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WMP on Windows 7

Doctor Who — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:35:45 GMT

I've recently installed Windows 7. Been playing with it for about a week or two. Love it!

One question I wonder about, though, is Windows Media Player (WMP) in Windows 7. With Windows Vista I would share out my music to others at home, and they would share out their music with me, etc. It was nice to have this. However, WMP in Windows 7 has the notion of "media streaming", and it looks as though it is only available to the homegroup that is defined in Windows 7. Have I got it correct? Is it the case that I can only share out my music to others in my home network if they also have Windows 7 on their machines?

Getting a Security.Exception error in ASP.NET [Getting a Security.Exception error in ASP.NET]

Doctor Who — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:18:19 GMT

I've been reconstructing my VS 2008 development environment on my new Windows 7 machine, after my Vista machine died. Its working for the most part, except that none of my ASP.NET apps that use the AJAX Toolkit are working, on my Win 7 machine. For example, I am getting the following error message when I attempt to run access a page that has some AJAX Toolkit controls on it:

Security Exception

Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file.

Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.]
   System.Reflection.Assembly._GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +0

now, I'm not entirely sure what I've done wrong. When I was setting up my new Windows 7 system I installed the developer edition of SQL Server 2008, but only that (I was advised to not install any of the SQL Server Express editions). Then I installed VS 2008 Pro. Next I downloaded the AJAX Toolkit from off of www.asp.net's website. What have I done wrong? Should I have installed some sort of SQL Server Express edition (either 2005 or 2008)?

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Getting a "rrtray.exe has stopped working" error [Getting a "rrtray.exe has stopped working" error]

Doctor Who — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:04:15 GMT

One of my PCs, which is running Vista Ultimate, always comes up with an error that says, "rrtray.exe has stopped working". I believe it is something called the MSN Remote Recording is failing. I'm not sure what it is, and whatever it is, we haven't really used it, so how do I disable it so it no longer troubles us?

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Windows 7 Backup error 0x80070005 [Windows 7 Backup error 0x80070005]

Doctor Who — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:34:12 GMT

Windows 7 suggested that I setup a backup job, to backup to an external hard drive. I've got such a drive and thought that was a good idea, so I setup the default job that Windows 7 Backup suggested and let it run. It failed with a 0x80070005 error ("Access is denied"). I'm not sure why access would be denied, as I supplied it my own credentials and I'm an administrator.

So, what's the problem?

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Installing SQL Server 2005 and VS 2008 onto Windows 7 [Installing SQL Server 2005 and VS 2008 onto Windows 7]

Doctor Who — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:20:11 GMT

I'd like to install the 64-bit developer edition of SQL Server 2005, and Visual Studio 2008, onto Windows 7 (64-bit). Does the order in which I install them matter, or not? And if it does matter, what would the correct order be, please?

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Can iTunes 9 work on Windows 7? [Can iTunes 9 work on Windows 7?]

Doctor Who — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:27:24 GMT

Will the 64-bit version of iTunes 9 work on Windows 7? (The 64-bit version of Windows 7.)

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Getting software for Logitech QuickCam [Getting software for Logitech QuickCam]

Doctor Who — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:53:08 GMT

I've got a Logitech QuikCam Pro 9000. I installed it onto my Vista machine and it worked fine. I always keep my installations CDs in one place. However, some weeks ago someone in my family spilled water over lots of my stuff, ruining manuals, etc. Now, I've installed Windows 7, and when I plugged in the QuickCam it wanted the installation CD for version 1.1 of the software. Great, I don't have it anywhere at all. My family is clueless as to what's happened to it. (They're very apologetic, too.)

So, how do I get the software for the QuickCam? Am I going to be forced to buy another one? (I do not want to do that if I can avoid it, and I want to avoid it.)

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Turning off FUS in Windows 7 [Turning off FUS in Windows 7]

Doctor Who — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:50:18 GMT

How do I turn off fast user switching in Windows 7?

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After installing Win7, can't find coprocessor [After installing Win7, can't find coprocessor]

Doctor Who — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:19:58 GMT

Last weekend I installed Windows 7, by doing a wipe and load of my new PC. (Its an HP Pavilion Elite desktop, with a quad-core AMD processor.) After the install everything seems to be OK. However, when I go into the Device Manager I notice that there is something there labeled "Other" and under that "Coprocessor". Windows 7 cannot find a device driver for it and therefore whatever it is, it isn't working.

