CBT Nuggets First Look: Windows 8 and Server 2012

CBT Nuggets have made their complete "First Look" series for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 available for free on YouTube. The Windows 8 series contains 13 videos, and the Windows Server 2012 series contains 15, for a combined length of almost 6 hours.

The series is presented by one of my all-time favorite trainers, Microsoft MVP and PowerShell expert, Don Jones. Don is an excellent presenter, and the content is first rate, so I believe you're going to love this training. Enjoy.

Windows 2003 Hyper V crashed The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0x00340030, 0x000000ff, 0x00000001, 0xf4394d40

Greetings,

Recently I did notice that our Hyper V guests are crashing with 0x000000d1 (0x00340030, 0x000000ff, 0x00000001, 0xf4394d40. Given below is the abstract from the memory dump:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If kernel debugger is available get stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00340030, memory referenced
Arg2: 000000ff, IRQL
Arg3: 00000001, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: f4394d40, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
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WRITE_ADDRESS: 00340030

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

FAULTING_IP:
+32b2faf00d2dfc4
f4394d40 ff ???

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xD1

PROCESS_NAME: ccSvcHst.exe

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from f4394d40 to 80826563

STACK_TEXT:
f4394c10 f4394d40 badb0d00 833e5738 00000000 nt!KiTrap0E+0x2a1
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
f4394ca8 8081faae 00000000 f4394d14 00000000 0xf4394d40
f4394cec 809103ce 833e9e08 00000006 f4394a01 nt!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x2e0
f4394d50 808233bb 000000e8 00000000 f4394d14 nt!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x9a
f4394d50 7c82845c 000000e8 00000000 f4394d14 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xf8
00d4fd18 7c827b79 77e61d1e 000000e8 00000000 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
00d4fd1c 77e61d1e 000000e8 00000000 00d4fd60 ntdll!ZwWaitForSingleObject+0xc
00d4fd8c 77e61c8d 000000e8 00000064 00000000 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0xac
00d4fda0 004094ac 000000e8 00000064 00675850 kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x12
00d4fea4 00409b4b 00000064 00000032 00d4fec8 ccSvcHst+0x94ac
00d4ff50 6b1b6266 00675850 00675978 6b1d4d64 ccSvcHst+0x9b4b
00d4ff6c 6b1b629e 00000000 00675a10 6b1b62cc ccL60U!Ordinal1970+0x81
00d4ffb8 77e6482f 00675978 00000000 00000000 ccL60U!Ordinal1970+0xb9
00d4ffec 00000000 7c36b312 00675978 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadStart+0x34

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!KiTrap0E+2a1
80826563 833d80a28a8000 cmp dword ptr [nt!KiFreezeFlag (808aa280)],0

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KiTrap0E+2a1

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntoskrnl.exe

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4fa2e39d

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_nt!KiTrap0E+2a1

BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_nt!KiTrap0E+2a1

Followup: MachineOwner

Any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Senthil Kumar Aravindakshan

Reply:

Quite honestly, I would not expect this error within a VM.

If these VMs have Dynamic Memory enabled, turn it off.

Also, what is the application you are running in the VMs. This is frequently an issue caused by an application.

And, have you tested your physical RAM??

Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Disclaimer: Attempting change is of your own free will.

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how can a SharePoint administrator can be transformed into clould computing world

Hi Friends,

For a 3 yr experience guy in SharePoint administration,

what are the career opportunities in cloud computing.

Purpose of asking this is pretty simple, how can i earn more..

Let me know if this is not the correct forum.

Rgds, Minesh

how can a asp .net developer can be transformed into clould computing world

Hi Friends,

For a 3 yr experience guy in asp .net development,

what are the career opportunities in cloud computing.

Purpose of asking this is pretty simple, how can i earn more..

Let me know if this is not the correct forum.

Rgds, Minesh

Comparision between SSRS and BO .. Advantages of SSRS

I am looking for comparision between SSRS and Business Objects.. Any information or links would be of great help

Changed type Mike Yin Friday, September 14, 2012 6:35 AM open discussion

Reply:

Hi,

I have worked on both Reporting Tools and frankly each has pros and cons. I may be able to compare BO WebI with SSRS where SSRS has advantage that,

1) Almost everything possible in WebI can be accomplieshed in SSRS. Way of doing it may be different.

2) SSRS is Free if yout have SQL Server. Very Very cost effective solution.

3) Very good Support from Microsoft to this product.

4) SQL 2005 Onwards, there is contineous enhancement of this reporting platform and as MS has realised importance of BI over it , it will be contineous enhancing.

5) Integration with almost all sort of custom applications, Sharepoint and Other tools.

6) Ready availability if resources or developers.

Hope this helps :)

Cheers, Ashish

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Reply:

Thanks Ashish for the info, Can you please provide differences on Techical aspects /Features,Any Major features which gives ssrs advantage

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Calendar Views Don't Print Properly in SP2010

I'm having touble printing calendar views in Sharepoint 2010. If I create a new Calendar and add an All Day Event to any Monday called My Vacation, then do a print Preview, the My Vacation event looks like it goes from Monday Afternoon through Tuseday Morning. (And Yes, this did actually happen, I got docked 2 vacation days bu HR!).

