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Many Windows Vista users are experiencing problems with slow file transfers. In this guide we will learn a quick tip to improve transfer times. There are two ways we can fix this problem: by disabling Remote Differential Compression and Disable TCP/IP “Receive Window Auto-Tuning” and/or “Receive Side Scaling” in Windows …

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Submit you URL to Google: [URL="Google: http://www.google.com/addurl.html"]http://www.google.com/addurl.html [/URL]

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To increase your page rank in Google,buy some quality back links and add the link to some high PR directories.

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The solution involved reinstalling the WAN Miniport (PPTP) driver. Here's how I did it: 1. Go to device manager and select "Show Hidden Devices" under the View menu. 2. Expand Network adapters. You should see the WAN Miniport (PPTP) 3. Try right clicking on it and uninstalling it. More than …

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If you use Windows, then it is possible to squeeze extra speed from your internet connection. By default, Windows reserve internet bandwidth up to 20% for various services such as Windows updates and spyware checks by using QoS Packet Scheduler, it is a network bandwidth management tool that can monitor …

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To resolve this problem, replace the missing or corrupted Ntfs.sys file: 1. Use the Windows XP/Vista startup disks or the Windows XP/Vista CD/DVD to restart your computer. 2. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to select the To repair a Windows XP/Vista installation using Recovery Console, press …

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You can refer this: [URL="http://www.tomstricks.com/how-to-create-a-con-folder-in-windows-vista-or-in-xp/"] How To: Create a CON Folder in Windows Vista or in XP[/URL] Read this amazing fact:- “An Indian discovered that nobody can’t create a FOLDER anywhere named as “con“. This is something pretty cool….and unbelievable . At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t …

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Google seems to use the first level links on a website for the Sitelinks. That means that all links that are not present on the homepage of your site won't be used as Sitelinks. The links should be descriptive text links or image links with a descriptive IMG ALT attribute. …

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The problem you described is caused by a browser hijacking program.These programs are capable of changing your default webbrowser startpage, redirecting searches, displaying unwanted pop-ups, adding toolbars to your browser, etc. Often these trojans or spyware programs get downloaded when visiting a malicious website with Internet Explorer. To remove the …

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We need to get our hands on such a piece of software that will permanently erase all that rubbish on our computer without leaving any trace of it - allowing us to work in a much less cluttered environment and generally free up some extra, much needed space on our …

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TCP/IP stack Winsock settings in Windows Vista may get corrupted, causing errors and problems with Internet connectivity.Most of the Internet connectivity problems in Windows Vista arise out of corrupt Winsock settings. Read this for more info: [URL="http://www.tomstricks.com/how-to-repair-and-reset-windows-vista-tcpip-winsock-catalog-corruption/"]Repair And Reset Windows Vista TCP/IP Winsock Catalog Corruption[/URL]

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If the keyboard is not functioning, make sure that it is connected correctly to the computer. Check all the keyboard's plugs (PS/2 and USB) to make sure that there are no loose connections. If an adapter (USB to PS/2 or PS/2 to AT) is being used, verify that it is …

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The Clipboard is a temporary storage area used by Vista. Information (such as text, files, graphics, sound, or video) can be copied to the Clipboard from one program or location and pasted elsewhere. The Clipboard can only hold one piece of information at a time. Whenever something is copied to …

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You can refer [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834484"]Microsoft.com [/URL] You may receive this error message if any one of the following conditions is true: * The folder that you are trying to install the Windows Installer package to is encrypted. * The drive that contains the folder that you are trying to install the …

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If you have a PC shared with your friends, your brother or your cousin; your private files, videos and images are always at risk of getting seen by them. An easy way to protect your file from others is to make them “super hidden”.Super hidden files/ folders become system files …

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Good Tips. Digg,Stumble Upon........ like bookmarking services can drive a lot of traffic to your site.

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One of the small but annoying things in Windows Vista is the fact that the System Beep is enabled by default. Every time you encounter an error or you click through the menus of applications such as the AVG antivirus, you will hear a beep. In the beginning you might …

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If you already know the path to the undeletable file, please skip to Step 7 1. Click on Start, Search, All Files and Folders 2. Type the name of the undeletable file in the box shown 3. Make sure the Look In box shows the correct drive letter 4. Click …

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Working on a computer shared by a lot of users can be a real pain in the butt. As a matter of fact, if you dare change something to make your job run smoothly, chances are that next time you access Windows Vista you will find out that somebody has …

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Open the Start Menu, right-click on Computer and select Manage. Click on Disk Management. From the Toolbar select Action > Rescan Disks.

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For Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT, you can use the following command: net use lpt3 \\servername\printer /persistent:yes This command maps the network printer to the local port LPT3. The user can then install the correct drivers for that printer as though the printer was installed on LPT3. If this …

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This trick is useful for anyone who wants to stop specific applications from running without having to install any software of any kind, all they need to do is make a simple edit in the registry. Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer] Create a new DWORD value …

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Dual core is simply a generic term referring to any processor package with two physical CPUs in one. The Pentium D is simply two Pentium 4 Prescott cpus inefficiently paired together and ran as dual core. The Core Duo is Intel's first generation dual core processor based upon the Pentium …

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Windows uses DNS cache to store recently visited websites. You can see what your computer stores in this cache by simply going to Start > Run and typing cmd (the command prompt; there are many ways to get to it, this is just one way). Now all you have to …

