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Welcome to Winhelponline.com

This site contains troubleshooting advice, fixes, scripts, and freeware utilities to resolve problems in Windows XP and Vista Operating Systems.

I hope that the resources available in this site should help you learn, diagnose and troubleshoot the common problems you face in Windows.

Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan
Microsoft MVP, Windows Desktop Experience

Recent Blogs

Fix Bing Dynamic Theme Stops Working After Clearing IE Temporary Internet Files

How to Disable Auto Arrange in Folders in Windows 7?

Fix File Association Error When Launching Windows Explorer in Windows 7

Script to Retrieve Last Logon Date and Time for Local User Accounts in Windows

How to Remove Pin to Taskbar Option for a Particular Application in Windows 7?

How to Run a Program Elevated via the Right-Click Menu in Windows 7/Vista?

Reliability and Performance Monitor Not Detecting Anti-Virus Product in Windows 7/Vista

Fix Error ?Windows Cannot Access the Specified Device, Path, or File? When Playing DVD Movies in Windows 7

How to Run the System File Checker (Sfc.exe) Offline in Windows 7 and Vista

How to Use Resource Monitor to Find Which Process Has Locked a Given File in Windows 7

Recent Articles

Using the utility discussed in this page, you can change how the drive-letters are shown in Computer.
In article 245 we saw how to manually delete the email auto-complete entries in Windows Mail. Here is an utility to automate the same.
This article explains how to uninstall a Windows Media Player Visualization manually, in case the standard removal procedures do not work.
Windows XP had an option to configure Internet Explorer to open Office documents in the appropriate Office program instead of in Internet Explorer. As the option (File Types tab) is missing in Windows Vista, can anyone aid in a solution other than saving the file upon download?
This article tells you how to rename the Recycle Bin in Windows XP.

The Recycle Bin icon in Windows 7/Vista may not change to show whether or not it is full or empty. It may be either stuck on the empty icon or the full icon, but the Recycle Bin icon updates correctly when you press the F5 button on the keyboard to refresh the Desktop manually.

When you try to start the Windows Firewall service in a Windows XP Service Pack 2 computer, the following error may occur:
The Templates section of TweakUI PowerToy for Windows XP helps you create or delete document templates (shown under the New menu.) This article tells you how to manage document templates using TweakUI PowerToy for Windows XP, under Windows Vista.
This article explains how to redirect the output of command line tools to the Windows Vista Clipboard.
In Windows Explorer .mp3 associates with Windows Media Player. In Media Player it shows that it will handle .mp3 files. QuickTime Player shows that it does not handle mp3 files. But when I click a link to an .mp3 file in Internet Explorer it plays the file using QuickTime, instead of launching Windows Media Player. What can I do to fix this?
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