Expired Certificate Shows Up As Valid During Driver Installation - Is This Normal Behavior?
I just installed Windows 8 on my personal laptop and when I went to install an audio driver from the manufacturer website, I noticed that the certificate is expired as of 12/18/2011. When the UAC prompted me whether to allow, I clicked on show details > show information about this publisher, it shows the certificate as valid. If I export that same certificate to my desktop and view it from there, it shows that it is expired.
I'm just wondering if this is normal behavior because the installer has a signed date (10/13/09) within the timeframe that the certificate was valid (12/17/08 - 12/18/11).
The driver comes directly from HP so it's not something I am worried about as far as authenticity. I'm just curious about the discrepancy in how Windows reports the status of the certificate depending on how it is opened.
- Changed type Arthur Xie Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:42 AM
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Interesting, but addressable to HP. I understand that it is annoying, but not exceptional.
Rgds
Milos
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I'm not sure that HP can do anything about it because it's the Windows dialog box that displaying a wrong status for the certificate.
If I were interested in having HP use a valid certificate that would be one thing, but that's not my primary concern. I'm more interested in how the windows interface chooses to display the information.
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Changing network adapter's name
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Sorry I wrote Systen this is the correct one
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\Descriptions
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My fix for Managing Hyper-V 2012 remotely in a domain environment but still getting RPC error
I spent a good portion of my free time yesterday trying to fix this problem with no luck. I came in this morning and looked at the problem from a different angle. I had read that connectivity between the Hyper-V remote management tool and the hypervisor was not based on a fully qualified domain name - in fact in Workgroup settings the hosts file played a large role in ensuring you could connect correctly. So I backtracked into my legacy days and noticed something in Hyper-V manager. Even though I added each server's name to the MMC snap-in the names were being truncated to 15 characters. Seems Microsoft reverted to the 15 character maximum for the tool itself. So I went into my hosts file and added an entry for each host IP and truncated the names to 15 characters matching the tool. Lo and behold the magic of connectivity to the hypervisor for both servers as soon as I started the tool!
Another lesson learned. I hope this helps others that are like me and might not consider our long naming conventions and were perplexed by it not working correctly in their domain setup.
Brandon
- Edited by Brandon McHenry Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:37 PM
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Hi,
Thanks for you sharing and it can benefit others.
Cheers.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support
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SOLVED: Shared Folders Not Installed, but I installed Additions.
Virtual PC 2007 sp1 in Windows 7.
I get "Not installed" for shared folders. Also for mouse I see "No pointer integration" Though I have installed Virtual Machine Addons
Issue was, I was bringing up the settings dialog prematurely.
I can also do Action..properties, and see for Virtual Machine Additions, it initially says n/a Then once Windows XP loads in the virtual machine and reaches a point where it has loaded sufficiently, in my case the point where it says ""your computer might be at risk" that pop sound, then the action..properties screen updates, it goes from saying Virtual Machine Additions: n/a to saying Virtual Machine Additions: Version 13.820 And that is when edit..settings shows the shared folders.
Also when the VM is running, the settings dialog box gives a message about some options being temporarily disabled, which might suggest that it's better to run it before the VM starts. But in fact if you start before the VM starts, then it's premature with respect to the virtual machine addons option, and doesn't show the shared folders option that the virtual machine additions provide. Though it's helpful to run settings before the VM starts, for the display resolution option, which is greyed out when accessing settings after the VM has started.
- Changed type Nicholas Li Monday, December 24, 2012 6:45 AM
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Windows 8 upgrade via download does not work, help pls
- Changed type Arthur Xie Monday, December 17, 2012 6:11 AM
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"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"
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Just to Share Some News
I thought I had an okay PC, until I just slightly revamped my tower.
And I thought I was liking, enjoying & impressed w/ Windows 8 RP, until now running Windows 8 Pro on the revamped tower.
& no, this entry is not meant to waste forum space. Hope nobody tries to suggest it is. Just a positive comment on the GA vs the RP of Windows 8.
Now I await my WMC Key...
Cheers,
Drew
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Sunday, December 2, 2012 4:51 AM
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Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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Now, thanks to Hyper-V, have to hurry up build VMs of XP, Vista & Windows 7, for client support.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Sunday, December 16, 2012 5:56 AM
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error error error!
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Hi,
If you need help with Windows XP (hard to say with the lack of information in your post), you posted in the wrong forum. We discuss Exchange here.
Windows XP Forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/threads
Martina Miskovic
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Please restore the Start Menu
After almost a month fulltime on the official release of Windows 8 Professional, I still find that there are too many places where I can't find a workaround that is as fast or faster than what we had previously.
The Metro Modern UI is an excellent interface for touch devices. However, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of different devices and optimize accordingly rather than implement a common denominator or be biased toward just one class.
Touch has tremendous bandwidth. One swipe of a finger is several tens of Mbps, but it is not precise, and your fingers can't do much else such as typing. It is a trade-off. The mouse (or similar pointing devices on the notebook PC) generates a much lower bandwidth, but it is much more precise. So for touch (and no keyboard), you require huge cartoon icons and can have all on a flat list and swipe the start screen to look for what you want quickly. For a PC user, laying out giant icons is a pure waste of space, and having them in one flat list across multiple screenfuls makes aiming for the right icon take a much longer time.
For touch, having cascading menus is harder because the gigantic icons to cater for the huge finger hotspot takes up too much space and leave little room for cascading menus to be practical. For PC users, we don't want icons (we have since graduated from kindergarten), and often, we use fast keys (because we have a keyboard) to jump to a menu item, and grouping and cascading menus is a time-tested excellent scaling solution. Textual lists are easier to search as they can be in sorted in alphabetical order. What is the sort order for icons? Colors? Picture complexity? Faced with a 1920x1080 screen of icons, I have a hard time locating what I am looking for. For the type of work I am doing, the difference between 0.2s and 2s is 10X, a big number.
I am not asking for removing the Modern UI. I am all for it, and tablets need it. I am changing my methods to adapt to it, but there are simply too many situations where I cannot find an equivalent as fast as previously.