Edited by Russell_G Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:30 PM

Reply:

Hi,

Russell_G,

Have you look following Article:-

2010 Calendars won't print in IE7

Hope it will help you,

Thanks,

Machindra Salunkhe

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Reply:

Hi, No I hadn't seen that , thanks.

That blogpost talks about items not printing in ie7 (the events dont print at all). My Issue is in ie8. The events dont line up with the day names when printed.

Anyone know of a fix?

Is anyoune able to print calendars and have the events line up properly?

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Reply:

Below is an example of what I My print looks like for a one hour event on Monday the 6th. I did the same thing on an SP2013 install and it does the same thing there!

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Reply:

Hi Russell_G

Have you turn on printing background colors and images option in your Internet Explorer settings ("Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Printing -> Print background colors and images").

Also Refer foolowing link:-

Print functionality for Calendar events

Printing SharePoint Calendars & Lists

Print-Friendly SharePoint Calendar / List Views & User Profiles Web Parts

Thanks,

Machindra Salunkhe

Edited by Machindra Salunkhe Friday, August 31, 2012 6:27 PM

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Reply:

Thanks Machinfra,

I just tried Internet Options -> Advanced -> Printing -> Print background colors and images. It didn't help. I appreciate the links, but a quick scan seems to show they don't address the issue or are are products for sale(I'd rather not spend money).

I do appreciate your help.

Russell

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Reply:

I noticed in Defaultemplate.ascx that the CalendarViewmonthChrome rendining template has a style set as

width:<%# SPHttpUtility.HtmlEncode(DataBinder.Eval(Container,"ChromeWidth","")

So I went to my calendar page and set the webpart to display as a fixed width of 900 px.

The calendar now prints properly (even in the 2013 preview!)

Hope this helps someone else.

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Robocopy copies files where there were no changes

I've set up Robocopy for backups to a USB drive stuck I my wireless router. The syntax used, in a .bat file, is:

SET CopyFrom="C:\Users\Gene\My Documents"
SET CopyTo="B:\My Notebook Backup"
SET MyLog="C:\Robocopy Backup\RobocopyBackup.log"

robocopy %CopyFrom% %CopyTo% /MIR /ZB /R:2 /W:4 /Tee /Log:%MyLog%

Task Scheduler runs the bat file every night.

There are 2 problems, perhaps related. First, every night the whole backup runs and takes about 2.5 hrs., rather than backing up just the files that were added or changed that day, which would take a lot less time.

Second, the log file shows error 5 right at the end. The log states error 5, changing file attributes. B:\My Notebook Backup, access is denied. B is the drive letter for my wireless router. My Notebook Backup is the folder on the USB stick stuck in the router where backups are directed to by the syntax above.

How do I get Robocopy to backup only files changed or added each day instead of re-copying all files and folders each day?
The computer runs Windows 7 64 bit. The USB stick was reformated as NTFS.

Reply:

Hi,

Based my knowledge and research, we may not be able to achieve your requirement via Robocopy commands. It can excludes changed files not includes.

Please refer to this.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(v=ws.10).aspx

For access denied issue, please ensure the right NTFS permission of "B:\My Notebook Backup".

Kim Zhou

TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

"Kim Zhou" wrote in message news:dadff231-b691-4149-a4e8-dafd04df5bd0...

Hi,

Based my knowledge and research, we may not be able to achieve your requirement via Robocopy commands. It can excludes changed files not includes.

Please refer to this.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(v=ws.10).aspx

For access denied issue, please ensure the right NTFS permission of "B:\My Notebook Backup".

Kim Zhou

TechNet Community Support

?? - That's an OWA document, Kim?

is there a public version?

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

"Kim Zhou" wrote in message news:dadff231-b691-4149-a4e8-dafd04df5bd0...

Hi,

Based my knowledge and research, we may not be able to achieve your requirement via Robocopy commands. It can excludes changed files not includes.

Please refer to this.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(v=ws.10).aspx

For access denied issue, please ensure the right NTFS permission of "B:\My Notebook Backup".

Kim Zhou

TechNet Community Support

Ah - never mind - here's the corrected link :)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(v=ws.10).aspx

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

Thank you for the responses. The problem is the permissions for the B drive, which is my wireless router. The USB stick, when attached directly to the PC shows Full Control. But in the router Special Permissions is checked and greyed. Checking Full Control to Everyone, or any of the other 2 choices, gives an Access Is Denied message. I cannot figure out how to overcome that issue. If I could, file attributes could be set and read, and the problem solved. Do you know how to gain Full Control of a stubborn wireless drive?

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Reply:

"G O" wrote in message news:915ab694-28f5-423a-8dc6-5c608ecf1287...

Try connecting it locally, and making Everyone the Owner, and assigning Full permissions to Everyone, then set the inherit permissions option..

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

I do not know what you mean by "connecting it locally." Please explain.

Thank you.

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Reply:

"G O" wrote in message news:e79c7234-cc3a-4b33-b4b9-6ec121face05...

