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Where Is MSConfig Really At?

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Ran into a Windows XP machine that had permissions issues running msconfig from the run command sonI had to physically find it to say Run As Administrator…if I only knew where it was actually, physically located!!! C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/28425-45-msconfig-file-location And regedit.exe is physically located in C:\WINDOWS (needed to “Run As” Administrator to axe the bad disabled entries in MSConfig).

Windows 7 Repair Install

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Due to the slow start of Windows Vista/7, I never really needed to figure out how to repair those installations and just kept on repairing Windows XP installations by booting the XP CD and selecting the repair option. Now that people are really starting to use (and consequently screw up) Windows Vista/7, knowing how to do a repair is actually pretty important. Unfortunately, Microsoft changed the wording on everything. It’s now called an upgrade (even though it’s the exact same version of everything). It preserves settings, programs, files, etc and just repairs the operating system. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

Sony Vegas Pro 8.1, Windows 7 64-bit, and Error 0x80010105 (message missing)

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I was trying to figure out how best to render videos in Sony Vegas for YouTube. I used to just use DivX and hope for the best, but I’ve upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit and Sony Vegas Pro 8.1 (the only 64-bit compatible version of Vegas8) doesn’t recognize DivX. I found a partial solution referring to h.264 here: http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/874371 & http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/874375 But when I tried to render with the project template “YouTube (HD)”, the render would fail with this error message – “An error occoured while creating the media file xxxxx.yyy. Error 0x80010105 (message missing)”. The suggestions posted here: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/884273 said to try “compatibility mode: Vista no service packs” and “Run As Administrator” which didn’t solve the problem. So I dug into the project template and lo and behold – de-selecting two-pass on the video tab allowed the render to complete perfectly. Don’t know that it’s a final solution, but … Continue reading →

Disabling Open File Warnings

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1. Go into Internet Options, through Control Panel or Internet Explorer -> Tools. 2. Go to the Security tab and select “Trusted Sites”. 3. Click on “Sites” 4. Deselect the “Require server verification (http:) for all sites in this zone” checkbox 5 Add the network computer the executable is located on (i.e. \\server) and click OK 6. Click on “Custom Level” 7. Set the “Launching applications and unsafe files” option under Miscellaneous to “Enable”. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/thread/e3008c75-48b4-4a6c-bc14-5a20ce72cd7f

CD-ROM Not Recognized

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Deleting UpperFilter and Lower Filter registry entries usually does the trick. Or replacing the system32/drivers/ files with working drivers. Usually gets corrupted by viruses (they don’t want you installing anti-viruses via optical media I guess). http://sillydog.org/forum/sdt_9200.php

Internet Explorer Cannot Display The Webpage

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The antivirus virus will try to disable Windows communicating with the outside world by enabling the proxy service. There are two ways to disable it: Internet Explorer -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Connection -> LAN Connection or you can get to the same Internet Options from Control Panel. Yeesh. http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-45192-internet-explorer-cannot-display-the-webpage

MSConfig Entry Deletion

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Locations of the entries in MSConfig The enabled/checked items are populated from the following registry locations: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run -and- HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Windows Values named Run & Load The disabled entries are present in these locations: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Shared Tools \ MSConfig \ startupreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Shared Tools \ MSConfig \ startupfolder (source: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSCONFIG.htm)

Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.6.3 Won’t Display Background Colors On Windows XP Service Pack 3

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For normal websites like MSN.com. It wasn’t Tools -> Internet Options -> Colors; those were all set correctly. Installing Google Chrome appeared to work fine, but then certain websites weren’t behaving correctly (due to their poor programming), so another solution was needed. It turns out that the High Contrast option was checked under Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Display and that solved the whole problem. Weird way of dealing with contrast, Microsoft, but at least the forums of the web saved me. Yeesh. Helpful links: Windows XP: High Contrast: Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen Resolution Corrupt and missing images in IE, Firefox and throughout the OS Missing Web Page Colors – D-A-L Computer Help – solution is here, the post by cooper1111 Google Search Terms: firefox internet explorer missing colors related:www.windowsbbs.com/windows-xp/65674-corrupt-missing-images-ie-firefox-throughout-os.html firefox internet explorer missing colors