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Recently I had an explorer.exe problem I could not fix. It resulted in me having to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows Xp with my legal cd that came with the computer. The installation went great, no hithes. Obviously the first thing you should do after a fresh install is get all of the recent updates to protect your computer. To my surprise when I tried to run windows update I got an error that my copy of XP could not be validated and it must not be genuine. How can that be? It was purchased with the computer from Dell. After talking to Microsoft support I was instructed to contact Dell. Dell was very helpful and told me I needed to download a patch and that there was an error with windows genuine software validation. After running the patch I was able to run windows update just fine.

The following is instructions from Dell on how to fix the problem.

1. Stop the Background Intelligent Transfer Service and the Automatic Updates service. To do this, follow these steps:

a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
b. At the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command.
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
exit
2. Delete the “SoftwareDistribution” folder:
a. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%, and then click OK.
b. Locate the SoftwareDistribution folder, and then press Delete on keyboard. Click Yes to confirm deletion.
c. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%system32 and then click OK.
d. Locate the SoftwareDistribution folder, and then press Delete on keyboard. Click Yes to confirm deletion.

3. Download and save the update on affected system from the following links.

1. http://snipurl.com/rh9j
2. http://snipurl.com/WGADELL
3. http://tinyurl.com/o3cpu
4. http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/windowsxp-kb905474-enu-x86_4bafa8793e8cdcaf4ba4ffc494df32d496154544.exe

4. Run the update from saved location.

5. Restart system

6. Start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service, the Automatic Updates service, and the Event Log service. To do this, follow these steps:
a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
b. At the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command.
net start wuauserv
net start bits
exit

7. Browse to www.windowsupdate.com and try doing an update.

If you are able to see the updates to be downloaded, the issue is resolved. You may also download a verification tool or visit Microsoft genuine page to verify the fix.

Microsoft page to validate windows: www.microsoft.com/genuine . Click on Validate Windows.

Matt Christensen
http://nuekleer.com
http://www.mattchristensen.net

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There was an age on the interet when everything was static. Webpages were created in pure code, and rarely you could find a page with an interesting design. But the times have changed. Programs like Macromedia Dreamweaver made webdesigners life easier. Image editing applications enhanced websites with graphics that transformed them in eye-candy-websites.

But today a new program creates waves on the Internet. Macromedia Flash. A program that was developed for professional webdesigners. It had such a succes that nowadays you can find it anywhere on the world wide web. From simple animation, to complex applets that interract with the user, Macromedia Flash has spiced up the internet.

Many people started to create websites entirely in Flash. This has some advantages but also some disadvantages. I will try to cover up some of them in this article.

When you create a website in Flash you have full control of the design. You can use animation, interactivity, you can do whatever you want with almost no limit. So if you want a super cool site Flash would look like the ideal solution. But nothing is perfect.

For example, if you visit a site created entirely in flash you cannot use the full potential of your browser. If you want to use the back button you will have the unpleasant surprise to see that the entire site will start reloading. This will surely annoy the visitor. Then you can’t print the page. Cannot use forward and many many others. These are serious problems and they should make you think twice before creating a site in Flash.

Have you ever heard about Google? You can find it at www.google.com :-). If you didn’t knew, newsflash: SEARCH ENGINES CANNOT READ FLASH! What does this mean? Well lets say that you will never receive visitors from them. This is a serious drawback I say. Google & the rest can bring in a lot of traffic.

To make a conclusion: if you make a personal site or you want to show your skills go for it. Just do not expect to much traffic. If you want to create a business related website or you want to have lots and lots of traffic DO NOT use Flash. It just does not worth the price.

Lighezan Alexabdru is webmaster at SourceGsm a cell phone specifications site and at v7ndotcom elursrebmem

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Until now eScan was available for download in English & Spanish languages. With MicroWorld increasing market share in the European markets and to cater to the need of their products in localized languages, MicroWorld has felt it necessary to have an Italian & German versions for their existing range of software. The release of eScan in Italian & German language has been highly appreciated by its partners & resellers in Europe.

The following eScan range of products are available for download in Italian & German language;
eScan Virus Control Edition, eScan Professional Edition, eScan Internet Security Suite, eScan Corporate Edition, eScan Corporate for MailScan, eScan Anti-Virus Edition, eScan Corporate for Citrix, and eScan Enterprise for Microsoft SBS.

MicroWorld products are reliable and time tested and have been awarded some of the most prestigious awards and certificates in the internet security industry like VB 100%, Checkmark, People’s Choice Security Award, Advanced CheckVir, 5 cows by TUCOWS, Best Content Security and Antivirus Software -by VAR magazine to mention a few.

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