I do not know what you mean by "connecting it locally." Please explain.

Thank you.

Use a USB port on the computer - I'm assuming that the drive is connected via a USB port to the router?

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

The computer is a notebook computer. It would loose it's portability if I hard wired it to the router. The router is currently hard wired to a desk top PC.

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Reply:

Once you have the permissions adjusted, you can move it back to it's normal position for testing.

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

I don't know if you've found the solution, but this might help.

I also have the same problem when robocopy keeps copying unchanged files. I've tried many other suggestion regarding changing permission, LAN authentication, etc, but none of them had worked for me.

My fix is to simply use the /FFT option - assume FAT File Times (2-second granularity).

- Hoang

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Outlook 2010 Calendar Print - PLEASE give us a "Calendar Printing Assistant" that is fully compatible with 2010.

I really need a calendar printing assistant that will combine the overlayed calendars into one for printing. I can't imagine why it's just not a simple option to have within outlook. But if you could please give us an updated vesrsion of "Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007", that would be acceptable. I can use the assistant for 2010. But it's sloppy and cumbersome until I work through some formating. And please don't refer me to a third party... I'm already using a third party for functions I need. A fourth party would make the third party obsolete and put me back to square one. Please just intergrate something with outlook. Otherwise, I love the program.

Thank you for any help you can give,

Ben

Changed type Jennifer Zhan Monday, April 4, 2011 9:41 AM

Reply:

I second the plea for overlaid calendar printing, PLEASE make it available for 64 bit versions too.

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Reply:

I also send a plea for a 64 bit Calendar Assistant - or just make it possible to customize the Weekly Agenda Printout in Outlook 2010 (64 bit)!!

Catharine McFarlane

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TROUBLESHOOTING: FIM Installation: Converting representation of references:

TROUBLESHOOTING: FIM Installation: Converting representation of references: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12424.troubleshooting-fim-installation-converting-representation-of-references.aspx

Tim Macaulay Security Identity Support Team Support Escalation Engineer

Edited by Tim MacaulayMicrosoft employee Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:56 AM

Reply:

Tim, I appreciate the articles you post in the wiki for our reference. I've made use of a handful of them myself.

Is there anything you can extend this article with in regard to the installation failing even when it is allowed to run as long as it likes?

Thanks!

Chris

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Reply:

Hi Tim,

I have started the Synch engine upgrade on our Dev server and am at 20 Hours of install time at this screen.

Our dev server has a lot of data in it so I wil let it run over the weekend and see if it finishes.

We had to resort to plan on upgrading from FIM 2010 Ver: 3617 to R2 to see if tis fixes our extensible MA and

Lotus Notes MA headaches. So far, no word from our Microsoft support tech on fixing the 3617 issues.

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Reply:

Hello

We have seen the Synchronization Service upgrade from FIM 2010 to R2 take as long as 5 days. As long as it keeps running, please let it run. If for some reason it crashes, then please get a windows installer verbose log and open a support case.
ECMA issue. I am not certain what issue you are actually experiencing there, but here are a few bullets to think about:
(a) Ensure that the Microsoft.MetaDirectoryServicesEx.DLL is the correct build. If not, you may need to extract it from the MSP and update it
(b) You may try re-registering the file into the GAC using GacUtil.Exe
(c) You may try recompiling the ECMA
(d) You also will want to check the binding re-direct is correct in the miiserver.exe.config file
Lotus Notes MA Headaches: Yes, we in support have had those migraines as well. LOL! In a huge effort, a new Lotus Notes Connector is coming out. Please keep an eye out for KB 2741896 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741896 ). It is not public as of yet, and is going through some revision. Once this is public it will direct you to the new Lotus Notes Connector.

I really hope this information helps you out.

Tim

Tim Macaulay Security Identity Support Team Support Escalation Engineer

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Reply:

Tim, this is actually good news.

I saw a PerfLib error at hour 30 and thought it was locked up but when I ran the SQL Activity monitor, it showed the synch service still processing selects and "suspended" writes, so it is still running.

The only issue I have with this is that doing this in production will probably not be practical. I can do a new install, turn off provisioning and run my initialization FIFSs in 3 days. My dev server is a small horsepower box though, so my monster synch servers may do this in less time.

Thanks for the new post though! I can at least sleep tonight.

Mike W.

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Reply:

Mike,

Yes, the stronger boxes should resemble faster upgrade times. The 5 day upgrade that we saw was in a DEV environment. In the production environment with much stronger hardware, it took 14 hours.

The key thing to remember, is to have a good amount of RAM on the SQL Server. I would recommend at-least 16GB, if not more. Ensure that there is adequate disk space. My personal rule of thumb is to have my free space be double the size of my MDF and/or LDF files.

Tim Macaulay Security Identity Support Team Support Escalation Engineer

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Reply:

After 18 days, it finally finished but I could not get it to take the backed up Encryption Key. Did a new install and amd re-initializing.

I'll probably do this in production too.

Thanks again!

