outlook 2003 error in registry for extension "exchange extensions"

When you open outlook 2003 the error message displayed as error in registry for extension "exchange extensions" then sometimes you have to close error message several times to go to the mail box, you can solve this problem by following these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Extensions
• In the right side delete the key Exchange Extensions
• Exit registry editor and open outlook
• Your problem will be solved
  

how to gain extra free disk space for C:Drive

Does your pc's windows partition (C: Drive) running low on disk space, then consider the following thing and you can gain more extra disk space.

Clear temporary files

• In run window type temp and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the temp folder
• In run window type %temp% and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the folder
• Delete temporary internet files, for internet explorer read this for mozilla firefox read this

Turn off system restore

• If you want you can disable system restore feature, this saves some disk space, click here to read how to disable system restore

Disable hibernation

• Open control panel, double click power option, click hibernation tab, then deselect "enable hibernation" click apply and ok

Empty recycle bin

• Always delete files from recycle bin

Change page file to another drive

• Right click on my computer
  
• Click properties
  
• Click advanced tab
  
• Under "performance" area click settings
  
• Click advanced tab,
• Click change under "virtual memory"
  
• Now in the drive list select another drive (that has more free space)
• Click custom size and enter value (megabytes) for initial size and maximum size, then click set
• Now select the C:Drive, click no page file and click set
• Restart pc, this will clear page file from C:Drive and move page file to the drive you specified

Change temporary folders path

• Right click on my computer
  
• Click properties
  
• Click advanced tab
• Click environment settings button
• In the upper area (under user variable) you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
  
• (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
• Now in "system variable" you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
• (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
• After all done click apply and ok

Change my documents path

• Right click on my documents, click properties
• Under "target folder location" click move and specify new path (drive that has more space)
• When prompt click yes and files begin to moving to new location

Extra tips

• Use disk cleanup frequently
• Do not save files on desktop
• Change email store folder path to another drive
  

how to disable error reporting service

This process will show how to disable error reporting service from your pc

• First right click on my computer
• Click properties
• Now click advanced tab
• Click on the error reporting button under the "startup and recovery"
• Now select disable error reporting by clicking it
• Click ok, then apply and ok
  

clear entries from run command

When you using commands in run window, it is stored in a registry (ex- when you type regedit to open registry, this command saved in a registry location) you can remove this commands by deleting them from registry, follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
• Now delete the keys that you dont want
• Now restart pc or Press F5 to refresh windows, this will do changes go into effect

how to remove program entry in add/remove programs

Follow these steps to remove program entry from add/remove programs

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
• Find the unwanted program key under uninstall key and delete it
  

how to turn off system beep sound

System beeps are useful, but you can disable this feature anytime by doing the following tweak.

• Go to registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
• In the right pane double click Beep key
• Change its value to No (default value is yes)
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer to changes go into effect
  

how to add administrator to welcome screen

No need to press Alt + Ctrl + Del twice to get login for administrator account, with a simple edit or registry you can add administrator login in welcome screen. follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
• Right click on the key and add new DWORD value
• Open the key and put 1 for value data field
• From the next restart you can see administrator login in welcome screen
  

add " copy to , move to" for context menu

When you right click on file or folder you will see "send to" in a context menu point to different locations, imagine you want to copy or cut the selected file or folder to another location, then you have to copy the file and go to the target folder and paste the file there, that is a long way, isn't it? but instead of taking long way you can add "copy to , move to" in the context menu that appears in right click, from there you can directly copy or move the selected file with easily, here is how to add "copy to , move to" in the context menu.

Add copy to for context menu

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
• Right click on key, click new key
• Name it as Copy To
• Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
  

Add move to for context menu

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
• Right click on key, click new key
• Name it as Move To
• Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
• Exit the registry editor
  

Now when you right click on a file or folder, above the send to option are two new options available, they are Copy to Folder and Move to Folder You can copy or move files or folders to other folders with this. right click and select copy to folder or move to folder, then it open small window named as copy items, in there select the location expanding the folder tree and click copy or move.

how to create keyboard shortcut for programs

Using keyboard shortcut to open specific program is easy , you can open the program by pressing combined keystrokes from keyboard, this saves time for taking long way to open program, here is how to do it.

• Right click the program shortcut (ex - ms word, skype) and click properties
• In the shortcut properties (in shortcut tab) you will see area "shortcut key"
• In the typing area (usually set as none) type a key you want to use for shortcut. (ex - type W to create shortcut for ms word)
• You will see, it automatically set as Ctrl + Alt + W
• Then apply and ok
• From now on, when you press combination keys of Ctrl + Alt + W ms word will start automatically.
  

how to disable right click functionality

This registry tweak can disable right click funtion, after doing this you cant right on my computer, folder or file. for example you cant do changes in system desktop appearance, themes, and screen saver as well as other display settings.actually this prevents the menu that displayed on right click, here's how to do it.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Now right click on the key and create new DWORD value
• Rename the key as " NoViewContextMenu "
• Double click to open the key and edit value data to 1

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer to any changes to go into effect.

Note - if you want to enable right click functionality again on desktop then simply change the value data to 0 or delete the NoViewContextMenu DWORD key.

how to prevent users changing start menu

This registry tweak can prevent users from changing your pc's start menu , not even right click. the procedure as follows.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Right click on the key and create new DWORD value
• Rename the key as " NoChangeStartMenu "
• Double click to open the key and edit it's value to 1

After restart your pc, the settings will be affected

disable indexing service to more speedier performance

Indexing service is useful for speeder search results , but it can slow down your pc's performance. turning off this feature will no harm to your system, so if you thinking more speedier pc rather than speeder search results you can turn off this feature. follow these steps.

• Go to start > run > type services.msc press enter
• The services window will open, then find " indexing service "
• Double click to open indexing service properties
• Now in the startup type, click drop down arrow and select disable
• Click apply and ok

From the next restart indexing service stops working automatically, leaving your pc much faster than before.

how to auto end programs & reduce shutdown time

When windows xp shutting down it takes some time to close running programs, you can reduce this time by editing some of registry key, here's how to do it.

• Open registry editor (start>run>type regedit> press enter)
• Navigate to key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right pane double click AutoEndTasks and enter value 1 in the "value data field"
• Now in the same side open WaitToKillAppTimeout and enter value 3500 in the field (default value is 20000)
• Close the registry editor and restart pc changes to go into effect.
  

how to disable right click on taskbar

Does your taskbar & start menu settings messed up by someone , you know you can prevent them using taskbar properties , with a simple edit of registry you can disable right clicking on taskbar, this prevents users from getting "taskbar and start menu properties" here's how we do it.

• Open registry editor
• Go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Now right click on the key, point to new then click DWORD value
• Name the key as NoTrayContextMenu
• Now open the key and put 1 in the "value data" field

From the next restart the settings will be effected , you can revert this process by putting 0 to "value data" field, or deleting the key

delete items without sending to recycle bin

There are 3 ways to configure this option described as follows, use more suitable way to you

From recycle bin properties

• Right click on recycle bin and click properties
• In the recycle bin properties window click global tab
• Select "use one setting for all drives" (it may be already selected) when this option selected it is used one settings for partitions.
• Now select " do not move files to the recycle bin.remove files immediately when deleted"
• Click apply and ok

From registry

• Open registry editor
• Locate the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\BitBucket
• Now in the right pane double click to open NukeOnDelete key and set its value to 1

Manual method

• Just select the files or folders you want to delete, now in keyboard press shift and delete key simultaneously, click yes to delete the files.
  

how to disable security center warnings

Does security center frequently alerts you a message "Your computer may be at risk. Your virus protection status is unknown" with useless repeating reminder. do you want to stop this warning messages ever appearing again. there are 2 ways to disable this reminders, take more suitable way to you.follow these steps.

Disable from control panel

• Go to the control panel
• Double click security center icon
• Now in the left pane under " Resources " click change the way security center alerts me
• In the opened " alert settings window " deselect the options that you don't want to remind (ex - firewall , virus protection)
• Click ok and close security center

Disable from registry

• Open registry editor
• Locate the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
• In the right pane double click to open the keys of " AntiVirusDisableNotify , firewalldisablenotify , updatesdisablenotify " and put DWORD value data as 1
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer for changes to go into effect.
  

how to backup entire registry manually

This will show you how to backup windows registry, follow these steps

• Open registry editor (start > run > type regedit > press enter)
• Now click on file menu and click export
• In the " export range " (see the bottom of export registry file window) select all
• Give it a name for file and select the saving location
• Click save to backup the registry.
  

clear temporary files when exiting internet explorer

This will show you how to clear temporary internet files when you closing internet explorer, follow these steps.

