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In a similar vein to 2ffat's post, I've also had major issues following the November updates. When I run an Office application, the Windows desktop and start menu disappears, and I have to open task manager (ctrl shift escape, run explorer.exe) in order to get my desktop back. Its Windows 10...

Hello I've been having rather a lot of problems with my dad's PC of late. Some of these are covered in detail by blog posts on a myriad of other sites, some of which I have tried and have not helped here. Any assistance in either pointers for further diagnosis or ideas would be welcome...

I tried to update my dad's laptop today from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Its a Dell Inspiron 15R, and is listed as compatible from Dell. The upgrade seemed to go well, but once I started testing I kept getting Kernel panic messages noting AUTO_BOOST_LOCK_ACQUISITION_WITH_INCREASED_IRQL. On...

Hi all I upgraded my dad's PC to Windows 10 yesterday (from 7 Home Premium). One of the first things that was noticed was his Canon MP610 printer/scanner didn't work. This was not picked up in the compatability check. On the Canon website, there was a big notice saying this model was not...

Is there a way of connecting IMAP/POP3 accounts to be accessed via Yahoo Mail (free account)? They support using it to access other well known major providers eg Hotmail/Outlook.com, AOL and GMail etc but not generic IMAP/POP3. There are plenty of articles on the web explaining how to do this...

Is there any general word on application and peripheral compatability for windows 10? Like many of you, I have read Microsoft's recent announcement of the public Windows 10 launch from 29th July and have seen the icon to opt in to it. Given that when I upgraded from Windows 7 to 8.1 there were...

I am involved in upgrading a vendor application that includes moving from JQuery 1.6.1 to 1.10.2. One particular section of our application uses a third party charting library FusionCharts 3.2.2 SR1 to display two graphs of high level summary information, and this page only uses JQuery 1.11.0...

I have recently posted a series of FAQs on this forum on debugging and trying to understand undocumented database applications and get them to a level where they can be supported. They are based on many things I have done at work over recent years. They are written without reference to...

All, I am slowly going out of my mind on what should be something very simple that I have done many times before. I have a function in Excel VBA (2007 SP3) that submits data to a SQL Server database, connecting via ADO 2.8 and running a stored procedure on SQL Server 2008 Developer SP3. I can...

All I have been doing upgraded a legacy tomcat 5.5.26 / JRE 5 update 13 application to Tomcat 7 and Java 7 update 5. Web server is IIS6 on Windows 2003 standard. All software is 32 bit. The tomcat web server works - I can run http://server:8080 and successfully run the jsp examples. I have...

I have recently been getting some requirements specs together and in doing so, have found a near watertight set of arguments for getting agreement in principal for the storage of documentation electronically rather than in filing cabinets/archives (or possibly in addition to). Whether you just...

I have an application that feeds three sets of data, lets call them A, B and C from server X to server Y. When item A gets posted into server Y, it gets issued ID numbers. Before items B and C can be posted into the import tables on server Y, the ID number issued to item A needs to find its...

For those of you who weren't aware, mainstream support for Windows XP (all versions) with Service Pack 2 finishes on 13th July 2010 - ie July Patch Tuesday for this year: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Windows This means that there will be no critical security patches after that...

All, I have been looking lately at facilities for allowing data from a SQL Server database to be displayed within an asp.net application relatively easily, but with fairly good formatting abilities. There are plenty around, ranging from using in built data aware controls such as grid view and...

This is really aimed at people who implement and support commercial systems within their own organisations rather than those who develop and support in house code (I have systems under each of those categories here). Typically, commercial systems that an organisation has bought into, each...

With Office 2007 now available with its optional Save As PDF functionality now available, it is surprising that this doesn't come with an addition to the wizard to create a PDF file of a report/form/query fairly quickly. You can add this functionality to your own applications quite easily. Add...

Has anybody been involved in any aspect of identity management systems? What I mean by Identity management systems are pieces of software (normally custom written for a company or organisation to fit around their specific requirements) that use data in a relational database, such as HR/Payroll...

DOS 6.2x allowed you to confirm each line of a batch file with COMMAND /Y /C batchfile and it would let you confirm the execution of each line with a [Y/N] prompt afterwards. Great for debugging. Is there equivalent functionality under XP Pro SP2, we have a very complex batch file here that...

I've recently discovered that the Open Source Web Application Security (www.owasp.org) community website has a Powerpoint presentation on advanced SQL injection techniques. Examples for SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL are all included. From http://www.owasp.org/ click Presentations on the...

I finally solved a long term problem in a DB I support quite by chance yesterday. One database opened fine on two or more PCs, but if it opened on a third PC, or the third PC opened it ahead of other PCs then multi user access was prohibited. They all had the same network permissions on the...