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Recently I encountered a problem with my machine running Vista 64bit Ultimate and freezing completely upon running skype. This happens with nearly all version of Skype (I say nearly, because I haven't had time to try every single version of Skype, but at least for the latest 3.8 and 4.0 beta 2 at the time of posting).

This has baffled me for around about 3 days, until I suddenly remembered a setting which I modifed while trying to install an unsigned driver.

The command was:

C:\>bcdedit -debug [on/off]

When the debug is ON, Skype will freeze and will NOT function properly. The logical solution is to turn this setting off and reboot afterwards before launching Skype:

C:\>bcdedit -debug off

You can check (to make sure) whether the debug setting is on or off by just typing:

C:\>bcdedit

This will present you with a list of settings and their values, the debug setting should be listed last.

FYI this is my system specifications:

• HP Pavilliion dv9700
• Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1
• 4GB Ram (2x2gb)
• GeForce 8600GS 

Hope this helps soneone out there, I certainly wished someone posted about this when I had the problem, that would save me a whole 3 days!! :)

Amigos, amigas, informáticos tod@s... ¿Para qué pelear por un Sistema Operativo? Es cierto que en Linux se hace de todo, corre en cualquier equipo, hasta en los más viejitos (muchos de ustedes saben a cuales me refiero porque deben tener uno, si, esos del 2005 para atrás). En fin, debo decirles que yo he sido hasta hoy "08 de Octubre del 2008" fiel admirador de Windows XP, hasta que puse el Vista (por quinta vez, debido que mi maquinita en aquel entonces era muy viejita en comparación a la actual) Y luego de unos días de prueba (con mi nuevo equipo digamos decente), he decidido que el Vista es el mejor... Nota importante: He colocado el SP1 (Service Pack 1) y algunas actualizaciones más y va super rápido, si señores, todo funciona perfecto, una interfaz super agradable (deben probar el dreamscene por cierto). Bueno, que les puedo decir, puse la versión de 64 bits y por supuesto Ultimate, es que el color negro me gusta más (es broma), jejeje, claro, no quiero que crean que soy un usuario buscaminas (espero sepan lo que significa), pero mi experiencia ha sido muy grata, se que dicen que Vista es malo, que esto y aquello, pero ¿ya lo probaste en tu equipo? ¿ya realizaste todas las pruebas correspondientes? ¿Tienes un procesador decente? ¿Una buena tarjeta gráfica o de video? ¡Es verdad! éste Windows pregunta mucho con las aplicaciones, pero eso se quita fácilmente (este detalle está hecho para usuarios buscaminas que no saben ni papa de informática). En definitiva, mi aporte en este post es invitarte a usarlo (eso si, actualízalo completamente y notarás los cambios) Nota importante: ¡Puedes volverte adicto a este Sistema Operativo! que es simplemente el paso al nuevo Windows 7, el cual les apuesto, será el mejor desde XP. He probado el Beryl en Ubuntu y es fantástico, de verdad que Linux se ha destacado desde aquellos días en que todo era comandos y comandos (como el MS DOS) jeje, el efecto de las ventanas es sensacional, las aplicaciones muy bien logradas, y lo mejor de todo es que no hay que pagar nada. Todo espectacular... Pero hay un problema, yo no soy un usuario normal que quiere sólo chatear, ver correos y trabajar en documentos .doc... No, lamento decepcionar a muchos y a muchas pero yo trabajo en programas de diseño gráfico profesional, diseño de páginas web, me apasiona la seguridad informática y las nuevas tecnologías pero claro está, también envío correos, chateo, navego y todo lo que hacen ustedes pero me parece que a Linux le hace falta un poco más de intuición para el usuario. Si, díganme usuario buscaminas, pero no quiero perder mi juventud "aprendiendo" a usar Linux ni buscando programas parecidos a los que uso en Windows, ni tampoco emuladores... Hey, no digo que Linux sea puros comandos, pero Windows y el de las Mac (ya saben cual hablo), son mucho más intuitivos y sencillos. Los usuarios (todos) queremos que nuestros programas funcionen, y que exista seguridad y solidez, pero con un entorno amigable y sencillo de usar, sin complicaciones. Así debe ser un buen Sistema Operativo. No es lo mismo comer en un restaurant que comer en su propia casa… Seguro a muchos les gustará comerse un pan con queso en su habitación, pero no es lo mismo comer un buen plato de un reconocido chef en un buen restaurant. ¡Ánimos linuxeros, windowseros y maqueros! pero yo particularmente me quedo con Vista (64 bits), eso si con booteo dual con Ubuntu ¿pensaban que no iba a usar Linux? ¡Se equivocan!

