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    - SMM Rootkits in the BIOS -- SCARY! Check this article out and then read the second one for a better explanation: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080509/tc_pcworld/145703;_ylt=AoHIllUoeHoczx6PXEsGG54jtBAF http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5922075-description.html "Back in the late 90's we used to have a lot of machines come into the computer store I was working in with viruses that had been written into the machine's Bios. Then manufacturers started protecting the bios, which helped a lot. But this latest rootkit written to the bios type attack will be much more vicious. it appears that the manufacturers once again will need to step in to protect their Bios from such hanky panky. In fact, these type of rootkits would also affect Linux machines, as they are installed into the bios while you are being hacked. But it is far more likely that the majority of infected computers will be windows machines because they are easier to hack. In the next few months I expect Bios manufacturers to come up with answers in the form of important Bios updates that will really need to be installed to get around the hackers." Oy Vey! Alias Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374547
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    - Trying to install program - Administrator issues Hi, I have read through some previous threads, but there wasn't anything there that I was looking for. I am trying to install Client Service Installer.msi and it is a Windows Installer Package. I get the message that 'The administrator has set policies to prevent this installation'. Now I had this with another program and I was able to run it as administrator, but this time in the drop down menu there is no 'run as'. Is there a way that I can install this program. I am the only user and am set as the 'computer administrator'. I am also using Windows Vista Home Premium OS. Thanks in advance, Kelly Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374541
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    - Open word document with Vista FTP I have a XP ftp server running ServU ftp server version 6. All clients connect to it via the lan: ftp://server or internet ftp://outsidetoserver. Users can browse the folders set up in ServU, and XP users even with IE7 can open a word document for example. However Vista users cannot. They get as far as seeing the word document then when they double-click to open it repeatedly asks for username and password. Even if I type the ServU administrator or the administrator of the box username and password it just does the same. I have tried lowering the security settings of IE7, upgrading ServU to version 7 and nothing seems to work. There's nothing in event logs either. A fix is greatly appreciated Thanks, Ferrino Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374537
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    - Clear Items from Search Pull-Down Menu How do I clear the folder locations from my search box pull-down menu It's one at the top of the search box. I have already cleared searc history in iexplore and forms/password history in the internet options *-I--n order to keep my computer secure-*, I want to clear the content of the list that says "search-ms:" so that no one can see what folders have accessed or made searches in. [image http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/alanealane/Searchbox01.jpg] '[image http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/alanealane/Searchbox01.jpg] (http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/alanealane/Searchbox01.jpg) Thanks alanealane:cool -- alanealane Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374535
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    - Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Startup Fixed !!?? Quick summary: WSR did not start on Startup as it was set to do. It could not be started manually either, except occasionally after the computer had been running for several hours. If I turned UAC off it started every time at boot and if closed would restart manually. I created: Microsoft incident SRX1065964782. After a couple days I got a response from MS: Try Clean Boot. If that doesn't work, zip up a bunch of logs and send them. It didn't work. I zipped up the logs but the MS server wouldn't accept some because they were too large. Emailed the MS person asking what to do to get them through. No response. After four days with no response, I removed my Logitech headset and decided I was quit with WSR. I had some time on my hands so I decided to optimize the services starting on my computer using the information at http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/service411.htm. I received a response from the MS person this morning. The person did not address the issue of the too big logs. Instead, I read: Uninstall anti-virus and firewall because engines are still running even at Clean Boot. Well, I knew that was wrong because I had been looking at those services after Clean Boot and the anti-virus engine and its task scheduler were not running. The firewall was the MS firewall that is part of Vista. So, if that were the problem then there should have been lots more than two people reporting trouble. MS response continued if the problem doesn't go away try creating a new user profile. Well, okay, I thought, I'll try creating a new user profile, but before I did that I reconnected my headset and waited while Vista found and installed the software. When it was done, WSR started! I stopped it and started it again. I did a warm boot. It started automatically. I scratched my head. I did not create a new user profile. I cold-booted the system to see if it would continue to start. It did. I'm not sure what corrected the problem. Because of the time lag with MS Support, I had given up on fixing the issue and made several changes to the system before getting an unhelpful response. Perhaps this will help someone else. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374534
