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    - file downloads-security warning wen i click on a programme i keep getting a message saying fille download-securiity warning, im then too click on either run/save/cancel. I continue too get these sometimes repeating the same one and its driving me mad. Im by no means pc literate with regards this .please help Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206405
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    - MS07-041 update problem I recently updated my machine with the MS07-041 update via automatic updates. Despite this the 'updates for your computer...' icon keeps reappearing prompting me to install (again) the update. Does anyone know how I can correct this? Many thanks, Ben Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206404
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    - windows update hosting Hi whats the name of the service / tool for hosting windows update patches on a cental location on a LAN for distribution to the workstaitons via autoupdate? thanks Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206399
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    - security bulletin search is missing Maybe I'm jumping the gun here but it seems the security bulletin search page is missing. I did a search on the Microsoft web site and the links still point to this site.....which is missing, of course. ;-) Any ideas? Thanks, Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206397
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    - Source of User Authentication in a Domain I Have mutiple Servers in a 2003 domain and need to identify which server is providing authentication to each XP machine. I know there is a command you can run on the workstation that tells you what server autheticated the user, but I cannot find it.... If there is a btter eay to indentify the authenticating server, perhaps from the server side, that would be fine also... Any help appreciated Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206394
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    - restricting user access in XP to IE etc - How? I have a family that want help with restricting what the kids can acces when the PC starts up. I have given a admin - Mum and Dad and a user account - Family. But not sure how to stop the Family user ftom acessing things like IE and MSN messenger etc. I want the Admin Admin which is padssword protected to have access to everything. Can you help me understand how to do this. I have tried the Set program access and defaults but that seems to change for both. Cheers Mike Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206392
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    - Cannot access temporary files It seems that e-mail attachments are copied, say by MS Outlook 2007 or IE7 to a temporary folder prior to being opened for viewing. The files, however, cannot be accessed, after they have been copied; the following error is displayed: Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. The caption reads the following path: c:\documents and settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE...\...\nameoffile.pdf The Temporary Internet Files does not exist within the path c:\documents and settings\user\Local Settings\. I tried clearing the temporary internet files (from IE) and creating the Temporary Internet Files within the c:\documents and settings\user\Local Settings\ path to hack around this, but the error is still unresolved. Any ideas, please? Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206390
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    - Cannot remote registry I am on a PC in a workgroup. If I logon as administrator I can remote other workstations registry's, however if I logon my workstation as me (I am a member of the administrators group, just the same as the administrator user) it gives me an error message of "Error Connecting Network Registry Unable to connect to --------. Make sure you have permission to administer this computer" Why should I get this error if I am a member of the admin group??? Thanks Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206377
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    - command.com New in Startup folder August 16th I installed eleven (11) updates from Microsoft Windows Update site. I am using Windows Xp Home Ed. with Service Pack 2, and Windows Defender. Nine of these were Security updates, and after reboot, Defender message showed change to startup folder by ServPkUpdtserv.exe . Upon opening Defender Tools/Software Explorer/Startup Folder, I noticed two (2) instances of command.com within 'Publisher Not Available', and Startup Value: command /c del "C:\WINDOWS\SchedLgU.Txt_tobedeleted" . As both instances were identical and not signed, I disabled them. Anybody know what these MS-DOS apps represent? Could this be the fix for the Defender Pop-up annoyance? Thanks for any advice. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206366
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    - New EFS tool available - EFS Certificate Configuration Updater Following on the heels of the recent release of the EFS Assistant shared-source tool, I am proud to announce the release of another tool to smooth the path for reliable recovery of EFS'd files: EFS Certificate Configuration Updater (http://www.codeplex.com/ EFSCertUpdater/) __Why should you care?__ - You'll be interested if you're using EFS, and - You've tried to make sure that you (or your users) are using the EFS certificate that was archived (with its private key) in your Microsoft Certificate Server. __What difference will it make?