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Trend Micro HijackThis is a free utility that generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer. This tool can help you detect spyware and viruses. Do not use this tool alone. Use this tool along with other spyware and virus removal tools.

Download it here:Trend Micro Hijackthis tool 

So now you have generated a log file using Trend Micro HijackThis. Here is a website that you can upload the log file on to Analyze it.

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Issue:

Your computer is at a slow crawl and you are unable to do anything. This is because Comodo Antivirus is hogging CPU usage. If you look at task manager you will notice that either cpf.exe or  cmdagent.exe hog 100% CPU usage.

Fix:

1. Reboot your computer in safe mode
   To enter to the safe mode, you need to press F8 button before Windows starts booting until you see the boot menu. In the boot menu, select the safe mode.
2. Delete the file in c:\program files\comodo\comodo internet security\scanners\bases.cav
3. Copy c:\program files\comodo\comodo internet security\repair\bases.cav to c:\program files\comodo\comodo internet security\scanners folder(this action will replace the current bases.cav file with the original bases.cav file that comes with the installation).
4. Restart your computer and Update your virus database again.

Performing the 4 above steps should get your computer back to normal.

I found this fix on one of these forums posts linked here:

https://support.comodo.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1092

So I have had certain software crash under Vista or 2008 Server while other applications on the same machine work just fine. Here is one of the errors I see:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: EXECUTABLE.exe
Application Version: 1.7.1.0
Application Timestamp: 4896b682
Fault Module Name: StackHash_3884
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 002ca978
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.16.7
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3884
Additional Information 2: b68e6d6fa0c9967afbd16b6d0b9e4ef4
Additional Information 3: 6276
Additional Information 4: a9fd8ecff73ec5510247cf946efdd405

This could be caused by copy protection. Here is how I resolved it:

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Have you ever mapped a drive and chose to have it Reconnect at logon but it did not save the credentials? This has happened to me. The end user has to call you again and again to re-enter the credentials in for them. There are two ways to fix this.

You can use “savecred“. Savecred will save the credentials permanently. The other option is to use “manage passwords” that come with XP in control panel.  Manage passwords will only save the password for the current session once the user has typed the password in after being prompted for it. Here are the work arounds:

OPTION 1: “Manage Passwords”

Map your drive:

• Go to My computer/Computer
  Click on tools then select map drive
• Type in the UNC (\\server\share) that you want to map
• Check the box that says reconnect at logon
• Then click on the connect using a different user name
• It will prompt you for the credentials. Type these in and click ok
• Now click finish and the drive will be mapped using a set of different credentials then the user you are logged in with

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One of the most frustrating issues to deal with in Outlook is having an email history file that is either too large, or full of incomplete/incorrect email addresses (specially with lifetouch employees). When you begin to type an email address in the TO: field, Outlook looks into the history cache and creates a dropdown list of email addresses, contacts or exchange names to match. It holds the last 1000 used addresses. New names are not added until the current outlook session ends and outlook is restarted.

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DOS and Windows allocate resources and use printers differently, so having a shared printer on LPT1/LPT2 in Windows may not work as LPT1/LPT2 in DOS.

1. Click “Start”, then “Run”, and type: cmd
2. Press OK.
3. At the command prompt type:

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Print Migrator is a free tool from Microsoft. You can use this tool to backup and restore printers on print servers. It backs up print configuration data to a .cab file. This is useful if you need to move printers from one server to another. It even lets you move printers between different versions of Windows operating systems. The tool also can convert from line printer remote (LPR) ports to the Standard TCP/IP Ports. It gives you a nice tree view of detailed information about the installed printers. Below are some screen shots of what

it looks like.

Download it here: Print Migrator 3.1

Here is something new. Comodo is now offering Antivirus software for free. Wait! This is not just another free antivirus program. It is ok to use for commercial purposes. I wonder how long it will be before other antivirus companies offer a free commercial license. A way to save your company money and stay protected from viruses.

Here is a link to download it:

If you get an activation error after installing and trying to Activate windows 2008 server.

You will need to call Microsoft. First type “slui 4” into a command prompt.

This will bring up the Activation Call Center wizard and give the Installation ID Microsoft will need.

They will give you a Confirmation ID and you should be able to activate after that.

With today’s state of the economy companies are looking more and more to freeware, shareware and open source software to help cut cost. I know of a great imaging tool that works well and is completely free (for non commercial use). However the commercial product is competitively priced. You can get a 5 user license for $100. Pricing click here.

It is called DriveImage XML.

This tool is a nice alternative to Acronis and Norton Ghost. Here are some of it’s capabilities:

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