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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…
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Windows XP separate control of AC97 audio connectors?
by Guest Inacio- 0 replies
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Hello, I am trying to control (disable/enable/set the volume) of the front and back audio connectors of an AC´97 audio device. I am using Windows XP. Right now when I plug a speaker in the back connector and a phone in the front connector, both play audio at the same time. I would like to be able to control that, as well as the mic levels. Some documents about the AC´97 architecture indicate that this would depend on the software and drivers that are installed. But I have upgraded the driver and still am not able to do it. Do you know if this separate control for the AC´97 hardware is feasible? How can I do that? Thanks in advance, Inacio.
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Windows XP separate control of AC97 audio connectors?
by Guest Inacio- 0 replies
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Hello, I am trying to control (disable/enable/set the volume) of the front and back audio connectors of an AC´97 audio device. I am using Windows XP. Right now when I plug a speaker in the back connector and a phone in the front connector, both play audio at the same time. I would like to be able to control that, as well as the mic levels. Some documents about the AC´97 architecture indicate that this would depend on the software and drivers that are installed. But I have upgraded the driver and still am not able to do it. Do you know if this separate control for the AC´97 hardware is feasible? How can I do that? Thanks in advance, Inacio.
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Separate control of AC97 audio connectors?
by Guest Inacio- 0 replies
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Hello, I am trying to control (disable/enable/set the volume) of the front and back audio connectors of an AC´97 audio device. Right now when I plug a speaker in the back connector and a phone in the front connector, both play audio at the same time. I would like to be able to control that, as well as the mic levels. Some documents about the AC´97 architecture indicate that this would depend on the software and drivers that are installed. But I have upgraded the driver and still am not able to do it. Do you know if this separate control for the AC´97 hardware is feasible? How can I do that? Thanks in advance, Inacio.
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Latest Updates and IIS
by Guest MCSEnOKC- 0 replies
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I recently installed the latest updates to a x64 Windows Server 2003 with WSUS 3.0 (64 bit version) installed. After the reboot, WSUS was not working. After investigation, I discovered IIS was now in 32 bit mode instead of the 64 bit mode needed by WSUS 3.0. I found a script that restored IIS to the 64 bit version and WSUS was alright. The updates installed based on KB936357, KB926122, & KB925398. Has anyone else seen this issue with the lastest group of Microsoft Updates?
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Basic WINS configuration question.
by Guest Purtech- 0 replies
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I have two Server Standard 2003 R2 SP1 Domain Controllers. Lets say one Domain is xyz.com and the other lab.xyz.com. Full names: adminserver.xys.com and labserver.lab.xyz.com. A trust relationship flows from adminserver to labserver, but not the other way around. WINS was initially put on adminserver, then I started having errors that made me believe I needed WINS on labserver. Now both have WINS. DHCP exists only on adminserver and handles both domains. So...in the DHCP scopes do I make adminserver the Primary WINS and labserver Secondary? Does it matter? All the lab computer will wind up using adminserver as Primary WINS. Or should I install DHCP …
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Basic WINS configuration question.
by Guest Purtech- 0 replies
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I have two Server Standard 2003 R2 SP1 Domain Controllers. Lets say one Domain is xyz.com and the other lab.xyz.com. Full names: adminserver.xys.com and labserver.lab.xyz.com. A trust relationship flows from adminserver to labserver, but not the other way around. WINS was initially put on adminserver, then I started having errors that made me believe I needed WINS on labserver. Now both have WINS. DHCP exists only on adminserver and handles both domains. So...in the DHCP scopes do I make adminserver the Primary WINS and labserver Secondary? Does it matter? All the lab computer will wind up using adminserver as Primary WINS. Or should I install DHCP …
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vista restore
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When I first got vista ulimate working o.k. I made a backup on a seperate sata hard drive now when I want to restore the complete hard drive I ran the installation cd went to restore your entire computer but got Windows complete pc restore "no valid backup location could be found" yet the backup file is on the sata hard drive What am I doing wrong??
