Installing IE7 to Windows 7

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Category: Windows

Published on Monday, 03 May 2010 04:01

I successfully installed Internet Explorer 7 (standalone) from this link http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone on Windows 7 and but got this error after opening it the first try.

The procedure entry point PathMatchSpecExW could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll.

Restarting the computer, changing the compatibility to "Windows XP SP3" and running as Administrator didn't help.

I search for "SHLWAPI.dll" from %windir% and saw it under C:\Windows\System32. So, I copied the shlwapi.dll and paste it on IE7 directory (in my case, it is C:\Program Files (x86)\IE7\). Of course you have to overwrite the existing shlwapi.dll.

And it worked - I can now use IE7 to check the website for browser compatibility.

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VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)

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Category: Windows

Published on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 12:46

I was trying to install Windows SBS 2008 (64-bit) for testing purposes, but I kept receiving this error "VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)" from Virtual Box everytime I tried to Start the system.

I enabled Hardware VT from the BIOS (under Security menu) and restarted the computer - still the same error.

I disabled Execute Bit from the BIOS - still the same error.

I untick Enable VT-x/AMD-V in VirtualBox Settings->System->Acceleration - it gave a different error.

I even downloaded the SecurAble to double-check if my virtualization & DEP are enabled, same with the 64-bit capacity - and yes, I have virtualization & DEP enabled on my BIOS & it is 64-bit.

I also tried editing the XML file %systemdrive%\Users\%username%\.VirtualBox\Machines\<OS name>\<osname>.xml and type "false" for enabled of <HardwareVirtEx enabled="true" exclusive="false"/>

Shutting down the computer and leaving it off for 5 minutes fixed the issue. I have now Windows SBS 2008 (64-bit) working as guest OS of my Vista (64-bit) parent OS.

Windows XP SP3 and Microsoft HD Audio UAA Problems

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Category: Windows

Published on Sunday, 28 February 2010 00:40

After repairing my Windows XP Prof SP3 installation, I had an issue with my sound. There was no volume icon in the taskbar & I couldn't install Microsoft UAA and I found out none of HD audio/modem devices where recognized even after installation of the correct drivers from the motherboard manufacturer because of the wrong UAA.

This fix from http://www.boredsysadmin.com/2008/03/windows-xp-sp3-and-microsoft-hd-audio.html solved my issue.

If updating the UAA doesn't fix your issue, you may want to try this fix http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/No-audio-device/m-p/15874#M5711. It was instructed below.

1. Chek if PnP SW Enumerator is installed on your machine (Device Manager -> System devices) - should be listed there!
2. If it is not there then we will probably solve it!
3. Locate machine.inf on your OS, copy it your Desktop and modify it (find ExcludeFromSelect=* and remove the line or simply exclude it from processing by adding a ; at the beginning).
4. Still with machine.inf open, search for SWENUM and check the location of SWENUM, mine reads like this SWENUM.CoInstallers.CopyFiles = 11 ; %windir%\System32
5. Find swenum.sys file on your XP installation CD (mine was in DRIVER.CAB) and copy it to the proper location (I am not sure if it is necessary but worked for me)
6. Go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Hardware and follow the wizard towards manual selection of device to be added
7. Select Add System device
8. Select Have disk
9. Navigate where the saved machine.inf located (as per Step 3, it was sasved in your Desktop).
10. From the list select standard deviecs (in the left list) and Plug and Play Software Enumerator in the right list
11. Finish the installation

If it still does not work reinstall the audio adapters' drivers. It should work now.

Stuck on "mup.sys" during Safe Mode boot up

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Category: Windows

Published on Friday, 01 January 2010 12:18

First step to try:

- boot computer from Windows CD and choose repair (R)
- from command prompt run: chkdsk /r
- when checkdisk finishes, remove Windows CD and boot WindowsXP normally.

Second step to try:

- Follow procedures from Microsoft on how to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows from starting  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Thirs Step to Try:

- made sure ACPI, Plug & Play, USB all enabled in BIOS
- moved mouse from the ps/2 port to the first USB port
- booted using Safe Mode
- waited until it hung at Mup.sys
- removed the mouse cable from the USB port
- (3 seconds or so pass, the screen went black and safe mode appeared)
- restart the system
- boot normally into XP