Mike

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Publishing site content pages deployment best practices

Hi all,

What is the best practice to deploy/create site content pages in publishing site - Making wsp package or directly using UI (Create new page.There is a way we can create and deploy pages( /Pages directory) using wsp (element.xml ) (Visual Studio code) .Is there any worth to use visual studio code for content pages creation (deployment)

Please share your experience,what method you are following for content page deployment on different environment (dev ,testing ,production)

Thanks

Reply:

Hi,

Refer below link for best practices for site content page deployment

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850698.aspx

Mukesh Ajmera| LinkedIn | http://mukeshajmera.wordpress.com/|

If this post answers your question, please click "Mark As Answer" on the post and "Mark as Helpful"

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Reply:

Hi,

It depends on your needs.

Yes there is a best practice but what do you need then think about what to use.

The reason is limitations in the UI, so we go for VS.

If you for example want to create list or specific columns or create SharePoint group once your feature is activated which create content types, then definitely this is visual studio.

If normal and nothing especial then why consume the time in development when it can be done in minutes from the UI.

So the idea is know what do you need first.

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Reply:

Hi Mai Omar,

I am only looking for content pages ( publishing pages under /Pages) deployment/creation best way and wanted to know ,what method people are following.

Thanks

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Reply:

If you have nothing especial just follow the UI.

If you need while list is created to create SharePoint group or run a specific WF ... etc then develop in VS.

Again what you are saying, can be done from UI, so why consume the time in VS, when it can be done in minutes from UI.

Right?

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Reply:

Hi Mai Omar,

thanks for your reply.

Do you mean,if we can achieve something directly there is no need to touch VS.many times it is difficult to decide OOTB UI vs VS approach (e.g creating a simple content type or a content page).Also ,I am not able to find any guidelines anywhere.

Thanks

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Reply:

I don't know why you see it difficult. You are even saying "creating a simple content type or a content page"

Content page, just create new page from site actions. why you need VS??? Unless you want to add control to the page that doesn't exists in SharePoint, like slide animation may be.

Content type, just go to site columns and create your columns then go to content type and create one from the type needed like event or item or document library and add existing columns then from your list or library add content type.

Now where is the need here for VS ... just for UI ...

Think first what do you need. Unless you want to make it easier for yourself and just say here the needs exactly and then we can tell you this is UI or VS.

And all Best practices all over the internet does not know your needs.

Regards

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Security Trimming while searching External Content types consuming CRM Services

Hi all,

I have created a search site with External Content types consuming CRM web services. i created a bdcm file and imported in the BDC service application to create the content sources also i am stored CRM admin credientials in Secure Store Appliction for talking with CRM. Upto now its working fine and i am able to search the data. Since i have new Requirment as follows.

I need to implement the security trimming in sharepoint search results. Please point me in right direction for the below requirment.

Sharepoint should search based only through crediential stored in Secure store app. Search results should not show if i login with some other users. it should shows only his records, but currently it shows all the records becuase i stored admin credientils and search is doine againg the searched conent.

Eventhough i changed to some other users in SSS, its crawling all the contents from CRM. also i followed the link to implment the Secity trim, but its not at all crawl the records

i gone thru the link http://blogs.msdn.com/b/syedi/archive/2012/07/18/crawl-time-item-level-security-trimming-for-external-system-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx' and entity.checkaccess and accescheck methodinstance in bdcm file i am new this area, can any one refer me good about it.

Regards, Praba.

Changed type GuYuming Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:26 AM

Fail package deployment

I wonder what log need to check when package deployment is fail. Pls advice. Thx !!

Changed type Cloud_TS Monday, September 24, 2012 7:06 AM wrong forum

Reply:

Hi Sam,

I assume you mean package deployment is SCCM? This is the wrong forum.

regards,

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Task Sequence - Cannot create ActiveX component

Hi All,

I’m trying to figure out a rather strange issue.

I’ve got a Windows 7 SP1 x86 install Task Sequence that runs a hard-linked USMT state capture/state restore. The Task Sequence runs a number of VB Scripts (command lines) to do things like Rename Computer, Move OU, Set Time Zone etc.

When I test the end-to-end build process on a Virtual Machine, everything works perfectly fine.

When I test the end-to-end build process on a physical machine, I get errors when trying to run VB scripts but those sequenced after State Restore. In the case of a vbscript used to Rename Computers, this has to run after State Restore so I need this to work.

The problem running scripts only occurs if State Restore is enabled (and runs). After State Restore has ran, no VB Scripts that require "CreateObject" can be used from the OSD Task Sequence. I’m yet to test if the problem exists without a hard-link USMT (and instead use a State Migration Point).

The smsts.log error I get when attempting to run a VB Script is:

CScript Error: Can't find script engine "VBScript" for script "C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Packages\CEN00003\RenameComputer.vbs".

As a trial I converted one of the VB Scripts into a VB.NET console EXE and I piped out the error message(s) to see if I could trap more information, after calling CreateObject(“Wscript.Network”) or CreateObject(“Wscript.Shell”) or even CreateObject("NameTranslate") – I get a fairly generic error:

Error occured: Cannot create ActiveX component.

