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	<title>The Winhelponline Blog &#187; Windows XP</title>
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	<description>Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes &#38; Tweaks &#124; General Productivity Tips</description>
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		<title>Fix for Desktop Icons Layout Not Getting Saved Upon Restarting Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-desktop-icons-layout-not-saved-restart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows saves the desktop icon layout when the user logs off, and the setting is read during logon. Recently I came across a case where the desktop icons rearrange to their default positions after a restart or logoff/logon cycle. This turned out to be a Permissions issue with a registry key, which kept Windows from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Install and Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility if Windows Installer Fails to Work</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-windows-installer-cleanup-when-installer-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-windows-installer-cleanup-when-installer-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re greeted with the Windows Installer setup screen for an existing product everytime when you try to install a new program, you usually repair the existing application, or use the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility to remove the installer information of the existing application before reinstalling it. The problem is the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Remove Blank Entries From the MSConfig Startup Tab in Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-blank-startup-entries-msconfig-xp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-blank-startup-entries-msconfig-xp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[registry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes after uninstalling software, you may end up with blank entries in the System Configuration Utility (MSConfig.exe) in Windows XP. This happens if the startup entry is present in the registry with blank value data. This article tells you how to remove those orphaned entries by editing the registry.

Removing Blank Startup Items from MSConfig
1. First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Resume, Password Protect vs on Resume, Display Welcome Screen Setting in Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/on-resume-password-protect-vs-display-welcome-screen-xp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/on-resume-password-protect-vs-display-welcome-screen-xp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you open the Display Settings Control Panel applet and click the Screensaver tab, one of the following options are shown:

On resume, display Welcome screen
On resume, password protect



The second option is seen in systems which are connected to domain (which disables the Welcome screen.) If you enable this option, you&#8217;ll see the &#34;Unlock Computer&#34; classic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fix Services MMC Extended View Is Blank in Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-services-mmc-extended-view-blank-xp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-services-mmc-extended-view-blank-xp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Extended view of Services Management Console (services.msc) displays the service description and also has links to Start or Stop services. In some systems, the Extended view may appear blank, as in figure below:

This has to do with broken JScript.dll registration. To fix this problem, login as Administrator or equivalent, and then run the following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fix for Event Log Service Startup Error 1079</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-event-log-service-error-1079/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-event-log-service-error-1079/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Error Messages]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you start the Event Viewer, the following error message may be shown.
Event Log service is unavailable. Verify that the service is running.

Any attempts to start the Event Log service results in the following error:
Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer.Error 1079: The account specified for this service is different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the Mouse to Copy Command Prompt Text to Clipboard</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/using-mouse-copy-cmd-prompt-text-clipboard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/using-mouse-copy-cmd-prompt-text-clipboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Vista]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A useful tip for mousers. Earlier we saw how to copy Command Prompt output to the Windows Clipboard. Did you know that you can accomplish the same using your pointing device (mouse)? Also, you can select a particular section (word or line) and copy it to the Clipboard. Here is how to do so.
1. Create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Remove &#8220;Always Use the Selected Program&#8221; Option From Open With Dialog</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-always-use-the-selected-program-open-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-always-use-the-selected-program-open-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Windows XP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open With dialog in Windows allows you to open a file using different programs. Also, you can create or change the file type association by selecting the &#34;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&#34; checkbox in the Open With dialog. Sometimes, users wrongly associate file types and end up having [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Windows Easy Transfer Wizard Runs When Double-Clicking a Drive in Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-easy-transfer-wizard-runs-double-click-drive-in-xp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-easy-transfer-wizard-runs-double-click-drive-in-xp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Vista]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After using the Windows Easy Transfer wizard to collect files and settings in the source computer running Windows XP, you may notice that the Windows Easy Transfer wizard runs every time when the drive is double-clicked in My Computer. Also, the drive icon is changed, representing the Windows Easy Transfer program icon.


This happens if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fix: Places Bar in Open/Save as (Common Dialog) Box Is Empty in Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-xp-places-bar-open-save-as-common-dialog-box-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-xp-places-bar-open-save-as-common-dialog-box-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The places bar which appears in the left side of the Open and Save As dialog boxes in Windows XP, contains shortcuts to the following folders by default:

Recent
Desktop
My Documents
My Computer
My Network Places

The default places can be customized by editing the registry. After adding/removing custom places using a third-party tool, you may experience a problem where [...]]]></description>
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