> I've been on the phone with Microsoft Tech support for an hour today. We
> tried reinstalling IE6, we merged KB 909889.REG into the registry and still
> no luck. With KB896688 installed, Flash Player, embedded media players, and
> access to the Windows Update Page are all disabled.
And which programs are running in the background? Yes list all of them!
You're on Windows 98, right?
> I've attached the registry file that is supposed to fix the problem.
Which is the same like the well known OLE_fix.reg included in the
OLEfix.zip.
> Tech support is left with
> reinstalling Windows (over Windows) as the only option left, but assure me
> that I don't really need the update anyway!
Pardon? I highly doubt that an MS tech stated you won't need to apply
KB896688. You need to, trust me.
KB896688- One last Try ... I've been on the phone with Microsoft Tech support for an hour today. ... tried reinstalling IE6, we merged KB 909889.REG into the registry and still ... access to the Windows Update Page are all disabled. ...registry file that is supposed to fix the problem. ... (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
Re: Copying the registry ... I called Microsoft tech support because the ... directions on how to copy the old registry (and I'm still ... and the old copy of windows xp pro that's on my laptop ... doubt that a "parallel installation" is going to help much. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Re: DV Rack ... repair center in 100 miles while there are at least 20+ pc repair stations, they crashed all the time, apple/mac tech support solution to any major issue is just "reboot" the entire system, fcp crashes, they take at least twice as long to render as our pc's, can't get a lot of user support because most people are using pc, apple/mac lied about service - said to go to a authorized repair station for a warranty claim and then wouldn't warranty it because we took it to the only apple/mac dealer we could find in 82 miles which was an authorized apple/mac factory repair station but not an authorized apple/mac warranty station (geez, there's a difference? ... yep that's what the warranty station said - and so did useless tech support and sales and customer service), they only run apple/mac software, hmmmmmm. ... we had two NEW g5's with fcp to edit television production for a 30 minute talk show and regardless of whether machine the render times were sooooooooooooo long that we got where we'd just set up the renders and then let them render overnight. ... pc's are everywhere and the pile of 3rd party applications are greater than the number of words inside all the messages in this group, let alone, we have litterally zillions of support folks in literally zillions of support groups the minute we went PC - windows.... (rec.video.production)
Re: unable to install new scanner ... *when cleaning residual files in the registry,... I've had better success finding the correct keys with that search ... resolved by our tech support, feel free to contact me direct anytime: ... When I try to install the new scanner driver,... (comp.periphs.scanners)
