Microsoft Windows Forum

Hi all, Is it possible to add a Domain account to a local administrator group? When the PC is not connected and added to the domain? I am searching the web for a while but cannot find anything useful. I don’t know how Microsoft is doing this, with the MS Deployment Workbench, but they can do it. It’s a Windows 7 x64bit system. Hope to...

All of a sudden , I can't open wmv's. Windows media player cannot access the file. The file might be in use,you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored,or your proxy settings might be correct. where do I find the proxy setting ?

Hello. I have played a little with Basic a long long time ago but no real programming experience. I am having some issues with the MFT of my hard drive and would like to see what changes occur if I could take up the space of the MFT not in use by saving a file, I was thinking something simle like the NOTEPAD.exe file with WINXP Home so that I can...

When I run the antivirus, it finds a threat on the removable HD, G:\atfc.pif, I think it's a sality, I runned sality killer yesterday, and it removed the virus from the whole computer, except from the removable disc. when I open the G unit, I dont see the file, even if I put windows to show hidden files. I can't even delete it by using command...

Our Production Manager will not open. We get a message saying " Runtime Error" How do we fix this?

After downloading, I inserted flash drive into another computer would not open. Message said The drive or network connection that the shortcut " refers to is unavailable. Make sure that the disk is properly inserted or the network resource is available, and then try again. can someone help!

hi all . i dont know if im correct about choosing the right topic but i think it related better ... my Q is about listening a port ( Tcp port ) if u have played Counter Strike On online part there is a port which is listened by the CS server which receive datas ( uploading datas by user playing ) ... i want to listen that specific port by a...

Hi, I want to create a windows service. I have a problem in doing that. In command prompt, I typed, sc.exe "Application_name" binpath = "Application Path". The service is created. I opened services windows and tried starting the service. But the service did not start. It showed a error message saying "Error 1053 : The service...

I have big ideas for what I would like windows to be and sadly they're not even on the same wavelength. I don't have enough knowledge of C++ to know where to start with a new shell. Can someone point me in the right direction at least? It doesn't appear to be well documented on the web. -Thanks

Good Afternoon. per the advice of ShipWeight, i have been trying to install sqlserver2005_bc.msi on an XP 64bit workstation. I get an error indicating that "systems administrator has set policies to prevent this installation". I clearly have admin rights to the machine - please advise

I have a GUI that I created, that updates every time a new line is added to a log file that I am tailing. If the GUI does not have focus, it is supposed to flash in the toolbar, which it does when I have focus on firefox, putty sessions, etc. This works perfectly fine. The only time this doesn’t work is when I am looking at my inbox of...

I have an issue where I have a GUI that I created, that updates every time a new line is added to a log file that I am tailing. If the GUI does not have focus, it is supposed to flash in the toolbar, which it does when I have focus on firefox, putty sessions, remedy, etc. This works perfectly fine. The only time this doesn’t work is when I am...

Hi, I want to create a service in windows. I tried creating a service by using Remote Service Installer. But when I try to start the service, it shows an error like 'Windows could not start the service on a local computer. Error 87: The parameter is incorrect'. But when I checked the parameter, it was correctly given. please provide a...

Hi all, As a prerequisite to implementing PC Interfacing, I'm told I have to use Win98, or ME since this scheme of things does not work with WinXp and above. My predicament is that when I run setup for Win98, I get an error message that forces the OS to shut down before getting into windows. Can somebody, please help me get over this...

Here's a demo of the Windows 8 user interface. What do you think of the interface and it's use of web technologies? How would you compare it to Chrome. p92QfWOw88I It's great both companies Google and Microsoft pushing web technologies as the platform for apps in the future.

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Can I make my system to have a dual boot both in win7 but one in 64 bit and the other 32 bit? I think it is possible in XP to have dual boot or n-boot is that possible in windows 7?

When running Backup and Restore to create images on Windows 7, i get the following error message: Windows Backup failed when trying to read from the shadow copy of the volumes being backed up. Please check in the event logs for any relevant errors. Error code: 0x81000037 Anyone know why this is happening and how to resolve it? Biggest...

From where do i get drivers for the model number"PCG-7G1M" or "VGNFS415M"? i dont know exactly which one of above is my laptop's model number.. at the back of the lap top "PCG-7G1M" is written but at the front of the screen its "VGN-FS415M". I have installed window 7 , and unable to down load all drivers especialy sound and VGA.

My organization has proxy server as 172.16.6.4 and port as 8080 I have tried to configure different mail ids on my outlook But it is not working. How to configure the proxy setting for outlook 2007

I can't launch a full screen flash application in -k kiosk mode. I get a white screen. It does run if I open kjthe app in the browser and hit F11, but I want it to open directly from the Start folder.

I can't get my WPX3 documents to SAVE on my computer after Windows 7 was installed. All programs open -- I can create docs and print, but when I go to save it won't let me and often shuts down. I'm on a network at work, and I was told WordPerfect wasn't compatiable with Windows 7 and told to use Word. Ugh! Any help is appreciated.

i have taken an internet connection but i am not able to access internet with multiple machine...i am able to access with only one machine which is assigned during internet installation why? how can i fix it????

Document and photo files/folders in Windows 7 now appear in a single column on th left side of the screen. How can get them to appear spread across the screen as they once did?

I want to use Media Player 9 with windows 7 - a far better version but I get a message saying compatability issues Help please!!!!!!