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The process that crashed was Microsoft MapPoint. What version of MapPoint is it? The dump indicates a memory error, but I wonder if the other dumps are the same error or different ones. Even if you don't have the old memory.dmps, the bugchecks still may be preserved in Event Viewer. It also looks to be you have a very old F-Secure encryption software installed, the driver it uses is from 2002.

This is the other thread. http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172435-taskbar-problems/ Do not create any more duplicate topics.

Your usage of the term "RCA jacks" is fairly generic. It seems you specifically mean Component output. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector My main complaint of HDMI-out only devices is that they no longer have the Composite Audio out connections that I would use to connect into my "sound system." This is the main reason why I decided not to pursue purchasing the Retron5, which I was actually looking forward to.

Well it would still be a partial infection. I had a similar case where some AOL IM virus was on my Win98 PC... The initial infection did occur, however the virus would not function properly because AOL IM was not installed. All it did was fill up my HDD with text files with errors in them. Now, Symantec could clarify what the behaviour would be like if a Win9x was infected with this. Maybe it would show an error because Powershell isn't installed or doesn't work, or maybe it will just make text files until you run out of hard disk space.

Things certainly may have changed in the past 13 years or so, but I can offer this perspective. I had previously worked at an ISP, but they did not (to my knowledge) have any automatic filter/alarm type system. Their process required a report from another person, a complaint or some other such correspondence from another ISP or corporation. So a complaint could be made against a person suspected of some illegal type activity. What happens then is that the customer's account gets flagged to the abuse department. If said customer were to call into customer service or support, even for an unrelated issue (for example they may have a service outage and not be aware they are being investigated) the alert would appear to the phone rep and they would not be allowed to talk to the customer. The rep would read from the screen informing the customer they are being investigated for abuse of service and tell them the phone number to call that department. Now, once a customer is flagged as such (at least then) the abuse department certainly would have access to a customer's emails. Not specifically a user's mailbox as the mail server has many places one can see another's email without logging into an account. A user's mail could be seen in the mail exchanger, the "sorting server" that puts emails in the correct accounts. I would imagine, if situations were dire enough, that a password reset could be done on the account in order to access the inbox... presuming mail is set to be left on the server. In the case of webmail, it is always set to be on the server, although I am not certain how trashed items are handled. Even so, there were also at least 3 months worth of tape backup of everyone's email. If a criminal investigation is warranted, a user's email history can be restored and inspected. Of course, the ISP or email provider isn't allowed to do things on their own. Only law enforcement can permit the provider to do these things. In the case of a mail filter that searches for phrases or whatever, that would be an apparatus provided by law enforcement for the provider to use. That being said, it is technically possible for certain people at the provider to access any user's email if they so desire, although it would be a cause for termination.

I don't think it is. Whoever wrote this particular delivery method merely found that it is possible to execute javascript via rundll32.exe and used it as the infection vector. The run-down on the link show it as such, after the javascript is executed (and minimum requirements are met) then the payload is delivered. That seems to be the only function of the javascript, and everything afterwards is handled with whatever the payload is and .NET and Powershell. However, note the exploit uses mshtml to create an ActiveX object. If you were to disable ActiveX in IE, would this then fail or are those things in Internet Options only used when iexplore.exe is running?

This is the common problem which I am not sure how to fix. Although it is written near the edit field that ZIP(postal code) needs to be filled, I still get many questions how to log in. I'm also thinking about using regular password which would be sent via e-mail after donation but I believe that many users will ask where to get the password then. Not knowing what this GUI looks like, does that field say "password" to the user? Maybe have it say "zip code" instead?

Even if your account were to be deleted, your posts would stay. They would even still have your username attached to them. So if you wanted to leave the forum, you can empty your profile of information (if any is there), log out and delete the msfn cookies.

I also disagree. The current layout is fine as it is.

Well, I wonder about the ability of using rundll32.exe to execute JavaScript via CMD. A poc was posted on facebook which apparently will open calculator. However if worried, test in a VM: If it does work, it would be possible to have a half-way installed virus on the system.... presuming .NET Framework and Powershell add-ons do not exist for Win9x.

