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Windows Media Centre
by Guest Davie- 0 replies
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Hello All, I've recently bought a new PC with Vista Home Premium and Windows Media Centre already installed. The problem that I am having is that Media Centre will not read any of my pictures. I've tried the Help & Support advice, but that doesn't help. I've tried changing the 'file save as' type, also to no avail. Can anyone give me some idea as to what could be wrong, or if I'm doing something stupid? Look forward to any replies. Regards. -- David
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1406 error when installing Acrobat 8
by Guest JohnS- 0 replies
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I have been trying to install Acrobet 8 with the Creative Suite Premium suite. Everything installs fine except Acrobat. The current message is Product: Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional -- Error 1406.Could not write value to key \Software\Classes\AcroIEHelper.AcroIEHlprObj\CLSID. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. <Data>Product: Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional -- Error 1406.Could not write value to key \Software\Classes\AcroIEHelper.AcroIEHlprObj\CLSID. System error . Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.</Data> <…
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clear recent documents tab.
by Guest Raineyday- 0 replies
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on the start menu when right clicking recent documents the option to clear documents list has vanished,how do i get this back? Thanks Dave
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Chinese character show as ??
by Guest JZ- 0 replies
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Greeting, I have XP Pro SP2 and text editor TextPad installed on two computers. I enter some Chinese characters in a TextPad on one computer, it looked good. But when I Save it, all text became question marks. I suspect it is not saved as ANSI code, therefore after Save, the text changed to ?????. Yet on the other computer, it works just fine. I verified the settings on Regional and Languages on both PC, both have Asian Language Pack installed and Non-Unicode set to Chinese. This also happens to my programming IDE, Delphi 7. When I save Chinese Characters in D7, I can see on the 'correct" computer a character was saved as 5-digt number, on the "wrong…
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Chinese character show as ??
by Guest JZ- 0 replies
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Greeting, I have XP Pro SP2 and text editor TextPad installed on two computers. I enter some Chinese characters in a TextPad on one computer, it looked good. But when I Save it, all text became question marks. I suspect it is not saved as ANSI code, therefore after Save, the text changed to ?????. Yet on the other computer, it works just fine. I verified the settings on Regional and Languages on both PC, both have Asian Language Pack installed and Non-Unicode set to Chinese. This also happens to my programming IDE, Delphi 7. When I save Chinese Characters in D7, I can see on the 'correct" computer a character was saved as 5-digt number, on the "wrong" comput…
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Microphone, don't want to hear my own voice
by Guest Dinsdag19- 0 replies
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When i plug in the microphone i hear my own voice. This is nice for the karaoke but not for chatting. How can i turn of the speaker for my voice while i can still hear somebody else talking ? greetings, Ed
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.net compact framework
by Guest jamrs w. morgsn- 0 replies
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Microsoft auto downloads downloaded .net compact framework 1.0 SP3. It will not run. Says NCF Setup.exe is missing file RAPI.dll. I searched for the file but came up with nothing. What is this download for. Do I need it? Thank You James
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.net compact framework
by Guest jamrs w. morgsn- 0 replies
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Microsoft auto downloads downloaded .net compact framework 1.0 SP3. It will not run. Says NCF Setup.exe is missing file RAPI.dll. I searched for the file but came up with nothing. What is this download for. Do I need it? Thank You James
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Vista Business Crashing
by Guest Raghav- 0 replies
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Hi Friends, I have a small home network, Vista Laptop -----> D-Link Ethernet Router <-------- XP Home SP2 Laptop On the XP laptop, there is a Western Digital External Hard disk, which I have shared through the home network. The problems I face, The network connection between the home PCs is very intermittent.. It works, and then it doesn't ... No idea why it stops. But once I do a ping -a to the xp laptop, the connections are restored. When I can access the shared drives, copying of files to and fro works fine.. but slow.. However, When I tried to run a program (residing on shared drives), Vista treats me with the blue screen... a cras…
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Scheduling open-ended TV shows
by Guest dennisc- 0 replies
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Can I schedule TV shows (soccer, baseball) that don't always follow the strict time format of the Media Center scheduler or do I have to turn it on and off manually? Thanks
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Network timeout able to be changed for XP clients?
by Guest markm75- 0 replies
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Lets say you have a shortcut which points to an old document that was on an old server which doesnt exist... If you do certain things, like try to use the start menu.. it will sit there cranking for about 60 seconds or so. Is there somewhere in GPO either server or client that this "network timeout" value could be reduced? I'm not even sure what entry or option this would be... Anyone ever done this before? Thanks
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Network timeout able to be changed for XP clients?
by Guest markm75- 0 replies
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Lets say you have a shortcut which points to an old document that was on an old server which doesnt exist... If you do certain things, like try to use the start menu.. it will sit there cranking for about 60 seconds or so. Is there somewhere in GPO either server or client that this "network timeout" value could be reduced? I'm not even sure what entry or option this would be... Anyone ever done this before? Thanks
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UAC and File Compatability Question.
by Guest John- 0 replies
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I understand the concept of the Virtual Store. One question. If I have an Excel2000 file in the Virtual Store and go to that file in Explorer, then click it launching Excel, I get a file not Found message. Yet if I open Excel and do File Open and navigate to the Virtual Store, the file opens. What are the attributes of the VS file that prevent clicking it to start Excel and open the file? Also, with legacy apps like Excel2000, will changing the Properties to include Run as Administrator and Run in XPsp2 Compatibility effectively work or do I really need a .res file as stated here: ""For the purposes of this virtualization, Windows Vista treats a proc…
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Sizing all columns.
by Guest Dave- 0 replies
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Hi again, I was also wondering if anyone knew of a way to set your column widths in Windows Explorer in Vista so that they stay the way you set them? i.e. "Size all columns to fit" & when you go back to Explorer the columns are the same width. Thanks, Dave.