So, what is this? Could it be the math coprocessor? Why would Windows 7 need a device driver for a math coprocessor?

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Avira AntiVirus Personal and Windows 7 [Avira AntiVirus Personal and Windows 7]

Doctor Who — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:57:35 GMT

Will Avira AntiVirus Personal software work with Windows 7, both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions?

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Upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista [Upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista]

Doctor Who — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:34:43 GMT

I've recently purchased a new PC through NewEgg. It came with Vista on it. I have heard that Microsoft has made it possible to upgrade to Windows 7 for free, if you've made a recent purchase of a machine with Vista on it. How do I go about doing that?

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What does the in place upgrade to Windows 7 do? [What does the in place upgrade to Windows 7 do?]

Doctor Who — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:51:02 GMT

What does an in place upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate do? Does it keep everything someplace so that you can roll back to Vista, or what?

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Could turning off the power strip have a negative effect a PC? [Could turning off the power strip have a negative effect a PC?]

Doctor Who — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:11:08 GMT

Every night we turn our PCs off. Once a week I'll turn the power strip off that the PC, speaker, etc, are powered through. I'm wondering, could doing that have any negative influence on the PC or any of the components?

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Getting Windows Search Indexer stopped [Getting Windows Search Indexer stopped]

Doctor Who — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:59:03 GMT

I've had to rebuild my PC, for the 3 time. This latest incarnation is less than 1 month old. Anyway, now I'm getting these stupid pop-up messages constantly coming up saying, "Microsoft Windows Search Indexer stopped working and was closed: A problem caused the aplication to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available."

The thing that really bothers me is that now I cannot even get into the event viewer to see what's going on!

So, what do I do to try and get this working working again?

I'm using the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Ultimate.

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IE8 has been crashing while I close it [IE8 has been crashing while I close it]

Doctor Who — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:52:21 GMT

I had to reinstall the 64-bot version of Vista Ultimate on my machine recently. I've got IE8 installed, and as far as I know, am up to date on critical updates. Recently, when closing IE8 I've been getting a lot of errors like this (from my event log):

Event ID: 1000

Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 8.0.6001.18813, time stamp 0x4a6621ae, faulting module mshtml.dll, version 8.0.6001.18813, time stamp 0x4a66380c, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x000a0fc9, process id 0x110c, application start time 0x01ca2daf4704ae21.

I've done some searches to try and find out what's going on, and most searches I've come across were for IE6 or IE7. Anyone know what might be going on and what I can do about it?

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Retrieving my Favorites from a rebuilt machine [Retrieving my Favorites from a rebuilt machine]

Doctor Who — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:15:43 GMT

2 weeks ago my Vista machine had some sort of serious crash. Last weekend I spent getting the basics of it back together. I've reloaded Vista and I'm up and running again. When I reinstalled Vista it put lots of the old things, like Users folder from the previous installation of Vista, into a new folder called Windows.old. So, I can see my old Favorites folder under my user's name. I want to restore those favorites to my new installation of IE8. (The old installation of Vista was also IE8.) Is the only thing I have to do is copy the folders and the new Favorites for IE8? Or is there something else that I need to do?

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A question about Vista's Recovery Console [A question about Vista's Recovery Console]

Doctor Who — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:10:35 GMT

I've got a very seriously malfunctioning Vista machine. I'm trying to salvage it, if possible. Is it possible to use the Vista Recovery Console. I don't have a fresh enough system save point in order to do a system restore to that point. Can I use the Startup Repair to try and get my Vista installation working again?

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Deleting files/folders and the recycle bin [Deleting files/folders and the recycle bin]

Doctor Who — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:49:48 GMT

I want to delete many files and folders, without them going into the recycle bin. How do I do that?

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How do you get to a hidden modal dialog box? [How do you get to a hidden modal dialog box?]

Doctor Who — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:52:40 GMT

Last night, I was working on a SQL script, in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2005, and I wanted to save the script. I pressed Control-S to save it, and then I don't know what happened, but the Save dialog box didn't show up. However, then I could not do anything at all with SSMS. I could not minimize it, maximize, move it or do anything at all with it. It sat there doing absolutely nothing at all, not allowing me to interact with it at all, etc. It was extremely frustrating! Finally, when I attempted to log off, I got a message from Windows telling me that there was a modal dialog box requiring me to interact with it. That's nice; how in heck am I supposed to respond to a modal dialog box when the application that has brought it up is hiding the modal dialog box behind itself? As it happened I had to leave at that very moment, and had to stop it immediately, so the only thing I could think of doing was rebooting the system.

Bottom line: how do you interact with a modal dialog box that some stupid program brings up and then hides the modal dialog box behind itself?

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What in heck is wrong with IE8 now? [What in heck is wrong with IE8 now?]

Doctor Who — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:47:03 GMT

Something has gone seriously wrong with IE8 this morning. I turned on my PC (a 64-bit version of Vista Ultimate with SP1). I bring up IE8, and try to go to anything in my Favorites folder, and it is impossible. All links within my Favorites are not links at all. I don't know what they are, but they're not links. I can do a Properties on any of them, and they'll indicate that it is a .URL file, but that's it. I can click on any link in my Favorites until the universe ends, and it does nothing. In addition, all of the icons associated with every link I've got in Favorites is now shown with a plain, blank icon.

Something is very weird and I've no idea how this happened, why it happened, how to reverse it, etc. Help, please!

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WMC & Netflix: Crashes immediately when I try viewing [WMC & Netflix: Crashes immediately when I try viewing]

Doctor Who — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:26:00 GMT

I've just signed up for a free trial with Netflix. One of the things available to me is being able to watch movies/TV shows online, through Windows Media Center and Netflix. I really wanted to check this out. So, I selected a short TV show (30 minutes) which can be watched instantly, and tried to watch it. However WMC crashed each and every time I tried. Is this common? Is WMC so unreliable? I'm using a 64-bit version of Vista Ultimate.

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IE8 crashing a lot! [IE8 crashing a lot!]

Doctor Who — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:16:02 GMT

IE8, on my wife's PC, is crashing a lot! And doing just simple things, like clicking on links. Clicking a link shouldn't cause the browser to crash. Here's the error captured from the event log:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          6/26/2009 10:01:55 PM
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      ENTERPRISE
Description:
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 8.0.6001.18702, time stamp 0x49b3ad2e, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x00000000, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00000000, process id 0x13f4, application start time 0x01c9f6dac980e52a.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-06-27T04:01:55.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>169218</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>ENTERPRISE</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>iexplore.exe</Data>
    <Data>8.0.6001.18702</Data>
    <Data>49b3ad2e</Data>
    <Data>unknown</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>00000000</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>00000000</Data>
    <Data>13f4</Data>
    <Data>01c9f6dac980e52a</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Could leaving a Zune on pause for a long time cause it to lock up? [Could leaving a Zune on pause for a long time cause it to lock up?]

Doctor Who — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:25:59 GMT

My wife and I each have an 80 GB Zune. Recently we purchased an iHome ZN9, which is specifically manufactured to work with Zunes. Last night she plugged her Zune into the iHome and we were listening to some of the music on it. She then paused it using the pause button on the iHome, and we went about our business for the rest of the evening. When we came back to the iHome we found that it was impossible to resume the music. It was also impossible to turn off her Zune. We knew that we had to let it totally drain the battery so that she could plug her Zune into the PC and let it recharge today.

What I would like to know is, could this be an issue with the iHome? Or is this a known issue with the Zune?

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Some questions about Netflix [Some questions about Netflix]

Doctor Who — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:09:30 GMT

I'm thinking of signing up to use Netflix, with the plan to allow for streaming videos online and watch them on my PC's Windows Media Center (WMC). I've got a few questions about this.

First, what ways are there of getting these streamed videos/movies through WMC to be seen on my PC? What sort of equipment do I need to enable this?

Second, as I understand it, there is a 2 week trial period to use Netflix. Assuming that I sign up for it, is the due date for monthly payment the date after the 2 week trial period ends? Or is it always the same for everyone? (And if it is always the same, what is that day of the month?)

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IE8 sees to be freezing up a lot when I go to page from RSS feed [IE8 sees to be freezing up a lot when I go to page from RSS feed]

Doctor Who — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:52:46 GMT

I've noticed that if I go to a page in IE8, that is linked to in one of my RSS feeds, then IE8 sees to be locking up tighten than a drum.

Why is that?

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