So has Ballmer inherited a poisoned chalice? Has Microsoft lost it? And if it has, can it find it again? Read the full story on TechRadar.Com

The ongoing shunning of Vista is even more surprising given that its predecessor -- Windows XP -- is, for the most part, no longer even on the market.

The latest organization likely to forgo Vista? The state of Maine. Read the full story on InformationWeek.Com

IT departments are largely ignoring Vista. In June (18 months after Vista's launch), Forrester Research reported that just 8.8% of enterprise PCs worldwide were running Vista. Meanwhile, Microsoft appears to have put Windows 7 on an accelerated schedule that could see it released in 2010. That will provide IT departments with all the justification they need to simply skip Vista and wait to eventually standardize on Windows 7 as the next OS for business.

So how did Vista get left holding the bag? Let's look at the five most important reasons why Vista failed. Read the full story on Between The Lines

The Register reported on October 2 that Microsoft was going to extend again the date until which PC makers would be allowed to continue to offer Windows users "downgrade rights," enabling them to switch from Vista to XP on new machines. The Reg said Microsoft had moved the downgrade cut-off date from January 31, 2009 to July 31, 2009.

I asked Microsoft about the Reg's report and got this statement... Read the full article at All About Microsoft

According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a community-based testing network, nearly 35% of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP.

"Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded by the user after they got the machine," said Craig Barth, chief technology officer at Devil Mountain. "In any case, these machines are no longer running Vista." Read the full story on ComputerWorld.Com

32 Bit Edition
Language : English ( Keyboard layout for all other non-english is supported )

Recommended System Requirements :

2 GHz CPU ( 800 MHz Minimum )
1 GB RAM ( 256 MB Minimum )
Graphics Card Which Supports Windows AERO ( This is to enable AERO Theme on vista )

Installation :

You can perform 2 types of installation, either by booting this DVD or by clicking on "setup.exe". Both ways installation will be automated.
Upgrade Option is available, so u can upgrade your XP to this vista edition.

Activated & Genuine Copy:

This copy of windows will be activated during last phase of installation. and it also will be genuine. so u dont need to activate is manually. You can also update your windows with Microsoft updates without any problem.
Also , office 2007 sp1 included is also genuine!

Features:

#. Office 2007 SP1 Enterprise Integrated ( genuine copy )
#. Fully Automated Setup you need to choose language, Upgrade option and partition only.
#. Automated Activation, You wont need to connect to internet to activate your windows. It will be done Offline and automatically.
#. Based on windows vista ultimate
#. Winrar and 7zip installed for extraction purposes.
#. No components removed
#. All Windows Ultimate Extras Included.
#. Patched Uxtheme files so u can use any 3rd party themes.
#. 18 selected themes included
#. 65 gadgets included
#. Almost 40 DreamScene Videos & Stardock Deskscapes integrated, and there will be Dreamscene enabled on 1st logon.
#.Some Utilities added for troubleshooting purpose ( For Advanced Users )
#. Nice looking setup .
#. New Default Theme.
#. New Buttons, logon screen.
#. Registry Tweaks for better performance & Visual Effects

Tweaks Included:

#. "Take Ownership" in context menu
#. Additional Avlon Effect ( DWM )
#. Slow Motion Effect ( DWM )
#. PowerOff after shutdown
#. Windows will tell you exactly what it is doing when it is shutting down or is booting ( you can see it on logon screen )
#. Added command prompt to right click context menu
#. Disabled User Account Control ( UAC) [ you can enable this from control panel later. ]
#. Add "Explore from here" context menu while right clicking on folders
#. Get rid of the Windows Mail splash screen
#. Show Super Hidden Files in vista
#. Maximum simultaneous downloads for IE to 20 ( default is 2 )
#. Enable ClearType Tuning
#. Added 'Copy to Folder' and 'Move to Folder' to right click context menu
#. Added 'open with notepad' to right context
#. Disabled Windows Media Player AutoUpdates
#. Added "Advanced System Properties" to right-click on Computer
#. Faster browsing with IE

ScreenShots:

Setup Options ( Boot Menu ), Type “1” to install vista, Type “2” to start recovery wizard and Type “3” to run command prompt.
You will get this menu when you boot this vista extreme edition DVD.

