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A couple of days ago we were trouble shooting remote desktop for our client.  We could not figure out why we would get disconnected once we have entered in the username and password.  We were able to access her system when we used webex, logmein, and pcanywhere with no problem.  But when we use Windows Remote Desktop either get disconnected right away or get a “connection was ended because of network error.”

Here are the specs of the system:
Dell Precision T3400
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80 GHz
nVidia NVS 290 256MB
250 GB Hard Drive

 We would log into their Windows 2003 Server then to their Windows XP workstation.  Seems easy enough.  We have checked all settings for remote desktop on both the Server and Workstation.  These settings are exactly what is needed. 

So then we tried to login again and still get kicked out.  We remember reading somewhere online that this may be caused by an nVidia Video Driver.  After 3-4 hours of troubleshooting this system, we went to nVidia’s website and looked up the date of their driver and compared it to the Workstations driver, the workstation driver is older.  Therefore, we updated the driver and rebooted the system and remote desktop from the server to the workstation, and BAM worked perfectly.

So here are the steps you will fix this issue:

1. Download the nVidia Driver from their website, and save

2. Run the file you just saved

3.  This should automatically update your driver

4. Reboot your Workstation

5. and Try Remote desktop again

The Role of the F5 Key and Shutdown Problems
When I first put this page together I meant to include this information. Unfortunately it totally slipped my mind. One of the hazards of being an Elder(ly) Geek, but better late than never. Thanks to reader Glen M. for jogging my memory.

When XP is first installed it tries to determine what type of BIOS is available on the computer Newer systems have what is known as Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) capability. Unfortunately, XP doesn’t always recognize a computer BIOS is ACPI capable and doesn’t install the support for ACPI. Even more unfortunate is the fact that if ACPI support isn’t determined at the initial install it’s virtually impossible to correct this at a later time short of reinstalling XP over the top of the previous XP installation. To do so requires changing the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). The chances of successfully changing a HAL after XP has been installed is pretty close to zilch.

Once you drop the CD in the tray and fire up the computer to install XP, the first thing you’ll see at the bottom of the screen is the option to press F6 if you need to install a SCSI or RAID controller. Don’t press F6. Press F5 instead. This will take you to a separate menu of Hardware Abstraction Layer’s where you can choose an appropriate HAL that supports ACPI. The choices will be:

• ACPI Multiprocessor PC
• ACPI Uniprocessor PC
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC
• Compaq SystemPro Multiprocessor or 100% Compatible PC
• MPS Uniprocessor PC
• MPS Multiprocessor PC
• Standard PC
• Standard PC with C-Step i486
• Other

Many users have written to say the only visible options they have are the last two listed above. This is an interface glitch that defaults the list to the bottom. Just use the up and down arrows to scroll through all the options.
In the majority of installations the ‘Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC’ HAL is the one you will want to use. A few cautions are also in order:

• Obtain and install the latest BIOS for your motherboard before you begin the XP installation.
• Equally as important as using the proper HAL on ACPI capable systems, is NOT using it on systems that are not ACPI compatible. The install may complete but the system will almost surely fail to start when it reboots.
• There are situations where it is definitely not desirable to use an ACPI HAL even if it is supported by the BIOS. This predominately applies to servers, but to ensure that an ACPI HAL will not be used or automatically detected and used, press F7 instead of F5 as discussed previously.

Considering the number of problems that users have with systems not shutting down completely I wonder why this feature is not prominently mentioned and documented. It could save many headaches, but now you know. A good piece of knowledge to have tucked away for your next XP install.
As a final note, to determine if your computer was detected as being ACPI enabled:

Right click My Computer then click Properties > Hardware > Device Manager.
Expand the entry called Computer.
If the entry is ‘Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC’ you’re all set. If it says ‘Standard PC’ the computer BIOS was not detected as being ACPI capable.

Today I tried installing windows xp on a Toshiba L455-S5000.  This system comes  with Windows 7, but I wanted to downgrade to Windows XP.  And I got the blue screen and I recalled that windows xp does not detect most SATA controllers.  Therefore, I looked up on Toshiba’s support website and found that they do have an Intel Matrix Storage SATA HDD Driver.  You will need another computer with network connection, floppy disk, and a floppy drive.  YES, I did say floppy drive.  Windows XP will only recognize a floppy drive for this portion of the installation (I will explain further below).  I’ve downloaded the file and extracted the .exe file.  To do this you can extracted with any zip files.  I used winrar or winzip to extract this file.  After you have extracted the file you can put it on a floppy drive.  For additional downloads go to this link: http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/Windows-Vista-Windows-XP/Downgrading-L455-S5975-from-7-to-XP-driver-issues/m-p/66429 Jamesbond2010 has these files under rapidshare.com to download and for additonal help.