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    - Windows backup fails Vista x64 Making a complete backup of the C: drive to the D: drive on Vista x64. Both internal sata drives. While saving the backup, get this message from the backup: Failed to create the shadow copy on the storage location.(0x807800340) The shadow copy provider had an error. Please see the application and system logs for more information(0x80042306) From the event logs: Backup started at '5/10/2008 6:27:38 PM' failed to backup volume(s) '' with following error code 2155348020 (Failed to create the shadow copy on the storage location.). Please rerun backup once issue is resolved. Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{deb3433b-15e9-11dd-af65-806e6f6e6963} - 0000000000000114,0x0053c008,0000000000684810,0,0000000000685820,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070079. Operation: Processing EndPrepareSnapshots Context: Execution Context: System Provider Following the events only led to one article on Windows 2008 server. Any suggestions on tracking down or fixing this error. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374530
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    - GOOGLE TOOLBAR PAGE STUCK I have a several month old Dell laptop with Vista, not SP1. Yesterday I came up with a page from Google Toolbar which says "This program cannot display the webpage". This happens on boot- no browser or anything else open. I cannot close this page. I cannot find anyplace in Control Panel to remove Google Toolbar. I tried a system restore back to 5-1 but the page is still there. I use both Firefox and IE7, but no Google toolbar, as far as I know. Any suggestions? -- ------------------------------------------------------- "Every day is Saturday when you're retired." Bob Burns Mill Hall PA (email is a spamtrap) Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374527
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    - Hardware upgrade I have Windows Vista Business 64-bit slovak OEM version. I wont to upgrade on my notebook hard drive from 120 GB to 320 GB and RAM from 2GB to 4GB. Will I abble to install my OEM Windows again on this upgraded configuration or it is too much, and It will counts as new machine? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374515
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    - Price on Anytime Upgrade I have Windows Vista Business 64-bit slovak OEM which cost me 3 750 Sk = 118 Euro I wont to upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit slovak OEM with Anytime Upgrade, which said it will cost me 149 Euro. It is insane, because NEW Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit slovak OEM cost 5 100 Sk = 159 Euro. Rather I buy new Vista Ultimate. In that case I will newer upgrade to Ultimate, because I am a student and every Euro counts. I wish that, there was reasonable price. Is there any other way? Am I wrong? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374509
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    - Bluetooth USB Dongle does not "sleep" well Have installed a Mogo Bluetooth USB Adaptor and it works well (after restarting the Bluetooth Support Service) except when the computer goes to sleep and it fails to restart when awakened. The adaptor light stays on (and remains steady) when asleep and also when the laptop is subsequently awakened. Removing the adaptor and reinserting fixes the problem Using the Event Viewer I found this: Log Name: System Source: BTHUSB Date: 11-May-2008 19:04:09 Event ID: 17 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Laptop Description: The local Bluetooth adapter has failed in an undetermined manner and will not be used. The driver has been unloaded. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="BTHUSB" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49157">17</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-05-11T10:04:09.641Z" /> <EventRecordID>75673</EventRecordID> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>Laptop</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data> </Data> <Binary>000000000100000000000000110005C0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> </EventData> </Event> The adaptor works fine when the computer is put into hibernation. The light goes out and when taken out of hibernation it restarts just fine. Is this completely a driver issue or can I modify the power settings to make it work right? Or should I just use hibernate when closing the laptop lid and be happy with it? -- brandrew Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374501
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    - media player 11 and USB devices Any help would be appreciated. "Windows media has encountered a problem and will now close" occurs ONLY if I have a USB memory item attached. USB stick, PDA etc. I cannot use windows media player unless I unplug these devices. I am using Vista 64 home premium, and functionally everything else is perfect. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374486
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    - Error executing file, help ! I just got my new computer with vista on it, and I want to install my software I need to work with my Panasonic Camera. But when the cd starts and when I get the setup and try opening any software on the cd it says: Error executing file D:/SML/Setup/SETUP.exe De mapnaam is ongeldig (that's dutch for: The mapname is wrong, or something) What do I have to do ? Thx, Kevin -- kefcool Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374477
