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Windows Non-Genuine Errors |
Windows XP-based computers that were
installed by using a Volume License
product key might be marked as
non-genuine.
OEM XP version
and serious Validation problem
(Various posts) |
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Norton Antivirus 2006 getting error:
"Norton does not..." |
Download the following 2 files into
C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Symantec Shared folder.
Restart the PC. Viola.
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DNS and/or name resolution messed up
on a Windows ME or Windows 98
machine.
This can be from a previous proxy
server setting or one of those
shitty download accelerators. |
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article - 274498
Uninstall TCP/IP & dial up
networking, remove the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\winsock2
registry key, then reboot and
reinstall TCP/IP & Dialup
networking. |
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All about the boot.ini file |
http://www.hotlinkdata.com/boot.ini
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Reinstall/Fix TCP/IP in Windows XP |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
299357 |
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Here's a simple program that fixes
many Winsock/TCP/IP browsing
problems in Windows XP. Use this
for "This page cannot be displayed"
errors that you can't seem to fix. |
WinsockXPFix.exe |
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All about the boot.ini file. |
bootini.htm |
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Microsoft Windows XP Problems
connecting to https sites or Windows
Update. Use this is you get a
message saying your cannot view
ActiveX components/controls, etc,
even though security is set way
low. Specifically, try registering
the .DLL files it says. Worked for
me.. and I tried EVERYTHING!
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
813444 |
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You may receive a "STOP 0x0000007B"
Error Message When You Restart Your
Windows XP-Based Computer after
installing a new motherboard. |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
316401 |
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How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
(Reinstallation) of Windows XP -
Used to fix the above problem as
long as the IDE controller detects.
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
315341 |
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Error Message: "Access Is Denied"
When You Try to Open NTFS File
System Folders. For example, you
installed a fresh copy of XP or
Win2k on a hard drive with existing
Documents & Settings, or you stick
someone else's hard drive drive in
your machine to read the data. You
need to give yourself rights or take
ownership of these files/folders. |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
823306 |
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This article describes how to change
the port that Remote Desktop listens
on |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
306759 |
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USB Printing, Terminal Services, &
Remote Desktop - DOT4 printers not
redirected. |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
302361 |
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Verbose Booting in Win2k/XP
Changing this registry key allows
you to see everything Windows XP is
loading up. Gives you a chance to
see what services or file are
killing the boot. |
Open your registry and find or
create this key:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE ->
Microsoft -> Windows ->
CurrentVersion -> Policies -> System
To enable verbose status messages
create a new DWORD value called "verbosestatus"
and set it to "1". (verbosestatus
REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1))
An additional value called "DisableStatusMessages"
forces status messages to be
disabled, make sure this value does
not exist or is set to "0". (DisableStatusMessages
REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0))
Restart Windows for the change to
take effect. |
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You are prompted to save changes
when you close a Word document
even though you have made no changes |
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
816473 |
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Add/Remove Program entries and
possible "Big White Space" in the
Add/Remove list. |
Look in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
This is where the keys in the
Add/Remove program list are
located. Removing one of these keys
and/or modifying the display name
updates the listing under Add/Remove
Program list. If it's a big white
space in the Add/Remove programs
between listings, then Most likely
the display icon has a negative
number. (Autocad seems particularly
prone to cause this.) |
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Find the Windows product key
(registration key) on a Win9x
machine. |
Both are run from the Windows
directory, or provide the path on
the command line to system.dat.
Windows 95: find "ProductID"
system.dat >regcode.txt
Windows 98/ME: find "ProductKey"
system.dat >regcode.txt |
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Tape Backup Script |
C:\WINNT\system32\NTBACKUP.EXE
backup "@C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\Nightly
Backup Selections.bks" /v:no /r:no /rs:no
/hc:on /m normal /j "Nightly Backup"
/l:s /p "Travan" /um |
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How to lower the password
restrictions on Server 2003 |
*Select DOMAIN SECURITY POLICY (Not
Domain CONTROLLER security policy)
from ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
*Click on SECURITY SETTINGS->ACCOUNT
POLICIES->PASSWORD POLICY
*Right click on MINIMUM PASSWORD
LENGTH in the right pane.
*Click PROPERTIES
*Make sure DEFINE THIS POLICY
checkbox is checked.
*Set the password to the number of
characters desired.
*Double click on PASSWORD MUST MEET
COMPLEXITY REQUIREMENTS in the right
pane.
*Make sure DEFINE THIS POLICY
checkbox is checked.
*Select the DISABLED option.
*Close open windows, and go to a CMD
prompt.
*Type gpupdate /force to put the
policy into effect. |
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Cannot file share with XP Home
system. |
http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/25769.html |
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Ports blocked by Cox |
C0X presently blocks Port 25 (both
directions except for access to Cox
HSI provided mail servers), port 80
(inbound), port 135 (both
directions), Ports 136-139 (both
directions), Port 445 (both
directions), Port 1433 (inbound),
Port 1434 (inbound), Port 1900 (both
directions) and Port 27374 (both
directions). |
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WinXP SP2 installation bombing out
SP2 security issue fix
SP2 permissions problems. |
*Download and
install SUBINACL.EXE from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en
*Create a file named reset.cmd in
C:\Program Files\Windows Resource
Kits\Tools folder.
*Edit the reset.cmd file with the
following content.
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
/grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
/grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
/grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive%
/grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=systems=f
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive%
/grant=system=f
*Enter into CMD prompt and enter the
following commands one at a time and
click Enter:
cd\
cd "C:\Program Files\Windows
Resource Kits\Tools"
reset.cmd
*After a few minutes by processing
subinacl, please test the problem
again. |
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Cannot sync DBX, MDB, etc files when
using Offline Files. |
To synchronize any file, click
Start, Run and run gpedit.msc.
Navigate to Local Computer Policy,
Computer Configuration,
Administrative Templates, Network,
Offline Files, Files Not Cached. By
default, Files Not Cached is set to
Not Configured. Set it to Enabled.
Log off, and log on again, and set
all files that wouldn't sync/offline
before to sync/offline now. |
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Offline Files |
Makes sure all subfolders are
available offline. |
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How to turn OFF Recovery Console
asking for a password. |
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion-
\Setup\RecoveryConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to
1 |
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A site with some amazing utilities
to fix all sorts of problems with XP |
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm |
