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Aero Glass on Windows Server 2003 R2?
Yep, it’s possible but it’s to be disputed whether it’s actually Aero Glass or not. I un-ISO’d a build of Vista and came up with the setup screen, on my Windows Server 2003 R2 server at home. On the...
View ArticleUpgrading the schema using R2 x64 CD on an existing x86 Windows Server 2003 SP1?
Problem: You have Windows Server 2003 SP1 as your primary domain controller. IT department has purchased Windows Server 2003 R2 and wants to setup as a member server. But when you pop in the 64bit R2...
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Bug in IE6, but fixed in IE7, And please use GIF over PNG in your Gadgets
Update news from Live.com Team, they found a new bug in IE6 when IE doing the Image Filtering. Details here, ———————————————————————————————— We have recently released a workaround for a bug in IE6...
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Messenger Service – issues signing in
Well, to be expected really. Try and put this into context… there have been special Windows Live Messenger servers running for the last few months to enable the new users to use some of the new...
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Folder Bug in XP-Wont allow port names
Just read something interesting on a message board , An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as a port on your computer (such as CON, LPT1 etc...
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Installing Windows Vista RC1 in VMWare Workstation
If you are trying to install Windows Vista RC1 in VMWare Workstation, you may see setup appear to hang on the text-mode screen that says “Windows is loading files…”. Actually what has happened is that...
View ArticleTroubleshooting event ID 12317, “File Server Resource Manager failed to...
A while ago Jabez Posted an article about FSRM: “Access is Denied†is logged in Event Viewer, Browsing Our Friends blog over at “The Filing Cabnit” It seems some light has been shed on the...
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Generic Host Process for Win32 Service – crashes and burns, but why?!?
Normally I don’t post “personal” entries on here, either to do with my personal life and/or personal problems I’m having with my computer(s) but this one’s being a right pain and I’m actually concerned...
View ArticleWGA service outage
Earlier this week a server on the backend of the WGA service experienced a bug that resulted in a temporary outage. As a result, some systems were incorrectly flagged as being non-genuine, and we want...
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Google becomes Windows Live Search
 OK so the title may be slightly misleading, but this is strange: 1) Go to Google.com 2) Type in search then hit I’m Feeling Lucky 3) Have a guess at what comes up. I find this rather strange because...
View ArticleConnect 2.2 Preview
Is finally here! Go to https://connectbeta.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=3Â and take a look around. You can do most of the things you can on the main Connect site, although you’ll find that...
View ArticleBug causes Microsoft to push Vista RTM to Nov. 8
Computer World reports that PC manufacturers which had expected to get their hands on the final version of Windows Vista today will have to wait a couple more weeks for the operating system,...
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Windows XP still seems to have advantages over Windows Vista
This has got me puzzled, flummoxed, baffled, confused, mystified and perplexed… if you would. See if you can try and explain this one because I certainly can’t.  Windows Vista RTM  I open up...
View ArticleJust in time for the holidays another Microsoft 0-Day
Microsoft has received and acknowledged that a new 0-Day exploit is public, and the proof-of-concept code announced for it is valid today on their Security Blog. The proof-of-concept code targets the...
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Server 2003 Critical Patch KB929969=Critical Problems!
Lets bring it on back to a Windows Server them, I was reading the Windows Server Public news-groups today and stumbled accross a post from a one bpacman regarding Microsofts latest Windows Server...
View ArticleRun Vista without activation many times… legally
Microsoft has built into Vista a function that allows anyone to extend the operating system’s activation deadline not just three times, but many times. The same one-line command that postpones Vista’s...
View ArticleWorkaround for KB 933245 – Lsm.exe Handle Leak
Consider the following scenario. If you have a computer that uses a high definition audio device, which is running Microsoft Windows Vista, and you are using Windows Media Player 11, handles and memory...
View ArticleWindows Live Mobile Messenger & The Mysterious Trial Period…
Yesterday (and possibly the day before) a lot of commotion was caused when people started getting “Trial Period” notices appearing when using Windows Live Mobile Messenger. The message read the...
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Call of Duty World At War errors (d3dx9_37.dll & Unhandled exception )
Edit*: The beta for CoD WAW has now cloed – however the following information still does apply to some users of the RTM game. I know this isn’t really related to Microsoft in any way but the public...
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TFS Build Failure Due to IIS Connection close
I stumbled across a quirky issue today which was causing scheduled TFSBuild jobs to fail with the following error: “Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was...
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