Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Printer Not Working

15 Comments | Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Remote Desktop Connection does not redirect your local printer to the remote computer. This common RDC problem can be easily solved by…

HOWTO: Add A Domain User as an Administrator in Windows XP

1 Comments | Friday, August 7th, 2009

Network User As Local Administrator This HOWTO explains how you can add any user on your networks domain as a local administrator on a Windows XP PC. It also explains the difference between a Domain User and a Local User for your information. Typically a domain user is a user who has a user profile [...]

NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

101 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive the error NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows.

Can’t open www.hotmail.com

0 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Problem Description When you enter the URL www.hotmail.com into Internet Explorer you get an error page and the URL changes. You have no problem accessing Hotmail from another computer such as your office or a friends. Common Symptoms You enter www.hotmail.com into your browser and you get the error “The page cannot be displayed” The [...]

iTunes background has gone PINK!

1 Comments | Monday, August 3rd, 2009

SOLUTION: iTunes background colour has changed to pink or purple since you last upgraded. This may also be caused by changing your display settings. Read More…

Desktop icons all have blue highlight box around text

82 Comments | Monday, July 27th, 2009

Windows XP desktop icons text labels used to be transparent but now seem to have a blue background or blue highlight. To solve this…

Windows Setup: Setup did not find any hard disk drives…

138 Comments | Saturday, July 25th, 2009

SOLUTION TO: When you reach the Welcome Screen of Windows XP Setup and choose to install Windows you are presented with the error “Setup did not find any hard disk drives…”

Initramfs Prompt When Ubuntu Boots

14 Comments | Saturday, July 25th, 2009

The Initramfs prompt (busybox) issue arises after selecting to boot into Ubuntu from your boot menu. The boot process halts at a black screen with an initramfs prompt is displayed. You have probably installed Ubuntu on an NTFS partition dual booting with Microsoft Windows which is causing the problems.

Invalid Boot.ini or Missing Windows/System32/Hal.dll

21 Comments | Saturday, July 25th, 2009

After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive either of the error messages below and cannot get into Windows.

These errors are usually shown on a black screen with white writing and you cannot get anywhere further. You have no choice but to shutdown or restart the computer.

Missing Operating System or Operating System Not Found

7 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive the error message ‘Missing Operating System’ or ‘Operating System Not Found’ and cannot get into Windows.

Cannot find the system file in the standard locations on drive C

2 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

Description When attempting to perform the sys c: command you receive the error message ‘Cannot find the system file in the standard locations on drive C:’ Symptoms You receive the error message “Cannot find the system file in the standard locations on drive C:” when attempting the command sys c: on your Windows XP computer [...]

NTLDR is missing. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

9 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

You receive the error ‘NTLDR is missing’ after switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP. This article documents several possible solutions.

Non-System Disk or Disk Error

3 Comments | Friday, July 24th, 2009

Got a floppy disk inside or is it something else? After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive the error message ‘Non-System Disk or Disk Error’ and cannot get into Windows. Symptoms You receive the following error message when starting or rebooting your computer: Why? The above error message is usually [...]

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.