Right now the Metro Modern UI is unsuitable for the PC. As an example which I face many times a day, I press the Windows key and type in something, the letters I type are shown on the FAR RIGHT of my 1920x1080 screen. The search results of what I type appear on the FAR LEFT of the screen. But the thing I want is under Settings instead of Apps and so I have to swing to the FAR RIGHT of the screen to select Settings. Then my attention has to switch to the FAR LEFT of the screen for the results. And if I right click an item shown, the context menu is not in context but at the FAR BOTTOM of the screen. Don't you think this is a giant leap backward if not comical?
My type of work requires a multi-tasking PC. I have to monitor several on-going tasks during certain intense periods. But if I press the Windows key, my desktop is completely blocked. This is disruptive and affects productivity as I have to re-synchronize my visual context all over again.
It is wrong to force fit the desktop UI onto a phone, as seen in the big difference between the usability of the iPhone and Windows Mobile. And it is also obviously wrong to force the phone UI onto a PC or server.
Microsoft, until the day PCs play a minor role in the world, please bring back the PC desktop for PC applications.
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have you tried classic shell or start8? Both work very well with start8 being just like windows 7. I use classic shell and get 100% of the old functionality. I personally hate metro and the start screen. I have no use for it. And before you say stay with windows 7, windows 8 on my hardware (hexacore) runs about 15% faster on windows 8. If they would have made 2 versions, one for touch, and one for desktop, I would be hard pressed to find anything wrong (well except the deletion of aero).
The sad part is, if they listened to us desktop users, a few tweaks to the start screen for mousing was all that was needed.
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You can beg, plead, scream, or even offer them a huge ice-cream sundae with a gorgeous cherry on top. They aren't going to bring it back for this RTM release. Running ClassicShell or Start8 is not supported by Microsoft and may result in Microsoft not supporting ANY of your clients until you remove those third-party add-ons, which make that not an option either.
I remember Microsoft touting all the studies and group research they did with Windows 95. The millions of hours of testing and focusing on productivity and ease of use. Vista was the same with thousands and thousands of hours of research and millions and millions of dollars spent in perfecting the task bar, start button, etc. Now, Microsoft has just thrown all that out the window in their quest to pursue Apple, Kindle, Nexus, and the rest of the tablet market. It's hilarious, really.
Hopefully someone will come to their senses, but IMO it most certainly won't be this year.
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Was at a Microsoft conference a few weeks ago and nobody...aside from the Microsoft employees themselves...liked the options being taken away from us. When people got vocal about the changes (and they did indeed get vocal...to the point of everyone in the room feeling very uncomfortable) all Microsoft did was respond with something alike to "you are using it wrong". That's really all Microsoft ever seems to respond with.
They don't want to give us choice anymore. This isn't about giving end-users a good experience. They want to pursue Steve Sinofsky and Steve Ballmer's jump off a cliff in order to play 5-year-old catch up to the iPad. Desktop users be damned. I remember when Microsoft's slogan was "Where do you want to go today?" Well, that thinking has been killed, burned, and buried. The new Microsoft slogan is "We'll tell you where to go today". Want to enable Aero?...take a hike. Want to have a start button?...get lost. Want to bypass Metro?...go jump off the nearest cliff. Want to window a Metro app?...you are a moron. That's the new Microsoft.
Microsoft does not care about us anymore. They really don't. Their only goal at the moment is to try and claim some percentage of the tablet market. That's it. Desktop users and experiences don't figure into their plans. You don't need, want, or should ever have the option to enable a Start menu....and that's that. The thinking has been done for you.
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That same thousands of hours of feedback and testing also showed them start menu usage was dropping in Windows 7 because of the taskbar pinning and that led to the menu's removal.
Taskbar pinning in no way eliminates the need for a browsable tree structure or the other features that don't require just dumping all installed apps in a single, flat Start Menu screen "all apps" view. It most certainly doesn't eliminate the need to give the end user the choice to run the OS the way THEY want to either.
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I don't think eventually they will come to their senses either. Their arrogance is far bigger than you can imagine - far greater than even failure. As long as clueless people working on Windows UX are there who do not understand usability one bit and are only interested in removing functionality to simplify computing for grandma, Windows will remain screwed up. The best days of Microsoft are behind them unless these UX people are FIRED and replaced by people to carefully restore lost and damaged features. Start Menu is just one of the many features damaged, but the most visible. They don't even care much to fix. They will be laughing in glee at users' frustration under the false impression how they know what's best.
There is arrogance there intermixed with hubris. However, you need to throw there in a good mixture of desperation.
Microsoft is now abandoning the enterprise computing sector and tries to become a relevant force in consumer electronics. Balmer was absolutely clear on this recently. Balmer clearly stated that Microsoft would be producing its own hardware and services (devices, he called them). I think that Microsoft is progressively abandoning its previous business model (of producing software that runs in partners' hardware) and would be producing and marketing its own hardware. The Surface tablets are only the beginning. I am sure that there is going to be a Microsoft phone (or Microsoft would just buy out Nokia). Microsoft would also keep retailing its "signature line" of laptops and I would see it striking deals with overseas manufacturers to create machines with its own brand. In that, it is trying to emulate Amazon and Google more than Apple (but all of these companies are objects of envy).
As for the other products, much as I predicted, Microsoft is going to force users to subscription and cloud models. I thought that this would take longer, but the pricing of Office 2013 makes it clear that it is here and now. Essentially, one is penalized (and severely, may I add) if one, wants to buy Office 2013. The subscription model appears "attractive" on its face, but if one does not pay the money one year, the software disappears!!!
In this grand scheme, Microsoft wants to have Windows for desktop (all that is driven by Win32) disappear as soon as possible to be replaced by its portable OS, Windows RT. This is why it is bringing its Windows RT tablets a whole quarter earlier than the Windows 8 ones (which may be further delayed). Microsoft wants its developers to direct all their attention to Windows RT, which is the company's answer to iOS and Android. Apps developed for Windows RT will run under Win8 Metro (WinRT) but not within any other version of Windows. Within a couple of years, Microsoft intends to fully face out Win32 software. The speculation is that if this strategy works, there would not be a desktop mode in Win9 (as it would be redundant). So, those who believe that the next version of Windows would "correct" mistakes, are in for a severe disappointment.
