This article explains how to uninstall a Windows Media Player Visualization manually, in case the standard removal procedures do not work.

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?

When you choose Yes in the following dialog in Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta (Version 2.2, build 12.00.1299.1010), in a Windows XP system, the file types JPG / JPE / JPEG / PNG / TIFF / TIFF may not get associated correctly with Windows Live Photo Gallery. Also, nothing may happen when you double-click the said file types from Windows Explorer. However, this feature may work correctly in a Windows Vista based computer.

After installing the Critical Update for Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta 2.2, build 12.00.1299.1010) via Windows Update, using the option Import pictures and videos in the AutoPlay dialog may cause the following error:

In the Custom section of Set Program Access and Defaults (SPAD), the radio button to make the existing second browser default, disappeared. So, I cannot make my second browser (which is, Mozilla Firefox) default one, if wanted this way, but I have to go through more steps with Mozilla tools. How do I regain this option? The current default browser is Internet Explorer 7.

How do I select which debugger is triggered for JIT debugging when a script error occurs in Internet Explorer. Currently I have both Visual Studio and Microsoft Script Editor installed on my machine. However, only the Visual Studio debugger comes up and I prefer to use Microsoft Script Editor as the default script debugger.

This article describes how to remove the Viruses entry from the Start menu Search options.

When you try to install Windows Installer Cleanup Utility in your Windows XP system, the following error may occur and installation halts:

Every time I open Word Viewer (2003) and click on File menu, a list of every document it has ever opened appears, even if the original document has long gone. Where is this info stored? I've tried looking through the program files, the registry, and the .dat files, to no avail. Even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the viewer.

In article 131, we discussed how to Prevent accidental deletion of Office Setup Files when using the Disk Cleanup utility. This article describes how to recreate the MSOCache folder in case you've deleted it accidentally.

When you click a hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook, you may receive the following error message:

When you try to install Acrobat Acrobat Reader 8 on your Windows XP system, you may receive the following error message:

When you attempt to install Windows Desktop Search 3.0, the following error may occur and the setup fails:

Since installing Windows Desktop Search (WDS) v3, when I right click on a folder and then click on Search..., WDS opens. This is hardly ever what I want. The same happens when I click Search from the Start menu. How do I reinstate the Windows XP Search Companion?

When you click on a URL which links to a PDF file, the file may open in the browser window. This article tells how to configure Adobe Reader 8 so that the PDF documents from a web link open in Adobe Reader.