Here’s what I have tried so far:
• Re-register vbscript.dll
• Re-set the following Registry Key “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\REGDBVersion” (suggestion from Google)
• Rebooting after State Restore
• Calling the VB Scripts with Wscript or Cscript
• Checked file associations – have read something like AV could be resetting these so it can scan the scrips prior to execution, however VBS is still associated as standard
• Reordered Task Sequence so Applications install last in-case it was something to do with SAV (before I discovered the problem only happens if State Restore runs)
• Reverted back to the original MigUser.xml and MigApp.xml’s (in-case something within my customised USMT XML’s were nuking something)
• Removed the option to “Run this step as the following account”

Outside of the Task Sequence, the scripts work perfectly fine.

Also, when sequenced in a dedicated test Task Sequence, the scripts work perfectly fine.

I’m stumped.

Any suggestions?

Ben

Reply:

Have you tried adding a reboot after the state restore and before your scripts? Or running your scripts before the state restore?

Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | Twitter @JasonSandys

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Reply:

Hi Jason,

Thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately i've already tried that and it's not having any affect.

Thanks

Ben

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Reply:

Tried what? You description says that if State Restore runs first, then you have issues. Based upon that, it would make sense that putting the scripts before the restore state would change the behavior. If not, then your base statement is inaccurate. Can you post your Task Sequence, your smsts.log, and your relevant scripts?

Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | Twitter @JasonSandys

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Reply:

Hi Jason.

What I did was added a reboot after the State Restore, but before the next task item which is a Computer Rename script. I can't/don't want to rename the computer until after State Restore has completed as otherwise the Computer Association will be broken.

I will need to obtain approval to post the Task Sequence XML before I post it.

Stand by...

Ben

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Reply:

Coputer Associations aren't based on names, they are based on the MAC address and/or SMSBIOS GUID. System name's are not unique identifiers in ConfigMgr and thus don't make sense to use for Computer Associations.

I'm assuming that you are refreshing these systems, but why the name change? Are you moving to a new naming standard?

What command-line are you using to invoke the script?

Is it just one script or multiple?

Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | Twitter @JasonSandys

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Reply:

Hi,

Was this every resolved or root cause found? I have had to change the Task Sequence several times over and have never found the root cause for this.

Rgds,

Mrunal

Hulikal

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New SCOM Management Pack for Exchange 2010 is available

Microsoft has released new improved Management Pack for Exchange 2010,

you can read more about it here:

http://exchangeblog.pl/en/2012/09/exchange-server-2010-monitoring-management-pack-scom-re-released/

error

Type Error: Unable to get 'trim' of undefined or null reference

Changed type Arthur XieModerator Friday, September 28, 2012 9:11 AM

Reply:

When do you get this error?

Suggestions for asking a question on help forums

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"

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Reply:

We need more information related to this error.

Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "

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The Amazon Doctrine that Microsoft should embrace

In presenting the latest Amazon Kindle Fire HDs, Bezos stated the Amazon Doctrine

"Above else, align with customers

Win, when they win

Win, only when they win"

Microsoft, with Win8, has decidedly deviated from this doctrine. The current customer base is now utilized only a a springboard to capture the "consumer" market. Windows users are left to deal with a hobbled desktop OS that tries hard to transform into a portable OS; even Win8 fanboys post work-arounds of how they manage to stay much longer in the desktop. A sorry state of affairs. Microsoft actually plans to win by working against the desires and the needs of its users!!! The company is as far from the Amazon doctrine as it can possible go.

Intel is reporting that users are not buying computers not because they are waiting for Windows 8, but because they are now unsure as to what they want to buy. Microsoft has managed to hopelessly confuse its users in every way possible. In the process, its partners (who are under attack by Microsoft) stand to lose, not only Microsoft. Users are even uncertain what specific need Win8 addresses. Does anybody know??? (this is a serious question). Should users buy an OS solely to boost Microsoft's prospects??? How does Win8 facilitates the work of current users??? It seems to me (and many others) that this is an OS, that has no other purpose but to create a new market for Microsoft.

Changed type Arthur Xie Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:16 AM

Reply:

Thanks for your comment.

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disk thrashing while idle

while idling, w7 will start thrashing my disk for 15-20 mins at a time. it's not the auto defragmenter (I disabled it in task scheduler). it's not the indexer (I disabled that in services). I disabled superfetch too and it still does it. I looked in perf monitor and it's usually svchost.exe or rundll32.exe and it seems to be reading random files on my drives, even files I haven't accessed in a while. it's not making a restore check point b/c it's reading from drives not monitored by system restore. anyone else seeing this?

p.s.: i have plenty of free memory, so it's not page swapping.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:40 AM Performance

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Mine does it too.... I have no idea what the hell it's doing, but it's annoying!

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i'm sure it's trying to improve my windows experience. but it's about as pleasant as sleeping next to someone who grinds their teeth. my windows experience will degrade considerably when my drive fails prematurely and I have to install a new drive and try to restore my data.

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Disk 'thrashing'?

Using it, maybe.

W7 loads things into ram for faster access when you want to use it. And doing so will not make your hard drive fail sooner.
What will make it fail sooner is turning it off and on every day, or using a sleep mode. It is the cool down and heat up cycles that are hardest on electronics.
In fact, most failures (especially hard drives) happen when you first turn on a cold machine.

