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Unable to connect (map) to a network printer
Enabling the
Internet Connection Firewall can prevent network printer connection (mapping).
To disable click: Start/ Control Panel/ Network Places. Right click
Local Area Connection. Left click Properties and left click on the Advanced tab.
Clear the check mark in: Protect my computer and network by limiting or
preventing access to this computer from the Internet. Click OK You will now be
allowed to connect (map) to a network printer.
Steps to Manually Remove and Reinstall a Printer Driver
The applies to: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 , Server , Microsoft Windows 2000 , Professional, Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 , 3.51 , 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 , 3.51 , 4.0
IMPORTANT : This article contains information about editing the
registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to
restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view
the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a
Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
When you remove a printer from the Printers folder or Print Manager, the printer driver file is not removed from the hard disk drive. This article describes a procedure you can use if you suspect that a printer driver file is corrupted. The following procedure removes and re-creates a printer so that the driver file is reinstalled.
Windows XP adds a user interface feature to delete driver files so the steps for Windows 2000 and earlier are no longer necessary. To delete printer driver files in Windows XP:
Click Start , and then click Printers and Faxes .
On the File menu, click Server Properties .
On the Drivers tab, click the printer driver that you want to
delete, and then click Remove .
WARNING : Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry
Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and
Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete
Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in
Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
If you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also update your
Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
Remove the printer using the Printers folder in Windows NT
4.0/Windows 2000 or Print Manager in Windows NT 3.5x.
In Windows NT 3.5x or 4.0, in Control Panel, double-click Services
, and then stop the Spooler service. In Windows 2000, in Control
Panel, double-click Administrative Tools , double-click
Services , and then stop the Spooler service.
Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and go to the following subkey
(note that this is all one path, which has been wrapped for
readability):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\
Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-x\<printer driver>
NOTE : Version-1 is for Windows NT 3.51, Version-2 is for Windows
NT 4.0, Version-3 is Windows 2000, and <printer driver> is the name of
the printer you are removing.
Note the values on the right and write down the file names.
With the printer driver key selected, click Delete on the
Edit menu.
Go to the following directory and delete the printer driver files
noted in step 4:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Spool\Drivers\<Platform>
NOTE : <Platform> is Intel, MIPS, Alpha, or PPC. See the following table to match the folder with the version of Windows for which you installed the printer driver:
w32x86\0 : Intel Windows NT 3.1 printer drivers
w32x86\1 : Intel Windows NT 3.5x printer drivers
w32x86\2 : Intel Windows NT 4.0 printer drivers
w32x86\3 : Intel Windows 2000 printer drivers
Win40\0 : Windows 95 printer drivers
NOTE : If you are unable to delete the files and folders in the
above directory structure after stopping the spooler service because of
an error message that the files are in use (such as, Rasddui.dll), set
the startup type for the Spooler service to Disabled, restart your
computer, and then attempt to delete the files and folders again. After
deleting the files, restore the Spooler startup to Automatic.
In Windows NT 3.5x or 4.0, in Control Panel, double-click Services
, and then start the Spooler service. In Windows 2000, in Control
Panel, double-click Administrative Tools , double-click
Services , and then start the Spooler service.
Shut down and restart Windows NT. Stopping and restarting the Spooler
service is not sufficient.
Reinstall the printer using the Printers folder in Windows NT
4.0/Windows 2000 or Print Manager in Windows NT 3.5x.
NOTE : In addition to the steps listed above, it may be necessary to
delete the printer's associated unidriver (Rasdd.dll, Pscript.dll, or
Plotter.dll). If printing has been initialized or if a process is using this
file, it will be locked open and cannot be deleted. The file can be renamed
or the system can be restarted to free up the driver. Refer to the
Printer.inf file to see which unidriver is used by a particular printer.
NOTE : For Windows NT on Dec Alpha platforms, follow the steps for
the X86 platform and replace all occurrences of the w32x86 directory with
w32Alpha.
Windows Explorer
1. From Windows Explorer
2. Tools | Folder Options | View
3. Click the "Reset All Folders", "Restore Defaults" and "OK" buttons in that order
4. Reboot computer
Set the desired folder options
5. From Windows Explorer
6. Tools | Folder Options | View
7. Uncheck "Remember each folders View settings" then click "Apply" button
8. Click the "Apply to all folders" button
Click on Start | right click "My Computer" | lift click "Properties"
Click "Automatic Updates"
Select: "Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually"
Click on Start | Right click "My Computer" | Manage | Local users and groups | Users | Right click "Account Name" |
Properties | click the General tab | Check "Password never expires"
When you start your Windows XP-based computer or start a program on your computer, the modem may attempt to automatically dial a connection to your Internet service provider (ISP).
This behavior can occur if any of the following conditions are true:
To resolve this issue, use one or more of the following methods, as necessary:
Q310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
If you perform a clean boot and determine that a program is causing your
modem to dial out at startup, remove the program from the Startup folder or
the registry.
For additional information about how to troubleshoot this issue, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q310560 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
To set the AutoConnect value in the registry key to 0 ,
follow these steps.
WARNING : Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor
can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and
Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete
Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in
Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If
you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also update your
Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile\ ConnectionName
In the right pane, double-click the AutoConnect value, and then reset the value from 1 to 0 .
Locate SYSOC.INF in the \Windows\INF folder
(hidden file and folder), Open it in Notepad and locate the line: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
Remove the word "hide" from the line and save the file. You will now have an
entry in add/remove programs. Do what you will :)
OR (XP Pro Only) leave it installed, but tell Windows to never let it run. If
you're running XP Professional, you can use GPEDIT.MSC to prevent Messenger from
loading. Otherwise, even disabling it in startup won't cause it to "always" not
run. NOTE: Outlook, Outlook Express and some Microsoft web pages can still make
it load.
Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC Computer Configuration > Administrative
Templates > Windows Components > Windows Messenger You can now modify whether it
starts initially and/or whether it's to run at all.
UPDATE: This fix may slow down outlook when starting. That is because outlook wants to start messenger when it starts, the easiest and fastest way to disable messenger and still have a quick start time with outlook is to rename the exe file, located at c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe, to something other than msmsgs.exe, such as msmsgsnew.exe.
Go to Control Panel, Power Options.
Click on the APM Tab, then check the "Enable Advanced Power Management support."
Shut down your PC. It should now successfully complete the Shut Down process.
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type msconfig to open the System Configuration Utility.
Click the Services tab.
Clear the Error Reporting Service check box, and then click OK.
Hit Restart to reboot your system.
Your computer will now start without loading the
error reporting service.
That's it! Now your files won't be read-only. Here is the full syntax for the attrib command:
ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [[drive:] [path] filename]
[/S [/D]]
+ Sets an attribute.
- Clears an attribute.
R Read-only file attribute.
A Archive file attribute.
S System file attribute.
H Hidden file attribute.
/S Processes matching files in the current folder
and all subfolders.
/D Processes folders as well.
Click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.
Right-click your Internet connection, and then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab in the Properties dialog box.
Click Settings, and the Advanced Settings dialog box opens.
From there you can enable most common services just by clicking them, or add your own by clicking the Add button.
List of Internet sites you have been
Cache and the History Folder
Cache (or what Internet Explorer calls the Temporary Internet Files folder) is the location on your hard disk where Web pages and files (such as graphics) are stored as you view them. This speeds up the display of pages you frequently visit or have already seen, because your computer can open them from your hard disk instead of from the Web. Increasing the space you set for this folder can increase how fast previously visited pages are displayed, but decreases the amount of space available for other files on your computer, and can eventually slow down the time it takes for pages to load.
Explorer's History Folder
You can also set the number of days that Explorer keeps track of your history. If you are low on disk space, and you don't want to browse through the pages you've viewed previously, you might want to decrease this number. If you are browsing and the pages seem to be unusually slow in loading, it could be because your cache or Temporary and History folders are taking up to much disk space. To clear your cache, you will need to alter the preferences in your browser.
Internet Explorer
On the Menu Bar click: Tools, Internet Options, General Tab. You will be able to delete the Temporary Internet files folder and the History folder.
Question: How do I get rid of that stupid toolbar when I hover the mouse over
images on my desktop.
That would be the Internet Explorer 6 Image
Toolbar, to turn this off, open IE 6 and then click tools, then internet
options, on the advanced tab, untick Enable Image Toolbar under Multimedia.
Image Toolbar:
Specifies that you want to turn on the image toolbar in Internet Explorer. The image toolbar makes it easy to print, e-mail, and save images from a Web page.
Take preventive measures against losing user-level passwords.
Now you no longer have to worry about "forgetting" a Windows user password. Thanks to Windows XP Forgotten Password Wizard.
Follow the instructions listed below to launch the Forgotten Password Wizard to create your password recovery disk:
Click Start menu, Control Panel, and User Accounts.
Click your user account name.
Under Related Tasks on the left, click "Prevent forgotten password" to launch the wizard.
Make sure the disk you use is formatted and in the drive. After it's finished creating the disk, label it and file it away for an emergency.
If you happen to forget your password, all you need to do is click your user icon at the logon screen. Even though you don't have your password, go ahead and click the green arrow just like you would to finish logging on to your computer. This will launch a little yellow dialog box directing you to use your password recovery disk.
Just remember, if you lose the disk "Your Out Of Luck."
Those familiar desktop icons: My Computer, My Network Places, Internet Explorer, Recycle Bin, and My Documents are just waiting to be displayed on your desktop.
Here's how to place the regular icons back on the desktop:
Right-click the desktop and choose Properties to launch the Display Properties.
Next, click the Desktop tab in the Display Properties.
On the Desktop tab, click the button marked "Customize Desktop" to launch the Desktop Items dialog box.
The Desktop Items dialog box is where you'll be able to select which desktop icons you'd like to place on the desktop. You'll be able to choose from My Computer, My Network Places, Internet Explorer, Recycle Bin, and My Documents.
Unable to: "save as" a modified file across the network from XP system to
a
Windows 98 system
Solution:
On the XP system, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. At the top, click
on "show updates". Scroll down and click on Windows update KB885250, remove and
reboot
After starting up, my desktop is rotated 90
degrees.
Hold down the <CTRL> and <ALT> key,
click the <up arrow> key. This will set the screen orientation back to normal.
If you want more detail, follow the following sequence:
Control-Panel,Display,Settings Tab,Advanced Box,Intel extreme graphics,Graphics
Properties
When
trying to view the Linksys camera, "Windows has blocked this software because it
can't verify the publisher."
Internet Explorer, click on
Tools, Internet Options, Security, Custom Level.
Go to "Download unsigned ActiveX Controls," click on Enable
Update failure. You run Windows Updates and get a
message "Some updates could not be installed", and the update shows "failed"
You may choose to hide this specific update so you will no longer get this message:
Hide specific updates:
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1. Open IE and go to Windows Update site directly: http://update.microsoft.com/
2. Click "Custom Install" to scan your system (Not Express Install).
3. After it finishes, please click "High-priority" in the left pane.
4. Choose the update Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB928366) and uncheck the option before it.
5. Click icon '+' and then check the box "Don't show this update again".
6. Restart the computer and this update should not be offered again.
On boot-up or reboot, a
box flashes: "Windows Installer, Preparing to install"
Go to the link below and scroll down
to line 285 (right column) and click on "Restore All Display Tabs" to download a
reg file fix. Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer
yes to the import prompt.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm