Window Text font too big, scrolls out of dialog boxes
The Window Text size on my Vista Home Premium machine is big. Too big, in fact, to display correctly in most Windows system dialog boxes. And as we know, these verdammt boxes are not resizable. Up to now, this has been a minor annoyance, but now it's a major one: it's keeping me from completing the Vista x64 SP2 patch install.
Here are some screenshots so you can see what I'm talking about:
As you can see in the screenshots, the window text is just too big. It overflows the sides of the dialog. And because the SP2 EULA screen requires that you view all its text, and I can't, I never get an active "NEXT" button to proceed with the installation. Changing screen res does not help.
I've tried Personalize > Windows Color and Appearance > Open Classic Appearance Properties to reset the Window Text size, but the option to do this is grayed out. Help!
System:
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, Version 6.0 (Build 6001), Service Pack 1
Dell Studio XPS 435 MT, Core i7 920, 6GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 3650 running Catalyst 8.49
Dell Widescreen 2408 WFP in 1920 x 1200 native resolution
- Changed type Nicholas LiModerator Friday, June 12, 2009 6:05 AM
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Hi,
Thank you for posting in Microsoft TechNet Forum.
As I know, This feature is by design. For more information, please visit the following website.
Save your eyes with DPI Scaling in Windows Vista
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=740
How to change the font size in Windows Vista
http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-change-font-size
Hope this helps. Thanks.
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I refuse to accept that there is no solution to this problem. There must be a registry hack somewhere that will allow me to fix this problem!
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Hi,
Unfortunately the above suggestions didn't take effect, anyway thanks for your cooperation.
Based on my further research and test on our test machines. I would like to propose the following suggestions.
1. Make sure that you have the latest video driver installed on your computer, you may need to update it through Device Management.
2. Try to change this behavior in Advanced Appearance, please visit the following website for details.
Advanced Appearance
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/78281-advanced-appearance.html
Note: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there.
3. I also found some solutions about modifying registry related to Font Size, you can visit the following websites for references.
Note: Be careful with registry modifications, you'd better back up registry first.
How to change the Default Vista Fonts
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/106279-fonts-change-default.html
Fix Windows Vista's Fonts
http://chris.pirillo.com/fix-windows-vistas-fonts/
Note: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there.
Hope this helps. Thanks.
- Edited by Dale QiaoModerator Monday, June 1, 2009 3:45 AM
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I had already tried Chris Pirillo's Font Fix, with no success. Advanced Appearance likewise does not work. I also tried the "How to change the default fonts" method in your second link - no go.
Guess this is just something I'll have to live with?
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Hi,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Unfortunately, neither of above works. However, I will keep doing a further investigation.
As I mentioned above, please check that your video driver is up-to-dated. A newer version of the driver might include a resolution to the problem.
Meanwhile, I noticed that this issue occurred in Windows Vista SP2 installation. How did you install Windows Vista SP2, upgrading from the previous Operating System or clean installation with Windows Vista SP2? Did this issue occur in the previous Operating System?
If the previous Operating System didn't own this issue, I may need to suggest that you do System Restore to the previous restore point without any problem, then perform reinstall Windows Vista SP2 following steps in the website as follow:
How to install Windows Vista SP2
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-GB/Help/105f7420-6f7f-4fe8-8698-2f40ca5f53711033.mspx
Hope this helps. Thanks.
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I have not yet installed Vista SP2, because of the error noted above. My Dell came from the factory with Vista SP1 installed, so there was no previous OS and nothing to System Restore to.
Thank you for the link about installing SP2.
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Why don't You answer on exact question - but try to discuss unrelated solutions??
Videocard drivers??? - Very funny advice!
Reinstall OS - no comments....
Maybe You better open that dialog box("Advanced Appearence" in Vista and "Window Color and Appearence" in Windows 7) and see problem by Yourself?
Click at "Window Text" or open menu item "Window" there and try to change Font Size or Font - it's inactive!
We have same exact question - Where And How can we change or add some settings (I believe in registry) - so
I could change Default Windows FONT - as described above.
I can change anything text size/fonts but not for Main text - "window text".
And btw I tryed to change it and in Vista and in Windows 7.
- Edited by a2000 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:58 PM
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Thanks,
jsjs
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The problem is generally caused by some "repairing" tools, I think even sfc.exe does this. These tools put name of incorrect font file under key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts"
"Courier 10,12,15"
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24" - this causes the most visible problems in dialogs.
"MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"
As the fonts with ".fon" suffix are different for each codepage, the name of correct font is dependent on the locale of your Windows, so the easiest way is to look for a correct name at a computer which uses the same version of Windows and correct fonts in dialogs.
Otherwise, you have to look at %systemroot%\Fonts directory and list available fonts, e.g. sse*.fon for "MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24". These fonts can be marked as hidden (e.g. in Windows XP).
ssee1255.fon
ssee1256.fon
ssee1257.fon
ssee874.fon
ssef1255.fon
ssef1256.fon
ssef1257.fon
ssef874.fon
sserife.fon
sserifee.fon
sserifeg.fon
sserifer.fon
sserifet.fon
sseriff.fon
sseriffe.fon
sseriffg.fon
sseriffr.fon
sserifft.fon
Those beggining with "sse" having "e" on 4th position are smaller fonts, those having "f" on 4th position are bigger ones.
The numbers from 5th position equal to ASCII codepage:
874 - Thai
1255 - Hebrew
1256 - Arabic, Farsi and Urdu
1257 - Baltic languages such as Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
Those beggining with "sserif" having "e" on 7th position are smaller fonts, those having "f" on 7th position are bigger ones.
8th position means:
nothing - Western European script
e - Eastern European script
g - Greek script
r - Russian script
t - Turkish script.
You should use the correct script for your locale, otherwise the general font substitution will result in those fonts visible in
- Edited by Pavel D. _ Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:45 PM
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I had the same Problem with Windows XP
i changed SSERIFF2.FON with sserife.fon and everything is working fine now!
You where a great help thanx again
Chris
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I am having the same problem as the person above but I am running windows 7. Is there anyway this can be corrected?
Thanks,
jsjs
i had the same problem in windows 7. this simple registry hack works like a charm.
http://steve.fsxtreme.com/blogs/2008/01/16/say-no-to-segoe-and-cleartype-on-vista/
it is originally made for vista, but works in windows 7 as well.
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This is really great information, Pavel. Thank you for posting it.
Unfortunately, my system has the correct Western Euro sserife.fon file listed in the registry for MS Sans Serif, so I already have the correct value there.
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Problem Fixed!
I tried the "NoSegoe" fix above, but had no luck. But that started me thinking: What if Segoe itself was the problem?
