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So I have a few machines that I keep on manual MUing so that I can wallow and experience patching with the masses (the regulated patches, etc etc). So a machine I have was not offering up Vista sp2. Nada. Zilch. Nothing. So I asked and the brilliant Donna...
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In order to remotely manage and patch Vista, you need to tweak and reenable the remote registry service. To do this via group policy, build a policy that turns it on like this: The group policy setting is under computer configuration, Windows settings...
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Windows Event ID 5038 from Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing: http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=5038&eventno=8922&source=Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing&phase=1 Translation ... ignore it. Supposed to be fixed in the next OS...
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Enabling auditing for the Vista KSOD - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA": http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/12/26/enabling-auditing-for-the-vista-ksod.aspx One more thing about that auditing. The auditing log file on a Vista box...
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For background read here: How to fix the Vista KSOD (blacK Screen Of Death) | LogBlog: http://www.logicitc.com/blog/?p=102 SBSC & MSP Buzz » Blog Archive » Windows Vista Black Screen with Mouse Cursor Only Issue: http://sbsc.techcareteam...
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Windows FireStarter Live Meeting Friday, December 12, 8:30 AM Pacific Time Attention developers and IT professionals! Do not miss this live virtual event where you will learn best practices for developing for Windows for standard users, delve into specifics...
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So what does networking in Windows 7 look like? Like that :-) So to all those that get annoyed by Vista's networking can you give me specifics as to why you get annoyed and I'll see if those annoyances have been changed.
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Microsoft exec: Windows 7 is no service pack | Beyond Binary - CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10112149-56.html?tag=mncol;posts Okay Bill sweetie I realize that you need to put a stake in Windows Vista because if you breathe the word Vista...
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I am a consumer of software. I am not a coder. Thus I cannot walk in the shoes of my vendors as how easy or how hard it is to develop applications. I don't know how easy or hard it is to develop secure applications. But when a vendor tells a customer...
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http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Customize-the-Favorite-Links-in-Windows-Vista-common-dialogs.aspx One of the customizations I do for Vista's that are deployed is the Favorites Section. If you are migrating from Vista, the placement of the File open...
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Yes Virginia, that was a Vista Ultimate new game that was released today.
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Doing yourself in with Group Policy. I was setting up a new Vista 64bit on our network. Install went fine. One trick I had to to with the Vista 64bit that I didn't have to do with the Vista 32bit was that I had to launch msconfig and Disable UAC and...
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Microsoft Ads: First Phase To “Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation”: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/04/microsoft-ads-first-phase-to-engage-consumers-spark-conversation/ "The first phase of this campaign is designed to engage consumers...
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http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3586741/4752294/137215/2/ Two things not to turn off 1. Tablet pc functions. Disabling this turns off Snipping tool. An extremely helpful tool on Vista. 2. Error reporting. Anyone who claims that your report just ends...
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Just found out today that on Vista you can go into the Start button, right mouse click on properties, launch the Start menu tab Then go into customize. See that "Printers" and "Run" commands? Check them and then they will pop up on...
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So you have a Vista workstation and you use Remote Web Workplace and you want to transfer files and folders between the remote computer and you and it's not working... The trick is that you have to run IE as Administrator which turns off protected...
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So we had this old old Lotus then Excel Macro that worked with Windows XP and Excel 2007 but once we went to Vista the macro didn't run fast enough to work like it should. It was a home grown macro and we needed it fixed for a certain need. So I pinged...
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Aaron Stebner's WebLog : Link to System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista that can help fix Vista OS update install errors: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/07/28/8786504.aspx That's a keeper of a post. If you have issues installing...
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