• Open internet properties window (start > run> type inetcpl.cpl >press enter or right click internet explorer and click properties)
• Now click advanced tab
• In there find " Empty Temporary internet files folder when browser is closed " (should be located at security listing) and select it by checking the box.
• Click apply and click ok
• From now on temporary internet files were automatically deleted when closing internet explorer.
  

create shortcut to shutdown and restart

This post will show how to create shortcuts for shutdown & restart your system without taking long way to find your restart and shutdown buttons. the procedure as follows.

Shutdown

• Right click on desktop, point to new, click create shortcut
• In the location field (space near browse button) type shutdown -s -t 0 and click next
• Now type a name for shortcut and click finish
• Now double click shortcut to shutdown your pc
  

Note - if you want you can change the icon of newly created shortcut, just right click on shortcut and click properties, now in the "shortcut" tab click change icon button, pick icon as you like click ok, then apply and ok.

Restart

• Right click on desktop, point to new, click create shortcut
• In the location field (space near browse button) type shutdown -r -t 0 and click next
• Now type a name for shortcut and click finish
• Now double click shortcut to restart your pc

Tip - instead double clicking shortcut you can add them to quick launch at taskbar to perform single click operation. first you need to put quick launch to taskbar, right click on taskbar and click properties, in "taskbar" tab select show quick launch by checking the box. click apply and ok. now drag newly created shortcut to quick launch.

how to prevent appearing recent documents

Normally when you open or access a document or file it is added to the list called recent document (in the start menu) by editing some keys in your registry you can disable recent document ever appearing again. here is how we do it.

Step 1

1. Go to the registry editor (start>run>type regedit and press enter)
2. Now go to the key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Right click on the key, point to new and click DWORD value
4. Now name the key as NoRecentDocsHistory
5. Double click to open the key and set the value '1' to enable the restriction

Step 2

1. Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
2. And repeat the steps from 3 to 5
   

From next reboot, there is no more recent document saved at the start menu.

delete emails in deleted folder when exiting outlook 2003

When are receiving and reading e-mails, you may delete the emails that is not important to you, but when you delete, it moves the emails to deleted items folder and not deleted from outlook. with a few changed of outlook settings you are prompt to delete them automatically when you exiting outlook 2003, the instruction as follows.

• Open outlook 2003
• In the menu click tools and click option
• Click on the other tab in the options window
• In there under "general" section select "empty the deleted items folder upon exiting"
• Click apply and ok

From now on when you exiting outlook, you are prompt to delete the emails in the deleted items folder, go ahead and click yes, then emails in deleted items will be automatically deleted.

If you don't want to prompt each time to delete the emails, do as follows

• In the option window, click on other tab
• Now under general click "advanced option"
• In advanced options window deselect "warn before permanently deleting items"
• Click ok
• Then click apply and ok
  

convert partition from FAT to NTFS with command prompt support

Do you need to convert your FAT partition to NTFS, this can be done with a simple command. and you can even convert your partiton straight away with data (no need to backup data) but keep in mind this process cant be reversed once you convert FAT to NTFS, here is how we do it

• Click start and run
• Type cmd and press enter to open command prompt
• In the command prompt type Convert C: /FS:NTFS and press enter
• Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press Y. Then press Y again once more to reboot pc
• The conversion process will begin at the next reboot

Note - "C" is the drive you wish to convert (you can convert more drives, just put the correct drive letter, for example - Convert E: /FS:NTFS. Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/).

turn off Autoplay option from group policy

This will guide how to disable Autorun options for windows, after doing this your removable devices such as USB disks and CD-Rom will not auto start. complete these 2 steps to disable autorun option.

step 1

• Click start and run
• Yype gpedit.msc and press enter to open group policy
• Now under "computer configuration" double click administrative templates
• Click system folder
• In there find "turn off autoplay" and double click to open it
• In the settings tab click enable to select it
• Now in the drop down menu select "all drives"
• Click apply and ok

step 2

• Now under "user configuration" double click administrative templates
• Click system folder
• In there find "turn off autoplay" and double click to open it
• In the settings tab click enable to select it
• Now in the drop down menu select "all drives"
• Click apply and ok

configure full screen for explorer view

With a simple edit of registry you can view full screen for explorer view, here is how to do it

• Open registry editor
• Go to key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
• In there find "fullscreen" and open key
  
• Edit value from 0 to 1
• Now go to registry key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
• In there find "fullscreen" and open key
• Edit the value from no to yes
• Now everytime you open windows explorer or IE 6 you'll be running in full screen
  

reduce disk space for temporary internet files

This post will guide how to decrease disk space that used by temporary internet files.

