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    Install IE8 on 2003 without Windows Update?

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

    Posted

    So here is the question: How can I install IE8 on a live system without Windows Update?. I suspect it's the same thing with XP, not only with 2003. Google had nothing to say.

    GL

    Did you ever resolve this?

    In my tests you DONT need to connect to WindowsUpdate (or even have an internet connection at all) but you DO need the WU agent files to be registered.

    The error is shown in your log file right here:-

    00:15.875: INFO:    WindowsUpdate>>CWindowsUpdateMgr::Initialize: CoCreateInstance.CLSID_UpdateSession: HResult 0x80040154
    00:15.875: INFO:    |Initialize       >>> CStateInitialize::OnInitialize: Windows Update Manager Initialization Result: 0x80040154
    00:15.875: ERROR:   |Initialize       >>> Couldn't initialize the Windows Update Manager, HRESULT:0x80040154

    Error 0x80040154 means Class not registered meaning wuapi.dll, or one of the others, needs (re-)registering with regsvr32.

    There won't be a second log file present, because it does not run the secondary process that would normally generate the second log file.

    Instead, in the middle of phase 7, you have:-

    00:15.906: INFO:    |Inst. IE         >>> SKIP[TRUE ]>>Result: SKIPPING This Phase

    My tests showed that even with the command-line parameter

    /update-no

    present, the installer still goes through the COM stuff with the Windows Update Manager.

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    Java 6 update 20 silent install with Auto update off not working

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by James_A

    I found that, with 6u20, the updater is a separate install within the .exe.

    The WPKG page (see link earlier) uses the same solution:

    Since approximately 1.6.18 / 6.0 update 18, Sun has included Java Auto Updater as a separate package that is automatically installed with the JRE. You can disable automatic updates by uninstalling the Java Auto Updater after the JRE is installed or upgraded, by adding the following to your package definition:

    msiexec /qn /x {4A03706F-666A-4037-7777-5F2748764D10}

    So it looks like the same GUID is used for JRE updates 18 through 21, so far.

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    RDC seems to break PsExec and other remote tools

    in Networks and the Internet

    Posted

    I've been Googling around, and it seems this is all to do with locking RDP out of the Console session, even if the /console option is given on the command-line, starting with SP3 for XP.

    Still doesn't solve my problem, though. Since remote acces to the clienmt is lost, it can't be remotely accessed by PsExec, it can't be remotely shutdoen and it can't be remotely rebooted.

    Is it now impossible to attach to the console session?

    Any suggestions how else I might go about this?

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    Can't see the tabs on User CP

    in Site & Forum Issues

    Posted

    I have been using the board defaults (first button) up till now, which turns out to be identical to the dark-blue scheme (seventh button).

    Now, I've just tried all of them, with pretty dismal results all round. Some of the colour schemes are hideous when viewing the home page, others are useless when viewing the User CP:-

    • default - invisible
    • green - barely visible
    • orange - visible
    • pink - visible
    • brown - barely visible
    • red - barely visible
    • dark-blue - invisible
    • violet - barely visible
    • dusty - visible

    I guess I'll have to choose the least worst, which is "dusty".

    Clearly none of these were designed in the UK, since almost all of them would fail the DDA (=Disability Discrimination Act) IMHO.

    Since the board default is the "invisible" dark-blue, I still think it needs a fix.

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    Java 6 update 20 silent install with Auto update off not working

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    That page at wpkg http://wpkg.org/Java

    ... this page is for the Oracle Java Runtime Environment, previously known as the Sun Java Runtime Environment.
    is quite the most comprehensive set of instructions I've seen for installing the JRE.

    Thanks for the reference.

    I've used the "-s" variation previously in the past to install the JRE, without being bothered by the toolbar installation, because the test install computer was disconnected from the network at the time. So, I guess, as the WPKG page says "... tried to download the Google Toolbar ..." means really that, if it can't download actually during the install process, it doesn't get installed.