So I opened my Fonts folder and found that SegoeUI was not listed. I reasoned that Windows was substituting a FON system font for the missing SegoeUI, and re-installed the Segoe family from a backup font archive. Control Panel told me that SegoeUI was already installed (even though I couldn't see it), and asked if I wanted to overwrite it. I clicked "yes" and did a Log Off / Log On cycle and the problem was fixed!
So my SegoeUI font family was apparently corrupt, and Windows was using a substitute screen font that was too big. After this, I was finally able to download and install the Vista SP2 service pack.
Big thanks to everyone who contributed to helping me get my fix! Hope this helps someone else to solve their problem too.
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'Though this may or may not relate to your specific problem, I leave this note here for others with similar problems who happen to find this article. As stupid as this may sound, a lot of the text that people would assume to be controlled with the option you show above as being greyed-out is actually controlled by the value for the item labeled "Icon". See the drop-down menu which is above the one you show in your screen capture, select icon, change the font characteristics, click "OK", and finally click "Apply".
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There is a similar problem, but ocurring in just some dialogs.
my solution was to copy the files comctl32.dll and comdlg32.dll (located in system32 or syswow64 depending on your flavor of windows 7) from another windows 7 (that its runing just fine, doesnt matter if it has sp1 installed or not).
you cannot just overwrite the files, so i used hiren's boot disc (use google to get that) to run a live os and erase the bad files from my system and then copy the new files in.
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THANK YOU!!!!! I've been strugling with this for days and this solved it for me :)
I had to change:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFF.FON"
to be
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFE.FON"
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I had a similar problem with Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, SP1 (on an HP EliteBook 8740w, NVIDIA Quadro FX2800M w/ 1GB dedicated RAM, and a WUXGA (1920x1200) display). Many applications and pages had a font that was too large for the screen real estate allotted to that particular window. Here's what I found:
My system was set to "Medium - 125% (default)" out of the box. Apparently this IS the default. I set mine to "Smaller - 100%" (as shown in the screen shot above) and all applications worked great and scaled correctly based on the screen real estate allotted to that particular window. Hope this helps!
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Running Windows 7 - This worked for me, Thank you! Can finally read my entire UDID Identifier.I had a similar problem with Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, SP1 (on an HP EliteBook 8740w, NVIDIA Quadro FX2800M w/ 1GB dedicated RAM, and a WUXGA (1920x1200) display). Many applications and pages had a font that was too large for the screen real estate allotted to that particular window. Here's what I found:
My system was set to "Medium - 125% (default)" out of the box. Apparently this IS the default. I set mine to "Smaller - 100%" (as shown in the screen shot above) and all applications worked great and scaled correctly based on the screen real estate allotted to that particular window. Hope this helps!
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Had the same problem on a new DELL Precision M6600 laptop with a resolution of 1920x1080. For some reason, Windows 7 determined that I should use 125%, and changing the per user setting to 100% still had some dialog boxes displayed with a much bigger font, making it overflow the dialog.
From Davel's explanation I could understand why my windows was still using a bigger fonts in some dialog boxes and not all of them. Any application still using the Ms Serif and Sans Serif fonts was using the wrong .FON file. Changing the name of the fonts in the registry fixed the problem.
One other thing worth mentionning. In order to make sure to force a 96 DPI setting as a system default, you might have to search for the "LogPixels" value in the whole registry and wherever you see 120 (or 78 hexa), change it to 96 (or 60 hexa).
Thanks again!
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i'm struggling with a related issue.
On Windows 7 Starter, I reduced my DPI to less than 100% using the steps explained here:
http://superuser.com/questions/80151/how-to-setup-custom-dpi-below-100-on-windows-7
This image shows this on my computer.
Problem: Immediately after doing this, fonts in dialog boxes are oversized. See image. You can see how the 'Advanced' button is off-screen.
I made various attempts to fix this, based on tips in the above thread and other articles.
Here are my Advanced settings. What I choose here seems to have no affect on dialog boxes:
This shows my MS Serif setting in the registry. It appears to be correct, according to this and other discussions:
Here's my Segoe UI entry in the registry.
Here are my font substitution entries for MS Shell Dlg:
Here are my Segoe UI properties from Windows/Fonts folder. It appears to be missing sizes lower than 12, but choosing a size of 12 (or any other size) in Advanced Settings seems to have no effect on dialog boxes.
I'm not expert enough to know how to fix it. Can anyone make sense of this?
Thanks!
- Edited by johny w Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:24 AM
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ZTIBde.wsf - Update suggestion.
(Took me sometime to find this little bugger.)
Change row 94 to:
If UCase(oEnvironment.Item("BdeInstallSuppress")) <> "NO" and (oEnvironment.Item("IsBDE")) <> "TRUE" Then
Needless to say - I was having the statement BdeInstallSuppress=No in the settings... :-)
Kind regards,
Christian
- Edited by Christian Riiser Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:28 PM
- Changed type Christian Riiser Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2:32 PM Bad call from me.
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Hi Christian,
I'm just wondering, what was the problem and how this change solved it ?
(you might change the type to discussion rather than question)
David Sebban | Nelite North America | http://www.nelite.com/community/b/dsebban/default.aspx
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Hi Christian,
I'm just wondering, what was the problem and how this change solved it ?
(you might change the type to discussion rather than question)
David Sebban | Nelite North America | http://www.nelite.com/community/b/dsebban/default.aspx
Well Its an rather small change. But annoying to me. In my customsettings.ini I had the statement:
BdeInstallSuppress=No
However, the code does not allow for use of lowercase on this specific setting. I.e I needs to have it: BdeInstallSuppress=NO
Thus the simple change of adding the UCase statement will fix the problem.
I never got the script to execute further so I dug into the code and found one small small point for some improvement that I thought I should share...
Kind regards,
Christian
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David Sebban | Nelite North America | http://www.nelite.com/community/b/dsebban/default.aspx
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHH nice catch :) I haven't realized the addition of the "Ucase" in your code :)
David Sebban | Nelite North America | http://www.nelite.com/community/b/dsebban/default.aspx
As said - rather small one. But I was sooo confused why it did not launch...... :-)
/Christian
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separating groups on network but sharing printers
- Changed type Cloud_TS Monday, August 6, 2012 1:38 AM redirect
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Hi,
This type issue should be more related to the configuration on Server site. Please post this problem on Server Forum.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/windowsserver/
Kim Zhou
TechNet Community Support
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Problems Clustering Master Secret Server
I am trying to configure the master secret server for Biztalk 2009 Enterprise on a Windows 2008 cluster. I used the following article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dd897477(v=BTS.10).aspx
When I get to the step to restore the master secret on the second node I get the following error message:
ERROR: Secrets can only be restored on the master secret server.
ERROR: 0xC0002A0E : This function can only be performed on the master secret server.
Does anybody know a solution for this problem?
