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One of the coolest tricks I saw lately came from one of my Students – Shay Levy (visit his blog at http://scriptolog.blogspot.com). Many tips published on various websites, including articles found on the Petri.co.il site, heavily use registry modifications and additions. These articles and tips usually tell you that in order to perform this or…

Can I open Explorer in the C:’ drive instead of the My Computer view? Yes. You can execute explorer from the command line or from a shortcut and use switches to control the view. The syntax is: ​EXPLORER.EXE [/n] [/e] [,/root,{object}] [[,/select],{sub object}] /n – opens a new "My Computer" view of the object, even…

When I click on a URL in an e-mail message, the Web page opens up in whatever IE window I was most recently using. Can I make it open in a new IE window? “When I click on a URL in an e-mail message, the Web page opens up in whatever IE window I was…

How can I open a Command Prompt (CMD) window during the Windows Vista installation process? As a Microsoft Windows Vista support professional, one of your tasks may be to install the operating system. You can read more about it in the Install Windows Vista article. There might be times where you’d want to perform various…

How can I slipstream service packs into Office XP (2002)? This scenario explains how to create an integrated installation of Office XP and the corresponding service pack in a shared distribution folder on a network or on your local computer. To complete this procedure, you must have the original Office XP CD media. Note: This…

  Required Patches Office XP SP3 requires the following patches: April 2005 MS05-023 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word May Lead to Remote Code Execution (890169) February 2005 MS05-012 : Vulnerability in OLE and COM Could Allow Remote Code Execution (873333) MS05-005 : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP could lead to Buffer Overrun (873352) October 2004…

Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office XP. SP3 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. This service pack applies to any level of Office XP. It contains all updates included in Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2),…

Office System (2003) SP2 Slipstreaming How can I slipstream service packs into Office System (2003)? This scenario explains how to create an integrated installation of Office System (2003) and the corresponding service pack in a shared distribution folder on a network or on your local computer. To complete this procedure, you must have the original…

Office System (2003) SP2 Patches Required Patches Office System 2003 Service Pack 2 was released in the end of September 2005. You can download SP2 for Office System 2003 right here: Download Office System 2003 SP2 (101mb) Required Patches Currently, if you’re running Office System 2003 with SP2 there are no security-related patches that you…

Office System (2003) SP2 Info Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains significant security enhancements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some of the fixes that are included with Office 2003 SP2 were previously released in separate updates. Office 2003 SP2 combines the previously released fixes into one update. Office System 2003 Service Pack 2…