Computers Problems & Solutions

1 .Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications. 2 .Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM. 3 .Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than 64 MB). 4 .Do not clutter your Desktop with a lot of shortcuts. Each shortcut on the desktop uses up to 500 bytes of RAM 5 .Empty the recycle bin regularly. The files are not really deleted from your hard drive until you empty the recycle bin. 6 .Delete the temporary internet files regularly. 7 .Defragment your hard drive once every two months. This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster. 8 .Always make two partitions in your hard drive. Install all large Softwares (like PSP, Photoshop, 3DS Max etc) in the second partition. Windows uses all the available empty space in C drive as virtual memory when your Computer RAM is full. ...

Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web.But most people don’t use it to its best advantage or in an advanced way. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google’s index, it’s still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number. There are some ways in which advanced Google search can be used to get the desired results. But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Advanced Google search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let’s look at some of the advanced Google search options. Syntax Search Tricks Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages.Here are some advanced Google search operators that can help narrow down your search results. 1.Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or...

First of all you can try what Microsoft Suggests: CODE http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302089 then you may try some more ways of removing MSN. I am not responsible for the use or the misuse of this information. Use at your own risk. 1rd way : The following method works in Windows XP Professional, but has not been tested on a system with SP1 installed. FYI, I've seen scripts that are similar to this, but fail miserably, automatically deleting other much-needed components! Better to do this slow and manually! 1. Exit MSN Messenger by right-clicking the MSN icon in the notification area, and selecting Exit. 2. Add the following registry entries, both with a DWORD value of 1: a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventRun b. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventAutoRun 3. Open a command prompt by clicking Start/Run, then typing "command" and clicking OK. 4. Uninstall MSN Messenger by typing "rundll32 adv...

Microsoft Windows XP won't allow you to uninstall Internet Explorer. How can you fix the browser or even reinstall the program if it becomes corrupt? If you don't yet have the very latest Internet Explorer, you can fix many problems by visiting http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and updating to the latest version. If you're already up to date, however, the site won't let you reinstall the program. You need to fool the system into thinking you don't have the latest version. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog and navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}. In the right-hand pane, double-click on the DWORD value IsInstalled and change it from 1 to 0 (no matter whether you choose Decimal or Hexadecimal). Close REGEDIT and go to the Windows update site again. Now it should let you "update" IE and, with luck, fix the problems. By the way, you can do the same...

This series covers the basic steps of reformatting your hard drive and re-installing Windows. Now, this is not for the digitally squeamish and it's defiantly one of those do-at-your-own-risk deals. It's not intended for novices and should not be attempted unless you are fairly comfortable with DOS (if you have to ask what DOS is, than skip this tip). A final warning - This is a general procedure so you may run into unforeseen problems. You may be able to get answers to problems at the message board, but don't come cryin' to me - You've been warned!! OK, before we start any kind of disk formatting, we need to back up all the important info on your computer. I usually copy everything to my CD-R or a few zip disks. I generally only back up stuff that I created. I don't backup programs I have on disk, I re-install those. Make sure you get everything that's important to you backed up (maybe twice) because after we're done formatting the disk it will be COMPLE...

Directions Rapidshare traces the users IP address to limit each user to a certain amount of downloading per day. To get around this, you need to show the rapidshare server, a different IP address. You can do this one of multiple ways. Requesting a new IP address from your ISP server. Here's how to do it in windows: 1. Click Start 2. Click run 3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK 4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line. ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew exit 5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using. 6. Try the rapidshare download again. Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.

Want to share a folder, or multiple folders, quickly and easily? You can invoke the Shared Folder Wizard by typing shrpubw.exe at the Run box or command line. The wizard takes you through the process of setting up a shared folder and allows you to start the process over within the same wizard, which is especially good if you want to make multiple folders shared.