__ - When users need to recover access to *ALL* their EFS'd files, and - When you want to make the process as fast and painless for the users as possible - The copy of the user's archived EFS keys that you extract from your Certificate Server should be (almost) guaranteed to decrypt all the user's encrypted files. There are a number of my customers who expressed concerns that even if they did everything right - enabling Autoenrollment policy, creating "version 2" certificate templates for use with EFS, automatically archiving the user's EFS keypair at enrollment time - there's still no guarantee that the user's PCs were actually *using* those archived EFS keys to encrypt files. Most of the time it works fine, but they told me they'd seen cases where: - users had once tried using EFS, and abandoned it later, but the new EFS certificate didn't replace the pre-existing (non-archived) EFS certificate, so all files continued to be encrypted with an unrecoverable key - users had encrypted files before the PKI was in place, then upgraded their certificate, but their existing encrypted files weren't updated to be encrypted with the new keys No, I'm not trying to panic anyone - like I said, this affects a small fraction of the user population in most wide-scale EFS deployments. However, it's an issue I've heard over and over again, and this tool should help folks get on with their deployments. __How does it work?__ - The tool works strictly at the command line - it presents no UI - It searches through all the EFS certificates the user has in their personal certificate store (aka the "MY store") - It keeps searching until it finds a certificate that (a) is still valid, (b) is not self-signed, (c) has an associated private key, and (d) has the EFS EKU - Once it identifies a suitable certificate, it checks whether that is the currently-configured certificate; if not, then it updates the CertificateHash registry setting and quits - Oh, and it generates a log file of its activity __What does it require?__ - .NET 2.0 - XP or Vista (only been tested on XP so far) - it doesn't require Admin rights, but I bet it'd barf if it ran under DropMyRights __How often would I have to use this tool?__ - In theory, once - All you really need is to get the user *off* their self-signed certificate, and encrypting with the v2 certificate - From there, Autoenrollment should be able to keep renewing EFS certificates with no failures - unless the user's PC is off the company network for months at a time __What's next for the EFS Cert Updater?__ - Do some further robustness testing to see if there are any circumstances under which non-v2 EFS certs could be selected - Add a command-line parameter to specify an exact Certificate Template from which the selected EFS cert must be enrolled - Enable a capability to archive (i.e. hide) all other EFS certificates except the selected one - Add capability to write to the Application Event Log - Enable a capability to select the "best" EFS certificate if multiple are found Please browse the web site, leave some feedback or questions, and give it a spin. All assistance is greatly appreciated. Cheers, Mike Smith-Lonergan http://www.codeplex.com/EFSCertUpdater http://paranoidmike.blogspot.com/ Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206364
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    - ? re august updates Did MS replace windows explorer? Seems like a simple enough question but I couldn't find answer on technet. One PC says explorer has been replaced after reboot, but I believe I rebooted after the update and prior to this reboot - so it could be :-( TIA Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206362
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    - Scam Alert please read Alert to customer or Royal bank of Scotland, there is a Phishing scam circling around, don't click on the link provided in this message when you receive it just delete from your Inbox: Royal Bank of Scotland Group Dear Royal Bank of Scotland Group client! Our Support Division is carrying out a planned Direct and Digital Banking Service upgrade By following the link below you will start the procedure of the customer login verification: w.rbsdigital.com.login701084/update/default.aspx/refererident.htm?agent=21shfLpzyytDtcwhhOkhOvp These directions are to be sent and followed by all users of the Royal Bank of Scotland Internet Banking Royal Bank of Scotland Digital Banking Service does apologize for the troubles caused to you, and is very grateful for your cooperation. If you are not customer of Royal Bank of Scotland Group please ignore this e-mail! ***** This is an automated message, please do not respond ***** Â© 2007 Royal Bank of Scotland Direct and Digital Banking Service. All Rights Reserved Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206359
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    - Getting rid of pop ups, antispyware, malware Can anybody recommend the best products to get rid of these problems. I have one that has put itself on my machine called magicantispy 2.1 anyone heard of it? Also how much anti-spyware, malware, do I need? Should I get all these or will one or two do, AVG, Norton, Mcafee and Spybot Search and Destroy. Is it better to reformat the hard drive and start again? Thanks for your help. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206356
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    - Email from Microsoft???? Hi, i was under the impression Microsoft doesn't send out emails, so was surprised to see this email supposidly from Microsoft. I haven't opened the attachment, so is it a genuine email or not. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Microsoft@newsletters.microsoft.com To: Subject: Free Microsoft Architect Forums - Register today Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:40:04 -0700 Legal information | Unsubscribe | Update your profile As a practising or aspiring architect, it's vital to keep up to date with the latest news and technological developments to make sure your work remains at the cutting edge. By attending a free Microsoft Architect Forum you'll learn how to get the most from your architecture and gain information to aid your architectural decisions. The Architect Forum series gives you free access to one-day events providing an expert overview of a specific topic as well as fantastic networking opportunities. To register for one of these events, follow the relevant link below: Office Business Applications Architect Forum - 13 September 2007, London Office Business Applications are an emerging class of application that helps businesses unlock the value of their line-of-business (LOB) systems and turn document-based