I have noticed it on my machine as well, but not for 15-20 minutes. Perhaps 4-5 minutes. Maybe it's because I have less ram, at only 3GB, than you do.

"and it seems to be reading random files on my drives, even files I haven't accessed in a while"
Query: How can you tell which files are being accessed?

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if you open task manager and click resource monitor in performance task, you can see which apps are using your disk and which files they're accessing. plus CPU and ethernet usage.

I don't turn my drive or PC on or off, but I'm not convinced disk activity has no correlation with disk failure. anyway, I have a seagate (no, not the new one with all the troubles) and it's rather loud so it's annoying. Plus it does this even while I'm playing HD movie, when I want to preserve as much CPU and disk bandwidth as possible.

I'll disable superfetch again and see what kind of impact it has.

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barth2k, i´m suffering from the very same issues. Every time I leave computer in idle state my disk starts beeing freneticaly used. rundll32 is acessing absolutely random files (some time image files, some time dll´s, some time musics, some time exe programs). At first I tought about it being some kind of malware, like "Hey, the monitor is turned off, now he is not seeing us acessing EVERY damn file!") but no, it´s not malware, im sure of it. I´m very concerned about security, and never had a bad/non up to date anti virus or firewall.

And, just to clarify, it still happens if I do:
1) Remove drive partitions (aka wipe out the entire drive)
2) Unplug network cable
3) Install a brand new copy of the oficial build 7000, that I got directly from MS website.

So, no way ANY malware can be acting in my system right now. And, the disk access while idle keeps going on.

Edited by Warel Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:59 PM Correction of a typo

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Windows 7 performs scheduled defragmentation every week. In Control Panel type "defrag" in search box, open "Defragment your hard drive" under "Administrative tools". You can see that hard drives don't need defragmetation. This can be one of the reasons for disk trashing.

Another reason can be new search functionality. Windows 7 is indexing folders for faster search.

Sorry for my bad english.

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I am having simliar issues, I have disabled about every automatic scheduled type thing I can think of.

(Superfetch, Updates, Indexer, Defrag, my AV, etc)

My computer however, *never* stops using the HD.

Also, this happens on the other three computers I have Win7 install on aswell.

(Pc1: my desktop every day use machine)

(Pc2: my "community pc" - the one anyone over visiting is allowed to use for whatever they want)

(Pc3: my "server", for multimedia and other LAN shared folders, and various server application testing / Dualboots with a distro of linux)

(Pc4: my "control" pc, unplugged from the network and has no other software installed. (win7 only))

Each pc is relatively modern, the lowest of which is the server running a 1.2ghz CPU with 2GB of RAM

After any computer has been idling for about 10 minutes, the HD activity starts. I at first thought this was the result of some sort of infection, as I noticed it first on my desktop PC, which I sleep next to. However, after witnessing it on the "control" pc, I am near certain it is not.

The Hard Disk activity is usually nominal, and barely noticable (unless its 4am, and I am settling into bed). However, it frequently "peaks" for upto a minute at a time, making all sorts of scary grinding noises. Like large files being shuffled around.

This has aroused a lot of curiosity in me, enough so that I downloaded Process Explorer and Process Monitor to try and figure out what is going on.

Process Explorer seems to show "svchost" as the culprit.

Process Monitor shows a lot of various activity in the Windows registry, and various files and folders. (I do not fully understand how or what ProcMon is showing, but if I had to guess it looks like files are being touched? updated, checked... something like that?)

If there is logfiles or some other output I can provide to assist with this, I will gladly do so. I can also provide screenshots if need be.

I am not sure there is a "problem" here, I just notice the activity is happening, and I consider it odd, as compared to Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

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It could be windows search indexing your files. Resource monitor would be the best option to find it out.

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Process Explorer seems to show "svchost" as the culprit.

Process Monitor shows a lot of various activity in the Windows registry, and various files and folders. (I do not fully understand how or what ProcMon is showing, but if I had to guess it looks like files are being touched? updated, checked... something like that?)

Find that svchost process in Task Manager, right click, and choose "Go to Service." That should give you more info on what's causing the activity.

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It is just doing whatever kind of housekeeping it thinks needs to be done. It is courteous enough to wait until the machine is otherwise idle.

Don't worry about it. It is designed this way. If you want a brain dead OS that does nothing for you then keep running XP.

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Thank's djsb, I discovered the culprit using the information you provided to me, - seems Superfetch was still running.

- I think I will let it continue to run, for now, and gauge it on one of the other pc's disabled. I want to learn what sort of performance differences I will experience before disabling it.

Naddy69, I am more than pleased with Win7, and I promise I will not be reverting back to XP or Vista =)

** Also, a quick mention about Superfetch, I disabled it briefly to check for any immediate changes. The Hard Disk activity did not start up as usual, and the process of svchost that was running Superfetch dropped roughly 60mb of RAM use. (Definately not a big deal, having 4gb avail). - All in all, I honeslty see no real downside to this anymore (aside from the sound) - which I either will learn to live with, or find another way to deal with. The performance gains may outweigh the annoyance. Overall, I was merely curious to find out what was happening, and if I should be worried.