- Changed type Steef-Jan WiggersMVP, Moderator Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:42 AM No follow up
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Hi,
According to this post it is default behaviour. I myself clustered sso in W2K3, see my post and did not experience this problem.
HTH
Regards,
Steef-Jan Wiggers
MCTS BizTalk Server
http://soa-thoughts.blogspot.com/
If this answers your question please mark it accordingly
BizTalk
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Hi Steef-Jan,
I is default behaviour when you change the master secret server from one server to another. I do not believe this is default behaviour when you are clustering the Master Secret Server.
Regards,
Jeroen
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Hi Jeroen,
At the point that you restore the secret on the second node, it actual needs to be the active node. (i.e. the actual master secret server - This is in the post referenced by Steerf-Jan)
Thanks,
William
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Hi William,
The server was at that time the active node.
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I'm getting the same error. Were you able to resolve your issue?
Thanks.
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- Edited by micahel cook Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:56 PM
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Share Point Foundation External Content List Issue
Hi I have created a External Content List, also given permisson to All Users, All Authenticated Users. But i am getting error
Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource.Om S. Pathak
- Edited by Om S. Pathak Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:09 AM
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Hi ,
In order to work with External contents there are two key points to be taken care of, while giving permission to users.
The user account, group, or claim cannot have a vertical bar (|) in its name.
At least one user, group or claim in the metadata object's access control list must have the Set Permissions permission.
Here is the link to explain this in detail.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee524076.aspx
http://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-external-lists/
Hope this will help.
Please remember to click "Mark As Answer" if a post solves your problem or "Vote As Helpful" if it was useful. It'll help other users who are visiting your thread for the similar problem.
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KMS key deactivate automatically
Hello
we have a KMS server in our enviroment, we had no difficulties during the past 14 months, when we first installed out KMS server. a couple of weeks ago KMS server key deactivated in a sudden, we tought it might be an operating system problem so we started migrating our KMS service to a new server and we activated the key succesfully, but after 1 week the key deactivated again.
we still have the problem in our network, any help please?
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I think this question would be better suited for the InstallPro forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall
Ace Fekay
MVP, MCT, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008/R2, Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 EA, MCSE & MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Complete List of Technical Blogs: http://www.delawarecountycomputerconsulting.com/technicalblogs.php
This post is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.
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Server Error in /mis/Finance/Payslip
hello sir,
Am getting this error
The process cannot access the file 'e:\Fox_Data\PAY.DBF' because its being used by another process.
Exception details : System.Io.Exception:The process cannot access the file 'e:\Fox_Data\PAY.DBF' because its being used by another process.
foreach(var file in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(strSrc))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(file);//Its throwing error here
}
how to solve this error.. Pls reply asap..............
Thanks in advance
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Is this a SharePoint related question? Can you explain more details on this problem with details of your SharePoint environment.
Looking at your code, it looks like you are trying to look for FoxPro Database files and delete them. If this file is avaialble in shared location, ensure that no other process or user is using the file.
Thanks & Regards,
Kamlesh | Blog | Twitter | Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Updating Microsoft Security Essentials in SteadyState
I've been very pleased with the performance of Microsoft Security Essentials and wanted to incorporate it in to SteadyState.
Well it looks like application updates are now being covered in Windows Updates, but maybe not definition updates.
So I wrote a simple batch file to have it launched using Custom Updates that is within Schedule Software Updates
mseupdate.bat
@echo off
c:
cd \Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials
MPCMDRUN.EXE -SignatureUpdate
exit
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Hi Barry, thank you for providing this script.
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Thanks. Here is the same script with the updated directory for Security Essentials.
@echo offc:
cd \Program Files\Microsoft Security Client
MPCMDRUN.EXE -SignatureUpdate
exit
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IIS doe not wait for charts to load
We have a chart/graph application in .NET technology. Users has access to the chart server thro' an IIS proxy ( currently at ver 6.0, now trying to upgrade to 7.5). the users has the option to select up to 9 charts to be displayed in the dashboard. While there is no change to the chart server, we have to upgrade the IIS proxy to ver 7.5.
Here we face the problem, thro' IIS 7.5 proxy, only few charts are getting loaded and other are not. If we try after few minutes, more charts are getting loaded. It seems like IIS proxy is not waiting until all charts are getting loaded/rendered. Especially the first time, it will take some time load the charts. In the current setup(with IIS 6.0), it should say " charts take some time to load").
Can you please through some light, what setting in IIS would help to resolve this problem
- Changed type Cloud_TS Friday, August 3, 2012 2:18 AM wrong forum
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Hi,
From your description, the issue should be more related to Internet Information Services. You'd better to post the issue on the special forum.
Kim Zhou
TechNet Community Support
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Azure Tables & Search Indexing
Hello,
I'm trying to index words of a document on Azure Tables. My indexer splits words and send them to Azure Tables with word's score and documentID. The sturcture is like this:
Table: "Words"
(PartitionKey: "the" RowKey: "Document1")
-Score: 0.0035
(PartitionKey: "time" RowKey: "Document1")
-Score: 0.0023
(PartitionKey: "machine" RowKey: "Document1")
-Score: 0.0062
(PartitionKey: "machine" RowKey: "Document2")
-Score: 0.0105
I'm querying the table to get all the rows with given partition key as it is the word that'ım looking for.
For example I get 2 entities for word "machine".
But: It's incredibly slow. I have 256 words and 1000 entity per words. It takes 2 seconds to get 100 entities with a one word query and about 3 seconds get 100 entities with a three word query.
I must add, indexing is also very slow; 10,000,000 entities saved in about two days.
Is there any other way to index words? Is there any way to increase performance in this scenario?
Note: Sorry, my English is poor :((
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Not exactly sure as to why it is that slow. It should not be that slow if you are just querying on a partition key.
However you may consider using Lucene.NET as it is an easier and more powerful way to accomplish document word indexing.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/Azure-Library-for-83562538
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Hi Burak,
Did you check Jai's post on ".NET and ADO.NET Data Service Performance Tips for Windows Azure Tables"? it has some useful tips even if you are not using the Windows Azure Storage Client Library.
You can also check this blog post on "How to get most out of Windows Azure Tables" which shows what to expect in terms of performance and provides performance tips.
We also advise you to turn ON analytics for your account through the new Azure Portal which would allow you to inspect per request server and network latencies. More information at "Windows Azure Storage Analytics" and "Windows Azure Storage Logging: Using Logs to Track Storage Requests".
What Library are you using?
For Insert Entity are you using parallel requests?
Are you accessing storage from Windows Azure Compute? If so, what VM size and how many instances are you using?
Most of the information should be covered by the links that I provided above, However please let me know if you are still running into performance issues and we would be happy to assist you further.
Thanks,
Jean
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RoboCopy deletes destination file when copy fails from error 33 (locked file)
Just Sharing from Another Forum
I have a lot of empathy & understanding for my colleagues in the Forum. However, I realise as new folks keep coming to the forum, we must persevere. The point of a forum, as we see it, the aim, is to help people, guide, instruct, offer some insight & enlightenment & maybe, even fix something... or promote keeping things from breaking. One of the most important, take-aways in computing is to be proactive rather than & more than reactive.
Certainly, civil, courteous, polite, healthy, mature, respectful discussion is good & welcomed, also.
There may be some variation on defining "debate". And this is were my peers find things "get old"... and I can see their rational. I was on the Debate Club many, many moons ago. Debate, by definition, meant stating a supported idea that, therefore, had credit & merit. Therefore, the other party would pay heed & give due, thoughtful, consideration and evaluation, compared to their own take on things, up to that point. From there could be sound & decent conversation, arriving at a conclusion or understanding or new understanding.
That said, when we grow accustom to 'debate' where there is no open ear, no open-mindedness, there's been heaps of that, already. 'Debate' & prejudice don't play well together. To define prejudice... not that it isn't ok to dislike something or criticise it but, that the mind is, already, absolutely, decided... that's not debate. That's banging your head against a brick wall. That's frustrating.
I'll say this just as an objective, observation. My colleagues, know, as a Beta Tester, I can and must be objective. It would do the development of a product no good, @ all, if testers & builders did not, equally look @ all aspects, be they felt to be good or bad.
It did not take long, @ all, to discover & learn Windows8
In some cases numbers in Win8 are better than prior, in some not. To most folks the differential in specs won't matter or be noticed, consciously. The are huge technical changes, additions & enhancements in Windows8. Most people won't notice or care... or maybe not. Point is, it will vary, both in magnitude & in what ways. But, no matter, fact is, there is, indeed & in fact some amazing & impressive technology in Win8. However, there is no obligation to adopt it October 2012. But, remember, life is a continuum. IF, not October, for someone, for some reason, @ some point, the time may come.
A big par of things is human nature... many humans don't take well to change, period, it's just a reality. It's a truism, that , actually, that's what rears its ugly head every time an OS is released. Yet, I liked XP better than Win 98; there were likable (new) things, approaches to things in Vista... I beta tested Vista for a year and both praise it an razed it. Windows7 which, I beta tested for a year was much better. Nothing is perfect and perfect is subjective. People get perfect & ideal twisted. A person thinks something isn't perfect because it doesn't meet their ideal. When Microsoft builds an OS, people forget, it is w/ a global view, it is for billions, not for you in the sense that you cannot please everyone all the time or all @ the same time. This concept gets severely forgotten. Not it is not perfect & no, everybody is not going to like everything about it all the time. To expect otherwise is 100% silly. To accept something, to discover it, learn it is not a bad thing. It may be different, to whatever degree, it may be new but, it IS.
All my colleagues (& I) feel is has little value to bash things or whine & complain. it is better to add a "yeah but". Yeah but, what could I enjoy or smile about, what could I use or do, even, if, it's instead of something that was? Yeah but, can I talk about alternatives, workarounds, how tos... yeah but, how do I do things, where are they, what is there to learn, know & discover. It comes down to attitude & not having a predetermined chip on ones shoulder. There's better time spent than sticking pins in a Bill Gates doll. It won't help anything. And we here are glad to be helpful. That is not possible & is nothing but, frustrating, if, it falls on deaf ears.
I had been studying Win8 since before BUILD on Sept. 14, 2011. I sat through, attentively all the Presentation @ BUILD. I worked w/ the DP; reported to the Windows8 Build Team. I worked w/ the CP. I started Beta Testing when the CP was released and have continued w/ the RP. I have been running Win8 non-stop since 29/2/12. I have gained a lot of respect, awareness & appreciation for it. There have been many things I have praised to the Win8 Build Team AND many things I have faulted, many things I have requested & suggested. Everything backed up w/ details, data & examples so, it's believable, accurate & clear.
As for debate... some, many who are not in IT or Enterprise, say business will hate Windows8. Corporate sources are saying the opposite. Some say youth will love it... nobody questions that one. Some say the elderly & or XP Users will hate it... the irony is most of those in the forums, who are keen on Win8 & took to it easily & quickly are older folks.
But, the irony does not stop there. We hear people say it is hard to navigate... it is easier & more efficient than Windows7. We feel, ask, instead of grumble. It, can't be all that, otherwise so many people would not like it so much AND THEY DO! We do get tired of people fussing about the Start screen because that is so very silly & groundless. Many of us never, even, use of visit it. People say things like you have to contend w/ a million tiles & scroll for days... none of which, is true.
Just listen & be willing to take from others & re-evaluate & adjust & forget comparing... why? Of course it's different... and in 3 more years there will be another different OS.
I don't often or usually write this much, my fingers are tiring. We'd love to help, (debate, not, too, sure why, makes people nervous what is meant by that), discuss, have people willing to listen & think about what others might know or perceive (differently from them). Be willing to revisited certain notions.
A mountainous amount of investigative research, surveys, feedback, testing & questionnaires came before Windows8. The idea that it was blindly & stubbornly shoved @ the world is rubbish! The efforts to know what people both in & out of business want & need, will like, understand & use OR NOT has been & is & will continue to be huge.
Yep, Microsoft want to be successful. That doesn't make it a terrible company. It is the fundament raison d'etre of any business or entrepreneur. Yep, they need to bother w/ the changing landscape in IT. no question that means mobility... phones, tablets, et al. The workplace, the workforce is getting more mobile all the time. Computers are everywhere, classrooms, homes, offices, in the stands @ an event, in your hand on the bus. Things keep changing... Microsoft are not idiots or weird for trying & wanting to stay in pace w/ that. There will, still, be a huge place taken up by conventional, non-Touch DESKTOP PCs & laptops. It is a huge thing that Microsoft has made an OS that will work on ALL devices... harmony & syncing & consistency. It is a huge thing that Windows8 does not need super-robust or new gear. Those are not bad things. We are going to adapt, like it or not, to OUR changing times... the future is not going to wait while, some people cry about what WAS in XP.
Finally, please try to sympathise... we have heard a lot of false things suggested, we tire of being made to feel like we talk but, to uninterested ears. We've been there, done that, have the T-shirt. It was a new read for us, too, excitedly we perused & pursued it Though, @ the end of the day, we know how good & how sensible & easy Windows8 is. So, it is tough when we are, only, told it's horrid & we are missing something because, somehow we've come to know it is not horrid, dumb or difficult... no matter how many times or ways we repeat the actual, reality & facts. It is not a matter of debating who or what is right or wrong. It is a matter of what is in hand, the here & now and having a good, pleasant, productive User Experience w/ Windows8.
Regards,
Drew
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:00 AM
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And I did not dodge a damn thing!!