processes into real applications. Office 2007 has expanded off the desktop embracing the concepts of SOA and leverage the fundamental shift to combining software plus services. In this forum we will discuss the architectural elements of the Office Technical Platform and discover how these elements can be applied across several business scenarios. Windows Server Security Architect Forum - 11 December 2007, Reading Security, alongside reliability and interoperability, is central to Microsoft's software design philosophy. Yet it is still an area where Microsoft is perceived to underachieve. However, security is a very broad term that can be used to describe a great many number of IT scenarios. In this forum we will discuss the central role of security in the architecture of Windows Server 2008 (codename Longhorn) in relation to Systems Management scenarios such as web and application management, high availability, and server virtualisation. The Services Revolution Architect Forum - 19 February 2008, Reading The first Internet-based services were delivered over the Web and consumed in a Web browser. However, it is now clear that market demand exists for both on-premise software and hosted services; and that such an approach is necessary to deliver the seamless computing experiences home and business users have come to expect. This approach, which Microsoft calls 'Software + Services', is an additive model that goes beyond packaged software to give customers increased flexibility and choice in deployment options. In this forum we will explain the evolving story of the Software + Services world, highlight the latest developments at Microsoft and in industry, and focus on the effect this is having on both consumer and enterprise architectures alike. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To cancel future communications from Microsoft about products and services, reply to this message with the word unsubscribe in the Subject line. This will not affect any Microsoft newsletters that you may be subscribed to. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at the Microsoft.com web site. Read legal information about this communication. This communication was sent by Microsoft Limited, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG. Legal information | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Â© 2007 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206354
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    - Run scheduled tasks at same time? >For security I have running on my computer: >Avast 4.7 Home edition, Spybot 1.4 free version, AVG 7.5 free edition and Windows Defender with the Malicious software tool. >Can I set them all to perform their scheduled tasks at the same time? I only use my computer for about 4-5 hours per day and running all these tasks one after another takes a long time and slows down computer performance. >System: ACER TravelMate 2451WLMi Intel Celeron M processor 410 1.46 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache Windows XP-SP2, Home Edition Windows Internet Explorer 7 >Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated !! Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206353
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    - Run-as vs. disabled administrative account For some application I had to activate the option "run with different credentials". The default admin account Administrator is disabled in my system. However, every time I start this application from any account, the Administrator appears as first position in the user-name list. How can I cause in this case my own admin account is appearing first ? Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206343
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    - Assign USB ports to user's session Windows XP I need to know, if is possible assign one USB port to user's session Windows XP. I have this question because need restrict some user's account for use webcam. If this is possible, how I do it? I REAFFIRM, I don't like to restrict or disable access the ports (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555324), I need only ASSIGN "X" USB port to user's session windows xp Any help is highly appreciated. thanks in advance. Bladimir Gambin Santa Marta - Colombia Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206337
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    - XP Updates- The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000 This morning my XP Pro computer received notification of MS security updates... I installed them with no issue and an optional MS update... with no issues. I then went to my second XP Pro computer, which is not on auto-update and then downloaded and installed the same updates. After rebooting, NO Application will run... The error message is: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142), Click on OK to terminate the application. Can someone explain how I this can be fixed? Thanks, SteveB Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206336
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    - Anonymous access to shares Hello, Is it possible to allow anonymous access to shares without having to enable the Guest account. I've tried setting Sharing and NTFS permissions and modify the Local GPO to allow the built in ANONYMOUS LOGON account. No luck. I can't access the share without getting a prompt for the user name password. Everything out on the web says to enable the Guest account. I know this will work but it is not the way i want to go. Am I stuck with enabling the Guest account or am i missing a setting in the Local GPO. Can this be done. Thanks in advanced for your feedback. Josiah Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206332