The “Blue Screen of Death” can occur virtually at any time.  Issues with drivers, a hard drive issue, viruses and so on.  But this is a very specific type of blue screen error, bsod 

• STOP: 0x0000007B (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
  INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
• Setup has encountered a fatal error that prevents it from continuing.
  Contact your product support representative for assistance. The following status will assist them in diagnosing the problem.
  (0×4, 0×1, 0, 0)
  Setup cannot continue. Power down or reboot your computer now.
• You may also receive a “Stop 0x0000007B” error message during Windows XP Setup when the Setup program restarts during the installation process. When you receive a Stop error while the Setup program is running, you receive the second error message. To troubleshoot this issue, read the following four sections to determine if any one of the issues applies to you. If none of the issues apply to you, use the following general troubleshooting steps at the end of the article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103 you can get more information on this error with microsoft.

This is a very common issue with SATA hard drives if you do not have the correct drivers.  Normally, when you install Windows XP you will go through the process and before it reaches the repair or install windows options you will receive the blue screen. 

Here are the steps to have the correct driver:

1. First you will need to have a floppy drive, you don’t have one you can buy a usb floppy drive at any electronic store.  These normally will run you about $40-$80. 

2. Now place your disk in the floppy drive plug usb end to your computer.

3.  Place your Windows XP cd in your cd rom and start your computer.

4.  Make sure you have the cd boot first.

5.  During the start up of windows setup keep pressing F6 and soon you will have the option to select a SCSI or RAID driver.

6. You will need to press “S” to specify driver, after doing so you are given the option to choose your driver.  Normally you want to choose the one with AHCI if you are not using RAID or SCSI.

7.  after that you will need to just follow the steps and complete your installation.

and that is it, let me know if this is useful.

For those of you who have a business and notice that your company is not listed on some search engine’s local listing or directory, is because you have not added your company yet.  This is very important if you are looking to have your website and company notice.  There are serveral things you must consider before adding your company to these sites. 

1. Does the directory website charge you a fee to have your company on their website?

    Answer: 

 Some sites will charge you a fee depending on what package you want and it will range anywhere from $10-$500/month.  But there are alot of free sites you can use.  These directories need to add all businesses to give them an upper hand in the competition.  Good examples of freebee directory sites are Google local and Yahoo local .  The only thing is you will need to create an account for each site, but it will be well worth it if you get phone calls from new customers.

2.  What do I need to know when I add my business to a directory?

   Answer:

 Well, your business you will know best, have the right description and category to place your company into.  The most important thing is to use your keywords that pertain to your business.  The reason for this is for Search Engine Optimization.  We normally help our clients out with the correct keywords used.   For instance, for our company Will Help U, and as you may already know we build Web sites and Graphic designs, at the same time repair computers.  So our keywords are web site design in Burbank, Graphic design in Burbank, and computer repair in Burbank.  These are just some of our general keywords.  You will need to have also your categories handy, most directories will give you the option to add sub categories which will be great to give your company a better description.

3. Now that I am ready to add how long will it take to see results?

   Answer:

Some directory sites will take up to 3 months to post your information on their site, so be patient.  They receive thousands and thousands of request daily so don’t be alarm that after the first month of adding your site to the directory, you can’t find your company still.

4.  How does it help my site with Search Engine Optimization? 

   Answer:  

Search engine optimization is used to get your site on the top ten list on the search engine.  Major Search engines like Google,Yahoo and Bing love to see that your site is located on another site.  Therefore, being on all these directories will get your site up higher on search engine ranking.  Now, don’t forget that your site must be optimize for search engines.  But we will cover that the next time.

5.  Great, what other Local directories can I add to?

   Answer: 

Yes, this is  a very long list, but once you do a couple you will see that it gets easier everytime.  Take your time with each site when you are done make sure you tell your customer to rate you on these sites.  The more activity you get for your business the better.  Good Luck!

