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Microsoft Word - How do I download Word if there is no cd and I keep getting error messages etc.


How do I download Word if there is no cd and I keep getting error messages etc.

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:04 PM PDT

How can I download Word? Bought Wod, no cd in box, used the info on the card in box. Can't be downlosded because of something running in the background or some other error message. Have tried  many time to get this to work. What's going on?

error 0XC00012f

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:48 AM PDT

No me deja cargar los programas de office y me da ese error

 

windows update won't install updates

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:40 AM PDT

All of the office 2010 kb updates in windows update (the last 17)  won't install.  I keep getting a failed message and error 80070643.  Would someone please help me with this problem?  I installed net framework 4.5 just in case net framework is corrupted as I saw it posted on another forum.  Thanks in advance.

Bizarre behavior of Word in Office 2010 installed as a virtual machine

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Hello,

I have Windows 7 installed as a virtual machine in VM Ware Fusion, in my MacBook Pro. I also installed Office 2010. Mostly, it's fine except for a strange issue: I cannot get the @ symbol to appear in Word. On the other hand, it appears in Excel and in PowerPoint. This has everyone puzzled in our IT department. It also has VMWare completely stymied. We have tried everything, but everything, that we could think of with no results. 

Would anyone have an idea of what this may be?

Here are some technical details that may be needed:

- Computer: MacBook Pro notebook running on Mountain Lion
- VM Ware Fusion v6, Windows 7 as virtual machine
- Office 2010 Professional in Windows
- Keyboard: Spanish (Mexico)-Latin America (same keyboard setup through Office. Please attachment)

Many thanks,

Emile

PS: Sorry, forgot to add that the command I use to produce the @ is alt+control

Fax a Word Document using a USB connected printer\fax?

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT

Windows7 32 it\Small Business 2007

 

Running Word 2007.....  

 

Can I Fax a document from Word 2007 to my USB Connected Printer\Fax?  if so, what are the steps?

Office Word Web app - cannot copy/paste from document back to iPad app

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Hi All,   Today I tried using the Microsoft Word Web App on my iPad today on Wifi. 

All went fine, except when I tried to copy some text from my document in to another app on the iPad - Notes.   

Nothing happened....! No text pasted across. 

It's as if there's a separate clipboard for the Office Web App, and for the iPad, and never the twain shall meet. Anybody else experienced this?   A bug, or a "feature"? Do we think it's ....

A Safari issue 
A web app issue 
An iPad issue 
An issue specific to my iPad in particular (i.e., needs a reset or something)?   

Be interested in thoughts/feedback on this issue.   

Would love a fix of-course!   Paul

Office 2013 Document won't open

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:42 AM PDT

New HP Computer (OS Windows 7).  Newly purchased Office 2013 ( installed two days ago)  Created my first Word 2013 document this morning, with several postings from internet.  Saved the document and closed the internet connection.  Attempted to open the document to edit and it wouldn't open.  Requested to ID the program to open it, but Office 2013 wasn't on the list.  Document opened in Wordpad 2010 (which isn't listed in the Control Panel software nor in the programs listings.  What gives?  Is there a stealth program on this computer?  Will the problem persist?

How can i change the formatting of hyperlinked cross references?

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:15 AM PDT

I am using Office 2007 and I am adding cross references in the text of my document to headings, figures, flowcharts etc (not footnotes, don't use them). I want my cross references to be hyperlinks (which they are) but I want them to show up as hyperlinks so people reading my document will know they are hyperlinks and that to click on them will take them to that section.

 

So for example:

the process of work involves several stages (see flowchart 1)  where flowchart 1 shows up in a different format and only that bit.

 

I have tried several methods listed on http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/formatcrossreferences.htm this website but none seem to do the job satisfactorily, either the formatting doesn't get preserved when I update the document, or it changes the formatting of the entire paragraph not just the cross reference, or it will only change cross references to headings not figures or flowcharts or a weird combination of the three options. I can't find a style for the in text cross reference in the style list.