With Apple, Amazon and Google making substantial gains with portable OSes, Microsoft does not see the business proposition in staying with its current model and keep producing desktop OSes for partner hardware. It is as simple as that. Those who believe that there would be some kind of epiphany at Microsoft any time soon, are in for a let down. If this happens, it would be only if Microsoft fails badly in its attempt to get into consumer electronics.
Thus, if one wants to stay with desktop OSes, one must start thinking of transitioning to something else. Windows is not coming back...forget it.
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That same thousands of hours of feedback and testing also showed them start menu usage was dropping in Windows 7 because of the taskbar pinning and that led to the menu's removal.
1. Even if the Start menu was needed 10% of the time, you still need a Start menu! Even if you need a car for 10% of your journeys, you would still need a car. Yes, you can go by taxi, just like you can use the Start screen and all its attendant inconveniences and inefficiency.
2. If you put telemetry on dumb users you get dumb results. Isn't this obvious? If Steve Jobs had drank that telemetry data, there would be no pinch zoom and swipe panning. We will all be using a highly advanced four-button directional keypad.
3. Taskbar pinning cannot scale. There is only so many that can go there. That's why there was the Start menu, which could scale with its cascading menus to take care of all apps installed in a PC.- Edited by K.Kong Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:11 AM
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Sinofski's observations are forced and disingenuous. He knows very well that in most corporations, telemetry is blocked. Thus, he is only receiving information from some consumers and it is not representative of the most advanced users of Windows. It is only propaganda, designed to "explain" Microsoft's choices and lessen the negative impact.1. Even if the Start menu was needed 10% of the time, you still need a Start menu! Even if you need a car for 10% of your journeys, you would still need a car. Yes, you can go by taxi, just like you can use the Start screen and all its attendant inconveniences and inefficiency.
2. If you put telemetry on dumb users you get dumb results. Isn't this obvious? If Steve Jobs had drank that telemetry data, there would be no pinch zoom and swipe panning. We will all be using a highly advanced four-button directional keypad.
3. Taskbar pinning cannot scale. There is only so many that can go there. That's why there was the Start menu, which could scale with its cascading menus to take care of all apps installed in a PC.
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Maybe the telemetry does show Start Menu use is tapering off.
And maybe it's because
- The new jump lists were difficult to predict or explain
- The user buttons go to Libraries which don't work well
- Drag-n-drop and other ways to organize it are uncooperative (at best)
- The hidden All Users versus Roaming categorization is befuddling
- Discovering and using Advanced Query Syntax in the search box is awful
- The lack of a default choice for All Programs is obviously missing (in favor of animated bling)
Maybe MS could have fixed its grubby UX instead of abandoning it, if that's what telemetry said.
I think that we all suspect that Sinofski's use of telemetry data was biased, selective and self-serving. I think that it does not benefit anybody to keep discussing this because it is not really a serious subject. It is totally ridiculous to believe that Microsoft created a whole new OS and runtime (Windows RT and WinRT) which it attached to Windows (to produce Win8) because of the telemetry use data. "Metro" (or whatever its name is is not only a UI. It is the front end of the portable OS.
We all know that Microsoft did this for purely commercial reasons (because it wanted an entry in the mobile market place). Explanations were then provided in a "forced" way to try to "justify" -to some- what was, from the very beginning, a marketing decision.
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3. Taskbar pinning cannot scale. There is only so many that can go there. That's why there was the Start menu, which could scale with its cascading menus to take care of all apps installed in a PC.
Which is why I have re-instated a Quick Launch toolbar on my Windows 8 Desktop. So it's a case of boot, log-in and hit Enter to go straight to the Desktop, where I stay. It's very rare I go to the "Metro" Start Screen.
- Edited by Tony Wise Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:56 PM
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Microsoft, until the day PCs play a minor role in the world, please bring back the PC desktop for PC applications.
Too late. Frankly, it was too late the first day any of the preview versions became available.
Don't look now, Microsoft no longer gives a damn about how many PCs there are in the world. They clearly no longer want to power serious computing tasks.
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
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Microsoft, until the day PCs play a minor role in the world, please bring back the PC desktop for PC applications.
Too late. Frankly, it was too late the first day any of the preview versions became available.
Don't look now, Microsoft no longer gives a damn about how many PCs there are in the world. They clearly no longer want to power serious computing tasks.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options
Why would Microsoft care about how many PCs are in the world? They are not deriving any revenue from these PCs. MS's interest ends when it sells the license. As far as PCs go, Microsoft has no particular worries. If one does not buy Win8, he/she would buy Win7 and it is all the same for Microsoft. Of course, MS would prefer that no user "downgrades" to Win7 because they more users they have buying apps from the "walled garden of Metro delights" the more income goes to Microsoft. In this specific scenario, Microsoft cares about how many users have Win8 and only Win8. These customers are a potential income stream. Metro/WinRT developers can target those users. Microsoft would obtain 20-30% of every sale. Suddenly, the Win8 installed base becomes important and the Win7-Win Vista-Win XP-Win 2000 installed base becomes a clear drag (because these users would not provide an income stream).
Thus, Microsoft has strong reasons to ignore all non-Win8 PCs and lavish a lot of attention to Win8 ones.
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what i wonder is this... they think users will flock to the surface tablet and windows8. What if they dont? There does not seem to be anyone in a hurry to get a windows phone right now. I think metro sucks on a phone too. (yes i went there). If they are putting all their eggs in one basket and burning bridges to the power users that have kept microsoft in the game, can they survive? At one time I would have been sad to see microsoft go, but now, seriously thinking it may be time to do something else. Sad.Was at a Microsoft conference a few weeks ago and nobody...aside from the Microsoft employees themselves...liked the options being taken away from us. When people got vocal about the changes (and they did indeed get vocal...to the point of everyone in the room feeling very uncomfortable) all Microsoft did was respond with something alike to "you are using it wrong". That's really all Microsoft ever seems to respond with.