Table list was taken from: http://www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm

Local Search Engines
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Space formerly dedicated to a US startup that launched the second search engine with two OO in the name. Sadly this company has concerns with me using their logo and mark. So I had to remove mentioning and logo (due to the same reason there is a “hole” in the page header). Just so that you know this US startup does have a reasonably popular service in the wider area of local and maps – which now is no longer listed here. Special Thanks go to the OO people in Ireland! Really good use of ur time! And hey do a search for your company name and Logo and you will find like ~9mio results. So IMHO the job you guys have should be pretty safe over this summer holiday season! Cheers
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	To Add Edit Delete a listing powered by mapquest and core data provided by infoUSA – AOL Local Search provides access to relevant information specific to your region. Find local businesses, breaking news and other information for your area. more
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Internet Yellowpages IYP
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	To Add Edit Delete a listing mailto:bizupdates@switchboard.com& worldpages.com - A InfoSpace Search & Directory markets Web search and online directory products that help users find the information they need while creating new revenue opportunities for merchants. InfoSpace Search & Directory operates a family of Internet properties that includes Dogpile.com, WebCrawler.com, and MetaCrawler.com as well as the online directory sites InfoSpace.com and Switchboard.com. InfoSpace also powers private-label search, along with online yellow and white pages, for a variety of Web sites.
	BellSouth Real White & Yellow Pages Online get their data from Acxiom.To Add Edit Delete a listing go here Acxiom – Add/Update your business listing - How to change an Acxiom listing
	get a free listing here? – needs some more investigation more
	add your business information here
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	Go to infoUSA To add a business listing, you must go through your local telephone service provider, who sends business listings to Yahoo! We can’t add listings directly to the database. All listings must come to us through our data provider, InfoUSA. If you’d like to be listed in the Yahoo! Yellow Pages, please use the following information to reach InfoUSA. Data from InfoUSA is normally updated every one to three months, so your business listing will not show up in Yahoo! Yellow Pages immediately after you send your request. More
	Sign Up Here YP.Com, a public company, is the leading independent provider of Online Business Listings. Our advertising solutions offer businesses a simple and affordable way of creating a web presence and avenues to market their products and services to local audiences online. Our product packages provide advertisers preferred placement in our yellow page search results and their own Mini Webpage.â„¢ This allows our advertisers to have their information available to millions of potential customers, not only at a high traffic site, but also throughout our robust network. more
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Meta Search Engines & Special Search Engines
	Mapquest uses data from infoUSA To Add Edit Delete a listing go there. Since 1996, the website MapQuest.com has been helping people find places, get there, and find places nearby. With over 40 million unique visitors each month, MapQuest.com is consistently ranked as the #1 mapping site and #1 directories site (comScore Media Metrix), as well as a Top 10 US Web brand (Nielsen Netratings). more
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	http://inter800.com/freelist.htmToll free listings only – In 1995, DIANCO, an innovator in the field of web-based Yellow Pages, created the first fully functional toll free directory on the World Wide Web. The Internet 800 Directory has become the definitive site on the Internet for people to locate products or services via a toll free number. Because of this position, The Internet 800 Directory attracts millions and millions of users each year. No other toll free directory enjoys this type of steady, continual growth. more
	add to InfoSpace YellowPages – InfoSpace’s branded search sites Dogpile® , WebCrawler® , MetaCrawler® and WebFetchâ„¢ make it easy to search more of the Web and find relevant results fast.By combining the relevancy weightings of multiple engines, InfoSpace metasearch returns the best results the Web has to offer, providing users with a more powerful and comprehensive way to search. In short, metasearch allows users to search up to 50% more of the Web than any single engine.Because metasearch aggregates results including paid advertising from several sources, each of InfoSpace’s branded search sites are better able to monetize search than any single search engine.
	To be listed on Metrobot, business owners must register and then submit their advertisement, which is currently a free service.
	To Add Edit Delete a listing go here Business listing plansTyloon is a combination of a local search engine with an online yellow pages directory allowing access to 15 million U.S. companies in English, Spanish, Chinese or a combination. Tyloon.com was published by the end of December, 2005, and now it is ranked sixth among the most popular Yellow Pages websites in the U.S. by Alexa, and is ranked 8th in North America and 15th worldwide.
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	get listed for free here (Thanks Martin)
Data Providers and Aggreators
	The Free Listing in MacRAE’S BLUE BOOK is only offered to companies located in North America that supply American industrial organizations. There is no charge to be listed with MacRAE’S BLUE BOOK on-line. To update your current listing or to add your company as a new listing, download the Free Listing Request form(PDF), fill it out and fax it to us at 866-605-7333. The information will be reviewed by our Editorial Department and added to the website. MacRAE’S BLUE BOOK at www.MacRaesBlueBook.com is now the new destination for YELLOWPAGES.COM Industrial Directory users, delivering improved features that make it easy for industrial buyers to connect with the more than 500,000 verified MacRAE’S manufacturers and distributors more
	Published under the trademark Infobel, Kapitol provides to the end consumer as well as to businesses, Directory Products & Solutions that fits everybody’s needs in people and Business search. From SME’s to multinational companies, from end-consumer website to telco operator platform, for each situation Kapitol has a cost effective solution. Information and services for more than 216 countries. more
	To Add Edit Delete a listing update on infousa.com – Founded in 1972, infoUSA is the leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoUSA has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own a proprietary database of 210 million US consumers and 14 million US businesses under one roof. The infoUSA database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoUSA’s products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. Also provides listings to Yahoo Yellow Pages
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	Dun & Bradstreet maintains the world’s largest business database containing information on more than 100 million businesses worldwide including 38 million in the United States. D&B is, by far, the leading provider of business information for credit, marketing, and purchasing decisions worldwide. Today, more than 150,000 companies of all sizes rely on Dun & Bradstreet to provide the insight they need to build profitable business relationships with their customers, suppliers and business partners. We invite you to join them. more
