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We are always reading about things we should do,without really questioning whether we need to be doing them in the first place. [url]http://lifehacker.com/5033518[/url] Well several of those things listed DO IN FACT help things! Cleaning Prefetch files IS ALWAYS A BIG HELP IF YOUR ON XP,ETC that uses Prefetch!! And …

Our first impressions of PC Problem Solving Made Easy was that it reminded us of the 'computer clinic' sections that you will find towards the back of any monthly computing magazine. You know the sort of thing where a reader writes in and says "how can I get text to …

Hey got hold of this very nice tweak ... want to increase Folder View Size Limit to 8000 Got run>type "regedit" then follow ............ 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

[i][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][/i][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Pause or Resume Downloading [/color][/size][size=2]After the download process has started, you can pause or resume downloading at any time. If you close your Internet connection or restart your computer after pausing a download …

For some time now I have wondered about a file called Thumbs.db that appears in many folders on my computer. I finally decided to do a little research to find out what it is. It turned out to be pretty innocent, yet unnecessary. The thumbs.db file is generated by the …

Hi I dont think I ever untapped the powers of Excel for advanced analytics. Thus, as Im going through these tutorial books, I do wonder what are your tips to help you analyze data quickly and efficiently. Help!

Hi Guys I'm new here so if my post is in the wrong place then please tell me where to stick it without telling me where to stick it if you know what I mean. Hoping one of you guys is inventive enough to come up with a solution for …

Save the following as the text file Shortcuts.reg and double-click the file to add it to the registry. To quickly open Regedit, right-click My Computer, and then click Registry: [code] REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\regedit] @="Registry" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\regedit\command] @="C:\\Windows\\Regedit.exe"[/code]

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Increase Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed in XP[/color][/size][/font] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=2]This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXP professional version - might work on Home version also. It may also …

Is there a way to set the keyboard languages via the registry? I need to set some computers to have English (UK) as the primary keyboard language but also have Polish as a secondary. This is only needed for some users though so the plan is to have it run …

Hi am i having a acquirement of forward the ip address and port number to some different ip from windows machine. I know there could be many ways through which t can be done at network layer but that requires too much of changes. is it possible to do the …

hello everybody I need for help here... I have problem wit my PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse (touch pad) after upgrade vista home basic to Win 7 ultimate on every I started my laptop Toshiba M300 32 bit. Please give me answer for this problems. and thank you choirul911 surabaya-indonesia

Hi, this is the case, I have a Win 2003 server with scsi RAID controller; this server has a usefull special, not frecuently used application but the installer for this application are no longer available. Now the server (as a machine) is a waste, because it is only turned on …

Taking ownership of system files or folders in Windows 7 or Vista is not a simple task. Whether you use the GUI or the command line, it takes far too many steps. This works for XP, Vista and Win7 32&64bit. [url]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/[/url]

Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others. [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/[/url]

[QUOTE]Picture this: It's late at night, you're sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you …

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:cheesy: :cheesy: I can not believe I finally found it. Went through google and searched until :eek: . This is what you need to do it works!!!! [B]Program Won’t Run – Gives Director Player Requires 3MB of Virtual Memory Error[/B]ID: 13Category: Error MessagesStatus: ResolvedViews: 6628 [B]Question:[/B] Title is self explanatory. …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Correcting System Hang at Startup [/color][/size][size=2]If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at startup, where you can't access the Start button or the Taskbar, it may be due to one specific service (Background …

Hi all, I just wanted to see if anyone here could clear up a few questions about DRM, notably SecuROM, in games and its effects on one's system stability. I've read many conflicting reports and information on this subject, and several things have come to light. Many people say that …

*Taken from the ATOS website, [url]http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/index.html*[/url] If there's one thing i hate, it's the windows XP logo. I CAN'T STAND IT! so like, wavy and multicolored... so, i'm posting this little tweak for your collective benefit: first, get a program like regedit (google it, i'm getting lazy and don't want …

there is of course a way to put settings in your registry that will allow you to right-click on a dll or ocx file and then click Register or Unregister fromt the context menu. However, for those of you who don't like messing with your registry (or don't know how) …

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Once upon a time a long long time ago, Daniweb helped me out when my old pc got a nasty trojan (maybe a worm, can't remember). The solution to that one was: get a new computer! I'm hoping that this is the right forum to ask about a problem on …

Hello all members i forget the password of my excel file which have very imp data. i must have to recover the file. kindly help me out to do so. PLEASE NOTE THAT! The password i usually use is up to 12 characters which includes * and capitalization of characters. …

I am running a mail merge and the excel sheet uses lookup formulas, the problem I am having is that on the merged word doc the cells that have a zero value are coming out on the word doc. Is there a way that I can do the merge so …

Hi There, I have been loooking at a couple of tools for Active Directory to ease the work of finding and updating description text of groups in Active Directory. So I found [url]http://www.dovestones.com[/url] but their AD Find and Replace tool only allows for searches within User objects. Then I found …

Hello i need to remove WPA from my computer, which is windows server 2003 Sp2 i did have a key but i lost it and i am not willing to pay micro$oft money for someting i already own. Any help?

windows logo key shortcurts are very tricky if you find the use of it. [COLOR="#ff0000"][URL="http://digitdiary.blogspot.com/2010/03/windows-logo-key-shortcuts-in-xp-vista.html"]Click here for the original source page[/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR="#ff0000"]and complete list [/COLOR] Windows: Display the Start menu Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer Windows + F: Display Search for …