This article describes how to restore the registry hives from a recent System Restore snapshot in Windows XP, in the event of registry corruption that prevents your Windows XP computer from starting. If the registry hives become corrupted, the following errors are displayed when starting up. (more…)
Archive for November, 2008
How to Restore the Registry Hives From a System Restore Snapshot in Windows XP
Wallpaper Changer PowerToy Does Not Work Under Limited User Accounts
When logged on to an user account that does not have administrative privileges, you may notice that the Wallpaper Changer PowerToy does not work correctly. When you try to change the wallpaper manually via the Wallpaper PowerToy user interface, error messages CreateFile, WriteFile and CloseHandle appear and the desktop background may not change. (more…)
Add “Explore Here” To the Right-Click Menu in Internet Explorer
We saw how to add the Go To Registry Key Internet Explorer extension which is used to open the selected registry key directly using the Registry Editor. Likewise, here is a Menu Extension for Internet Explorer that opens the target folder (text selection in Internet Explorer) using Windows Explorer. This extension works fine in Windows XP as well as in Windows Vista. (more…)
How to Clear IE8 Last Browsing Session History Using CCleaner
Internet Explorer 8 introduces the Reopen Last Browsing Session option in the Tools menu, which reopens the last browsing session from the most recently closed instance of Internet Explorer. Clearing the browsing history using Internet Options removes the last browsing session history as well. If you like to use CCleaner to clear the last browsing session history, here is how. (more…)
Windows Update and Automatic Update Reset (Fix It) Tool
Have trouble installing updates from Windows Update? Check out the Windows Update Reset Tool written by the Fix-It Team at Microsoft. This tool resolves most of the Windows Update and Automatic Update issues by resetting the Windows Update configuration. (more…)
How to Create a BartPE Bootable CD Using PE Builder
BartPE bootable CD is an useful tool that comes with a complete Win32 environment. This can be used to rescue unbootable systems, recover files & settings and do much more. Bart’s PE Builder helps you build a BartPE bootable live Windows CD/DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Setup CD. (more…)
Using the AVG False Positive User32.Dll Fix/Restore Tool
Many of our readers wrote telling that AVG AntiVirus Update 270.9.0/1777 caused serious problems with their Windows XP systems, deleting the User32.dll (false-positive issue) which prevented Windows XP from starting. AVG has documented this problem in their support pages immediately, and also released a definition update which does not has this problem. (more…)
Fix: Change Analysis Diagnostic Does Not Install in Windows XP SP3
When you run the Change Analysis Diagnostic Tool installer in a computer running Windows XP SP3 the setup fails. Although the Change Analysis Diagnostic download page states that the tool supports only Windows XP Service Pack 2, you can install and use it in Windows XP SP3 systems as well, using the workaround provided in this article. (more…)
Change Analysis Diagnostic: Identify Recent Changes in a Windows XP PC
The Change Analysis Diagnostic Tool from Microsoft helps you determine the recent changes made to your Windows XP computer. This tool generates a log file containing the list of changes made to your computer during the specified period. The log can be useful when troubleshooting the system or when cleaning up Malware. (more…)
How to Restore the “You’ve Opened a New Tab” Window When Opening a New Tab in IE
When you open a new tab in Internet Explorer 7, the about:Tabs page opens which contains information about tabbed browsing and lists available tab shortcuts in Internet Explorer. If you had enabled the Don’t show this page again checkbox and closed the tab window, every new tab opens with a blank page. Here is how to reverse the setting if you need to restore the about:Tabs page at a later stage. (more…)
