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you can also use a program like Unknown Devices to see 'hidden' information about your hardware that might help you locate drivers for it.

their links goto: http://www.msfn.org/board/-t78615.html but that thread is gone

ok just to clarify 'anonymous_user' is an actual member here. MSFN does not allow posters to post anonymously here. The use of megaupload was requested by tothanhtuan so i can't blame anonymous_user for using that particular host but i provided an alternate link to maybe discourage use of the megaupload website.

all that means is that a script on that page wasnt written correctly and therefore isnt running properly. 99% of the time it has nothing to do with your PC. You can safely ignore it but if you notice some parts of that webpage arent working (links, rollover elements, etc) its likely due to the error IE is informing you about.

* awesome tool with such garbage as MegaUpload. If you dont like megaupload dont use it. Telling another member to rot in hell for trying to help another user is a little drastic too. Even if you are only kidding, its still against the rules. as for the file if megaupload isnt your thing, I upped it to my old website since its got extra bandwidth im not using. http://www.voicesinmyhead.net/LegoTweaker.zip

cluberti is right. it is in fact a permissions issue with the Default User folder. i did a small write up in another post recently about it http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-Theme-Account-t114606.html notice how i point out that the temp user should NOT be in the admin group? if they are then you will see this exact behavior after logging in this is caused because the file permissions of 'c:\Documents and Settings\Default User' can be accessed by a new admin but not by a limited account which results in the profile not being generated properly.

yeah computer memory is WAAY cheaper than than Best Lies 'Geek Squad' would have you believe (well actually everything is cheaper) http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.as...e=Laptop-Memory but your gonna have to find out what type of slot you have in your motherboard and what it supports before shopping though

Ive summarized 90% of the replies to this type thread so no one has to think of an original response just select the letter of what you were going to type! a. Vista is teh slow b. Vista sucks c. M$ has too much money! d. M$ needs to write better drivers! e. forget Vista Im running 2k8 f. forget Vista Im waiting for 7 g. im switching to a mac

Please don't flame. its a legit website owned and operated by Microsoft. If it wasnt legit, you never would have never seen it because i would have trashed it instead of replying.

yeah i think its the AU equivalent of http://www.theultimatesteal.com/

shoulda kept reading:

um maybe the CAPS lock is on? Da Rules first thing i would try is hold shift immediately after hitting enter when you enter the password. if there is a process starting on login that is issuing a logoff command, that could prevent windows from logging off long enough to locate the root cause beyond that try to access the machine remotely (connect MMC remotely, access admin$ shares, try connecting via remote desktop with all options off) but bruce is on the right track here. a repair install may be the best way to go though.

awesome. thanks for letting me know how it went.

office 2007 here but i was able to get to work in FF by opening it and saving as 'web page-filtered' it wasnt too pretty but it worked. posting offices HTML online is usually a bad idea anyways. office has a terrible habit of inserting unnecessary garbage into the markup. for instance, the reason why this doesnt work is it is requiring an activex control (office web components) and FF doesnt do activex natively (thank god). the quickest fix would be just to save is as a PDF though

please do not cross post.

drivers are written by hardware manufacturers and packaged by OEMs. unless the OEM packages it in a way that prevents it from being extracted/installed on other OEMs hardware it can be installed on any PC. same deal with MS. they VERY rarely create drivers for hardware that isnt theirs. they just provide a delivery method for them through windows/msupdate OEM specific drivers do exist but i honestly cant tell you the last time i saw one for an internal component. Ive seen them for MP3 players, cellphones, PDAs and such but hardly ever on an internal component. on a side note, on friday i installed SP1 successfully on another FX-400 running Vista x86 using the driver i linked above that had never had any of the beta SP1s installed on it (the first one i had tried it on had an early SP1 beta and was rolled back to SP0 when i couldnt locate a hacked UXtheme for it)

by that logic, almost every forum would be a subforum of Windows NT (except for win9x)

I would try that driver even though it says 32bit (i dont think gateway offers 64bit on the gateway one model the driver is intended for) once you extract it there are a lot of files that appear to be intended for a 64 bit OS Id be surprised it thats not your x64 driver right there

did you try the driver i linked? My Gateway FX400 wouldnt install SP1, I applied the driver, and applied SP1 and its working great.

have you tried executing runas with the /noprofile parameter? C:\>runas /? RUNAS USAGE: RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/savecred | /netonly] ] /user:<UserName> program RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/savecred] ] /smartcard [/user:<UserName>] program RUNAS /trustlevel:<TrustLevel> program /noprofile specifies that the user's profile should not be loaded. This causes the application to load more quickly, but can cause some applications to malfunction. if it still took the same amount of time, then it could be an auth issue but if it runs quicker, its because its pulling your remote profile to the machine when you runas

you need to create a 'Default User' profile to prevent this behavior. 1. logon as either a domain account with local admin rights or a local admin account 2. create a new local user: My Computer -> Right Click -> Manage -> System Tools -> Local Users and Groups -> Action -> New User. Do not add the user to the administrators group. This may cause permissions issues if the profile is ever used by a lower privileged user. in my experience, you can promote to power user but i would only do that if all users of the PC will be at least Power User level 3. logout and login locally as the new user (not switch user) 4. Change your Theme, desktop icons, Wallpaper (dont use files from a restricted location ie: My documents. I store mine in c:\windows\Web\Wallpaper) Start menu type/taskbar preferences, IE Preferences, Firefox Profile(including addons) 5. Logout and login as an admin (not switch user) 6. My Computer -> Right Click -> Properties -> Advanced -> User Profiles -> Settings find MACHINENAME\UserYouCreated click it and select "Copy To..." type in "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User"(will not show up in Browse...) and hit OK answer yes to the dialog. No progress bar is displayed. 7. Optional - Delete the local profile of any account you want to use this on. You will not be able to delete a profile if you are logged on with it. (promote the user you created to admin and log on as him to delete your profile if necessary 8. logout and logon as a user without a local profile on the system. You may notice a pause at "Loading your personal settings...". this is normal. XP is copying the contents of the Default User profile to your new profile. 9. if all your settings stick, then you can delete the local user you created. all new users that logon to that PC will use the default user profile you created instead of the default 'Bliss' one.

Moved. if you have access to server the 403 page resides on, id check the logs to that page to see if they show a referrer. that might give you a clue why they are being redirected could just add mail.live.com to the host file to point to somewhere harmless like google or you companies homepage we use a proxy server here (Ubuntu+dansgaurdian) that governs all http traffic but thats not always ideal for large organizations

http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-Tips-n-Tweaks-f10.html

yes it is. i read your post before you edited it saying you have access to a non OEM version. oh and you can thank piracy for OEM media being difficult to obtain

basically thats a way to backup your activation info so you can reinstall without having to activate after reinstalling. If you have an OEM disc such as the one you get when you buy an OEM edition of Vista than you could use the key that came with your PC with that media and restore your backed up activation data to the same system after reformatting and reinstalling. AFAIK, the only legal way to get installation media without buying it is asking your OEM (Dell,Gateway,Acer,HP, etc) to send you a copy.