Is it possible to dual boot between Ubuntu and W7.vhd? If anyone knows please tell me how.
if you can answer to [email protected] would be perfect. Thanks
Hey guys,
Wondering if anyone has any ideas on what's causing my pc to lockup at the splash screen on bootup for 1-3minutes. This ONLY happens on the first power up, subsequent reboots run fine.
Running on a Falcon II SSD
I did the customary move of files to another drive when i first formatted the ssd. The slow first boot only started happening recently.
Thanks in advance!
In Windows 8, when I go into Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization\Window Color and Appearance the amount of control over window colors is greatly reduced as compared to Windows 7. The color controls do not allow you to make Window borders display in black.
Is there some other way to set the window border color in Windows 8?
Edit 1: Clearly the standard way does not work in Windows 8. The question is, is there another way? Perhaps through the registry for example?
Edit 2: I tried copying the values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM from my Win7 system to the Win8 system without success (killing the 2 DWM processes after each change - they are automatically restarted and do use the new values).
I've got a daemon process that I run on my machine every hour, and even though I've checked the Hidden box, it doesn't work.
Every hour, the task runs, but it shows the black command window, in which my .NET Console app is running. This stays visible until the task completes, and then disappears. This is very annoying, because it pops up and interrupts whatever I'm doing:
I really do want it hidden, so how can I fix this?
One commandline tool per answer :)
WalkOnLAN
This small command line utility makes
possible to switch on a computer from
a second one by sending a "Magic
Packet". Both of computers can be
located on the same LAN or on the
different LAN segments.
Anything else?
I copied a dll to the system32 directory. I want to register it, which requires me to be Administrator. If I right click on cmd.exe and run as Administrator and list the directory, the dll isn't shown. However, if I start cmd.exe normally, I can see the file, but can't register it.
I have created a new domain controller with my single domain forest. I have also made it DHCP and DNS ready - all 3 services have synchronised with the existing W2K8 domain controller.
I even migrated the FSMO roles and thought everything was fine. Indeed all machines on network appear to obtain DHCP and DNS from new server and the AD is working on the new server as my internal website uses it for login authentication.
I have just noticed, via BgInfo - Sys Internals - that the new server is showing as "backup" and the old as "primary" - I thought I had already achieved this. Have the FSMO roles swapped back - as I have yet to have removed the old server from AD (dcpromo).
Do I need to do anything before I run dcpromo on the old server?
Any thoughts appreciated....
Hi,
Not coming from the windows world, I'm confused about licensing.
I think my knowledge may be out of date. Before we gave up with windows web servers (IIS 2),
we used to have to pay Client Access licence's. This worked out quite expensive.
Is it cheaper to host 1000's of users on Windows than use Free open source software tools?
http://serverfault.com/questions/124329/network-load-balancing-efficience-and-limits.
This post suggests I can pay $15 a month, for unlimited users.
I certainly hope that this is unbiased view, I am a professional and use the right technology
for the right job. I hope i am not feeling the wrath of a windows (or linux for that matter) fanboy.
Perhaps a Microsoft certified Licensing person can clear this up.
Should i be recommending to startups windows servers and products over lamp?
Cheers!
I've got an issue where the same msi installed on a server 2008R2 box A instantiates correctly a COM dll, and not on the (seemingly) same box B.
The installed application is a web application, hosted on IIS.
Here's my question: Is there any tool around that is able to compare two boxes installations? (i need comparisons for registry content, IIS settings, user accounts, policy, you name it...)
Thanks
After installing Service Pack 3 I am getting this error "Generic Host Process For Win32 Services Encountered A Problem and needs to close.
When this message pops my computer just stuck and I can not even restart it normally.
The only fix of this problem is to un-install service pack 3 and run fix from Microsoft which is available for Service Pack 2.
Any help to fix this.
Thanks.
After installing Service Pack 3 I am getting this error "Generic Host Process For Win32 Services Encountered A Problem and needs to close.
When this message pops my computer just stuck and I can not even restart it normally.
The only fix of this problem is to un-install service pack 3 and run fix from Microsoft which is available for Service Pack 2.
Any help to fix this.
Thanks.
I have a 3G modem-like device (eMobile's D01NX, PC card style, for any Japan nerds out there) that I use to connect my PC to the Internet.
I'd like to bridge this connection with another computer either via an ad-hoc wireless network, or a simple cross-over cable (either are options).
However, when I open "Network Connections", I do not see the PPP connection (otherwise I could click both and bridge). I believe this is because there is software (provided by the vendor) that is handling the card directly and registering a PPP connection dynamically.
When connected, an ipconfig at the command line yields:
Ethernet adapter wireless:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.5.169
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter lan:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
PPP adapter {B59EEDDE-A22B-48DF-93E5-04842B641257}:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 114.xx.xxx.xx
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 114.xx.xxx.xx
(I've commented out my IP address for privacy reasons, but what does appear there is a functional Internet IP address.)
When I disconnect the adapter with the vendor software, the PPP connection disappears completely from the ipconfig list.
Any ideas on how to do this?
After running Win 7 for some unknown period of time, the taskbar icon highlight starts to stick (video demo here: http://screencast.com/t/l5LhJ2uM). If I restart or kill explorer.exe and relaunch, it goes away.
Any idea what might be causing this?
