When installing Office (or other programs) you get:
This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator.
This is an MSI error 1625. Steps to do...
Run the setup program in verbose mode:
setup.exe /L*v c:\verbose.txt
Then you can check out the error messages, pay particular note to the product ID. {#####-####-###########}
Run Regedit, go to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products and (after backing up the registry) delete all instances of the Product ID.
Then reinstall...
Outlook Express Loads Slowly (Especially with XP)
This is caused by MSN Messenger. Go to the following keys and remove whatever is entered into the (default) key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32
[Don't delete the key, just the data/value!
How to Fix NET SEND on Windows XP SP2 Computers
After you install SP2, you might find that you can no longer use NET SEND to send messages to another computer on the LAN using the NET SEND command. This is because SP2 disables the Windows Messenger service by default. To use NET SEND, you need to start the Messenger service, and change its startup type to Automatic so that in the future it will start by default when you reboot. Here's how:
1. First, right click My Computer, click Manage, expand the Services and Applications node and click Services.
2. In the right pane, scroll down to find the Messenger service. Right click it and select Properties.
3. On the General tab, under Startup type, select Automatic from the dropdown box.
4. Click OK.
5. Right click the Messenger service again, and select Start.
SP2 disables the Messenger service because it is exploited by some hackers to send unwanted messages. If you enable it, you might be vulnerable to receiving Messenger spam.
