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Description of the BitLocker Drive Preparation ToolView products that this article applies to.Article ID:930063Last Review:September 7, 2007Revision:10.0Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:322756 ... Read more..

SYMPTOMS loadTOCNode(1, \'symptoms\'); In Windows Vista Home Basic or in Windows Vista Home Premium, you create a Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 application by using Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. When you try to debug the application in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, you receive the following error message: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Debugging failed because integrated Windows authentication is not enabled. Please see Help for assistance. CAUSE loadTOCNode(1, \'cause\'); This problem occurs because Windows Vista Home Basic and Windows Vista ... Read more..

INTRODUCTION loadTOCNode(1, \\'summary\\'); This article describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook Express to connect to an America Online (AOL) e-mail account. Until recently, AOL's e-mail technology was not compatible with Outlook Express. AOL has now made it possible to configure later versions of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and Microsoft Entourage to use AOL e-mail accounts. Note Certain AOL e-mail features are not available when you connect to your AOL account by using Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, or Microsoft Entourage. For more information ... Read more..

Using Windows Media Player and a private network, you can stream your favorite music, videos, and pictures to any room in your home-even to rooms that don't have a computer. Why would I want to share my media? Like many people, you probably have a lot of music, video, and picture files in your Player library. There may be times, however, when you want to do one of the following: Play files from another computer in your home Play files from an Xbox 360 ... Read more..

SUMMARY loadTOCNode(1, \'summary\'); This article describes how to back up and to restore the following items in Microsoft Outlook Express: • Messages • The Address Book • Mail accounts • News accounts If you use multiple identities in Outlook Express, repeat the steps in the "More Information" section for each identity, and separate the backup data accordingly. This process will make it easier to restore each identity. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.You may find it easier to follow the steps if ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the May 13, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952726Last Review:May 13, 2008Revision:1.0On 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 kinds of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the June 12, 2007 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:938640Last Review:December 3, 2007Revision:3.4On This PageSUMMARYAs 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..

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..

You cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accountsView products that this article applies to.Article ID:935944Last Review:May 4, 2007Revision:1.1SUMMARYOn a computer that is running one of the operating systems that is listed in the Applies to section, you cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accounts at the same time.MORE INFORMATIONYou can use Computer Management to delete only one local user account at a time on a computer that is running one of the following operating ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the April 10, 2007 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:935824Last Review:December 3, 2007Revision:3.5On This PageSUMMARYAs 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: 968307 - Last Review: March 2, 2009 - Revision: 1.0How to use the Mail Merge Manager to create mailing labels or envelopes in Word 2008 for MacView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONWhen you perform a mail merge in Microsoft Office Word 2008 for Mac, Word 2008 inserts the records from a data source into your main document. A data source for a mail merge operation can be a Microsoft ... Read more..

You can burn many different types of CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Center. This lets you decide what type of DVD or CD you want to create, based on how and what you want to use to play the content after it is burned to a disc. To burn a recorded TV show or other video files to DVD If your computer has no TV tuner, an optional analog or digital TV tuner is required to play ... Read more..

WinSCP is a secure FTP client 1. Search for WinSCP at google to find the WinSCP home page: http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/ 2. Click on the "Downloads" button at the left. 3. Click on the installer for the newest stable version of WinSCP (avoid beta versions) (Select open or save.) You may get warnings about dangers of running .exe files. The name of the file will be similar to: winscp361setup.exe NOTE: If the computer you are on will not let you install the software, you can ... Read more..

SUMMARY loadTOCNode(1, \'summary\'); This article describes how to use the Backup utility that is included with Microsoft Windows XP to back up files and folders on your computer. Note You must have permissions as an administrator or as a backup operator on your computer to back up files and folders. Backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user. You may find ... Read more..

SUMMARY loadTOCNode(1, \'summary\'); The Windows Firewall feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes significant enhancements to help protect your computer from attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. Windows Firewall replaces the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) feature that is included in earlier versions of Windows XP. By default, Windows Firewall is turned on for all network connections, including connections to the Internet. This step-by-step article describes how to turn on remote debugging when you are ... Read more..

Article ID: 959665 - Last Review: November 11, 2008 - Revision: 1.0Detection and deployment guidance for the November 11, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONAs 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 ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the May 8, 2007 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:936981Last Review:December 3, 2007Revision:4.2On This PageSUMMARYAs 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..

Information about Network Monitor 3View products that this article applies to.Article ID:933741Last Review:March 17, 2008Revision:3.0INTRODUCTIONThis article contains information about Microsoft Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3 is a protocol analyzer. It enables you to capture, to view, and to analyze network data. You can use it to help troubleshoot problems with applications on the network. This article contains download and support information, installation notes, and general usage information about Network Monitor 3. Network Monitor 3.1 ... Read more..

How to enable COM+ and COM diagnostic tracingView products that this article applies to.Article ID:926098Last Review:December 20, 2007Revision:3.1Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the August 12, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:956636Last Review:August 13, 2008Revision:2.0On 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 kinds of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating system ... Read more..