    Secondly, as you can see from my original two links, both versions of the file are available from the "consumer" site, but Oracle/Sun only publish one of the two links on the web page itself.

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    RDC seems to break PsExec and other remote tools

    in Networks and the Internet

    Posted

    This is on a Windows 2003 SBS server, AD, with XP SP3 clients

    I have discovered that using RDC (i.e. mstsc /console) out from the server to one of the clients seems to then lock-out any further remote access.

    Before remoting into the client, psexec works normally, for example

    psexec \\anyclient cmd

    works fine. BUT after using RDP, the very same command will result in a timeout and eventually a network location not found message. Clearly that error message is nonsense, because a ping works and a ping -a resolves to the "not found" client.

    At the same time the remote shutdown no longer works either. So

    shutdown -m \\anyclient

    works before RDC is used, but not after.

    How do I gain remote access to the client again for everything else except RDC?

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    Java 6 update 20 silent install with Auto update off not working

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    There are two different files being installed here. The first is:

    jre-6u20-windows-i586-s.exe

    (used by clivebuckwheat)

    and the second is

    jre-6u20-windows-i586.exe

    (used by hj_fr)

    What's the difference between the file WITH "-s" and WITHOUT "-s" in the filename?

    The latest version is now 6u21 and both of these files can be downloaded from Java.com.

    If you want WITH "-s", it's http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=40916

    If you want WITHOUT "-s" it's http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=40917

    but I still don't know why there are two versions.

    Both are for 32-bit systems, because there are other downloads for 64-bit. So, what's the difference between these two?

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    Motherboard Install Question

    in Hardware Hangout

    Posted

    "So I just put the screws in directly" -- Yes

    "no need to put anything inbetween the board and the screw" -- Correct

    "Also, should I use the wider screws or the normal ones?" -- Wider. I assume that "wider" means that there is a round skirt to the hexagonal top.

    "Are the screws supposed to touch the little metal pieces around the hole on the motherboard?" -- Yes. I assume that "metal pieces" means the bare solder ring, which is the same diameter as the skirt on the "wider" screws.

    There may be little radial ridges in this metal (solder) ring. The whole point is to make good electrical contact without crushing the motherboard if the screw is tightened too much. The screws should not touch any other metal tracks on the motherboard, just this ring.

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    Windows Updates

    in HFSLIP

    Posted

    @Saladin

    Corrections look good to me, except

    KB963027 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (supersedes KB963027 KB961620)
    applies to IE 7 only. For IE 6 users (and on Windows 2000) supersedes KB958215 & KB960714.

    @Brimborium

    MSXML 4.0 SP2 + 6.0 SP2
    MSXML 4.0 SP2 has been superseded by SP3.

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    IE 7 on sp3: help me mates, i can not install it

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    1- Open REGEDIT

    2- Navigate to the following key:

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{34A715A0-6587-11D0-924A-0020AFC7AC4D}

    3- Right click on it and choose "Permissions..."

    4- Put a checkmark in "Full Control" -> "Allow" for ADMINISTRATORS or Everyone

    5- Now try to reinstall IE7

    Yep I knew it, same problem was pestering me when trying to upgrade to ie8

    Or, you could try this 3-step procedure:

    1. Un-install Adobe Reader 9.x
    2. Install IE 7 / IE 8
    3. Re-install Adobe Reader 9.x

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    PCI to USB Adaptor

    in Hardware Hangout

    Posted

    Interesting comments, just goes to show how experiences vary:-

    - The Apollo 133 has never and will never work properly. Throw it away. Replace it with an Intel i815ep for instance :
    I just threw away that PC Partner mobo, baby AT form factor, very unstable, almost unusable, it was giving me only headaches. I had bought it at that time because it was very cheap ...

