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I am having the Windows Installer problem where the installer tries over and over again to install SOMETHING. I have no idea what is being installed. 1) Is there some installer feature to list all products installed and the success of the process? 2) Can I just disable this? 3) Any other suggestions? Are there any products which can solve this annoying problem?

Windows Explorer has encountered an error and has to close. We are sorry for the inconvience. App Name: explorer.exe Mod Name xvid.ax and I can't do anything with the directory.. Can someone help? thanks sharkman

I have two users who are configured as account operators. It appears that they cannot change or reset passwords on all AD accounts. There are some accounts they get an access denied message on. I am trying to understand what would cause this. I was under the impression account operators can reset and change passwords and unlock accounts on all accounts except system and administrator accounts (domain admin, enterprise admin, etc). It appears this way when they try and reset their own account as well through ADUC.

When I use an old IDE hard drive with pre-installed Windows XP Professional, my new computer doesn't recognize it. The computer works fine if I use an empty, formatted IDE hard drive and install Windows. The hard drive came from an older computer that had a different motherboard. Is there any way I can use the old hard drive (which has all of my programs) in the new computer? Or must I format the drive and reinstall Windows? The specs for my new computer are as follows: Motherboard: M2N-SLIDeluxe CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Graphics card: PNY Technologies GeForce 7300 GT Memory: Corsair 2Gbyte DDR2 Twin2X

i want to create a named pipe with FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE access rights. for that i have to create one security discriptor but i dont which type of secirity discriptor i use to cerate namaed pipe with FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE rights. while creating security discriptor i dont want to use ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor funciton because i am going to build this code in DDK and DDK not support this function. so give me suggestion about security discriptor for FILE_CREATE_PIPE_INSTANCE access rights.. Thanks in advance.. Kalpesh

Occasionally (but not always) when I right click on a file name in Explorer to get the drop-down menu, the file instantly disappears. It's not in the recycle bin, or anywhere else. This system is Windows XP Pro maintained to the latest maintenance and security levels. Currently I have to do backups before I touch any files, as there is no recoverability (that I know of).

Sun has just released a new version of its Java machine for 32-bit IE, running in both x86 and x64 systems (Vista and XP). Go here: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and grab it. Carlos

Does anyone know of a good free malware remover? Thanks

I have a W98 computer with multiple hard drives. This is an old 486 machine. I have a 2nd machine with W2K. What is the easiest way to link these computers to allow access to the files on the old machine from the new machine. This is a 1 user situation. -- CG

Hi, We have a portal application developed in Delphi 5.0 which freezes in Windows XP SP2 machines.It was working with Windows 2000 Professional machines.Once the application get freezed and we are not able to access the application. We have to close the application usign task manager and all the changes are lost. We are able to login and access forms. But few forms are not working and it freezes. Please find the machine configuration below: Intel P4 3 Ghz 1GB RAM NAV 10.1.4 XP Professional SP2 Edition (English) Please let us know the resolution for this issue. Vimal.

Hi, We have a portal application developed in Delphi 5.0 which freezes in Windows XP SP2 machines.It was working with Windows 2000 Professional machines.Once the application get freezed and we are not able to access the application. We have to close the application usign task manager and all the changes are lost. We are able to login and access forms. But few forms are not working and it freezes. Please find the machine configuration below: Intel P4 3 Ghz 1GB RAM NAV 10.1.4 XP Professional SP2 Edition (English) Please let us know the resolution for this issue. Vimal.

Hi, We have a 32bit application using the Volume Shadow Copy API on 64-bit W2K8 (Longhorn beta3 is installed). Our 32-bit application is using the Windows 2003 VSS API library. There is no problem doing this with 32-bit W2K8, the problem is only with 64-bit. When InitializeForBackup() is called it is returning 0x8000ffff (E_UNEXPECTED). The event log contains: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: The VSS Coordinator class is not registered. This may be caused due to a setup failure or as a result of an application's installer or uninstaller. and "Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance. hr = 0x80040154. I…

How could i create an user that could only execute a program and immediatly finish? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I upgrade many servers "2003 SP2 standard" to "2003 SP2 R2 standard" - without any problem. A handfull of machines failes with an error "An Application is running - Reboot before install" (free translated from German). The reboot did not repair this problem. I stop many services and tasks but the problem is the same. Strangely is the fact all machines use same configuration (hardware, software like SMS and RIS/WDS). Which application cancel the installation of R2? Is there a list of applications wich setup2.exe checks before continue? Thx, TH PS: The server configuration page is closed (hta)

Hi I am using Windows XP Pro. When I purchased my laptop last year, someone transferred all my settings and files from my old laptop. I find that I have to log on as user, not Administrator. That has not been a problem. However, I now wish to change the user password and would prefer that I be the Administrator rather than the user - after all, I am the only person using my laptop and all the files are mine. Is this possible, and, if so, how do I go about it? I am terrified of locking myself out of all my files! Also, I would like to set up a guest account which my overseas friends can use when they visit. Any assistance would be most appr…

Hi! I used to perform windows Live OneCare safety scan on my laptop to keep it healthy and free from clutterrs. But recently downloading becomes a problem, everytime i tried to make download an Internet Explorer Script Error displayed. "An error has occurred in the script of this page" prevented it. What seems to be the problem and how to resolved it? Pls. Help! http://safety.live.com

Hi -- Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides. My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of unused space. The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2. I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a second one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the power supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told me no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed. I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to work fine until I installed encoder softwar…

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Is it possible to prevent client PCs below Windows XP SP2 from joining a Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain? Specifically Windows 2000. Craig

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I am still in the need for some assistance. I'd like to thank those who replied to my previous entry. Here is what I'm trying to do, what I've done so far, and some things that people have suggested. I am an Americorp Volunteer working on a technology infrastructure update for an Independent Living Center. This is my first experience using Server 2003 and Terminal Server. I have implemented the Terminal Server and all appears to be working as planned with the exception of the following. We have 4 Satellite offices; each one has their own Network Printer. (Same Brand, Brother 2070n) These printers are assigned a static IP address and are plugged directly …

I am getting the following BSOD on the Windows Server 2003 Std Edition SP2 + R2 install: STOP 0x000000C2 BAD_POOL_CALLER (0x00000044, 0x00000000, 0x80000000, 0x00000000) Here is a link that I have found for the issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888431 However the versions of my files are much newer than those specified. I have version 5.2.3790.3959 (as opposed to 5.2.3790..231). The computer is crashing intermittently several times a day. Can anyone help please?

Hi everyone, I am using Powerquest 5.51 to back-up(image) my hard disks I have 2 hard disks with 4 partitions (2 on each). Powerquest is on partition 4 of 4 but it got 35hour left at 110mb/min. I want to cancel it but I don't want to have to re back-up the first 3 partition. So will I have to re-back-up the frist 3 partition or not If i press cancel? Many Thanks for any help that you can give. Donald

Hi, I have been thinking about drive imaging software to use for backup, but I am concerned about the ability to restore an image after a hardware failure. If I create an image with say Norton Ghost, then have a motherboard failure, and have to replace it, if I then try to restore the image, am I right in thinking Windows will need to be reactivated? Then if I am using an OEM version, the licence would not cover me for a new motherboard? If so, I then have an image that I cannot use unless I can get hold of a motherboard of the exact same make & model. I hope that is not too confusing - I think I may be a little confused here myself, which doesn…