It looks like I just have miscellaneous problems after that partition merger failure last weekend. I’m probably just going to bite the bullet and install a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro SP2 on the new 250 GB hard drive. It’s free, provided by MSDN AA (Academic Alliance) which is provided to all students taking…Continue Reading…
Whoever writes these error messages doesn’t understand the meaning of “more”. C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>net start msiserver The Windows Installer service is starting. The Windows Installer service could not be started. The service did not report an error. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534. C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>net helpmsg 3534 The service did not…Continue Reading…
“The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in a safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.” I read and tried lots of solutions around the web, but most of them didn’t work. This solved it for…Continue Reading…
From the recovery console: del c:\windows\system32\config\system copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system That did the trick. My device drivers are mostly uninstalled, and some of my settings were reset (notably, video settings). But this was easily to fix: Windows already had all the drivers, so I just had to go through the motions of clicking through the driver…Continue Reading…
That title summarizes my computing adventure for the weekend. If you understand it, contact me. We should be friends, if we aren’t already. I’ll go into more detail once I get the problem fixed. At the moment, my taskbar is dead (taskbar doesn’t show applications), the clipboard doesn’t work, and I’m afraid to reboot. But…Continue Reading…
Viterbi had their engineering career fair Thursday earlier this week. I got this neat pen-and-post-it combo that says Alcatel on it (the company it promotes). The plastic bag that it comes in (keeping it new and sealed) says: 3-In-1 Note Jotter The 3-In-1 Note Jotter is a quick solution to the finding a pen and…Continue Reading…