 

I am not extensively proficient in code and computational language but I can follow basic steps, can anyone help?

Omit a Header from TOC in MS Word 2010

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:06 AM PDT

Hello,

I have a MS Word 2010 document with extensive use of headers and multilevel lists.
I want to omit certain items from the table of contents.  However, I can't change the style of the text, because the multilevel list will be compromised.  I would like to be able to update the TOC later without having to manually delete the items each time.  Any ideas?

Essentially this is what I would like to do:
1.  Heading 1
1.1  Heading 2 (keep in TOC)
1.2  Heading 2 (keep in TOC)
2.  Heading 1
3.  Heading 1
3.1  Heading 2 (omit from TOC)
3.2  Heading 2 (omit from TOC)
4.  Heading 1

Thanks!

I am trying to connect my printer wirelessly to word

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:01 AM PDT

My printer will print out an documents as long as I connect it to my laptop with a cable, but I am trying to print wirelessly, how can this be achieved?

Indents and Bullets for Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 06:40 AM PDT

Half of my document is indented and formatted properly but the after will no let me indent the bullets. They promote and demote but, the text doesn't move and when it finally does-its spread on several lines of the document. On the first proper half of the document, if I try to indent a bullet point-it works but, if I undone the bullet point and retry it will not.

I have already done the autoformat as you type fix and it has not worked.

Track Changes colors changed when converting

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 06:28 AM PDT

Dears,

 

I have an issue which I cannot determine the source: Word or Acrobat?

 

I have several Word 2007 documents that I need to send as a PDF. These documents contain changes with the colors red and blue. I need to send these documents as a pdf file. When I convert them to pdf these colors change to the default black color.

 

I have an add-in which helps to convert these documents enabled.

 

For Acrobat I'm using the latest Acrobat Standard.

 

How to convert my documents (without using the print options, this option removed all the links) to pdf without losing the colors.

 

thank you for your help and tips.

microsoft office 2010 starter licensing issue since updates

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 06:02 AM PDT

Since the updates on 10th September I have had problems with ms starter 2010 accidently uninstalled it now unable to get into files as I keep getting licensing  problem.  Any idea how I can solve this?

Microsoft Office 2010 click to run

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 05:59 AM PDT

My neighbour has been using their laptop for a couple of years - Windows 7 is the OS.  He uses Word to create invoices for his business and we created a template at the time, all he does is double click the last invoice, edit it and saves as a new name.

 

He attempted this yesterday and got a pop up -

 

I already purchase Office 2010 - option to Activate

Go online to Purchase Office - option to Purchase

Try Office free for a Limited time - option to Try

 

The only Activation key he has it the one on the bottom of the Dell laptop - that wasn't a valid key apparently.

 

We searched for winword.exe and it wasn't found.

 

Discovered a variety of questions on the subject e.g.

 

It is write protected for a reason on Q:

 

Suggestions to uninstall and install MSI based version of the Product.

 

This household only use the laptop for email, google searches and the invoice creation via Word - we aren't talking installing Products or Windows Explorer browsing and deletions attempted.

 

We found a workaround for the time being to use Wordpad (it really is a simple text based invoice) and that will get the bills out to the Customers and money into the bank, however.....

 

Question is.............  which on the click to run forums that they are not seeing an answer to...

 

How come for 2 years they have been able to use this Product and NOW it just stops!?

 

They do not know anything about going into Control Panel and Program Features or even Computer to browse, he logs in, clicks Documents, selects a document and off he goes.  That's about the extent the head of the household uses and once complete, saves as and prints!

 

His wife only Google searches and checks/sends emails.

 

Anyone who could give a clue to reason works one day and not the next (short of deinstallation?)  - It still shows in the Program List.

 

Can I prevent hackers from OPENING MS Word?

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 04:43 AM PDT

Can I password protect ALL documents; i.e. prevent hackers from OPENING MS Word?

