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	<description>Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes &#38; Tweaks &#124; General Productivity Tips</description>
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		<title>How to Become a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)?</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-become-a-microsoft-mvp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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When visiting Microsoft Answers, TechNet forums or other Windows support forums on the web, you may have seen some of the answerers using the title &#34;MS-MVP&#34;, &#34;MVP&#34; or &#34;Microsoft MVP&#34; under their signature. Some people wonder what that means, and some people think that the answerer is a Microsoft employee (No. MVPs are not Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Security Essentials Upgraded to Version 1.0.1961.0</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-upgrade-version-1-0-1961/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-upgrade-version-1-0-1961/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Security Essentials Upgrade notification popped up when I switched on the computer today.

Clicked the Upgrade now button and allowed the process to elevate.


Note that the definition updates weren&#8217;t automatically updated, and when I tried to update it manually, error 0&#215;80240016 popped up informing me that a system restart is pending.

Rebooted and updated the definitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOSDAL Support Toolkit Collects Detailed System Information for Troubleshooting</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mosdal-toolkit-collect-system-info-troubleshooting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mosdal-toolkit-collect-system-info-troubleshooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Microsoft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL, for short) support toolkit is a very useful tool that performs network diagnostics and collects system configuration, network configuration, and logging information for service-based products. The logs that the tool generates provide data that helps technical support professionals troubleshoot configuration, network, installation, and other service-related issues. MOSDAL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NirCmd Elevate Switch Added &#8211; Some Useful Uses</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/nircmd-elevate-switch-useful-uses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/nircmd-elevate-switch-useful-uses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve covered the excellent multi-purpose command-line tool NirCmd from Nirsoft several times before. This post talks about the new command-line switches added in the current version of NirCmd. Earlier this month, I sent a NirCmd feature request to Nir Sofer, asking to include an &#34;elevate&#34; switch, which should launch an application elevated (Windows Vista, Windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free E-Book First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 From Microsoft Press</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/free-ebook-first-look-office-2010-ms-press/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/free-ebook-first-look-office-2010-ms-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a limited time, you can download this free e-book. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.

First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (PDF file, 10.5 MB) 
First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (XPS file, 27.9 MB)
The e-book offer includes the following content. 
Part I, &#34;Envision the Possibilities,&#34; describes the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Add Microsoft Answers Search Connector and Search Provider</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/add-ms-answers-search-connector-search-provider/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/add-ms-answers-search-connector-search-provider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Answers, one of the biggest community forums which is run by Microsoft is a great place where you can search, browse, and post questions and answers. They&#8217;ve made available a search connector so that you can search answers via Windows Explorer in Windows 7. Also, there is a Microsoft Answers search provider for Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Scam E-Mail That Claims to Be From Google Staffing Team</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/beware-scam-email-claims-from-google-staffing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/beware-scam-email-claims-from-google-staffing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fraudulent (and worm-laden) email arrived in my mail box today containing a zip file claiming to be from Google Staffing, with the title reading &#34;Thank you from Google!&#34;.

I downloaded the attachment (from a test system, of course) and the excellent Microsoft Security Essentials nabbed it right away!

Category: Worm
Description: This program is dangerous and self-propagates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Disable Updating of Definitions When Running a Command-Line Scan Using MpCmdRun.Exe</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/disable-update-definitions-running-command-line-scan-mpcmdrun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/disable-update-definitions-running-command-line-scan-mpcmdrun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked how to disable updating of virus/spyware definitions when running a command-line scan using Microsoft Security Essentials console tool MpCmdRun.exe. The option exists in the Microsoft Security Essentials user interface, but the setting is not obvious for some users.
The option Check for the latest virus &#38; spyware definitions before running a scheduled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Security Essentials MpCmdRun.Exe Command-Line Help Is Incorrect</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-mpcmdrun-scan-command-help-incorrect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-mpcmdrun-scan-command-help-incorrect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MSE console tool MpCmdRun.exe&#8217;s command-line help displays the parameters and flags to be used to initiate a scan. Here is the line that I&#8217;m talking about.
-Scan [-ScanType]&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Scans for malicious software
And the ScanType can be 1 (Quick scan) or 2 (for Full scan)
Anyone who reads the help text would think that the following command-line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Install and Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility if Windows Installer Fails to Work</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-windows-installer-cleanup-when-installer-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-windows-installer-cleanup-when-installer-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re greeted with the Windows Installer setup screen for an existing product everytime when you try to install a new program, you usually repair the existing application, or use the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility to remove the installer information of the existing application before reinstalling it. The problem is the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility [...]]]></description>
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