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About DVD accesability
by Guest Fonz- 0 replies
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I have 2 DVD's that have data on it when you look on it you can see that the disks have been written on, but when I put them in my DVD reader, I get the message that says the drive is inaccesable. When I Try to explore the disk by right clicking the drive and choosing "Explore", The message I get is "Please insert disk into drive". I have tried disk recovery softwares "BAd cd/dvd recovery as well as Power CD/DVD recovery in order to at least access the discs but Windows doesn't recognize them. Any other discs I throw at it work fine. What I would like to do is be able to access the data so I can extract the data and reburn the files on to discs that won't have thi…
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wab.eve file association in Vista Home
by Guest Ian- 0 replies
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Hi 'This file does not have a programme associated with it for performing this action. Creat an association in the Set Associations control panel'. I get this message everytime I try to open 'contacts'. I have checked default programms, all seems ok there, I have tried a restore point before any recent windows updates, still the same I have tried to open this file by exploring the pc but still get the same message. I did get the same message on the Pictures and Music folders but I got around that by telling Visat that the folder contains all file types. Can any one help? Ian
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Authoring a Fully Verified Signed Installation Question
by Guest Superfreak3- 0 replies
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In 'Authoring a Fully Verified signed Installation' from MSDN, one of the bullet items is to ensure that only custom actions stored within the package or installed with the package are used. Is this to say that having a digital signature in the installation package may not function correctly if a Custom Action calls to a target machine .exe during install (Regedit, attrib, etc.)? I'm a little confused by this?
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Missing Icons
by Guest Jorge- 0 replies
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OS is Vista Home Premium OEM by Gateway. The graphic for the buttons in most of the Help and Support panel show only a red X. "mouse over" reveals function dialog box. As I am having problems with other programs, I am wondering if there is not something fundamentaly amiss with the OEM installation. -- Life is not a banquet it is a covered dish dinner. What do you bring to the table?
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Cannot change file properties in a network drive!
by Guest kako13pr@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm trying to change file properties of files stored in a network mapped drive. For example a go to file properties > summary > Title example >> Ok. Then when I'm going to see the Title (putting Windows Explorer in Details View) it appear in blank. These don't happen if I put directly the Title from the computer that I'm accessing through network. Any suggestion will be really appreciate. Working in: Windows XP SP2
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Cannot change file properties in a network drive!
by Guest kako13pr@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm trying to change file properties of files stored in a network mapped drive. For example a go to file properties > summary > Title example >> Ok. Then when I'm going to see the Title (putting Windows Explorer in Details View) it appear in blank. These don't happen if I put directly the Title from the computer that I'm accessing through network. Any suggestion will be really appreciate. Working in: Windows XP SP2
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Help on How to Enable Sata Raid on Sony Vaio Please!
by Guest Mr Paul- 0 replies
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Hello All. My Girlfriends mum had a problem with one of the two hard drives on her laptop. She took it to PC world who remove the Faulty hard drive and disabled the raid sata. So the laptop would only see one drive. We have now bought a new drive and want to go back to having 2 drives. Please can someone tell me how to enable sata raid again? I thought it may of been in the bios setting but I can not see it in there! Would be grateful of any help received. Laptop is a Sony Vaio, running windows vista. The bios is phoenix. Many Thanks. Paul
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Remote to Vista Business from XP Pro Error
by Guest Chuck- 0 replies
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After looking at all of the postings, I still can't find an answer so here is the problem. I have a laptop running Vista Business, with remote turned on. I'm trying to connect to the notebook from a desktop running XP pro. I do connect to the Laptop and get the "sign on screen" but after I sign on it will give me a "Timed Out....." warning after awhile. Now the laptop is running on wireless and we are doing this on our in house network and not thru the internet. So what could be the problem on the Vista Machine? Could it be that the desktop doesn't have enough RAM in it (512MB ram) to run the remote Vista so in return I get the time out warning ? T…
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Useless menu item
by Guest KCav- 0 replies
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If I click on Start, point to My Computer six items are displayed. One is for Bluetooth. When I click on Bluetooth it says, " short-cut can't be created her." How can I stop Blutooth from appearing here or create a connection from it to the Bluetooth menu? -- KC
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Useless menu item
by Guest KCav- 0 replies
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If I click on Start, point to My Computer six items are displayed. One is for Bluetooth. When I click on Bluetooth it says, " short-cut can't be created her." How can I stop Blutooth from appearing here or create a connection from it to the Bluetooth menu? -- KC
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Reply to earlier post: "startup causes explorer to fail"
by Guest mcnulty.nathan- 0 replies
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this is a response to: >On Jul 15, 8:03 pm, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote: > Are you sure the programs are not running? Just because you do not see their icons > in the Notification Area does not mean they are not running....if explorer crashes > and restarts, the icons will disappear but the programs may still be running. Press > Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Task Manager, and see if the Zone Alarm processes are > running, as well as whatever else is normally in your startup axis. Some things may > be listed on the Applications tab, but most will probably be on the Processes tab. > > Lose Registry Mechanic. There is no r…
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Ribbons.scr problem with Vista 64
by Guest MasterS- 0 replies
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Ribbons.scr seems to not leave memory when i select it for the screensaver, seems windows doesnt want to let go of it so it eats up alot of the cpu untill i kill it out of memory, it seems to be only the little preview screen that is doing this, when i select it as a screensaver it doesnt leave even if i select another screensaver. I have 8 gig of memory 2.6ghz dual core processor, 8800 gtx Ultra Video card, so i dont think its lack of hardware. Funny thing about this if i select it as the screensaver then close the screensaver screen and kill ribbons out of memory it runs and works correctly, its only the little preview screen of it that will not leave …
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Rebooting when internet not in use
by Guest ggrothendieck- 0 replies
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I have a wireless router/modem and PCs connected wirelessly to it. Sometimes it gets into a non-working state but turning the router/modem off and on again fixes it. I would like to do this once a day without having to go to other floors to find out if anyone is using it at the moment. How can I determine if the internet is in use? If anyone else is using it at the moment I would wait for a while and try again later.
