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Poll: Microsoft patch support not free?
by Guest PA Bear- 0 replies
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<QP> Microsoft Patch support not Free? Published: 2007-07-15, Last Updated: 2007-07-17 22:33:24 UTC by Swa Frantzen (Version: 2) Update: We got the following statement from Microsoft. --------------------- We are aware that some customers have expressed confusion about whether Microsoft provides no-charge support for issues related to security updates. Microsoft has provided no-charge support for issues related to security updates and viruses for several years and there has been no change to that policy. If a customer believes they're experiencing a security or virus related issue they may contact Microsoft directly for support using the count…
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Character Sets
by Guest jaks- 0 replies
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I need to add English character set to my PC. Is there a download? Where???
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iPod syncs extremely slow...why?
by Guest Hiawatha Bray- 0 replies
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I'd appreciate any help I can get. It's syncing with iTunes--latest version of the software too. I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2, and using USB 2.0. But for some reason, it's synching extremely slowly. It's copied about 30 megs in the past 15 minutes. I've got about 12 gigs of files to transfer. I can't understand why it's taking so long. Any ideas? Thanks.
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ALL Programs are now **.lnk
by Guest Kevin T. Mahoney- 0 replies
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After downloads, and "FREE Scan" Trials of several Anti-Virus/Anti-spy/Anti-Malware vendors, my PC started freezing, and siezing, and locking up badly. I Uninstalled ALL traces(I hope) of the trial-packs' programs. Now, ALL of my programs end in *.lnk [ even on the Start button listings ], everything is sluggish-at-best, and I'm receiving frequent "Runtime Errors", MSIMN.exe errors, and "Unexplained Error" forced program terminations. I've run the MS Full Protection/Clean/Tune-up Scans, and was told that my PC has NO problems, even though the 3rd-party scans say I'm terribly infested and need to purchase their FULL packages. -- KTM, Saco, ME
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Re: Different Language Translations
by Guest jaks- 0 replies
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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:61DC2CD2-511B-4CFE-AA52-A60B2548865E@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I need to be able to translate to English from other languages ie. German, > > Japanese, Chinese etc. > > > > Where in Microsoft do I go to download this feature. > > > > Thank You. Dennis > > > > AFAIK, Microsoft do not offer automatic language translation > software. But perhaps you don't mean "translation" but rather > "foreign character sets"? Or maybe foreign language versions > of Windows or MS Office?…
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ALL Programs are now **.lnk
by Guest Kevin T. Mahoney- 0 replies
- 126 views
After downloads, and "FREE Scan" Trials of several Anti-Virus/Anti-spy/Anti-Malware vendors, my PC started freezing, and siezing, and locking up badly. I Uninstalled ALL traces(I hope) of the trial-packs' programs. Now, ALL of my programs end in *.lnk [ even on the Start button listings ], everything is sluggish-at-best, and I'm receiving frequent "Runtime Errors", MSIMN.exe errors, and "Unexplained Error" forced program terminations. I've run the MS Full Protection/Clean/Tune-up Scans, and was told that my PC has NO problems, even though the 3rd-party scans say I'm terribly infested and need to purchase their FULL packages. -- KTM, Saco, ME
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Re: Different Language Translations
by Guest jaks- 0 replies
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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:61DC2CD2-511B-4CFE-AA52-A60B2548865E@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I need to be able to translate to English from other languages ie. German, > > Japanese, Chinese etc. > > > > Where in Microsoft do I go to download this feature. > > > > Thank You. Dennis > > > > AFAIK, Microsoft do not offer automatic language translation > software. But perhaps you don't mean "translation" but rather > "foreign character sets"? Or maybe foreign language versions > of Windows or MS Offic…
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program load problems
by Guest Mike S.- 0 replies
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I can't load services, system restore point, user accounts(starting to load then crash) also media player load but crashes when I try to open a file ,same with explorer(can't open web address (crashes)) What can I do to fix this? Thanks.