They don't want to give us choice anymore. This isn't about giving end-users a good experience. They want to pursue Steve Sinofsky and Steve Ballmer's jump off a cliff in order to play 5-year-old catch up to the iPad. Desktop users be damned. I remember when Microsoft's slogan was "Where do you want to go today?" Well, that thinking has been killed, burned, and buried. The new Microsoft slogan is "We'll tell you where to go today". Want to enable Aero?...take a hike. Want to have a start button?...get lost. Want to bypass Metro?...go jump off the nearest cliff. Want to window a Metro app?...you are a moron. That's the new Microsoft.
Microsoft does not care about us anymore. They really don't. Their only goal at the moment is to try and claim some percentage of the tablet market. That's it. Desktop users and experiences don't figure into their plans. You don't need, want, or should ever have the option to enable a Start menu....and that's that. The thinking has been done for you.
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Was at a Microsoft conference a few weeks ago and nobody...aside from the Microsoft employees themselves...liked the options being taken away from us. When people got vocal about the changes (and they did indeed get vocal...to the point of everyone in the room feeling very uncomfortable) all Microsoft did was respond with something alike to "you are using it wrong". That's really all Microsoft ever seems to respond with.
They don't want to give us choice anymore. This isn't about giving end-users a good experience. They want to pursue Steve Sinofsky and Steve Ballmer's jump off a cliff in order to play 5-year-old catch up to the iPad. Desktop users be damned. I remember when Microsoft's slogan was "Where do you want to go today?" Well, that thinking has been killed, burned, and buried. The new Microsoft slogan is "We'll tell you where to go today". Want to enable Aero?...take a hike. Want to have a start button?...get lost. Want to bypass Metro?...go jump off the nearest cliff. Want to window a Metro app?...you are a moron. That's the new Microsoft.
Microsoft does not care about us anymore. They really don't. Their only goal at the moment is to try and claim some percentage of the tablet market. That's it. Desktop users and experiences don't figure into their plans. You don't need, want, or should ever have the option to enable a Start menu....and that's that. The thinking has been done for you.
what i wonder is this... they think users will flock to the surface tablet and windows8. What if they dont? There does not seem to be anyone in a hurry to get a windows phone right now. I think metro sucks on a phone too. (yes i went there). If they are putting all their eggs in one basket and burning bridges to the power users that have kept microsoft in the game, can they survive? At one time I would have been sad to see microsoft go, but now, seriously thinking it may be time to do something else. Sad.
First of all, let me tell you that I agree with you on using "Metro" on Windows Phone. It is a very shallow, very "flat" and very poor experience. I played with a WinPhone 7.5 device for some time before deciding to buy an Android phone. Let's not even talk about many crucial missing apps from a rather barren store.
Now, Microsoft has indeed put all its eggs in a basket and nobody is excited about the result. However, Microsoft does not worry because the Windows revenue stream is assured. If you do not buy Win8, you will buy Win7 and it is all the same for Microsoft. On Microsoft's reckoning, if they do not get you on Win8, they will grab with Win9 which probably would not even have a desktop mode.
Microsoft had decided that the market for the traditional laptops and desktops is flat lining and users are moving to tablets. Thus, while it can, it is leveraging the desktop(forcing the Metro interface on users) to grab sales in the tablet market. This is what is happening. One cannot really fault a company for going where the money is.
So, the question is not what is Microsoft is giving you. It is giving you no choice because it wants to force upon users the Metro interface of the tablets. The real question is what you are going to do about it. Microsoft has a full right to try to increase its sales; if this does not sit well with you, then you must be looking for an alternative. Microsoft is not a charity to consider the requests of users that do not contribute to the company's bottom line. You see, once you have bought a license (or a new computer), you are a "has been". You are no longer an ongoing concern. Microsoft would only relent if OEMs start buying alternative OSes, not before. You just do not matter in this calculation.
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Was at a Microsoft conference a few weeks ago and nobody...aside from the Microsoft employees themselves...liked the options being taken away from us. When people got vocal about the changes (and they did indeed get vocal...to the point of everyone in the room feeling very uncomfortable) all Microsoft did was respond with something alike to "you are using it wrong". That's really all Microsoft ever seems to respond with.
They don't want to give us choice anymore. This isn't about giving end-users a good experience. They want to pursue Steve Sinofsky and Steve Ballmer's jump off a cliff in order to play 5-year-old catch up to the iPad. Desktop users be damned. I remember when Microsoft's slogan was "Where do you want to go today?" Well, that thinking has been killed, burned, and buried. The new Microsoft slogan is "We'll tell you where to go today". Want to enable Aero?...take a hike. Want to have a start button?...get lost. Want to bypass Metro?...go jump off the nearest cliff. Want to window a Metro app?...you are a moron. That's the new Microsoft.
Microsoft does not care about us anymore. They really don't. Their only goal at the moment is to try and claim some percentage of the tablet market. That's it. Desktop users and experiences don't figure into their plans. You don't need, want, or should ever have the option to enable a Start menu....and that's that. The thinking has been done for you.
what i wonder is this... they think users will flock to the surface tablet and windows8. What if they dont? There does not seem to be anyone in a hurry to get a windows phone right now. I think metro sucks on a phone too. (yes i went there). If they are putting all their eggs in one basket and burning bridges to the power users that have kept microsoft in the game, can they survive? At one time I would have been sad to see microsoft go, but now, seriously thinking it may be time to do something else. Sad.First of all, let me tell you that I agree with you on using "Metro" on Windows Phone. It is a very shallow, very "flat" and very poor experience. I played with a WinPhone 7.5 device for some time before deciding to buy an Android phone. Let's not even talk about many crucial missing apps from a rather barren store.
Now, Microsoft has indeed put all its eggs in a basket and nobody is excited about the result. However, Microsoft does not worry because the Windows revenue stream is assured. If you do not buy Win8, you will buy Win7 and it is all the same for Microsoft. On Microsoft's reckoning, if they do not get you on Win8, they will grab with Win9 which probably would not even have a desktop mode.
Microsoft had decided that the market for the traditional laptops and desktops is flat lining and users are moving to tablets. Thus, while it can, it is leveraging the desktop(forcing the Metro interface on users) to grab sales in the tablet market. This is what is happening. One cannot really fault a company for going where the money is.
