When you start your computer, many applications might load at startup, out of which some may not be required at all. Windows comes with a startup managing utility called MSCONFIG, using which you can disable startup applications. This is also called System Configuration Utility. To access MSCONFIG, try these steps:• Click Start, Run and type MSCONFIG• Click Startup tab and view the listings there• Uncheck the corresponding entry for the application which you want to disable from startup• Click OKThe entries are reappearing again…..What...
Friday, 28 August 2009
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
You can change the XP Product Key if your key is pirated or illegal! How to change the key without reinstalling Windows?To do that, you need to edit the registry! Type ‘regedit’ in the Run command.In the registry editor program, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEventsClick WPAEvents folder and locate OOBETimer on the right pane.Right click OOBETimer and choose Modify.Change any one digit to deactivate Windows and click OK.Once again click Start – Run. Type the following command in the Run box – %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe...
Monday, 24 August 2009
The plan went well right up to the day his offspring moved into her dorm area. "I installed the drivers for the printer we picked up for her a pair of miles from the university," explains Pete. "I confirmed the system restart, so the driver settings could take effect. But the laptop would not power back on afterward. It was completely dead. Now I was in panic."The technician shipped a substitute motherboard to an authorized repair agent in the city where Petei daughter was attending college and made an appointment for Monday morning to meet Pete...
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Some software applications may need that Windows Vista is a certain service pack and may not operate correctly if the service pack is not installed. Knowing the service pack level you’re currently running in Windows Vista can also come useful when troubleshooting certain troubles or when physically installing a service pack. Here’s How: Click on Start and then Control Panel.Tip: In a hurry? Type system in the search box after clicking Start. Choose...
Monday, 17 August 2009
I have installed a brand new window on my new purchase computer was Windows XP which was also updated with Service Pack 3. One thing that I noticed when trying to change to my favorite Thellas theme from the default Windows XP theme was that it was not possible because I forgot to patch the file uxtheme.dll which protects the system from third party themes. The uxtheme.dll petchar that I had installed on my previous system was not working anymore because Microsoft seemed to have replaced the uxtheme.dll file with a newer version which had the result...
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Recycling Computers, Monitors, PartsHere in the Valley we have Allied Waste located in Albany, and they will take most of the computers and electronic stuff. They get a little unhappy if you bring in a truckload, but a few parts or a PC & monitor are fine. Just drive over to their site and you can drop it off in Albany, near the Train Yards. Allied Waste is located at - 1214 SE Montgomery St, Albany OR, 541-928-2551.Staples has a program now that you drop off your electronics and they bag it up and send it to a recycler. There is no charge...
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
When the Internet first started up, it really was used as a government and Educational resource to store and gain access to research material. It was never originally designed to do what we do today. It is like creating a wagon for the kids to play in, then eventually it turns into an aircraft capable of flying across the State!A few years ago it was becoming evident that the Internet was running out of Internet addresses. This is a lot like our phone numbers, how we run out of prefixes or even area codes, because we need more numbers for more...
Monday, 10 August 2009
If you have any type of printer problems then you can try below methods to solve your problems instead of directly calling tech support guys , just follow below methods to solve your printer problemsClearing out Stuck Print Jobs - Method 1If your printer is not printing, check the print job status, also known as the print spooler. Usually the little printer icon will be stuck down by your clock on the bottom right side of your desktop. Double Click the printer icon, and check the status of your print job. See if your job is printing or if there...
Monday, 3 August 2009
The Microsoft Office ButtonThe Microsoft Office button does many of the work that were located in the File menu of older Word. This button allows you to create a new document, open an existing file, save or save as, print, send publish or close.Each of the tabs contains the following tools:Home: Clipboard, Fonts, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing.Insert: Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text, and SymbolsPage Layout: Themes, Page Setup, Page Background, Paragraph, ArrangeReferences: Table of Contents, Footnote, Citation &...
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