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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Moderators in other forums react quickly & harshly when people get personal, crass, rude & nasty, instead of technical. High standards of demeanor are maintained there.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:39 PM
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Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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You have continued to completely miss the point & try & create & initiate something unnecessary & off-topic.
You'll play by yourself.
& no, you do not 'see'.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Monday, July 30, 2012 4:48 PM
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I'm not a secret admirer. I just think his post has valid points.
You have continued to completely miss the point & try & create & initiate something unnecessary & off-topic.
& no, you do not 'see'.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
I see you have a secret admirer who voted up your posts here.
Possibly he would like to discuss the Title you chose for this thread:
Just Sharing from Another Forum
- Edited by Bobby J Cannon Monday, July 30, 2012 8:18 PM
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I'm not a secret admirer. I just think his post has valid points.
You have continued to completely miss the point & try & create & initiate something unnecessary & off-topic.
& no, you do not 'see'.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
I see you have a secret admirer who voted up your posts here.
Possibly he would like to discuss the Title you chose for this thread:
Just Sharing from Another Forum
As do I.
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Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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How the hell can I be "off-topic" when I started the bloody thread...
....
And I did not dodge a damn thing!!
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
Sigmund Freud said:
I see you have a secret admirer who voted up your posts here.
Possibly he would like to discuss the Title you chose for this thread:
Just Sharing from Another Forum
Bobby J Cannon said:
I'm not a secret admirer. I just think his post has valid points.
Bobby, you anonymously voted up a post that began with How the hell... and ended with And I did not dodge a damn thing!!
Then you dodged the very same question about the Title.
What makes you think I have to answer / reply to your post? I don't have any requirement forcing me to reply to your post. I'd rather not spent any my valuable time responding to anything you post because you'll not put any effort into having a real discussion. I have chosen to ignore your question / request because it's irrelevant, serves no purpose, and will not provide any real value.
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You do realise, the entire Thread is seen. Including the fact that what you marked as Abuse, was not & that the problem in thread is YOU.
Last response there will be to your entries.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:05 AM
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David Clarke
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Although, there is good conversation following the OP in other Forums. A fine & mature crowd elsewhere, it often seems.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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I have to agree that several of the answers are wasted space.
But (I do not wish to join in the argument, or support either side!!) Maybe if you condensed your rather long post to make it more readable and interesting, it would get better attention?
fwiw. I only visit two other forums on which you have posted the same text. Neither so far, after several days, have had any feedback. But I am sure you are speaking of yet another forum?
David Clarke
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Thanks very much, 'J'. This was 1 of the VERY few times I have, actually written more than a couple of lines.; not a big fan of typing.
Yes, I am taking of another Forum, David. Sorry, it's not written the way you would have worded it but, thanks for the constructive criticism, point taken.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:52 PM
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Agreed, but he has already taken the constructive criticism for what it was.
This was 1 of the VERY few times I have, actually written more than a couple of lines.; not a big fan of typing.
Sorry, it's not written the way you would have worded it but, thanks for the constructive criticism, point taken.
This one was a bit shorter, but I still found it hard to digest: Food for Thought... IRONY
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Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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Go find something to do w/ your time somewhere other than harassing people in this Forum.
Quit being an obnoxious pest!!
The person who deserves to be ban is YOU. You are doing nothing worthwhile in this thread except giving people a hard time & trying to cause trouble.
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:48 PM
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Report error in MP
How do I report a problem in the Forefront TMG Management Pack? U will perhaps have noticed it already.
Apparently Spell Check doesn't work for the description field any more......
Cheers,
JB
| Array availability is in a critical health state | Alert Description | |||
| Source: |  | Myserver | More than 40% of the Array member Servers are in a critical availability health state. Drill down in the health tree to determain the cause of this. | |
| Path: | Myserver | |||
| Alert Monitor: |  | Servers availability | ||
- Changed type Nicholas Li Monday, August 6, 2012 9:30 AM
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Hi John,
You need to create a System Center 2012 Suggestion (non-TAP) here: https://connect.microsoft.com/SC/feedback/CreateFeedback.aspx
(registration may be required)
http://OpsMgr.ru/
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Hi Alexey,
Apparently that is the wrong link now. They say to report bugs to the Forums!! And then you will also notice that they can't spell cloud below....sigh.
JB
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| Do NOT submit requests for support or bugs via this form. All requests for support or to report bugs must be submitted to Microsoft Support or to the System Center forums. |
What System Center 2012 clould and datacenter component is this Suggestion related to?*
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- Edited by bradje Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:50 PM
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New SSMS add-in for quick source code navigaion released
SSMSBoost add-in (www.ssmsboost.com)
extends SQL Server management studio with these features:
- Script object located at cursor position directly from SQL Editor. Shortcut:[F2]
- Locate object: quickly find object located at cursor position in object explorer. Shortcut:[Ctrl-F2]
- QuickConnection Switch drop-down on toolbar allows switching connection in SQLEditor between Servers
- Locate current database in ObjectExplorer
- Search for objects using wildcards
- Preferred connections management: "remember" frequently used server/databases, quickly swith between them
- Shortcuts editor - feature, that is missing in SSMS2008, but is coming in SSMS2012
- Define macros with existing commands
- Auto replacements
- Connection coloring - in more useful way
- Server aliases in quick connection switch combobox
This add-in saves real detime during work with databases with many objects or when you work in multiple-server environments
- Changed type AndreiRantsevich Monday, March 19, 2012 3:39 AM
- Edited by AndreiRantsevich Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:18 PM
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SSMSBoost - ssms add-in adds quick source code navigation to SSMS, quick connection management & switching, shortcuts, auto replacements and object search. www.ssmsboost.com
- Edited by AndreiRantsevich Wednesday, May 2, 2012 2:50 PM
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Version 2.3 released
-Added copy column names from results grid feature (Copy results grid headers)
-Copy original cell contents from results grid (copy long string preserving linebreaks)
-fixes and improvements
SSMSBoost - ssms add-in adds quick source code navigation to SSMS, quick connection management & switching, shortcuts, auto replacements and object search. www.ssmsboost.com
