Just managed to get my hands on Google Chrome. I must say that this is a pretty good piece of application although this is just a pre-release.

Installation of the application was fast and quick with the use of a the Google application downloader. Upon completion, it will bring you to a brief setup screen and with a single click of Start Google Chrome you be then transported to the clean Google Chrome Interface

Neat, no crappy configuration to go through …

As the name implies, this program is still under beta testing and has yet to be muscled up with some of the advanced features available in most Internet browsers but I am sure they are working their asses off to compete with the upcoming release of IE8 Beta 2 and Firefox 3.1 Alpha.

I also forgot to mention that Chrome has an ‘Incognito Browsing’ which is very much familiar to those of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 private browsing aka Porn Mode.

Maybe we are seeing an upcoming trend in the browser wars … well it doesn’t matter much to me really, only the web developers will be having a hell of a headache trying to script a page which is web-standards compliant.

Till then … but I certainly would like to see a better release of this web browser in days to come …

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Situation At Hand:
- Post installation of update KB 955428, you may receive a notification prompting for WORKS8.msi.

Error Message:
- The Feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

Possible Root Cause:
- It seems that this is only affecting users with Microsoft Works 8.5 installed on their computers? Could this possibly be a conflict? Well I don’t know … really. Are you a HP user? Maybe that is the answer.

Possible Resolution 1:
- Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=458985c3-9c6f-4049-81cd-0d0389c81f11&DisplayLang=en
- Scroll to the middle of the page
- Search for “KB955428-en-US.cab” and click on download.
- Once the download is complete, double click to open the file.
- Within the file you should be able to see KB955428_en-US , execute the file and extract to Desktop.
- Locate your desktop and execute KB955428_en-US.msi again.
- Install the .msi and reboot.
- You may be prompted to install an update upon successful reboot. Proceed with that.

Possible Resolution 2:
- Go to Start > Type in “cmd” and Right click > Run as Administrator
- When in command prompt > type in “net stop wuauserv” (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Minimize the command prompt
- Go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk C:
- Search for Windows and open up the folder
- Search for SoftwareDistribution and right click.
- Select “Rename” and rename to “SDold” – without quotes and press Enter.
- Restart the computer and try again.

Hope this helps …

At certain times, if the WindowsUpdateAgent is pointing to an old file (particularly after performing a windows repair since a repair replaces all the newer DLL files with the defaults) or simply corrupted, you may not be able to perform any windows updates.

Reinstallation of the WindowsUpdateAgent is one of the typical troubleshooting steps to resolve such issues.

Here are the steps on how to do so :

- Download WindowsUpdateAgent and save it to C:\ (Yes, the root directory for ease of access)

Windows, x86-based systems
http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Windows, x64-based systems
http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x64.exe

Windows, Itanium-based systems
http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-ia64.exe

- Once completed, Click on Start > Run and type in "CMD" without quotes and press enter.

- It should return a DOS looking prompt (well it is DOS)

- Type in " cd c:\ " without quotes to change directory to the root directory.

- Insert "WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce" to kick start the reinstallation. Double clicking and attempting to run the EXE on it’s own is not permissible as Windows will not recognize it as a reinstallation.

Hope this helps

Situation At Hand:
- When performing Windows XP updates – You may receive the following error code : 0×8007043B

Error message :
- 0×8007043B

Possible Root Cause :
- This could be due to corrupted DLL Files on your Windows XP box or possibly corrupted registry settings as well.

To resolve the issue at hand :

Warning : Steps below will require amendments to Windows Registry and as such should be proceeded with extreme caution. In any event you changed an invalid setting – it may render your system unusable.

- Click on Start > Run > Regedit
- On the top left pane search for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

- If you are unable to locate HKEY_LOCAL_Machine or the registry is just too cluttered. Click on any of parent keys and press and HOLD down the left arrow button. It will merge all the folders and you should be able to see My Computer. Expand the folder and you will have the 5 parent keys.

- Once you have expanded HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, locate and expand Software > locate and expand Microsoft > locate and expand WindowsNT > locate and expand CurrentVersion > locate and expand SVCHost >

- If you followed through properly your path will be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SVCHost

- Please refer to the image below. The path is visible on the bottom left corner of the Windows Registry Editor.

- Once you are in the right location, switch over to the right pane and locate netsvcs. Double click on it and it will reveal a pop up box.

- Append BITS and WUAUSERV into the list of services.

- Click on OK and exit Registry Editor altogether.

The last Step

- We are nearing to the end … almost there
- Click on Start > Run

- Type in cmd and click on OK.
- Type "net stop wuauserv" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 wuaupi.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 wups.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 wuaueng.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 wucltui.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 msxml3.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.
- Type "regsvr32 atl.dll" (without quotes) and press Enter.

- Restart and try again …

Situation At Hand:
- You receive an invalid confirmation to activate your copy of Windows.

Error message :
“Windows will expire in X days / hours”.

Possible Root Cause :
- This is due to a beta / pre-release of Windows Vista SP1 which was installed on your computer previously.
- End users are not encouraged to install pre-releases unless of course you are technically equipped

To resolve the issue at hand :
- The pre-release of SP1 has to be removed from your computer.

Steps:
- Go to program and features and attempt to locate Service Pack for Windows to uninstall.
- Search for “Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330)”.
- If the beta version is not visible you might need to perform an in-place upgrade or custom installation to resolve the issue.
- After uninstalling KB 936330 you will need to reinstall Windows Vista SP1 manually to overwrite the faulty settings.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 All Language Standalone (KB936330)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f559842a-9c9b-4579-b64a-09146a0ba746&DisplayLang=en

Hope this helps

Step 1: Startup repair

- > Boot from DVD > Repair your computer > Startup Repair

> *please not that if Startup repair does not resolve the issue proceed to the next step

Step 2: Rename (xxx)

- > Boot to WinRE + Command prompt

- > Cd c:\windows\System32\WBEM\

- > Ren l2secHC.mos

- > Restart the computer and attempt SP1 installation again by installing the standalone version.

->  This should solve it

Tags: 0xc0190036, l2secHC.mos

1. Download and install SubInACL

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

2. Create a blank file named reset.cmd in C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools folder.

3. Edit the reset.cmd file with the following content.

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f

subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f

4. Enter into the CMD/Command prompt. CD Change Directory to C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

5. Run reset.cmd

7. After subinacl is processed, the permission will be reset,  Ignore any errors.

8. Reboot into Safe Mode (F8)

9. Run regedit and find for entries which have $%&, create a backup and delete all the entries with $%&

10. Restart PC and the issue should be resolved

Tags: XPSP3, XP, SP3