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I can't install printers.
by Guest Guillermo Martin- 0 replies
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Hello.! I have a windows 2003 server (dns server) I have a Windows 2000 server with terminal server too. (this server is part of my domain). When I log in with a user of the domain, I try to install a local printer in windows 2000 the option it's dissable or if i try to connect to a printer shared by other computer, say that I can't because I don't have permises to do this. But I login with a admin account of the domain i don't have any problem. Any idea??? Thanks
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Question about Launching shell command from Credential Provider
by Guest hkfg9876@yahoo.com- 0 replies
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We need to launch our applicatoin from the IConnectableCredentialProviderCredential::Connect(). I have following questions: 1. In the FAQ of Microsoft's "Sample Credential Providers Overview", Microsoft says, "USER applications may not run on the Winlogon Desktop". But I launched our application successfully. Can somebody explain what do they mean what by "user applicatoin"? 2. Continuing with the scenarios above, our application will need to impersonate itself as a specific user and access registry/filesof that user. Is this feasible? Does the impersonation operation turn our application into a "User application"? 3. When a Credential Provider is destr…
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Microsoft Security Bulletin(s) for 7/10/2007
by Guest Melissa Travers [MSFT]- 0 replies
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Note: There may be latency issues due to replication, if the page does not display keep refreshing July 10, 2007 Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletin(s). Note: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security and http://www.microsoft.com/security are authoritative in all matters concerning Microsoft Security Bulletins! ANY e-mail, web board or newsgroup posting (including this one) should be verified by visiting these sites for official information. Microsoft never sends security or other updates as attachments. These updates must be downloaded from the microsoft.com download center or Windows Update. See the individual bulletin…
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Search crashes with"Archive Open Error"
by Guest Sigmund Freud- 0 replies
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Sometimes if I don't fill in the exact name of the file an error box comes up with the info: An error occured when opening archive: Plug-in is not found (0x1B0003). Usually have to use task manager to close. This is on a fresh Dell, new just purchased. What happened?
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Search crashes with"Archive Open Error"
by Guest Sigmund Freud- 0 replies
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Sometimes if I don't fill in the exact name of the file an error box comes up with the info: An error occured when opening archive: Plug-in is not found (0x1B0003). Usually have to use task manager to close. This is on a fresh Dell, new just purchased. What happened?
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Microsoft Security Bulletins for July 2007
by Guest Donna Buenaventura- 0 replies
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Note: There may be latency issues due to replication, if the page does not display keep refreshing Microsoft released today the following security bulletins. MS07-036 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-036.mspx MS07-037 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936548) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-037.mspx MS07-038 - Vulnerability in Windows Vista Firewall Could Allow Information Disclosure (935807) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-038.mspx MS07-039 - Vulnerabili…
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Microsoft Security Bulletins for July 2007
by Guest Donna Buenaventura- 0 replies
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Note: There may be latency issues due to replication, if the page does not display keep refreshing Microsoft released today the following security bulletins. MS07-036 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-036.mspx MS07-037 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936548) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-037.mspx MS07-038 - Vulnerability in Windows Vista Firewall Could Allow Information Disclosure (935807) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-038.mspx MS07-039 - Vulnerabili…
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Microsoft Security Bulletins for July 2007
by Guest Donna Buenaventura- 0 replies
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Note: There may be latency issues due to replication, if the page does not display keep refreshing Microsoft released today the following security bulletins. MS07-036 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-036.mspx MS07-037 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936548) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-037.mspx MS07-038 - Vulnerability in Windows Vista Firewall Could Allow Information Disclosure (935807) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-038.mspx MS07-039 - Vulnerabili…
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Offline sync loses connection and user.....
by Guest WetBehindEars- 0 replies
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cannot sync or see files. I have a user which seems to lose their sync connection throughout the day and when this happens then cant seem to navigate to folders and files on the network. They have to click on the sync icon in the task tray multiple times before the connection is reestablished and then they are able to see the network shares. Any clue as to why they cant see their network folders and why the sync loses its connection?
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Offline sync loses connection and user.....
by Guest WetBehindEars- 0 replies
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cannot sync or see files. I have a user which seems to lose their sync connection throughout the day and when this happens then cant seem to navigate to folders and files on the network. They have to click on the sync icon in the task tray multiple times before the connection is reestablished and then they are able to see the network shares. Any clue as to why they cant see their network folders and why the sync loses its connection?
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Chinese IME
by Guest brothersamati- 0 replies
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Chinese input has died on me. It was always intermittent, switching back to English without warning, but I've always been able to get it back by closing the application and reopening. Now I can't get it at all. Using XP Pro, Word 2003 and Excel 2003.