 

When I open MS Word, there should be a security check that asks me to enter a password. Any ideas?

Prevent tables from merging

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 04:37 AM PDT

Hi,

I am using tables to frame and hold figures with associated text in a technical report

The table is roughly half a portrait page in height (full width) and has two rows:
  • The top row has a single column
  • The 2nd (bottom) row has two columns
The single cell in the top row is designed to contain a figure
The first cell in the second row contains a figure caption and the second cell contains a company logo

I have added this table into the quick part gallery so that when I want to insert a figure I can quickly add the picture frame which subsequently automatically updates the sequential figure caption numbering

The problem I have is when I want to insert two figures one beneath another. Because I am using tables when I insert a table one beneath another the two tables automatically merge into a single 4 row table whereas I want two separate 2 row tables for my two figures...

Can this automatic merging of tables be prevented?

nb. I have managed to do this by simply inserting an extra blank paragraph at the end of the first table before adding a second table but is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks

Alex

Microsoft Office 2013 Keeps Crashing when Bullet List is Inserted and when Adjusting Table's Column Size

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 03:49 AM PDT

As per title, I have experienced this for the past month. A recent issue, I didn't have this problem when I first started using Office 2013 back in February 2013. Only in early September that Word keeps crashing whenever I inserted a bullet list and aligned it. Also, when I created bullets in a table and tried adjusting the column's size, Word crashes immediately upon doing so.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Microsoft Office, twice/thrice. I have performed a clean install of Windows 8 and reinstall of Office 2013 yet the problem persists. I tried deleting the ListGal.dat file, as someone had proposed this solution in past threads, but it has no effect whatsoever. Since last night's fresh install of Windows 8 + Office 2013, Word has crashed 41 times. Below is the details of the crash report. Hope this will be useful to anyone out there. 

Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\WINWORD.EXE

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
Application Version: 15.0.4535.1000
Application Timestamp: 51de8337
Fault Module Name: wwlib.dll
Fault Module Version: 15.0.4535.1000
Fault Module Timestamp: 51de8373
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000000072e0
OS Version: 6.2.9200.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 17417

Extra information about the problem
LCID: 1033
skulcid: 1033
Bucket ID: cf11a9e9519d61d2977f3b64dc1c71a8 (127742719)

Regards,
Keith.

Hyperlinks in Word pointing to Excel files dont work

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:05 AM PDT

Hi!

When clicking a hyperlink in Word 2007 pointing to an Excel file I get an error message "An unexpected error ocurred". I list the things I have tried to resolve the problem:

* I tried different locations and different files, doesn work from any word file to any Excel file wherever its located (on network, locally and so on)
* Repaired Office 2007
* Tried running both Excel and Word in Safe Mode.
* Reset internet options in IE (with full clear of all cached data and so on)
* Tried adding a hyperlink base
* Reassociated xlsx files with Excel
* Verified that the "Ignore other applications using DDE" is not checked in Excel
* Tried changing the standard browser

Excel files can be opened manually from explorer or from within Excel ofc. Hyperlinks to other Word documents, Powerpoint files, pictures, PDF document and so on works perfectly.

Office 2007 Standard running on Windows 7

Regards
Leyan

Font Size of the rtf data changes when RTF file is rendered onto the 2007 Word Doc

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:53 PM PDT

We have a word based VB application and a commaddin that connects to the word as we start the application. 

Initially the rtf data is extracted out of the document and saved to the back end. Below is the piece of rtf data when the rtf is extracted from the document which clearly depicts fs20 (Font size in half-points) which is 10.

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\insrsid11486703\charrsid5844535 Testing 10

The actual issue is when we render the rtf data on to the word document  where-in the font-size 10 changes to the default font-size 12. Below data clearly shows the fs20 is missing while rendering and the font size is set to the document default i.e 12.

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid3698700\charrsid1319285 Testing 10

Please note that this issue exists only on word2007.


