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Quick Tip

If the recycle bin icon on the Windows Vista desktop has been mistakenly deleted here is how to get it back.
Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and choose personalize ,in the new window select the option on the top left hand corner that says Change desktop icons then go to the Desktop Icon Settings section and check the option Recycle bin ,click OK when done.

Microsoft Corp. announced pricing for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and the best deal you can get is $49.99. That’s if you pre-order Windows 7 from Microsoft. The Redmond-based company announced today that pre-ordering will start Friday and run through July 11. Microsoft will also launch on Friday its Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, through which it offers a free upgrade from Windows Vista if users don’t want to wait until the Windows 7 release to buy a computer.

Here is the link to MS pre order site CLICK HERE this looks like its only for the USA

If you find you are getting Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file” stops me from running ANY exe on Win2k3 Server after installing IE8

Ensure that your intranet settings are on in IE8 if they are then this may help

From the workstations that can’t run the files, add the servers to the Trusted Zone - file://server
Then in the Security tab of IE Options, select the Trusted Site checkmark then hit the Custom level…button.
Scroll down to under Miscellaneous for “Launching applications and unsafe files” - set it to Enable

Event ID 7000’s

Description:

“The Parallel port driver service failed to start due to the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.”

Then you have the ParPort service not starting.

This happens if you upgrade your Windows 2003 server hardware (motherboard) that HAD a Parallel Port, but are now on a new motherboard that has no Parallel Port.

Quick fix:
Open Regedit

Look for
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System|CurrentControlSet\Services\Parport

Edit the Start key and change the value to 4. Changing the value to 4 will “disable” the service.

On mine it was 3

Reboot the server