Start > Run > Certificates - certmgr.msc Indexing Service - ciadv.msc Computer Management - compmgmt.msc Device Manager - devmgmt.msc Disk Defragmenter - dfrg.msc Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc Removable Store Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc Performance - perfmon.msc Services - services.msc Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI) - wmimgmt.msc

Problem With Internet Navigation, Clean Host File We have seen a large number of computers coming in with problems navigation on the internet. Also unable to go to Windows update and viurs update sites. Here is a quick fix that also seems to speed navigation up some. Just for safety create a copy of the file before making changes. goto C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ (Windows XP) C:\I386 (Windows 2000) Open the host with notepad. remove all entries bellow 127.0.0.1 localhost then save and close

"Take good care of your PC, and it will take good care of you." It's a nice sentiment, but reality is more like "Take good care of your PC, and it won't crash, lose your data, and cost you your job--probably." Follow these steps to stop PC problems before they stop you. Your PC's two mortal enemies are heat and moisture. Excess heat accelerates the deterioration of the delicate circuits in your system. The most common causes of overheating are dust and dirt: Clogged vents and CPU cooling fans can keep heat-dissipating air from moving through the case, and even a thin coating of dust or dirt can raise the temperature of your machine's components. Any grime, but especially the residue of cigarette smoke, can corrode exposed metal contacts. That's why it pays to keep your system clean, inside and out. If your PC resides in a relatively clean, climate-controlled environment, an annual cleaning should be sufficient. But in most real-world locations, s...

Performance Increase Through My Computer 1: Start > Right Click on My Computer and select properties. 2: Click on the "Advanced" tab 3: See the "Perfomance" section? Click "Settings" 4: Disable all or some of the following: Fade or slide menus into view Fade or slide ToolTips into view Fade out menu items after clicking Show Shadows under menus Slide open combo boxes Slide taskbar buttons Use a background image for each folder type Use common tasks in folders There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster

Tested in Windows 2000 sp2, Windows 2000 sp3 with and without IE6 sp1. Should work fine in XP and XPsp1 A lot of people are having troubles with System File Protection (SFP for short). This can be a major pain in the butt unless you know the tricks to it. Having only tweaked Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 I figured out a few things about SFP and replacing files: 1) TaskManger is your best friend when replacing files in 2k/XP. When you open task manager you can do just about as much as you can do with Explorer just by going File>NewTask(Run..). From here you can either use the Run Dialog to launch programs one at a time, or select 'Browse' and explore. Using right click menu commands to do the bulk of your work (Copy, Paste, Rename). Problem is often times you can't replace items do to the fact that your browse is making calls to things you want to delete. 2) CommandLine or Cmd.exe is like that other friend you have that likes to help out. One plus this has over TaskMan is y...

If you would like your desktop Icons to have no text underneath then try this tweak: Right click the icon and select "Rename" Now hold the "Alt" key and type "255" and hit Enter NOTE : It may only work with the keypad numbers and not the number keys on top of the keyboard.

Operating System = Windows 95 Only Annoyance level = Medium Damage Level = 0/5 The Objective The objective is to move the Start button around on the task bar, or to remove it completely from the taskbar. The Steps Click twice on the Start button so it has the dotted line around it. Then press the "Alt" and the "-" keys simultaneously. This will bring up the option box that allows you to move or close the Start button. If you choose move, you will have to use the arrow keys to move it around the taskbar. NOTE: Moving it doesn't stay if you move the entire start bar with your mouse, and ending task on explorer.exe or rebooting will put it back in the corner.

1) Don't try to modify a prog by editing his source in a dissasembler.Why? Couse that's for programmers and assembly experts only. If any of you dumb kids try to view it in hex you'll only get tons of crap you don't understand. First off, you need Resource Hacker(last version).It's a resource editor- very easy to use. Resource Hacker Version 3.4.0 CODE http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip/ Help File CODE http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourceha...eshack_hlp.zip/ 2)Unzip the archive, and run ResHacker.exe. You can check out the help file too, if you want to be a guru. 3)You will see that the interface is simple and clean. Go to the menu File\Open or press Ctrl+O to open a file. Browse your way to the file you would like to edit. You can edit *.exe, *.dll, *.ocx, *.scr and *.cpl files, but this tutorial is ment to teach you how to edit *.exe files, so open one. 4)In the left side of the screen a list of sections will appear. The most common sections are: -...

