Editing of code blocks
However having created such a box there doesn't appear to be any way to return the for Format Code Block dialog with the existing source in place. It would be nice to be able to do this. You can just cut'n'paste but it looks strange since having highlighted the code to edit to copy it, launching the Format Code Block shows the highlighted content as HTML. You then paste over that 'HTML' and reset the language combo.
Being able to indent with tabs would be nice also.
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
SP3 Issues
I decided to install SP3 on my new XP Pro computer. Disaster is what happened:
1. The "Device Manager" folder is now empty
2. The "Network Connections" folder is now empty; however, my wireless network works fine!
3. It takes 15 seconds to get a response when I click on "My Computer". This happens every time I exit from the same.
4. The "Safely Remove Hardware" icon is gone from the system tray.
I should have known better but now I'm stuck. The problems remained even after uninstalling SP3.
I still can't believe it.
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
I have the exact same problem on my machine....have you got any help yet?
------------------------------------
Reply:
You could try the XP SP3 forum rather than the Server 2008 virtualization forum!
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
------------------------------------
Field type "Guid" is not installed properly
I'm trying to create field of type SPFieldType.Guid and experiencing the above error.
SPList list = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists["ListName"];
SPField field = list.Fields.CreateNewField(Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldType.Guid.ToString(),"Test");
I am wondering why this happens? I thought default fields are all properly installed and can be used without problems.
Does anyone know how to overcome this issue?
Thanks.
UPDATED.
Have to create field via AddFieldAsXml
list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml("<Field DisplayName=\"Test\" Type=\"Guid\" Required=\"TRUE\" Name=\"Test\" Hidden=\"TRUE\"/>");
Reporting Service database upgrading failed when database name like '%ReportServer'
I found a bug in Reporting Service WMI Provider MSReportServer_ConfigurationSetting.GenerateDatabaseUpgradeScript, and it will cause reporting service database named as *ReportServer upgrading failure.
Here is the detail:
- I installed SSRS as non-default instance.
- Before configurating reporting service instance, I installed SQL 2005 SP2.
- Then I used Reporting Services Configuration Manager(RSConfigTool.exe) to configure my reporting service instance. In "Databases Setup" tab, I created a new database named as 'SSRSReportServer'.
- After database was created, I tried to apply the setting, UI prompted for upgrading database from version 'C.0.8.40' to the newest version.
- While database upgrading, I got a exception:
Could not locate entry in sysdatabases for database 'SSRS'. No entry found with that name. Make sure that the name is entered correctly. - Startup SQL Profiler, I caught this SQL Script
USE SSRS[SSRSReportServerTempDB]
--------------------------------------
-- T.0.8.40 to T.0.8.41
--------------------------------------
-- No change in tables
--------------------------------------
-- T.0.8.41 to T.0.8.42
--------------------------------------
if (select count(*) from dbo.syscolumns where id = object_id('SessionData')
and name = 'ExecutionType') = 1
begin
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[SessionData] DROP COLUMN [ExecutionType]
end -
The first USE SSRS[SSRSReportServerTempDB] should be USE [SSRSReportServerTempDB].
- Finally, I tried WMI Provider "\root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer\v9\admin:MSReportServer_ConfigurationSetting" [GenerateDatabaseUpgradeScript] method, it returned "USE SSRS[SSRSReportServerTempDB]", the same as I saw in RSConfigTool. But if the database name is ReportServerXX, then USE ReportServerXXTempDB is returned. It seems the issue happened only when database name LIKE '%ReportServer'
Resolution:
I think the Reporting Service WMI Provider has a bug in report service database name to temporary database name conversion, when database name like '%ReportServer'. As we know this, we can keep away from this bug easily by avoiding naming database as *ReportServer. (But it took me several hours to found out this truth...)