	Add Change Delete Localeze is the national brand and local merchant content management forum. Localeze, headquartered in Chicago, provides resources that connect consumers with local merchants and national brands. The company organizes local content collected from sources including the Yellow Pages, authorized brand dealer lists, Internet sites and local merchants. Additionally, Localeze offers merchants and agencies customized analytical tools and content management for the purpose of turning local search into direct revenue. more
	Geosign Data Services has four primary offerings: FranDatâ„¢ – The world’s first and only authoritative franchise database. Containing nearly 2000 franchises and featuring attributes such as hours of operation, drive-thrus, credit cards accepted, and ATM locations, FranDatâ„¢ continues to be the product of choice for mapping local franchise locations.BrandDatâ„¢ – The world’s first and only authoritative brand database, listing authorized reseller locations for the top 250 US brands. BrandDat’s uniqueness stems from the use of data directly from brand owners, instead of stale yellow pages data.NUDâ„¢ – An award winning database mapping web URLs to physical businesses. Over 4 million records makes this database the largest of its kind, and it is well regarded within the local space for its accuracy.Professional Services – Advanced web crawling and data mining solutions to fit any need. Most clients utilize the professional services product for competitive intelligence and online market analytics. Bought by Truelocal in 2006.
	A comprehensive source for business information. Experian’s premier B2B marketing database features demographic and credit information updated monthly on more than 16 million businesses. The National Business Database covers the largest companies found in the Fortune 1000 and provides extensive coverage on millions of hard-to-find small-business owners. Directly target new prospects and gain intelligence on your current customer base. More
	Data integrity is the cornerstone of our product offerings at DeepData. The following information is intended to give our customers confidence in the quality and accuracy of our data products and services. You are encouraged to select from the links below to learn more about DeepData’s commitment to data quality for the variety of information solutions it offers.DeepData’s flagship product – Verified business data, compiled from over 3,600 Yellow Pages directories each yearOver 15 million businesses, powered by the Experian National Business Database (NBD). More than 215 million consumers, powered by the Experian INSOURCESM Database. Thousands of lists available, specialized to niche industries and topics, including opt-in email addresses. more
	Wcities is a global multi-platform information service provider for travel providers, wireless operators, mobile portals, and web portals. Wcities offers services and content in hundreds of cities in over 70 countries. Information is compiled and aggregated using researchers, reviewers, editors, locals and other contributors. Wcities provides everything that a city has to offer. Users can locate information about accommodations, dining, shopping, entertainment, attractions, sports, concerts, theater, festivals, and special events. Providing data to Yahoo! Local. more
	Today, the EADP has some 180 members in 36 countries world-wide, including member companies based in the 25 EU member states but also in the candidate countries : publishers, suppliers of products and services for the publishing industry and 6 national associations representing 340 directory publishers. more
	iBegin Source is about local data – get listed for free. This site is a wiki for local business data (YellowPages). We offer a free download (non-commercial license) or a commercial license for local business data. Our data is constantly updated.
	The Local Data Company (LDC) has created a detailed and up-to-date database of shops, bars, restaurants, venues and tourist attractions in the UK. LDC works with some of the biggest names on the web, from the No.1 search engine to the No.1 directory, supplying data to over 40 websites in the UK. You can submit a listing by visiting http://www.localdatacompany.co.uk/.
	Mobilemaps is an opensource Search engine High Country Software Ltd is a British company founded in 1996 by two New Zealand brothers, Philip and Peter Abrahamson.High Country develops the open source Mobilemaps nearby engine, and provides related services.
Social Local Networking Sites / Local Web2.0
	To Add Edit Delete a listing sign up and add a listing for free – To get into Yelp, you have to create a regular member account. Then you click on write review and search for a business name that is not there. You are then given the option to add the business. (Thanks Mike) “Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what’s great (and not so great) in your world. You already know that asking friends is the best way to find restaurants, dentists, hairstylists, and anything local. Yelp makes it fast and easy by collecting and organizing your friends’ recommendations in one convenient place.”
	YellowBot When you can’t find someplace that ought to be here, we’d really appreciate a submission When we’ve got something wrong, we’d appreciate it if you’d submit a correction. (Every business details page has a link to send us your updates.)
	Get listed Citysquares.com is a local company that brings together local businesses and their consumers. Our philosophy is that you enhance local neighborhoods by strengthening the locally owned businesses. Local businesses are what make our neighborhoods unique. Citysquares.com is focuses on providing rich, hyper-local content for urban and suburban communities. more
	To Add Edit Delete a listing sign up for free and add listing for free – Insider Pages was created to help people find the best local businesses through recommendations from their friends and neighbors. At InsiderPages.com, people share reviews of local businesses and find great services they can trust. Our site now has over 600,000 customer reviews from members across the U.S. and over two and half million people visit our site each month to get the Insider scoop on local businesses.
	Yellowikis – is a open access business directory. We aim to provide up-to-date, open, accurate, honest but quite basic business information to everyone on the internet.This information is free to both users and companies. We do not want to take advertising or to sell data. This information is free. One of our main aims is to be a global resource. Small companies – particularly those in developing countries – don’t find it easy to set up their own web pages and get them ranked by Google and the other search engines. We hope that a simple entry in Yellowikis will help level the playing field.How to add a company1) Start by doing a search. You might find that it has already been added to the directory.2) If it doesn’t already exist, click on the “create a new page” link.3) You can insert a template to help you get started by clicking on the little Yellowikis target button on the edit bar.4) Don’t forget to add a country code and at least one industry code.5) Save it.
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Ok, I know alot of our clients are getting the Blue and White Shield Virus or also known as Personal Security Virus.  