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    - Activation Problem after Update Installed XP Home 2 years ago, no problems. Just received 10 automatic updates, now when XP Home starts (and before login), message appears to activate within 7 days. However, when I select "yes to activate", replies "Already Activated". I see where people's systems lock up and prevent them from doing anything because their activation period ends. Is my system going to freeze and prevent me from doing anything? How do I reset the activation and clear this problem? I see where there are hundreds, probably thousands of problems people have. Maybe with the BILLIONS of dollars microsoft makes, they can fix their stuff to work right. Regular people shouldn't have to take a junior college class to have a simple home computer system and have to dig in the internal guts of their XP product to keep it running !!! Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206330
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    - no administerative privaleges? Hi, I have a dell inspiron 1501 laptop with XPSP2, all current updates, no dodgey software, no viruses. I have always had a problem when I change the MSCONFIG startup items. I change them and it says i need to log on with administerative privaleges for the settings to be changed! even though the changes DO take affect and it seems to be not a problem its starting to get on my....s . does anyone know whats wrong with it? the only account on the computer is mine which is an administrator. thank you. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206326
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    - Audit lock/unlock workstation Hi- I have a windows 2000/2003 mixed mode domain with windows xp pro sp2 clients, is there any way to audit/log when a user locks and unlocks their workstation? Cheers Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206324
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    - Security Updates won't Install I just downloaded and installed the most recent updates, but these 3 keep failing. Security Update for Office 2003 (KB936048) Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB936643) Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB940602) I have seen other posts with other failures, but not these specifically. Thanks Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206320
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    - File Permissions Is there a way to set folder permissions without doing it manually? Is there a command line option that can say:- <foldername> Everyone FullAccess propogate to children I can do this manually, but need to be able to get something to run without user intervention. Thanks guys Daniel Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206319
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    - IFMember problem Hello, Could anybody give me any ideas why when I run IFMEMBER /LIST I get results which are incorrect? When a user logs into a workstation, a script runs which gives the user access to programs that they are given permission too in Active Directory. This has been working great until recently when it has given the user an icon for something that they are not added to in the security group. IFMEMBER /LIST claims that they are but on double checking the security group, although its present, there is actually no members added. Can any please shed any light into this for me please? Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206317
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    - User accounts disappearing - how? We run about 25 XP workstations in a W2k3 AD-integrated domain, protected by Cisco firewall, Microsoft Update (including Malware Remover), and McAfee anti-virus (workstations updated every 48 hours). So that anyone can work effectively at any workstation, an AD security group should be designated as a Power User on each workstation. I have a suspicion that this account, and maybe others, have been disappearing from workstations. Just this morning, one of my colleagues had to log in an employee as a Domain Admin so he could finish an urgent job. When he finished, I checked the PC - the only authorised account on the machine was Local Administrator (to which Domain Administrator can log in)! What can be removing these accounts? What should I check apart from: 1) Malware 2) Dis-functional Group Policy Are there any batch commands or tools which can list user accounts? TIA -- Newell White Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206316
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    - Rootkit findings I have sysinternals "Rootkit Revealer" v 1.7 so I ran it on my XP MCE system that I keep clean with frequent use of Ad-Aware SE personal, Spybot, and Avast plus ZoneAlarm. So I was surprised when it showed 6 discrepancies. I'm even more unhappy because I cannot make sense of these 6 discrepancies. Can someone tell me what to do with these results? Do I have a zombies PC? HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7D5C4821-8365-2C5D-B57B-DF6D2D17C629}\InProcServer32* 9/21/2006 2:34 PM 0 bytes Key name contains embedded nulls (*) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DF771B98-AC91-34D8-F0EE49DCFFD7BEDE}\{02C90D3B-A401-D38F-0F8BFA977E327E75}\{1704AFF6-6AA2-2F70-F8B468ED602E6063}* 8/21/2006 3:45 AM 0 bytes Key name contains embedded nulls (*) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E9204BC4-9B67-A3A7-9418040E7EC7E28B}\{1ACE6D24-C4A9-397B-64EF395CC2F330B1}\{685A2618-4C9F-7737-7DE531E9434892E2}* 8/21/2006 3:45 AM 0 bytes Key name contains embedded nulls (*) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\webcal\URL Protocol 8/19/2006 8:10 PM 13 bytes Data mismatch between Windows API and raw hive data. HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\sptd\Cfg 6/1/2007 9:06 PM 0 bytes Access is denied. C:\System Volume Information\_restore{9BCCDCE7-37F6-4E2E-8B77-7F9EE9C69547}\RP156\A0087498.RDB 8/14/2007 6:18 PM 2.82 MB Hidden from Windows API. Jeff Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206314
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    - Make Changes to Mandatory Roaming Profiles? I am one of the system/domain administrators and we currently have mandatory roaming profiles setup for a portion of our domain. The profiles are stored on a server and a not propagating to the server via Group Poilicy. How do I make changes to a user's profile without disabling the Prevent Profile changes from propagating to the server, making the changes while the user is logged on locally at the machine, logging off, and then re-enabling the policy. This is a little too tedious for just changing simple things like the icons on the desktop or the font size for the user. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206312