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    - To all you Moms out there Happy Mothers Day I wish you all the best and hope everyone has a great day. -- All the best, SG Is your computer system ready for Vista? https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ Want to keep up with the latest news from MS? http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ned=us&topic=t Just type in Microsoft Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374472
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    - Lotus notes mail I use lotus notes 6.5 via a vpn, I can open all of the programmes except the mail file. the programme starts to open then hangs and freezes the whole programme. the following problem log has appeared on my home computor. Hope this makes some sense to someone. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Product IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Problem Stopped responding and was closed Date 17/03/2008 21:59 Status Not Reported Description A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows. Problem signature Problem Event Name: AppHangB1 Application Name: NLNOTES.EXE Application Version: 6.5.30.4258 Application Timestamp: 41480ddc Hang Signature: 2345 Hang Type: 0 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Hang Signature 1: bc09d8fa48748fbcc3b7672aab408fa3 Additional Hang Signature 2: e822 Additional Hang Signature 3: 0781ce61d7f5de8eab32f67d9eeceb1a Additional Hang Signature 4: 2345 Additional Hang Signature 5: bc09d8fa48748fbcc3b7672aab408fa3 Additional Hang Signature 6: e822 Additional Hang Signature 7: 0781ce61d7f5de8eab32f67d9eeceb1a Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374465
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    - i have multiple connections!dont know why! i have been having some problems with my net connection. it drops ou every now and again (like dial up does). cant access net but still o local network. but thats the second problem! the mian thing that has me confussed is i suddenly have "multipl networks". few times when net drops out the network and sharing basi map shows 2 networks. local network and unidentified network. i only have 1 computer on network (ie plugged into router) and it i using an ethernet connection...router NOT wireless only usb or ether. net wont connect if the extra network connected. where did the second network come from?why?should i be worried??? -- c302937 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- c3029376's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=4890 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=96578 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374464
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    - Vista Home to Office/Ultimate Hello, Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Vista Office or Ultimate? I have just upgraded from XP to Vista Home, that was included with my Dell package I purchased late in 2006, and I need the fax facility that MS has decided not to include with Home Premium. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374463
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    - restore a file backup after restoring from a PC backup image I have taken a backup image and am doing regular file backups. These are stored on an external hard disk. All I want is to find a reference that tells me the steps to follow after the loss of my internal hard drive? i.e. How do I tell vista to restore from the PC image? Do I then restore from the latest back file? Is this all I need to do? etc. I have searched windows help with no luck. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374460
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    - Has my computer got Vista SP1? Sorry for the dumb question. I bought my computer a few weeks ago and I can't find the information anywhere. It just says I'm running Home Premium but doesn't mention if it has SP1 or not. Windows updates haven't said it needs downloading so does this mean it already has SP1? Is there a way to find out? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374458
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    - read only files i hav a new asus lappy with the main hd drive partitioned in 2 plus recovery section (as it comes), and 2 external usb hdd in enclosures. am running vista ultimate, i am the administrator of the system, only user, no guest accounts. UAC is off. now my problem is that ALL the drives have turned them selves into "ready only" and i cannot delete any folders, files or stuff. click on a folder an check properties, "read only" highlighted. uncheck it, it comes up with a box asking if i want to change this option, click yes, goes off, comes back saying i need admin rights to do this. but i am the admin of the system as far as i know i havent changed anything. any thoughts??? thanks in advance Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374455
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    - 'All programs' list gone from Start Menu When I click on the 'All Programs' arrow at the bottom of the Start Menu, I don't get a full list of programs any more, most of the shortcuts have disappeared (things like Windows Update, DVD Maker, and several others have all gone). Programs I install myself that create folders on the Start menu are all still there. How can I get these back? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374454
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    - cannot save About a month ago I started to not be able to save, or save as, documents or webpages. A dialog box opens that says: save as not responding. Any ideas? Thanks -- sco Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374452
