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SYMPTOMS: On a Windows XP-based computer, you may experience one or both of the following behaviors: 1)The Volume icon is no longer displayed in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar. 2)When you try to add the volume control icon to the notification area (in the Sounds and Audio Devices utility in Control Panel, click to select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box on the Volume tab), you receive the following error message: Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume Control program has not been installed. To install it use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. As a result, you cannot start the Volume Control program and adjust the volume and sound level settings of your computer . CAUSE: This behavior can occur if the Sndvol32.exe file is damaged or missing. RESOLUTION: To resolve this issue, extract a new copy of Sndvol32.exe from the Windows XP compact disc to the system_root\System32 folder on yo...

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After successfully updating Windows, the operating system will almost always require a restart. This required restart is presented to you in the form of a dialog box that has no close button! This can be extremely annoying especially if you plan to restart at a later time Luckily with a simple command we can disable this dialog box. Here's how: * Click -> Run (This opens the Run dialog box) * cmd and press Enter (This brings up the Command Prompt window) * the command sc stop wuauserv This command stops the service responsible for the popup that asks if you want to restart now or later.

Here is a very helpful list of Windows 2000/XP commands. at (windows XP/2000) Scheduling utility. bootcfg (XP only) This utility allows you to set up your boot options, such as your default OS and other loading options. cacls (XP, 2000, & NT4.0) Changes the ACLs (security Settings) of files and folders. Very similar to chmod in Linux. comp (XP & 2000) This utility is very similar to diff in Linux. Use the /? switch to get examples of command usage. contig (works with NT4.0 and newer) A great defrag utility for NTFS partitions. control (XP only) - unpublished! Allows you to launch control panel applets from the command line. control userpasswords2, for example will launch a helpful local user admin utility. defrag (XP only - NT4.0 and Win2k use conti g) Yes, XP comes with a command line disk defrag utility. If you are running Win2k or NT4.0 there is still hope. Contig is a free defrag program that I describe on the defrag page. diskpart (XP only) Use this command to mana...

Dynamic disks allow for better administration. You can span a volume across multiple dynamic disks or stripe multiple dynamic disks. Dynamic disks also allow you to repair data without the need for restarting the computer. Note: * Only Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate editions support dynamic disks. * Disks on laptop computers cannot be converted to dynamic. You can enable dynamic disks on a drive by performing the following steps. - Click Start button, right-click Computer , and click Manage . - Expand the plus sign next to Storage under Computer Management . - Click Disk Management . - Right-click the disk you wish to convert, and the click Convert to Dynamic Disk...

Use this quick and very simple way to list all your shared drives and folders using the command line. This works on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008 across all versions. Here's how you do it: - Click Start -> Run -Type cmd and press Enter (This launches the command prompt) - Type the following code in the command prompt window: wmic share get caption,name,path

Why are passwords important? Believe it or not, there are lots of people out in the world who try to guess or "crack" passwords in order to snoop around. We have an obligation to protect information stored on our computer systems from unauthorized access. The kind of access people have to computers in public institutions like NYU provides many opportunities for password cracking. Creating "good" passwords and keeping them private are important elements of computer security. This means making "good" passwords that are difficult or impossible to guess or be discovered – even by individuals who with mischievous or criminal intent try to guess or "crack" password in order to gain access to computer accounts or systems. How can I create a good password? When activating your NetID and setting or changing your password , please take into account the following password guidelines 1. passwords must be 6 or more characters in length 2. must con...

To Access…. Run Command. Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools control.exe admintools Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt Calculator calc Certificate Manager certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility chkdsk Clipboard Viewer clipbrd Command Prompt cmd Component Services dcomcnfg Computer Management compmgmt.msc Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl DDE Shares ddeshare Device Manager devmgmt.msc Direct X Control Panel (if installed)* directx.cpl Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr Disk Defragment dfrg.msc Disk Management diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager diskpart Display Properties control.exe desktop Display Properties desk.cpl Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) control.exe color Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32 Driver Verifier Utility verifier Event Viewer eventvwr.msc File Signature Verification Tool sigverif ...

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Internet Explorer 7.0 is the long awaited tabbed web browser by Microsoft. Nearly four years after the release of Internet Explorer 6.0, in the face of growing competition from Mozilla's Firefox, Microsoft has finally given the old IE platform a facelift. Optimized design along with new cool interface, favorites centre, search box, RSS feeds and most importantly easy to use tabbed browsing are the exclusive features of this new internet explorer. You must have Windows XP Service Pack-2 (SP2) in order to install Internet Explorer 7.0. But still you will face a problem while installing this new Internet Explorer if your copy of Windows XP is not a genuine (non-pirated) one, since IE 7.0 installation requires genuine windows validation!!! So what to do??? Don’t worry… There are some tricky steps through which you can install IE 7.0 even in your pirated copy of windows XP bypassing the genuine windows validation. You just have to follow the following steps one by one: 1. Download Inter...

