For those of us who held fast to XP, moving to the new Windows 7 operating system Welcome to the wonderful Windows 7, I completely love it. Some people have now changed over to Windows 7 from Windows XP. If you are one the people out there who has made the change, I would like [...]
01.5.10 | Windows XP Tips | admin
It is pretty awesome to know that the Windows hibernate button actually appears, when you have this button enabled with regard to the Power options. You can press the Shift as well as the turn off computer screen. Although the aspect to consider is that there is a certain registry tweak which I speak of, [...]
12.14.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
All those Windows Xp users who desire a login screen which looks like the login screen of Windows 7 need to try the “Windows 7 Default Login”, which is brought to the user via AskVG.com. In roder to setup this logon Screen, simply fgollow the steps provided below: • Navigate to “\WINDOWS\Resources” and create folder [...]
08.7.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
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. The default Administrator account that is built into Windows XP can also be used. Firstly, you need to boot the system into Safe Mode.
05.19.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
Modify Explorer.exe File: The file explorer.exe located at C:/Windows needs to be edited in order to make the changes. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purpose of this article we have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources [...]
05.13.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
This week Microsoft is preparing to update Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Notifications for Windows XP. This new version includes the usual updates to validation that improve WGA’s ability to detect invalid product keys and other attempts to avoid product activation. Microsoft has focused on including the latest validation information
05.6.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
Before you jump into editing your registry it is highly advisable to first create backup of your registry. 1. Open your registry editor. Click Start>Go to RUN and type REGEDIT. 2. Navigate to the following keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, scroll down
04.18.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
Follow the steps below: 1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.*/q” (without the quotes) and save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\ 2. From the Start menu, select “Run” and type “gpedit.msc”. 3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
03.22.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
When installing any software and it has not been done correctly, Windows will refuse to boot after restart. Windows can be booted in safe mode in such circumstances but the installer will not work. When re-booting in safe mode, you need to create a registry entry for Windows installer for it to install. NB: If [...]
03.14.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
To deal with the “Unmountable Boot Volume in Windows XP” error when starting Windows XP, you will need to have your Windows XP install CD. Follow these steps: 1. Boot your system from the Windows XP CD. 2. Hit “R” at the “Welcome to Setup” screen. 3. Type “chkdsk/p” at the prompt (no quotes) to [...]
03.12.09 | Windows XP Tips | admin
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