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Sound Recorder Error Message
by Guest David Smith- 0 replies
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I am having problems recording: custom-built desktop with Intel DG965WH (version AAD41692-308; BIOS MQ96510J.86A.1987.2007.0258), 4GB RAM, WinXP Pro, SP2, fully patched. System tab in Control Panel shows 3.24 GB installed. When I ran Sound Recorder and pressed the stop key after 5 seconds or so of (attempted) recording, I got a message I have not seen before with that program, "Not enough memory to complete this operation. Quit one or more applications to increase available memory, and then try again.". Task Manager reports a "Commit Charge of 312M of memory, out of 5201M. The programs running are Skype 3.5 and Snagit 7, as well as a driver for a VoIPphone r…
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Turning on "Automatic Updates" programatically?
by Guest Jason Freeman- 0 replies
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Hi, I help maintain several computers that are "locked down" and cannot be changed at all because they are publicly accessible. Therefore, Automatic Updates is turned off because the changes wouldn't be permanent, anyway. From time to time, we unlock the machines and manually perform updates via the Windows Update Web site. I know a little Visual Basic.NET, and I was just wondering if there was some program or service within Windows that I could call upon to have the updates start immediately. If I knew what program/service to call, I could create a simple Visual Basic program that each computer would have, and my program could call this updatin…
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Civ IV - Multiplayer Game
by Guest LauraBaura- 0 replies
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I'm attempting to do a direct connection to someone for a multiplayer game in Civ 4. And for the life of me, we can't getthe connection. He's connected to other people with his computer before, and had others connect to him. And I am the only one of our circle of friends running Vista. So the problem must lie on my end. Does anyone know what could be going on here? I tried adding Civ4 and it's files to the "exceptions" list on the fire wall, I even turned the firewall off thinking that was the problem. And nada. Thanks for anyhelp you can give.
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Hi Speed Hub
by Guest peter cubbidge- 0 replies
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I have a 1 year old Computer running Windows XP SP2 and I have had no problems until I purchased a Powered 4 port Hi Speed USB Hub, but although XP recognises and instals the new device it cannot find any software for "USB2 Hub Controller". There were no drivers supplied as it uses those on XP.
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dreamscene problem
by Guest x3no- 0 replies
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on windows vista ultimate 64bit hebrew. when using dreamscene, desktop icons text becomes invisible, i can se it's shadows but no color. does anyone know how to fix this?
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Two Problems with system hang.
by Guest Thumper- 0 replies
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When I try to update Office 2003, I get a message about downloading a file to help with the update and the downlaod bar goes to 10% complete and just hanges... And, When trying to do a manual update on XP the whole thing just goes into never never land for about 15 minutes and thenm I get a message about the ActiveX control and it tells me I have to click on the IE7 Information bar to let the control install. I can't see the information bar in IE 7 and can't get the control to download and install... Any tips ? Thumper
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I have a program called EXPERTool that I want to run at startup in Windows Vista Home Premium. I am the only user and there is only one account and that is mine as administrator. I have tried to setup the executable for expertool in the task schdule. No matter what I do windows UAC blocks the program at startup. Why is there a task scheduler in administrative tools when it is so difficult to run the task with UAC? The program is located here: http://www.gainward.com/support/XPRT_50.zip Can anyone advise me on this and better yet tell me why it is so difficult to setup for a home user?
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automatic deletion from \Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads fo
by Guest Charlotte- 0 replies
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It was my understanding that when Automatic Updater downloads files and puts them in this folder (\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads) that the files would automatically delete after 10 days. I just had some disk space issues and found that there were files in the folder going back as far as a year. I went ahead and deleted them, but is there some setting I need to get these to delete automatically? Thanks, Charlotte
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automatic deletion from \Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads fo
by Guest Charlotte- 0 replies
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It was my understanding that when Automatic Updater downloads files and puts them in this folder (\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads) that the files would automatically delete after 10 days. I just had some disk space issues and found that there were files in the folder going back as far as a year. I went ahead and deleted them, but is there some setting I need to get these to delete automatically? Thanks, Charlotte
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slow network file access on 2k3 sp1 and sp2 R2 server
by Guest JimK- 0 replies
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Hello, One of our remote offices began complaining of slow network file access of Excel files on their file server/DC which was a Win2k3 sp1 R1 server. Certain Excel files (almost all have links to other Excel files on the same server) would take 60 seconds to 2-4 minutes to open, before prompting to update the data w/in the files. Prior to this it would take 15 seconds or less to open the same files. We were unable to find anything wrong with the server through the event viewer, net/dcdiag, etc. After a great deal of pressure from this office we replaced the server with a newer Win2k3 sp2 R2 server and migrated the data to the new server. The slow access…
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Non-admins formatting WD USB hard drive
by Guest Mark- 0 replies
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Hi all, Looking at allowing non-admins to format their WD Passport 2.5" USB drives. These are domain users, using a GP that has the "Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media" set to "Administrators and Interactive Users" already (I have done everything I know of to ensure this setting is ACTUALLY applied - even gone so far as to disable the GP, and hard-coded the registry key to allow 'interactive users' the ability to format removable drives). I cannot get anyone but a DOMAIN ADMIN to format the USB drive. This is on HP D7700's. My only thought currently, is that the USB drive may not be recognized as removable? It does show up in the "safely …
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printui.dll
by Guest JK in Nebraska- 0 replies
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I am attempting to map network printers for all TS users through the login scripts. The printers are installed on a print server with Server 2003x64 as the OS. My Terminal Servers are also Server 2003x64. The command I am using is: "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in \\printerserver\printer" When I run the command, I get the following message: "Operation could not be completed. Either the printer name was type incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server." I am able to connect to the printers through various other methods and so I know the server name and printer names are correct. What am I missing?
