Useful Windows Topics

The Topics covered are

1. Disable Restart Now Message After Windows Automatic Update Message
2. Which version of DirectX is on your computer
3. Start menu games are missing (xp)
4. Save OR Restore Bookmarks in IE, Firefox, Chrome and Opera
5. Office---How to create a new email profile in Outlook 2010, in Outlook 2007, and in Outlook 2003
6. Office --2007-How to Remove Microsoft Groove Synchronization
7. How To Troubleshoot Stopping, Freezing, or Reboot Issues During Windows Startup
8. How to disable Ad-blockers (on your favorite sites).
9. How to Backup Drivers in Windows
10. 20 Must-Have IE and Firefox Shortcuts
11. xp features
12. xp safemode

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Drivers Sites

Generic Driver Resource Sites:
DriverZone: http://www.driverzone.com/

Helpdrivers: http://www.helpdrivers.com/

PC Drivers:http://www.pcdrivers.com/

Driverpacks.net: http://driverpacks.n...ts/DriverPacks/

Drivers Guide: http://driversguide.com/

Totally Drivers: http://www.totallydrivers.com/

Printer Drivers: http://www.printer-drivers.com/

Windrivers: http://www.windrivers.com/



USB Drivers: http://www.usb-drivers.com/

USBMan: http://www.usbman.co...and Patches.htm

Bootdisk: http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm

Linux-USB: http://www.linux-usb.org/

Download.com: http://www.download....tag=dir?tag=dir

Video/graphics drivers:

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.co...ers/drivers.asp

Ageia: http://www.ageia.com...ts/drivers.html

Ati: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Tv Tuner Cards: http://www.tv-cards.com/drivers.php

Direct X: http://www.microsoft...tx/default.aspx

Sound Drivers:

Creative Labs Sound Blaster: http://us.creative.c...port/downloads/ 

Peripherals/Components Manufacturer Drivers:

Hp:http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Xfx: http://www.xfxforce....rt/drivers.jspa

Asus: http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx

D-link: http://support.dlink.com/downloads/

Lg: http://www.lge.com/s...rt/software.jsp

Cannon: http://www.usa.canon...ownloadIndexAct

Lexmark: http://support.lexma...cs=37:1:0:0:0:0

Chaintech: http://www.chaintech...w/eng/Download/

Msi: http://www.msi.com.t...pt_dvr_list.php

Biostar: http://www.biostar-u...ownloadmain.asp

Razer: http://www.razerpro....c...3&Itemid=27

Abit: http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/

Epson: http://www.epson.ca/...UseBVCookie=yes

Mach: http://www.machspeed.com/products.htm

Linksys: http://www.linksys.c...FVisitorWrapper

Asrock: http://www.asrock.co...l=939Dual-SATA2

http://www.linksys.com/

Pioneer: http://www.pioneer-e...rt/support.html

Diamond: http://www.diamondmm...hivelicense.php

Iomega: https://iomega-na-en...cci/product.php

Mitsubishi: http://www.mitsubish...loads/index.htm

Zboard: http://www.zboard.co...ads/drivers.asp

Belkin: http://www.belkin.co...ad/download.asp

Samsung: http://www.samsung.c...load/index.aspx

Viewsonic: http://www.viewsonic...ivers/index.cfm

Plextor: http://www.plextor.c...rs/drivers.html

Liteon-It: http://www.liteonit....o...r&Itemid=75

Microsoft: http://www.microsoft...d/Download.mspx

Gigabyte: http://www.gigabyte....er_GIGABYTE.htm

Logitech: http://www.logitech..../CA/EN,CRID=270

Voodoo: http://www.voodoofiles.com/

Intel: http://downloadfinde...pport_intel.asp

Cisco: http://www.cisco.com...port/index.html

Realtek: http://www.realtek.com.tw/

Via:http://www.via.com.tw/en/index.jsp or http://www.viaarena....t.aspx?PageID=2

C-media: http://www.cmedia.com.tw/ or http://www.cmedia.com/?q=en/driver

Sis: http://www.sis.com/

Us-Robotics: http://www.usr.com/home.asp

Kensington: http://www.kensington.com/

Leadtek: http://www.leadtek.c...list_driver.asp

Evga: http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/

Jetway: http://www.jetway.co...river/index.htm

Foxconn: http://www.foxconnch...motherboard.cfm

Epox: http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/support.php

Albatron: http://www.albatron....ce/Download.asp

ECS: http://www.ecs.com.t...t...=35&LanID=0

DFI: http://us.dfi.com.tw...n...=MB&SITE=US

Iwill: http://www.iwill.net/support.asp

Trendware: http://www.trendnet.com/en/downloads/ or http://www.trendware.com/downloads/

Hauppauge: http://www.hauppauge...rt/support.html

Vantec: http://www.vantec.co...ch.php?mainid=1

Goldstar: http://ca.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp

S3: http://www.s3graphic...ivers/index.jsp

Trident: http://www.tridentmi...ite/drivers.asp or http://www.computerh...ivers/video.htm

Sapphire Technology: http://www.sapphiret...ort/drivers.php

Jackson Armor: http://www.jacksonar...om/download.php

Computer Manufacturer Drivers:

Dell: http://support.dell....oads/index.aspx

Apple (mac): http://www.apple.com...macosx/drivers/

Shuttle: http://global.shuttl...ad/download.asp

http://sys.us.shuttl...rt/Support2.htm

Hp: http://www.hp.com/co...en/support.html

Sony: http://esupport.sony...DIRECTOR=DRIVER

E-Machines: http://www.emachines...ct_support.html

Voodoo Game Doctor: http://www.voodoopc..../myaccount.aspx

Alienware: http://support.alien...pport_Area.aspx

Acer: http://global.acer.c...pport/index.htm

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/

Toshiba: http://www.csd.toshi...kceghdgngdgmn.0

Other

http://www.digg.com/..._Hate_Searching

http://www.pcworld.c...x,1,pg,1,00.asp

http://www.planetamd...e=64bit drivers

http://www.nzone.com...betadriver.html

http://www.nvidia.co...li_drivers.html

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3>>  Another email with your free license key will be sent to you within few hours.

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avast! Free Antivirus

Hi, I am using avast! Free Antivirus and it is great. Say goodbye to your paid antivirus, as avast! is totally free
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Differences between OEM, RTM, RC and Retail

what’s the difference between OEM, RTM, RC and Retail? These are all different edition of a OS, but with the same capabilities.

OEM: “Original Equipment Manufacturing”. OEM is the edition which comes preinstalled on a computer. So when you buy a PC, the OS edition that you’ll get is this one. The OEM has the same capabilities as the Retail.

 RTM: “Release to Manufacturing”.RTM is an edition that is no longer in the development stage, but not released to customers yet

 RC: “Release Candidate”. Exactly what it means, this edition comes right before the RTM. Different version of the RC are indicated by rc1, rc2 and so on.

Retail: The final one, is the Retail. This edition is the same as the OEM, but it’s not preinstalled and sold separately in a box, usually at a higher price. You should buy it only if you have a computer that doesn’t have any OS installed, maybe because you’re building it yourself

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How to Change Hard Drive Icon Colors

First thing to do is make a new folder for your icons in a place of your choosing and name it "HardDriveIcons".
Next, collect your icons and place them in the "HardDriveIcons" folder.
Note; All icons should be 256x256 in size w/ .ico extension.

Now, open "Regedit" and navigate to; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes

Expand "Classes" and scroll down to "Applications" (if that key does not exist, create it by right clicking on "Classes", then "New", then "Key", name it, then hit Enter)
Under "Applications" expand "Explorer.exe", then "Drives" (if neither of those sub-keys exist, create "Explorer.exe" by right clicking "Applications", then "New", then "Key", name it, then hit "Enter", create "Drives" by right clicking "Explorer.exe", then "New", then "Key", name it, then hit "Enter")
Now, under "Drives" create new keys for each drive using the drive letter as the name, then under each drive, create a new sub-key and name it "DefaultIcon"
When finished it should look something like this;

Now, to change the icons;
Click on "DefaultIcon" and in the right pane, right click on (Default), then click on "Modify", then in the "Value" Data box, enter the location of your hard drive icons,
ie: J:/HardDriveIcons/black.ico.
Do this for each drive icon you wish to change and that's it, your done.

Before: Standard Windows Drive Icons

 

 

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Windows Run Commands

The commands work on all Windows based Operating Systems like Windows 7, Windows Xp, Windows Vista,Windows Server 2008 and Windos Server 2003.

Open the "Run" dialogue, by pressing "Windows logo + R". Now type in one of the following commands to open a program.

1) access.cpl ----> Accessibility Controls
2) hdwwiz.cpl ----> Add Hardware Wizard
3) appwiz.cpl ----> Add/Remove Programs
4) control admintools ----> Administrative Tools
5) wuaucpl.cpl ----> Automatic Updates
6) fsquirt ----> Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
7) calc ----> Calculator
8) certmgr.msc ----> Certificate Manager
9) charmap ----> Character Map
10) chkdsk ----> Check Disk Utility

11) clipbrd ----> Clipboard Viewer
12) cmd ----> Command Prompt
13) dcomcnfg ----> Component Services
14) compmgmt.msc ----> Computer Management
15) control panel ----> Control Panel
16) timedate.cpl ----> Date and Time Properties
17) ddeshare ----> DDE Share
18) devmgmt.msc ----> Device Manager
19) directx.cpl ----> Direct X Control Panel
20) dxdiag ----> Direct X Troubleshooter

21) cleanmgr ----> Disk Cleanup Utility
22) dfrg.msc ----> Disk Defragment
23) diskmgmt.msc ----> Disk Management
24) diskpart ----> Disk Partition Manager
25) control desktop ----> Display Properties
26) desk.cpl ----> Display Properties
27) control color ----> Display Properties
28) drwtsn32 ----> Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
29) verifier ----> Driver Verifier Utility
30) eventvwr.msc ----> Event Viewer

