How can I find out the EXACT Windows "7" Version from Installation CD? by kmond_2

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• Regedit
  • Could you tell me what this registry key is supposed to mean:the info in LastKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit - LastKey .... Thank you
• How to print to several printers at once?
  • My amateur radio group will be working in an Emergency Operations Center for an emergency exercise on Wed. The EOC has asked us to print incoming messages we transcribe from radio to multiple printers on their (Server 2003) LAN. Is there a way to automate printing so when we print to one printer queue, the job is sent to multiple printers simultaneously? Many thanks and best regards to all. K7AAY de Milwaukie, Oregon
• Video type graphics
  • >>> cf. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=binary >> >> >> Hi > >> The link........a video (of sorts)??? of performing an action on a PC. >> >> Do you know of one that shows how rename the title of a JPG picture >> within windows. >> >> If not, is it possible I could create my own. > >>Is there a program that helps to create such graphics >> >> Many thanks >> >> Steve >> > >
• Video type graphics
  • >>> cf. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=binary >> >> >> Hi > >> The link........a video (of sorts)??? of performing an action on a PC. >> >> Do you know of one that shows how rename the title of a JPG picture >> within windows. >> >> If not, is it possible I could create my own. > >>Is there a program that helps to create such graphics >> >> Many thanks >> >> Steve >> > >
• Error 1402
  • I cannot open the adobe reader 9.2 my Windows XP system. When I attempt repair or uninstall it I get this 1402 error message and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS Could not open key ... and something about not having administrative permission. I cannot locate the file and do not have a clue how to give myself adminstrative permission. I'm already logged in as such.
• Windows 7 and Actonis True Iamge
  • I see no newsgroup for Windows 7, so I'll post this here. If there is Win 7 group, please advise the "name" so that I can locate it. I'm starting the build of my new machine, which will use Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I've been a long time fan of Acronis True Image since version 8, and am currently using version 11 in XP. And it has saved my butt on many occasions. I image my system drive weekly, and when a system drive fails, or has some "tragic event", Acronis TI always saves the day. From what I see, I'll have to upgrade to version 2010 (which is apparently version 12) to use it in Win 7 64 bit. But I've seen a lot of horror stories about people having very serious problems in Win 7 64 bit. The MS compatibility page shows it to be "fine" in Win7 64 bit though. Does anyone here have any experience/info on this situation. And, if it is a problem in Win 7 64, are there any good similar programs out there? Since I hate Symantec, I won't go with their Ghost software. I do know that Windows 7 has a "Backup & Restore" utility built right in. But it seems to be pretty barebones. And TI does offer a "CD create" utility to boot up the system. and run TI from the CD, when the Windows OS on the system hard drive is not functioning due to a corruption or HD failure. Any feedback would be appreciated. Ron Hirsch
• Task bar size
  • I like having my task bar two layers deep. This tends to last a couple of weeks and then I boot up and it's one layer deep again. I wonder why it doesn't always remember where I put it? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
• Unwanted autorun
  • I am running Windows XP Home SP3. Recently at startup and on return from hibernation I get an autorun which directs me to install the software which came with a WD eternal hard disk that I use for backup. I have never installed this software as I use Norton 360 to perform the backup. I have deleted the appropriate .exe files from the WD folder but the autorun problem persists, despite the autorun file not being found by the Windows search facility. The problem annoys me as it slows down the boot process. Can anyone help?
• MSE info please
  • I have winxp pro sp3. I have downloaded but not yet installed Microsoft Security Essentials. Firstly a question. Do I have to uninstall all other malware and AV programs if I do install? I have read a few rave reviews on the net but would really appreciate any comments from you guys here. I still see recomendations for Malwarebytes and other stuff. So how many people here are in favourof MSE ? tia
• Roxy Palace (Thumper Version) in Wayback Machine
  • Where can you get the Roxy Palace Thumper Version for free at the Wayback Machine? The Thumper setup wizard was found from many sites, but the games won't receive because the game button was gray. Could you please find a place to get Thumper casino setup wizards?
