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If you juggle multiple license for your Office 2007 products eventually, you are going to install on the same machine twice. You will only know this off course after it is fully installed. At that point, you have two choices pretend you did not know, Microsoft will flag, and shutdown updates after thirty days. You can uninstall the whole product and reinstall again. There is a third option that is easy and less painful then the other two.
There is a registry hack:

Start
Run
Regedit

Find this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0
\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0
\Registration\{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}

This may not be an exact match. Find the ProductName of Microsoft Office 2007

When you have found this registry key, there are two values to delete from the registry
ProductID
DigitalProductID

Exit the registry editor

Open any of the Office Applications like word or excel, and you will be prompted for the new serial number.

This will show you how to scan the system for viruses when Windows Vista fails to boot, or the system keeps restarting and not allowing you to do anything

Restart the computer
Press on the F8 key on the keyboard during startup until the Windows Advanced Options menu appears.
Press the Down arrow on the keyboard. Your mouse does not work in this mode.
Highlight Repair Your Computer and press Enter
The System Recovery Options window opens
Click to select your language, and click Next
Log in as a user with administrative rights, and click OK
The Windows Vista Recovery Environment opens

You need to get to a run prompt
Press the windows button on the keyboard and R
The Run window appears Type cmd and press the Enter key
The System Recovery window appears
In the System Recovery Options window, click the Command Prompt option
In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press the Enter
C:\
cd windows\system32
wpeutil initializenetwork
This will Download Firefox to the C\Windows\System32

cmd prompt insert commands
cd c:\
cd pub
cd mozilla.org
cd firefox
cd releases
cd 3.0
cd win32
cd en-US
get Firefox Setup3.0 exe
When Firefox finishes downloading, continue to type the following commands
in the command prompt and press Enter quit

cd\
Type Firefox Setup 3.0.exe
The Firefox Setup Wizard appears.
Install Firefox
In the Command Prompt window, type
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe and press the key
The Mozilla Firefox window appears
Click Tools and click Options
Choose Always ask me where to save files and click OK
In the Command Prompt window, type c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe and press the Enter

The Mozilla Firefox browser appears Type in the following URL in the address bar:
http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng.exe and press the Enter key
The Opening Setupeng.exe window appears
Click Save File
The Downloads window opens
Click Open to launch the installer
The Open Executable File window appears
Click OK to launch the setupeng.exe file
The Avast Setup window appears
Leave the destination as C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4 and install Avast

When the progress bar stops on the Installation Progress window, the installation is complete
A new window appears to ask if you want to schedule an antivirus scan of your hard drive
Click Yes to restart your computer
The Setup Finished window appears
Click Restart and click Finish

Suspicious.Swizzor was discovered on March 27, 2009 this is being listed as a Trojan, Virus. It has been know to affect Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

The first step is to Disable System Restore in Windows Me or XP
You should update your virus definitions and run a full system scan.
If any files are detected, follow the instructions displayed by your antivirus program to remove them.

This may take several reboots and rescans. When complete without any files to remove remember to enable your systems restore.

Open the Start menu and then hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys at the same time. Right-click on an empty area of the menu, and you’ll see a new option called “Exit Explorer”

The taskbar should completely disappear, and any open folder windows if you are using default explorer settings.

Or

Pull up Task Manager with Ctrl+Shift+Esc and then right-click on explorer.exe in the process list, and choose End Process. 

Restart Explorer

or

Use Ctrl+Shift+Esc to bring up Task Manager, and then go to File, then Run and type explorer in
into the run box.

The start menu will re-appear, but you might notice a few tray icons will be missing until you log off and back on.

To restore from a previously created restore point, open System Restore

Start
Programs
Accessories
System Tools
System Restore

Select “Restore my computer to an earlier time”

System Restore is going to reboot your computer in order to restore

Click the next button, and you are shown a calendar with bolded dates wherever there is a restore point. Click on the date, and then click a restore point in the right hand side.

You will get a confirmation screen asking if you really want to do this.

