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Bruce Williams replied on January 10, 2009 01:42 to the question "Locked msn account!" in Microsoft Corporation:

Check the solutions listed at http://windowslivehelp.com - I notice for example that there is a big yellow banner across the top that says "windows live hotmail is currently experiencing login issues."

Bruce Williams replied on January 08, 2009 20:23 to the question "cant view photosynth, please do help!" in Microsoft Corporation:

The diagnostic information I've seen so far indicates a problem on the network. If you come up with some more diagnostic information (error codes, traces, logs, etc) that indicate the problem is local to your machine, let us know and we'll pursue those leads. You can also try calling Microsoft Support - they may well have insights that I do not. Email me if you want a code so your support call is free - Bruce.Williams@microsoft.com.

Bruce Williams replied on January 08, 2009 20:06 to the question "cant view photosynth, please do help!" in Microsoft Corporation:

are you still seeing the same "bad gateway" errors in fiddler?

Bruce Williams replied on January 08, 2009 17:37 to the question "cant view photosynth, please do help!" in Microsoft Corporation:

What was the result of following my advice on that other bug? Specifically, check the settings on any network device you have (wireless access point, router, etc) - if your computer is a laptop you could plug it directly into the outbound network cable to skip any such device, that would at least tell you if it was your device that was the problem. If it doesn't seem like a problem with your device, then you'll probably have to work with your ISP to track this down. It really looks like a problem on the network/internet somewhere, and not on your machine.

Bruce Williams replied on December 23, 2008 00:12 to the question "How do I free my GFWL Gamertag up? (Closing old Live ID)" in Microsoft Corporation:

I'm told this is called a "Windows Live ID Swap", and can only be done from the Xbox 360 console.

Bruce Williams replied on December 16, 2008 22:27 to the question "Will Windows Live Photo Gallery automatically NOT sync with the cloud?" in Microsoft Corporation:

It does not automatically sync with the cloud.

Bruce Williams reported a problem in Seesmic on November 20, 2008 22:26:

Twhirl always uses Firefox

Why does Twhirl always start Firefox when I click a link? My default browser is IE. I've seen complaints on this site going the other way, but the resolution to them is to check the default browser setting. I've verified that IE is my default browser.

Bruce Williams replied on November 19, 2008 20:15 to the question "How do I search for all files containing an ampersand (&) in the filename without returning heaps of other unrelated filenames?" in Microsoft Corporation:

My colleagues at Microsoft (thanks, Jonas!) tell me you can do it from the search box like this:

name:~"*&*"

Bruce Williams replied on November 19, 2008 20:01 to the question "How do I search for all files containing an ampersand (&) in the filename without returning heaps of other unrelated filenames?" in Microsoft Corporation:

I can see from the picture you're using Vista - do you know what version of Windows Search you are using?

Bruce Williams replied on November 19, 2008 19:47 to the question "How do I search for all files containing an ampersand (&) in the filename without returning heaps of other unrelated filenames?" in Microsoft Corporation:

Sorry, I don't know how to do that from the search box, or if it is even possible there. I'll ask around.

Bruce Williams replied on November 19, 2008 02:00 to the problem "Un-modified Xbox 360 banned from xbox live" in Microsoft Corporation:

I'm not on the Xbox team, so I'll just point you here: http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/1...

Bruce Williams replied on November 18, 2008 19:25 to the question "How do I search for all files containing an ampersand (&) in the filename without returning heaps of other unrelated filenames?" in Microsoft Corporation:

dir "*&*"

That worked for my very limited testing - let me know if there are scenarios where that results in a false positive.

Bruce Williams replied on November 14, 2008 00:37 to the question "'Stack overflow at line:80'? Any solutions? Please help." in Microsoft Corporation:

The web site owner may have changed something that caused this; you should alert them to the error.

Bruce Williams replied on November 11, 2008 19:36 to the question "Access is denied when calling VBScript (.vbs) from the windows context menu" in Microsoft Corporation:

Glad you got it working - it sure was a stumper!

Bruce Williams replied on November 11, 2008 19:13 to the question "Access is denied when calling VBScript (.vbs) from the windows context menu" in Microsoft Corporation:

next question - if you replace the contents of the .vbs file with something like:

wscript.echo "hello world"

does that work? I'm wondering if it is something inside your .vbs file that is causing the access-denied.

Bruce Williams replied on November 11, 2008 18:49 to the question "Access is denied when calling VBScript (.vbs) from the windows context menu" in Microsoft Corporation:

If you replace wscript.exe with notepad.exe, do you still get the same error? (I'm wondering if the error occurs while trying to start wscript.exe, or if it actually starts running the script and something the script does causes the error.)

Bruce Williams replied on October 30, 2008 04:46 to the question "windows xp with ie7 (even firefox and opera) won't load certain websites" in Microsoft Corporation:

A 502 error code is "bad gateway" which means the problem is most likely with some machine between you and the web server you are talking to. If you have a router or other network device, reset it. If that doesn't work, then contact your ISP and get them to track this down.

Bruce Williams replied on October 29, 2008 17:21 to the question "windows xp with ie7 (even firefox and opera) won't load certain websites" in Microsoft Corporation:

If you install and run the Fiddler program (available for free at http://www.fiddlertool.com), it will show you the success or failure of the download for each component of the web pages you visit. From the screenshots, it looks like some parts of each web page aren't being downloaded successfully. Please use Fiddler and let us know what errors it reports.

Bruce Williams replied on September 08, 2008 18:13 to the question "How do I add an amount to multiple cells in my spreadsheet?" in Microsoft Corporation:

already asked and answered: http://getsatisfaction.com/microsoft/...

Bruce Williams replied on September 04, 2008 21:44 to the question "Can I add a percentage to multiple cells in excel?" in Microsoft Corporation:

Get all 60 numbers in one column, for example A1, B1, C1, etc. Select the column next to the first cell - A2. Type the formula "=A1+75" in that cell. Now grab the lower-right corner of the A2 cell (the cursor should form a small plus sign) and drag down all 60 cells. All the cells in that second column should fill up with appropriate formulae to add 75 to the adjacent cell.