Method #3 (Advanced Users) – During the Installation Process

There is a 3rd method which advanced users can use. This method can be used during the installation process itself.

During the installation, after being prompted to configure the new user account, you will be able to set the new account’s password.

At that phase, press SHIFT and F10 keys together. A Command Prompt window will appear.

In the Command Prompt window, type:

net user

Note how the Administrator account is there, yet the new user account has not been yet created.

To set the Administrator’s account password:

net user *

Then enter the required password and confirm it.

To enable the Administrator’s accoun:

net user administrator /active:yes

Close the Command Prompt window and continue with the installation process.

If you log off you will now see the Administrator’s account as a valid logon option.

Read the full article and other two methods here.

**** VIRUS REMOVAL TOOLS ****
    Kaspersky
http://www.kaspersky.com/removaltools
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool/
http://avptool.virusinfo.info/en/
http://www.viruslist.com/

    McAfee
http://home.mcafee.com/store/freeservices.aspx
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.aspx
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/rkstinger.aspx

    Trend-Micro
HouseCall     http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
HijackThis     http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
CWShredder    http://free.antivirus.com/cwshredder/
RootkitBuster    http://free.antivirus.com/rootkit-buster/
RUBotted    http://free.antivirus.com/rubotted/

    Avast
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
http://www.avast.com/eng/down_cleaner.html
http://www.avast.com/free-virus-cleaner or http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclnr.exe

    BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/VirusInfo/realTimeReporting/
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/VirusInfo/browseVirusEnciclopedia/

    AVZ – 4.3
http://www.z-oleg.com/secur/avz/download.php
http://avz-antiviral-toolkit.softonic.it/download

    SYMANTEC
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/removaltools.jsp
Norton Security Scan: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/DownloadInstructions.asp

    PANDA
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/downloads/repair-utilities/

    F-SECURE
https://analysis.f-secure.com/portal/sampleStatus.html [zaurb]

    F-PROT
http://www.f-prot.com/virusinfo/submission_form.html

    Spyware Terminator
http://www.spywareterminator.com/download/download.aspx

**** VIRUSES AND ROOTKITS ****
www.eicar.com (av test file)
www.rootkit.com

**** VIRUS SUBMISSION SITES ****
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://www.virustotal.com/
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/submitsamples.jsp
https://www.webimmune.net [zbakhramov@gmail]
https://www.webimmune.net/scanfile.asp
http://online.us.drweb.com/
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
http://virusscan.jotti.org/en-gb
http://scanner.virus.org/
http://www.anti-virus.by/check/
http://www.fortiguard.com/antivirus/virus_scanner.html

**** ONLINE SCANNERS ****
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
http://virusinfo.info/showthread.php?t=2502
http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 [ShieldsUP!]

**** HOSTS ****
http://www.funkytoad.com/ – software
http://www.raymarron.com/hostess/
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://www.hosts-file.net/

**** SECURITY TOOLS ****
http://www.grc.com

Your sound card has stopped working, your computer seems sluggish, the network is down, your hard drive is clicking, you can’t view a website, your monitor is hard to read, your new webcam isn’t working, your favorite program won’t run, and a funny burning smell is coming from your computer. What can you do on your own to try to troubleshoot the issue before you pick up the phone to call tech support?
If you’re running Windows 7, quite a lot. Microsoft has included a lot of self-support tools in Windows 7 that you can try using before you seek the help of others, and we’ll examine these in a moment….

You can download the e-book in XPS format here and in PDF format here.

This can be easily fixed in FireFox as follows:

1. Select Tools => Options
2. Click on ‘Content’ tab => Advanced

   

3. Now change the minimum font size to a desired value.

   

To bring back this functionality you can do the following:

1. Click ALT button on your keyboard to bring the menu.

   

2. Click Tools => Folder options…

   

3. Enable ‘Show all folders’ and ‘Automatically expand to current folder’.
4. Enjoy!

Recently I have received several calls from our users saying that whenever the try to open a document library in DataSheet view the get the following error message:

" The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons: A datasheet component compatible with Windows SharePoint Services is not installed, your browser does not support ActiveX controls, or support for ActiveX controls is disabled. "

All of our office computers have:

- Windows XP SP3

- Microsoft Office 2003 Professional SP3

- Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack

Poking around on the Web, I found several solutions for folks who were using Office 2003. Here’re the most common solutions I found for Office 2003:

Solution 1:

1) Make sure you have a Microsoft Office 2003 Professional edition. Microsoft says: “Support for Windows SharePoint Services list data is available only in Microsoft Office 2003 Professional editions.” See the KB909506 for more information (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909506)

2) Make sure that ActiveX support is enabled in Internet Explorer.

    How Can I Tell if ActiveX is Enabled in Internet Explorer?
    Browser test page
   

3) Reset Internet Explorer to it’s default settings:

    How to reset Internet Explorer settings
    Reset Internet Explorer 6 settings or here
    Reset Internet Explorer 7 settings or here
    Reset Internet Explorer 8 settings

4) Add your SharePoint site to Trusted Zone.