Personal Security

Personal Security is a very aggressive fake anti-virus application infe

cting computers connected over the Internet. Personal Security virus frequently propagates via malicious  websites and sneak into computer without showing any signs and bypassing installed antivirus programs. Actually, Personal Security virus will alter system configuration to have itself run during Windows start-up process.

This bogus application can disable antivirus programs on victims computer and blocked Internet access by redirecting it to a fake “Register your computer’s software” web page.  Once inside the PC, Personal Security virus can overpower any anti-virus software installed by connecting to a remote computer to upgrade itself or download another malicious files. Affected computers will continue to experienced extreme pop-up alerts and warning messages from Personal Security virus that encourage users to register the program.

Please DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SOFTWARE!

SYMTOPMS:

The blue and white shield is on your desktop, and on your task tray.  You will notice once in a while that your computer will have a yellow window with an red X telling you that some programs have been blocked because it is a virus.  There is no internet access.

RESOLUTION:

Automated Removal Instructions for Personal Security using Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware:

 

1. Print out these instructions as we may need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
2. It is possible that the infection you are trying to remove will not allow you to download files on the infected computer. If this is the case, then you will need to download the files requested in this guide on another computer and then transfer them to the infected computer. You can transfer the files via a CD/DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive.
3. Before we can do anything we must first end the processes that belong to Personal Security so that it does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, download the following file to your desktop.rkill.com Download Link
4. Once it is downloaded, double-click on the rkill.com in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with Personal Security and other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various malware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will automatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a message that rkill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just a fake warning given by Personal Security when it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into these infections warnings that close Rkill, a trick is to leave the warning on the screen and then run Rkill again. By not closing the warning, this typically will allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that rkill can terminate Personal Security . So, please try running Rkill until malware is no longer running. You will then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide.Do not reboot your computer after running rkill as the malware programs will start again. 