• Open internet properties (start>run type inetcpl.cpl press enter)
• In the general page click settings under "temporary internet files"
• In the opened settings window, Slide the slider bar all the way to the left to decrease the disk space.
• Click ok
• Then click apply and click ok
  

changed i386 cached location

Sometime if you want to add some extra features to windows you might ask for windows installation CD, you can do this easily (without provide CD time to time) by copying i386 folder to your harddisk. now you can point the location of the i386 folder by editing the registry key, so that windows XP will look for them automatically, here is how to do it.

• Open the registry editor
• Go to the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
• In there you can find SourcePath now change the value to the correct i386 folder (ex - d:\i386)
• Now go to the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
• In there open SourcePath and changed it to the correct drive letter (ex - D:\)

That's it, from now on you are no longer need to provide the CD time to time, windows will get files automatically from the location you specified from the registry.

how to display message from startup

If you want to display message when windows starts, you can do it by simple edit of registry, please follow these steps carefully and you have no problem.

• Go to registry editor (start>run type regedit and press enter)
• Navigate to key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• Now in winlogon, find key legalnoticecaption and open the key
• Type a name you want to name the window
• Now find key legalnoticetext and open the key
  
• Now type the message window want to say, that's it.
• From next restart you can see the what you want to see
  

how to clear private data when closing firefox

This post described how to clear private data such as cookies, saved password, authentication sessions, etc.. from firefox when you exiting the browser, follow these steps.

• Open firefox borwser
• In the menu, go to tools, and click options
• In the options window click privacy tab
• Under private data section, click settings
• Now select,the actions you want to clear by putting check to each box
• Now in private data section select "always clear my private data when i close firefox"
• Now click ok

From now on when you close firefox it will prompt you to perform cleanup action,
if you don't want prompt each time when you close firefox and you want to run cleanup process automatically just deselect " ask me before clearing private data" in a private data section and click ok.

remove history from internet explorer address bar

internet Explorer can track URL that you type in the address bar, this feature allows you to save you from typing the next time that you visit that site again. However, any user that uses your computer can find out what addresses you typed. this is the part that you don't like, this post describes how to remove history from internet explorer, follow these steps.

• Click on Start, then Run
• Type regedit and press enter to start registry editor
• In the registry find the key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Typed URLs
• Now delete this key

Note - from now on internet explorer history not displayed in address bar.

quick commands for windows xp

these list of quick commands allows you to open certain types of window, such as folder option, add hardware wizard, check disk utility and more.. in order to use this commands type it on run window (start>run) and press enter.

• hdwwiz.cpl - opens add hardware wizard
• appwiz.cpl - add or remove programs
• wuaucpl.cpl - automatic updates
• chkdsk - check disk utility
• cmd - command prompt
• dcomcnfg - component services
• compmgmt.msc - computer management
• control - control panel
• timedate.cpl - date and time properties
• devmgmt.msc - device manager
• dxdiag - direct X Troubleshooter
• cleanmgr - disk cleanup utility
• dfrg.msc - disk defragmenter
• diskmgmt.msc - disk management
• control desktop - display properties
• desk.cpl - display properties
• control color - display properties (apperience atb)
• drwtsn32 - dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
• verifier - driver verifier manager
• eventvwr.msc - event viever
• migwiz - file and settings transfer wizard
• sigverif - file signature verifier
• control folders - folder option
• control.exe folders - folder option
• fonts - fonts folder
• gpedit.msc - group policy editor
• helpctr - help and support
• icwconn1 - internet connection wizard
• iexplore - internet explorer
• inetcpl.cpl - internet properties
• inetwiz - internet connection wizard
• control keyboard - keyboard properties
• secpol.msc - local security settings
• lusrmgr.msc - local users and groups
• control mouse - mouse Properties
• main.cpl - mouse Properties
• conf - netmeeting
• control netconnections - network connection
• ncpa.cpl - network connection
• netsetup.cpl - network setup wizard
• osk - on screen keyboard
• msimn - outlook express
• perfmon.msc - performance monitor
• telephon.cpl - phone modem option
• dialer - phone dialer
• powercfg.cpl - power options
• control printers - printers and faxes
• intl.cpl - regional and language option
• regedit - registry editor
• mstsc - remote desktop connection
• ntmsmgr.msc - removable storage
• control schedtasks - schedule tasks
• wscui.cpl - windows security center
• services.msc - services
• fsmgmt.msc - shared folders
• shutdown - shutdown pc
• logoff - log off pc
• mmsys.cpl - sounds and audio properties
• sysedit - system configuration editor
• msconfig - system Configuration Utility
• sfc /scannow - system file scanner
• msinfo32 - system information
• sysdm.cpl - system properties
• taskmgr - task manager
• nusrmgr.cpl - user account management
• utilman - utility manager
• wab - address book
• wabmig - windows Address Book Import Utility
• ntbackup - Windows Backup Utility
• explorer - windows explorer
• firewall.cpl - windows firewall
• magnify - windows magnifier
• wmplayer - windows media player
• msmsgs - windows messenger
• syskey - windows system security tool
• wupdmgr - windows Update Launches
• winver - Windows Version
• tourstart - windows xp tour