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v 2.4 released -NEW FEATURE: ResultsGrid scripter. Allows to script Results grid contents using user defined templates. After scripting is done results can be placed to clipboard, saved to file or saved to file&opened by specified application. For example, to open results grid contents in Excel you only need a few clicks: Select desired rows or Ctrl-A (select all) -> right click grid selection -> "Copy Data as" -> -> "XML (Excel tweak)" -> "Save & Open". Done. Templates can be customized & added by user. Feature is shipped with 7 pre-defeined templates *[XML (Excel tweak)] - saves results in XML format, that can be opened by Excel *[INSERT INTO #tmp exec sp_name] - generates CREATE/INSERT EXEC script for results of Stored Procedure execution. *[WHERE] - selected values are copied as 'WHERE (ColumnName=Value) OR ...' allowing to generate WHERE filters by selecting required column values *[HTML <table>] - results are saved as HTML Table *[Property:Value] - copies results as ColumnName:Value *[XML (pure)] - results are saved as pure XML *[SELECT] - scripts results as SELECT VALUES. You can run generated SQL script and get same results once again LIMITATIONS: We wanted to give you the power of this feature as soon as possible, so we decided to publish it now, though, there are some things that will be improved in next release: In current release there is no possibility to work with data formatting. For example, if your scripted text values will contain some special characters and data will be scripted as XML it will get broken. In next version we will add datatype-based formatting which will allow you to make additional post-processing of scripted values, most probably with regex. If you like this featue and see improvement possibilities - please write us your proposals. -NEW FEATURE: GridResults visualizer. Allows to save contents of single cell to disk and open with specified program. Applications: if your database keeps Word documents, Excel files, pictures and other files in tables, you can open these files directly from results grid. Just right-click the cell and choose "Visualize as". Visualizers list is configurable. You can add your own datatypes. Feature is pre-configured with visualisers for Excel, Word, Pictures, Text. -NEW FEATURE: 'Important' Database/Server Alert: SSMSBoost already allows to define Statusbar color, depending on connection. Some users wanted to have additional warning, when they have worked with "very important database". If you switch on this feature for Preferred Connection, a permanent tooltip will appear at desired position in SQL Editor window, showing you Informational/Warning message, that you can customize. This is per-connection setting. You can choose color, font, location.Initial idea was to let you customize background color of active window per connection, but unfortunately due to some limitations in SSMS it came out to be impossible. -Scripting Objects: added additional command "Script as ALTER". Previously F2 shortcut would Script database object "as CREATE". Now you can use Shortcuts editor of SSMSBoost to decide if F2 will "Script as Create" or "Script as ALTER"
SSMSBoost - ssms add-in adds quick source code navigation to SSMS, quick connection management & switching, shortcuts, auto replacements and object search. www.ssmsboost.com
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How to Open Power Point 2010 when in view
- Moved by Max Meng Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:16 AM Off-Topic (Dup post) (From:Office IT Pro General Discussions)
Dual Bootable External HDD
Hello Guys,
We created Winodows XP Images thorugh Symantec Ghost. As now we are moving to Windows 7, so are creating Windows 7 Image thorugh MDT 2012(Creating Media). For windows 7 Deployment, we don't have any environment set at our client side. So we need to create some bootable external media through which engineer can deploy the images on workstations.
But here we have only one External HDD assigned to engineer and they need to deploy Ghost Images as well as Windows 7 images thorugh the same.
Here our problem is that we are not able to create bootable(dual boot) media through which we can get option to deploy both Ghost Images as well as Windows 7 Images(Created through MDT(Media).
Please help us if anyone has done this..
Thanks,
Dinesh Kashyap
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several years ago I used syslinux to create a multiboot USB thumb drive to boot several different ISOs. I can't locat my documentation, but I found this site that may prove useful.
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/disk/btmk/btmk08-MultiBootingWithSyslinux/single/
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You can modify the BCD file for a bootable cd to boot multiple wims, but its a pain to do, because you need to refer to a long GUID and the command lines get ugly. I have a batch file that I got from Johan, that creates a BCD file capable of booting three separate WIMS. It can be modified to suit.
Larger issue is, booting from a hard drive to install win 7 can be problematic. MDT cant differentiate between an exgternal and internal HDD. Flash drives are no problem, but disks don't work so well and aren't supported.
Create your boot cd folders as you normally would witrh the WAIK, create a BCD file using the batch file, and copy the WIMS to the Sources folder.
@echo off
Rem Creates BCD (boot configuration data) for Windows PE 2.0/3.0
REM ===================
REM To add a choice copy menu choice to new section and
REM update %guid(X)% number in Menu and Bootmanager section
set BCD-File=.\BCD-test
set menu1="LiteTouch_x86"
set wim1=LiteTouchPE_x86.wim
set menu2="LiteTouch_x64"
set wim2=LiteTouchPE_x64.wim
set menu3="XP Cloning Menu on WinPE 3.0"
set wim3=CloningRIS.wim
del %BCD-File%
REM ==================
REM Create File
Bcdedit /createstore %BCD-File%
REM ===================
REM Create Ramdisk Options
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /create {ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdidevice boot
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdipath \boot\boot.sdi
REM ===================
REM First menu choice
for /f "tokens=1-3" %%a in ('Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /create /d %menu1% /application osloader') do set guid1=%%c
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid1% systemroot \Windows
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid1% detecthal Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid1% winpe Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid1% osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim1%,{ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid1% device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim1%,{ramdiskoptions}
REM ===================
REM Second menu choice
for /f "tokens=1-3" %%a in ('Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /create /d %menu2% /application osloader') do set guid2=%%c
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid2% systemroot \Windows
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid2% detecthal Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid2% winpe Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid2% osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim2%,{ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid2% device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim2%,{ramdiskoptions}
REM ===================
REM Third menu choice
for /f "tokens=1-3" %%a in ('Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /create /d %menu3% /application osloader') do set guid3=%%c
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid3% systemroot \Windows
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid3% detecthal Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid3% winpe Yes
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid3% osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim3%,{ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set %guid3% device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\%wim3%,{ramdiskoptions}
REM ===================
REM Create Bootmanager
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /create {bootmgr} /d "Windows 7 BootManager"
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set {bootmgr} timeout 30
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /set {bootmgr} displayorder %guid1% %guid2% %guid3%
REM ===================
REM List all items
Bcdedit /store %BCD-File% /enum all
pause
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Thanks JoeZeppy for your quick response. We already have a solution to deploy both .GHO and Install.WIM images. As this whole process works in command prompt so we are only able to deploy Install.Wim through ImageX.
But here we need to deploy the media which we have created through MDT. It includes Drivers, Security Patches and Packages. Its completely a GUI based installation so during installation start; it gives a compatibility error and installation ends.
Here we are requested to create bootable external HDD which give message like:
1. Deploy Ghost Images
2. Deploy Wim Images(MDT Media)
3. Exit
Engineer choose the option according to reqested Image and then it boots accordingly.
Thank, Dinesh Kasdhyap
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Yep, this would do that. Your customized bcd file would give you multiple choices, selecting one would boot the corresponding boot.wim from \Sources on your boot media.