• Ext. HD previously recognized, currently not
  • I am running XP SPK3 on an inspiron 8500. It came with XP Pro, SPK's added on later. I have a buslink CO-80-U2FE (firewire/USB 2.0) ext. HD (ext. power source)that originally worked on Windows 98, then later on XP pro up to about SPK2 I think. I have much data archived on it I wish to retrieve. I plug it into USB port as before and my computer does not recognize that anything has been plugged in. I have tried different coords, firewire, and different computer with comparable OS. Buslink site says that it is plug and play with XP on up. Any suggestions on TS steps?
• external HD previously recognized, currently not
  • I have an inspiron 8500 with XP SPK3 on it. The laptop came with XP Pro and the SPK's were added later. I have a buslink CO-80-U2FE that worked with Windows 98 and initially with XP maybe up to SPK2. I use it infrequently so I didn't find out until much later that it is no longer recognized after some of the upgrades. It has an external power supply. When I plug it into the USB port, nothing happens. Same thing when I plug it into another computer with newer OS, hadn't had the opportunity to try older. It doesn't show up in device manager either. Any suggestions for TS steps?
• How to disable auto lock
  • By the group policy, all PC's which are joined to the domain are forced to be locked after 15 minutes of inactivity.Is there any way to disable this auto lock on client-side? The situation is like the following. I am using a virtual machine and this is also joined to the domain (using "Bridged connection"). When I am using my PC, I often running the virtual machine too, but I do not constantly use it. When I am trying to use the virtual machine, it is often locked. I think disabling the lock in a VM does not cause any security hole, because the real host PC will be locked when I am not using it. I was thinking about creating a utility that send a bogus mouse movement message to the system, but is there any cleaner way to do this? Or is there already a utility like it?
• Deleteing an expired security certificate
  • I have an expired security certificate. I have created a new one using selfcert.exe and installed it. On my laptop I was able to delete the expired certificate from IE \ Internet Content\ Certificates on my desktop only the new certificate shows in IE. I know the expired certificate is not hurting anything, but I would like to delete it anyway (and why is not showing under "All Certificates"?) I also looked in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My\Certificates and that key is totally empty. Thanks
• Setting time for automatic hibernation -- how?
  • Hi, I forgot how to set time-limits for automatic shut-down or hibernation. Hint, please :-) TIA, Richard
• Error message appears.
  • I have windowsXP, and when I try to start Firefox I get a "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library message which says: ***** Runtime Error! Program C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe The application has requested the Runtime terminate in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. ***** I downloaded the latest version of Firefox last week. please help, Frank
• Upgrade from XP to 7
  • I read an archived post on the site that said you could upgrade your previous versions of Windows if you have the Product Key for the version you have. Is this true? I would like to upgrade from XP to 7, but I have never done anything like that before.
• Restricted sites
  • I am trying to add a site to Tools/InternetOptions/Security/Restricted sites but I get a box coming up saying that 'the site I specified already exists in another zone. To remove it from that zne before etc' What zone can that be? Could it be the Hosts file? JB
• Multi Colored Horizontal and Vertical Lines On Monitor Upon Boot
  • Hi: I have a daughter who has a HP desktop running XP Home SP3 and now when she tries to boot the computer all she gets is multi colored horizontal and vertical lines on monitor screen upon boot up. Had her swap monitors and she still gets the same with different monitor. I had her try to boot hitting F8 key and she gets the same results. Next had her try to boot with F2 key and she also got the same, but said CPU was making a funny noise. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, ColTom2
• Microsoft Security Essentials
  • After recent bad experiences with CA Anti-virus (false positives), I'm thinking of switching to MSE. I downloaded the setup file but have not installed it yet. I know it's only been out for a short while, but has anyone bad, or good, experiences with it? Should I uninstall my current AV program before installing MSE? I also run Windows Defender. Will that conflict with MSE, or should it be uninstalled also?
• how to force running screen saver immediately?
  • hello: is it possible to force the screen saver immediately?? thanks M.
• How to code a batch file for backup?