Related Post: http://blog.darkthread.net/blogs/darkthreadtw/archive/2008/05/21/rsconfigtool-bug.aspx
English Posts: http://blog.darkthread.net/blogs/darkthreadtw/archive/tags/English/default.aspx
Announcement: BizTalk Server 2006 R3 RTM planned in H1 CY09
From http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/ Over the past few months we've seen an incredible wave of new platform products and technologies including Windows Server 2008, .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. You may remember that in the past BizTalk Server has updated features to support the most recent platform releases. With BizTalk Server 2006 once the RTM versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 were released, we did final testing and sent a new version of BizTalk Server out the door. Based on feedback from customers and partners, we are planning to do the same thing this time around to follow closely on the heels of this latest platform wave. Once SQL Server 2008 (the final of the three to be released) becomes generally available, we will follow with an updated version of BizTalk Server designed for the latest versions of Windows Server, the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and SQL Server. This will mean that BizTalk Server customers will continue to take full advantage of the platform's latest improvements including: scalability for mission-critical workloads, improved support for next-generation web and service oriented applications, improved virtualization support and better business insight through Office. We are also taking the opportunity as part of this BizTalk Server release to deliver additional customer-requested capabilities for our core SOA infrastructure. We will give more updates on specific features in the coming months, but at a high level we are planning some new investments in the release that includes: To ensure existing BTS applications continue to run without changes, we are taking an incremental approach and limiting the changes to the items listed above. Because this release build on existing bits, the name of this release will be BizTalk Server 2006 R3. Refreshing the bits (instead of applying a large Service Pack) provides for the best update experience. You should expect to see a CTP of BizTalk Server 2006 R3 later this year (with an RTM planned in H1 CY09). Stay tuned for an update in the coming weeks! See you @ TechEd.
Reply:
Thanks for posting this, Kent!
Ed
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
关于互联网网页版权问题--看到校内网完完全全模仿Facebook，而且很成功我想到......?
校内网的设计完全照搬facebook这不侵权吗？
如果一个网站模仿另一个网站的板式，设计，甚至直接使用别人的图片，肯定是侵权了三
但是校内确没有啊 ？
究竟是怎么界定网页版权的？ 不知道使用那些网络图片是免费而且不侵权的？总不可能设计一个网页，每个图片都是原创吧.!
- Moved by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟 Friday, May 13, 2011 4:55 PM 法律问题 (From:一般性问题讨论区)
Reply:
貌似中国还没有发生过互联网侵权的重大事件，再加上知识产权保护在中国不是很全面，所以这个问题适用的规则，法律很少人知道，即便知道，维权意识大多淡泊，除非有利可图了。
如果上这个网站的，有律师就可以回答你了。或者有经历过这方面的事情的人可以来解答你的问题。------------------------------------
Remote Desktop Disconnect Status.
I was wondering is there any way to play a wav file when I loose my remote desktop connection to the server?
I see that the screen goes grey around 2 - 3 minutes after I pull the network cable and a network broken connection icon flashes in the upper right hand corner but I'm looking for some type of an alarm indication when this happens.
Thanks
- Changed type David WoltersModerator Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:55 PM
Ever wondered how to talk to the Exchange Unified Messaging web service?
MSDN just published a technical article that takes you through building your own "proxy" to talk to the UM web services and discusses how to integrate EWS and UM in your own applications.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540447(EXCHG.80).aspx
The project can be downloaded here:
Hope this helps. Feel free to post in this forum for questions related to UM web service development.
DSL ID: Undocumented "As Is" information
Before diving into the details of the post, I'll start with a disclaimer because we didn't test this particular information: This post provides information that should be treated as FYI. You can test or use at your own risk and by that I mean that we will not offer support for issues arising from the use of this information nor issue hotfixes to address any issues exposed/generated by the use of this information (e.g. if this data does not appear in the in-box reports).
Having said this, here some useful information from David Armour , who's a Program Manager on the SCCM team and one of the founding fathers of the Asset Intelligence technology at Microsoft.
"I recommend if a customer wants to manage an application (particularly software for which the license is important to manage), that they use an installer and deploy it using SMS. The most accurate software asset management will happen when an organization puts the software assets it needs to manage into a software library and deploys them using controlled release management processes. This is the recommendation of ITIL and ISO 19770. If customers utilize a software library and put a DSL ID (DSL=Definitive Software Library) into the installation package, we will inventory the DSL ID in sp3. Customers can use this to identify which copies of Adobe Photoshop, for example, came from the approved source and which copies came in through a back door potentially putting the company at risk. This is an important distinction since just a normal inventory of "AppIDs" would not help an asset manager find the unapproved installations.
The AI SMS_InstalledSoftware WMI class looks for a CM_DSLID (this represents the DSL ID) for all installed software on the system. It looks for this property in the property table of each MSI that has been installed on the computer and also looks for this ID in the Add/Remove Programs hive in the registry. You can add this property in using your repacking tool to add a CM_DSLID property into the Property Table and add a new Registry Key called CM_DSLID targeted at the Add/Remove Programs hive in the MSI registry table.
