Posted by Mumyls on July 12th, 2009 at 10:40 am
If a disk or volume fails, naturally you want to repair it as soon as possible to avoid losing data. The Disk Management snap-in makes it easy to locate problems quickly. In the Status column of the list view, you can view the status of a disk or volume. The status also appears in the graphical view of each disk or volume.
Diagnosing Problems
To diagnose disk and/or volume problems, perform the following steps:
1. Open Add Hardware in the Control Panel. Click Next. Windows XP tries to detect...
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Posted by Mumyls on June 5th, 2009 at 7:19 am
You'll find dozens ways to tweak your XP from Registry, but to give you a sense of the breadth of the kinds of hacks you can accomplish using the Registry, I've included a wide-ranging sample of Registry hacks here as well.
Automatically Close Programs at Shutdown
When you shut down Windows, if you have any programs running you'll get a message box warning you that a program is still running. Then you have to close the program and tell XP again to shut down. It's a fairly pointless warning b...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 25th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Most of the time the items in the startup folder are there for reason. These are programs you access frequently or may need running in the background to perform some common task, such as synchronizing your personal digital assistant. For example, if you check Outlook for new email and to synch your appointment calendar every time your computer starts in the morning, why not add a shortcut for Outlook in your startup folder? That way, you can turn on the machine, get a cup of coffee, and return w...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am
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&qu...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 15th, 2009 at 4:24 am
STOP NOISE IN COPYING AUDIO CD When using 3rd party burning software (eg, Nero Burning Rom) to copy audio CD,some noise may be heard at the end of each track. To prevent this,try the following method: 1. Enter System Properties\device manager 2. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers 3. Double click on thee CD writer IDE channel 4. Select advance setting 5. Change the transfer mode to 'PIO Only' 6. Restart Computer DISABLING THE 'UNSIGNED DRIVER' DIALOGS This option wll disable...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 9th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Because of the security features built into Windows XP, it is virtually impossible to get back into the system without the password.
You have several options to try and get around this problem.
If you have access to another user account with administrator rights, you can use that account to change the password
of the account that is locked out. You can also use the default Administrator account that is built into Windows XP. (more...)...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
As the size of hard drives increase, more people are using partitions to separate and store groups of files. XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor (regedit) and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default, this value will ...
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Posted by Mumyls on April 7th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing. 1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with...
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