Background is white, Win XP

Control Panel, Accessibility options, Display, uncheck High Contrast.

ERROR: Unable to create Cab Installer Object (when updating Total Protection for Small Business

Step 1 - Obtain the values stored in szDownloadServer and szXMLDataServer to use in Step 2:

1. Click Start, Run, type: regedit and click OK.
2. Navigate to the following location:
   [HKLM\Software\McAfee\Managed Services\Agent]
3. Locate the keys szDownloadServer and szXMLDataServer.
   
   NOTE: The Domain name specified is being used for regional Network Centre (NOC).
   
   Example
   Key values for Germany would be:
   
   - szDownloadServer: http://vs.mcafeeasap.com/MC/DEU/VS40
   
   - szXMLDataServer: http://vs.mcafeeasap.com
   

Step 2 - Check the correct Network Centre Domain is also listed in the SecureObjectSites section

The aim in this step is to verify the following locations are both specified:

• http://vs.mcafeeasap.com
• https://vs.mcafeeasap.com (Secure Socket layer (SSL) reference)
  

1. Navigate to the following location:
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee\ManagedServices\SecureObjectSites]
   
   Example registry key:
   "http://mcafeeasap.com"=dword:00000000
   "https://mcafeeasap.com"=dword:00000000
   "https://mycio.com"=dword:00000000
   "http://mycio.com"=dword:00000000
   "https://nai.com"=dword:00000000
   "http://nai.com"=dword:00000000
   "https://mcafee.com"=dword:00000000
   "http://mcafee.com"=dword:00000000
   "file://dontcare"=dword:00000000
   "myui://dontcare"=dword:00000000
   "myrm://dontcare"=dword:00000000
   
   NOTE: In this example both keys values are populated but with this issue the keys will be missing.
   
   
2. While in the SecureObjectSites section, in the right pane right-click and select New then DWORD Value.
   
3. For the DWORD, enter the http Domain name extracted from the SzDownloadServer entry in Step 1.
   Example: http://mcafeeasap.com
   NOTE: Ensure to remove the vs from the Domain name obtained in Step 1 (http://vs.mcafeeasap.com)
   
   
4. Remaining in the SecureObjectSites section, in the right pane again, right-click and select New then DWORD Value.
   
5. For the DWORD, enter the https Domain name extracted from the SzDownloadServer entry in Step 1.
   Example: https://mcafeeasap.com
   NOTE: Ensure to remove the vs from the Domain name obtained in Step 1 (https://vs.mcafeeasap.com)

Unable to open Wab Outlook Express

If there is no path shown in the Address Book under Help | About Address Book, that means OE is sharing the Contacts folder in Outlook, and so no *.wab file is being used. Sharing allows OE to display only the Contacts folder in the default *.pst in Outlook's default Profile. You can't access other Outlook folders, just the Contacts folder, and there is no support for using Shared Contacts amongst multiple OE Identities. To turn off sharing and revert to using a *.wab, click Tools | Options (which appears only in OE5/5.5 and only if Outlook98/2000 is installed and configured in Internet Mail Only mode). However, starting with OE6 and Outlook 2002 (Outlook XP) and Outlook 2003, sharing is no longer officially supported. If you install as an upgrade and sharing is already enabled, it will remain enabled after the upgrade (or at least, it should). Therefore the Tools | Options has been removed from OE6. In that case, you can still manually enable (or disable) sharing by editing this registry key after closing Outlook Express:

| HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|----Software
|-------Microsoft
|----------WAB
|--------------WAB4

Create a new DWORD value named UseOutlook, or modify that value if it already exists. To enable sharing, so that OE no longer uses a *.wab, set UseOutlook to 1. To disable sharing, set its value to 0. The change will be reflected the next time you open OE.

Howto configure Internet Access in SBS2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825763

Connect Remote WS to a Domain

1. Login as administrator on the workstation and create a VPN-connection to the SBS-server. Make sure you enable this connection for ‘All users’. After the setup has finished, go to the Properties of this connection and check the ‘include Windows login domain’ in the tab Options.
2. Connect to the SBS-server with that VPN-connection using the administrator’s credentials.
3. Right click My Computer, Properties, Network Identification.
4. Enable ‘Domain’ and fill in the name of the SBS-domain (on XP you might need to add the .local suffix, so company.local).
5. Fill in the login name and password of an account that is allowed to join a workstation to the domain.
6. After a while you will get the ‘Welcome to domain’ message and the remark that you will have to reboot the workstation. Make sure you don’t reboot yet!
7. OK out of the Network Identification and don’t reboot before you have added the domain user to the local Administrators Group of the workstation.
8. Go to Control Panel, Users and Groups, and click Add.
9. Fill in the name of the user and the domain name or use Browse and make sure you choose the SBS-domain from the drop down box, than select the domain user.
10. Make sure that the added user is given the ‘Administrator’ right on the workstation.
11. OK out of it and reboot.
12. After reboot, fill in the name of the domain user, password and make sure the SBS-domain is selected in the domain field. Check the ‘use dialup connection’-box.
13. After OK, choose the VPN-connection to connect to the SBS. When authorized into the SBS-domain, the login script will run.
14. After the login script has finished and if you have Premium, you will see the ‘Install Firewall Client’-icon on the desktop. Double-click it and let it install.
15. The login script will also have added the ‘Remote E-mail access’ and ‘Remote Server Access’. It will have set the homepage in the IE-settings to the Companyweb.
16. You can modify these favorites to make them available for the remote user. In Documents and Settings\Favorites right click the link and choose Properties. Modify the link to ‘http://servername/exchange’ to the proper link needed for accessing OWA from the internet. Example: https://FQDN/exchange or https://IP/exchange and https://FQDN/remote or https://IP/remote.
17. If Premium, go to the LAN-settings of IE and uncheck the ‘use proxy’. Disable the Firewall client by right clicking the Firewall Client icon in the system tray (as the Firewall client will prevent the user to access the Internet when not connected to the SBS).
18. Disconnect the VPN-connection and reboot as the domain user without dialing up to the SBS-domain. Check all links and check the default Internet access. Check the vpn-connection.