I recommend you use a unique ID for every software installation package you distribute through SMS/SCCM. This value will always be blank unless you add it in as part of creating or repacking of the installation package. If you do add in this value, you will start to see results in these reports:
· Software 2D - Computers with a Specific Software Product
· Software 2E - Installed Software on a Specific Computer
The value of these reports in not necessarily the DSL ID, but rather the items that do NOT have a DSL ID. Let me give an example. With the Software 2D report you can supply the software product you want to manage as a parameter. Let's say you supply Adobe Photoshop. The report will show all installations of Photoshop in your environment. The ones that have your DSL ID came through approved channels. The installations that came from unapproved sources will not have the DSL ID. You can drill through to Software 2E and check for all the other software on that machine that do not have a DSL ID.
In SCCM 2007, the OSD feature puts a DSL ID on the operating system images it deploys. It dynamically creates an ID using the Site Code
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
Once we have a decision, I'll update this thread and then we will see what additional information is required for you to be able to properly utilize this feature.
Finally to avoid any misunderstanding wrt this issue: we will look into it, then decide how to proceed based on cost/risk/benefit and share that information here, probably in mid to late December.
------------------------------------
Reply:
We are still looking into this issue. Please stand-by for additional information.
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
Bummer...
Can you share exactly what does / doesn't work with the existing implementation of this functionality in SMS / ConfigMgr?
You mention in a previous post that 'issues' where found. Does that mean that this feature just doesn't work?
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
What to Automate in your Monitoring Tools
I wanted to start a discussion on the types of automatic remediations that you recommend to turn on in your event monitoring tool. Automatic responses to events and incidents will increase an organization's ability to respond to incidents, reduce the downtime of incidents and improve process maturity overall.
To start, not that I am a technical expert, these are some of the automated actions I would implement in my monitoring tool:
Event = running out of database extents,
Automated action = create incident ticket, increase extents and close alert/incident ticket
Event = running out of disk space,
Automated action = create incident ticket, then delete all temp files, close alert/incident ticket
So what others could we add as a best practice for our Customers?
Reply:
Hi Kathleen,
This is some examples used by me:
Event = secutiry logs clean,
Automated action = create incident ticket, send a e-mail message to security administrator, close alert/incident ticketEvent = new computer add on domain,
Automated action = create incident ticket, send a e-mail message to reginal domain administrator, close alert/incident ticketEvent = heartbeat don't respond,
Automated action = create incident ticket, send a Ping command to the server, if success close alert/incident ticket or if fail send a e-mail message to reginal domain administrator
and more, this your idea for this post is great, because I'm use SCOM now and configuring this.
Best Regards
Cleber Marques
MOF Brasil Project
www.clebermarques.com
------------------------------------
Reply:
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
- How
I use my own 4 layer model to represent this, understanding all the time that the reason you measure is to report so that you can manage & improve your service delivery ("you can't manage what you can't measure"). Management needs metrics and the metrics are derived from a reporting model.
So what does the model look like? It has 4 layers, corresponding to
- CEO, - need information to manage the business
- CIO, - needs information to manage IT
- Service Manager, - needs information to manage services
- Operator, - needs information to manage events
Each layer gets input from the layer below PLUS additional information for that level. So L4 will get event from the event monitoring systems (such as SCOM), L3 gets L4 consolidated data plus service performance feedback from service customers (business), L2 gets consolidated L3 information and IT performance information (such as Human resources, Finances, Business sat etc., L1 gets L2 information plus key statistics from others lines of business such as marketing, finance, sales etc.
A key component is that all layers rely on the layers ABOVE to specify what they need :-) - This means that before you can decide what event related data to capture at the L4 stage - the L3 layer must define the reporting that is needed to satisfy their needs (at this layer it will be service level agreements that should state the information required) and so on for all the layers.
Ultimately the measurements that are then setup are preciesely what you need and not a bunch of "cool" stuff to measure :-)
Cheers Shane
------------------------------------
Reply:
another very common and important step within the alarm to ticket creation automation that I come across in my customer scenarios is gathering information about the server related to the event. So once a ticket is created the necessary server information is collected and automatically available to the operator/technician in various fashions. This information could for example be:
- Server name/location
- SLA related to the Server in question
- System Owner/Responsibles - contact details
- Previous incident history
- Special information related to this server (and maybe even event), for example run this particular script when this happens etc...