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It is just doing whatever kind of housekeeping it thinks needs to be done. It is courteous enough to wait until the machine is otherwise idle.

Don't worry about it. It is designed this way. If you want a brain dead OS that does nothing for you then keep running XP.

thats quite ignorant to say, im sorry but users DONT want an OS thats going to 'thrash' there HDD constantly.

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It is just doing whatever kind of housekeeping it thinks needs to be done. It is courteous enough to wait until the machine is otherwise idle.

Don't worry about it. It is designed this way. If you want a brain dead OS that does nothing for you then keep running XP.

thats quite ignorant to say, im sorry but users DONT want an OS thats going to 'thrash' there HDD constantly.

Seriously WTF? I moved my OS to an SSD and my HDD has only music data. So there are no OS files on it. I have disabled scheduled defrag, disabled System Restore and this stupid OS wants to thrash around my HDD again. I mean the whole point of going SSD was to have a quiet machine. Why don't these clowns tell us what in world is thrashing my HDD around? A data drive no less. I don't want any stinkin "optimization" on that drive. Just leave the f'ing drive alone until I read data from it. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently it is when you are dealing with incompetents who to this day cannot get gigabit ethernet to run properly when a "media" file is being played. Just watch your network speed. Don't even get me started on Jumbo Frames and Windows. Somebody please make a KISS OS without all the bloat and ____ and obfuscation of this latest abomination from Redmond. It really is a sad state of affairs for computing in general when you have to depend on these incompetents to have the most interoperable OS in the world. These clowns have stymied the progress of personal computing for everyone. Where is that new file system BTW? NTFS is a piece of ****. Get with the times.

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Sxr71:

There is an OS you can use that fits you perfectly. It's called Linux. There is no bloat ware on it at all if you get the right distro. You also wouldn't have to worry about viruses. Plus Linux used the EXT4 journaling system. quite quick and usually more efficient than NTFS. It is even FREE! The main problem with it is that it is a big learning curve.

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It could also be windows defender or system restore running when idle. The task scheduler does a ton of stuff in vista/win7. I recommend enabling task history in task scheduler.

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Indeed... with every version since 2000, MS has implemented 'services' which cause unnecessary disk thrashing.

Once again, in Windows 7, they've decided what's 'best' for everyone ... why can't MS get it right?

During setup, we should have the option of automated or manual 'maintenance' options: Home user with little or no knowledge? Select automatic 'house cleaning'... techie, power-user, or IT staff? select manual house cleaning.

In other words, let ME decide what to run and schedule. As it stands, MS enables a lot of pointless 'services'.

Frankly, after installation I was dumbfounded at how many useless services were 'enabled' in Windows 7.

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Actually, if you look at Windows 7 and the 'Aero' interface... it is taken verbatim from Gnome and Compiz-fusion. The first time I started up Windows 7, I started looking for a way to enable 'wobbly windows'... 8-) Forgot I was using Windows (until disk thrashing started). It's rather obvious that someone at MS took liberties with the interface from Gnome.

Has MS admitted co-opting the Gnome/Compiz 'look and feel ' and the open source license ?

FWIW, still trying to track down the source of periodic disk-churning that occurs in Win7.

Superfetch service? nope

MP3 share service? nope

Defrag scheduler? nope

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run the ResourceMonitor and look into the Disk tab to see which process causes the HDD activity.

"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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In the latest process explorer, you can mouse hover over taskhost.exe, and see what task scheduler is running.

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Well spoken UncommonCents. I second the notion of Microsoft giving the GP a choice.

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I know this thread is two years old!!

UNFORTUNTELY....

Its still happening!

[URL]

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistahardware/thread/286367ed-095a-46cd-8dba-e2013ab6576a

[/URL]

From what I see in Process Monitor.......

Its various files....

When the thrashing stops then the number of entries drops by about 20 items

Most times pagefile.sys and windows.log(?) is at the top doing most reads/writes....

Please can someone RESPONSIBLE at Microsoft come forward and officially explain to us consumers whats going on and ow we can reduce this?

I have a fast PC and from the sound of the thrashing....

I could process data for NASA theres that much thrashing!

DocZaf.
[Consumer]

DocZaf

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It is just doing whatever kind of housekeeping it thinks needs to be done. It is courteous enough to wait until the machine is otherwise idle.

Don't worry about it. It is designed this way. If you want a brain dead OS that does nothing for you then keep running XP.

thats quite ignorant to say, im sorry but users DONT want an OS thats going to 'thrash' there HDD constantly.

Seriously WTF? I moved my OS to an SSD and my HDD has only music data. So there are no OS files on it. I have disabled scheduled defrag, disabled System Restore and this stupid OS wants to thrash around my HDD again. I mean the whole point of going SSD was to have a quiet machine. Why don't these clowns tell us what in world is thrashing my HDD around? A data drive no less. I don't want any stinkin "optimization" on that drive. Just leave the f'ing drive alone until I read data from it. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently it is when you are dealing with incompetents who to this day cannot get gigabit ethernet to run properly when a "media" file is being played. Just watch your network speed. Don't even get me started on Jumbo Frames and Windows. Somebody please make a KISS OS without all the bloat and ____ and obfuscation of this latest abomination from Redmond. It really is a sad state of affairs for computing in general when you have to depend on these incompetents to have the most interoperable OS in the world. These clowns have stymied the progress of personal computing for everyone. Where is that new file system BTW? NTFS is a piece of ****. Get with the times.