Download Here :

The idea behind Microsoft's Mojave Experiment was to suggest that those who spurn you do so out of ignorance. It's true that some Vista doubters base their distaste on what they've heard about you rather than hands-on experience. But I don't know of anyone outside of Redmond who'd maintain that long-term exposure to you turns the average computer user into a raving fan. Sure, you're better than you were when you first showed up, thanks to Service Pack 1 and improved compatibility with applications and peripherals. But I've talked to lots of people who have used you for many months, and while some of them are pleased with you there are plenty whose feelings range from ennui to anger." Read the full article at technologizer.com

Aquí els relaciono per a una instal·lació de SINGLE Server (la del Action Pack, per exemple):

Requeriments:

• Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Spanish
• SQL Server 2005 SP2 Spanish
• Sharepoint Server 2007 Spanish

I a més, cal baixar: (no poso els links perquè només cal buscar-ho al google i apareix)

• Sharepoint Services 3.0 SP1 Spanish
• Sharepoint Server 2007 SP1 Spanish
• Sharepoint Services 3.0 SP1 Language Pack Català
• Sharepoint Server 2007 Language Pack Català

L'ordre d'instal·lació és:

1. Windows 2003 R2
2. SP2 Windows 2003
3. SQL Server 2005
4. SP2 SQL Server
5. Microsoft Update complet
6. Sharepoint Server 2007 (no executar el "Asistente para tecnologias ..." fins al final)
7. Sharepoint Services 3.0 SP1
8. Sharepoint Server 2007 SP1
9. Sharepoint Services 3.0 SP1 Language Pack Català
10. Sharepoint Server 2007 SP1 Language Pack Català (fa pocs dies que ha sortit)
11. Executar ara ja si el "asistente para tecnologias ..."
12. Revisar la "Colección de Sitios": Si no està en català (el més probable), cal borrar la colección de Sitios, i tornar a crear-la especificant com a llenguatge el Català. Cal posar un "Sitio de Colaboración"

Ara hauria d'estar funcionant.

vLite 1.2 svolge lo stesso lavoro di nLite solo che lo fa per Windows Vista. Si possono: rimuovere componenti, integrare drivers, aggiornamenti e language pack, trucchetti, installazione unattended e integrare il tutto in una comoda ISO. Questa versione finale, corregge un bug e aggiunge la possibilità di rimuovere altri due componenti.

Download vLite 1.2

Pina am cedat nervos si l-am instalat. Hai, bine, gata, uite, am dat install. Si... evident, it huffed and it puffed and it then it failed. Adica nu s-a instalat. A incercat, apoi cand a vazut ca nu poate a zis sa stearga ce prostii facuse si sa se duca la culcare. Numai ca aici, la partea cu stersul prostiilor, a facut exces de zel, pare-se.

De instalat l-am instalat eu acum cateva zile, dar de atunci mi-a fost teama sa mai dau shut down la computer, asa ca l-am lasat numai pe sleep, ca banuiam ce se va intimpla daca l-as reporni. Numai ca azinoapte, nu stiu cum si in ce fel, calculatorul meu care teoretic dormea, s-a trezit si a mincat toata bateria si a inceput sa tipe de foame la un moment din noapte la care eu eram cufundata in vise. Sau macar in somn. Si m-am trezit nestiind ce bipaie asa de tare si cu nesimtire la ora aia, am vazut ca beculetul albastru zice ca laptopul e aprins, i-am infipt in fund coarda de alimentare si l-am deschis, sa vad ce vrea de la viata mea. Era o eroare pe ecran, ceva ca nu poate porni. Si?!!! Cine crezi ca vrea sa pornesti la ora asta masinarie neghioaba? I-am infipt un deget in butonul de oprire si m-am culcat la loc.

Dimineata uitasem de episodul asta petrecut la ore indecente, intre doua vise, si nu stiam ce e cu sentimentul ala ca si cum ar fi ceva nesuferit si iminent de care ar trebui sa stiu dar nu-mi mai aduc aminte. Poate ca era faptul ca vine umf din dubai azi si nu o sa mai am tot patul pentru mine? Mda, poate... Dar pina la urma ... nu. M-am prins cand am deschis laptopul si acelasi mesaj de azinoapte a aparut. Nu poate porni. Ii lipseste ntoskrnl.exe. Zaau?! Si ce sa-ti fac eu? Sa ma duc sa-ti iau de la magazin un ntoskrnl.exe, puisor? Hai porneste, nu vrei? nu si nu! Daca n-are ntoskrnl nu vrea dom'le!