Now this requires some development and configurations in order to setup/integrate/correlate various sources and information, but eventually it will provide the monitoring operator/technician with a heads-up about the system with minimum human interaction and time consumption.
rgds,
Klaus
------------------------------------
Reply:
In the regular Operations Review meeting the Technology Area Manager will have to report on the performance. This can then be input for the review meetings with the customers that the Service (level) Manager will have to perform.
So, what does the Technology Area Manager need to know in order to report truthfully to the Operations Manager and the Service (Level) Manager on the past performance? That is the question.
There is another thing to consider. The Technology Area Manager is responsible for the operational performance of the infrastructure components and therefore within the limitations of capacity management. It takes sometimes several months to actual update an infrastructure (expand storage systems, install new switches, etc.). During this time the infrastructure needs to perform and here lays the responsibility of the Technology Area Manager: to keep the systems running smoothly.
Paul Leenards
Getronics Consulting
------------------------------------
Reply:
There are lots of things you should consider when you create automated actions.
In my small world creating automated actions should follow your standard change rules proceudres. This means that the risk and impact must be small and the outcome must be known of the automated action.
Many compaies have chosen to restart some windows services if it stops. This is one of the examples where you want to think really hard before doing that.
The outcome of starting a service if it stops is not always known and should therefor be concidered a risk.
In this example restarting a windows service can be fatal if you are trying to update a SQL database to SP1. If the service starts during the upgrade the installation will fail. For the people installing the SP1 it can be a really hard job finding out what or who started the service and trooubleshooting can take really long time. So this could be shooting your self in the foot.
So you must know the outcome and have a low risk before you start thinking about doing automated actions.
Deleating logs or all logs might not always be a good idea, how should you then understand what's going on. Will problem management need these??
Just some thoughts
I do agree with you all that the automated action should be traced in the Service desk tool
My 5 c
Thanks
Anders
------------------------------------
Solution to STOP error 0x0000007E ( mostly on HP AMD based Computers )
Official Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888372/en-us
Jesper's explanation and walktrough
HP's support note
I don't love Microsoft but i must stress: The fault lies with the computer manufacturer.
Lars Kruse.
Such a disappointment - What still doesn't work right in SP1
All of these problems I have encounted often on mutliple machines on multiple networks.
It's not my ***y hardware/network/3rd party app (or other lame excuse) that causes these problems. These are all things I can do on an XP machine on the same network without problems (except for Offline files, it sucks in every version).
Pressing F5 in Windows Explorer often doesn't refresh the display to show changes in the folder, usually when a network drive or URL is involved. Sometimes F5 only refreshes the pane that has focus, like if the Computer container has focus in the left pane, that refreshes but doesn't show changes in the container unless the right pane displaying the contents has focus.
Creating a new folder in the Open file dialog doesn't refesh the folder so you can see the new folder called 'New folder' so you can rename it like you can when done directly in Windows Explorer. Click the new folder button several times in the Open File dialog and see nothing changed, but later find a bunch of new folders when you look using Windows Explorer.
Mapping a network drive on the AD account Profile tab Home folder setting always gives an error at logon that the drive couldn't be reconnected. The icon has a red cross but if you click it it works perfectly every time.
Create a desktop icon to a Microsoft Access .adp file (Office 2007 SP1 in use) and double click the icon to launch the database. The database opens fine and works right. Vista displays an error message that it cannot find the file (displays the correct URL) and to make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. You have to click OK to dismiss the erroneous error message. (It has such a a condescending tone to boot). Doesn't happen if the file extension is .accdb for example.
Offline files is just as buggy and unreliable as the previous feature with the same name. Within a few days (pre SP1) my offline files got confused about what was where. After being turned off for a few days when my computer was restarted quite a number of files had changed in both places and couldn't be sync'd. In fact no files had changed in either place, not by any user anyway. After trying to sort that mess out a number of files in the cache were not being sync'd at all and even when the server copy had been changed the client only saw the old cache copy. Those files remained unchanged in the cache for weeks despite numerous sync attempts with no changes being reported. I had to disable offline files completely to kill off the cache so I could access the real files on the server copy. This is the only one I haven't rechecked since SP1, I can't afford to have this problem again and 'testing' it always works, you need to be using it daily and relying on it to get full devestation.