Sxr71, I really want to frame your comment. It's a perfectly worded expression of my exact feelings towards the last few Microsloppy OS'. I might add that my Win7 64 installation became unstable after 6 months of operation (okay, maybe it was some third party junk that caused the issue), but when I essentially lost the boot capability of the drive, which, by the way, should be a heck of a lot easier to diagnose and fix than it is, for some freakin' reason, Microsoft had the gall to insist that my perfectly legal copy of Win7 64 was an "upgrade" version and didn't want to authenticate properly. Yes I fixed the issue, but honestly, it made me regret having paid for it as a legitimate user. If "legitimates" are made to feel like scum, why bother to pay for the experience.

Anyway, that's my two cents... and quite outside of the HDD Thrashing thread... sorry about that.

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Take a look at your A/V, That is the culprit on my PC.

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Remove http://www.alnaddy.com/?aflt=sfto

Hi,

How to remove http://www.alnaddy.com/?aflt=sfto and search engine

thx

Changed type Nicholas Li Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:14 AM

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Hi,

Could you provide more details about your question?

This link explained which information may help us to better analyze your issue.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ieitprocurrentver/thread/8d781d2a-910f-47b9-95bc-e9d8b05372a9

Tracy Cai

TechNet Community Support

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tooltips, css popups don't display correctly in IE

This question refers to website/page

www.tremyfoel.co.uk/beaches.htm

I am using a simple javascript function to load the beach info from a hidden iframe into a div. I am also using simple css tooltip and a simple css popup script all of this works fine in Firefox, chrome, Opera, Safari but in IE8:

- page is not centered

- tooltips don't work

- popup (PopUp2, onclick on the dog icon) is opened on load and is not positioned correctly - inline instead of top right (PopUp, triggered by onclick on the blue flag, works fine)

The javascript is dw_loader.js (more info http://www.dyn-web.com/tutorials/iframes/hidden.php)

css tooltip: http://www.impressivewebs.com/pure-css-tool-tips/

css popup: http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/708

My suspicion is that this is browser rendering, else it would show in the other browsers

All advice appreciated.

Changed type Nicholas Li Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:13 AM
Changed type Nicholas Li Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:14 AM

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No....

your using UAS sniffing.... contact your shim providers for updates.... avoid UAS sniffing scripts.

post questions about html, css and scripting to the IE Web Developer forum with a link to your website.

Rob^_^

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Thanks for your answer. But.. I don't think I am using UAS sniffing. Where/In what way am I looking for the browser version and using it? The javascript I mentioned is just dom manipulation.

I agree with your observation to avoid using UAS....

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I think I understand...

The data-tooltip attribute being used by the css tooltip is a html5 facility, presumably IE8 & IE9 don't like it well I can fix that by using a more basic tooltip function - I dont have a shim provider.

But that doesnt explain the pop up problem or the page not centering.

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Hi,

As IECUSTOMIZER said, for questions about html, CSS and scripting for website developers, please post to the Internet Explorer Development forum.

The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.

Tracy Cai

TechNet Community Support

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windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown- BlueScreen..

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:   BlueScreen
OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:   1061

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode:   d1
BCP1:   FFFFFA8104396FF0
BCP2:   0000000000000002
BCP3:   0000000000000000
BCP4:   FFFFF88002F93081
OS Version:   6_1_7601
Service Pack:   1_0
Product:   768_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\090712-18517-01.dmp
C:\Users\Acer\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-32651-0.sysdata.xml

Read our privacy statement online:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409

If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt

PLEASE HELP IT RESTARTS LIKE 20TIMES per day its new laptop paid 500euros for that shit 3months old and already ruining my brains?
Help meh.

Also this laptop is Acer aspire 7739.

Edited by Kert2552 Friday, September 7, 2012 9:25 PM umad

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I would try the memory modules separately. Have you tried restoring the computer back to factory specs?

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i dont have windows 7 disks and i didnt made backup thing.
I restored but now i cant deinstall nothing...
and its still doing these shutdowns.

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It may help to look at the minidump files from the crashes with a debugger.

Can you zip up the minidump files in the C:\Windows\Minidump folder and make available (provide link) via Windows Live SkyDrive or similar site?

The following link has information on using Windows Live SkyDrive:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65

If you have problems zipping the minidump files copy the minidump files to another location such as a folder on the Desktop

Also, you do not necessarily have to zip up the minidump files, you can upload them one at a time.

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Hi,

Based on the bug check code, the issue seems to be caused by a certain driver. Please update all your drivers including the Chipset driver to the latest and see how it works.

More information: Bug Check 0xD1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If issue persists, it is recommended to upload the mini dump files to SkyDrive for further research.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

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