Bine, poate gasim unul de imprumut... Pun un dvd de windows vista si ii dau repair. Poate l-o copia de acolo, cat de complicat sa fie, daca n-ai un fisier sa-l iei de undeva? Si musai sa fie in kitul de vista, nu? Dar nu. S-a reparat si ras-reparat si tot stricat a ramas.

Asa ca acum sunt posesoarea unei instalari noi noute de windwos vista si mi-am petrecut toata ziua punind la loc programele de care am nevoie. N-am terminat, desigur, mai am cat sa-mi ajunga pina luni reinstalarea :) Si ca bomboana pe coliva mai am si un frumos UAC ce-mi apare la fiecare programel pe care vreau sa-l execut. Uitasem de el de cand mi-am pus ultima data sistemul de operare. Ma duc sa vad de unde se da disable cat mai repede, ca altfel o sa trimit laptopul sa faca UAC-UAC in lac!

Die Releasenotes finden Sie hier:
Kaseya Framework <> User State Management

Die Kaseya-Website finden Sie hier.

There were several bugs reported and enhancements suggested by many.

Product                                      Issues reported

For detailed list of bugs click the below link

http://downloads2.esri.com/support/downloads/ao_/ArcGIS_9_3_SP1_Announcement.pdf

ESRI note is much astonishing to me:

"Both the following list and the availability of targeted service packs are subject to change at any time without notice. Users should plan accordingly and, if advisable, wait for the release of a given service pack prior to making commitments."

Does the ESRI is not confident of fixing these bugs or its statutory warning to its product users?

"The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed while processing the file 'App_Code\PrescripcionModel.dbml'"

Creia que algo habia fallado en la instalacion y probe a repararla, instalar ultimas versiones de los complementos y nada funcionó.

Al final simplemente tuve que borrar todas las subkeys por debajo de HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Packages en el registro y todo volvio a la normalidad.

Todo gracias a este link

Unless Vista was properly activated, it would drop into "reduced functionality mode", in which the only thing you could do with it was access the Internet in order to complete online activation -- or buy a valid product key.

In Service Pack 1, the behavior was changed so that the operating system would still operate, but the background turned black and nagging boxes warned you that you "might be a victim of software piracy".

Now, Microsoft is going to bring this "feature" to Windows XP Professional with a new version of the Windows Genuine Advantage. From the WGA blog:

With this update to WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously.

The desktop background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.

Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image appears over the system tray and is non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.

This update will come only to XP Pro users, since Microsoft says that's the most-pirated version of XP. If you use XP Home or Media Center Edition, you won't get this new release of WGA. It will take several months before all XP Pro users have the new WGA.

Blog author Alex Kochis claims this is something XP users actually want:

. . . Our research has clearly shown that customers value the ability of Windows to alert them when they may have software that is not genuine, but they also want the ability to stay up to date with the least effort required on their part. . . .

OK, Alex, if you say so . . .

While I don't think users of activated, valid copies of XP Pro will care much about this, it could become an issue if WGA malfunctions, as it has in the past. If Microsoft's WGA servers mistakenly report a valid copy as being not genuine, XP Pro users aren't likely to "value" this feature all that much.

Original URL: http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2008/08/got_a_pirated_copy_of_xp_expect_to_be_nagged.html

Here’s what this latest update brings to WGA for Windows XP:

• First off, it improves the detection abilities of WGA and hopes to further reduce the risk of false-positive identifications (which is good)
• WGA Notifications now allows you to use the system even if flagged as non-genuine (for 30 Days).

This update will be offered to the most pirated version of Windows XP - the pro version.
This update will be delivered via Windows Update.
Update: Microsoft is expecting the rollout to take several months.

The new WGA notifications, which Microsoft will deliver via Windows Update, will behave like the WGA notifications introduced with Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 back in December 2007. Specifically, users whose XP copies are deemed “non-Genuine” will see their screen backgrounds default to black and notice a translucent notice, warning them that their Windows might be counterfeit.

-Alex