Computer Repair Tips for everyday users

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Friday, December 16, 2011

How to clear stored CREDENTIALS for User Name and passwords

You saved your network log in information and changed your login info or password but you can't access with new info or get it to save the new information. Or you setup an exchange account in outlook and the info has changed for that account but it won't let you change it. You have to clear the old credentials for that account and re-enter them.

In XP & Vista
You have to clear the saved credentials through a command.

Go to START, RUN & TYPE 
rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr
Select your account and remove.  Now got back and enter your new info and save it.


In Windows 7
Go to START and type in the word CREDENTIAL MANAGER. 
Find the account and remove all instances of it and go back and enter your correct info and save.


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Having trouble with Adobe reader crashing or freezing?

Try FoxIt Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

It is fast and light weight and is just as good as Adobe if not better(if it fixes your pdf issues).

There are many pdf readers out there besides Adobe so if your having issues opening, or it freezes up on you often or won't show you a preview in Outlook then give Foxit Reader a try.


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Saturday, November 12, 2011

How to make your YAHOO email the default emailer, mailto program


Yahoo is not set to your default mail handler or Yahoo Mail is missing in the Internet explorer, Internet properties, programs, mail section.


To find Internet Explorer Programs settings

  1. Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Internet Explorer.
  2. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
  3. Click the Programs tab.

There are several fixes for this.



1st 
Check your mailto settings in Internet Explorer 8.

Internet Properties dialog


2nd
Install the latest Yahoo Messenger and make sure you check Yahoo! Browser Services.

Installing Yahoo Messenger with Browser Services

Still no luck?

This is what I had to do.

3rdAdd Yahoo mail to Internet Options so you can choose it to be your default email program.

Download this file
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?ymmapi 

COPY FILE TO

Copy yammapi.dll to

C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common   (If this folder does not exist you will have to create it)
C:\Windows

Go to "programs", "accessories" and open "notepad". Then copy and paste the information below starting at "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" to notepad and save it as a .reg file, such as yahoo.reg

Then double click on the .reg file you saved to add it to your registry. Click ok to add it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail]
@="Yahoo! Mail"
"DLLPath"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll"
"LocalizedString"="Yahoo! Mail"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll,-201"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\InstallInfo]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto]
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll,-201"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="rundll32.exe \"C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll\",MailT oProtocolHandler %1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell\open\command] 
@="rundll32.exe \"C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll\",OpenI nboxHandler"


IF THAT ONE DOESN'T WORK THEN TRY THIS ONE AND JUST OVERWRITE IT.


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail]
@="Yahoo! Mail"
"DLLPath"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dl l"
"LocalizedString"="Yahoo! Mail"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll,-201"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\InstallInfo]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto]
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll,-201"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="rundll32.exe \"C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll\",MailT oProtocolHandler %1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Yahoo! Mail\shell\open\command] 
@="rundll32.exe \"C:\\PROGRA~1\\Yahoo!\\Common\\YMMAPI.dll\",OpenI nboxHandler"



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Friday, November 04, 2011

Turn your iPad™ into your newest TV with the Bright House TV app

Turn your iPad™ into your newest TV with the Bright House TV app

The Bright House TV app allows you to access dozens of cable networks on your iPad anywhere in and around your home, at no extra charge. It’s a whole new way to watch the live TV shows you love. And now, you can move from room-to-room in your home, and still not miss a minute.

You get an easy-to-use channel guide that that lets you browse through “What’s On Now” and “What’s On Next” channel listings, find a show, and instantly start watching. Access the guide and change channels by simply tapping the screen and scrolling up/down to view more. Plus, if you have more than one iPad at home, you can watch TV on all of them, at the same time.

To watch TV on your iPad you’ll need:
An iPad
Bright House Networks Digital TV
Bright House Networks My Services account
A WiFi connection
Then, simply download the app from the App Store. Once downloaded, tap the icon and type in your My Services username and password. You’ll have immediate access to your Bright House TV directly on your iPad.

Note: The channels available to you on your iPad are based on the channel lineup you currently have with your Bright House TV package. View available channels.



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Thursday, November 03, 2011

SOLVED!!! Virus set all my files to hidden

ENTIRE DRIVE

1. Go to Start, Run, type cmd

2. Dos command prompt will open, type cd\

3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in my case its C: this will open the C: drive

4. If you want to see all hidden files and folders  ~  type C:\>dir/ah

5. Now type attrib *. -h -s /s /d

6. Now close cmd using exit command


FOLDER BY FOLDER

1. Go to Start, Run, type cmd

2. Dos command prompt will open type cd\

3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in my case its C: this will open the C: drive

4. If you want to see all hidden files and folders  ~  type C:\>dir/ah (*you will now see the files/folders with hidden attributes )

5. Type “attrib [name of file/folder] -r -a -s -h” if you’re going to unhide files, you should type the whole name plus the extension (example: attrib banner.psd -r -a -s -h)

6. Now check you  drive.. it should be there

Now stay away from those free things and sites.  It is not really free when you have to fix your PC or your data or identity is stolen.

FREE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE WORD IN THE DICTIONARY.



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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Find your best deals at AMAZON





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Friday, October 28, 2011

How to make sure you have the latest drivers

What could happen if you don't check AND update your drivers? Your machine could face the following consequences:

• Devices become less functional or stop functioning
• Conflicts with new software and/or hardware
• PC crashes in extreme cases
• Reduced system stability


Try drive scanner

I have not yet tested this but will update this when I have given it a whirl.  As always, use at your own risk and read my opening header.


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

PDF-Xchange Viewer, Free & Easy to Use


License: Free
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7,Microsoft Windows Vista,Microsoft Windows XP,Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

In addition to letting you mark up view and mark up PDFs, the well-designed and easy-to-use PDF Xchange creates PDFs from text, RTF, image files, and scanned materials--something that you just can't do with Adobe Reader. - Kim Saccio-Kent


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PrimoPDF, free PDF maker

PrimoPDF is a printer driver that creates PDF files from your documents. It's extremely easy to use and produces excellent PDFs--without the watermarks that some programs add. - PCWorld Staff

Download Page


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The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded”, when logging on to Windows 7 or Windows Vista

I have had this happen to a couple computers so I uninstalled and disabled all Google updater and followed these instructions.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Remote Desktop Printing

Not sure how well this tool works but found it on Downloads.com
http://download.cnet.com/Print2RDP/3000-7240_4-10434514.html


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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Brickfish Social Media: Once you go Red...

Brickfish Social Media: Once you go Red...
Please vote for me daily until Oct 9th if you could.


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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Ebates

Join Ebates and get paid to shop online.
New Customers receive a gift card for just signing up.
Click here to join and pick your gift card.


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Thursday, June 30, 2011

How to avoid, remove Facebook malware

How to avoid, remove Facebook malware:

Cnet: "On Facebook, there are a few different ways your account, privacy, and computer can be compromised. Sometimes hackers will simply phish for your log-in information and hijack your account, spamming your friends in the process. Other times, the app that promised to be a "dislike" button will instead download and install malware on your computer."

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20070931-285/how-to-avoid-remove-facebook-malware/

This is why I don't play free games and trivia stuff on facebook. Just say NO.



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