AMD & Service Pack 3 Issue/Fix

Boot up in Safe Mode. Sign in as Administrator.

Enter the Registry & find the following route:
HKey Local Machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\intelppm

Locate "Start" and identify the value. If AMD computer, change the value to 4

Value for AMD: 4
Value for Intel: 1

On an Intel-based system it will say 0x1. Do NOT set it to 0x4 on an Intel based system!!!



Extras
If you have an AMD based system and the Start value is set to anything other than 0x4, run this command:

reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\intelppm /t REG_DWORD /v Start /d 0x4 /f

CAUTION: don't set the Start value to 0x4 on an Intel-based computer! It may not boot properly if you do.

Win Media Player ripping issues

1. click the small arrow under sync, then select more options, then highlight audio Cd, click properties, then tick the "use error correction box

2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftMediaPlayerSettingsMp3Encoding
Delete LowRateSample value,
Restart computer

Norton 08Product key doesn't fit empty boxes

Click on Help and Support, then activation. Enter product key.
Note: In case Help and support shows blank screen, then first remove and reinstall Framework. net.

One or more rules could not be uploaded to Exchange server and have been deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not supported o

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886616


http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;2520&sid=216

Outlook 2003 on Exchange Server 2003: You have exceeded the size limit on your mailbox

When you perform a Send/Receive operation in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, you may receive the following error message in the Mailbox Cleanup wizard:

You have exceeded the size limit on your mailbox. You can find types of items to delete or more, empty the deleted items folder, or your can have Outlook transfer items to an archive file.

CAUSE
This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:

•	You are using Outlook 2003 in Cached Exchange Mode.
•	Your mailbox contains corrupted items.
•	The mailbox is synchronized with the Offline Folder (.ost) file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps.

Note These steps must be performed by a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 administrator.

1.	Create a new user account. Then, create a test mailbox for this account.
2.	Test the test mailbox to make sure that the symptom that is described in the "Symptoms" section does not occur.
3.	Use the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge tool (Exmerge.exe) to copy the mailbox that was used to perform the Send/Receive operation to a Personal Folders (.pst) file. Note In the Exmerge log, non-fatal errors may appear. These errors indicate that the corrupted items were discovered and were either fixed or deleted by Exmerge.exe.
4.	Use Exmerge.exe to merge the data from the .pst file into the test mailbox. Note You have to rename the .pst file to the name that you used for the test mailbox.
5.	Test the test mailbox again to make sure that the issue that is described in the "Symptoms" section does not occur.
6.	Make sure that mailbox retention is enabled on the mailbox stores that contain the following mailboxes: • The test mailbox • The mailbox that was used to perform the Send/Receive operation
7.	Start Exchange System Manager, and then delete the following mailboxes: • The test mailbox • The mailbox that was used to perform the Send/Receive operation
8.	Run the Mailbox Cleanup Agent so that a red X appears next to both mailboxes.
9.	Reassociate the test mailbox with the affected user account.
10.	Make sure that the test mailbox that you reassociated with the user account in step 9 has the correct information for the alias, for SMTP addresses, and for other parameters.

Framedyn.dll error, wbem path error

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319114

Task manager gone

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ System\DisableTaskMgr]

If it is set to 1, set it to 0.

Rene problem, Outlook Express

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to receive an e-mail message in Outlook Express, the following error message may appear:

An unknown error has occurred. Account: account name, Server: server name, Protocol: POP3, Port:110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x80004005

When you try to receive an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, the following error message may appear:

0x80042110
Your POP3 server is providing inconsistent information. The number of messages returned by the STAT command does not match the number of items returned by the UIDL or LIST commands. Contact your POP3 or Internet service provider.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur because of a corrupted .mbx file, typically the Inbox.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, rename the affected .mbx file, and then restart Outlook Express or Outlook 2003:

1.	Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
2.	In the Named box, type Inbox.mbx or Inbox.dbx.
3.	In the Look in box, click your primary hard disk (usually drive C), and then click Find Now.
4.	Right-click the Inbox.mbx file that appears or the Inbox.dbx file that appears, and then click Rename.
5.	Type Inbox.old, and then click OK.
6.	Restart Outlook Express or Outlook 2003.

Printer spooler crash everyttime

Click Start >Run >cmd {enter}

net stop spooler {enter}

Turn off any printers that the PC is connected to either directly or over the network.
Open windows Explorer and navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS
Delete all the files there (usually they will have an .SHD and .SPL extension)
Power up the Printer(s)

Click Start >Run >cmd {enter}

net start spooler {enter}

A program needs your permision to continue, Win Vista

To disable:
Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box. You'll see the link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off". Click it. Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. Then, to remove the red x warning: In Control Panel, go to the Security Center. On the left hand side, click the "Change the way Security Center alerts me" and choose "Don't notify me and don't display the icon (not recommended)

Zune Display problems

Blank Zune Window/Garbled Colors

Exit the Zune software

1) Start->Run->regedit
2) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune\GeneralS ettings
3) Right click and click New->DWORD Value. Name it ReevaluateVideoSettings
4) Right click again and create a new DWORD Value. Name it UseGDI.
5) Press enter, then right click it again and click Modify
6) Change the Value Data to 1. It should be hexadecimal by default.