Thanks/Saurav.

how add header and footer in word 2013

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:19 PM PDT

Dear Microsoft team
I would like your assistant upon in microsoft office word 2013 when i click header and footer its the error message appeared (Word can not open this document template, c\...\15\Build-in\Building blocks.dotx)
Please advise accordingly
Many thank for highly cooperated
Best regard
Sengly Chum
 

Printing multiple mailmerge documents with a single mailmerged cover letter

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:13 PM PDT

I am using a Word document to mailmerge from an Excel 2007 spreadsheet

The Word document merges a single form and a covering letter per address

I do not know VBA or how to stop a blank cover letter being printed

What I need to do is print variable numbers of forms per address but only one covering letter per address

e.g.

formA 1
formA 2
cover letter A

form B 1
cover letter B

formC 1
formC 2
formC 3
cover letter C

A B C are unique addresses and 1 2 3 are also unique references

I am looking for a way to set a variable and check if the next record has the same reference if it does it prints another form 

if it does not match a cover letter is printed and the variable set to the new reference and a form printed 

1. declare variable
2. set variable to record and print form
3. compare variable to record 2 if matching print form 2
4. if not matching print cover letter
5. set variable for record as per 2 and loop until all records are printed

An alternative would be to check for a flag in the Excel record and only print a cover letter if the flag is set

Could anyone advise the code , code structure or a workable method to do this please?

Large Headers

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:54 PM PDT

A document was composed using Word 2003 and then opened in Word 2010. Most Headers/Footers were OK through the document, however on 2 pages the header line was down the page and there was no way that I could move it. The header was empty on every page and changing the numbers in "Header from Top did not seem to work! Closing and deleting the header didn't work either. Any suggestions on what caused this and how to solve it welcomed.

2010 Microsoft Problems

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:51 PM PDT

I do not know whether it is my computer or the fact that my software for Microsoft 2010 is out of date or something but I got it off of a disk (can't remember how I got it but either way its installed on my laptop. It has been working fine nothing bizarre had happened up until about a week or so ago when I opened the Libraries part of my computer where I can click on music, documents etc. and see all of my stuff and certain documents instead of having the blue symbol next to it with the "W" it was orange. When I tried to click on them it asks if I want to activate Microsoft 2010, try it for a few days and another option like it isn't already on my computer and I can't get to these certain documents unless I go in another way. But the crazy part is that there are only about half of the documents on here that have the orange symbol next to it and the others don't. My question would be how could this have happened if you do know and what can I do about it? Do I have to reinstall all over again or what? 
Thanks!

Hover text

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:11 PM PDT

Whenever I leave the mouse cursor in the text space of a word document, a bubble automatically pops up to say "chart area." This is REALLY ANNOYING, completely unhelpful, and I'd like to turn off this feature. How do I do that?

Why is it impossible to set a proofing language in Spelling? It is all the time changed to Italian from English.

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:22 AM PDT

Why is it impossible Set Proofing Language in Spelling-it changes from English to Italian also no Automatic Detection box was ticked?

are there any other free downloads to try? - Microsoft Office forums

are there any other free downloads to try? - Microsoft Office forums


are there any other free downloads to try?

Posted: 27 May 2005 04:49 AM PDT

Other free to try, $70 to buy suite (only Word processor & spreadsheet)
is the Softmaker suite (http://www.softmaker.com/english/). It will open
both Word and Excel documents with no problems and from what I've found
supports just about all that normal users need to do.

The other nice thing about those two programs (Textmaker & Planmaker)
are that it it ported over to Linux, Pocket PCs and Handheld PCs giving
those with a mixed batch of machines that all work exactly the same.
Being a PPC user as well, I now have a full fledged word processor and
Spreadsheet for my PPC.

Jim

DL wrote: 

MS Word Closes When One Opens Printer Properties - Windows XP Log Points To NVIDIA Display Drivers?

Posted: 27 May 2005 04:31 AM PDT

Try updating your video drivers.