  • Does anyone have any suggestions on how to code a batch file for backup? I would like to xcopy everything from D drvie into G drive without requesting for any confirmation on overwriting any file. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
• Microsoft asking to reset password
  • Hi all Have received two emails purportedly from Microsoft customer support, (postmaster at live.com) to reset my windows live ID password via another link. This looks suspicious and have NOT done what it asks. Appreciate any advice. TIA. franktee
• How to create a batch file for backup?
  • Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a batch file for backup? I would like xcopy everything from D drive into G drive without requesting any confirmation for overwrite any files. After that, shut down window XP. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
• How to create a batch file for copying?
  • Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a batch file? I would like to copy everything within D drive into G drive, and overwrite anything without request for any confirmation. After that, shut down my XP window. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to code this batch file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
• Reinstalling XP
  • How do I wipe the hard drive clean and restore the system (Windows XP) to its bought-condition? Thank you for your help.
• backing up registry
  • I'm about to make a change in the registry on my new WinXP computer. I'd like to back up the registry first. In Googling how to do it, I came across a Microsoft knowledge base article (KB322756) that said creating a Restore point in System Restore would work. Is that sufficient? Thank you! Jo-Anne
• test (do not reply)
  • test only -- -Zakhary
• The Indexing Service query cannot be completed successfully
  • I'm trying to do a search for *.txt files containing a certain phrase and am unable to do so. When I try I get the following message: Search Companion The Indexing Service query cannot be completed successfully because the volumes you have specified are not indexed. I can do searches for *.txt files containing phrases in other directories - just not this particular one. How can I reenable it?
• change language of windows xp operating
  • my son opened his computer and set up windws xp but accidentally chose french as the install language. We want english. any way to change this?
• OT: Windows 7 (XP with a new look!)
  • What a heap of crap, ...not just Windows 7 but, also the Asus X5DIJ laptop that I just bought for my Aunty !!! Having just finished a late shift at work, I thought I'd run the Asus "Recovery Disc Creation" procedure, (Laptop arrived this morning, just before I had to go to work), so that it gets done. ....ready for when I take it in to her tommorrow morning. The supplied "AI Recovery" has been running for over 45 minutes, first creating a backup image, then ISO files, ...then it finally burnt the 1st ISO image to DVD+r ...or they may be -r' discs btw, not sure now, (good wuality ones btw), ....and then the f*****g thing decided to verify the first DVD+r that had been burnt. Over 45 minutes !!!!!, ...it's 00:55am, I would really like to go to bed and sleep !!!, ...and it was still verifying that 1st DVD+r when I came out to my office here to have a rant. I'm 54 years old and have been using PC's since they were invented, and with all the hardware and software "development" across the past THIRTY years there appears to be NO decrease in the time it takes the b****y things to b****y well get on and do something !!! During recent months, I've been used to Norton Ghost 14.0 backing up my main PC hard-drive in less than 6 minutes (internal SATAII hd to SATAII hd's). So quite what this heap of crap is up to - goodness only knows ! best regards, Richard
• Help with a batch file
  • I have an application to image my hard disk partitions. I can run the application from commandline, specifying, among othjer options, the partition to target, and the location and name of the output image file. Here's what I want to do. List all the existing image files in the output path. They will be in the format C_Drive-001.tbi, and C_Drive-002.tbi etc. I want to find the seqence number of the last file, and use it to generate the filename for the next file. In this case it will be C_Drive-003.tbi. On the succesfull completion of the image, then delete the oldest image file, leaving 2 files there. I will then run this script as a scheduled task to regularly image my system. So I need to know, how to parse the output of a DIR C_Drive*.tbi /o-D / b to find the seqence number of the current image file, and then pass that to the next line which executes the image program. Any ideas? Thanks.
• Control Panel Icons
  • How do I alphabetize the Icons in my XP Home Control Panel? Recently 2 were added but they showed up at the end instead of alphabetically.
• My Network Places
  • For some reason, when I click on Start | Run | Browse, My Network Places is not one of the options to Browse. My Network Places is on the desktop and works normally. The options available are My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, and My Computer. It's a fresh build of XP on this machine, so I've probably forgotten to configure something.
