Archive for category Registry
Trend Micro Client/Server Agent Uninstall Without Password
I am posting this because I have had this issue a few times and it seems to be happening more and more often to me. The idea is that when you go to unload office scan, or the trend agent it prompts you for a password, you enter it and away you go. The issue is when you have a client computer that is not communicating with the server as it should be, it cannot authenticate the password. Here is the fix; in the registry key below change the DWORD value to a ’1′ instead of a ’0′. This change will allow for the uninstallation of the software without entering the password.
“Allow Uninstall”=dword:00000000
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The 333 Event ID In The Application Event Log
I am writing this because I had a server doing this for a very long time before I pinned down the cause. This will include a lot of what I found on the internet and my own personal fix that worked for me.
Example Event:
Event Source: Application Popup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 333
Date: 3/23/2009
Time: 2:44:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER1
Description:
An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably. The Registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system’s image of the Registry.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 6c 00 ……l.
0008: 00 00 00 00 4d 01 00 c0 ….M..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 4d 01 00 c0 ….M..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ……..
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ……..
Symptoms: Every third of a second or so there was an event id 333 error logged in the application event log on the server. This would start after the server has been up for a few hours to days and will stop for a period after the server was rebooted. The error occurred so often I was reaching 30,000 instances of the error in 24 hours. About 36 hours after the event started occurring no one was able to login active directory, and to get the server back up it required a manual hard reboot.
Change The Default Internet Explorer Homepage
I have a chunk of registry tweaks I run on new computers, this is one of them. It changes the internet explorer homepage to www.google.com, though you can use anything you like in place of google, perhaps a intranet page?
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
“Start Page”=”www.google.com“
Simple but powerful, and can be merged to the registry silently using regedit /s, or added to a list of registry hacks.
To use this with kaseya import the below script, change the red to your best practice and away you go.
Script Description: Set Default Page on Iternet Explorer.
IF User Is Logged In
Parameter 1 :
THEN
Set Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainStart Page
Parameter 2 : http://www.google.com
Parameter 3 : REG_SZ
OS Type : 0
ELSE
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Internet Explorer 7 Search Provider Import/Export
I recently came across a computer that for no good reason would seem to allow me to change or add a search provider. When I would attempt to add a provider to the search bar (since google is tons better than the default; windows live) it would cause a fatal exception and close Internet Explorer. After a ton of searching, I could not find this anywhere on the internets so i think it is worth posting here.
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Retrieving Lost Product Keys with Magic Jelly Bean
A magic jelly bean; just in time for Easter. I recently had to reinstall windows on a few computers at one of my clients. Unfortunately they are horribly disorganized and literally lost all the licenses information for office. I did a little digging around and happened to find this nifty little tool. It locates the registry key where the product keys are kept, decrypts it and plops it in plane text for your viewing pleasure. Really helpful for reinstalling office when someone lost a product key. Or for reinstalling windows when someone killed the COA on the computer case.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
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