Archive for January, 2009
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
While executing a command in Windows Vista command prompt you might get the error "The requested operation requires elevation."
In my case, I got the error while trying out the ipconfig /flushdns command to clear DNS resolver cache in Windows VISTA.
This is actually part of the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows Vista that controls the program execution as normal user, administrator or other user types with different access control. You will get this prompt because that program will need to be run as administrator, so the quick way to fix it is re-run by right clicking the program and ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
ipconfig is a Windows XP / 2000 / 2003 / Vista command utility that displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Domain Name System DNS settings. You can use the same tool to clear out Windows DNS cache. This command has /flushdns switch to flush and reset the contents of the DNS client resolver cache. During DNS troubleshooting, you can use this procedure to discard negative cache entries from the cache, as well as any other entries that have been added dynamically.
To clear DNS resolver cache login as administrator and open command ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
The following is a list of keyboard shortcuts that are available in Microsoft Word 2002, in Microsoft Office Word 2003, and in Microsoft Office Word 2007:
Command Name Shortcut Keys
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All Caps CTRL+SHIFT+A
Annotation ALT+CTRL+M
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Update: Get the Final version of MSN Messenger Plus! Live for MSN Messenger 2009 from here.
Finally Messenger Plus! Live (also known as MSN Plus! Live, MSN Messenger Plus! Live, Windows Live Messenger Plus! Live) has released a beta version which is compatible with the new Windows Live Messenger 2009 Final (also known as MSN Messenger 2009 Final, WLM 2009 Final, MSN Messenger 9, MSN Messenger 14, Windows Live Messenger 9, Windows Live Messenger 14,, WLM 9, WLM 14).
Finally we are back to "colored msn nicks" and "tabbed chat". ;)
You can grab the Messenger Plus! Live 4.79.0.353 beta from here:
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
If you are receiving the error 80040111 or 80040154 when you sign into Messenger, you can try the following:
1. Reregister msxml3.dll. To do so follow the steps below that are applicable to your operating system version:
1.a.Windows Vista:
1.a.i. Click "Start," click "All Programs," click "Accessories," and then right-click "Command Prompt."
1.a.ii. Click "Run as administrator."
1.a.iii. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password or click "Continue."
1.a.iv. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll
1.a.v. If the file can be located and is available, you receive the following message:
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
If you are receving the error code 8100030d when signing into MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, you can try out the following:
For MSN Messenger:
Click Start, click Run, type cmd , and then click OK to open the command prompt.
At the command prompt, type the following commands. After each command line, press ENTER:
cd\
cd %appdata%\microsoft
cd "msn messenger"
del /s listcache.dat
For Windows Live Messenger:
- For Windows XP:
Right click on the Start button and then click Explore to open Windows Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. Click the View tab. In the Advanced settings list, select Show ...
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