2) Run “Detect and Repair” tool. (See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821593 or http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010548851033.aspx for more information)

Solution 2:

1. Close Internet Explorer
2. Go to Start => Run => "regedit"
3. Navigate to the following key and delete it:
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility

         Sub-Key: {65bcbee4-7728-41a0-97be-14e1cae36aae}



4. Re-register Microsoft Office List DataSheet Component (STSLIST.DLL and STSLISTI.DLL): 
   Start => Run =>
   regsvr32.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STSLIST.DLL" => OK
   Start => Run =>
   regsvr32.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1040\STSLISTI.DLL" => OK

Solution 3:

1. Completely uninstall any Office 2007 products using ‘Add or Remove Programs’ if you have any.

2. Uninstall Microsoft Office 2003 (fix or repair options are not likely to help out here)

3. Install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. Select a Custom install and make sure Windows SharePoint Services Support is installed with Office 2003.

3. Reinstall your Office 2007 products by running a custom installation with Windows SharePoint Services Support not being installed.

This link might help you to resolve the problem if you have Microsoft Office 2007.

1) Run Windows XP Mode virtual machine and go to Tools –> Settings

2) Then select Close and in the right side click “Prompt for action”

3) Click OK and close virtual machine. This time when you close it the following window will appear:

4) Select Shut down and click OK. The virtual machine will shutdown.

5) Now, click Start button, enter the following path:“%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\” without quotation marks and hit Enter.

6) This will open the folder where the virtual machine file reside. Move the vhd file to desired location by cutting and pasting.

7) Once done moving the file, open the ‘vmc’ file with Notepad, which is a configuration file of the virtual machine. VMC file is an xml formatted file containing configuration of the virtual machine. Find the line that refers to vhd file location. For example “XP Mode.vhd” with the full path in front of it. Modify the path accordingly to point to a new location:

Now you may start the XP mode virtual machine.

Problem: After installing Internet Explorer 7 or 8 the web management interface of HP LaserJet 2600n printer is no more accessible.

Solution: Install latest firmware. Firmware download.

See the entire thread on HP support:

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1212128&admit=109447627+1252318317348+28353475

The problem seems to be related to the old network card (NIC). I’ve opened the network connections window and “repaired” the network connection.

The error didn’t occur after that and I could open the published application without any problem.

Script is taken from: http://forum.vingrad.ru/forum/topic-154708/view-all.html

' This script detects and tries to fix the error related to start up of Automatic Updates and BITS services
' on network computers. Such error is related to security identifier (EventID 7023 and EventID 7024).
' This problem is usually observed on network computers after applying changes to group policies.
' In such cases the script will reset a security identifier as per Microsoft KB 555336
' http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555336 and start Automatic Updates and BITS.
' Can be usefull for networks where Windows Server Update Services 3.0 (WSUS) is used.
' Script source: http://forum.vingrad.ru/forum/topic-154708/view-all.html

' Initialize variables and WMI-moniker
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
   
' Select Automatic Updates and BITS services from the list of services
Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name = 'BITS' or Name = 'wuauserv'")
   
' For each of selected services:
For Each objService in colListOfServices
    isStarted = 0
    ' Check its status. If stopped then
    If  objService.State = "Stopped" Then
     ' Try to start it.
     WScript.Echo ("Service " & objService.Name & " Stopped")
     isStarted = objService.StartService()
 
     ' If when starting we get the same problem try to fix it
     ' (fix is provided by the Repair function)
     If objService.ExitCode <> 0 Then
         WScript.Echo("WARNING!!! Error occured, when try to started...")
         WScript.Echo ("Try to repair..." &amp; objService.Name)
            intCode = Repair(strComputer)
            If intCode = 0 Then
                WScript.Echo("Done...")
                objService.StartService
            Else WScript.Echo("Failed To Repair")
            End If
     Else If objService.ExitCode = 0 Then WScript.Echo ("Successfully stated...")
     End If
    End If
Next
Function Repair(strComputer)
    strCommandLine = "sc sdset " &amp; objService.Name &amp; " " &amp; Chr(34) &amp; "D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)" &amp; Chr(34)
    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" &amp; strComputer &amp; "\root\CIMV2")
    ' Obtain the definition of the class.
    Set objShare = objWMIService.Get("Win32_Process")
    ' Obtain an InParameters object specific
    ' to the method.
    Set objInParam = objShare.Methods_("Create"). _
     inParameters.SpawnInstance_()
    ' Add the input parameters.
    objInParam.Properties_.Item("CommandLine") = strCommandLine
    ' Execute the method and obtain the return status.
    ' The OutParameters object in objOutParams
    ' is created by the provider.
    Set objOutParams = objWMIService.ExecMethod("Win32_Process", "Create", objInParam)
    ' List OutParams
    WScript.Echo "Out Parameters: "
    WScript.echo "ProcessId: " &amp; objOutParams.ProcessId
    Repair = objOutParams.ReturnValue
End Function