Installing Windows Server 2008 and Active Directory Server Edition Check Installation Procedure Initial Configuration of Windows Server 2008 Adding Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 Promotion of a Windows 2008 server to a Domain Controller Active Directory Users and Groups in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Review - What's New in 2008 Windows Server 2008 - Server Manager Active Directory Auditing Renaming the Administrator Account Creating Users Creating Groups Adding Users to Groups Event Viewer in Server 2008 Windows Server Core and DHCP Servers What is Server Core? What can Server Core do? Server Core Roles How to Set the Admin Password in Server Core Rename the Computer in Server CoreJoin a Domain in Server Core DHCP Role Installation Critical Commands to know for Server Core Set Up the Windows Firewall on Server 2008 Install RSAT Create an MMC to Connect to Windows Server Core Windows Server 2008 File and Print Servers What's New with File and Print Server ...

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1. Windows Vista Images Are Bigger With Windows XP and Windows 2000, it was possible to create images that would fit easily on a single CD (less than 700MB). Even organizations that added applications, drivers, and utilities to their image typically ended up with an operating system image in the 1GB to 3GB range. With Windows Vista, image size begins at about 2GB--compressed. Once this image is deployed, the size is often around 5GB or more, and there's no way to reduce it. If you add additional applications, drivers, or other files, this image obviously grows even larger. So how will you deploy the image? Does your network have the necessary capacity? (10MB networks or non-switched networks are not sufficient.) If you want to use CDs, how many can you deal with? You'll need three or four. DVDs (with a capacity of 4.7GB each) are now easy to create, so you can deploy using DVD drives if you have them. (If not, consider adding DVD drives when buying the next round of PCs.) With ...

Terminal Services is a component of Microsoft Windows operating systems (both client and server versions) that allows a user to access applications or data stored on a remote computer over a network connection. Terminal Services is Microsoft's take on server centric computing, which allows individual users to acces network resources easily. Remote desktop is working with the help of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a multi-channel protocol that allows a user to connect to a computer running Microsoft Terminal Services. The server listens by default on TCP port 3389. Terminal service is client server environment where one computer acting as a terminal server which will serve the requests from the TS clients. This can be two modes one is Application Server mode, the other is Remote Administration mode. The former is used to access the applications on the server which requires licence and the later is used to remote administration which does not require licence. Remote Desktop sharing...

1. If you hate the look of Aero, click Start/Control Panel/Themes and you can choose a non-Aero theme, such as Windows Classic. 2. Windows Vista's installer can detect serial-ATA (SATA) drives without the need to provide a driver diskette. Don't bother creating a diskette for your SATA drives before you install Vista. 3. If, for some reason, the Vista installation gets interrupted due to an unintentional shutdown or reboot, start the computer without booting the Vista DVD. Windows Vista's installer should pick up where it left off. If it does-n't, then restart the installation over from scratch. 4. When you perform a search with Vista's new, instant search feature, you can save the search in a special folder. This powerful feature allows you to create a virtual folder which, by default, is saved in your \\Searches\ folder. Every time you open such a folder, the search results are updated. 5. In Windows Vista, you can add additional clocks to the system tray. Click t...

Start movie in Paint! * First start a movie in any player. * Then open Paint. * Now, in the player when the movie is being played, press "Print screen" button on your key board. * Now, Press ctrl+v in Paint* Leave the movie player open and don't minimize it. * Open Paint now and see the movie in the Paint!

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Ever want to boot up into Windows XP via a USB memory key? Well, now you can !!! This is a miniature version of Win XP Just enough to get you up and running so you can restore from backup, access your files, or do whatever you have to doSize - 60.4 MB packed and 152 MB unpacked Installation instructions: livexp usb-stick installer script v0.9 After the download and dearchive, run LiveXP.bat -[main]- 1) change source path []- path to livexp source files 2) change target path []- path where livexp will be installed - 3) list or format volume(s).- use for formatting usb flash devices 4) create, delete partition(s).- use for partitioning a harddisk - q) quit. ***Enter your choice :1peinst: please give the location to your source livexp filesenter source path :c:\temp\installdir\ -[main]- 1) change source path [c:\temp\installdir\]- path to livexp source files - 2) change target path []- path where livexp will be installed - 3) list or format volume(s).- use for formatting usb flash devices...

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1) Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc 2) Click Limit Reservable Bandwidth 3) Set Bandwidth Limit (%): to zero.

How to rename your Windows Logon box? Run regedit and go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Then add or change the key: LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ="(Title for Box)" And the same for this key: LegalNoticeText REG_SZ="(Message to be displayed in the box)"

Just > Start / Run / gpedit.msc . See the image below Then select whatever option you like. Great tip! I'snt it?

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