Computers Problems & Solutions

If you are running Windows XP Professional on your computer you can install Microsoft's web server, Internet Information Server 5.1 (IIS) for free from the Windows XP Pro installation CD and configure it to run on your system by following the instructions below: - 1. Place the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive. 2. Open 'Add/Remove Windows Components' found in 'Add/Remove Programs' in the 'Control Panel'. 3. Place a tick in the check box for 'Internet Information Services (IIS)' leaving all the default installation settings intact. 4. Once IIS is installed on your machine you can view your home page in a web browser by typing 'http://localhost' (you can substitute 'localhost' for the name of your computer) into the address bar of your web browser. If you have not placed your web site into the default directory you should now be looking at the IIS documentation. 5. If you are not sure of the name of your computer rig...

Installing Apache on Windows, why? Because let's face it Windows is easy, and well Apache sure beats using IIS. This tutorial is meant for the person who would like to set up there own little web server. It's not meant for the IT Person running a fortune 500 company. But hey if you want go ahead. Instalation: First thing you need is to download the webserver. Now for windows users your gonna want to go download the .exe . The apache website is www.apache.org Your gonna wanna head to the apache binaries sections for Win32 I believe it is at http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/ There you will be able to download a version of apache. Now before you download it you gonna want to make a folder. This folder is where your gonna server your root directory. Now if you don't want to do this it's ok. You can use the default path if you want. Put usually this helps in setting up other things like php, and MySQL. Most people do is they create a folder in the C:\ director...

If XP will not install from the CD or if you have a new drive with no operating system on it yet try these: Install Windows XP from the hard drive with Windows 98 already installed: Boot Windows 98 Insert the XP CD into your CD reader Explore Windows XP through My Computer Copy i386 folder to C:\ Go into C:\i386 folder and double click on winnt32.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive Install Windows XP from DOS (ie. no OS on a new hard drive): Boot with a Windows 98 Start Up disk Insert the Windows 98 CD into the CD reader Run smartdrv.exe from the Win98 directory on the windows 98 CD (file caching) Type cd.. to back up to the root directory Insert Windows XP CD into the CD reader Copy the i386 folder to C:\ Go into C:\i386 folder on C: and type winnt.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive.

Running out of hard disk space, yet also want to keep all the files that are currently on the system in perfect order? Install an extra hard disk, and see your available space rise! Firstly, make backups of your existing system files. You may never know when these may come in handy. If your current hard disk may go down the pan, you'll be glad to have something to start with again. Also, if you want to use all your data that is on this drive, back it up anyway; ready to be transferred to the new drive. Also, create a system disk for your PC. This can be created by going to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, and then the "System Disk" tab. The instructions should be there for you. "WHEN I INSTALLED MY EXTRA HDD I DDNT FOLLOW ANY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED....INSTEAD JUST OPEANED THE CABINET AND LOOKED FOR THE WIRES AND CONNECTED THEM ...ANY ONE CAN TELL WHERE THE CORRECT WIRE GOES ..... THE MAIN THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BROAD THIN GRAY WIRE OR DATA CABLE SLOT W...

Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number is reached some settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this to 8000 by adding this edit to the registry. 1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepdad. QUOTE Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 2. Save the file as folder8000.reg 3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

You can't assume that just because you connected at a speed like 48.3KBps that you will stay there. Today's modems automatically fall back to a lower speed if the line noise is too high to maintain a faster connection, but sometimes they fall back too soon or too far. Here's how to do it: Click Start the button. Select Settings. Click Control Panel. Double-click on the Modems icon. Select your modem. Click the Properties button. Click the Connections tab. Click the Advanced button. In the "Extra settings" field, type S36=7 Click OK to save your settings. This will force your modem to try to stay connected at high speeds in two different ways before dropping back to an asynchronous mode with auto speed buffering.

We can’t vouch for this hack, because we are too lazy to try it (and we never, ever violate copyrights or EULAs), but kind reader Martin explains the process for turning an Windows XP Home install disc to a Windows XP Pro disc after the jump. It sounds pretty simple to do (just some registry changes), but you can’t install Service Pack 2, so you might try to slipstream in the changes to your modified install disc (if that’s even possible). Alternately, buy XP Pro, or get a Mac. Code: yes indeed, you can’t change an installed Windows but only your Installation CD (or even a recovery CD in case the manufacturer had not left out important parts) Here’s the detailed breakdown you asked for. 1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your harddisk 2. Extract the Bootsector of your WindowsXP CD 3. Change 2 Bytes in i386\Setupreg.hiv : a) Open Regedit b) Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE c) Menu: File -> Load Structure -> i386...