December 10th, 2009 adminThis PC was showing various errors when loading applications such as Outlook, Word etc.
An example error was “not enough quota for this operation”.
In the event log – the following could be found:
Failed to determine if the store is in the crawl scope (error=0×8001010d).
There were also several errors relating to Windows Search which lead me to the following solution which involves rebuilding the WDS index:
Stop Indexing service “cmd: net stop wsearch” and check in TaskManager’s process list that SearchIndexer.exe was really stopped.Delete %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows (Vista)Â or %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows (XP) folder with all its files and subfolders.Delete the following registry keys:
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Applications\windows”
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\CatalogName\windows”
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Databases\windows”
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Gather\windows”
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Gathering manager\Applications\windows”
- “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\UsnNotifier\windows”
You’ll have to change reg key ownership and change permission first.In registry in key “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search” switch “SetupCompletedSuccessfully” subkey to “0″ – you’ll have to change reg key ownership and change permission first.Start Indexing service back “cmd: net start wsearch”Wait until “SetupCompletedSuccessfully” subkey switch back to 1. If it’s still “0″ after 5 minutes, it means the setup is failed again. Posted in IT Hints and Tips | No Comments »Tags: Windows
December 10th, 2009 adminI’m often asked – “What’s the difference between the various editions of Windows 7″.
Here’s an excellent breakdown of the different features in each edition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions
The choices are easier than they were with Vista.  For Home users I’d recommend Home Premium due to the inclusion of Media Center (once you’ve played with this you’ll see why).
For Business – I’m torn between Professional and Ultimate.  One of the features in Ultimate which I’m keen to play with for businesses is “Direct Access”.  I’m surprised this isn’t included in the Business edition – as it’s clearly aimed as a business feature?  I’ll write another post once I’ve evaluated this feature against a 2008 R2 Server.
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December 10th, 2009 adminJust found a PC which was reporting the following error:
Windows – No Disk :
Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c 75b6b7c 75b6b7cÂ
Windows – No Disk :
Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c 75b6b7c 75b6b7c
The error appeared when running a specific DOS script.  The solution – disable the built in CF card reader.  I’ve also read that allocating it a different drive letter works too.  In this case the card reader had never been used and wasn’t needed – so nice easy fix!
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