Saving an Excel attachment from Outlook will always give the error "Document not saved' under certain conditions. I don't know what creates the conditions but for a given attachment that has this problem it will always have this problem. There is a TMP file created in the save location, sometimes it has the size of the attachment, other times it is zero bytes. Only happens when saving to a network location, can save to HDD OK and then copy to the nework location using explorer flawlessly every time. That same network file then will often not be savable when opened in Excel, it creates the TMP file and then gives the 'Document not saved' error effectively deleting the file by saving it.
I attribute this to Vista because in the first scenario Excel is not involved in the save, the error is a network error being signalled from within Vista networking. It only happens on certain Excel files created to be compatible with older versions of Excel. New files created in Excel never exhibit this problem. The same files received into Outlook on XP work properly as expected. The error code means a problem on the network, but I can't begin to imagine a network error that only affects particular excel files saved a certain way and no other files.
Vista stops resolving DNS names after certain network errors, like the DNS server rebooting. A web site that was recently visted will become unreachable due to a transitent network error. It turns out Vista isn't resolving the domain name any more. Go into a DOS box and PING the domain name, get unable to resovle the name error. Run NSLOOKUP and type the domain name it resolves perfectly from the DNS server in your network settings. Disable the Ethernet connection and reenable it (thanks for making that so much harder in Vista by the way) and the PING works, domain names are resolved again. I only have about 10 Vista machines and this hapens to all of them sporadically on different LANs at different times.
I have several hundred users to support and I don't want them ringing me with these problems that XP doesn't have. I would like nothing better than to upgrade 250 computers, but I can't bring myself to inflict this grief on myself if I do. Its starting to look like Vista is the version to skip, maybe next one will be the 'working' Vista version.
When's Vista SP2 coming out?
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
The DNS issue of Vista not resolving names occured again in new circumstances that might shed some light on what's going with that.
Because our prime business application is Internet based we set two DNS parameters, the first our local caching DNS that forwards back to a DC on the core network and the second parameter is our ISP DNS. Not ideal, but he first DNS has two points of failure, the server itself and the VPN connection back to the DC, in the event of either failure we need to maintain Internet access provided the Internet connection is still up. This solution achieves that critical business goal.
When Vista doesn't receive a response from the first DNS server, either server is down or the VPN connection to DC is down, it then uses the second DNS parameter. It seems to never go back to the first DNS server ever again once it has moved onto the second DNS server. A transitent error like the VPN going down for a few moments is enough to trigger the problem.
Vista should try each DNS in turn on every name resolution not drop the first one because it once didn't resolve a name. An adapter reset is needed to restore the DNS server order.
Windows XP computers on the the same LAN with the same settings don't have this problem.
------------------------------------
Reply:
I absent mindedly saved this problematic spreadsheet in the format it arrived in and had no problems saving and editing. I was pleasantly surprised, thinking had an automatic update fixed somehting? No such luck. Since the spreadsheet must be in 2007 format to link to a Access 2007 database for import, I opened it and used save-as to change the format to Excel 2007 and bingo, document not saved error. As usual saving to HDD and copying via explorer worked as expected.
So now my 'network' problem as indicated by the doucment not saved error is actually sensitive to the Excel format not just the Excel file itself. I wonder now if it is a Vista problem or not....
------------------------------------
Blue Screen of Death.... after installing from SP3
SOME BRAVE HEARTS WHO downloaded the SP3 patch for Windows XP have experienced some problems.
Heard now of three occasions where the SP3 install caused a local bloody ruckus.
That's not that many however, considering the thousands of bug fixes that must have been downloaded already.
In the first case, a UK company attempted to install SP3 on two new machines.
The systems, said the end users, have nothing in common but produced exactly the same blue screen of death - a message about a non page fault.
The boys told us that on the Dell they didn't back up the previous install and had to re-install the entire OS. On the Mesh they made a backup, so when the BSOD arrived, went into safe mode, logged on as admin and removed the service pack.
They said that you have to say "yes" to back up your settings when the SP is first run to avoid potential calamity.
The third case we've heard about also caused a STOP situation - the user sent us a screen shot of the death, which you can find below.