But I still don't think you are going to be able to run a media build from an external hard drive.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sr-Latn-CS/mdt/thread/736aabea-9c73-4f61-a393-1b4db27d2e1f
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Forefront Client Security and Faronics DeepFreeze
Hi All,
I work for a technical college that has about 1500 lab computers where we use a product called DeepFreeze to keep the machines in a consistent state. We are in the process of implementing Microsoft Forefront Client Security and ran into a snag. DeepFreeze runs a maintenance cycle (during which time changes to the hard drive stick) once a week in which the DF client runs Windows Updates during that time frame. We have Forefront Definitions being sent out via WSUS with the expectation that these lab machines would get the updated definitions during the DeepFreeze maintenance cycle. Unfortunately the Forefront Def Updates are not being installed. WindowsUpdates.log shows no applicable updates are being found. Faronics tells me that DeepFreeze will only install approved critical updates, and they believe the Forefront Def Updates are not being classified as "Critical," thus not being installed.
I'm curious if anyone else is using DeepFreeze and Microsoft Forefront and how you are currently handling your environment.
Also, if someone knows what Forefront Def Updates are actually classified as in WSUS, that would be helpful too.
Thanks,
Justin
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MSRC Severity on definitions = Unspecified as they do not fall under security hotfix guidelines.
What I would probably recommend is scheduling a signature update to happen at this 1 hour maintenance time. You can use the mpcmdrun signatureupdate command to do this and create a scheduled task for it. Check this post out http://blogs.technet.com/kfalde/archive/2008/10/23/how-to-add-extra-scheduled-scans-or-definition-updates-for-fcs.aspx for some ideas. That or you could via FCS policies do something like schedule a quick scan right at that time and define in policy that clients update signature when scans are performed.
CSS Security Support Engineer (FCS/MBSA/WUA/Incident Response) Check out my blog http://blogs.technet.com/kfalde
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Hi Justin,
Also running Deepfreeze and FCS here (also at a college), did you manage to find a work around for getting the Forefront updates on during maintenance periods?
Rob
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Hi Rob-M,
I forgot about this thread...
Yes, we did come up with a solution to our def updating problem. We switched from using the "Windows Update" option during maintenance to the "Run Batch File" during maintenance. I created a batch file that runs a gpupdate /force, creates a "Big Red Button" VBscript, runs the script, then deletes it. I modified a VBscript I found (http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2007/09/01/Whassup-with-WSUS.aspx?Page=2) which didn't work right out the box. The VBscript checks for, downloads, and installs any approved Windows Updates from the assigned Windows Update source, which we assign our WSUS server via Group Policy. The script then reboots the workstation if any of the updates it installed require a reboot. I don't like using "On Error Resume Next" in my VBscripts, but the script would fail at the "objAutomaticUpdates.DetectNow" line on random machines. The "On Error Resume Next" allows the script to continue even if that command fails. I put the gpupdate /force at the beginning so that any GP changes that were made will get "stuck" while the machines are thawed. Also it would be required if the WSUS server(s) changed...
The modified vbs file that the batch script creates, runs, then deletes is a s follows:
'========================================================================== ' ' SCRIPT NAME: DFWSUSUpdates.vbs ' DISCRIPTION: Checks for, downloads, and installs Windows Updates from WSUS ' ' AUTHOR: Justin Jahns ' DATE: 6/2/2010 ' ' Source: http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2007/09/01/Whassup-with-WSUS.aspx?Page=2 ' '========================================================================== On Error Resume Next Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objAutomaticUpdates = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate") objAutomaticUpdates.EnableService objAutomaticUpdates.DetectNow Set objSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session") Set objSearcher = objSession.CreateUpdateSearcher() Set objResults = objSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'") Set colUpdates = objResults.Updates Set objUpdatesToDownload = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl") intUpdateCount = 0 For i = 0 to colUpdates.Count - 1 intUpdateCount = intUpdateCount + 1 Set objUpdate = colUpdates.Item(i) objUpdatesToDownload.Add(objUpdate) Next If intUpdateCount = 0 Then WScript.Quit Else Set objDownloader = objSession.CreateUpdateDownloader() objDownloader.Updates = objUpdatesToDownload objDownloader.Download() Set objInstaller = objSession.CreateUpdateInstaller() objInstaller.Updates = objUpdatesToDownload Set installationResult = objInstaller.Install() Set objSysInfo = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.SystemInfo") If objSysInfo.RebootRequired Then Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Shutdown)}!\\localhost\root\cimv2") Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem") For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems objOperatingSystem.Reboot() Next End If End If The complete batch file that I use is as follows:
gpupdate /force > "%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO '========================================================================== >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' SCRIPT NAME: DFWSUSUpdates.vbs >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' DISCRIPTION: Checks for, downloads, and installs Windows Updates from WSUS >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' AUTHOR: Justin Jahns >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' DATE: 6/2/2010 >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' Source: http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2007/09/01/Whassup-with-WSUS.aspx?Page=2 >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO ' >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO '========================================================================== >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO On Error Resume Next >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objAutomaticUpdates = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objAutomaticUpdates.EnableService >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objAutomaticUpdates.DetectNow >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objSearcher = objSession.CreateUpdateSearcher() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objResults = objSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set colUpdates = objResults.Updates >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objUpdatesToDownload = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO intUpdateCount = 0 >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO For i = 0 to colUpdates.Count - 1 >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO intUpdateCount = intUpdateCount + 1 >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objUpdate = colUpdates.Item(i) >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objUpdatesToDownload.Add(objUpdate) >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Next >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO If intUpdateCount = 0 Then >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO WScript.Quit >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Else >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objDownloader = objSession.CreateUpdateDownloader() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objDownloader.Updates = objUpdatesToDownload >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objDownloader.Download() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objInstaller = objSession.CreateUpdateInstaller() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objInstaller.Updates = objUpdatesToDownload >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set installationResult = objInstaller.Install() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO. >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objSysInfo = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.SystemInfo") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO If objSysInfo.RebootRequired Then >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Shutdown)}!\\localhost\root\cimv2") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem") >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO objOperatingSystem.Reboot() >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO Next >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO End If >>"%Temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" ECHO End If cscript "%temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs" del "%temp%\DFWSUSUpdates.vbs"
Also, If you looking for a way to manually install WSUS updates on machines (not related to DF) take a look at my posting entitled "WSUS "Big Red Button" VBScript Not Working" (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/b1452d6b-4925-48c4-9113-d2c71bbf07db)
I hope these come in handy for someone :)
Justin
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Thanks for the prompt reply Justin, looks like this could be very useful to us.
Rob
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Have you guys had any difficulty with this problem?
We run DeepFreeze in our labs as well. Today we booted in Thawed mode so we could run system updates. After the updates the computers prompted us to Restart. We did.
Now we are in an endless loop where DeepFreeze re-froze itself but "Windows 7 Service Pack 1" is installing -- and after it installs "Stage 1 of 2" it restarts... and installs "Stage 1 of 2"... then installs "Stage 1 of 2"... then installs "Stage 1 of 2"... then (etc.).
We can't get it to run in thawed mode to complete the install and we also can't get the Service Pack to cancel because Deep Freeze keeps resetting anything we change.