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    - Vista Sidebar (Gadgets) - Gone missing! Hi guys, I've done nothing to my system (no new progs) but this morning the sidebar is missing. I've not installed SP1 yet either. I did a Google search and tried the following fix but it did NOT work for me: *************************** Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER Navigate to the following branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones Make sure that the value data for "1400" is set to 0 (dword:00000000) Close Regedit.exe that worked for me, but there is also another solution that could work for you, this didnt work in me: Open cmd prompt with admin privileges type regsvr32 scrrun.dll regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 msxml3.dll *************************** Anybody else have a solution please? Debi :-) Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374451
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    - Transfering Vista Licence? I bought a laptop with XP MCE and later bought a Vista upgrade. The laptop has died (only 16 months old!) and wont be repaired. Can I transfer the Vista OS and licence to my home computer? Any help would be appreciated! Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374439
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    - Vista - 9 GIG Out of interest I took a look at how big my Vista Home Premium directory was ... NINE GIG! The biggest my 95, 98 and XP were was around one gig, from memory. I guess it's not a major issue now considering how big hard drives are, but it was still a big shock to me. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374434
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    - Windows Mail the ONLY default newsreader c\alled by Outlook Vista Home Premium SP1, Outlook 2007. The Go-News menu function in Outlook 2007 on Vista Home Premium SP1 will NOT call any other newsreader other than Windows Mail, even when the other news reader is set as default.(Ie it opens when external news links are clicked...) This is in direct contradiction to Outlook 2007 on XP. Does anyone know of a registry hack to allow O2007 to call something other than Windows Mail? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374429
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    - 48+ days Uptime - Vista SP1 has been good to me I rebooted my little laptop for the first time since upgrading to SP1 on 03/21/08. Uptime as almost 49 days, and the machine was running as well as when I first rebooted after installing SP1. If you want to take a look at some pretty impressive (IMHO) numbers for a home notebook: http://mindvacant.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=863:vista-sp1-laptop-uptime-at-48-days&catid=95:vista-sp1&Itemid=796 -- http://mindvacant.com Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374428
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    - Chkdsk utitily hi, I am using windows vista for the last 1 year and for the last fe days, i m getting errors like some of the files are corrupt and run th chkdsk utility. When i try to run the utility it's not starting :confused:. I tried in 2 ways. 1. Using command prompt. 2. Harddisk properties --> tools --> check disk. it says, it already running and schedule it again during startup. When I started th machine, chkdsk utility doesn;t start. Help me in fixing the issue -- sivakumar.tm Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374426
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    - transfering files from XP-HD to Vista-HD I have recently had to replace my computer due to a motherboard failure. I have the old Hard Disks from my XP (Pro) system installed inside my Vista (Ultimate) Box. When I try to use files from the old system I come up with access errors - the files 'belong' to an unrecognised user (S-1-5-21-etc). I'm trying to recover 'old' documents and Application Archives (zipped installation files) - the archives were purchased online and downloaded, I have no other way to retrieve them. the 'new' box has a working DVD-drive and I have a couple of DVD-RWs available (if that is the only method I can use) Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374423
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    - How to tell when adam albright is lying... ...his lips are moving...LOL! Frank Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374419
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    - replacing vista Vista came w/laptop. I want xp instead. I tried installing xp over vista (no luck). I reformatted and xp said a newer version was already loaded and wouldnt continue. Is there anything else I can do w/out getting another hard drive. Help is appreciated. Thanks. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374410
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    - Chess Titans doesn't work anymore, after computer locked up I was playing a game of Chess Titans, and while playing it, I opened up an IE window to access the internet. I couldn't connect to the internet - I had been able to connect a few minutes earlier, but the usb wireless adapter I'm using is a little flaky. Then I couldn't close the browser at all, and CTRL-ALT-DEL didn't do anything. Vista just froze, it wasn't a BSOD, it just froze. I waited several minutes, while trying CTRL-ALT-DEL, ALT-TAB, CTRL-ESC, unplugging and reconnecting the usb wireless adapter and the usb keyboard. Vista never responded. I had to hold down the power button on the computer for several seconds to turn it off. Then I turned it back on, and I ran a "chkdsk", and it said "Windows has checked the file system and found no problems." But when I try to run Chess Titans, nothing happens. Absolutely nothing happens - no errors, and chess.exe does not appear in the Task Manager at all. What's going on here? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374408
