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Windows Boot & Startup Troubleshooting Guide

4 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

This troubleshooting guide covers some of the most common Windows XP boot up problems and their solutions. After switching on or rebooting your PC, you are receiving one or more error messages and cannot access the Windows XP desktop. Typically you won’t be able to get past these messages. You will have to either switch off or restart by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Forgotten or Lost Windows XP Password

1 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

Recover your lost or forgotten Microsoft Windows XP Password using only a Windows XP CD without losing any data and without reinstalling Windows.

Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Guide

0 Comments | Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Problem Description: You are attempting to connect from your Windows system to another Windows system using Microsoft Remote Desktop and cannot successfully connect. This guide explains how to set up the source and target computers, as well as the routers and firewalls in between so that you can successfully connect. Common Symptoms: When you attempt [...]

Can’t open www.gmail.com

6 Comments | Saturday, July 18th, 2009

When you enter the URL www.gmail.com or http://www.gmail.com or gmail.com into Internet Explorer you get an error page and the URL changes. This is caused by the so called Gmail redirect virus.

Virus & Spyware Guide – Part 2

1 Comments | Monday, September 22nd, 2008

What Is Spyware? spyware: “programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user” – Wikipedia Essentially, malware is the master term for anything that harms your system maliciously and as such is short for the term MALicious softWARE. It is a common misconception that malware is ‘another’ type of virus or spyware. [...]

Virus & Spyware Guide – Part 1

2 Comments | Thursday, September 18th, 2008

What’s a virus? “a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer …” – Princeton University There are literally thousands or possibly millions of viruses on the internet today. It’s practically impossible to avoid them if you use a Windows PC [...]

Forgot Windows Password

15 Comments | Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

You’ve forgotten or lost the password to all administrator accounts on your Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista or 98 computer and need to get in somehow. This article documents how to access your system after forgetting or losing the administrator password.