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[/url]AP - These aren't your teenager's social networking sites. Take a spin on MySpace and Friendster and most adults find amusement in the concept and technology, but relatively few practical reasons to keep coming back for more. They've been a boon to a mostly younger set of users looking to meet new friends, find a date, or just generally kill some time online. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Research In Motion announced a new BlackBerry model Tuesday that will provide wireless voice and data access over both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Link To Original Article
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AP - Microsoft, long stuck in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the search wars, suddenly boosted its share of the market last month by playing a shrewd game of chicken. Link To Original Article
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USATODAY.com - Yahoo's second-quarter profit slipped slightly while revenue growth remained lackluster, extending a malaise that prompted the Internet icon to replace its chief executive recently. Link To Original Article
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AP - The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The European Commission backed a Nokia-led mobile television broadcasting standard on Wednesday in a move that could spur growth in the fledgling but potentially lucrative sector. Link To Original Article
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TechWeb - Microsoft says software that's licensed under GPLv3 isn't covered by the patent protection deal it recently signed with desktop Linux distributor Linspire. Link To Original Article
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USATODAY.com - Microsoft's video game division is taking a one-two punch. Earlier this month came news that the software giant was taking a charge of more than $1 billion to pay for costs related to extending the Xbox 360 warranty to three years. Now Peter Moore, the company's Xbox standard-bearer for the last four years is resigning to join EA Sports as its president. Replacing Moore at Microsoft as senior vice president of interactive entertainment business (Xbox and Games for Windows) is Don Mattrick, who was once EA's president of its worldwide studios. Link To Original Article
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InfoWorld - Intel is making samples of its*Penryn server chips*widely available to computer makers ahead of a planned product launch during the fourth quarter, a company executive said Wednesday. Link To Original Article
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Microsoft's Jeff Bell and Reggie Bush at E3 (Credit: Dan Ackerman/CNET Networks)By now, the news has hit the wires (and the blogs) that Peter Moore, corporate vice president of interactive entertainment at Microsoft, is leaving Redmond to be president of the sports division at game publisher Electronic ... Link To Original Article
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Hopefully, a shift in Intel's marketing strategy will put the Core 2 Duo dancers on hiatus later this year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday. After Intel realized its fortunes had begun to turn last year, the company immediately began a marketing blitz called "Multiply," based almost exclusively around ... Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Sales of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console surpassed one million units in Japan in about eight months after its launch, more than four times as long as it took Nintendo's hot-selling Wii to reach the same mark. Link To Original Article
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Note: an update to this blog includes official comment from Microsoft and comments from a Microsoft employee who attended this same meeting. A committee formed to devise the United States' position on Microsoft's Open XML document format voted against recommending it as an ISO standard on Friday, according to ... Link To Original Article
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The back-to-school season is always one of Apple's most important quarters of the year. Buzz is building that the company won't let the season pass by without a new iMac. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. Link To Original Article
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini's 2006 cost cuts, painful as they were for Intel employees, paid off Tuesday as the company's second-quarter profits rebounded compared with last year. The chipmaker posted a 47 percent increase in net income during its second quarter, up to $1.3 billion or 22 ... Link To Original Article
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Re: Error number: 0x80248008
by Guest Giulio- 0 replies
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I found this a start. I still continued to get the error message after activating auto updates. The problem was that i was installing from an original XP Pro install CD. I needed to also install the Windows Genuine Advantage plugin. Once that was installed Windows Update managed to complete it's checks. "PA Bear" wrote: > 0x80248008 => MISSINGDATA => The data store is in an invalid state because > data that should be present is missing. > > Source: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/windows_update_codes.htm > > Are you using WSUS? (Is this a machine at work?) > > Does Automatic Updates work? > > How to config…
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This comes up in Vista when I try and download a diagnostic tools for HP. It has come up other times before and you are in a loose, loose situation. What is thye fix for this and how do you do it. Thanks alot guys