Once you have created regular user accounts, the default Administrator account vanishes from the Welcome screen, which you see when the computer starts up. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice at the Welcome screen to retrieve the standard logon dialog. You can log on as Administrator from here. To switch among accounts, just click the Log Off button on the Start menu. You'll then see the Log Off Windows dialog box. Click the Switch User button, and you'll be taken to the Welcome screen where you can select and log on to other accounts.

Did you know that by changing a few settings you can make your dial-up modem run better? That's right you might have a fast modem and a good connection, but you are not getting the best performance. With a few adjustments, you can get faster connection speeds. NOTE : Since every PC configuration is different, these adjustments might not work for everyone. With Windows 95, 98 & ME you'll need to open your Control Panel ( Start / Control Panel ). Click "System" then choose "Device Manager". Open up "Ports", highlight your modem port (should be COM2), and choose "Properties" near the bottom. When you click "Port Settings", you will see the modem speed listed under "Bits per second". With Win XP , just hold down the Alt key and double-click "My Computer" to bring up System Properties. Click the "Hardware" tab, then choose the "Device Manager" button. Scroll down to "Modems" and c...

The Recovery Console consists of a minor modification to the boot.ini file, and the addition of a hidden directory on the boot drive. The added directory's name is cmdcons. The change to the boot.ini file is simply the addition of another line providing for a new boot option: C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery console" /cmdcons This option consists of a fully qualified file name (C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat), a text description (Microsoft Windows Recovery Console), and a boot option (/cmdcons). As everyone should be well aware, the Windows XP Boot Manager is able to boot virtually any operating system (assuming that the operating system is compatible with the currently installed file system). How Windows XP Supports Booting other Operating Systems Windows XP can be told to "boot" any directory or file location. For example, the Recovery Console is saved in the cmdcons directory. In the cmdcons directory is a 512-byte file named bootsect.dat. Windows...

When you enter a user name and password, Internet Explorer may ask if you want it to remember the password. Click on Yes and it will automatically fill in the password next time you enter that user name. But if you check Don't offer to remember any more passwords, then whether you click on Yes or No, you won't be prompted again. To recover this feature, launch Internet Options from IE's Tools menu, select the Content tab, click on the Auto Complete button, and check Prompt me to save passwords. To delete an individual saved password entry, go to the log-on box on a Web page and double-click. Your saved Auto Complete entries will drop down. Use the arrow keys to scroll to the one you want to delete, and press the Del key.

Is it disturbing to you when every other Web page you visit has a different font size?. One web page's font is too small, and another web page's fonts are too big. Well here's a way to fix that and set each web page's fonts to just the size you want. In Internet Explorer, select: Tools-Internet Options, choose the General tab, click the Accessibility button, and check Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages (the wording varies depending on your IE version). In Netscape 6 and 7, choose Edit-Preferences, select Fonts (double-click Appearance if you don't see 'Fonts' listed), and then either check Use my default fonts or uncheck Allow documents to use other fonts, depending on your version (the wording of these choices also varies). Now all Web page fonts should be of uniform size on all pages.

open up notepad n type (or copy n paste) this: FILE "NAME.BIN" BINARY TRACK 01 MODE1/2352 INDEX 01 00:00:00 change the word NAME.BIN inside the quotation marks to whatever the name of your BIN file is....... when you go to 'save as' in the 'files of type' ..click on the arrow n change from text document (*.txt) to 'all files' n name it the same as the bin file for instance..if the bin file is anything.bin save your cue file as anything.cue after ya save it copy n paste the file ta the folder with your bin file

There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically. This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources. They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services and that you turn them off one at a time. Some possibilities are: Alerter Application Management Clipbook Fast UserSwitching Human Interface Devices Indexing Service Messenger Net Logon NetMeeting QOS RSVP Remote Desktop Help Session Manager Remote Registry Routing & Remote Access SSDP Discovery Service Universal Plug and Play Device Host Web Client

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs. However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs. To clean this periodically go to: Star / Run / Prefetch Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts Delete them

Click on the Start button Go to the Control Panel Administrative Tools Local Security Policy Local Policies Click on Security Options Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile" Select "Enable" Reboot For regedit users.. If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown Set the value to 1

By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items. Most simply slow down their display. To turn these off selectively: Right click on the My Computer icon Select Properties Click on the Advanced tab Under Performance, click on the Settings button To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging

Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP The program is called BootVis Uncompress the file. Run BOOTVIS.EXE For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup. Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line) Then run Trace / Optimize System Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays Note how much the time has decreased Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.