• I.E. & Fiefox Browser Problems
  • I have a system that has Windows XP installed and "Internet Explorer" stopped working months ago, but I wasn't concerned with it because I had Mozilla Firefox installed. Now that brower is not working. When I attemtpt to start Internet Explorer all I get is a pop-up that says "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."(And there is an option to send an error report to Microsoft). I used the search on the "Start" Menu which allowed me to download Windows Explorer 8 again. When I attemtped to install it I get a pop- up titled "iesetup.exe - Entry Point Not Found" that says: "The procedure entry point SHRegGetValueW could not be located in the dynamic library SHLWAPI.dll." (Also, I cliked on properties on the I.E. icon and erased something to do with the "path", and now the icon and the icon on the desktop and on the "Start" menu are non existent. Also, when I attempt to start Firefox I get a pop-up that syas: "firefox.exe Bad Image" "The application or DLL C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." The only way for me to get online is to use the search feature I mentioned. But the window will crash if I click anything that is supposed to bring up another window. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
• Short cut Problem
  • I was removing some "unsed" programs today, and when I went back into Windows I realized I had a problem: Whenever I try to open a site from a shortcut Icon, it now pops up with an "Open With" popup. Each time I designate for it to use Explorer but it doesn't matter. The next time the same thing happens. What can I do to have it go straight to Explorer?
• New cloning software
  • Iomega's v.clone. With synchronization and virtualization. Free. http://ww2.iomega-web.com/vclone/ I gotta get me some of that.
• Active drive and System drive
  • Yesterday I was looking at an HP Pavilion computer that suddenly stopped booting for a new client. Windows would start, flash a blue screen and restart. I loaded Bart PE and could view the data on both drives. I noticed that one smaller drive (Samsung) had Windows/Program Files/etc on it, and the 2nd larger drive (WDC) did also. The client had said someone else installed a new drive in the machine, which I assumed was the larger drive (I was wrong). So I switched the boot options to boot from the 2nd drive (Samsung), since there are two drives in the machine. Then XP MC loaded. The larger drive (WDC) was assigned as C: and the smaller drive (Samsung) as J:. Windows was using C: even though I set it to boot from the Samsung. If I restarted and set the boot to the WDC, it failed. Setting it back to the Samsung, it booted and I looked at Disk Management and found that the WDC was listed as System and Samsung was listed as Active. I removed all the Windows files, Program Files, and root files from the Samsung and it still boots correctly. It boots okay but it still seems backwards. Any thoughts? Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
• DVD DRIVES ONLY READ CD FORMAT WILL NOT READ DVD FORMAT
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• How to Delete fb_540.lck or Any LCK files?
  • WinXP user here. Trying to clear my temp files however cannot delete files with .lck extension. Says being used by another person or program. Seems these files are accumulating and can't be deleted. TIA shaka
• unwanted sound
  • can i stop unwanted audio (commercials) from playing while i am on the internet?
• Focus fumble
  • On my system, when the mouse moves from one window to another, the system focus changes to the window on which the mouse is now resting. For example, if Notepad is started and the mouse cursor is moved out of the way, characters cannot be typed in the Notepad window. Where's the adjustment, please? I'm tired of trying to train the cursor to stay where it's put. Thanks.
• Vbox 164e and Windows 7
  • Does the Vbox 164e require an encoder (such as MainConcept) in Windows 7?
• Error message
  • I keep getting the message "EXCEPTION PROCESSING MESSAGE C.0000013 PARAMETERS 75B6BF7C 4 75B6BF7C 75B6BF7C" Does anyone know what this means and how to eliminate it?
• ethernet controller issue - wizard cannot find.