Another reader downloaded SP3 but said that Microsoft has significantly changed their terms and conditions, with this paragraph: "The OS Product or OS Components contain components that enable and facilitate the use of certain Internet-based services. You acknowledge and agree that Microsoft may automatically check the version of the OS Product and/or its components that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or fixes to the OS Product that will be automatically downloaded to your computer."
He said that acceptance of this means Microsoft can now auto-download code to W2K computers, without authorisation or knowledge, and he's decided not to install the patch because of the change. SP2's Ts&Cs had no such stipulation."
So be warned, folks, and be careful... Oh and.... if I were you, dont bother download SP3.
Reply:
I run an AMD processor and had this problem. Here is a link that saved me.
------------------------------------
Good stuff !!
Win XP Pro SP3 errors
After installing XP Pro SP3, I got errors as follows.
1st at startup after install,
The procedure entry point apsSearchInterface could not be located in the dynamic link library wianapi.dll
Then a message it was reparing Windows Live Messenger.
Now after restart every time error could not find wianapi.dll
Everything seems to work, will keep checking.
Thanks
Don W. Boulton II
Reply:
There is a technet forum dedicated for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) located at this URL.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
------------------------------------
Reply:
I've the same problem, after SP3 installed. Two windows appear, when initialize windows, portuguese version:
- "não foi possível localizar o ponto de entrada do procedimento
apsSearchInterface na biblioteca de vínculo dinâmico wlanapi.dll " - "não foi possível localizar o ponto de entrada do procedimento apsGetReady na
biblioteca de vínculo dinâmico wlanapi.dll "
If I proceed "sfc /scannow", the problems will be resolved?
Tks
Matheus Pieroni - mepieroni@gmail.com
------------------------------------
stale exam? 70-293
Reply:
Stephen Charles Rea [MCT] askthemct.com
------------------------------------
Internet connection suddenly halts every 24 hours
Instead, just about every 24 hours I will reach a point in which my desktop
system (Windows Vista 32 premium) will simply shut itself off from the internet.
Im using the cable for the connection. (LAN, Ethernet, but not wireless)
I have absolutely no idea what is causing this.
I have already checked with my friend's internet connection and they're not having any problem so far. (we share the same internet connection)
However, restarting the system works 100% of the time.
So basically I'm left with a system that functions for approximately 24
hours or sometimes, even less, then it must be restarted in order for me to continue using the
Internet. Then of course the cycle repeats itself.
does anyone has idea about what problem i am having?
Reply:
Try to check the event log to see any abnormal event there.
If you lost internet connection next time, try to check the result of:
1. ipconfig /all
2. route print
Also try to use disable/enable network adaptor to see whether it works.
------------------------------------
Reply:
Hi taiyam,
As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.
If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.
If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.
Thanks.
------------------------------------
Unable To Run EXE From Network Share
I use a D-Link DNS323 NAS for storage. I'd like to install applications on a PC that's running Windows Vista Bussiness however when attempting to do so I'm greeted with an error stating "The Specified Netowrk Password is incorrect." I highly doubt this is the case as I'm able to perfom all other functions (Read/Write/Copy/Move etc) on the file that I'm attempting to install.
At first I though the problem was related to the NAS however I've been able (In my mind) to prove otherwise. A Telnet session to the box reveals each install (*.exe) file has the necessary attributes set that allow for execution (-rwxrwxrwx). I've confirmed the installer works by executing it from a Windows XP machine. Further to this, turning UAC off permits the installer to run without the error.
I've been searching for a solution on the the internet for some time. I've added the NAS to IE's 7.0's Trusted Sites list and set Network security: LAN Manager authentication level to Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated. All this without the ability to run a program installation form the NAS.
The machine is configured to run in a Workgroup and is connected to the network through a Linksys Switch.
I suspect tweaking a local policy would fix this issue however I'm unable to find the correct one. Any insight that the group here could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Blackwell
Pickering, ON
Reply:
Hi,
Before we go further, I would like to confirm the following information with you:
1. Did the UAC consent prompt appear before you received the error message "The Specified Network Password is incorrect."?
2. Does the issue occur when installing a specified application or all applications? Would you let me know the application name?
3. What about if you copy the installation file to the Windows Vista machine and install it locally? Can it be installed with UAC turned on?
------------------------------------
Reply:
Hi,
As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.
If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.
If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.
Thanks.
------------------------------------
K-lite codecs.