--

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Justern" <com> wrote in message
news:d787q9$75s$waia.asn.au... 


InfoPath

Posted: 26 May 2005 06:31 AM PDT

Hi Alex,

To add one bit to Mary's answer, which is in the chart
on the page she linked to but may still be confusing :)

If you have a retail or OEM copy of MS Office 2003 Professional
it does not contain the Infopath app. If you have
the MS Office 2003 Professional Enterprise (volume license
http://microsoft.com/licensing) edition it does have Infopath.

As Mary's 2nd link points out it can be purchased separately.

=====
<<"Alex Ellingworth" <com> wrote in message news:com...
Thought we'd run up a workflow proof of concept project with InfoPath.
However, it's not on the Office Professional 2003 CD that we have. Have
looked through the change setup in ad and remove programs and it's not
thereso; Where do you get it from?

Cheers <<
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx



Missing menu and toolbars in word

Posted: 26 May 2005 02:44 AM PDT

If you are in full screen mode, press the Escape key once to exit that
mode. Otherwise, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissngMenusEtc.htm .

jilldean wrote:
 

Latest Version of Office???

Posted: 25 May 2005 02:25 PM PDT

Office XP is Office 2002. version 10
Newest release is 2003. version 11



Office 2005 is for Apple Computers


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Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"John Gregory" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... 

Installing offce 97 on windows XP

Posted: 25 May 2005 06:57 AM PDT

I would be interested in others' solutions (as I'm not really happy with
mine but it's quick and works), but here is mine. I got the Autoexec.nt
and Config.nt from a "good machine and copied it into the
C:\windows\system32 directory

I don't know what is causing the problem, but I thin these two files
have something to di with the 16 bit subsystem.

Anyway, I'm not happy with the result, but it works. I, too, would love
to hear other solutions

Jim

terry slater wrote: 

copying contact list to distribution list

Posted: 24 May 2005 09:30 AM PDT

What are you talking about and to whom?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Michelle asked:

| I am still trying to move this list over and have not heard from you.
| I have the steps to move the program into a file and then import into
| outlook. From there I have moved it into contacts as that is the
| only logical choice. Please let me know. My work email is
| org
|
| Michelle


user name prompt after office 2003 install

Posted: 24 May 2005 03:36 AM PDT

This is great! thanks for your help!

"Bob Dorn" wrote:
 

Convert files

Posted: 23 May 2005 10:13 AM PDT

Hi John,

If I recall correctly the Excel 97 converter
worked on WB2 (Quattro 6) but not v7, while the
Excel 2000 version of the converter did 7 and 8 (WB3)
but not 6. You may want to also post this in the
Excel discussion group (link below) on ways to extract
and use the older Quattro converters, but using Corel
to export the files to Excel or using a 3rd party package
such as Conversions Plus (http://dataviz.com) may be a
more reliable approach.

========
<<"John" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
Some machines are running XP, some are running 2003. Also, the old
qp7conv.exe from MS only works with 2000. >>
--
LLet us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends8

A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.excel


B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com



Workstations with good installations of Microsoft Office are prom

Posted: 23 May 2005 07:36 AM PDT

No, we had imaged 10 PC's but just couple of them while opening word or
Excel, it is asking to insert the original CD, it seems starange, can you
please tell me why few of them are acting up.

Thanks,

Hemen

"DL" wrote:
 

Office XP activation after sysprep

Posted: 22 May 2005 06:46 PM PDT

Hi Gyorgy,
Thanks for your help :-)

Im not sure what you mean about the VLK in the file. I have a valid VLK key
and VLK media cd. Is there a step I am missing? Is there any information you
could pass on to me.

Cheers,

"Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]" wrote:
 

Product Key being rejected

Posted: 22 May 2005 06:46 PM PDT

Thanks.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
 

CPU change

Posted: 21 May 2005 04:58 PM PDT

You silly girl. Why do you have to always misunderstand the replies or questions on these newsgroups? Is that bleach affecting your tiny brain?