create batch file to delete prefetch files

the below steps are about how to create batch file to delete prefetch files automatically, follow these steps.

• Create new text document
• Now type del C:\Windows\Prefetch\*.* /Q inside the text document
• Go to file menu, click save as (this will open save as dialog box)
• In the dialog box, under save as type select all files from the drop down menu
• In the file name field type a name you prefer with .bat extension (ex-prefetch.bat)
• Click save
• Now double click the file to test, you will find that there's no more prefetch files left in the folder.
  

disable auto restart in windows xp

Blue screen, what happen when you get blue screen error, the pc automatically restart without letting you to read error description, now lets see how to disable auto restart feature in windows xp.

• Right click on my computer and click properties to open system properties (or press "window key and pause break" in keyboard)
• In the opened system properties window click advanced tab
• Under the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings
• Now under system failure uncheck "automatically restart"
• Click ok. then apply and ok
  

create shortcut for fast user switching

Fast user switching is a very useful feature of Windows for multi-user computers. fast user switching allows multiple users to be logged into a computer at once. This is very useful when someone is in the middle of work but another needs to use the computer shortly.Fast user switching will allow the other user to log in while still retaining the other users session. Once the other user is finished the session can be switched back to the original user. now lets see how to create shortcut for fast user switching.

• Right click the area the shortcut you want to appear then click new shortcut
• Now copy c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe to location area (typing area next to browse button)
• Now give a name for shortcut (ex-fast user)
• Click finish
• Now double click the shortcut see the results
  

cleanup prefetch & temp files

Cleanup "prefetch files" - some say it will create problems, some say it is safe to delete, some say it doesn't make any difference. my thought is you can safely delete prefetch files with no problems at all. below descriptions is about how to delete unnecessary files from system.

Delete prefetch files

• Go to run (start>run)
• Type prefetch and press enter (the exact path is C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch)
• Now delete all files inside the prefetch folder

Delete windows temporary files

• Go to run (start>run)
• Type temp and press enter (the exact path is C:\WINDOWS\Temp)
• Now delete all files inside the temp folder

Delete user temporary files

• Go to run (start>run)
• Type %temp% and press enter (the exact path is C:\Documents and Settings\(user name) \Local Settings\Temp
• Now delete all file in the temp folder

Note - running above actions will no harm to your system

If you need all in one type software to perform all above actions, the only free software i know (the best) is Ccleaner. just download software, install it, after install select the actions to perform (it automatically selected most for you) then click analyse, if this gonna take time click cancel button and click run cleaner, this perform all above actions for you.

adjust graphic settings for speed performance

We all know windows xp uses some considerable amount or ram for visual elements, this can cause your computer to be less responsive. By tweaking your graphics settings, you can increase the performance of your computer. to get start reduce some color quality, procedure as follows.

• Right click on your desktop and click properties
• Click on the settings tab and adjust the color quality to medium (16 bit) form the drop down menu
• Click apply and ok to exit

Next, we use the windows performance settings to optimize your computer for performance. this will reduce lot of the fancy graphics effects. follow these steps.