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    - Problem with sleep & hibernate Why is programming a computer so that sleep and hibernate works like they should so difficult. Every time my Vista Home Premium system takes a long nap it refuses to wake up. Had the same problems with other MS operating systems. Surely by now MS could have fixed this problem. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374407
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    - registry I'm looking for some steps on how to completely reset my registy. I've done disk cleanup and the other option of deleting all the temporary internet files, cookies and whatnot but my computer is still running slow. I'm sure it has something to do with downloaded game data hiding somewhere I can't find them! ARGH! help! -- thnx:P Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374403
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    - Delete a partition to recover space to drive C: Situation Drive C: (NTFS) 5GB free space contains OS, program files, program data, some users application data Drive D: (NTFS) 8GB free space contains Users, Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, Videos, program files (miscellaneous utility types of programs that are easily recoverable), maildata (.pst archives, personal folders), MSOCache Objective Increase free space on drive C: by merging and completely deleting drive D Options A) Move all data from drive D to an external drive F, change Outlook files to C drive, modify settings for location of D:\Users\* to C: \Users\* in Vista Use Vista Computer Management, Disk Management to delete volume D: and then extend volume C. It isn't clear that deleting volume D would allow the now unallocated space to be extended to volume C. It looks like one might be stuck without being able to add the space to volume C and that the unallocated space could only be used to create new partitions. Is this correct? It is definitely not what I want. B) Use Symantec's PartitionMagic, Acronis Disk Manager, or Paragaon Partition Manager. Any comments about any of these products? After using these products will I have a single partition as desired? Will I find myself forever married to the product until I scrap the hard drive or the system? C) Bite the bullet. Copy contents of D: to F:. Remove the partitions format the drive, reinstall Vista and all programs building a new install from scratch and then recover data only from external drive F to new drive C. Any suggestions? Option A would be preferred, except that I don't think it will work. When it comes to option B, I would spend the $40 to $70 bucks if I knew that a) it would not leave me with a virtual drive manageable only with the software, b) it would facilitate the software configuration and make the move painless. My fear is that in the end I would be sacrificing some portion of my drive to PartionMagic (or whichever) and still have to manually configure MSOCache, maildata, etc as well as do some app reinstalls. If that is the case, then I might as well just bite the bullet on option C. Thanks in advance, -solon fox Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374387
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    - The widow pages are too light It's too light for me concerning the window background and every pages. I know I can adjust the light by the keyboard. However my problem is: Every time I open a new page ( new window frame), I have to adjust the light again! Can I setup the light, so as not to adjust for every new windows ? Thank you. Martin Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374383
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    - Word 97-2003 merge docs on Vista Since transitioning to Vista a couple of weeks ago, and old Word 97-2003 merge documents will only open as read only. The main document will open normally, and I can make and save changes. But the data source file in Word will not accept any changes. When I go to exit and save my updates to my data source I keep getting the response it is a read only. I've already checked the properties and attributes, and all are set where they should be. Any ideas? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374378
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    - Ambiguous message when exploring network When I explore Network a yellow bar appears "File sharing is turned off. Some network computers and devices might not be visible. Click to change..." Why wouldn't I be able to see other computers and devices if I'm not allowing incoming connections for file sharing? Core networking is active which enables ICMP. No outgoing rules are active. Give me one example. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374371
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    - defective vista... look this defective vista is..kind of driving me crazy..one of us has to have some relief..i am dealing with vista makeing the computer run super slow...the little freeze ups..that all the hundreds of up dates and service pack one.. has not goten rid of..but one thig.i got to get fixed.is this stupid windows media.player..out of start up..the black bar at the bottom flashes a couple of times.then like 60 secounds.. the windows media player comes on and it want let you knock it off.for a minute.or it freezes up and i have to do..ctrl/alt/delete.. i have looked every where.to find a way.to stop this media player from comeing on during start up..my full version of vista.that i bought..it does not do this..just the vista that came in the new lap top.. i guess i am trying to keep this vista going.to hope for a miricle,that an up date will come and strighten this defective vista out..i know im a fool..just got that,i cant give up thing going on..any help..i think you.. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374364
