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  • Blog Post: Missing NTUSER.DAT in default user folder causes Windows Update Error

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    Symptom ======== You may receive 0x8007003 errors when installing windows updates. From Windows Update.log file, you can find the error information as below: 2007-03-17 12:14:47:639 6128 a54 Handler Post-reboot status for package Package_for_KB932246~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.2: 0x80070003...
    on 26 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Configure UAC settings via policy

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    After we understand how UAC works and realize the importance of enabling UAC to prevent potential problems that may arise during your Windows Vista deployment in your environment, we can move on to discussing how to configure UAC to optimize security and ease of use. The consent UI behavior as well as...
    on 8 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Introduction to User Account Control

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    Can a popup put you in prison? You love it, you hate it....ok, you may hate it, but.... You’ve seen it, or at least heard about it in Windows Vista: User Account Control or UAC (formerly known as LUA or Least Privileged User Account). With the release of Windows Vista, we hope that more and...
    on 8 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Known issues with User Account Control (UAC)

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    Known Issues and Resolutions Known issues and resolutions Problem Resolution Unable to install some ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer Launch Internet Explorer elevated by clicking the Start button, and then pointing to All Programs . Right-click...
    on 8 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: CAPI2 Diagnostics Introduction

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    CAPI2 Diagnostics is a feature in Windows Vista that utilizes the event logging and Event Viewer to provide better logging and troubleshooting capabilities for PKI applications based on the CAPI2 API set. With CAPI2 Diagnostics, it is easier to identify the root cause of most PKI problems. The tool can...
    on 27 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Do you want to use MBSA on Vista?

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    MBSA version 2.1 will fully support Windows Vista . The first beta version of MBSA 2.1 will be available in the first quarter of 2007. The full release version of MBSA 2.1 will be available in the third quarter of 2007. But the current version of MBSA is version 2.0.1, which provides limited support...
    on 8 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Introduce Network Monitor 3.0

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    Network Monitor is a very useful tool to troubleshoot Network related issues. Microsoft has released the new Network Monitor 3.0 which is supported on Windows Vista. Here are some of the key features of Network Monitor 3.0: l A completely new user interface l Real time capture and display...
    on 8 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: How does Performance Rating in Windows Vista Work?

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    Windows System Assessment Tools (WinSAT) is a new set of tools in Windows Vista that run tests on the processor, memory, hard disk, general graphics, and gaming graphics and convert results into the system's performance rating. You update components and expect to get a higher rating, you may get confused...
    on 27 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: How to Use BitLocker Recovery Passwords

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    Anyone who has tried enabling BitLocker has been greeted with a friendly dialog box insisting that you create a recovery password. At this point, you probably are thinking to yourself: “what is this recovery password, and what am I supposed to do with it?” First, let’s take a look at the BitLocker...
    on 29 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Use "USMT and Easy File Transfer" to migrate your system to Windows Vista if profiles are outside the system drive

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    When you are trying to upgrade the system to Windows Vista, and the profiles are outside the system drive (example, profiles are in Drive D:), you will see the Upgrade option is grayed out, only ‘Clean Install’ is available. This behavior is expected and by design, Vista upgrade is not designed...
    on 27 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Windows Vista- TCP Auto Tuning

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    Recently, the MS PSS team received some reports regarding issues happening on the Windows Vista computers located in a domain. The typical symptom sounds like: -Indefinite delay (hang) when opening the Certificate Services snap-in -Slow (sometimes no) group policy application -Trying to select...
    on 14 Dec 2006

  • Blog Post: Windows Firewall function fails after joining Vista clients into Windows 2000 domains

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    You may experience the issue about no SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege privilege under “Local Service” account after joining Vista to Windows 2000 domain. This could cause several services (Telnet, Firewall etc) not being able to start. The typical symptom is described as follows: When joining Vista client...
    on 16 Jan 2007

  • Blog Post: TOP KMS Activation issues

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    Key Management Service (KMS) enables organizations to perform local activations for computers in a managed environment without the need to connect to Microsoft. A KMS key is used to enable KMS on a computer controlled by the system administrator in an organization. KMS activation is targeted at managed...
    on 16 Jan 2007

  • Blog Post: Self-Signed Certificate issue when connecting to the exchange server

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    - Installing a Self-Signed Certificate as a Trusted Root CA in Windows Vista If your exchange server is using a self-signed certificate, using either Outlook or OWA to send or receive e-mail, you must install the certificate into the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store in order for RPC over...
    on 29 May 2007