It sounds like your install put the BCD onto the USB key. I'm not sure if using an answer file would be enough to stop it from happening. Do you have a USB DVD drive you could install from instead? Also, are you still going to want to use the SSD for caching? I bet your SATA mode is set to RAID in the BIOS (might be related)

You can look into making a dual/multiboot USB key that can do DOS and also boot a WinPE or ISO. Is that what you mean?

You can even boot x64 on (some) single core Atom CPUs.

You may want to get a boot trace examined to see if there are any problems with that: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158252-trace-why-windows-8-boots-shutsdown-or-hibernates-slowly/

Many of us are on other forums too! You can make a thread about your blog here instead of putting it in your signature: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/4-websites-and-boards/

I doubt it is random. All of these have 2 different trends. 1. Networking 2. chipset/cpu What are you doing at the time these crashes happen? Are you playing games or doing something else? Are you overclocking anything? Obviously something must have happened, maybe a driver update or Windows update? Some new software you might have installed? You can try updating your chipset drivers. BSODs show errors with networking (generic) and networking issues with both wired (Broadcom) and wireless (Atheros) drivers.

I'm one of those "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guys. I'd say that if a layout is proven to work, then why bother changing it around? There is no real need for a website to totally redesign their site "just because" and yet this happens so much. I'm all for adding features for detecting a specific type of device and offering a different experience. If, say, a website is being visited by a known tablet or mobile browser, then by all means offer a navigation experience (such as horizontal scroll) that works best for that device. The idea of trying to make a one-size-fits-all experience will never work because there are too many different browsers out there, different sized displays, and personal preferences. We have a large number of users here that do not keep their browsers (or even OSes) current. There should be no reason why those users should be left without access to information. And yet we've already seen it multiple times where those with Win9x browsers suddenly can't access certain websites anymore. Two other examples I've recently run into where design or laziness causes a problem with browsing. - One local TV news station is one of those heavy-include-friendly type sites I can't stand. One of their scripts detects if you are using a mobile browser... I guess to maybe show you a different viewing experience. I wouldn't know because.... When using an Android phone browser, the entire page loads, NOT as a mobile version but as the standard PC browser type view. THEN, the script to detect the browser completes and detects the mobile browser. What happens next? It says I need to use a specific iOS browser version to view the site and the entire page turns black. - I didn't want to give the impression that Microsoft is moving so fast in their webpage design that us with older or "obsolete" browsers or devices are being left in the dust. Oh no. There are certain portions of the site where you can download something and it uses a download manager. Well, guess what? That website code was written during the early days of Windows XP and the latest IE it supports is IE8. So I want to download some fancy Windows 8.1 thing and I can't because I have IE10. After some time dealing with support, the answer is... use IE8. It's a 2 way street out there, but we just complain most about things changing. I think it is the "old man syndrome" that everyone seems to go through in their life. That must be why old people are so cranky!

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Hmmm a Microsoft Partner website recently was redesigned and has both of these problems. First is the horizontal scroll. The site was designed for this specifically... but only for main navigation and header/langing pages. Any actual content (for example, a link to advertising guidance) is then in your usual vertical layout. And that site also is built very poorly. It was designed to be a one-stop-shop for information but it ends up having links to things that LOOK interesting (at least to me) but you get access denied message. One instance there was some update regarding Office 2013 lifecycle and I wanted to read it, but could not. I email the website support and they say I don't have access to that (duh) and I should USE THE SEARCH FIELD to find things as apparently THAT is smart enough to show me what I can actually click on rather than the menus. :\ I typically don't mind people trying new page layouts or navigation designs, I was doing things like that when I was making websites. When it interferes with my ability to get where I want to go, then there is a problem.

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I agree that it isn't really a downgrade if you have to use an existing Windows 7 license. Microsoft basically removed the downgrade ability for the OEM System Builder when Windows 8 came out and didn't really tell anyone how much it had changed. The ISO from Digital River is fine, but the default (generic) key can't be activated. If someone wanted to buy a new PC and use old Windows 7, they would be better off buying one without an OS. I mean, that is an option for a customer but MS doesn't get any money that way.

nLite.1 Update 1

Downgrade Rights from Windows 8/8.1 still require the end-user have Windows 7 Media and a product key. No longer is it possible to phone into the Activation Center and they give you a product key to activate Windows 7 with like you could from Vista/7 to XP.

Download link removed. PsExec.exe is not redistributable.