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    - Windows Media Technologies is blocked due to compatibility issues I've been having the above problem for some weeks but its saying there is a Solution available. The description reads:- "This version of Windows Media Technologies is incompatible with or has been superseded by this version of Windows. For more information, view the information at the Microsoft web site" Being very new to this, I can't seem find the solution and its becoming VERY frustrating - can anyone help me PLEASE !! -- Susie x Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374361
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    - Drivers, Vista and 0x8007000d help please! Help! We can't get Windows Vista to recognize a Creative Zen Touch. The PC already has latest Windows Media Player 11 update. 1) After plugging the unit it, it says drivers need to be installed. After picking the options to let Window Vista pick a driver, it redirects to a Windows Page. That page tries to install KB940199. (attempts to use the supplied Creative drivers didn't work). 2) KB940199 wants to install an msu file. When executing that, it creates a popup with error 0x8007000d "Installer encountered an error". There doesn't seem to be a way around that, but it's not a good sign that installing a KB is causing an error with no decription. 3) Searching the web suggests that this is related to an activation error. We tried reactiving on the phone, but that didn't work. The automated version would not supply a new key. When connected to a human (on a noisy connection!), the person concluded that Vista was already activated and that we need to go to their support line (which he didn't mention is not working on Saturday!). Anyways, does anyone have any ideas? Is the 0x8007000d error a sign that there's a Vista activation problem, or is this a bogus error that should be disregarded? (and the *real* issue is tracking down Vista drivers for the Creative somewhere else)?? Why should it be so hard to get an mp3 player to work on Vista? It worked fine on XP? Thanks... Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374357
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    - The indictment of adam albright... By PowerUser: "Licentious. Obnoxious. Anti-democratic. In case you can't tell, I'm making a direct reference to Mr. Adam Albright. Before I launch into my main topic, I want to make a few matters crystal-clear: (1) Failure to recognize this salient point will result in Adam's getting free reign to enshrine irrational fears and fancies as truth, and (2) as a result of that, my observations are perhaps unique. Now that you know where I stand on those issues, I can safely say that wily cutthroats like Adam are not born -- they are excreted. However unsavory that metaphor may be, Adam acts as if he were King of the World. This hauteur is astonishing, staggering, and mind-boggling. He truly believes that he defends the real needs of the working class. It is just such counter-productive megalomania, muddleheaded egoism, and intellectual aberrancy that stirs Adam to carve out space in the mainstream for ungrateful politics. I want to draw two important conclusions from this. The first is that Adam and his gofers are wolves in sheep's clothing who will create profound emotional distress for people on both sides of the issue eventually, and the second is that the justification he gave for seeking to judge people by the color of their skin while ignoring the content of their character was one of the most addlepated justifications I've ever heard. It was so addlepated, in fact, that I will not repeat it here. Even without hearing the details you can still see my point quite clearly: Adam keeps telling everyone within earshot that honesty and responsibility have no cash value and are therefore worthless. I'm guessing that Adam read that on some Web site of dubious validity. More reliable sources generally indicate that he isn't as smart as he thinks he is. As an interesting experiment, try to point this out to Adam. (You might want to don safety equipment first.) I think you'll find that if he had even a shred of intellectual integrity, he'd admit that he has no evidence or examples to back up his point. Still, I recommend you check out some of his commentaries and draw your own conclusions on the matter. Adam teaches workshops on clericalism. Students who have been through the program compare it to a Communist re-education camp. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Of course, if Adam had learned anything from history, he'd know that I challenge him to point out any text in this letter that proposes that we ought to worship feckless mountebanks as folk heroes. It isn't there. There's neither a hint nor a suggestion of such a thing. We no longer have the luxury of indulging in universalist, altruistic principles that, no matter how noble they may appear, have enabled the most self-satisfied spouters I've ever seen to compose paeans to irrationalism. Didn't Adam tell his comrades that he wants to make people suspicious of those who speak the truth? Did he first give any thought to what would happen if he did? Of course, that question is ridiculous -- as ridiculous as his gormless platitudes. None but the grotesque can deny that he says that the sun rises just for him. What he means by this, of course, is that he wants free reign to threaten the existence of human life, perhaps all life on the planet. I understand that I become truly impatient with people who refuse to recognize the key role that he is playing in the destruction of our civilization, but from the fog and mist of his disquisitions rises the leering grimace of nihilism. An equal but opposite observation is that I and Adam part company when it comes to the issue of quislingism. He feels that those who disagree with him should be cast into the outer darkness, should be shunned, should starve, while I suspect that he needs to stop living in a fool's paradise. But there's the rub; his idea of mutinous