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program load problems
by Guest Mike S.- 0 replies
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I can't load services, system restore point, user accounts(starting to load then crash) also media player load but crashes when I try to open a file ,same with explorer(can't open web address (crashes)) What can I do to fix this? Thanks.
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Re: Vista DRM broken already?
by Guest artfudd- 0 replies
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You are about 6 months late with that "news"... LOL -- Art (artfudd) ------------- "N4nNKljhljkl34jklkjlkoii9jioijojoijojiojoijiojoijojoijoijoiu" <babba08@telus.net> wrote in message news:1184718917.430282.321680@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com... Two controversial aspects of Microsoft's Vista were conspicuous by their absence at yesterday's launch event - neither digital rights management nor the way Microsoft will shut down or reduce the functionality of software it considers to be an illegal copy were mentioned. But Microsoft's DRM protection has already been broken according to a well-known security blogger and Microsoft Student Ambassador. DR…
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Service Pack 2 for windows xp
by Guest Penny- 0 replies
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every time I install service pack 2 in my computer it causes my restart to stop working. I just install XP Professional and the same thing happened, restart won't work. It won't restart after scanning ether.
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Enable Offline Folders Grayed Out
by Guest Hal- 0 replies
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Help.... My laptop is on a domain. I have my My Doments folder redirected to a drive on the server and I need to be able to make it available offline. Enable Offline Folders is grayed out... What do I need to do to fix this issue.
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Enable Offline Folders Grayed Out
by Guest Hal- 0 replies
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Help.... My laptop is on a domain. I have my My Doments folder redirected to a drive on the server and I need to be able to make it available offline. Enable Offline Folders is grayed out... What do I need to do to fix this issue.
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Sony Vaio Laptop. Enable raid sata, help needed please.
by Guest Mr Paul- 0 replies
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Hello. My girlfriends mum took her laptop to pc world as one of the hard drive was at fault. He removed the hard drive and disabled Sata, so it only looks at 1 drive on boot. Now I have a new (2nd)hard drive and want to enable sata raid again, so the laptop can have two drives again. Thought the option would be in the bios,but I'm just not seeing it. Please could someone point me in the right direction? Its a sony Vaio VGN-AR21S. Running Windows Vista operating system. 2 Duo processor T7200. 2 GB/go DDR2 SDram. Would be very grateful of any help. Kind Regards. Paul
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Window
by Guest spanky628- 0 replies
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Whenever you delete or move and item i throws up a window telling you cancelling, moving, deleting, whatever and usually stays there for a minute and closes automatically. Well mine is staying there and I have to go to task manager to get it to close. If you move 50 files it will have 50 windows pop up saying 'moving' and then you can cancel them and it will have 50 windows saying 'cancelling'. I always moving, deleting, and adding files and this is driving me crazy. And suggestion on a fix, or in Vista Home Pro can I just turn off this window popping up, it still deletes, moves, or whatever but it just keeps that darn window open.
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What would cause this?
by Guest Paul- 0 replies
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Hi all, just posting this on behalf of a mate. Everytime I switch users, my screen goes black, and the monitor says 'Optimum recommended settings 1650 x 1050 @ 60hz' That's exactly as I have it set, but still it blanks out and will not respond until the computer is restarted, which means hitting reset. It's infuriating. I've loaded new drivers for the video card and the monitor, no good. Windows Vista Ultimate Radeon 9600 Video Samsung SyncMaster 226BW AMD Athalon 64 3400+ 1GB ram Any similar experiences? Any Ideas?
