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by TSW
(Nikolay Tuzhilin)

Here are some news, problems solutions and answers for F.A.Q.

Problems and its solutions:

• Problem: You've installed RDBMS Oracle on the Windows operation system with Russian locale set as system default. And so you got garbage instead of sensible messages on console.
  Solution: define the environment variable NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_CIS.CL8MSWIN1251 either as system or in the specific bat-file. And you got plain English messages.

• Problem: You've enabled some enterprise features on Oracle RDBMS with installer, but they are not active for no reason.
  Solution: for sure, you initially installed Oracle as standard server and it remembered it in the registry. So change bundle key to enterprise.

• Problem: Some applications do not work. You got the following error in the system events log: "The COM+ System Application service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this...".
  Solution: regsvr32 ole32.dll

• Problem: Windows 98 unstable work on computers with 1G RAM.
  Solution: limit available memory to e.g. 256M by adding to the file system.ini section [386Enh] line MaxPhysPage=10000.

• Problem: Unable to configure Sybase AS 12.0 with sysconfig.exe as it returns without any message.
  Solution: the answer that I found in the internet is very funny:
  What's not solid is Sybase Adaptive Server 12.0. The installation is complex, and its difficulty is compounded by the fact that the primary configuration utility (sysconfig.exe) doesn't run in March or April.
  We're not kidding...
  Straight from dbforums.com, Jim Egan (Senior Consultant Sybase Professional Services) writes:
  ...change the date on your server to a date in February. There is a bug in the 12.0 GA release that prevents it from working March 1 through April 30.

• Problem: Shared resources are unavailable, in event viewer there is message NETBT "Initialization failed because the driver device could not be created."
  Solution: if value of HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\TransportBindName in the registry is empty, set it to to "\Device\".

• Problem: Unable to add/remove windows component in Vista. In system event log many records for Microsoft Windows Servicing event 4375.
  Solution: Found out the 1st such record and determine update which causes problems. Then remove any references on it from registry and Windows folders.

• Problem: How to enable AHCI in Windows Vista or Windows 7 after installation?
  Solution: Full details see in Q922976. In short: set in the registry value of the parameter Start to 0 on one of the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci (for just AHCI) or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorV (for Intel Matrix RAID).

• Problem: On Windows Vista x64, after SP2 the sidebar does not keep order of gadgets and shows them in random order.
  Solution: use 32 bit version of sidebar, e.g. replace run path in registry on c:\Program Files (x86)\...

• Problem: Empire Total War did not run on nVIDIA videocard (flickering copyright screen, sound but no video).
  Solution: fixed by nVIDIA in GeForce 275 driver.

• Problem: The option to 'Continue to this website (not recommended).' appears to be unavailable in IE10 for self-signed SSL sites
  Solution: certutil -setreg chain\minRSAPubKeyBitLength 512

• Problem: MySQL server replication aborted on slave with error 1677
  Solution: SET GLOBAL SQL_SLAVE_SKIP_COUNTER = 1;

• Problem: attempt to repair windows files with command sfc /scannow terminates with warning about errors (e.g. Cannot repair member file [l:36{18}]"Amd64\CNBJ2530.DPB" of prncacla.inf)
  Solution: run the following two commands:
      dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
      dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

• Problem: chkdsk on Windows 7 boot always cancels
  Solution: run cmd.exe as administrator and execute following commands:
      chkntfs /d
      chkntfs /t:0
      chkntfs /c C:
      chkdsk /r
      fsutil dirty set c: 
  then reboot your computer

• Problem: VPN fails to connect with error 720 and in device manager yellow exclamation marks on WAN miniports
  Solution: Use "update driver" to change miniport driver to "Generic Broadband device driver". Now you can delete all broken miniport devices. Then reboot.

• Problem: Sound stuttering caused by high DPC latency of ndis.sys
  Solution: Uninstall various LAN Managers, network accelerators, etc. Also disable unneeded services in the properties of the network adapter.

• Problem: Permanent request for microsoft account password while connecting to the Exchange Server
  Solution: Add to the registry:
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover] "ExcludeExplicitO365Endpoint"=dword:00000001

• Problem: How to always start program with specific priority?
  Solution: For example, to run OpenRGB with low priority, edit its shortcut to:
  %ComSpec% /C Start /Low "OpenGRB" "C:\Program Files\OpenRGB\OpenRGB.exe" --startminimized --profile "myprofile"

• Problem: Gear S3 watch not supported anymore on the S24 phones
  Solution: (from reddit):
  1. Download the APKs: Galaxy Wearable Gear S Plugin
  2. Turn on airplane mode, manually turn on Bluetooth
  3. Change date and time to December 2023
  4. Install the APKs, Galaxy Wearable first and then the Gear S Plugin
  5. Start to pair through the Galaxy Wearable app. At the end of the process when the devices are pairing, you'll have to turn airplane mode back off for it to finish.
  6. Change Date and Time settings back to automatic once it's finished. Never update the Wearable app again, and enjoy.

• Problem: Windows stuck at "personalized settings" after update
  Solution: Delete registry entry (export it first!) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Active Setup/Installed Components/{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4340}