autism is no political belief. It is a fierce and burning gospel of hatred and intolerance, of murder and destruction, and the unloosing of an irascible blood-lust. It is, in every sense, a doctrinaire and pagan religion that incites its worshipers to an infernal frenzy and then prompts them to precipitate riots. Adam does not merely undermine the current world order. He does so consciously, deliberately, willfully, and methodically. His undertakings were never about tolerance and equality. That was just window dressing for the "innocents". Rather, someone has been giving Adam's brain a very thorough washing, and now Adam is trying to do the same to us. Several things he has said have brought me to the boiling point. The statement of his that made the strongest impression on me, however, was something to the effect of how he is a refined gentleman with the soundest education and morals you can imagine. Forgive me for boring you with all the gory details, but Adam's hypocrisy is transparent. Even the least discerning among us can see right through it. It's easy to tell if Adam's lying. If his lips are moving, he's lying. Although Adam demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and presumption when he says that he commands an army of robots that live in the hollow center of the earth and produce earthquakes whenever they feel like shaking things up a bit on the surface, the fact remains that in order to convince us that he has the authority to issue licenses for practicing heathenism, Adam often turns to the old propagandist trick of comparing results brought about by entirely dissimilar causes. Now that you've read the bulk of this letter, it should not come as a complete surprise that there can be no argument that when I first realized that Mr. Adam Albright is a proponent of "paternalism" -- a term Adam uses catachrestically in place of "Pyrrhonism" -- a cold shudder ran down my back. However, this fact bears repeating again and again, until the words crack through the hardened exteriors of those who would violate the basic tenets of journalism and scholarship. I am referring, of course, to the likes of Adam Albright." Want to read more about this failed drunken accountant and big mouth lying pig? For your reading pleasure! http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?hl=en&enc_user=tYag3woAAABrYFiZuwWGCKzw8oMmJKS7 Enjoy! I know I did!...LOL! Frank Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374351
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    - Folders in Outlook Express Disappearing A year ago I set up sub folders under "Local Folders" in Windows Mail. Everytime I opened my email the sub folders would be displayed under "Local Folders." Now the only folder displayed is "Local Folders." However, when I double click on "Local Folders" a box opens to the right which reflects all the sub folders in the "Local Folders" and my emails are there. When I double click on a sub folder, it then shows up in the left hand box under "Local Folders." When I close Windows Mail and open again, the sub folders once again are not displayed. I have to go through the process again of clicking on each folder to display it under "Local Folders." Has anyone experienced this problem and found a solution to resolving? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374350
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    - Vista won't start up properply My computer will load up normally the way until it reaches the screen with the green bar and black screen. The green bar will cycle through about two to three times, but then it stops moving. It moves forward just a little bit every 5 minutes though, so if I leave it like that for about 40 minutes then Vista will be able to boot to my desktop. And when I try to restart my computer, it just stays at the 'Shutting Down" screen forever. The longest I've let the shutting down screen just stay there was 20 minutes. I had to cut the power. Anything that has to do with networking seems to make my computer freeze up. I can start up in Safe Mode but not Safe Mode with Networking. And when I waited the 40 minutes start my comp up, the Vista said the the "Network cable is unplugged", but it wasn't. When I disabled the network adapter, my computer froze again.My computer will load up normally the way until it reaches the screen with the green bar and black screen. The green bar will cycle through about two to three times, but then it stops moving. It moves forward just a little bit every 5 minutes though, so if I leave it like that for about 40 minutes then Vista will be able to boot to my desktop. And when I try to restart my computer, it just stays at the 'Shutting Down" screen forever. The longest I've let the shutting down screen just stay there was 20 minutes. I had to cut the power. Anything that has to do with networking seems to make my computer freeze up. I can start up in Safe Mode but not Safe Mode with Networking. And when I waited the 40 minutes start my comp up, the Vista said the the "Network cable is unplugged", but it wasn't. When I disabled the network adapter, my computer froze again. Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374345
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    - Safely Remove Hardware Script Is there a batch command to initiate a "safely remove hardware" request that normally would come from clicking on the appropriate icon in the systems tray? If not, is there another scripting solution to do so - vbScript, Power Shell, etc? Thanks in advance! Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374339