When people talk about registration they actually mean activation. I have seen many people using the term "to download the software" when they actually mean to "install the software". This is not rocket science to understand this simple fact. Activation is with us and we should all be concerned about whether or not to upgrade the system. Could you stop feeling sorry about Alex Nichol when you don't mean it. He is gone and young people like me should rule the world.

Silly bi*tchy cow!!




Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote: 




Installing Office 2003 After Outlook 2003

Posted: 18 May 2005 12:56 PM PDT

Aaron,

I was fooling around on the Microsoft site and found some good URLs for
using the install and maintenance wizards.

Both are available via this one URL

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011513681033.aspx

and if you want to know about rolling in patches to an admin install point:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525741033.aspx

Jim


Aaron Wright wrote: 

Install GRUB4DOS into image file - Forums Linux

Install GRUB4DOS into image file - Forums Linux


Install GRUB4DOS into image file

Posted: 13 Jan 2005 04:03 AM PST

I want to boot from a floppy into the GRUB shell.
Sorry for the confusion,

Thufir Hawat

Linux 10.0 and 10.0 will only install in text mode

Posted: 12 Jan 2005 02:33 PM PST

com wrote:
 
check the other consoles for error messages
Crtl + Alt + ( F1 to F6 )


--
faeychild

Problem Uninstalling Fedore Core

Posted: 12 Jan 2005 01:14 PM PST

Hello Conny

You were right. GRUB was indeed GRaBbing my computer, but FDISK /MBR
just did its job well. Thanks a lot buddy.

Kappa

Current thoughts on system partitioning

Posted: 12 Jan 2005 09:45 AM PST

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Captain Dondo <com> writes:
 

Nowadays, /srv is a standard place for your /data.
 

I have. I also use a custom bootable ZIP disk with a minimal root and
all the recovery tools I need. I just copied selected parts of /boot,
/bin, /etc, /sbin, /lib and /var over, and then set up GRUB on it.
 

True. However, with today's stupidly big disks, fixed partitions are
making less sense. LVM is a logical choice, since it gives you
flexibility with your paritioning (logical volumes).


Regards,
Roger

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change root controler

Posted: 12 Jan 2005 08:57 AM PST

HTML version:

http://www.storm.ca/~yan/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html

SUSE question

Posted: 12 Jan 2005 04:13 AM PST

>You might need the upgrade CD set though (they've always 
Yes, the only real way to upgrade to the next version over the
internet is via the install boot disk. This is available for download
(about 50-60 Mb).

It is also supposedly possible to do this via apt, but I've only heard
rumors. ;-)

There is also some sort of DVD package download, but I think it's for
network updates, not directly usable by one computer.

The ftp upgrade works -- provided your system isn't too customized. I
recently tried to upgrade a system that had been updated via apt with
packages newer than the 9.2 release. It wasn't pretty. In the past, on
less heavily updated systems, I've done ftp upgrades with success.

You can also to a new install from ftp (with the same disk). This is
much safer and it will probably work. Not to mention, you can always
buy the disks.

It's true that YaST online updates only offer bug and security fixes,
but there are other ways to update your system (like apt). If you do
that though, you will run into the above mentioned problems in a system
upgrade.

Pick your poison.
Tom F.

Kernel boot failing

Posted: 11 Jan 2005 06:54 PM PST

Robin Kauffman <org> wrote: 

Assuming that your kernel is /boot/vmlinuz, what does the following
command yield:

rdev /boot/vmlinuz

How do you pass the root=/dev/hda3 parameter to the kernel?
On the boot prompt? Via a boot loader? Which boot loader?
How did you configure the boot loader?

Have you tried building the kernel image so that the correct root device
is compiled into it? Or changing it with 'rootflags'?
Then try to boot WITHOUT passing the root= parameter to the kernel
and see if it works.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

ADSL through Linux

Posted: 11 Jan 2005 04:19 PM PST

 

Ok noted.

