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14084 Activating a technical support contract
14085 Fixed Lifecycle Policy
14086 Products reaching end of support in the second half of 2016
14148 Computer manufacturers' contact information
14149 Machine translation of Microsoft support pages
15343 Products reaching end of support in the second half of 2014
15345 Products reaching end of support in the first half of 2014
17138 Service Pack Lifecycle Policy
30881 Modern Lifecycle Policy
30882 Lifecycle FAQ-Modern Policy
84752 Troubleshooting Media Player MIDI Sound Problems
84817 Using the MIDI Mapper
84946 Okidata Microline 320, 321 Correct Print Quality Selection
88116 Difference Between Bitmap and Picture When Using Paste Special
103881 The ISO Model: Theory and Function of Layered Design
115831 HOWTO: Specify Serial Ports Larger than COM9
148660 How to Verify Windows Debug Symbols
164015 Understanding TCP/IP addressing and subnetting basics
166832 Err Msg: Cannot Find a Device File That May Be Needed to Run...
180134 How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 Using Drive Converter
181691 Some Programs Are Displayed Off the Screen
182595 Unable to Select a Higher Screen Area in Display Properties
185956 Description of the Microsoft Hardware Diagnostic Tool
188074 Low Disk Space Notification Received When Drive Is Full
193255 Cannot Hear MIDI Playback Using Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
196158 How to create a text file list of the contents of a folder
200839 How To Enable ActiveX Control Event Handling on a Web Page
217764 How to Re-create a Missing "My Documents" Icon on the Desktop
221081 How to use Windows Script Host scripts as CGI scripts
227995 "Error 630" or "Port Is Invalid or Busy" When Dialing Out with a Modem
232487 Description of the RunOnceEx Registry Key
251134 PRB: XML Parser Cannot Parse UTF-7 Documents
254332 Cannot Create or Open a Dial-Up Networking Connection
257514 Error Code 24 in Device Manager After Plugging in USB Mouse
259939 Unable to Print from Command Prompt or MS-DOS Program with USB Printer
262885 Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display Settings
268154 Disabling the Write-Behind Caching Setting Does Not Disable All Write-Behind Caching on the System
272359 BUG: Load Method Fails to Load XML Documents over SSL Connection
275643 Error Message Occurs When Attempting to Delete Unknown Printer Ports
279001 Error Message "Error Initializing Direct Sound" Occurs When Starting DirectX
325034 How to troubleshoot a Microsoft L2TP/IPSec virtual private network client connection
328601 Capturing debug and diagnostic logging from WZC for wireless NICs
447912 Announcing Microsoft Modern Lifecycle Policy
815065 What is a DLL?
815320 How to invoke the device Properties dialog box from the application or from a command prompt
829479 Minimum system requirements for Halo: Combat Evolved
835967 How to turn off the "Hi-speed USB device plugged into non-hi-speed USB hub" warning message
910189 Information about updates for Driver Install Frameworks (DIFx) tools
931087 How to redirect user shell folders to a specified path by using Profile Maker
931373 Key points and frequently asked questions about the Computer Associates antivirus engine consolidation