• Right click on my computer and click properties
• Click advanced tab
• Now under "performance" click settings
• In the visual effects tab select "adjust for best performance"
• Click apply and ok

One more thing, we also can use "windows classic" as a default theme, to do this follow these steps.

• Right click on the empty area of desktop and click properties to open "display properties" window.
  
• On the theme tab, select windows classic from the drop down menu
• Click apply and ok to exit display properties.

After completing all above steps, you can see some faster response from the computer

configure yahoo mail as a default mail client

first you need to install Yahoo Messenger, yahoo messenger can download at http://messenger.yahoo.com , then you will need to install the Browser Services option to make this work properly. Without the browser services installed, you cannot set Yahoo Mail as your default. follow these steps to set the default email program.

• Open internet option (start>run>type inetcpl.cpl>press enter)
• Click on the Program tab
• Select Yahoo Mail from the email drop down list and Click Ok
• that's all
  

printer access denied in vista

One of the errors in Windows Vista happens when you try to connect to a shared network printer. Everything else on the network appears to work properly, shared files, internet access, but Most of the time you'll receive an "Access is Denied" error when trying to connect even though you can see the printer on the network and everything else is working properly.try below method as a solution

• Go to the control panel and open printers
• Click on Add a printer
• Click on Add a Local Printer
• Choose Create a New Port with type of port remaining Local Port, then click Next
• In the Port Name box type the path to the printer you wish to connect to and Click Ok (Ex - \\computer\printer)
• In the Install Printer Driver screen, select your printer from the list or choose Have Disk and specify the location of the printer drivers on the computer then click Next and then click Finish.
• The printer is now installed in the Printers window
• Now try to print using test print.
  

what is error 1324

sometimes this can occur when you try to install program, if you have this problem try to install program in a different user account, check hard disk for errors and verify enough disk space available for installation.There is more than one possible cause for this error, they are described as follows.

• User profiles are enabled
• You are installing to an invalid destination folder
• The Windows registry contains invalid characters
• The computer is using a real mode (16-bit) driver to access the CD-ROM drive
• The Microsoft Windows Installer file is damaged or is not installed correctly
• The computer has insufficient hard disk space
• Your profile contains a slash (/) character in the name (for example, Jones/Smith)
• The CPU does not meet the minimum system requirements to run the program
• Possible disk errors
  

removal instructions for kido virus

To prevent all workstations and file servers from being infected with the worm, you are recommended to do the following.

• Install the patch from Microsoft that covers the vulnerability MS08-067, MS08-068, MS09-001 (on these pages you will have to select which operating system is installed on the infected PC, download corresponding patch and install it)
• Make sure the password of the local administrator account is not obvious and cannot be hacked easily – the password should contain 6 letters minimum; use a mixture of uppercase and lowercase, numbers and non-alphanumeric characters such as punctuation marks
• Disable autorun of executable files from removable drives
• Block access to TCP ports number 445 and 139 using a network screen (You need to block these ports only while you perform the disinfection. As soon as you have the entire red disinfected, feel free to unblock the ports)

remove kido virus with kk.exe tool (provided by kaspersky)

• First download kk.exe (click here to download)
• Extract the contents into a folder on the infected PC
• Now you need to disable antivirus for a while
• Run file KK.exe
• Wait till the scanning is complete
• Now re-enable your virus guard, update as necessary and Perform a full scan of your computer.

additional information about removing kido virus and remove from admin kit - click here

security patches from microsoft - click here to visit the site, and select appropriate package for your pc.

impact of kido virus

kido is a worm, A worm is a type of virus that replicates by resending itself as an e-mail attachment or as part of a network message. Unlike a regular computer virus, a worm is self-contained and does not need to be part of another program to duplicate itself. A worm hides in active memory and performs malicious acts, such as using parts of the computer’s system resources. Worms are usually invisible to the user and are designed to affect the computer’s performance. A worm take control of remote systems without any help from the users and can delete files, send documents via email, or encrypt files.

once you infected with kido the following things can happen

• compromise your privacy by transmitting your personal information and downloading popup advertisements.
• It can tracks which websites you visited or what terms you’ve typed. Spyware uses your information to deliver targeted ads to you. Also, data of your surfing activities may be sold to third parties.
• Slow computer performance. A sluggish computer is one of the easiest signs that you have been infected with Kido. Kido and other unwanted sofware use your computer’s resources to do its nasty tasks such as displaying popups or tracking your surfing activities. If you see your computer is slowing down dramatically or crashing a lot, you may be infected with an unwanted software.