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    - DigitalPersona locks my computer I am using Ver1 of DigitalPersona fingerprint reader with a Ms model 1032 keyboard with Finger print reader built in. I have had this computer/keyboard for over two years. I have had no problems with the fingerprint reader during that time. Today I cannot get the reader to read my fingerprints. when I try I get a "Logon message" that says : the system could not log you on. There may be a mismatch between the DigitalPersona password Manager and SAM databases. If your windows password has been changed by your system adminstrator and youknow the new password, try using it to log onto windows. For more infomation , contact your adminstrator. When I try my windows password it dosen't work. I cannot log onto the computer. I have tried using "Safe Mode" but I still have to get past the fingerprint reader. All of the help that I have been able to find pertains to after you are signed on. I cannot get past the log on splash screen. Is there any way short of reformatting the hard drive> Thank you in advance for anything you can do. Henry the old man Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206310
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    - Please help to block pop-up windows Hi all, I am running Window XP SP2. I have recently experienced with some pop-up windows that occur when I was viewing some of the websites. This have never happened before. I have done almost everything, but the problem is never resolved. Here are what I have tried to do: - installing google toolbar and enabling pop-up blocker - having my pop-up blocker turn ON and setting Filter Level to HIGH - trying to use SpyBot SD, Norton Antivirus 2007, SpywareDoctor 2007, Ad-Aware Pro 2007 to scan my laptop to kill spyware, adware or any virus But, all of that did not help me much. The pop-up windows still come up back then. I do not know what else should I do to resolve it. Can anyone gives me any suggestion? Thank you. cobeoctieu As a note: my Ad-Aware Pro 2007 detected some viruses after I tried a full scan on my laptop, but it was not be able to remove them. I tried to check the box and pressed Remove button, but they have never been removed. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206308
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    - DigitalPersona How do I get out of this loop? My fingerprint reader dosen't know my finger prints and It dosen't know my sign in name and password. I cannot get into my computer. I can't use Safe Mode. I could reformat my hard drive but there are years off data on this machine. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206304
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    - ERROR 1068 IN MY SECURITY CENTER I HAD PROBLEM WITH MY SECURITY CENTER. "could not start the security center service on local computer. error 1068: the dependency service or group failed to start" this is always appear whenever i try to start security center. under security center properties ,in recovery tab- in first 3 box,I make it restart the service then i fill '1' on the other 2 box.then click apply( i get this step in other forum site) but still the message error 1068 appear. still in security center properties: when i click the dependencies tab, a message appear " win32:the service cannot be started,either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it" i will be very thankful to any one will help!!!! Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206302
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    - system password expired = Web passwords gone Hi, I work on an XP Pro system that belongs to a domain but my user account is a local one. I got a message that my password is about to expire so I changed it. After I logged in, the system forgot all my identification credentials, not just passwords, but login identifiers as well! Not that I cannot recover them, it just seems odd. Why is that so? Chris Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206300
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    - Secedit.sdb corruption I am creating Remote Install images. I can configure a PC, suck the image up to the server and then apply it to a PC, however.....when a domain user logs onto a newly imaged PC the secedit.sdb gets corrupted and group policy processing doesn't happen. There is supposedly a fix for this (MSKB 884018).....I have tried applying this fix to an image before it gets sucked up to the server, but when the image is applied to a PC, secedit.sdb gets corrupted again. I have now spent nearly a month on this, and if I wan't already bald I would be by now!! What have I done wrong with this image to cause the constant secedit.sdb corruption? By the way, I know secedit.sdb isn't corrupted BEFORE I suck the image up to the RIS server because there are no extra files in the %windir%\security database. Once secedit.sdb starts showing signs of curruption it seems that a bunch of *.log and edb.chk files appear in the security directory....and this only happens once a domain user logs onto the PC. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206299
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    - Adding Security Group to Windows XP administrators I have just installed a new Windows 2003 Small Business Server and set up a domain on it. I have added two XP machines as domain members, however I want to add a domain security group to the local administrators group. When I go to Manage, Local Users & Group, Administrators and click on add, all I see for a location is the local machine name. What have I done wrong. I can browse the network for all devices, remove and readd machines to the domain, and still I can't see the domain as a valid location on the XP machines. Any ideas. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206293