I'm at a loss here, but we have students coming in tomorrow morning for computer science courses... and we will be without computers. :/
ANY help is appreciated.
Robert
~ Robert Griffith
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Today we booted in Thawed mode so we could run system updates.
When you thawed your lab(s), I'm assuming you choose the "Boot Thawed on Next 1 Restarts" option.
We never use this option for this exact reason... You never know what applications/updates/setting changes will need a restart, or even multiple restarts as in the case with Windows 7 SP1.
The only thing I could guess is trying to boot into safe mode (pressing F8 right before Windows boots)... Thawing the machines from there.
Otherwise your going to need to contact Faronics to see if their is a way to disable DF before Windows boots.
Good Luck!
Justin
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Hey There,
did you find a way out of this deadlock? I have exactly the same problem. Update Loop...Rebooting and Updating Registry before Windows comes finally up. Using DeepFreeze with Windows 7and now I cannot go into Thawed Mode.
If you'd come back and tell me what you did it would be highly appreciated
Best
Justin
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This may be posted elsewhere but this is what we did when we had the above issues involving Windows Update, Windows 7 and DeepFreeze:
1. During boot press F8 to bring up Advanced Boot Options
2. Select 'Repair Your Computer'
3. Hit Next to select US Keyboard
4. Enter admin password
5. Open Command Prompt
6. Go to the Windows Partition (not the System Reserved one) , type the following into the command prompt
cd\windows\system32\drivers
ren DeepFrz.sys DeepFrz.sy_
exit
7. Restart
8. Allow computer to boot normally, will appear to run updates as before and will restart on its own
9. Allow computer to boot normally, this time it should reach the Windows 7 Enterprise screen and say 'Configuring Updates'
10. Eventually it will say 'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to logon', however mouse and keyboard will be nonfunction
11. Press power button to shutdown PC
12. Repeat steps 1-5
13. Open Command Prompt, and type the following
cd\windows\system32\drivers
ren DeepFrz.sy_ DeepFrz.sys
exit
14. Restart
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renaming d e e p f r z . sys with d e e p f r z . sy_ wont work on 7.20
windows wont continue after windows logo, it will immediately reboot the computer
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I have had the same problem. only clean way was to re-image the machine.
What is hapenping is that when a W7 Machine goes out and gets updates it normally takes a reboot to install them. So what is happening is that.
A Machine is woken up at or just before a scheduled maintenance window (for us 1-4a)
Deep Freeze boots them into thaw mode.
The machine goes out and gets the updates from MS as well as the kms keys.
The machine then reboots to a frozen state.
here is the problem. Windows 7 wants to install the updates on the reboot (now you are in a Frozen state and the updates cannot take. I have had updates saying something like 2000 updates to be installed.
What needs to happened is that the machine needs to be rebooted a 2<sup>nd</sup> time to make sure that all updates are fully installed. I chose to do all updates in my labs (about 450 computers total at 4 different sites across town up to 20 miles away.
I image my labs and the end of every semester or when new software comes in.
The problem here is how you know when to reboot the computer after updates.
If MS released a big update and one slipped thru you could possibly ruin the lab or labs.
Job security right?
- Edited by SD_horse_guy Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:20 PM
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Note that the script that I provided above automatically reboots the workstation if any of the updates it installed requires a reboot. Thus, this reboot happens while the workstation is still in the maintenance cycle (thawed). My script has been working flawlessly in our environment (~1500 lab computers) for several years now. In theory, the only time we would have a problem is when an update requires two reboots, which could be the case with a service pack, thus why we don't push service packs via WSUS.
Justin
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Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 kills Exchange 2010 UC Faxing feature?
I am doing some prep work on a request I received concerning fax support for Exchange. In my case they want to integrate Lync 2010 with the Exchange 2010 UC role but according to the statement below this will kill the fax feature.
"Fax services provided by the Exchange UM server are not available in Lync Server deployments that are integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2010 with latest service pack."
So the only alternative for fax support through Exchange in cases like this is to go third-party? Is this the case with Lync 2013 as well or still to early to tell?
Furthermore I would love to hear from people that have experience with fax integration in regards to Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 deployment landscapes.
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Okay - went through the supporting documents as it is still a little bit unclear. So as you mentioned the only Fax support Exchange 2010 has is via certified Partners.
I was looking at Understanding Faxing in Unified Messaging but Spotlight on Exchange 2010: Receiving faxes using Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging basically makes it clear that incoming faxing (and outgoing faxing) cannot be maintained and configured in-house.
What I do not understand then is that the depiction below (is then completely misleading as I understood if a certified media gateway is in place it will be to handle incoming faxes and forward this to the respective mailbox directly (in case dedicated DID number or single voice/fax DID number). The sender fax from PSTN basically hits the UM IP gateway (e.g. Audiocodes Mediant 1000) and delivers (T.38) this to the Exchange UM role holder which in turns delivers it to the respective recipients mailbox.
Basically I wanted to find out, as to how far as possible without any 3rd party software/services, one can deal with incoming and outgoing faxes.
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Without using a 3rd party product it is not possible to do inbound faxing with Exchange 2010. That picture is misleading and wish they did not have that on that web page.
Outbound faxing was never in the Exchange product so a 3rd party was always needed if that function was required.
But also to answer your original question, you should not be routing fax calls through Lync.
- Edited by Eric Stoddard Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:13 PM added last sentence
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Filter MSDN per exam option
Here is an idea - it would be really nice to have a filter when browsing MSDN content online so that you are able to only view the stuff related to a particular exam. Some of the newer exams don't have books that you can buy and, in my experience, one of the books for an exam I sat did not cover all the topics properly. If we were able to just flick a switch in MSDN to target a particular exam, learning to become an MCPD (or whatever) would be a lot more focused. I currently find that, when learning directly from MSDN, I tend to wander outside the boundaries of the exam I am studying for and I find it difficult to gauge how much reading I have done, and what I still need to do. Thoughts?
Thanks.
weird thing in Sharepoint and excel macro-enable
Hi,
I have a document library on a Sharepoint 2007 server.
All the users from the visitors group (home made permissions levels) have issues when opening xlsm excel files (excel 2007 files with macros), the thing is that when opening the file, a popup arrives and request edit or view, any of those choice give an other popup for authentication procedure. you can enter 100 times your credentials, the popup continue to request authentication. There's no error messages. if you hit cancel from the box, the file open, all drop-down feature are working, but I have no clue if the integrity of the file is ok.
If I grant one of those users as members, everything is ok.
I have not tested yet, but if I have the "add items"in List Permissions for the visitor permission level, it should solve the issue. But this level of permissions can't be set for those users for those files.
I want to understand why this happen, why this popup come out. And If there's a solution and/or workaround.
Thanks in advance for help.
M
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