HP All-in-one driver update - issue fix

For those that have an HP all-in-one 6310 and Windows Vista, there is an update from P to prevent uninstall of the driver Here

This is a follow up of my previous post:
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com/2007/05/hp-officejet-all-in-one-6310-and-vista.html

Vista: resource memory desktop heap ? raise it !

When you open a large amount of windows / software, you may become short in desktop heap...

HKLM\SYSTEM\currentcontrolSet\control\Session Manager\SubSystems
Open the windows Key.
change the 2nd number of SharedSection, from 3072 to 4096 or even 8192

Reboot!

Resource:
original post:http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=269

QuickTime crashing on Vista

UPDATE: I found out, this came from ACE Mega codec Pack. Removing it make quicktime player and itunes Works immediatley... This is the second time i got trouble due to the ACE Mega codec Pack. The last time it was Windows DVD Movie Maker that was crashing !

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Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
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Buffer overrun detected!

Program: C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe

A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
now be terminated.

This is the latest version of the Quicktime Player :'(
Consequence: Itunes 7.3.1 crashing too

Hyper Terminal gone in Vista

Hyper Terminal is gone on Windows Vista..
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/e864444f-44d5-4206-a848-dcd6972594931033.mspx

HP officejet all-in-one 6310 and Vista issue

I am having issues with the Officejet 6310 and Vista. When i install the driver, everything is good and working. But when i switch the computer in sleep mode and then turn in back online, Windows tell me something got wrong and host process was closed. Here is the eventlog:

The only way i know to put it working again (reboot change nothing, printer disappear from the printel panel), is to uninstall and install again the huge driver (160M). When i try to uninstall, the setup behave poorly:

My officejet is connected through my lan, it may behave better through USB.

Update:

• I sent a mail to HP support. They ask me to stop hibernate. That's not even a workaround
• I installed an update for this printer which normaly wouldn't help. Except my troubles seems to be gone !
  

Vista & old game : good story

While some current game will not run correctly on Vista, old may just run perfectly :)
That's my case with Unreal Tournament 2003, which is 4 years old !
have fun

Security Enhancements in Windows Vista

This article includes information about security enhancements in Windows Vista and how Microsoft used the Security Development Lifecycle to increase the security of the Windows operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6FB28358-68D9-43E9-B574-6A0D377BBA34&displaylang=en

Free online/remote backup 2G: Mozy

hello,

i am just starting using a great free service to make secondary backup of my laptop:
https://mozy.com/?code=7FKB47

They offer 2GB. I am currently uploading at 700Kb/s which is great for my adsl.
Both access from the web of the client.
Working on my Vista

Sysinternal tools updated !

new psexec version (support of Vista):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/psexec.mspx

New process Monitor:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx

Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows Vista

WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension. To view .hlp files on Windows Vista, you need to install this application.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6ebcfad9-d3f5-4365-8070-334cd175d4bb

huge addon tool for Windows vista search

start++ is huge addon for Windows Vista:

http://brandonlive.com/category/startplusplus/

Itunes 7 on Vista

A new version of itunes is available.
It's still not written to be compatible with vista, but it's much better working.
I got no more crash or loosing the communication with my ipod :)

Upgrading Host network driver on Vista - Vmware 6 doesn't like

I just upgraded the network driver (broadcom) on my laptop under Vista RTM.
The Vmware Bridge where still there, but no VM could access network through the Bridge.
To solve this issue, what i did:
-Remove the Vmware Bridge procotol on the network card
-Reboot (marked for deletion)
-Install again theVmware Bridge protocol
-Reboot
-working :)

I needed some times, since i also upgraded the wmare tools inside the VM and i was trying to use the secureclient inside the VM (i didn't remember that i upgraded the network driver yesterday in the first place)

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7B0B0339-613A-46E6-AB4D-080D4D4A8C4E&displaylang=fr


Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition SP1 - VS80sp1-KB926747-X86-INTL.exe
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition SP1 - VS80sp1-KB926748-X86-INTL.exe
Visual C# Express Edition SP1 - VS80sp1-KB926749-X86-INTL.exe
Visual J# Express Edition SP1 - VS80sp1-KB926750-X86-ENU.exe
Visual Web Dev Express Edition SP1 - VS80sp1-KB926751-X86-INTL.exe

slow network file copy from Vista to earlier Windows

When you copy large files to or from earlier operating systems, the copy operation may be slower than expected on some Windows Vista-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;932170

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Vista

This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista (RTM build 6000):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=41dc179b-3328-4350-ade1-c0d9289f09ef&DisplayLang=en