So, the question is not what is Microsoft is giving you. It is giving you no choice because it wants to force upon users the Metro interface of the tablets. The real question is what you are going to do about it. Microsoft has a full right to try to increase its sales; if this does not sit well with you, then you must be looking for an alternative. Microsoft is not a charity to consider the requests of users that do not contribute to the company's bottom line. You see, once you have bought a license (or a new computer), you are a "has been". You are no longer an ongoing concern. Microsoft would only relent if OEMs start buying alternative OSes, not before. You just do not matter in this calculation.
yea... this is exactly why my global company is showing microsoft the door. We are gradually moving away from microsoft on servers to linux only. We have a ways to go, but the ship is gaining steam. Apple is making big inroads into our company. I now have linux as my desktop. We have moved to gapps from ms office and exchange.
I think it is shortsighted to chase the tablets at the expense of desktops. Remember the netbooks that were going to kill the desktop and laptops? That did not happen despite all the chatter. Tablets feel like a fad to me. Sure they are nice, but you will pry my desktop from my cold dead fingers and I own 3 tablets.
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I guess they don't really want to be at your business any more DrX69. Microsoft seems to think that selling to billions of consumers is better than selling to millions of businesses. It seems like someone forgot that businesses are the ones with Real Money to spend.
Microsoft lowered the price of a Windows 8 Pro upgrade to $39.95 (on special)... Seems to be an admission of how much it's (not) worth.
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
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yea... this is exactly why my global company is showing microsoft the door. We are gradually moving away from microsoft on servers to linux only. We have a ways to go, but the ship is gaining steam. Apple is making big inroads into our company. I now have linux as my desktop. We have moved to gapps from ms office and exchange.
I think it is shortsighted to chase the tablets at the expense of desktops. Remember the netbooks that were going to kill the desktop and laptops? That did not happen despite all the chatter. Tablets feel like a fad to me. Sure they are nice, but you will pry my desktop from my cold dead fingers and I own 3 tablets.
I hear you but look at the technical press. Post PC world this and Post PC world that. And, while the desktop and laptop remain viable businesses, there is little doubt that it is flattening out and maybe headed for a decline. For the Microsoft leadership, it does not really matter if it is a viable business and that it would remain so for a long time. Perception is everything. With a stock price that has been stuck between $20-30 for ages, Microsoft needs to be perceived as "riding a growth wave". Otherwise, its stock would decline. Thus, it is doing everything it can to become attractive to the "Wall Street" crowd that only value revenue "growth", not a steady, profitable situation.
Thus, it is going the tablet way. Even if this policy does not work very well, it has fall back positions. But the aim here is not to serve users at all. The aim is to jump to a new market, to be perceived as a "leader" and get the stock price moving. Because, if this does not happen, then Ballmer and Sinofski would be looking for a new gig.
Yes, I own two tablets myself but most of my work is done on powerful desktops and laptops. Anything else would be unacceptable. But since we are really coasting OS-wise since Vista, the need to get more powerful hardware is fast declining and this is reflected in actual sales (and fewer MS OS licenses). If Microsoft were to push the state of the art, people would have had stronger reasons to buy new equipment; with that, MS partners would have seen their sales go up and MS would have sold more licenses. I do not have to tell you that this conversation happened inside Microsoft and those who lost are now writing their memoirs.
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I guess they don't really want to be at your business any more DrX69. Microsoft seems to think that selling to billions of consumers is better than selling to millions of businesses. It seems like someone forgot that businesses are the ones with Real Money to spend.
Microsoft lowered the price of a Windows 8 Pro upgrade to $39.95 (on special)... Seems to be an admission of how much it's (not) worth.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options
The Google, Amazon and Apple model is what Microsoft wants to emulate. If "consumers" constitute a better market and if this market quintuples the stock price (as it happened with Apple), who really would give a damn about businesses??? If you were the CEO of Microsoft, would you not have done the same thing? Or would have preferred to get stuck with your old customers and have a stock price that is going nowhere???
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I would have considered remaining as one of the only companies developing and supporting the serious use of computers. Perhaps I'm more of a "Bill Gates" than a "Steve Ballmer" at heart. :-)
Greed is not a friend of the advancement of civilization, though the two can cohabitate sometimes.
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
- Edited by Noel Carboni Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:20 PM
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I would have considered remaining as one of the only companies developing and supporting the serious use of computers. Perhaps I'm more of a "Bill Gates" than a "Steve Ballmer" at heart. :-)
Greed is not a friend of the advancement of civilization, though the two can cohabitate sometimes.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options
Noel, I have been working in the corporate environment for some time. The CEO of the company is really obliged to increase the worth of the company in any way possible. Employees and customers do not figure in this equation. If a business model is not delivering an increase in the stock price, then another must be sought. If you were the CEO of Microsoft, you would have been under the same pressures and, probably, reaching the same answers.
Ballmer's strategy would be successful if he can carve a slice of the market away from Apple, Amazon and Google. If not, if this effort is a bust, he would be retiring and Microsoft would undergo the same process that HP is undergoing these days: Huge write-offs and concentrating on core businesses.
I still believe that there is a substantial possibility for a company (not Microsoft necessarily) to develop an exacting and technically superior OS that moves beyond the so-called "maturity" of OSX and Win7. One can go on to support much higher resolutions, do inventing things with the computing power that we have under the hood and provide support for applications that can be "smart" and inventive. This would unleash a great wave of hardware improvement. Unfortunately, we are now playing with tablets and with the "cloud", all not very hardware intensive processes.
Let's see how this plays out.
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It's not quite so cut and dried, because a tactic to increase stock value now might lead to a brick wall later. I've seen far too many top executives take the "get rich quick" way, causing the loss of entire companies. See the film "Company Men" some time.
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
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It's not quite so cut and dried, because a tactic to increase stock value now might lead to a brick wall later. I've seen far too many top executives take the "get rich quick" way, causing the loss of entire companies. See the film "Company Men" some time.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options
I could not agree with you more about taking the long view. However, my guess is that Microsoft is taking a gamble because it does not think that it is very much of a risk. If you do not buy Win8, you will buy Win7 and thus Microsoft is not losing revenue. This is well outlined in the following article:
http://betanews.com/2012/10/02/windows-8-is-not-about-desktop-market-share/
I am sure that you know very well that the typical horizon for an US business is the next quarter. It is all "what you have done for me today". Companies that take the long view are very few.