Sings of network infection

• Network traffic volume increases if there are infected PCs in the network, because network attack starts from these PCs.
• Anti-Virus product with enabled Intrusion Detection System informs of the attack Intrusion.Win.NETAPI.buffer-overflow.exploit
• It is impossible to access websites of the majority of anti-virus companies, e.g. avira, avast, esafe, drweb, eset, nod32, f-secure, panda, kaspersky, etc. (and the list keep go on)

Termination of services

• Windows Security Center Service (wscsvc) – notifies users of security settings (e.g. Windows update, Firewall and Antivirus)
• Windows Update Auto Update Service (wuauserv)
• Background Intelligence Transfer Service (BITS) – used by Windows Update to download updates using idle network bandwidth
• Windows Defender (WinDefend)
• Error Reporting Service (ersvc) – sends error reports to Microsoft to help improve user experience
• Windows Error Reporting Service (wersvc)
  

Short description of the Net-Worm.Win32.Kido family

• It creates files autorun.inf and RECYCLED\{SID<....>}\RANDOM_NAME.vmx on removable drives (sometimes on public network shares)
• It stores itself in the system as a DLL-file with a random name, for example, c:\windows\system32\zorizr.dll
• It registers itself in system services with a random name, for example, knqdgsm.
• It tries to attack network computers via 445 or 139 TCP port, using MS Windows vulnerability
• It tries to connect to the sites of http://www.getmyip.org, http://getmyip.co.uk, http://www.whatsmyipaddress.com, http://www.whatismyip.org, http://checkip.dyndns.org, in order to learn the external IP address of the infected computer (recommended action is configuring a rule to monitor connection attempts to these sites it network firewall)

Note - if you cant access website due to kido infection, there is a small thing to try to access webistes, follow these steps

• open miscosoft services window (start>run>type services.msc>press enter)
• in the services find DNS Client service
• now stop the service (right click on the service>click stop)
• now try to open website (hope this helps, it really works for me in a kido infection case study)
  

how to create scheduled shutdown for your pc

This article talks about how to create a scheduled shutdown for your pc, to do that we need a special software (freeware) called "poweroff", actually you can do even more things like schedule a shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff/Standby/Hibernate/Lock/Wake-On-LAN at a certain time with this handy software.this small program is support for Win95/98/NT/W2K/XP.to create schedule shutdown follow these steps.

• first download poweroff (download here)
• then start poweroff
• under select computer select "local computer"
• in the actions select shutdown
• now click schedule
• in the schedule window select your appropriate field like " fixed day, daily ,day of month ,or after "
• for example - select daily , then select days and weeks
• now you have to specify time for a schedule shutdown
• in the schedule window (in upper left corner) specify time for shutdown
• review selected fields and click ok

now you have to put a service for a shutdown process

• in the main window of poweroff click service from the menu
• then click create service (note - some antivirus prompts alert when you perform this, just ignore them you will be fine)

thats all, you are just created scheduled shutdown with "poweroff". more informations available at publisher site, to read more informations click here

disk read error after uninstall vista and install xp

have you received "disk read error" after you remove windows vista and try to install windows xp. did you think your hard disk might faulty, don't worry you don't have to replace your hard disk, this is a most common error after removal of vista and try to install xp. the problem occurs after initial files are copied to hard disk and restart pc.

to solve this problem you have to re-partition your hard disk, first you need to take a backup of your data to another pc or hard disk, then while installing xp you can delete all partitions and re-partition hard disk again, or you can just delete C: partion and create partion again, no more disk read errors, enjoy installing windows.

repair your system with kaspersky 2010

kaspersky antivirus 2010 users, i have good news for you, you know that there is a feature called "microsoft windows settings troubleshooting" this feature can automatically scan your system and prompts if there is problems caused by a viruses or malware.

for example - if your systems registry or folder options disabled by a virus, its dispaly in a windows called "system restore wizard" (after the scan complete), then you can select the problem by clicking check box and proceed with repair, then kaspersky antivirus will automatically do the repairs for you, this is great feature avialable in latest kaspersky version of 2010 (ver 9.0)

here is a step by step guide how to repair system with kaspersky antivirus.