1. First, run a scandisk or checkdisk. Let Windows fix any errors. 2. Run a disk cleanup utility...this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files, etc. 3. Delete any garbage files or data...if possible, run a Duplicate File Finder program. 4. Run Defrag on all partitions (NOTE: run this after you have deleted all trash and excess files!) 5. Run a registry cleaner utility and delete or get rid of any orphaned entries in that registry. 6. Check your exisiting swap file for it's size and location (*will explain location later in the post). If you have alot of ram (i.e. 1 gig and over) set this swap file to something small, like 250 mb. The reason is that this will force Windows to load more into memory, resulting in faster performance (note: some games and applications actually require a certain sized swap file so check your applications performance after making a size adjustment for any error messages.) 7. Under XP, you can tell Windows to use Classic St...

If you don't already have a copy of MusicMatch Jukebox, download one from musicmatch.com. The "Plus" version has more features and burns CDs faster, but the free version works just fine for converting files 1. Install music match box and then restart your computer if it asks 2. open music matchbox and click file convert files 3. in the bottom right hand corner called 'destination type' change it to mp3 pro. 4.you can edit the bitrate but the higher the bitrate the bigger the size 5. choose the songs you want to convert and click start if you want to try something different repeat step one and 2 and instead of making the destintion type mp3 pro make it 'mp3pro vbr' again the lower the setting the smaller the size.

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader (replace the C if you installed on another drive, like I did). 2. Create a new folder called plug_ins_disabled. 3. Move all files from the plug_ins folder to the plug_ins_disabled folder except EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api. There should only be these 3 files in the plug_ins folder. 4. You're done.

If you wanna make a autorun file for that CD you are ready to burn just read this... 1) You open notepad 2) now you writ: [autorun] OPEN=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE ICON=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE Now save it but not as a .txt file but as a .inf file. But remember! The "Setup_filename.EXE" MUST be replaced with the name of the setup file. And you also need to rember that it is not all of the setup files there are called '.exe but some are called '.msi 3) Now burn your CD with the autorun .inf file included. 4) Now set the CD in you CD drive and wait for the autorun to begin or if nothing happens just double-click on the CD drive in "This Computer"

Click in the Shortcut Key field and press a keyboard combination that you want to use for launching or switching to this program. The shortcut key you assign must consist of one character key (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: Ctrl, Alt, and Shift. (If you press a character key only, Windows automatically adds Ctrl+Alt.) Shortcut keys work only when assigned to a program shortcut on the Start menu, the Programs menu, or the Desktop. The shortcuts you define will not work if it conflicts with a combination used in the program whose window has the focus. Please remember, we cannot accept responsibility with what you decide to do with these tips. These tips act as a guide to tweaking and changing Windows XP from the default settings. If you are unsure about how to make these changes then don't meddle !

This can be an impressive bit of personalization. Use your name or moniker to brand Internet Explorer. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ and left-click on Main to change the string "Window Title" to whatever you wish.

Editing the Windows Registry, while much more common now than in years past, is still not to be entered into lightly. You can break Windows, cause boot failure. I know you're gonna do it anyway; why else would you be reading this. Just be careful, OK? These are few because, for the most part WinXP can be customized through the interlace or with third-party freeware (as above). All of the tips below require running regedit. To do so, hit 'Start/Run' then type 'regedit' and follow the instructions. Naturally, I take no responsibility for any damage or loss of data incurred in the remote possibility that something goes terribly wrong.

If you need to shut down in a hurry-or if a frozen application prevents you from shutting down in the normal ways-you can use the following procedure. Be aware, however, that you won't get an opportunity to save open documents. To perform an emergency shutdown, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut down menu and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command. Poof! If your computer is part of a domain, the procedure is similar. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and then hold down Ctrl when you click Shut Down. In this situation, you'll get a warning message pointing out-quite correctly-that this should be used only as a last resort.