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Wish you could:
- Boot directly to Windows 8's Desktop rather than to the "Modern" Start Screen?
- Have a versatile Start button (customizable) on Windows 8's Taskbar?
- Have a convenient Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, Switch User, Log Off, etc. button?
- Have access to Apps, Control Panel, and Search Functions from the Desktop?
- Download and install: Pokki brings back the Start Menu - Free
Carey Frisch
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There is some mostly intangible value to "keeping current" that has traditionally increased as time goes on (or rather, the value of keeping an old system decreases). Today, for example, a choice to run Windows XP denies users access to new features. The question boils down to whether Microsoft, clearly a different company than it once was, is still providing that value.
- They have actively devalued Windows 8 as compared to its predecessor with the degradation of usability of the desktop (e.g., Start button removal, Aero Glass removal) and the deletion of some other features (e.g., Previous Versions) some find useful.
- It's true that they have also provided a (very) few specific "gee whiz" new features that add value. For those who need them (e.g., HyperVisor) a reason for upgrading becomes clear.
- Time was, a new version would fix old long-standing design flaws that were costly, increasing the value of the new system. I don't see a lot of evidence of that having been done in Windows 8. A number of legacy (File) Explorer bugs remain, among others. And there are apparently a fair number of new bugs.
Then of course all the hype is flying, which is no surprise when it becomes difficult to detect real value... Things like "it's faster" (it isn't), "it's cooler" (says who? Someone you respect?), "it's more secure" (sounds great; just try to nail down "more" and "secure").
I encourage everyone to find a way to evaluate Windows 8 for yourself.
Microsoft provides time-limited installation images with which you can do so free of charge.
Get a virtual machine environment or a test system you don't need for production work or whatever it takes to be able to evaluate the software for yourself without having to disrupt your working environment or walk through a one-way door. If you find you can use it, and you like it, by all means upgrade. Just don't assume that since Microsoft has released a new version that you automatically want and need it - "past results are no guarantee of future performance".
If you DON'T choose to upgrade, it's no sin (and certainly not worth marking posts as "abusive" over). Be prepared to re-evaluate the decision again in the future; the balance of value may change over time.
Good luck to us all.
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
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There is some mostly intangible value to "keeping current" that has traditionally increased as time goes on (or rather, the value of keeping an old system decreases).
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options
I do not think that the notion of "keeping current" applies to Win8 and I will demonstrate why.
(a) All future improvements would be in the "Metro/WinRT" part of the equation. The best users can aim for is keeping the desktop as it is, (and it is not as good as in Win7)
(b) Improvements in Metro/WinRT are not "compatible" with the desktop experience. I would expect that in the next version of Windows ("Project Blue"?), all OS services and controls would be in "Metro/WinRT" and the desktop would be only utilized for Win32 applications.
Thus, desktop users will be forced to abandon Windows sooner or later. One has to decide when to get off, I guess. One can stay with Win7 for the long haul; one can adopt Win8 + ClassicShell. It hardly matters, because the next version of Windows would likely be incompatible with desktop use.
Now, it is possible (but not probable), that Microsoft would relent and change course. I personally doubt this. Microsoft is in all the way with Win8. I do not see the company retreating from this position. Thus, desktop users would eventually have to face the inevitable demise of Windows from the desktop space.
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Possibly over here. May need more info.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update?tm=1355609338744
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.
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PPTP VPN Client issues with Windows 7 x64 - Spurious ICMP Protocol Unreachable messages sent to server causing disconnection
Hi,
I've been having a couple of odd issues with Windows 7 x64's VPN client connecting to a Linux PPTP server.
First of all, Windows sometimes causes the GRE tunnel to collapse. At what appear to be random, but clustered times (i.e. it won't happen for a day's connection, then it will happen several times in a row) Windows sends an ICMP 'Protocol Unreachable' (ICMP Type 3, Code 2) message back to the server, and the PPTP server quite rightly then collapses the tunnel. This manifests itself on the Windows client side as a dropped connection, and on the server side I see errors like:
pptpd[18194]: GRE: read(fd=7,buffer=6095a0,len=8260) from network failed: status = -1 error = Protocol not available
At first I thought this was possibly a bug with the Linux PPTP server or GRE connection tracking code, but once I broke out the network sniffer and started watching the traffic in detail, I soon found spurious ICMP Protocol Unreachable messages being sent by the Windows clients:
359062 1237.481525 172.x.x.x 82.y.y.y ICMP Destination unreachable (Protocol unreachable)
Where the 172.x.x.x address is the Windows 7 client machine, and the 82.y.y.y address is the external address of the PPTP server. The Windows client returns the contents of the most recent GRE packet in the ICMP payload. Note that the 172.x.x.x address is an RFC1918 private address because I was testing the VPN from inside the corporate network, but the issue also occurs where the client has a public IP. Note also that when testing with the client on the 172.x.x.x address, there are no other routers between the client and the PPTP server.
I've worked around this by blocking all ICMP Protocol Unreachable messages on the PPTP server's firewall, which seems to do the trick. Once the protocol unreachable message is blocked, the PPTP server no longer collapses the GRE tunnel. Instead, a few GRE packets are lost, but the connection recovers without any indication on the client side.
It also then became obvious why this might have been missed during testing of Windows 7 - the default Windows Firewall settings on Windows Servers (and many other VPN devices) block all these ICMP messages by default, which hides the problem with the Windows PPTP client.
The issue occurs on a variety of hardware, with various different processor configurations and network adapters, and also occurred when I tried in a Win7 x64 VM.
This issue did not occur when I was testing with either the Windows XP or the Linux PPTP client.
Second, while testing this issue, I discovered what appears to be a bug in the Windows 7 x64 PPTP VPN client: if the client fails to connect to the server more than a few times in a row, the underlying PPTP implementation seems to get wedged and refuses to connect at all (immediate RAS error 619) until the client machine is rebooted.
I didn't spot a fix for either issue in any of the hotfixes slated for inclusion in Win7 SP1, so I wanted to make sure this issue was documented somewhere on the web.
