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Looks like individual updates in Windows 7 and 8 are now going to be combined into a single, monthly rollup. Only Pro and Enterprise versions will continue to have some control over them (but it begs the question "for how long?"). Must be part of the plan to get us all to bite the bullet and...

I have a scheduled task that is set to run a script under the Local System account. In the script, the following excerpt is having issues: Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") popup = wshshell.popup(VBCRLF & " Example text. This message will close in 30 seconds...", 30,"...

We have over 4000 workstations that need to have the native resolution set automatically (as opposed to remoting into each one). The native resolution will likely be one of three settings, but it will not be the same across the board. I had looked into Qres and similar command line utilities...

Background: In our environment, we typically add network printers locally on each PC choosing "Add a local printer" and creating a "Standard TCP/IP Port" in the add printer wizard. The reason is that every user logging onto the PC will have the same printers listed. If you add printers using...

Thanks in advance for taking a look at this one. I don't recall the exact error message I was getting, but Windows XP wouldn't boot on a customer's laptop. It would halt before the XP logo appeared. I tried a few things including an XP repair install, but it appeared the boot sector was...

Hi everyone! My company is in the process of evaluating Dell. We have been an HP shop for years with over 5000 desktops and laptops in the environment. The main issue now is cost, so if Dell has an attractive price tag on their products and services we may decide to switch. My experience...

In case you haven't yet heard, here it is: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123118 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811 The news was first posted last week, and apparently later today...

In case you haven't yet heard, here it is: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123118 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811 The news was first posted last week, and apparently later today...

Looks like I waited too long to reply to this old thread which has now been closed: thread602-1262244 It has been almost 2 years now, and even with the new K10 architecture found in AMD's Phenom CPUs, there is still a lot of ground to make up with AMD leaving a lot to be desired. I've also...

I'm in a bit of a pickle. I cloned a failing hard drive successfully over to a new drive, with only 3 or 4 read errors. The new drive booted like a champ all the way up to the user's desktop. I thought I was in the clear until I made a careless mistake. I decided to format the old drive so...

I've got a decent card now (Hauppauge PVR-250), but I'd like to upgrade it to something else so I record in HD. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to look around and I was hoping someone here might have a good recommendation. Thanks in advance! ~cdogg "Insanity: doing the same thing over...

It's been some time since I've dealt with the Sasser virus. In the past, I've been able to go to Start -> Run and quickly type "shutdown -a" to delay it. Then I'd type the "shutdown -i" command to set a longer expiring time (9999) for patching the PC and cleaning the infection. However...

OS: Windows XP I'm working on a co-worker's PC and can't get rid of this bad boy. I've done full scans in safe mode with Norton Antivirus 2005, Spybot 1.4, Ad-aware SE, and eTrust PestPatrol 5.0. All 4 apps are updated and found items that the others didn't. However, this backdoor trojan...

Has anyone come across a good way to remove this infection on an older Windows 98SE PC? Trying to help out a friend, and spyware scanners seem to ignore it. From what I've found, it can be one of two things: 1) Related to PCTel modems 2) Backdoor trojan that keeps respawning It seems to...

Windows XP SP2 1GB PC3200 DDR-SDRAM in Dual Channel Office 2003 Professional When opening a blank or existing document, an error appears within a few seconds stating that the program needs to close. The exception code is 0x0000005. Everything was fine two days ago. I believe the user removed...

There is an increasing number of posts on the subject of gaming. While a lot of us make time for it on the side, this website is not generally a good place to discuss such issues. Here we focus on installation problems, Windows error messages, and performance outside of the gaming realm...

OS: WinXP Connection: Cable broadband I have a situation where a customer is using Cisco VPN over a Linksys wireless router (I don't have the exact model number yet). It connects fine when going over an ethernet connection. However, the wireless side does not. What's strange is that it...

Just in case some of you haven't heard yet, you might want to go out to Windows Update and check for new critical security patches: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=8&u=/ap/20040211/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security...

Perhaps someone can help... I'm working on a customer's PC which used to have Windows 98 and Windows 2000 in a dual-boot configuration. Everything was fine until he decided to remove the Win98 partition, format it as NTFS, then install XP. As you can guess, the 2000 partition is no longer...

If the title of this thread relates to you, take a break and enjoy some sprightful humor here: thread717-757096 [jester] ~cdogg [tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind" [tab][tab]- Aristotle