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Rebooting when internet not in use
by Guest ggrothendieck- 0 replies
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I have a wireless router/modem and PCs connected wirelessly to it. Sometimes it gets into a non-working state but turning the router/modem off and on again fixes it. I would like to do this once a day without having to go to other floors to find out if anyone is using it at the moment. How can I determine if the internet is in use? If anyone else is using it at the moment I would wait for a while and try again later.
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File is locked for editing??????????????
by Guest Scott Burke- 0 replies
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It looks like the Windows 2003 SBS is locking up files and it wont release those files when you are done. At first I thought it was Excel misbehaving < see below > but the problem still exist even tho I rebooted the server. Any Ideals? Scott Burke OK. More information. I rebooted the server. The lockes were released. However, The First person in the files lockes that file. When they leave the file stays locked. The OS will NOT release the locks. Any Ideals Scott Burke "Dave Peterson" wrote: > If that file were on a local harddrive, I'd try this: > http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly > > Clear ou…
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File is locked for editing??????????????
by Guest Scott Burke- 0 replies
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It looks like the Windows 2003 SBS is locking up files and it wont release those files when you are done. At first I thought it was Excel misbehaving < see below > but the problem still exist even tho I rebooted the server. Any Ideals? Scott Burke OK. More information. I rebooted the server. The lockes were released. However, The First person in the files lockes that file. When they leave the file stays locked. The OS will NOT release the locks. Any Ideals Scott Burke "Dave Peterson" wrote: > If that file were on a local harddrive, I'd try this: > http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly > > Clear out c:\w…
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Update Error 8024AFFF
by Guest lasermike- 0 replies
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I received this today. MS does not have an explanation of what it means. Can anyone help?
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windows vista update failures
by Guest Swtjmpsht- 0 replies
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Update for Windows Vista (KB933928) (KB935280) (KB936357) i have many failed updates. Why is this happening?
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"Save email account and password (for Hotmail acct) doesn't work i
by Guest Smilin-ed- 0 replies
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I recently upgraded from Win 2000 Pro to XP Pro. Now when I want to access my Hotmail account, I check the option titled "Save email address and password?" and enter the info, but the password does not stay. I end upo having to type it back in every time. This feature worked with Explorer 6, but not with Explorer 7 and XP. What gives?? Also, in Explorer 7, I get a lot of web pages with VERY SLOW scrolling. Never had that in Explorer 6. Are there fixes for these problems??
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"Save email account and password (for Hotmail acct) doesn't work i
by Guest Smilin-ed- 0 replies
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I recently upgraded from Win 2000 Pro to XP Pro. Now when I want to access my Hotmail account, I check the option titled "Save email address and password?" and enter the info, but the password does not stay. I end upo having to type it back in every time. This feature worked with Explorer 6, but not with Explorer 7 and XP. What gives?? Also, in Explorer 7, I get a lot of web pages with VERY SLOW scrolling. Never had that in Explorer 6. Are there fixes for these problems??
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We have seen all the different fixes: It is a nightmare of different tactics...... Where is MSN engineering with the fix??????? Time is pressing on with this security issue. Some 5 days now. Curt
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Incorrect Symbol display in Windows dialog boxes
by Guest manorway- 0 replies
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When trying to install a program with Russian data, the dialog boxes that came up during the install process from XP had garbled characters. The program when installed displays correct Cyrilic characters. Another program installed yesterday can not display the symbol for degrees of temperature. What setting do I have wrong in XP?
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Incorrect Symbol display in Windows dialog boxes
by Guest manorway- 0 replies
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When trying to install a program with Russian data, the dialog boxes that came up during the install process from XP had garbled characters. The program when installed displays correct Cyrilic characters. Another program installed yesterday can not display the symbol for degrees of temperature. What setting do I have wrong in XP?
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Speech Recognition
by Guest Armand- 0 replies
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Could you please make a Speech Recognition update so that people (and me) can use it with dutch computers Thank you, Armand ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?mid=92441d14-e942-42b9-8a5e-2b5295d9adf9&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Make shell32.dll working again (shell replacement)
by Guest tom.danecker@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I created my own shell replacement and it's working quite well. The shell is registered in the registry in "...\Winlogon\Shell" instead of explorer.exe. My problem is, that the shell32.dll doesn't provide any functionality anymore (I think the functionality was provided by explorer.exe previously). How can my own shell provide this functionality? My concret problem is the following: I'm still using explorer.exe as file manager and it works without major problem, but there is one minor: The explorer.exe isn't able to call SHChangeNotifyRegister and so it doesn't immediatly display changes in the file system. Whenever files are copied or deleted, the explo…