Any clues as to why Windows 7 is sending these spurious messages?
Thanks,
James
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Hi James,
Have to agree with You and request support in mentioned case as well.
Im successfully using Windows 7 x86/x64 desktops at work/home since Microsoft released it in 2009.
Few weeks ago switched laptop from old XP machine to new one with 7 x64 and trying to resolve
issues very similar to yours.
Software configurations on both laptops were done by myself from the scratch (OS, drivers, apps etc.)
so Im sure they are similar, drivers/apps are dedicated etc.
my issues are :
-can't establish active client ftp connection (Ms ftp.exe, winscp)
passive mode works well for winscp, sure that sities can handle active ftp.
-can't connect tftp client(cisco IOS) to tftp service running on my W7 laptop (direct connection)
-can't establish PTPP connection (using dedicated drytek vigor client as well as native windows client!)
Tried to stop firewall, tried to create rules for ftp, tftp, pptp..... (in addition to existing rules!)
Tried to modify registry (keys disablestatefulFTP and disablestatefulPPTP)
even tried to create rule for pass ICMP (for me this nothing to do with ftp/pptp) but its Microsoft so...
Obviously tried on different connections and locations.(3G, corp Lan, home DSL)
Have installed Checkpoint VPN and Cisco VPN and bloody Symantec endpoint(no FW!) but Im sure that they not affecting.
Got attempt on clean W7/x64 yesterday and got same story - no PTPP, no Active ftp...
For me it looks like something with Windows FIrewall or any other native windows service.
Very strange for my is that similar configuration works perfect since 2008 on my old windows xp laptop :-/
(with checkpoint, cisco and endpoint installed)
So can someone help ?
Thanks in advance !
Martin.
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Hi "Spannerbanner" James,
Thank you as I just set up VPN connection on two Windows 7 64 bits and I met a lot of 619 error when establishing connection or some minutes after connection. Enabling built in Windows firewall works flawlessly.
You did an amazing bug research, Microsoft should work on this issue and word should be spreaded !
Thank you again, you saved me a lot of time !
Toz
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Smart Card Shylock Virus Vulnerbility
Hi
Please take note of this vulnerability.
There is a virus called Shylock that infects smart card service.
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002467.html
I don't think Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials detects this.
- Changed type David Wolters Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:23 PM Not a question
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Hi,
Thanks for your information. We really appreciate your time and efforts.
Leo Huang
TechNet Community Support
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Hi
This is serious matter.
I hope Microsoft take not of these things seriously!
A vulnerability that need software patches to be release immediately!
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How to get Latest add item from list using CAML
Hi , i have data in list,in that list i was upload my data.
using caml how can i get latest added data and previous data from my list.
Thanks,
Madhu.
- Edited by MadhuMakkena Friday, December 14, 2012 2:19 PM
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Use the SharePoint 2010 caml query builder provided in this below link http://sharepoint.biwug.be/SitePages/Caml_Designer.aspx. You can apply order by Modified desc and also you can set the row limit to get the latest one.
The tool displays the source code for the result set it returns.
Raghavendra Shanbhag | Blog: www.SharePointColumn.com
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Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
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Hi,
You can try this code-
SPQuery spQuery = new SPQuery(); spQuery.Query = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name="Modified" Ascending="False" /></OrderBy>"; spQuery.RowLimit = 2;
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Oddly I just provided a code sample for this just a minute ago.
SPListItemCollection itemColl; SPWeb myweb = SPContext.Current.Web; SPList myList = myweb.Lists[strList]; SPQuery query = new SPQuery(); //order by ID descending to get the highest ID item first query.Query = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='Created' Ascending='False'/></OrderBy>"; //only return 1 item so we don't have to load an entire list just to get 1 item query.RowLimit = 2; itemColl = myList.GetItems(query); if(itemColl != null && itemColl.Count() == 2) { SPListItem latestItem = itemColl[0]; SPListItem previousItem = itemColl[1]; } ------------------------------------
How to create apps for windows phone?
i need a basic example of creating windows apps in sharepoint 2013?
- Moved by Humberto LezamaMicrosoft employee Sunday, December 16, 2012 5:47 AM (From:Developing Apps for SharePoint 2013)
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Is this for making the mobile view of 2013 look and feel like an app? Is this for a dedicated app? If this is for a dedicated app the answer depends entirely on the focus of the app. Many mobile apps that are driven by sharepoint are done for publishing data and are completely one off. The only consistent part is accessing sharepoint, which is via web services and the client object model. If you read through the samples here on MSDN you'll have a good idea of the best approach and options for your app.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/officeapps
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Can't Log into Windows 8 with a Microsoft Account!
- Moved by JOshiro Friday, December 14, 2012 11:09 PM Hotmail question (From:Live Connect)
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Please ask this on the Hotmail forum instead:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/hotmail
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Sequencing Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, with the power and simplicity to help you do it all. Effortlessly enhance photos with automatic red eye removal, simple skin tone correction, and new selection tools that make adjusting specific areas of a photo fast and easy. Keep your photos at your fingertips with new ways to find and view them, including face finding, advanced searches and enhanced folder organization. Show off your creativity in countless ways, from exciting dynamic slide shows to one-click online printing and enhanced Photo Mail.
Application Name: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
Application Version: Photoshop Elements 4.0
Company Name: Adobe
Sequencer Version: 4.1 HFRU 2
App-V Client Version Tested On:4.2 RTM
Operating System Sequenced On: Windows XP
Pre-requisites: Not applicable unless error takes place (see limitations)
Client Operating Systems Successfully Deployed To: Windows XP
Posted by Microsoft Employee: Justin Zarb
Corresponding KB Article Reference: http://www.pittet.org/blog/index.php?post/2006/07/04/8-softricity-how-to-sequence-adobe-photoshop-elements-recipe
http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2008/10/09/sequencing-adobe-photoshop-elements-4-0.aspx
Steps to Sequence the Application:
[1] Install Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 locally on your sequencing workstation.
[2] Export the key "HKLM\Software\Classes\Installer\Products\B1F5E89CB2C51DF4DB9F3F77D9ACAA61", save it to a central location for later use.