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    - Print Spooler keeps failing We switched our print server (migrated the printers off one server to another one...) from a Windows 2000 Server to a Windows 2003 Server. Now periodically we are getting users (they are all on the XP Pro OS) that are having spooler issues on their LOCAL computers. The Spooler service is shutting down on a few of them for some reason, no idea why... Mark Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206291
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    - inthenet worm Hi. Can anyone help me with removing a trojan/worm I am running XP and I picked up a worm,( HTTP lop toolbar activtioy) it pops every 30.sec. My Norton keep blocking it any suggestions you have would be most appreciated... thanks... Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206289
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    - How do I block ability to change Themes? Is there a local policy or any other way to keep users from accessing the Themes tab or from changing Themes? By the way, most end users are power users. Thanks so much! Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206287
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    - local domain password cache on windows xp pro I have some winxp pc connected with a domain controller win2003. If i insert a domain user on the local machine it can login on it with its domain password when the client is disconnected from network. My question is: Where does client store domain password? Many thanks in advance. Steve -- Creato con il rivoluzionario client e-mail di Opera: http://www.opera.com/mail/ Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206286
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    - windows xp promt for activation, but already activated Hi, My company have a few hundreds of Kiosk with operating system windows xp sp2. The Automatic Update is on. All the Kiosk cannot access internet, only LAN. So effectively cannot automaticly update itself. All the XP have been activated before. Running for a few months without problem. Then sometimes some computers would pop up a message "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on". Why is the problem occur? Any method to fix it? Thanks. Regards, Bill Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206285
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    - OneCare breaking iTunes internet access I've installed OneCare 90 day evaluation. Since doing so iTunes is unable to access the internet. I've manually added iTunes.exe to the list of Firewall allowed programs and the dialog correctly identifies the iTunes version (7.3.1.3) however it still fails to connect to the Internet when trying to update podcasts or browsing the iTunes store. Turning off the firewall fixes the problem but it's obviously not a workable long term solution. Never had this issue with the old Windows XP SP2 firewall. Any thoughts anyone? Thanks, Johnny Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 206284
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    - gpedit.msc Hello experts, In a box with WinXP SP2 with 2 users (single user & admin) im the admin, the other user is only allow to make a telnet connection to a server, so i used gpedit.msc to make all the necessary blocks and settings and only allow user to run this only shorcut in desktop. When using gpedit.msc i blocked all access to HD, to LAN, to all menus in explorer, desktop, anyway, i did a very hard-to-bypass settings (user can not do ANYTHING), i forgot to make a shorcut for gpedit.msc in my admin user just in case i need to make settings again, and now i can't even access or display menus or anything in my admin user, so the question is......How can I make my way to run my gpedit.msc in order to make the settings im missing??? i don't want to reinstall windows just because i messed up?? Im sorry if i wasn't clear in my explanation.... any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. JR. Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 205280
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    - "Installer has insufficient privileges" message I am trying to install the BBC iPlayer and encounter the following message ; "The Installer has insufficient privileges to access the directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Deliveries. The installation cannot continue. Log on as administrator or contact your system administrator". I am logged on as an administrator. The directory "My Deliveries" does not exist at the stated location. Is the install program trying to create the said directory, and having failed cannot access it ? What else should I be doing to enable the install program to complete successfully ? TIA John. -- Windows XP Home, Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack 2, build 2600 IE 7.0.5730.11 John Reynolds Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 205277
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    - Powertoys TweakUI for X64 Is there a 64 bit version of TweakUI from Microsoft? Or do I use a version from the web... which one? I downloaded the 32 bit, but it will not install on XP X64. Thanks... Ron Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 205274
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    - Strange screen rotate problem Hi Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't know what to do and am looking for any help I can get. A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at the moment. Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the solution? Thanks Regards Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 205269
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    - Windows Firewall shut down I am faced with the problem of an automatic shut down in Windows Firewall. It must be mannually restarted. I can not determine what causes the shut down or why. -- Wilbur06 Tag: Pulling My Hair Out Tag: 205261
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I am trying to change the way uses login using the
user accounts control panel.
After I check the box to use the welcome screen and exit the screen
then go back the check is gone and I if I restart I still do not see the
welcome screen, and BTW I can't turn on Use fast user
switching either.

