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Monday, September 6, 2010

Virtual PC Console Window Missing When Launched

Virtual PC Console went missing, caused by a setting in,
C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Options.xml

< console>
< height type="integer">27< /height>
< left_position type="integer">4294935296< /left_position>
< top_position type="integer">4294935296< /top_position>
< visible type="boolean">true< /visible>
< width type="integer">160< /width>
< /console>

Change the gigantic numbers to something more sensible and save

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Microsoft Office 2007 GPO Deploy Using MSI only

Add these lines to "config.xml" in "ProPlus.WW" directory,
add "<" to the front of each line. Deploy using the "ProPlusWW.msi"

Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
PIDKEY Value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" />
OptionState Id="ACCESSFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="EXCELFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="OneNoteFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="OUTLOOKFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="PPTFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="PubPrimary" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="SHAREDFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="TOOLSFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="WORDFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="local" Children="force" />

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Brother MFC Maintenance Codes

Press Menu * 2 8 6 4
"Maintenance" appears
01 Parameter Init
11 Configuration List
55 Scan Area Set
66 Media Sensor Adj (Left: 10, Right: 10)
74 Country Code
77 Status Page
88 AMS00
91 Parameter Init
99 Exit

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Vista Infinite Update Loop

Fixed reboot loop by using Vista CD to enter recovery command prompt, renamed C:\Windows\WinSxS\pending.xml to pending.xml.OLD
booted fine to login screen.