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Overriding Page Fonts Some web sites may display text in fonts that are difficult to read, and other sites may rely on the browser's default fonts.  You can set your default fonts by going to  Edit >Preferences, selecting the Content panel, and selecting a default font and size in the Fonts & Colors section. You can specify default fonts for different styles, including serif, sans-serif, and monospace by clicking the Advanced button. However, many web pages specify their own fonts, so your choices will have no effect on such ... Read more..

Article ID: 968791 - Last Review: March 9, 2009 - Revision: 1.0Vista Sync Center may corrupt offline folder cacheView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topSymptomConsider this scenario. You use redirected folders in GPO or ... Read more..

Article ID: 960417 - Last Review: January 26, 2009 - Revision: 2.0Description of updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stampsHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONThis article describes updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stamps.Back to the topMORE INFORMATIONWhat time functions are updated? The following time functions are updated by this update:SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime() Converts a ... Read more..

Article ID: 967484 - Last Review: March 3, 2009 - Revision: 1.0An SUA-based application becomes unresponsive, and the Psxss.exe process uses 100 percent of CPU time on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computerHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSYou are running an application that is based on Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer. However, the application ... Read more..

An application that uses the VDMEnumProcessWOW function to enumerate virtual DOS machines returns no output or incorrect output on a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953347Last Review:June 26, 2008Revision:1.1On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario. You develop an application that uses the VDMEnumProcessWOW function to enumerate virtual DOS machines (VDMs) that are running 16-bit Windows tasks. However, when the application runs on a computer that is running a 32-bit ... Read more..

Article ID: 954430 - Last Review: December 16, 2008 - Revision: 3.0MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 4.0: November 11, 2008View products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-069. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:Home users:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200811.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200811.mspx) Skip the details: Download ... Read more..

Tasks may fail when you run the Driver Test Manager, even though the parent job of the tasks does not failView products that this article applies to.Article ID:934532Last Review:October 31, 2007Revision:1.4SYMPTOMSWhen you run the Driver Test Manager that is included in the Windows Driver Kit and in the Windows Logo Kit, certain tasks may fail. This behavior occurs even though the parent job of the tasks does not fail. Back to the topRESOLUTIONNo action is required. These failures are ... Read more..

Error message on a Windows Vista-based client computer that is configured to use the Corporate Error Reporting tool: Connect to the Internet, or try again laterView products that this article applies to.Article ID:951858Last Review:May 15, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:•You configure the Corporate Error Reporting tool on a network. •On this network, you run a Windows Vista-based client computer that is configured to use Corporate Error Reporting.In this scenario, you may receive the following error message: ... Read more..

An application may crash when it uses legacy methods to query performance counter values in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:953290Last Review:May 30, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:•On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, an application uses legacy methods to query performance counter values. For example, the application uses the RegQueryValueEx function to perform a global query for performance counter data.•Counter data is returned from more ... Read more..

You are not Prompted to Edit a file under Source Control when you begin making changesView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953345Last Review:May 19, 2008Revision:1.1Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou are using Visual SourceSafe 6.0 or 2005.  You attempt to edit a file from ... Read more..

How to move Internet Explorer favorites from an earlier version of Windows to the Internet Explorer Favorites folder in Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:933210Last Review:June 11, 2007Revision:1.0INTRODUCTIONThis article describes how to move Microsoft Internet Explorer favorites from an earlier version of Microsoft Windows to the Internet Explorer Favorites folder in Windows Vista. MORE INFORMATIONWhen you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista, Internet Explorer favorites that you used in the earlier version of Windows ... Read more..

Article ID: 960627 - Last Review: November 26, 2008 - Revision: 1.1Audio stops if Driver Verifier is set to verify ks.sys using Low resources simulationView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou are playing audio ... Read more..

Article ID: 960247 - Last Review: February 10, 2009 - Revision: 1.0The Choose a digital certificate dialog box appears behind the Internet Explorer window in Windows Vista when you try to open an Office file from a site that requires digital certificationView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSYou use Internet Explorer on a Windows Vista-based computer to open a Microsoft Office file from a site that requires digital certification. When you do this, the Choose a ... Read more..

Saving Background Sounds It is possible to save background sounds embedded into email onto your hard disk. Open Tools > Options > Send. Change both Mail sending formats to plain text. Open the message you want to grab the sound from and click on Forward. The sound files will appear attached to the forwarded message. Save the files from here and close the message. you can now reset any HTML settings that you changed. Import messages ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the March 11, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:950137Last Review:March 11, 2008Revision:1.3On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the types of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

Article ID: 955541 - Last Review: January 9, 2009 - Revision: 1.0An application that uses the RichEdit control does not print some .rtf files correctly on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computerHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: On a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer, you use Word 2003 or a later version of Word to create a Rich Text ... Read more..

A shared folder that is available offline goes offline when you open a file that is in the shared folder in an Office application or in WordPad on a Windows Vista-based computerView products that this article applies to.Article ID:954381Last Review:July 4, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: •You have a shared folder that is available offline. •On a Windows Vista-based computer, in an Office application or in WordPad, you use the Open File dialog box to open an offline ... Read more..

Event ID 215 is logged in the Application event log after you install Windows Vista and then restart the computerView products that this article applies to.Article ID:938494Last Review:June 19, 2007Revision:1.2SYMPTOMSYou install Windows Vista and then restart the computer. An event that resembles the following is logged in the Application event log on a Windows Vista-based computer:Event Type: Error Event Source: ESENTEvent ID: 215Description: WinMail (3924) WindowsMail0: The backup has been stopped because it was halted by the client or the ... Read more..

Using an instant messaging (IM) program—such as Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger), Windows Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or others—you and a friend can type messages to each other and see the messages almost immediately. Because IM is so popular, virus writers can use it to spread malicious programs. Understanding instant message viruses Like e-mail viruses, instant message viruses are malicious programs that are designed to travel through IM. These viruses are spread, in most cases, when a person opens an infected ... Read more..

Known as griefers, snerts, cheese players, twinks, or just plain cyberbullies, chances are one of these ne'er-do-wells has bothered a kid near you at least once while playing online multiplayer video games such as Halo 2, EverQuest, The Sims Online, SOCOM, and Star Wars Galaxies. Griefers are the Internet equivalent of playground bullies, who find fun in embarrassing and pushing around others. What griefers do Typical griefer behavior includes: taunting others, especially beginners; thwarting fellow teammates in the game; using inappropriate language; cheating; ... Read more..