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We just installed Verizon wireless broadband card, working great on Gateway laptop running vista. I have been trying to set up an adhoc network so that my Dell Desktop running XP media center can use the internet connection. I have the ad hoc set up but cannot seem to get the internet sharing working. someone please help :o) Shari in TX
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Files from XP Pro to VISTA Ult - Office Pro 2003 to 2007
by Guest paul@newyorkcity.org- 0 replies
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I'd like some advice please. I'm currently on a DELL 8400 w/XP Pro SP2 and Office 2003 Pro I am waiting for a new DELL XPS 720 w/VISTA Ultimate and Office 2007. 1. Is there a complete list of files that I must transfer to the new machine for Office to make sure that my contacts, emails and archived folders are safe and what about my email rules? 2. I use a Data Base called Paradox Ver. 4.x and Ver 7.x will this still work as I write code in PAL for systems we still use. 4.x (could be) is considered a DOS program. 3. I use Netscape 4.7 to write HTML pages at times will this still work? 4. I have a 10,000 RPM C drive that I would like to utilize to keep…
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I have a problem when I would like to configure the opening ports of the firewall with the utility netsh with Vista Home Basic. I use the following command (admin rights): netsh firewall add portopening protocol=UDP port=4679 name=â€port 4679†mode=ENABLE scope=ALL profile=CURRENT I have no error and the port still closed. I see nothing about my port in the firewall configuration (UI and configuration tool). I have NO problem with other versions of Vista (Ultimate and Professional). Is there some differences in the security management of the firewall between basic and more advanced version of Vista? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advan…
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UAC stops Java
by Guest PeteBlock- 0 replies
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Hi, When I have UAC turned on Java wont run on both IE7 and Firefox (both have all upgrades) I assume I need to OK Java under UAC but I'll be darned if I can figure out how... Thanks for any help given.... Pete
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System not creating roaming profiles automatically
by Guest Eric- 0 replies
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I've been banging my head on this one... I'm trying to get the roaming profiles to create automatically when the user logs in. I've followed the rights on the article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490855.aspx Which basically states: ----------- Table 3 NTFS Permissions for Roaming Profile Parent Folder User Account Minimum permissions required Creator/Owner Full Control, Subfolders And Files Only Administrator None Security group of users needing to put data on share. List Folder/Read Data, Create Folders/Append Data - This Folder Only Everyone No Permissions Local System Full Control, This Folder, Subfolders And Files …
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System not creating roaming profiles automatically
by Guest Eric- 0 replies
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I've been banging my head on this one... I'm trying to get the roaming profiles to create automatically when the user logs in. I've followed the rights on the article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490855.aspx Which basically states: ----------- Table 3 NTFS Permissions for Roaming Profile Parent Folder User Account Minimum permissions required Creator/Owner Full Control, Subfolders And Files Only Administrator None Security group of users needing to put data on share. List Folder/Read Data, Create Folders/Append Data - This Folder Only Everyone No Permissions Local System Full Control, This Folder, Subfolders …
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Slow when reading large directory tree - but Safe mode better
by Guest David J Taylor- 0 replies
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Folks, I posted about this before, but I didn't get a reply. However, I now have more information from testing. The problem is that when I read a large directory tree - either with a program or a DIR command - Windows XP is a lot slower in normal mode than in Safe mode. Thinking this might be due to running applications, I tried disabling ZoneAlarm, disabling the Anti-virus, removing the Google Desktop (which had indexing disabled), removing QuickTime, but none of this made any difference. Trying Safe mode (either command-prompt, standard, or with networking) made things a lot quicker (6 seconds rather than 17 seconds). Now I happen to try this on thre…
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Session Directory
by Guest Jeff- 0 replies
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I have several terminal NLB farms with multiple nodes in each farm. When a user calls in with issues it is hard to find exactly where that user is logged in at (which node) with tsadmin. Is there an easy way or GUI somewhere that will show the contents of the Session Directory to find where the user is actually logged in at? Thanks,
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Default dialog box font
by Guest Dan- 0 replies
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What is the default font that is used for labels, tabs, etc. in dialog boxes? I had a problem with Adobe Photoshop recently, and to fix it I had to copy all my fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts to a temporary folder, delete all the fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts, and then reinstall all the fonts. This solved the Photoshop problem, but ever since that time, many of the dialog boxes in programs I use (such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker) use a larger font size for text box labels, tab labels, etc. This means that text is sometimes truncated or covered by another control. I would like to get the size back to what it was before. Dan
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Default dialog box font
by Guest Dan- 0 replies
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What is the default font that is used for labels, tabs, etc. in dialog boxes? I had a problem with Adobe Photoshop recently, and to fix it I had to copy all my fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts to a temporary folder, delete all the fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts, and then reinstall all the fonts. This solved the Photoshop problem, but ever since that time, many of the dialog boxes in programs I use (such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker) use a larger font size for text box labels, tab labels, etc. This means that text is sometimes truncated or covered by another control. I would like to get the size back to what it was before. Dan
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Will not automatically connect to preferred Wireless
by Guest LizBongo- 0 replies
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I've used my wireless router for quite some time, but I recently got a new computer. Therefore, I'm sure that's where the problem enlies. I set up preferred wireless connections for school and home. Whenever I'm at school, the internet connects automatically, but at home it wil not connect. In fact when I look at my available wireless connections, I see "Unnamed network" Secured. This is my network because it's in high signal strength and I can connect to it. The problem is everytime I need to connect, I have to type in the name for the network and the key. It has detected my network the first time I set it up with the name and did it automatically, but i…
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[/url]AP - Yahoo Inc. will introduce new features Monday for its popular Web-based e-mail program, including software that allows computer users to type text messages on a keyboard and send them directly to someone's cell phone. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users. Link To Original Article
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