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    - White screen Hello all. I'm new here, all the way from Iceland so my english is maybe not so good. I've had a problem with my computer but it's showing white screen. I maybe turn it on and a few minutes later it's completely white. Sometimes it showes first stripes, black and white. I've googled it but not found much so I went here to ask. For about 2 months ago I had problem with BSOD but re-installed Vista and it was OK. My computer is Packard Bell SB87 (something like that, not sure) and with Vista Home Premium. Don't be afraid to ask. Hope to get answers. Thanks. -- Hvassi Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374338
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    - 32 bit or 64 bit How do I know if My Vista is 32 bit or 64 bit Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374329
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    - Disk Activity On startup, my laptop goes into a huge amount of disk activity to about 70% of processing power for several minutes to the point I cannot access programs until it finishes, I have edited the startup via msconfig but this still happens with no processors running. Any ideas what may be causing this? Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374326
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    - DVD Region Free Application For Vista Although this post may not seem to be about Vista, I think it is pertinent for some people such those in my position who have moved to Vista from XP. As my time has been didvided between UK and USA I have purchased over the last few years a fair number of DVD videos, some in PAL color - Region 2, and some in NTSC color - Region 1. Absurdly, laptops will permit you to change from Region 1 to Region 2 and back again a total of four times only. The reasons given by the creators of movies and the DVD manufacturers may be good for them, but not for those who believe that such restrictions are unconstitutional at the widest, and just annoying for those who have bought a product in one country and want to play it on a laptop (which travels with one) in another country. When I used machines running Windows XP, it was easy. A company in Hongkong released a program called DVD Region Free and CSS (or something like that). You could download it on to your machine and it freed up things so that any DVD would play without restriction. Unfortunately they have never thought fit to develop a program that works on Vista. So using the well-beloved Google, I put in all sorts of criteria and found a number of promising applications that didn't work when downloaded. (HINT: always create a restore point first!). Then I found a program that works. It is called Any DVD, and you can Google it for yourself. It comes from www.SlySoft.com/ I downloaded the 21-day free trial which worked so well that 21 MINUTES later (or thereabouts) I was ready to pay for the license key. I don't understand the prnciple on which it works but it's promotional material doesn't say anything about any particular version of Windows, so I think it's operational methods go a bit deeper. Please believe that I don't work for the company! I just believe in passing on useful information when it comes up. Okay: it cost me 49 Euros (no local tax added) but for anyone with a fair number of multi-regional DVDs, I find it's a bargain. And free for the first 21 days if you want to test it out. One or two of you may recognize my name, but for those who don't, the 21-day free trial is the full program: I am NOT spamming! Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374325
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    - DISC BOOT FAILURE HI EVERYBODY I USE VISTA PREMIUM AND FACING A PROBLEM:) WHEN I START MY COMP. A MESSAGE POPPS UP : "BOOT FROM CD: DISC BOOT FAILURE,INSERT SYSTEM DISC AND TRY" ... WHAT SOULD I DO???? PLZ HELP ME Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374298
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    - problem repairing vista during dual boot xp/vista installation Hello. I'm attempting to install xp on a computer that originally only had vista installed to achieve a dual boot installation where I can choose between xp and vista. I'm using the following online guide: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm The first steps go fine, I can shrink the vista partition (although I use gparted instead of the shrink command in diskpart) to make free space for an xp partition on the same drive. I've made 50 gb available for xp, which leaves 90 gb for vista. Subsequently I've installed xp on the new partition and that goes according to plan. However, when I use the original vista dvd to repair the vista installation, to ensure the computer boots in vista again (because after I've installed xp, the computer reboots in xp), I can't repair the vista installation. I can select the vista installation to repair it (start up repair), but it reports no existing problems. However when I reboot, I still end up in xp. Does anyone know how to manually ensure the computer boots again from my original vista installation? So I can resume the guide by installing EasyBCD to ensure I get a menu when I reboot where I can choose between the xp and vista installation. Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments, Niek Tag: OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. Tag: 374271

Re: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. by Spanketh

Spanketh
Sun May 11 11:05:02 PDT 2008

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI.

Just FYI. Install Ubuntu and head over to that group. Bother those people
with your Just FYI. Just FYI

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Re: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI. by Spanketh

Spanketh
Sun May 11 11:07:51 PDT 2008

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OT: Happy Mother's Day, Just FYI.

What happened to your idiot Ron Paul? Looks like he is nowhere to be found.
Just FYI

Just FYI

Did I say Just FYI? IF not, make no mistake about it. Just FYI

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