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Accessing a file share
by Guest admintgal- 0 replies
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I'm located in the U.S. I have a share on a server in a different forest in China connected to us by a high speed WAN link. When I try to access the share by name I get prompted for credentials and can log on normally and access the shares. When I try to connect by IP I get the following error message "the system cannot find message text for message number 0x in the message file for \\10.10.128.1" I saw a microsoft article that referenced smart cards and I turned off the smart card authentication on my NIC. I also saw something that referenced smart cards and Windows 2000 SP4 which involved a hotfix, but this server is server 2003. Any ideas? Any help …
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Accessing a file share
by Guest admintgal- 0 replies
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I'm located in the U.S. I have a share on a server in a different forest in China connected to us by a high speed WAN link. When I try to access the share by name I get prompted for credentials and can log on normally and access the shares. When I try to connect by IP I get the following error message "the system cannot find message text for message number 0x in the message file for \\10.10.128.1" I saw a microsoft article that referenced smart cards and I turned off the smart card authentication on my NIC. I also saw something that referenced smart cards and Windows 2000 SP4 which involved a hotfix, but this server is server 2003. Any ideas? A…
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software restriction policy
by Guest hfh- 0 replies
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i have been working with nero techs on a problem- they sent me a tool to gather logs to send them [it called 'get support files' ]- when i try to execute that program i get an xp error msg--"....restricted by administrator policy...." MS site has no info on this msg---i can down load other things and execute them-- by the way my original problem is that nero recode goes through all the moves and then stops on a recode task telling me that "the parameter is incorrect--out of memory"- drives me crazy--i have good hardware-all are up to date- im no expert but have enough knowledge to troubleshoot most things --but this..... jthank you
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software restriction policy
by Guest hfh- 0 replies
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i have been working with nero techs on a problem- they sent me a tool to gather logs to send them [it called 'get support files' ]- when i try to execute that program i get an xp error msg--"....restricted by administrator policy...." MS site has no info on this msg---i can down load other things and execute them-- by the way my original problem is that nero recode goes through all the moves and then stops on a recode task telling me that "the parameter is incorrect--out of memory"- drives me crazy--i have good hardware-all are up to date- im no expert but have enough knowledge to troubleshoot most things --but this..... jthank you
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Ie7 Off line
by Guest Marwood- 0 replies
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Help ! My Explorer is behaving as if off-line. "page cannot be found etc". The broadband connection however is ok, as Messenger and similar AND Firefox browser are working fine...Any clues, PLEASE ! ??? Thanks ! PS I've tried system restore to a point when I know it was ok, but to no avail. --
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WindowsUpdate_80248009
by Guest AlessandroPSIT- 0 replies
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dear i have this problem when i try to take the update : code error: WindowsUpdate_80248009 win vista business can u halp me? thanks alessandro
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Re: Download EXE
by Guest Scott Rymer- 0 replies
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Try it in the faster moving newsgroup... hope this is how I'm supposed to do this... don't get mad at me if i cross-post incorrectly "Scott Rymer" <tsrymer@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:E8FE3CEB-F958-4363-81CE-86AD8D7EE625@microsoft.com... >I am trying to download evaluation software (EXE) from Microsoft and the >download starts but disappears about half way through. I know this has to >do with the Attachment Execution Service which blocks these files. I know >that I need to click "Unblock" but I can't do that until it's downloaded. >How do I download this kind of file with Vista blocking EXE's? I have >tried turning on File …
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Syncing laptop and network
by Guest Steve Freides- 0 replies
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If I am working on Autocad files, I have to be careful about how I move things or my drawing will lose the ability to find the other drawings on which it depends. I also have been known to mess up a file I've taken home from the network, therefore I am looking for a good way to do the following: 1. Take a folder from my network which has drawing and sub-folders in it - copy that folder to my local drive on the laptop to work on it over the weekend. This works OK now - copying an entire folder seems to preserve the relationship between files, so I keep all the needed drawings in sub-folders of the main folder for each project I'm working on. 2. On Monday m…
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Syncing laptop and network
by Guest Steve Freides- 0 replies
- 192 views
If I am working on Autocad files, I have to be careful about how I move things or my drawing will lose the ability to find the other drawings on which it depends. I also have been known to mess up a file I've taken home from the network, therefore I am looking for a good way to do the following: 1. Take a folder from my network which has drawing and sub-folders in it - copy that folder to my local drive on the laptop to work on it over the weekend. This works OK now - copying an entire folder seems to preserve the relationship between files, so I keep all the needed drawings in sub-folders of the main folder for each project I'm working on. 2. On M…