Christer Tamm

Outlook 2003 is messing with me. When it receives e-email, it's clear that it receives something, but when it's done, the message just doesn't show up anywhere in the inbox. What could be the cause of this?

After a reboot. it worked like a charm. Thanks!

This must have been answered a million times: What's the reg tweak for disabling the file delete confirmation dialog box? Google gives no help, just tips for *manually* disabling it, which isn't an option for me; and I can't seem to find *anything* when using the forum search. I must be doing something wrong with it... While I'm at it, I'd like do disable all "newbie" dialogs in IE. Like "When you send information to the internet...", "Would you like to turn Autocomplete on", "Did you notice the", "Remember passwords" etc.

Excellent code! I copied it to a "makereaderbehave.vbs" file and it really worked, without modifications. I'd really like know who's responsible for making Adobe Reader ever more painful to install and use. Every version of this software has been bigger, fatter, and slower than its predecessor. Sure, features are great to have. But please Adobe, don't make my computer load 50 MB of crap unless I need it to view my pdf file. And don't get me started on this FEAD "optimizer". *What* is it optimizing? Not install speed, that's for sure. Anyway, thanks to all of you in this thread who have helped me make Adobe Reader install fast, load fast and then behave like I want it to. Great work!

I have also had this problem, and I believe I shared a solution in a similar thread, but since the search function sucks I can't find it. (Or maybe I suck at using the function.) So I'll write it here again: Windows setup is very picky with digital driver signing. Even if you integrate new and fresh SATA and/or RAID drivers on the CD, these will only be used for the install process; the finished Windows system will have much older ones installed, because they are digitally signed and the new ones are not. There is a workaround to this, however. Go to Programs>Administrative Tools>Computer Management. Click "Device Manager" in left pane. In the right pane, click "SCSI and RAID controllers" and then "RAID controller". In the "RAID Controller Properties" window that comes up, choose "Driver" tab. Most likely, you will see a digitally signed driver which is *very* old. Now choose "Update driver", install "from a list or specific location" and "don't search". Chanses are your new driver (which was copied by setup from the CD) is available there. Choose it, and ignore the warnings about it not being digitally signed. Reboot. Now "Standby" will (probably) work. At least it did for me.

I'm confused. When I try to install Acrobat Reader 4.05 (I like this version because it's FAST) or ACDSEE 3.something (I like this version because it's FAST, too) or some other old program (like a Swedish-English dictionary) I get this: I suspect this has something to do with SP2, since I never had this problem with a fully updated SP1. But it could be a coincidence, of course. Does anybody know what the problem is? How do I get around it? (Compatibility mode and its various settings has been of no help to me.)

I also had this problem. Here is my theory: Windows is picky with digital signing of drivers. If you do an unattended install, the setup program ignores whatever drivers are included on the install CD and installs its own, outdated (but digitally signed) drivers instead. (If you do an attended install, you will be asked to confirm that you REALLY want to install these newer, non-digitally signed drivers.) I don't know how to make windows use the newer drivers by default, but here is a way to get "standby" mode working again: ------------------------------------------------------- Right-click "My Computer". Select "Manage". "Computer Management" window comes up. Double-click "Device Manager" in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window. In the right pane, double-click "SCSI and RAID controllers". The controller name (in my case "HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller") comes up. Double-click it. A "Properties" window comes up. Choose "Driver". Look at the "Driver Date". The driver is most likely *very* old, from like 2001. The integrated drivers on your custom install CD are newer than that, so the date should be from like 2004. Choose "Update driver". Choose "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)". Then choose "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install". Now there will most likely be two drivers to choose from. I was presented with "HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller", which was digitally signed, and the "Highpoint HPT 3xx ATA RAID Controller", which wasn't. I chose the "Highpoint HPT 3xx ATA RAID Controller". Windows warned about "This driver is not digitally signed!", but I ignored it. You should do the same. (If you don't see this warning, chances are you chose the wrong driver -- the old one. Choose the new one instead.) Windows will now warn you again, just to make sure. Choose "Continue anyway". You will need to restart your computer. ------------------------------------------------ After the restart, the "Standby" option works. Well, at least it did for me. If someone knows how to make the unattended setup do this right, please let me know!

I have had the same "REGISTERING COMPONENTS" problem, although my installation hung at 9 minutes left. After a week(!) of frustrations, I finally found the culprit: my $15 USB smartcard reader. When I disconnected it, everything worked like a charm. The rule seems to be: If anything *can* interfere with your WXP install, it *will*. So disconnect everything you don't need during the install. After the install is finished, add your stuff, one item at a time. Took me a week to learn that lesson!