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Describes how to work around the issue that may occur if the Windows Software Licensing Rearm program has run more than three times in a single Windows Vista image. Link Removed

Describes a behavior that occurs after you redirect the Documents folder of a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer to a network share. Describes how to work around this behavior. More...

Windows Live Mail cannot directly manage nor update contacts to an iPhone but there is a workaround for anyone wanting/needing this capability: When attempting to sync the lost contacts from Windows Live Mail, I found that the iPhone would not accept new nor edited contacts, using iTunes Sync...

Provides a workaround for a problem in Windows 7 in which Office PowerPoint 2007 stops responding when you try to print or send a fax. Link Removed

Revision Note: V1.2 (June 9, 2010): Added information about MS10-035 and clarified a FAQ entry about the caching vector. Summary: Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.2 (June 14, 2011): Announced that the updates for Microsoft Office for Mac, which were not available when the bulletin was originally published, are now available in bulletin MS11-045. Also, for both vulnerabilities addressed by this...

I recently bought a notebook PC, and was quite annoyed to find that Intel has magically removed the ability to change the Centrino N 130 wireless adapter's MAC address. Before the nutters get in here with accusations of "illegal" activity, I feel obligated to point out that there is nothing...

how to Disable Monitor Off detection in windows 7 any one got a work around for this issue I have my TV plugged into my PC throw a HDMI cable and setup as a dual monitor in windows 7 ultimate but when I turn off the TV the monitor connected to the PC changes for no reason and all I see is the...

Discusses that the Microsoft Management Console window is not displayed correctly after you resize it in a Windows 7 environment. Provides workarounds for this issue. Link Removed

Describes a way to work around a compatibility problem between the Weather Channel Toolbar plug-in and Internet Explorer 8. Link Removed

Describes a problem that Isochronous transfers over the IEEE 1394 bus may not successfully finish when the device driver detaches and reattaches the buffer in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. Provides a hotfix and a workaround for this problem... More...

I have a Small Business Server 2000 using a Shared Fax. All of my Windows 2000 and XP computers can print to the fax like any other printer. When I setup the Shared Fax on a Windows 7 Pro machine, it installs as an additional printer and asks for the print server name. I entered the server name...

I have a desktop connected to a modem/router and a laptop connected wireless. I cannot print from my laptop unless I go to my desktop and "wakening" it up! Does anyone know how to fix this or "Wake Up" my desktop remotely?

Describes a problem in which you receive an error message when you try to create a remote desktop session as an administrator when Autologon is enabled in Windows Server 2008. A workaround is provided. Link Removed

Provides workarounds for an issue in which you receive an incorrect statistics report after a ping operation fails. This issue occurs in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008 R2, and in Windows Server 2008. Link Removed

Provides a workaround for an issue that may occur when you connect to the Internet through a proxy server that uses Basic authentication. More...

Describes an issue in which system icons are not displayed in the notification area in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 until the operating system is restarted. A workaround is provided. More...

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the "Attrib" command to work around the inability to view or to remove the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. More...

After using an extended desktop on a Lenovo notebook we hit WinKey P and clicked on Computer Only mode. The extended desktop went away.) Then when you go to type you get the various commands as if you were still holding down the Windows Key. An apparent work around is to press the Windows...

Unfortuanteyl it seems to me that Windows 7 does not accept if users want to pin folders or files which are on removeable medias (USB-Sticks, DVDs, TrueCrypt volumes,...) to the TaskBar resp. Start menu. Is there a trick/workaround for this (e.g. registry modification) so that is possible...