Computer Repair Tips for everyday users

Before you attempt to do anything mentioned here or elsewhere, please remember to always back up your data.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Download Windows Virtual PC Beta and Windows XP Mode Beta

Windows Virtual PC provides the capability to run multiple Windows environments such as Windows XP Mode from your Windows 7 desktop.

Visit Microsoft for more info: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

This is:
Beta-new and experimental

So make sure you back your junk up.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Runonce page will not go away.

http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx
No matter how you got to this point is irrelevant but what is, is how to get rid of this cracker.

When you open Internet Explorer 7 you either get a blank page or just won't go away no matter how many times you save your settings.
Maybe you see an error that says:
Line 56 Char:2 Error: Element not found Code: 0URL:http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2aspx ARRRRGGGGG....

Thank God for programmers and people smarter than myself to figure this annoyance out.

Click here to "Fix this problem "

If that doesn't work, you will have to do it manually, which is how I had to do this serveral times before with other client machines.

Window XP:
Open Regedit & got to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001
For Windows 7:
Put the following in a reg file and run:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Changes Main Web Page to blank[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"=http://about:blank

As usual, we are not responsible for anything you take into your own hands, and yada...yada...yada.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Can't open attachments in Outlook

I Recently had a client that had problems with his Outlook opening attachments but could save them. Turns out his temp file was just overloaded with old temp files.

Visit How-To-Outlook for a great tool to help you and try and show some love by donating a few dollars for a great free program.

http://www.howto-outlook.com/products/outlooktempcleaner.htm


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