• first open kaspersky antivirus (double click from task bar in bottom right corner)
• in the left pane click security+ button
• now click microsoft windows settings troubleshooting
• then select search for problems related to malware activity
• after completion of scan results are displayed in a window called system restore wizard
• now select appropriate action (eg- disable folder option) by clicking check box
• proceed with system repair
  

foxconn motherboard driver installation

are you using foxconn motherboard? then this news is for you, when you install motherboard drivers first you must install chipset drivers, after installation complete then you must restart computer (dont just click restart later and continue with other driver installation)

i,m gonna tell you if you dont restart your pc and continue with other installation, your sound driver wont work, after that there is no way to resolve the issue, the only solution is reinstallation of windows, so dont get lazy, follow the correct order and save your valuble time.

install windows xp shared printer to windows vista

in the shared printer environment you can use the printer within the network (workgroup) between the same operating systems, however install shared printer between different operating systems cause problems.

for example - printer is installed to windows xp and shared, then you want to install the printer to windows vista pc, while installation it can be stop for driver incompatibility, this can be fixed in a small way.

• first download the printer driver compatible to vista
• then install printer in add printer wizard, and specify drivers in have disk option
• complete the installation
• now go to the network shared printer
• right click on printer and click connect
• this will install printer to the system, and drivers that compatible to vista is automatically identified.
• in this way you can use network shared printer between different operating systems.
  

tune up outlook 2007 to run faster

There are few things to try , This article will show users how to compact their personal data files in Microsoft Outlook 2007, please follow these steps.

Disable RSS feeds in outlook

• go to tools
• click account settings
• in rss feeds tab select feed and click remove

Disable unnecessary add-ons

• to disable unnecessary add-ons in outlook 2007 read this

Reduce the size of outlook .pst file

• open the file menu and select Data File Management
• in the data file tab select personal folders and double click it
• in the opened personal folders window, click compact now
• depending on the size of the .pst file being compacted, this process may take several minutes

email printing problem in vista (no header information)

OK this is how it happens, pc with windows vista ultimate installed and running office 2003, used outlook 2003 as a default mail client.the problem is when you open received email and try to print, it prints the message without the valuable information (such as from, to, cc, subject) this problem not happened for all emails, only some mails. the following attempts tried and able to solve the problem, but it creates another problem.

• upgrade office 2003 to office 2007, yes.. solve the problem, printout came with the header information, but another problems has occured

• this time when you try to print you cant select the print range, because there is no option for print range. imagine you you have a email containing 15 pages, and you only want to print first 5 pages what should you do, when there is no option for print range? you don't trust me, then read this Microsoft help and support

• then we have to open the email in web browser (double click the selected email, click other actions, click view in browser)

• yes.. now you can select print range, but after print, again printout came without the header information

• then we configure windows mail and import all emails to it, then try to print, there is print range available in windows mail, but sadly printout came with no header information

these whole methods came up with dead end,then we install windows xp and install office 2003, then configure outlook 2003, all problems were gone, there is print range available and printout came with header informations.that's why we love windows xp

how to clear saved passwords in internet explorer

This described how to clear saved from internet explorer

• First right click on internet explorer and click properties (or go to start - run type inetcpl.cpl and press enter to open internet properties)
• Click on content tab
• Under personal information, click auto complete
• Now you will see two buttons named "clear forms and clear passwords"
• Click clear passwords button to clear saved passwords in internet explorer
  

uninstall add-on from firefox

The procedure as follows

• Open mozilla firefox
• In the menu go to tools and click option
• In the options window, under main tab you will see at bottom button called manage add-ons
• Click manage add-ons
• In the opened window, under extensions you will see that currently installed add-ons
• Click on the add-on you want to select
• Click disable to disable add-on or uninstall to remove add-on
  

raise security level in content adviser

for those using internet explorer as their default web browser, they too can protect from harmful content, to do this you must enable content adviser feature in internet explorer. this process described as follows.

• First right click on internet explorer and click properties to open internet properties window (or click start - run type inetcpl.cpl and press enter)
• Now in internet properties window, click content
• Under content adviser, click enable
• Under ratings, raise the security level in each category by dragging the slider to the right

Note - you can put password for opening content adviser , this prevents users changing the ratings level or turn off content adviser

To put password

• In the opened content adviser window
• Click general
• Under supervisor password, click create password button
• Now enter your password and retype password to confirm
• Click ok