31) sigverif ----> File Signature Verification Tool
32) findfast.cpl ----> Findfast
33) control folders ----> Folders Properties
34) control fonts ----> Fonts
35) fonts ----> Fonts Folder
36) joy.cpl ----> Game Controllers
37) gpedit.msc ----> Group Policy Editor
38) iexpress ----> Iexpress Wizard
39) ciadv.msc ----> Indexing Service
40) inetcpl.cpl ----> Internet Properties

41) Iexplore ----> Internet Explorer
42) ipconfig /all ----> IP Configuration (Connection Configuration)
43) ipconfig /displaydns ----> IP Config (Displays DNS Cache Contents)
44) ipconfig /flushdns ----> IP Config (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
45) ipconfig /release ----> IP Config (Release All Connections)
46) ipconfig /renew ----> IP Config (Renew All Connections)
47) ipconfig /registerdns ----> IP Config (Refresh DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
48) ipconfig /showclassid ----> IP Config (Display DHCP Class ID)
49) ipconfig /setclassid ----> IP Config (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
50) jpicpl32.cpl ----> Java Control Panel (If Installed)

51) javaws ----> Java Control Panel (If Installed)
52) toy.cpl ----> Joystick Properties (If Installed)
53) control keyboard ----> Keyboard Properties
54) main.cpl keyboard ----> Keyboard Properties
55) secpol.msc ----> Local Security Settings
56) usrmgr.msc ----> Local Users and Groups
57) logoff ----> Logs You Out Of Windows
58) winchat ----> Microsoft Chat
59) winmine ----> Minesweeper Game
60) control mouse ----> Mouse Properties

61) main.cpl ----> Mouse Properties
62) control netconnections ----> Network Connections
63) ncpa.cpl ----> Network Connections
64) netsetup.cpl ----> Network Setup Wizard
65) notepad ----> Notepad
66) nvtuicpl.cpl ----> Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)
67) packager ----> Object Packager
68) odbccp32.cpl ----> ODBC Data Source Administrator
69) osk ----> On Screen Keyboard
70) ac3filter.cpl ----> Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)

71) password.cpl ----> Password Properties
72) perfmon.msc ----> Performance Monitor
73) perfmon ----> Performance Monitor
74) telephon.cpl ----> Phone and Modem Options
75) powercfg.cpl ----> Power Management
76) control printers ----> Printers and Faxes
77) printers ----> Printers Folder
78) eudcedit ----> Private Character Editor
79) QuickTime.cpl ----> Quicktime (If Installed)
80) intl.cpl ----> Regional Settings

81) regedit ----> Registry Editor
82) regedit32 ----> Registry Editor
83) mstsc ----> Remote Desktop
84) ntmsmgr.msc ----> Removable Storage
85) ntmsoprq.msc ----> Removable Storage Operator Requests
86) rsop.msc ----> Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
87) sticpl.cpl ----> Scanners and Cameras
88) control schedtasks ----> Scheduled Tasks
89) wscui.cpl ----> Security Center
90) services.msc ----> Services

91) fsmgmt.msc ----> Shared Folders
92) shutdown ----> Shuts Down Windows
93) mmsys.cpl ----> Sounds and Audio
94) spider ----> Spider Solitare Card Game
95) cliconfg ----> SQL Client Configuration
96) sysedit ----> System Configuration Editor
97) msconfig ----> System Configuration Utility
98) sfc /scannow ----> System File Checker (Scan Immediately)
99) sfc /scanonce ----> System FC (Scan Once At Next Boot)
100) sfc /scanboot ----> System FC (Scan On Every Boot)

101) sfc /revert ----> System FC (Return to Default Setting)
102) sfc /purgecache ----> System FC (Purge File Cache)
103) sfc /cachesize=x ----> System FC (Set Cache Size to size x)
104) sysdm.cpl ----> System Properties
105) Taskmgr ----> Task Manager
106) nusrmgr.cpl ----> User Account Management
107) utilman ----> Utility Manager
108) explorer ----> Windows Explorer
109) firewall.cpl ----> Windows Firewall
110) magnify ----> Windows Magnifier

111) wmimgmt.msc ----> Windows Management Infrastructure
112) syskey ----> Windows System Security Tool
113) wupdmgr ----> Windows Update Launches
114) winver ----> Windows Version
115) tourstart ----> Windows XP Tour Wizard
116) Write ----> WordPad

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How to Disable or Stop Auto CHKDSK During Windows Startup

One of Windows annoying so called “feature” is CHKDSK being automatically being run whenever you don’t shut down your computer properly. You get the blue colored screen that says “Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue. To skip disk checking, press any key within 10 seconds(s).

Simply pressing any key would stop CHKDSK from running but when you restart your computer, you’ll get this prompt again. Sometimes even after letting CHKDSK scan the drive that it wants to, CHKDSK would still automatically run at next boot! Here’s how to disable or stop CHKDSK at Windows bootup.

There are some people suggested to edit the registry but the proper way to disable CHKDSK from starting up is using the /x switch on chkntfs command in command prompt

. The /x switch will exclude a drive from the default boot-time check. If you have drive C: as your hard drive, then the command to disable chkdsk from scanning C: drive would be:

   chkntfs /x c:

If you have 2 drive, C and D, you can disable chkdsk with the command below

    chkntfs /x c: d:

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