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How To Do Things Eg: Format,Reinstall,Restore,Network

How to Format windows And Reinstall

How To Partiton A Hard Drive

How to Reformat Using an XP CD
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Clean install of WindowsXP
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How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
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How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) the step-by-step guide
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How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD on a System with Windows Pre-loaded
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Creating A Virtual Machine With VMware Workstation Software
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How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
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Parental Control Tool powerful security utility that allows you to restrict access to Windows important resources many aspects of the Internet Explorer Web browser.
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How to troubleshoot a Windows PC Network Interface Card
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How to troubleshoot a Windows PC Motherboard
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How to troubleshoot a Wireless Network 802.11B
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How to troubleshoot a Windows PC Hard Disk Drive
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How To Show Hidden File Extensions
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How To Get To Device Manager
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Windows Complete PC Backup
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Adding An Email Account To Vistas Windows Mail
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How do you make Vista desktop icons smaller

1) Right-click the desktop, choose View, and choose between "Classic icons", "Medium icons" and "Large icons" (the default is medium).
2) Click on an empty space on the desktop hold down the ctrl key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to up and down.

To hide desktop icons

Right-click the desktop, point to View, and then click Show Desktop Icons to clear the check mark

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I got an error that NTLDR is not found during bootup
Answer:

If you have win 98/me FAT32 partitions it is much simpler than with NTFS.
Just boot with a Win98 floppy and copy the NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM files
from the i386 directory to the root of the C:\ drive.

For NTFS:
Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.At the first R=Repair option, press the R key Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.Typically this will be #1 Enter in the administrator password when requested Enter in the following commands (X: is replaced by the actual drive letter that is assigned to the CD ROM drive.

1.COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C\:
2.COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
3.Take out the CD ROM and type exit

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NTOSKRNL Missing or Corrupt
Answer:
Follow these eight steps:

1)Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
2)At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3)Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
Typically this will be #1
4)Change to the drive that has the CD ROM.
5)CD i386
6)Expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
7)If WindowsXP is installed in a different location, just make the necessary change to C:\Windows
8)Take out the CD ROM and type exit

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Corrupted or Missing \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
Answer:
If you get the error:

Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

Follow these eight steps:
1.Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.

2.At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3.Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
Typically this will be #1
4.Enter in the administrator password when requested
5.cd \windows\system32\config
6.Depending on which section was corrupted:
ren software software.bad or ren system system.bad
7.Depending on which section was corrupted
copy \windows\repair\system
copy \windows\repair\software
8.Take out the CD ROM and type exit

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I get this error message "Unmountable Boot Volume".
Answer:
When booting up to Windows XP you may get an error that reads: "Unmountable Boot Volume".
This is probably because your boot.ini file is messed up. Here is a possible remedy:
You can boot to the XP cd and when you see the "Welcome to setup" message, press the letter R.

You will then get a DOS prompt.
Then type: chkdsk /p [enter]
When that is done type: fixboot [enter]
Type: Y at the next prompt [enter]
Then type: exit [enter]
The system will now reboot into Windows.
If for some reason that didn't work, you can boot to the recovery console (example above).
Type: "chkdsk /r" [enter]
When done type: exit [enter].
This takes a bit longer, but the system should boot back into Windows.

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How To enable Autologon in Windows XP Home Edition
Answer:

Option 1: Download and install TweakUI from the Powertoys for Windows XP collection. In the Logon section, set the default username and password to be used.
Option 2: From an Administrator account, click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Remove the check mark from Users must enter a username and password and click Apply. Follow the prompts.

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How do I delete an "undeletable" file?
Answer:

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager.

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How Do I Do a Repair Installation
Answer:

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive.
Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.
(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)
When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.
When you see the following message displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery Console is displayed. Do not select this option.
On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the license agreement.
Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair Windows XP.

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Disable Windows Messenger in Windows XP Pro
Answer:

If you're running Pro, you can use GPEDIT.MSC to prevent Messenger from loading. Otherwise, even disabling it in startup won't cause it to "always" not run. Outlook, OE and some MS web pages can still make it load.

1) Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC

2) For "per machine" restriction, go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Messenger
For "per user" restriction, go to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Messenger
3) You can now modify whether it starts initially and/or whether its to run at all.

Note: Outlook and Outlook Express will take longer to open, unless you turn off Messenger Support. In Outlook Express its in Tools, Options, General tab. In Outlook its in Tools, Options, Other. One additional Registry edit is needed to prevent a serious delay in opening OE if you use the Contacts Pane and have disabled or removed Messenger.
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How to convert FAT32 To NTFS?
Answer:

To change from FAT 32 to NTFS file system for more stability, security and less fragmentation, open the command prompt and type:

Convert C: /FS:NTFS
"C" being the drive you wish to convert. Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press Y. Then press Y and enter once more to reboot.This also works for windows XP Home.
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Crossover Ethernet Cable Pinouts

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