    I've worked my way through quite a few PC-Partner micro-ATX boards, mostly with the Via chipset on. Socket 370 or Slot 1 (as already mentioned above). Two USB 1.1 sockets and two PS/2 sockets (no fuse) on the rear panel on all the boards I've seen from about 1998/9 to 2001/2. After adding a PCI-card NIC (no on-board LAN) they were rock-solid stable with Windows 2000 but, if I remember correctly, somewhat less happy on Windows 9x. Maybe the secret was finding the right chipset driver for Windows 2000, which could not be found directly from PC-Partner's home page, since the links never cross-connected. PSU's used to blow-up regularly, however. Most of them had a hopelessly underpowerd Celeron or low-end PIII, because the whole point was that they were cheap. OK in their day, but far too slow for today, of course, which is why $0.99 is about the current price.

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    Help understanding HDD Offset

    in Hard Drive and Removable Media

    Posted

    Even in the "Olden Days" of IBM Large Mainframe Disks the practice was to put the "index" in the Center Of The Disk on Physical Cylinder Boundaries and the most-often-used files Nearest the Index on Physical Cylinder Boundaries, thereby reducing Seek Time, etc etc.

    Hey, I remember those - we had disk drive housings the size of washing machines and removable disk platters the size of car tyres on the ICL and DEC System 10 mainframes.

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    File version check

    in HFSLIP

    Posted

    From the documentation:

    To generate a patch package, it is recommended that you use a patch creation tool such as Msimsp.exe and Patchwiz.dll. Patchwiz.dll version 4.0 is compatible with packages and patches that were authored using earlier versions of the Patchwiz.dll.

    I'll take the Welch's because I know I can get that round here...

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    Norway declares war against IE6

    in Technology News

    Posted

    Good. Good. I agree. The sooner that campaign makes it to the UK the better.

    A few years ago I complained to my ISP about their help pages. They had never heard of Firefox, never mind any of the others....

    On the other hand, if you run Microsoft MBSA against a copy of Microsoft Windows XP with IE6 installed, it complains about the missing IE7 as a serious security risk.

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    Solid State HDD

    in Hard Drive and Removable Media

    Posted

    If you are set upon using an SSD the Intels are the way to go. But, like CoffeeFiend has said, you are going to be paying a high price per GB

    The Intels are way ahead of anything else on the market and will remain so until other manufacturers redesign their onboard memory controllers like Intel has done.

    Stuttering occurs due to the way SSDs block erase instead of page erase as part of the write operation. Even well-known makes (Crucial, OCZ, Patriot) suffer from this.

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    Automatic Update Problem

    in Windows XP

    Posted · Edited by James_A

    @Randy/omegaOmega

    Your log shows you have tried installing this update more than once, both times using the Automatic Updates download:

    1.640: 2009/03/03 11:28:55.156 (local)
    and
    0.937: 2009/03/03 11:31:08.953 (local)

    The following lines are NOT errors

    0.937: In Function GetReleaseSet, line 1240, RegQueryValueEx failed with error 0x2

    1.968: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11825, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

    1.968: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11857, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

    but this certainly is

    5.578: KB967715 installation did not complete.

    @Westley/west117wolf

    I think you have mixed up two updates with very similar numbers: your first post referred to "Update For Windows (KB967715)" but you have posted the log from KB960715.

    KB960715 does not install any files, it only modifies the Registry. Most of the log you have posted just shows that you installed other updates at the same time. Maybe you would like to post the other log, but first maybe you should try installing the update manually.

    @both of you

    It is possible to delete/reset the local database and folders used by Automatic Updates, but first you should try installing the update manually.

    If you want to install this update manually, please follow the instructions already given above by nmX.Memnoch and AO3. Download the file WindowsXP-KB967715-x86-ENU.exe from the link given by nmX.Memnoch and double-click it to install it. As AO3 says, ignore the Automatic Updates shield and just double-click the downloaded file. Shut down everything else that is running on your computer, as you will need to reboot to complete the install.

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