Cheers

Dave

--
For what we are about to balls up may common sense prevent us doing it
again
in the future!!

Fedora Core 3 not running on new PC

Posted: 11 Jan 2005 05:26 AM PST

ezjab wrote:
 

i'm not suggesting knoppix - i just used knoppix
as an example because it SIMPLY WORKED.
 

it's as customizable as any other Linux distro. you
can install it to the hard drive, as with most other
distros.

--
<< http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >>
O'Toole's Commentary on Murphy's Law:
Murphy was an optimist.

Recover partition info from memory

Posted: 11 Jan 2005 04:26 AM PST

This is the output I get from gpart:

# gpart /dev/hda

Begin scan...
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(1896mb), offset(0mb)
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(19067mb), offset(1906mb)
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(19067mb), offset(20983mb)
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(1896mb), offset(40060mb)
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(28593mb), offset(41966mb)
Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(94mb), offset(70574mb)
Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(1906mb), offset(70668mb)
Possible partition(SGI XFS filesystem), size(9528mb), offset(103959mb)
Possible partition(Linux swap), size(972mb), offset(113498mb)

* Warning: short read near sector(234441459), 64512 bytes instead of
66048. Skipping...
End scan.

Checking partitions...

* Warning: more than 4 primary partitions: 9.
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): invalid primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): invalid primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): invalid primary
Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): invalid primary
Partition(Linux swap or Solaris/x86): invalid primary
Ok.

Guessed primary partition table:
Primary partition(1)
type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
size: 1896mb #s(3883200) s(63-3883262)
chs: (0/1/1)-(1023/15/63)d (0/1/1)-(3852/7/6)r

Primary partition(2)
type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
size: 19067mb #s(39049600) s(3903795-42953394)
chs: (1023/15/63)-(1023/15/63)d (3872/13/1)-(42612/7/58)r

Primary partition(3)
type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
size: 19067mb #s(39049472) s(42973938-82023409)
chs: (1023/15/63)-(1023/15/63)d (42632/14/1)-(81372/6/56)r

Primary partition(4)
type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
size: 1896mb #s(3883200) s(82044018-85927217)
chs: (1023/15/63)-(1023/15/63)d (81392/14/1)-(85245/4/6)r

SSH "Unable to find an authentication method"

Posted: 11 Jan 2005 04:06 AM PST

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
.... 

I don't know exactly, i will investigate a little.
The thing happened after a reinstall of the pc that runs the sshd server, all
the clients was to be cleaned the .ssh/known_hosts file and everything went
fine, only that one host could not authenticate.
If i discover something i'll post it.

--
Post prandium stabis, post coenam ambulabis.

RRB

FC3 - no wlan0 (wireless on TP42)

Posted: 10 Jan 2005 07:07 PM PST

Hello,

Lenard wrote: 
ONBOOT=yes 

Here is what I have now:

# Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
HWADDR=
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto

So the GW is set correctly now, but I still can't get WiFi interface
up:

# ifup eth1
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed.


One person pointed out that iwconfig shows that Tx-Power is OFF, so I
tried setting it as follows:

# /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower auto
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.


So I got the error there, too. :(


I feel like I'm just missing one simple, but magic switch somewhere,
just don't know where yet. Any other ideas and help would be very much
appreciated.
Thanks!
 

OK, no problem.

Knoppix Problems

Posted: 10 Jan 2005 04:06 PM PST


"Dirk Pfeiffer" <de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:dbx501.de... 

OK. Then download a Kanotix CD and see what Kano has changed to get it
running, then apply this patch to your Knoppix...


How to properly route Internet bound email? - Microsoft Exchange

How to properly route Internet bound email? - Microsoft Exchange


How to properly route Internet bound email?

Posted: 18 May 2005 02:27 PM PDT

Jim,
Thanks for the reply. I actually have two Front End servers. One is
strictly for OWA and the other one is for POP3 users to connect to and for
SMTP email direct delivery. Let me explain.

