Fix: Microsoft Office 2003 Prompts for SKU011.CAB on Launch After a Windows update, Microsoft Office 2003 installations can break in a frustrating way — launching Excel (or another Office app) triggers a repair dialog, which then fails with an error stating that SKU011.CAB cannot be found. The fix involves a quick registry edit to disable the local installation source cache….
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In Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, the classic Ctrl+Alt+Del logon screen is displayed on top of a solid background color. While most systems use the default color scheme, it is possible to customize the background by modifying a single registry value. I originally encountered this while managing a group of servers where one machine displayed a different…
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Compressing hundreds of folders into individual archive files manually can be a time-consuming task. To automate the process, I modified an existing script to meet my requirements. I chose the 7-Zip Command Line edition because it is lightweight, consists of a single executable file, and provides excellent compression. 7-Zip can be downloaded here. The only other file required is the…
Read More »This little script will fix the Windows could not search for new updates Error Code 80245003 error message. It also serves another purpose. Whenever I create a new image, I want to eliminate as much clutter as possible for the smallest possible image. Sometimes the SoftwareDistribution folder can contain 100s of megabytes of files that are unneeded for an image….
Read More »Several years ago, I came upon a script that would recursively traverse through a folder tree and create a M3U playlist for each folder respectively. I slightly modified the script to fit my requirements. This script will look for MP3 and WMA files and create a M3U file. For the desired results, put the script in the root folder of…
Read More »The Prefetch folder is used to increase the speed in loading times for applications that have already been executed. There are several problems with thought process. The folder is never purged leaving old and unwanted clutter in that folder that will eventually slow down the computer. Another annoyance, is that this is yet another folder that maintains tracking of what…
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VWMware folders can get congested with log files, file fragmentation, and bloated file sizes. To remedy this, there is a utility available through VMware called VMware-mount-5.5.0-18463.exe. This utility will also work with version 6 of VMware (tested!). It offers among other things, several command line tools for handling VMware files. Along with a couple of handy scripts, that I have…
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The Hewlett Packard TSGI-IR01 is the OEM version of the USB Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver. The device driver is supplied by Microsoft and included with the Windows MCE, XP, and Vista operating systems. It is because of that, HP did not have to supply their own driver. The device driver does work for the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition…
Read More »eTrust Antivirus features are grayed out and access is needed. From the images below follow a single registry key change and all access becomes available. No reboot necessary. Using regedit, the format is: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\eTrustAntivirus\CurrentVersion\InternalSettings] “RPCThreadContext”=dword:00000000 Using AutoIT, the format is: ;Enable eTrust Antivirus (Version: 7.1.501) Realtime features RegWrite (“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\eTrustAntivirus\CurrentVersion\InternalSettings”, “RPCThreadContext”, “REG_DWORD”, “0”)
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One issue that occasionally appears in Windows is when the Automatic Updates settings are completely grayed out. Instead of being able to choose how updates are handled, every option is disabled. In most cases, this is not a bug. It is the result of policy-based registry settings being applied to the system. These settings may have come from: Local Group…
Read More »Automate Network Drive Map at Boot not login Although this is a nice writeup. It does not work. When I originally created this process, I tested several times with success. Somewhere over time, critical updates and service packs broke this process. I will leave this article as is as it may help in some other design. Support AutoIT v3 (Freeware)…
Read More »All over the internet are the same instructions and the same Perl script to backup and clear the eventlogs. However, the Perl script does not clear the eventlogs. Under each of the explanations is the clear function is not implemented. The Issue The original code only backups Application, System, and Security eventlogs. Over the years, the newer OS versions of…
Read More »Internet Explorer 7 features a few changes to the interface that vere away from the “classic” look. Here are a few registry tweaks that will make the IE7 look and feel appear more like the traditional IE6 layout. Internet Explorer 7.0 Registry Tweaks and Customizations Standard toolbar in default position with search Standard Toolbar Above Address Bar Move the standard…
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ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. However, to use this application in a commercial environment a license key is required for a nominal fee. I wanted to get this application and license key out to the registered user community as quickly as possible and with little intervention on the…
Read More »This simplified script offers the purpose of starting PXE, TFTP, and Ghost in an appropriate order. When the Ghost imaging is complete, the services for PXE and TFTP will also terminate. This is useful in an environment where some workstations are set to PXE boot. This will prevent unanticipated access to the PXE server. Also, a one click method to…
Read More »Not an easy answer to find, however, AutoIT is capable of allowing secure HTTP, FTP, or HTTPS downloads using a script. The following script worked for me. #include ;Sample script to download registered files from HTTP source. ;Internet Explorer used to offer the ability via http://username:password@www.myfavoratewebsite.com InetGet(“http://username:password@www.myfavoratewebsite.com/downloadme.exe”, “downloadme.exe”, 1) ;note: That there is no progressbar to indicate download. ;note: This…
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Beyond Compare® is the ideal tool for comparing files and folders on your Windows or Linux system. Visualize changes in your code and carefully reconcile them. Beyond Compare is available at Scooter Software. A license was purchased to support a large user community. I wanted a means to simplify the distribution of this application with the license file. I chose…
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