I have turned off enable offline files and disabled
the requirement to press ctrl-alt-delete to log on.

I have looked through the various policies in the management
console but have not found anything that is getting in the way.

I suspect there is some registry setting getting in the way but
so far I have not found anything that will allow me to set it.

Any ideas would help.

Marty

Re: Pulling My Hair Out by Doug

Doug
Sun Aug 19 12:06:16 CDT 2007

Are you joined to a domain? If so, you won't be able to use Fast User
Switching or the Welcome Screen in XP.

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"Marty K" <mrmarty@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:CC_xi.1975$6h3.1552@trndny05...
>I am trying to change the way uses login using the
> user accounts control panel.
> After I check the box to use the welcome screen and exit the screen
> then go back the check is gone and I if I restart I still do not see the
> welcome screen, and BTW I can't turn on Use fast user
> switching either.
>
> I have turned off enable offline files and disabled
> the requirement to press ctrl-alt-delete to log on.
>
> I have looked through the various policies in the management
> console but have not found anything that is getting in the way.
>
> I suspect there is some registry setting getting in the way but
> so far I have not found anything that will allow me to set it.
>
> Any ideas would help.
>
> Marty

Re: Pulling My Hair Out by Marty

Marty
Sun Aug 19 14:59:15 CDT 2007

Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] wrote:
> Are you joined to a domain? If so, you won't be able to use Fast User
> Switching or the Welcome Screen in XP.
>
No, not in a domain, just windows workgroup.

Marty