My setup is as follows

My company has two MX records pointing to our SPAM SMTP gateways smtp1 and
smtp2.

We have 2 Front End servers

We have 3 Back End servers

I want all email coming from the Internet to be received by smtp1 and smtp2
where it is checked for SPAM. The email is then forwarded to my Front End
server GW1 which then delivers it to the proper Back End server.


For all outbound Internet SMTP email, I want the Back End servers to forward
email to either smtp1 or smtp2. We have a basic set of outbound rules that
we check for plus it give us a "choke point" to siphon off a copy of the
email for archive.


I do not follow your recommendation of :

"I would create an SMTP Connector on the front-end server; use the SMTP
virtual servers on the front-end as the bridgehead. Then configure JUST
THAT CONNECTOR, not the SMTP virtual server, to use the smart hosts. "

Could you elaborate further at it sound like it will work for me?



Thanks,
Fred










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the 
user's 
to 
SPAM 
filtering 
to 


Delegates Issues

Posted: 18 May 2005 12:48 PM PDT

This is not SBS, but they could only aford one piece of hardware. I will try
your suggestion

"RW" wrote:
 

Message Store size not adding up

Posted: 18 May 2005 12:22 PM PDT

We have 58 GB free on our D drive (database drive) and 16 GB free on our C
drive (system drive).

C: is raid1 2x36GB and D: is raid5 3x36GB.
Shadow Copies is disabled on both drives. Running Windows 2003 Standard (no
SP -- Cisco VOIP constraints) but Exchange 2003 has SP1 installed.

Thanks for help!!
RW


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RPC over HTTPS question..

Posted: 18 May 2005 10:45 AM PDT

On Wed, 18 May 2005 15:00:52 -0400, "jim" <com> wrote:
 

Get hold of the CER file for the root. You might even find it on the
root of the C drive on the sert server itself!

Then put it on the client PC and open it, select install and follow
the wizard through to make sure it installs into the Trusted Root Cert
Authorities area.

It really is a simple process.

Deleting .log files from the mdbdata folder?

Posted: 18 May 2005 09:50 AM PDT

On Wed, 18 May 2005 12:22:07 -0500, "RW"
<gmail.com> wrote:
 
Yup ntbackup should sort you out as a one off, but the 3rd party
backup should be doing it's job properly. It wasn't cheap and needs
checking.

Over 16 GB limit question. Help.

Posted: 18 May 2005 09:30 AM PDT

Thanks again!!!!

Back up and running. Offline Defrag only took 20 min or so.


"Fredly" <com> wrote in message
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in 
out 

it 


Outbound email won't deliver

Posted: 16 May 2005 12:52 PM PDT

We are just using IP, not IMAP. By relaying off us, I mean that we setup our
clients Exchange server to use our gateway as a smarthost.

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

mdbdata folder too large!

Posted: 16 May 2005 07:44 AM PDT

We are using Veritas Backup Exec v9.1 with the Exchange server agent. I
checked again - we are using the option "FULL backups - Database and
Logs(flush committed logs), set to "purge committed transaction logs when the
backup completes" and still nothing get deleted or flushed. What is the
keyword 'committed' logs imply?
Thanks for your time.

"Todd Fatheree" wrote:
 

Mail Delivery Problems

Posted: 13 May 2005 02:59 PM PDT

I have now resolved the problem.

Re-applied the Exchange service pack and all is now well.

Thanks for you help.

"James" wrote:
 

Survey of how big your Exchange mailbox should be

Posted: 13 May 2005 02:11 PM PDT

Good analysis, Ed, and a good procedure for others to follow in analyzing their own scenarios.

Regarding cached mode having problems at 700MB, do you have any similar empirical evidence? I've dicussed this with Microsoft, and they said that they've backed off their initial warnings that cached mode .ost files greater than 1GB could be a problem.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


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