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Windows 7 Themes and wallpapers are amazing as compared to Windows vista. Microsoft windows 7 has default 5 theme but Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 onwards has several hidden & locked themes provided for regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa.Since these hidden …

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Windows Vista sidebar was completely independent of user account control. However in windows 7 sidebar with gadget and UAC are related means if you turn of or disable UAC in windows 7 then sidebar will not work.This has been done to prevent users from installing any malicious unsigned desktop gadget …

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If you’ve ever run the Microsoft Windows Disk Cleanup utility, you probably discovered that your temporary files occupy a significant amount of space. You might select the Temporary Files check box in order to allow the Disk Cleanup utility to delete the files in the Temp folder, but the Disk …

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The problem you described is caused by a browser hijacking program. These programs are capable of changing your default webbrowser startpage, redirecting searches, displaying unwanted pop-ups, adding toolbars to your browser, etc. Often these trojans or spyware programs get downloaded when visiting a malicious website with Internet Explorer. To remove …

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If your hardware isn't automatically detected and installed by Vista, the first option is to find Vista-built drivers, which are in short supply. The next method is to use compatability mode to run the driver installation program in "Windows XP" mode. If that fails/does not install ... Extract or browse …

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It's better to uninstall IE8. You can uninstall Internet Explorer 8 by, go to Control Panel, and click on Uninstall Programs link or Programs and Features icon. Then on Tasks pane on the left, click on View installed updates link. Locate and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the list …

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It could be power related, new video cards require 450w all by themselves. Assuming you are in Windows XP... 1. Right click your desktop 2. Select Properties 3. Click the settings tab 4. Click the advanced button 5. Click the Troubleshoot tab 6. Uncheck the "enable write combining" box It's …

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Sometimes Winlogon.exe is exploited by malware and thus the system alert by frequent explorer.exe crashes. A legit file is always present in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache folder, should you ever need to replace the System32 folder's copy. Since the tools we used to scan the computer, as well as tools to delete …

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To make this a bit less annoying, first off, instead of rebooting, try Ctrl + Alt + Del to access the task manager, then end the explorer.exe, if listed. Then go to File - New Task (Run) and type 'explorer.exe' and hit enter to get everything running again, hopefully. At …

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So you’re looking to add some variety and fun to your desktop.By a very simple trick to add a Web page to your Windows XP desktop without any use of third party applications. [URL="http://www.tomstricks.com/how-to-use-a-web-page-as-your-desktop-background-in-windows-xp/"]Use a Web Page As Your Desktop Background in Windows XP[/URL]

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Try F8 and offer to load Standard VGA Mode and then either 1. update your graphics driver 2. roll back to the previous working one (you probably installed a new one from Windows Update) 3. or plug in a new graphics card

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[B]Enable pipelining [/B] Browsers are normally very polite, sending a request to a server then waiting for a response before continuing. Pipelining is a more aggressive technique that lets them send multiple requests before any responses are received, often reducing page download times. To enable it, type about:config in the …

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[B]Disable indexing[/B] Description: Indexing creates and maintains a database of file attributes. This can lead to multiple small writes when creating/deleting/modifying files. Searching for files will still work. Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Windows Search -> Startup type: …

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If inexperienced PC users sometimes access your system then you'll know that, well, this can cause problems. Leave them alone for too long and they'll mess up your settings, install dubious programs, delete important files and cause all kinds of havoc. But Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 will …

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Microsoft's Virtual PC creates its virtual machine hard drives in VHD files, and Windows 7 can now mount these directly so you can access them in the host system. Click Start, type diskmgmt.msc and press [Enter], then click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file you'd like to mount. …

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Reset password from another user account with administrator credentials If you cannot log on to Windows by using a particular user account, but you can log on to another account that has administrative credentials, follow these steps on how to do the trick: 1. Log on to Windows by using …

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here I’m going to show you a new way to hide files that is very counter-intuitive and therefore pretty safe! Using a simple trick in Windows, you can actually hide a file inside of the JPG picture file! You can actually hide any type of file inside of an image …

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Error message when you run Windows Defender: "Error Code 0x800106ba" [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931849"]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931849[/URL]

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Your PC may be infected with a serious malware. The presence of a file called UIS.COM is a possible sign of infection.You should urgently check your PC to make sure it is not infected. UIS.COM has been seen to perform the following behavior: * The Process is packed and/or encrypted …

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Try this fix: 1. click start> type regedit. 2. Navigate to the following HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogo n 3. The little key 8th one from the bottom should be "Shell" 4. Double click it and in the value date it should say Explorer.exe if it doesn't then type that in there. 5. Hit …

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To resolve this problem in Windows Vista, run the powercfg -h on command at an Administrative command prompt to enable the hibernate feature and the hybrid sleep feature. The first thing you need to check if your computer supports one of the hibernation options. To do this, go to the …

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Likely you need replace the cmos battery. If it's dead, or nearly so, it won't hold the settings. Then when you boot up the bios detects that the settings have defaulted and asks if you want to go into cmos/bios setup and correct things. Otherwise, hitting F2 continues the bootup …

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In Windows Server 2003 SP2, the "Remove" button for the service pack is available in the "Add or Remove Programs" item in Control Panel Some times "Remove" button for the service pack is not available in the "Add or Remove Programs".This problem occurs if the previous service pack was installed …

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To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit 1. Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe) 2. With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6 3. You will see the word start with blanks between each …

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