5. Now you should download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Download Link
6. Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
7. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
8. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and  Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If MalwareBytes’ prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
9. MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.

Personal Security Virus, had evolved rapidly…we have seen different versions and infections.  So if you need to know more about this virus you can contact us or go to the link below.

For additional information you can find it at BleepingComputer.com

This can be done easily through a change in your Registry:

Open the Event Viewer and click Details Tab. Then click on View XLM.

Copy the GUID – Example {7b6bc78c-898b-4170-bbf8-1a469ea43fc5}

Open RegEdit highlight Computer, go to Edit > Find and paste the GUID. Just
as shown the the example above.

Regedit will display
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WINEVT\Publishers\{7b6bc78c-898b-4170-bbf8-1a469ea43fc5}

On the right hand side, open the Enabled (Reg_DWord) and change the 1 to 0

Reboot your system.

Yesterday a client of ours came to us about an issue with login into her Gmail and Yahoo mail.  When she tries to logon to Gmail she receives an error stating “URI is too long.”  Then when she tries to logon to her yahoo email she gets “The browser you’re using refuses to sign in. (cookies rejected)”.  What does this mean???

Basically, this means that your cookie is disabled.  Most online websites require the use of cookies to store data.  Your login information has to be saved locally on your system for the website to recognize that it is you that is loggin on and not someone else.

Well, this is very simple to resolve.  

Internet Explorer 6,7,8

1. In your internet explorer go to Tools on your menu.
2. Choose Internet Options.
3. Click on Privacy Tab and change your settings to anything under “HIGH”.
4. This will enable your cookies again.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Tools on your menu
2. Choose Options
3. Click on Privacy Tab
4. Under Cookies make sure that the Accept ccookies from sites is checked
5. Also check Accept third-party cookies
6. Then choose to Keep until: they Expire

And that is it; this is as simple as that.

Windows XP gives you the ability to store user names and passwords on your local computer so you do not have to enter in your credentials each time you access different sites or resources. Of course this provides some simplicity for users that have to remember more than one user name and password. However, in terms of security, any one who sits down at your computer while you are logged on can then access sites and resources using your cached credentials.

 

You can view and remove the stored credentials on your computer using the following steps:

1. Click Start and select Run. 
2. Type in rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr and click OK.
3. The Stored User Names and Passwords dialog box will appear.
4. You can remove an entry by selecting it from the list and clicking the Remove button.
5. Click Close.

Description:
If you are not an administrator and try to use the Remote Desktop Connection tool, you may receive the following error message:

The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively.

Cause:
This issue occurs because the user account is not a member of the local Remote Desktop Users group.

More Information:
Remote Desktopa function included with Windows XP Professional, enables you to connect to your computer across the Internet from virtually any computer, Pocket PC, or smartphone.

Resolution:
To resolve this issue, add allowed users to the Remote Desktop Users list:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click System, and then on the Remote tab, click Select Remote Users.
3. Click Add type in the user account name, and then click OK.

If you are adding more than one user name, use a semicolon to separate the names.
Note: Adding users to the Remote Desktop Group requires that you are logged on through an administrator account.

Also, make sure that the Remote Desktop Users group has sufficient permissions to log on through Terminal Services. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type secpol.msc, and then click OK.
2. Expand Local Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment.
3. In the right pane, double-click Allow logon through Terminal Services. Make sure that the Remote Desktop Users group is listed.
4. Click OK.
5. In the right pane, double-click Deny logon through Terminal Services. Make sure that the Remote Desktop Users group is not listed, and then click OK.
6. Close the Local Security Settings snap-in.

Affected OS:
Microsoft Windows Xp Professional SP2

Affected Aplication:
None

Severity: Medium

Reboot: No

Reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289289/en-us?spid=1173&sid=1220

After not being able to burn a CD in Itunes I finally figured it out. You need to turn off any anti virus or spysweeper you may have on your computer before burning.

If that dosent work you can check out this link. It might help.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx

The above helped but the actual secret that I did was to set my program defaults to point to  Itunes.

Its under “Programs” “Program Defaults” in Vista, in that section I chose to have my media point to Itunes.

After doing so I now can burn music again even having the virus software running.