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Start a command prompt and set the following variable: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 Start Device manager from the command line: devmgmt.msc On the view menu, click Show hidden devices . More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539
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I've recently had an issue with my main desktop machine losing network connectivity overnight. No other machines are affected, only my desktop one. The problem computer is connected via wired ethernet to a Netgear GS105 Gigabit switch. The lights on the
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I recently bought a D-Link DCS-6620G IP camera to replace a failed Panasonic one. I found the performance to be terrible. After running a network capture I discovered the following: My Vista desktop would send two TCP SYN requests with ECN and CWR flags
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Just wanted to share a couple of excellent Media Center addons I have found recently. The first, called WebGuide4, allows you to access your Media Center PC through a web interface, including mobile: http://www.asciiexpress.com/wiki/ The second allows
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I recently modifed my DPM 2007 installation to backup my local users folder on Windows Vista Ultimate x64. This would not work and kept producing the following event logs when I attemted to manually sync the share: Log Name: Application Source: Application
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My Media Center PC randomly decided to stop working. After a lot of searching and trying I finally found this: http://mymce.wordpress.com/2006/11/30/a-component-registration-failurea-critical-process-failurea-tuner-not-found-error/ The steps were: Close
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I've found this quite useful in debugging slow logins or incorrect application of group policy. Create the following DWORD value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserEnvDebugLevel Set: 0x00030002 - Masses of debug
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I think I've found the cause, with not a littlew help, of all my multiple taskeng processes that have been plaguing my x64 SP1 Vitsa box: Open Task Scheduler from Administrative Tools Delete any User_Feed tasks Type 'msfeedssync enable' at the command
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What a day! I've learnt a hard lesson today. Never unbind IPv6 from Server 2008 if its running Exchange 2007. I had some problems adding some Vista laptops to a Server 2008 domain today. I couldn't determine if it was SP1 RC1, UAC being turned off or
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Apparently, Windows Vista prefers to use a bastardisation of standby and hibernate as a default, storing memory contents to disk as well as low powered state in RAM. It doesn't help much if you want to power down your machine to transport it to another
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I have had a number of issues in getting my favourite burning program, Nero 7, working in Windows Vista Ultimate x64. These are: 1. Every time I login I receive a message "Nero Home Has Stopped Responding". When I click to end this process, it obviously
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I initially tried playing with DVRMSToolbox, but it had some significant issues wwith Vista 64. (Would not convert to WMV and Commercial skipping not working in Media Centre). I found another tool called MCE Buddy. This is not as flexible as DVRMSToolbox
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Since installing Windows Vista Ultimate and a TV card on my desktop PC, I have been playing with Media Centre. Everything was working great except synchronising content to my Windows Mobile 5.0 device (an O2 XDA Orbit). I was only being offered the change
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I had worked out sometime ago how to install Sky Anytime onto my Laptop (useful for those stays away), but I wanted to install the BBC iPlayer back onto my desktop after an upgrade to Windows Vista (I have no need for 4OD as it is delivered through my
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SkyAnywhere has been running well on my laptop for sometime. I had to flag it to run as an administrator but everything worked. Today it insisted on downloading an update when I fancied watching a film, but then refused to run it because my machine wasn't
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