November 24th, 2010
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Error Message: Blue Screen PIO System Verification error in Sonypvl3.sys
Program: On Windows Shutdown
OS: Windows XP
Solution:
This issue is to do with the Sony Handicam, More specifically the Picture Package software which came with the camera. Uninstal or update the software to solve this issue. This could also be caused by the Handicam usb drivers. Remove them and install the latest ones from Sony.
The updated USB Driver can be found Here
Error Message: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A probelm Caused Windows Defender Service to stop. To Start the service, restart your computer or search Help and Support on how to start a service manually.
Program: Windows Defender
OS: Windows XP
Other Info: Error dialog comes up on boot, Windows defender is in msconfig to boot on start, When starting the defender service manually the service failes with the error: Could not start the Windows Defender Service on the Local Computer. Error 0x80071b90: The system licence has expired. Your logon request is denied.
Solution: Uninstall Windows Defender, and then reinstall Windows Defender. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
2. Click Windows Defender, and then click Remove.
3. Follow the prompts to uninstall Windows Defender.
4. To reinstall Windows Defender, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software
Error Message: Another application has the switch identities or identity login dialog showing. Choose one identity in that dialog before launching this application again.
Program: Microsoft Office 2007
OS: Windows XP
Other Info: Message Shows up when Outlook 2007 is automatically started when windows boots using MSconfig. The Error message shows up straight after outlook loads, once you click ok outlook functions as normal.
Solution: This problem started occurring after a windows update had installed windows desktop search. Desktop search was indexing all the files on the computer. Remove Windows Desktop and the problem goes away. As my client has no use for desktop search this was an acceptable solution.
It is not clear if this issue goes away once windows desktop search finishes its initial index. Maybe somebody could post if they have any success.
Oh dear here we go again …..
Lets start with Pricing:
Windows 7 Home Premium $199.99
Windows 7 Professional $299.99
Windows 7 Ultimate $319.99
Windows 7 Home Premium £121.86
Windows 7 Professional £182.79
Windows 7 Ultimate £194.97
Microsoft has announced via the Windows 7 Team Blog that Windows 7 will be released on October 22nd. This is a lot quicker than some people expected as Microsoft had previously announced that Windows 7 would be released in 2010
How big will you PC need to be to run Windows 7? That isn’t 100% clear yet. The minimum specification for the Windows 7 Beta is listed below. But Microsoft is keen for Windows 7 to run on the new breed of small laptops which are commonly known as netbooks. At the moment netbooks either run Linux or XP as Windows Vista is too bloated.
A 1-GHz, 32-bit, or 64-bit processor
1GB or more system memory
16GB or more available disk space
Support for DX9 graphics with 128MB or more memory (in order to enable Aero theme)
DVD-R/W Drive
Thanks to the EU and there crusade against Microsoft users in Europe will not be able to buy an upgrade disk. Users will have to install a full version, which means removing all personal files to backup (which you should do already) and have to reinstall all programs and such like.
That’s not the best news once you have done all that you will find that you have no Internet Explorer….. Microsoft have decided not to include it in the Europe editions to comply with the anti competition rules of the EU. So how are you going to get a browser? Simple right? Just download one…. On Wait you cant download one because you have no internet browser!! Well that’s good for IT Support companies like mine 