<QueryList>
<Query Id="0" Path="Application">
<Select Path="Application">
*[EventData[Data and (Data="Error")]]
</Select>
</Query>
</QueryList>
I believe the above XML custom filter would work if I wanted to check for Events where "Data" equals the word "Error". However, what I want to express is that I want the Events where Data CONTAINS the word "Error" . . . how do I express that?
I've Goggled around, but I can find no references to Regular Expression like pattern matching in the Event Viewer. XPath has "contains", but if Event Viewer will support it, I cannot seem to figure out the syntax for invoking it.
I have the admin tools install on a Win 7 64 bit machine but would like to see the Exchange tabs in ADUC. Googling shows this is a popular request and the most common solution (and the only one which appears to work to all) is to install Exchange Server Management for Vista using esmvista.msi /q. That may well have worked on beta versions of Win 7 but is definitely not working with my OEM copy of Win 7.
Can this perhaps be made to work by installing from an Exchange 2007 CD (which I don't have at this time), bearing in mind that we have Exchange 2003 only? Can someone please offer a solution that works? I figure some of you must have solved this by now.
Edit: I don't know if this is relevant or not but the Win 7 machine is also running Office 2010 Pro.
About the bounty
I had intended to award the bounty to gWaldo for having taken the extra steps to try to help me with this issue. However, as I was about to do so my screen started scrolling and I actually clicked on the answer posted by natxo asenjo, who's answer offended me, without realising it. Perhaps if I wasn't rushing I might have noticed but that's now history.
I have a per-user disk quota on our server. Each user has their own folder to store data and whatnot. However, there is also a public folder which each user has access to. I was wondering if it was possible to exclude files in this folder from counting against a user's quota.
Hi,
we used the following scenario sucessfully over a long period of time:
Remotely log onto a Win XP server, which is used by one user most/all of time
Schedule a task using the "task planner"
Task was run at "almost" each scheduled point of time (seldom it did not start, presumably when someone else was logged in).
For some time now, we share the server with several users. Even though I checked an option for running independently of the logged in user, this option does not seem to work. Now, the task is seldom executed, not seldom not executed.
Now, the question is: is there some other option I can't see which disables the execution OR, even better, is there some other tool which we can use for task scheduling on Win XP servers with several different users?
Just did a clean install of Win7 x64. I have a Microsoft Ergo Keyboard 4000 and use the calculator key a lot. Previously I could hit it and get multiple copies of calculator to popup. Now it will only show one copy of calculator. I tried adding a shortcut to the calculator app but it has the same limitation. However if I click the calculator icon it will open a new one each time.
How can I fix this so each time I press the calculator key it will open a new copy?
We just set up a new R2 server and created a bunch of local user accounts on it that are part of the administrator's group.
We then set permissions on some shares and folders to allow FULL CONTROL to anyone from the administrator's group.
However, the users cannot write to these folders when logged on. On some folders on the C:\ they are prompted for consent in order to gain permission to read them.
Any ideas? Are there any tools that would help me troubleshoot this?
Thanks in advance for any tips.
Do I really need to split the single file into multiple files first? Shouldn't there be a one-step utility that lets you burn a CD and define track points at the same time?
I have a user I am supporting who has the strangest issue. There are 2 problem applications, Word 2010 and a scanning program called ScandallPro. Intermittently (and at least once a day), she will close an app and the underlying process will not close. Both Word 2010 and this scanning software have all the latest updates.
There is another user who has the same software that does not have this problem, and has identical hardware. I have formatted and rebuilt the computer for the user who is having the problems. After the rebuild, the machine was fine for a day but the scanning software continues to intermittently keep the process running even after it is closed. This is a problem because she cannot open a new instance of it while the process is still running.
There is a boatload of line of business software on this machine, all of which she needs. I believe the Word 2010 issue is due to a misbehaving add-in (there are 2 add-ins, neither of which seem stable), and I think my best bet is to work with the add-in vendor on it. The scanning program staying open is isolated to this 1 user. The only difference between her machine and the other user is that she has Quickbooks, RoboForm, and Adobe Acrobat X Pro.
Any ideas of what can be causing this, or other diagnostic steps to try?
I am running Win 7 Build 7100. Since I restored this system I am facing peculiar issues - all effectively rendering this system unusable.
The biggest peeve is:
Any file downloaded from IE is never saved to disk. IE shows the entire download progress bar and at the end of download, no file is saved anywhere on the disk!
Can anyone help with this issue? I am trying to help someone and could use some expertise.
Error Message #1:
Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
With CD icon
"The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available.
Insert the 'Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003' disk and click OK.
Use source: Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003"
1st got this message after CD was inserted to recover partial file STDP11N. Recovered STDP11N, however, still receiving pop up window with error message each time outlook opens. Had accidentally cleaned up old programs and suddenly this was missing. Reinstalled Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 using install CD. Outlook worked buit keep getting error message pop up each time I open Outlook.
Hit ok.
Error Message #2:
The path 'Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003' cannot be found. Verify that you have access to this location and try again, or try to find the installation package 'STDP11N.MSI' in a folder from which you can install the product Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003."
Hit ok.
Back to error message #1
Hit close window
Error message #3:
Error 1706. Setup cannot find the required files. Check your connection to the network, or CD-ROM drive. For other potential solutions to this problem, see C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ OFFICE11\1033\SETUP.CHM
Error message #4
I'd created a file under D: drive on an external drive. "The path specified for the file D:...etc.. .pst is not valid.
Hit ok.
Brings up window to look in My Documents.