600 bad or outdated drivers); downloaded and installed ac3Filter; rolled back wmp11 to 1…

About a week ago, I noticed that I had no sound. Videos would play but no sound. External speakers checked out ok. No sound at either outlet on the 'puter. I had moved some hard drives around and thought that might be the problem. Volume control from the keyboard seemed fine, nothing was muted. I ran virus scans and spyware scans. All drives were "working properly" and engaged. Music from files and DVD played without sound. I read dozens of pages of troubleshooting. Opened Device Manager a hundred times checked every driver, used upteen free driver scan programs (I have 1600 bad or outdated drivers) downloaded and installed ac3Filter rolled back wmp1…

When I try to install some software I get a message "Error 1311. Source file not found: C\Windows\Installer\data1.cab". How do I solve this? Many thanks

When I try to install some software I get a message "Error 1311. Source file not found: C\Windows\Installer\data1.cab". How do I solve this? Many thanks

I'm having problems syncing my smartphone. At first it was I was getting a error code. It seemed that there were two different names for my PC. Therefore I deleted one but it still didn't work. Then I deleted the other and tried syncing again. How it says connection disabled. When I go into mobile device center and turn on allow USB connections, the selection is not saved. I'm logged in as administrator also. I'm about ready to seem this PC back and get XP. Please help, there's no error on device manager either.

Greetings Windows XP Support folks! We have a document imaging process wherein i create a file in InDesign, print through the XImage driver, create a file and pass off to our printer. About a month ago we started getting errors in the final print: pieces were missing, sometimes we'd get blank pages, sometimes just pieces of pieces would be missing. After a long month of e-mail troubleshooting with XImage support to no avail, I was told that the problem could be with Windows GDI. THe folks at XImage support have exhausted their usefulness so I thought I'd poke around over here. Any ideas on why the XImage driver would stop working suddenly with Windows GDI? I…

Greetings Windows XP Support folks! We have a document imaging process wherein i create a file in InDesign, print through the XImage driver, create a file and pass off to our printer. About a month ago we started getting errors in the final print: pieces were missing, sometimes we'd get blank pages, sometimes just pieces of pieces would be missing. After a long month of e-mail troubleshooting with XImage support to no avail, I was told that the problem could be with Windows GDI. THe folks at XImage support have exhausted their usefulness so I thought I'd poke around over here. Any ideas on why the XImage driver would stop working suddenly with Windows…

My computer recognizes the machine, but I only have access to the drives through jukebox management software. Is there another way that I can access the drives: say from Media Player or other programs? Any thoughts or help would be most appreciated.

Hi everyone, We've been periodically seeing the following error message on all 4 of our Windows 2003 DC/DNS servers: Source: LSASRV Category: SPNEGO (Negotiator) Type: Warning Event ID: 40960 Description: The Security System detected an authentication error for the server cifs/127.0.0.1. The failure code from authentication protocol Kerberos was "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. (0xc000005e)". The error message only seems to happen occasionally, but this morning we lost DNS on all 4 servers. After rebooting all 4 servers, DNS is back. I have no idea why DNS bombed out, but I noticed the above error message a…

Hi everyone, We've been periodically seeing the following error message on all 4 of our Windows 2003 DC/DNS servers: Source: LSASRV Category: SPNEGO (Negotiator) Type: Warning Event ID: 40960 Description: The Security System detected an authentication error for the server cifs/127.0.0.1. The failure code from authentication protocol Kerberos was "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. (0xc000005e)". The error message only seems to happen occasionally, but this morning we lost DNS on all 4 servers. After rebooting all 4 servers, DNS is back. I have no idea why DNS bombed out, but I noticed the above error…

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USATODAY.com - CHICAGO - Plans to blanket cities across the nation with low-cost or free wireless Internet access are being delayed or abandoned because they are proving to be too costly and complicated. Link To Original Article

PC World - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) opened Japan's biggest computer gaming event on Thursday with a keynote speech that promised a new PlayStation 3 controller and expansion of its PlayStation 2 business, but not an anticipated price cut. Link To Original Article

FT.com - The UK could face a new 3G licence auction after Ofcom on Thursday announced plans to take some of the radio spectrum held by mobile phone operators Vodafone and O2, and use it for higher speed services. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Following its bankruptcy filing, The SCO Group may be booted off of the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as next week, the Unix vendor said Wednesday. Link To Original Article

NewsFactor - Enterprise software for free? Apparently so. IBM has just releated a new enterprise-grade suite of office productivity applications, called Lotus Symphony. The free software that comprises Lotus Symphony includes a word processor, spreadsheet program, and business presentation applications that are clearly targeted at the capabilities of the popular Microsoft Office suite. Link To Original Article

Two and a half years ago, I wrote an article entitled Intel: The one-hit wonder. My conclusion, at the time, was that Intel's business and operating model--built around its dominance in PC processors--is a trap that has kept the chip giant from competing effectively in hot markets like communications and consumer electronics. With Intel Developer Forum in full swing in the city by the bay, I found myself wondering, has anything changed since I wrote that story and is the conclusion still valid? In my opinion, the answers are no and yes, respectively. Don't get me wrong. Intel is still the world's 800-pound chip gorilla. It's actually made quite a comeback f…

Hitwise released statistics today that showed Google has nearly 64 percent of the U.S. search market, compared to Yahoo's 23 percent, Microsoft's 8 percent and Ask's 3.5 percent. Year-over-year, Google's share inched up, Asks' and Yahoo's were fairly flat and Microsoft lost market ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Enterprise companies will soon begin offloading many of their network security responsibilities to telecommunications and Internet service providers and save vast amounts of time and money doing so, if AT&T has its way. Link To Original Article

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel will begin building flash-memory drives into servers in 2008, starting with 32GB models that the company promises will boost system performance. Flash drives can perform 10 to 50 times as many input-output transactions per second as conventional magnetic hard drives, said Pat Gelsinger, general manager of Intel's ... Link To Original Article

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