  • hi, i posted previously but need to clarify. my device mgr indicates no driver installed for my ethernet controller (NOT the ethernet adapter) as well as the video and audio controller (i can't hear sound from my media player either.) it seems that the controller and adapter are two different things - the ethernet adapter is above the ethernet controller in the device mgr, but only the controller has a yellow question mark (shown as under 'other devices.') along with the audio and video controller. i understand that an ethernet controller has two other names: a "network card" and a "internet card." so armed with this information, and to try to bypass this issue, i was told to get a pci ethernet adapter and install it. it did and it did not work. this attempt was made only after i downloaded and installed drivers for the controller, and motherboard - which did not solve the problem either. i run xp (sp2) via a msi rs480m2 series motherboard (model #7093) and got the drive from the msi site, along with the realtek ac'97 driver (and a lan 10/100 driver). i have a realtek alc658c audio controller/card that it is built in to the motherboard. more info about my system - according to belarc: network drives - none detected, communications - realtek rtl8139/810x family fast ethernet nic (that i am NOT having problems with) and my soundcard is a creative sb x-fi. i also downloaded the ac'97 audio codecs (and hd codexes) from the realtek site, installed them to no effect. so why am i getting the yellow marks in my device mgr and how can i correct this issue? i believe i have downloaded the correct drives for both the mainboard and the realtek ethernet controller, but outside verification would be useful - as well as other suggestions on what to do. jeez - i just want to connect to the internet again.... (and hear audio on my media player).... all this trouble came about after i ran malwarebytes and deleted crap off my system. (oh, and thanks for your help.) ps: since the missing ethernet drive is ALSO grouped with a missing audio and video driver, i am assuming that they are all related to each other, since they ALL are under 'other devices' in the device mgr.
• Block/unblock cookies
  • jave my cookies blocked, which means that when I need to unblock them I have to go throug the long prcess of Tools/InternetOptions/Privacy/Advanced/Prompts/ok/k and then reverse the whole procedure to block them again. Is there a quicker method? Macro? Thank you JB
• 64-bit or 32-bit?
  • How can I tell from the content of an installation disk whether it disk is for 32-bit machine or 64? Or does it matter? Just curious.
• MS word issue
  • i have a couple of issues, so i will address the other on another thread. i recently had to do a data recovery, among which were many .doc files (office2000). having them back in my system (xp, 32k), i notice that when i roll the cursor over the file names, i see the various mb file sizes - and all that looks 'normal.' HOWEVER when i actually click to open these various documents, i get an error message regarding the converter mswrd632. i looked up this error and performed the deletion of the registry key concerning wordpad6 (i actually exported it to my desktop in case i need it). i now no longer get the error message, but when the recovered word document opens, is full of garbled letters, symbols and whatnot. in a word: unusable. this problem only exists on the recovered documents - not newly created/save docs. and in case you were curious - these recovered docs, were not originally infected -and, as i already mentioned, appear to have the correct mb size. how do i make these recovered word docs 'normal'? i had the idea that if i uninstalled my office 200 suite and then reinstalled it - this might do the trick. but i don't know. Any other suggestions?
• Are there WIndows "7" related/specialized newsgroups?
  • I have some questions about Windows 7. Unfortuantely I found no specialized Usenet newsgroups. I expected soemthing like microsoft.public.windows7.help_and_support But I did not found them. Are they already setup? Karl
• How can I find out the EXACT Windows "7" Version from Installation CD?
  • Assume I have an Win7 Installation CD. How can I find out NOT by installing it but from the files on this CD.. ...which EXACT version it is (OEM, SystemBuilder, ReleaseCandidate, Full, Home, Ultimate,...) ...which language it is (english, spanish, german, multilanguage,...) ...Which built (sub)version it is I expected a readme.txt or similar file which EXACTLY describes this but did not found it. Karl
• Question - USB Broadband Card "Keep Alive" Feature
  • I am using Windows XP Home edition and I have a Sprint USB Broadband Card, and I am wondering if anyone here would know how I could setup windows so that if this broadband card should drop its connection for any reason, windows would automatically restart the broadband cards program or drivers and reconnect to the network and establish the connection again. I have seen this done on computers at work with a program where if you close it down it will immediatly open the program back up again, but i dont know how they are doing it. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how to go about doing this with the broadband card? Thanks much Doug
• XP Hard Driver will not boot
  • Hi, Everything was fine until yesterday the XP Pro box rebooted by itself and then after the Bios setting and then the correct lists on the black screen, it just hangs with the cursor blinking. It does not get to Dos or windows. What is the best way for me to check what the problem may be? Thanks rock