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How do I change the path for of the restore location in management studio. Whenever I go restore a DB it always prompts me to the damn C drive. Where do I go to change the path?

Hi all, My ASUS Notebook PC N61J with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 came with "Express Gate" already installed. Is using ASUS Express Gate a must? If yes, why? If not, can I uninstal it without any concern? A million thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Bande

Hi Guys,, We have a DELL PowerEdge 840 server in our office and I wanted to perform a backup on a tape, but I have no idea how do it. My purpose is to have a backup file in case somethings wrong happen to the server in the future. Can …

I have been trying to install the Adobe Flash application. I have it but its not working so I tried to uninstall and reinstall, however, it goes through each part of the application and comes back with a "close window messenger". I don't have anything open and it quits the …

Hello, Is it possible for me to connect two headsets (A USB and an Analog type) in one computer? If Im going to use "Splitter", does the sound quality will be degraded? Any helps, suggestions, comments will be much appreciated. Thank you guys

Would someone review my log from the Hijackthis program and see what I need to remove? Thanks in advance. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 2:42:47 PM, on 1/16/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) Boot mode: Safe mode with network support …

Please help, this is urgent. I have a machine running Server 2008 R2 with Terminal Services installed. The software we use for our business is attache. On first run after reboot, it works fine, but any time after that, it crashes with this message: [code] Problem signature: Problem Event Name: …

I'm having problems getting a file to associate its self with it's program. I've tried all the methods that you would typically follow to fix this and it doesn't work. I found a method with edits the registry, that didn't work either. I hope someone can help me fix this …

[B]My laptop is an Hp Paviliondv6233se and just recently i received a computer virus it is called (MS) antivirus. I tried to get rid of it by deleting some files in my windows registry but i gave up, then i downloaded malware bytes, and it deleted some files, but the …

well I followed the steps before posting and it seemed to solve the problem but here is the logs anyway: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-15 13:46:00 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP2T0L0-4 TOSHIBA_MK1637GSX rev.DL032C Running: xrsodq7v.exe; Driver: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\uwldrpob.sys ---- Devices - GMER 1.0.15 ---- AttachedDevice …

hi. till recently, i was having family trouble and could not get on with the job. so currently i am trying out my luck to get back into the living. the problem i am facing is short of silly. i want to connect an old vista home pre. laptop with …

Got a problem with after upgrading excel from 2007 to 2010, and after the upgrade, when double clicking an excel doc to open it, excel does not open, however, you can open a blank excel doc and then open it from file menu..

Hi iam fixing a computer for a friend and the problem is that windows xp pro wont start. I turn it on and it goes through all the stuff at the start you know looking for the primary drive and stuff and than it comes up with a black screen …

I am having a problem installing the driver for Windows 7 from Mustek for my scanner. Hardware and Software I Use Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB 1200 Pro Large Format Scanner Windows 7 Pro 64bit HP Pavilion Elite e9280t PC i7 HP Photosmart Premium Fax AIO C309a - Wireless I downloaded …

I'm a coder that doesn't know much about hardware, but I have a question that's been bugging me for a long, long time. If I took a pretty new and fast machine (and I'm mostly interested in laptops) such as a recent XP or Win 7 and tried to put …

So I don't know what this is but I'm assuming it's not good. It's a program that appears on my computer that is called Form1 on my task bar, if I click it, it"pops up" but the window is invisible, I can right click the taskbar thing and close it …

Hello, Thank you for reading. I generally spend time with the C# forum but today have an admin issue... I have a two virtual servers; SQL1, WEB1. A web site on WEB1 is using Windows authentication. This appears to work correctly - querying the active directory on SQL1 (domain is …

Ok, this juss started happening yesterday and whenever I turn on my PC, my "Common" folder opens on the startup. Any ideas of why this is happening and how to stop it? Thanks in advance.

Just bought a HP y6644p with Windows 7. DVD drive worked fine for a week, and then today it disappeared. I put in a CD and it wouldn't play. When I clicked on My Computer, the E drive was missing. I've run FixIt, Recovery Manager, and done numerous searches on …

hi guys, does anyone knows a software for AD virtual lab? thanks.

I have a computer with a hard disk that contains two partitions. One partitition was FAT32( C drive) on which windows 98 was installed and the other partition was NTFS on which windows xp was installed. Things were working fine until windows 98 was affected with a virus. After removing …

[B][U]Short version:[/U][/B] Windows 7 appears to be losing changes made to text files if the PC loses power, even if the changes have been saved. Why would it be doing this and how can I make the changes stick? I need the changes to be persistent even if there is …

i was just wondering how to make windows XP shut down my computor automaticaly

I seem to have some kind of malware. Gmer reports: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-17 11:05:21 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdePort0 WDC_WD1600BB-00DWA0 rev.15.05R15 Running: gmer.exe; Driver: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\pgldrkob.sys ---- Disk sectors - GMER 1.0.15 ---- Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 08: rootkit-like behavior; Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 62: …

I can make a program fire up at start up by dragging it to the start-menu->programs->startup-folder. This program needs one of the windows services to be able to function correctly. Occasionally, at boot, this program experiences a problem that is somewhat specific to that required service (which is set to …

Hi, I have noticed that since applying KB2419632 on patch Tuesday (only this and MRT were applied) that I have recurring identical event id 577 security audit failures which seem to occur just prior to hibernating. Looking at the Microsoft knowledge base here ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831905[/url]) I see reference to a pre-XP …

Hi my structure: [CODE]wwwroot\dynamic_number\fbml\some_folder\ wwwroot\dynamic_number\work\some_folder\[/CODE] on iis, i have publish the wwwroot folder but i want to publish only the fbml folder like: [CODE]http://www.mydomain.com/1234/fbml/[/CODE] and not: [CODE]http://www.mydomain.com/1234/work/[/CODE] how can i do this? note: the dynamic_number folder(1234) created by the user.

Hi, I am working on a server which appears to have both MSSQL 2005 and 2008 installed. When I start the management studio, version 2008 opens. I am unable to debug triggers because I am told by the management studio that this feature is not available with MSSQL 2005. What …

Hey guys i really need your help. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 4937G model. It came with Windows vista. However i recently upgraded it to Windows 7 and there was some slight problem eg unable to read from pen drive but able to read EHDD. So i decided to …

HELP!!! Because of the work, my system must be modified frequently. I don't know when it will get a crash. Do daily Backup to system state is emergent to me!!! Is there some free backup software? I also will consider cheap ones, if it really works well. Any suggestion????