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Can someone help me. I reloaded XP Professional without formatting the harddrive and installed application packages. Now when i try to access Local Disk (C) i get the following error message, "uis.com has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience". It goes on to …

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hi guys Iam having a problem installing a microsoft update...NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update (KB951847) x86 (update 1 of 1). it gets too 99%. it downloads that far then after a good 5 mins it comes up as failed.all other updates go on …

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any one recently found office 2003 or 2007 applications getting frozen....as i am getting the same. proccess is offlb.exe or excel.exe..... pls help

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If you are tired of the default boot screen in Windows Vista, there is a better looking one hidden away: 1) Press the Windows button, type msconfig and press Enter. 2) If User Account Control prompts you to allow the action, click on Continue. 3) In the "System Configuration" window, …

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On a computer that has 4 GB of RAM, the System Properties dialog box and the System Information dialog box may report less memory than you expect. This problem occurs because the address space is limited to 4 GB in a 32-bit hardware environment. Memory may be relocated to make …

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Google has just released the beta of its brand new web browser called Chrome. I have used it a little bit now and I really like it. All of the extras it offers are very cool, but the best part as far as I've seen is the AMAZING speed that …

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In the SYSTEM32 folder there should be a file called 'OEMINFO.INI' If there isnt,make it using Notepad. ("SYSTEM" directory for 98) Put the following lines in OEMINFO: [General] Manufacturer=(Type here without brackets) Model=(Type here without brackets) And thats it! What you typed will appear in the system properties page under …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]In Windows XP, you can apply special access permissions to files or folders that are located on NTFS file system volumes. …

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After updating to XP service pack 3 from service pack 2 i was just wondering whether anyone noticed a longer time to complete hard disk drive intensive tasks such as manually launched full system anti-virus scans? My systems rate of of work done for this type of task decreased by …

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Hi, I ahve 2 building connected via Radio The 1st Building have a network with IP scheme of 192.168.10.x subnet 255.255.255.0 2nd building have a network with IP scheme 172/16.195.x subnet 255.255.224.0 I have a machine in building 2 with NIC 1 have the IP address 192.168.10.2 subnet 255.255.255.0 and …

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This lesson presents methods that will help you automate Windows XP Professional installations. When you must install Windows XP Professional on computers with varying configurations, scripting provides automation with increased flexibility. You will learn how the Windows Setup Manager makes it easy to create the UNATTEND.TXT files that are necessary …

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If you are unfamiliar, almost all Dell laptops come come bundled with Dell's proprietary QuickSet software to handle volume changes, brightness, etc. My question is, has anyone ever attempted to skin the QuickSet GUI? Or, does anyone know how to go about attempting to do such a thing? The only …

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Hi all. My question is about the registry. I've read many tutorials ,but I want to understand it more deeply, from "programmer point of view" How,why, and what exactly ends up in the registry? lets say I had developed a program in C++ (a text editor,with windows,menus etcc.. ) Now, …

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BEHIND THE JACKPOT; Divide And Conquer: <a href="http://mvltns.webs.com">Movie sweepstake Titans</a>

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this is my first post so i hope its usefull and im gonna provide you guys alot of nice tweaks i tried other than the boring ones if u want to speed ur acces to ur hard drive install System Mechanic Professional 7 and go to increase performance and choose …

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We have asked this question to posters here,with BSOD [Daniweb] many times !and have gotten this answer ! Did you Install any new software lately ! Answer !, no nothing yet ,its a clean/fresh install of WinXP!

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The default speed of the Start Menu is pretty slow, but it can be fixed by editing a Registry Key. Open up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay By default, the value is 400. It can be given a …

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I want to dress up Win XP by changing some of my icons to custom ones. I had plenty of icons for when I had Win98 but never got around to doing anything with XP. Does anyone know of a good (safe) download website for Icons? Thanks; Dougie

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any one to help me in creating a group, policy for disabling USB Drives thanx in advance

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If you are a hard core gamer then the tweak below is for you. Below are a list of windows services that are recommended you change to the manual setting. Routing and Remote Access Alerter Application Layer Gateway Service** (only if firewll is not used) Application Management Background Intelligent Transfer …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Delete Files when the Recycle Bin is Hidden[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]By default, the Windows XP Recycle Bin sits at the bottom right of the desktop, just above the tray notification area and system clock. If you've got …

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my cousins computer that i am on right now is slow as you dont know and its horrible can someone help me and also its about 3 years old too!!! my 8 year old comp is faster than this one.

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Hi, I wanted to know what disk defragmentation is and how and why is it helpful/harmful. Also, -for people who have done it- are there any risks that while defragmenting your hdd, something can go terribly wrong and your hdd is gone forever? from what i understand when u delete …

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Lets face it ! Tweaking gives us the satisfaction...of having done something to beat the system ! There is that urge, esp amongst die-hard tweakers, to squeeze out the last drop of performance ! Frankly speaking, the best "tweak" is to throw RAM at it ! Its one BIG healthy …

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A easy way to find keywords in firefox is to press Ctrl + F A bar will pop in at the bottom of the screen you can easily find keywords.

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Performance Increase Through My Computer [/color][/size][size=2]Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is:[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Start > …

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Maybe you dont like the current WMP you have an want to Downgrade but get the annoying message you have a newer version?? Navigate to this key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup\Installed Versions and change the values of the 3 subkeys to whats listed below (This makes it look like you have wmp9 and …

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* Configuring Password Policy : Password Policy allows you to improve security on your computer by controlling how passwords are created and managed. You can specify the maximum length of time a password can be used before the user must change it. Changing passwords decreases the chances of an unauthorized …

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I am looking for the fallowing control Panel applet rundll32 command to open: Add or Remove Programs/CD or Floppy/Install Program From Disk or CD-ROM/Run Installation Program/Browse. EXAMPLE: <("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1")> opens: Add or Remove Programs. Thank You

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Hello Friends, My Name is Viru, I faced a strange problem, my friend system is not displaying anything after start, A black screen is comming thats all I tried in safe mode also but no result , and when i tried to format the C:\ drive, The CD is also …

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