[3] Discard Changes/re-image your Sequencer, then follow the below instructions:
-Sequencing Steps-
1) Begin your new sequencing; when you reach the Install Phase and are in monitoring, import the Reg Key from the steps above, confirm it has been created.
2) Run the install of Adobe Photoshop as normal, installing to Q:\%ROOT.DIR% (assuming Q is your Sequencer drive letter).
3) When the install is completed, you should be prompted to Reboot; click Yes to reboot, this should be intercepted by the Sequencer, then Stop Monitoring.
NOTE: I observed odd behavior that occurs when you import the registry key prior to installing Photoshop; for some odd reason, many of the files, including the Program Executable, are not created during the install, which is the reason for the following step
4) Begin Monitoring again to simulate the reboot, then run the install for Photoshop again. Select the REPAIR option during the second install, which should create all missing Program Files for the application to work properly.
5) When the install is completed, go to the install location of Photoshop and run the program executable to launch it. Choose Start from Scratch. Close it once it has successfully launched.
6) Complete the install wizard, and go into the Shortcut Wizard. Modify the OSD file name, etc., as preferred, then launch the application. Select Start From Scratch, once it has successfully launched, close the application. You will have to then click on Stop/Terminate to kill the application fully, as it spawns a process which remains in the system tray (this will add the Terminate Children tag into the OSD, which you will want to disable during streaming).
7) When the application has been fully shutdown during the Shortcut Wizard, complete the sequence and save it.
8) Modify the OSD file, setting "TERMINATE CHILDREN" to False. This was added when terminating the app in step 6, due to a child process being spawned. This does not occur on the client. What happens if set to True is that once the loader screen disappears for Photoshop, all child processes, including the application you open will be terminated).
9) Publish your sequence on the Virtual Application Server.
Known Issues/Limitations:
When sequencing Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 you may be presented with the following error during the installation process:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 - Setup
Error 1406.Could not write value RegOwner key \Products\B1F5E89CB2C51DF4DB9F3F77D9ACAA61\InstallProperties.
Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel
'Abort', 'Retry', or 'Ignore'
This document is provided “as-is”. Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. You bear the risk of using it. Some examples depicted herein are provided for illustration only and are fictitious. No real association or connection is intended or should be inferred.This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes. You may modify this document for your internal, reference purposes.
- Changed type zarbieMicrosoft employee, Member Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:03 AM
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Hide certain attributes within GAL for Exchange 2010 / OL 2010 environment
Hello everyone~
Is there a way from Exchange Managenemt Console to hide certain attributes (for example, home phones, postal codes, pager..) on Global Address List (GAL) for a security group? Example scenario - hide certain personal info of teacher group (security group) from student group (security group). I have seen some recommendations to modify OU security/permision settings, set DENY Read Postal Code and Deny Read Home Phone - but those suggestions did not work.
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays!
Shameem Murad
- Edited by Shah Murad Friday, December 14, 2012 9:37 PM
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232094(v=exchg.141).aspx
Managing Details Templates
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Thanks Andy. This looks to me a template, applying to everyone. I am trying to prevent Student Groups from viewing Teachers (all teachers in Teacher Group) info, "certain info" from GAL.
SM
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Thanks Andy. This looks to me a template, applying to everyone. I am trying to prevent Student Groups from viewing Teachers (all teachers in Teacher Group) info, "certain info" from GAL.
SM
Correct. The only realy supported methods are modifying the Details Template or using ABP, which may or may not be what you are looking for, but I would check it out.
THere may not be an entirely clean way to do what you want, The Details Template will certainly take care of it for everyone however.
Understanding Address Book Policies
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LYNC HA
Hi,
I am facing issues when setting up LYNC Enterprise edition high availbility. I have a single pool and both my front end servers are load balanced.
Under the Topology builder I have added the second server for LYNC. The publishing works fine, and even the topology is enabled but my front end service on the second node is not starting up which is I think causing the problem. Any ideas what may be causing this problem?
Mateen Fugawala
- Edited by Mateen Fugawala Friday, December 14, 2012 4:10 PM Updating Post title
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Hi ,
Couple of questions here;
- Did you run install/update Lync server wizard on the second server ?
- Have you installed certificate on second frondend ? Does it have the SAN entry ?
- Do you have a DNS host record created for second server ?
- Make sure that local firewall is disabled on all servers.
Thanks
Saleesh
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Found the Issue, this was because I used the same certificate from my first server and imported to second one.
I made a new certificate request and after that when i started service it went fine.
Is this already known? Cant we use the same cert already generated on the first server for second one?
Mateen Fugawala
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You should include second server FQDN as part of pool certificate SAN , so that you can use the same certificate on both servers. Here is the certificate CN and SAN for your reference.
CN : Pool.domain.com (Frontend pool FQDN)
SAN : FE1.domain.com ; FE2.domain.com; pool.domain.com and simple URLS
Thanks
Saleesh
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Mateen Fugawala
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Simple Best Fix Windows Live Messenger Freeze
- open Internet Explorer
- go to Tools -> Internet Options
- go to "Connections" tab
- click on "LAN settings" button
- uncheck "Automatically detect settings"
- ok, ok, close IE and give WLM a new chance...
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I had this problem for a long time, but never tried anything because I just didn't have any idea why was it happening.
After doing that, I got my WLM working perfectly now.
Thank you.
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Thanks Joeeeeeeee,
It working...
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- Edited by soleon Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:06 AM
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Sir, You the MAN!!
Thanks!!
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How to add a Start and Shut Down Button, here is one way.
How to add a shut down button
How to add a form of a Start button. Taken from and credit due to,
First create a short cut, open the documents folder, right click on background, choose the
new Shortcut command. add this below by copy and paste.
explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f8-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
click next.
Type Apps
click Finish.
As soon as you see the short cut icon, right click and select properties.
Now choose the Change icon Tab, in the look for icons box.
Add this below by copy and paste.
C:\windows\system32\imageres.dll
Scroll to windows Flag icon. choose it.
Now right click the short cut, pin to taskbar.
Please bear in mind, that my answer is based on the details given in your post. The more I get the better the answer, Slan go foill, Paul
- Edited by artiste1 Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:14 PM add another link
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