Click on the Icon at the top of the start menu. Select desired picture from resulting screen Windows 2000 style logon. To revert back to the Win2k style logon so you can log on as the administrator and other options, press ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen. Change the location of the My Music or My Pictures folders: In Windows 2000, Microsoft added the ability to right-click the My Documents folder and choose a new location for that folder in the shell. With Windows XP, Microsoft has elevated the My Music and My Pictures folders to the same "special shell folder" status of My Documents, but they never added a similar (and simple) method for changing those folder's locations. However, it is actually pretty easy to change the location of these folders, using the following method. Open a My Computer window and navigate to the location where you'd like My Music (or My Pictures) to reside. Then, open the My Documents folder in a different window. Drag the My Music ...

An anonymous remailer is a computer which has been configured to run remailer software. This software is a specialized kind of email server software. Unlike average email server which goes to great lengths to log all incoming/outgoing traffic and add identifying and traceable info to its outgoing mail (in the form of headers) remailer software ensures that outgoing mail has been STRIPPED CLEAN of any identifying information! Thus the name 'anonymous' remailer. The remailer performs certain automated tasks which include retrieving mail, decrypting/processing that mail (only mail that is properly encrypted and formatted), obeying the directives within the message and, finally, delivering - remailing - the finished product to a second party in anonymized form. When received by that second party it will reveal only that it was sent from an anonymous source (usually the remailer's name and email address). The IP address shown will be the IP address of the remailer machine. Using...

This will remove Microstufts Instant Messenger (MSN). This wotked in WinXP Pro, but may work on others.... So, go to START-->RUN copy and paste the following: QUOTE RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Clink ok. No more msn process

first create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive when you name it hold down "Alt" and press "0160" this will create and invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name. then right click in and select "Properties" select the tab "coustimize" and select "change icon" scroll along and you should a few blanc spaces click on any one and click ok when you hav saved the settings the folder will be invisible to hide all your personal files.

If you want to encrypt the contents of an individual file or directory, Windows XP Pro will do the trick, provided you enable NTFS on your hard drive. To encrypt a file, right-click on it to bring up the Properties window. Click on the Advanced button, then in the Advanced Attributes dialog box click on Encrypt contents to secure data. This will encrypt the file (using either DES, which employs a 56-bit key on each 64-bit block of data, or 3DES, which uses a 56-bit key three times on each 64-bit block of data), and it will provide a certificate just for you. This certificate is key; if you reinstall Windows or otherwise lose your user account, your access to the encrypted files will be gone, too. You need to export your certificates to back them up: For detailed instructions, search on export certificate in Windows Help. Windows XP does not require you to enter your password when you open the encrypted file. Once you log on to a session, encrypted files are available for you—and anyone...

If you downloaded MSN Messenger 6.2, you might want to remove the advertising that is placed at the bottom of the main messenger window. I will give you some details to do it manually. To edit the msnmsgr.exe file, you'll need a HEX editor. I found the freeware Hex Editor XVI32 perfectly suited for this task. There is no installation, just download the file, create a folder on your hard drive, unzip the XVI32.zip file there, and run the XVI32.exe file. Note: this is for the latest version of 6.2, 6.2.0137. You can check your version, by choosing Help > About MSN Messenger from the programs menu. When you have the HEX editor running, follow these steps: Make sure you are not running messenger. Right-click its icon in the system tray, and from the menu select Exit Now you'll need to locate the messenger executable msnmsgr.exe, it will normally be in \Program Files\MSN Messenger\ Make a backup of the file. Right-click msnmsgr.exe and from the menu choose Copy. Now right-click o...

Slackware Linux is one of the oldest Linux distributions remaining. Over the years, it has stayed true to its roots and form. Here's what the author, Patrick Volkerding has to say about it. http://www.slackware.com/info/ The Slackware Philosophy Since its first release in April of 1993, the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing the most "UNIX-like" Linux distribution out there. Slackware complies with the published Linux standards, such as the Linux File System Standard. We have always considered simplicity and stability paramount, and as a result Slackware has become one of the most popular, stable, and friendly distributions available. What's this about "friendly"? You heard that Slackware was too damned hard, didn't you? If you are expecting cute graphical wizards and penguins automating every configuration step for you, that may be true. However, in essense, Slackware is one of the simplest distributions there is if you are proficient with a...