Your system will reboot and then restore your computer back to the previous configuration

You will not lose any of your favorites, my documents, or desktop shortcuts

The Windows XP System restore feature that can return your computer back to a known working configuration, as long as you’ve created a restore point. You should check to make sure you are creating restore points.

To create a Restore Point manually click on 
Start
Programs
Accessories
System Tools
System Restore

To Create a Restore point
Click on “Create a restore point” and then click the Next button.
Type in a description for your restore point.
Once your restore point is created you will get a confirmation screen.

There is a more robust was to clean out your history from a computer. We recommend you use the following command line entries when you want to clean a machine thoroughly. This is helpful when you are using public machines in libraries or internet cafes. There are very simple and will run with the browser even open but it best to close the browser or leave on the home page. You can use each one these seven by cutting and pasting them into command line.

Start Run
Type CMD and press Enter
In the black box command prompt screen cut and paste the following:

Temporary Internet Files
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Cookies
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

History
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Form Data
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Passwords
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete All
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

Delete All - add-ons
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

To slipstream a Service Pack into a Windows OS Install will take the most recent Service Pack installer and applying it to the Windows Install Files. Then you can create a CD that is now pre-loaded with the Service Pack.

This will describe the process of slipstreaming a Service Pack into the Windows XP
In order to update the install files, they will need to be in a writable location. This Slipstream Installation we are using the directory C:\Temp.

Create a Temporary Directory on your hard drive, C:\Temp
Then copy the contents of your Windows XP Install CD to the C:\Temp

The Service Pack executable will attempt to install the service pack to your operating system. To use the service pack to slipstream into an OS install, you will need to extract the contents of the Service Pack installer to a temporary directory.

We will use the directory C:\Temp2
Click Start, Run, type C:\service pack file name.exe -x:C:\Temp2, press Enter

This will extract the contents of the file Now that the OS Install files are in a writeable location and the Service Pack install files have been extracted, we can now instruct the Service Pack installer to slipstream your OS Install files making it one operation.

Click Start>Run, type C:\Temp2\i386\update\update.exe -s:C:\Temp, press Enter

This will integrate the Service Pack files into the Windows Install files.
When the integration is complete, click OK

You can now copy the install files to any location you like.
You can also create a Bootable Install CD. This is not just copying to a CD there are other steps involved. Nevertheless, for our purposes this folder is ready to use to install a Windows XP with SP slipstreamed.

There is a hidden function in Windows that allows you to right click on a file and choose to Copy To Folder or Move To Folder, then a box pop up will let you choose a location to either copy or move the file or folder to. This not part of the stand windows XP set up but can come in pretty handy for bulk moves and copies. There is a pretty quick registry entry that needs to be changed to get this going.

Click - - Start - - Run
Type Regedit

Scroll down a find the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Right click and choose the New Key option:
Name the key Copy To
Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Click OK

To enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps, except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Exit the registry

That all there is to it now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the new options of copy to and move to.

Vista can display up to three clocks at one time. You can have one for the local time, and two for any other time for another location in other time zones of your choice. This will show you how to add an additional Time Zone clock.

Start by a Left click on the clock on the taskbar and click on
Change date and time settings

Click on the tab that reads Additional Clocks

Check Show this clock to add a clock to your desktop
You can choose to add one or both of the clocks displayed

Select time zone drop down arrow and select one from the list
you want displayed on this clock

If you wanted a clock to display Hawaiian time
You would choose GMT 10:00 Hawaii

Then you can enter a display name for this clock, there is a limit of 15 characters

Click OK

We have heard questions of how to back up email that is not stored on you machine. Gmail has a great product for this there is a free utility that will backup your entire Gmail account to a folder. This is really free and no spy ware detected no sign up fees or one time use. Couple of things about it you can restore a backed up account to a current email account. The backup is stored in standard .eml format. The download is called gmail-backup.com the process to use it is even simpler. You download the product and install, enter your account info, and press the backup button. It is a single form application all you need to enter is your login information, and the destination for the backup files. Then just as described click on the backup button. When completed it will organize the backups by date in the destination folder you selected. You can view any of the messages using Outlook Express and all you have to do is double clicking on a message. It could not get easier; once again, Google leads the way.