If you have any codecs intalled...Uninstall it. I don't know the motive. But I had K-lite codec more than 2 weeks, and sudenly my computer start with the windows explorer loop. I could not imagine that a software intalled a 2 week ago could produce this error in current day. I tried all solution in this forum, and only unninstall the codecs resolved my problem. Maybe, if others solutions don't work, uninstall codecs can be an way to solve this. Thanks for all. I see you in another life brothas.
Sorry for my english, I hope you undestand what a I wrote.
Reply:
Codecs, in and of themselves, don't suck. They're a necessary thing - they allow media apps (such as WMP or Media Center) to play things. FWIW, the OS does ship with some codecs (MP3, WMV, WMA, MPEG, among others.)
That said, codec packs suck. I avoid K-lite like the plague, and advise others to do the same.
Good, stable things to install:
ffdshow-tryouts
AC3filter
Typically, most users shouldn't need much more (if anything) than that.
------------------------------------
Vista SP1 will not boot from DVD
Update on 8/31/08:
Thanks to the ASUS P5WD2-E-Premium motherboard forum for finding a solution to this, even though no-one knows what the heck the fix does for the OS configuration! My guess is that it isolates the OS from playing in the HAL medium...but "don't get me lying." Here is the fix:
Run a Command Window as Administrator and enter "bcdedit /set configaccesspolicy dissallowmmconfig" (double-check for pre-requisites in motherboard BIOS and video & tuner driver updates). Good luck 'cause thhis has worked for many, but not all.
This cured my problem for a single tuner - after that...a long story that needs to be a new thread.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The reason I could not install either Vista x32 Home Premium, nor x64 Ultimate, is because Vista will not boot whatsoever if an ATI Wonder 650PCI Tuner card is physically inserted on either of my ASUS P5WD2-E Premium motherboard's PCI slot.
After I finally succeeded in a clean install of V-SP1 HP, I tried both tuner cards individually on each spare PCI bus slot with the same outcome - no boot from hard disk...no boot from installation DVD. This is rather disheartening to me as I was really looking forward to being able to use both tuners in Vista's Media Center.
I began a new thread describing how the 650 PCI tuner and Vista SP1 "are mutually exclusive" of each other.
6/20/2008 Update-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I downloaded Vista SP1 from my MSDN Subscription and burned a bootable 3331KB ISO9660/Data (Type 1) DVD via NERO 8 Burning ROM. I also downloaded and ran the Vista Upgrade Advisor, which validated that my system was Vista ready.
(As a sidebar, I recently upgraded my OS from XP Media Center 2005 to XPSP3).
The first time I booted from the new Vista DVD, I decided to run memory diagnostics from the options menu because I am migrating from XP-SP3 to Vista Ultimate x64 via a clean boot, and I have never been able to access the full 4GB of 1066 memory I have installed on my system because of my current (and previous) x32 OS. After running one pass of mem diag, I exited it and tried to install Vista.
The result was a hang condition - I receive what I perceive to be a very dimly-lit progress bar at the bottom center of my monitor with the word 'windows' above it...and nothing more...no hard disk nor DVD disk activity...and no ctl/alt/del capability. My only option is to remove the disk and cycle power so I can boot my current system.
When I power down to reboot from D:, I receive a notification of 'loading files' with the dim progress bar again. I never receive the initial options menu. I have tried this 6 times now with no difference.
I believe I erroreously placed the DVD disk originally in Drive E:, not realizing it should have been in Drive D: because of the disk properties. I subsequently moved it to the correct drive and selected D: in BIOS as the primary boot device instead of E:, but the boot process hangs up every time shortly after it indicates 'copying files'. (E: is a Sony DDU-1613 DVD_ROM reader).
The Vista DVD was verified after writing it. I have no problem Exploring any directory and/or file on the DVD. Drive D: is a Sony DRU-710A Dual-Layer R/W DVD drive with BY03 firmware. The Disk is correctly installed in Drive D:\ now, and the file 'D:\boot\en-us\bootsect.exe.msi' is version 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn-rtm.080118-1840).
It appears to me that once the file copy process began upon the first attempt from the incorrect logical drive, there is something already installed on my system now that will not allow the initial OS installation/memory diagnostic menu to be displayed again...allowing the process to hang every time.
Does anyone know how to resolve this so I can get back to the initial boot options menu?
No comments:
Post a Comment