Posts Tagged ‘xp’

Download: VSCleanupTool.exe

Download: VSCleanupTool.exe

10 Comments | Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Download VSCleanupTool.exe | This utility is used to cleanly remove older versions of Mcafee Antivirus branded VirusScan.

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Download: MCPR.EXE

Download: MCPR.EXE

6 Comments | Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Download MCPR.EXE | This utility is used to remove over 15 McAfee security products from Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

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

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

134 Comments | Monday, February 15th, 2010

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

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Download: Malicious Software Removal Tool (Dec 2009)

Download: Malicious Software Removal Tool (Dec 2009)

4 Comments | Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Download Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (Dec 2009) – Removes Conficker virus that prevents you access security related websites and microsoft.com.

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Download: COMBOFIX

Download: COMBOFIX

6 Comments | Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Download COMBOFIX | This free utility is used to effectively, quickly and easily remove known malware from your Windows PC.

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Error: You Have Exceeded Your Profile Storage Space…

Error: You Have Exceeded Your Profile Storage Space…

20 Comments | Monday, August 10th, 2009

You receive the error when trying to log off or restart Windows: “Profile Storage Space – You have exceeded your profile storage space. Before you can log off, you need to move some items from your profile to network or local storage.”

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Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Printer Not Working

Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Printer Not Working

22 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…

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Cannot Close Outlook Window

Cannot Close Outlook Window

2 Comments | Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

After opening an email in Outlook the window won’t close again. You can only close it by forcefully exiting the program through task manager. Solution here.

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

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

102 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.

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Can’t open www.hotmail.com

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 [...]

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iTunes background has gone PINK!

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…

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HOWTO: Print To Your Mac’s Printer From Windows Using BonJour

HOWTO: Print To Your Mac’s Printer From Windows Using BonJour

5 Comments | Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Print across your local network from Windows to your Mac’s local printer by installing Apple’s BonJour for Windows. BonJour allows you…

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HOWTO: Set The Default Program To Open Certain File Types in Windows (EG: jpg, gif, etc)

HOWTO: Set The Default Program To Open Certain File Types in Windows (EG: jpg, gif, etc)

0 Comments | Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Description It can be quite annoying when you double click a file and it opens a program you don’t want or expect.  This HOWTO article describes the simple process of setting the default program that opens any file type.  You’ll mostly want to open pictures such as jpg, gif, etc with a certain program but [...]

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HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 3)

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 3)

2 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This is Part 3 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Microsoft Windows PC from your Apple MAC. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for Part 1 or Part 2 then [...]

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HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 2)

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 2)

2 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This is Part 2 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Microsoft Windows PC from your Apple MAC. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for Part 1 or Part 3 then [...]

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HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 1)

HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 1)

4 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Description This HOWTO explains the steps involved in setting up both your Windows PC and your Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Windows PC from your Mac.   One of the big challenges user’s experience when in a mixed Mac & PC environment is the task of sharing files over [...]

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Stop ‘Open File – Security Warning’ Appearing

Stop ‘Open File – Security Warning’ Appearing

0 Comments | Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The Open File Security Warning appears in Windows XP when you double click a file (usually of type EXE, BAT or VBS but could be others) on a network share. This step by step guide explains how to quickly and easily get rid of it.

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Desktop icons all have blue highlight box around text

Desktop icons all have blue highlight box around text

98 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…

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HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 3)

HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 3)

5 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

A three part article detailing step by step how to share files & folders located on your Mac with one or more Windows PC’s on the same network.

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HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 2)

HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the Network (Part 2)

2 Comments | Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Description This is Part 2 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Mac from Windows. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for part 1 then click a link below. HOWTO: Share your [...]

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