Disable System Restore
Update the virus definitions
Run a full system virus scan
If any files are detected, follow the instructions displayed by your antivirus program.
After the files are deleted, restart the computer in Normal mode and proceed with the next section.

Delete the value from the registry
Click Start –>Run
Type regedit
Click OK

Navigate to and delete the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”WmpTray” = “[PATH TO TROJAN]”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe\”Debugger” = “http://wincodecpro.com/purchase.php?id=2″

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GenericMultiMedia\WinCoDecPRO\”countr” = “[NUMBER OF TIMES TROJAN HAS EXECUTED]”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GenericMultiMedia

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GenericMultiMedia\WinCoDecPRO

Exit the Registry Editor
Reboot System
Update the virus definitions
Run a full system virus scan

If a service or device driver is started automatically and is incompatible with the current version of Windows, the service or device driver may not allow Windows to remain running long enough for you to shut down the service or disable the outdated device driver.

To resolve this issue, start Recovery Console and log on to the computer:

Start your computer with the Windows boot disks, or with the Windows CD-ROM if your computer supports starting from the CD-ROM drive.

When the Welcome to Setup dialog box is displayed, press R to repair, and then press C to start Recovery Console.

Choose to install Windows and log on to your computer with the Administrator account.
From the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder at the command prompt, type listsvc, and then press ENTER.

Locate the service or driver that is causing the problem in the list that is provided.

Type disable servicename (where servicename is the name of the service), and then press ENTER.

Type exit, and the computer restarts automatically. Allow the computer to boot normally.

The following steps are required to remove the Backdoor.Syzoor virus there are five basic steps to the process, Disable System Restore, Update your virus definitions, Find and stop the service., Run a full system scan. Delete any values added to the registry. For the specific details on each of these steps, read the following instructions.

If you are running Windows Me or Windows XP, we recommend that you temporarily turn off System Restore. Windows Me/XP uses this feature, which is enabled by default, to restore the files on your computer in case they become damaged. If a virus, worm, or Trojan infects a computer, System Restore may back up the virus, worm, or Trojan on the computer.

Windows prevents outside programs, including antivirus programs, from modifying System Restore. Therefore, antivirus programs or tools cannot remove threats in the System Restore folder. As a result, System Restore has the potential of restoring an infected file on your computer, even after you have cleaned the infected files from all the other locations.

Update the virus definitions to latest on your system
To find and stop the service
Click Start > Run
Type services.msc, and then click OK
Locate and select the service that was detected
Click Action > Properties
Click Stop
Change Startup Type to Manual
Click OK and close the Services window
Restart the computer
Run a full system scan
If any files are detected, follow the instructions displayed by your antivirus program. After the files are deleted, restart the computer and proceed with the next section

To delete the value from the registry
Click Start > Run
Type regedit
Click OK

Navigate to and delete the following registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\”tdss” = “%Temp%\[RANDOM NUMBER].exe”

Exit the Registry Editor
Restart the computer
Run a full system scan

If you are using Windows XP Home Edition and you want to install the Backup utility, you must locate your original Windows XP CD first. This can be helpful and it is not part of the orignal installation of the O/S. You can add the Backup utility manually to your computer from the CD by following these steps:

Insert your Windows XP CD into the drive and, on the wlcome screen or if necessary, in My Computer, double-click the CD icon to display the Welcome screen.

On the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen, click Perform Additional Tasks.
Click Browse this CD.This will open a list of files and folders.

In Windows Explorer, double-click the Value Add folder, then Msft, and then Ntbackup
Double-click Ntbackup.msi to install the Backup utility.The program will run the install  complete exit out of all open windows and remove CD from tray.

The new program will now be availible under Start–>All Programs–>Accessories–>System Tools–>Backup