How to fix ” My computer” opening delay issue?
Problem: When you click Start and then click My Computer, or when you double-click My Computer on your Windows desktop, Windows may search (a flashlight may appear) for a long time (for example, 5 minutes) before files appear. it will drive you nuts!
What could be causing this? As per Microsoft it usually happens because of Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Service or HP printer or scanner software. To fix this problem either we need to Disable the Windows Service or unplug any HP USB device (Models listed in Microsoft site)
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Images are not displaying in Microsoft Outlook
Have you ever come across situation were the images are not displaying in Microsoft Outlook? You will experience this when you get emails with images, the content will display but the pictures will not.
Before we go in to the fix for this let’s discuss the process of Outlook:
When you open any attachments in outlook it will temporarily save it in the windows Temporary internet folder. It’s a special folder called OLK, OLK is a super hiddenl folder which you can’t view from the explorer. So all the attachments in your Outlook will store in this folder so each and every time when you open an attachment those attachments will store in this OLK folder as a junk and when the amount of this junk increases you will experience this problem. So lets see how to fix this problem.
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HackerWatch – Test your firewall
A basic test that will probe your firewall. HackerWatch lets you report and share information that helps identify, combat, and prevent the spread of Internet threats and unwanted network traffic. HackerWatch is an online community where Internet users can report and share information to block and identify security threats and unwanted traffic
http://www.hackerwatch.org/probe/
Windows System Control Center for Windows Admins
There is no point is asking whether you are aware of Nirsoft and Sysinternals because these two website sites are very popular among the Windows Admins. These tools have become part of a windows admin’s daily use. Its very inconvenient when you need to carry this tools in a flash drive which is actually very essential in your daily work. Windows System Control Center is freeware tool or platform which is actually arranged in such a good way with a proper description about the tool and can be executed from its GUI. I guess you would have already
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A Tip To Check Ur Antivirus Is Working!?
Open notepad
Copy this code in the text file….
X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
then save it with the name fakevirus.exe
If this file got deleted immediately ….that means your antivirus is working.
Note: This tips only tells you that the on-access real-time scanner is working. It doesn’t mean at the anti-virus is upto date, it just means it *has* a definition library. So keep your antivirus software updated regularly.
What is your Computer uptime?
How Long Has Your System Been Running? Here’s how you verify system uptime:
Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.
At the prompt, type systeminfo
Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.
Displayed will be the days, hours, minutes and seconds on how long the system has been up.
Note that this command only works in XP Pro, not in XP Home. You can, however, type net statistics workstation at the prompt in Home. The first line will tell you the day and time that the system came online.
The all new Autoruns 9.5 – The best startup manager ever
Microsoft has released the new version of Autoruns 9.5 this week. It has the extra feature to list all the installed codecs in a computer. I could tell you it is an essential tool when I was troubleshooting a virus problem. Let’s see what is this tool all about ( for those who dont know about this wonderful tool) Autoruns will show you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.
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FTP Folder Error – Access Denied error message
Today I have come across this issue which you will get this error message when you try to access a FTP folder “Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access this folder.” I found this error happening only with the Internet explorer version 6.
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Delete any undeletable files
Ever encountered situations were you are not able to delete files? such as Exe or DLL files or any type of extensions? Unlocker is the best solution in such situation. Unlocker a great utility which helps you to delete any files which will show you the file dependencies and according to that you can unlock those process and simply delete any files. Unlocked has both the GUI and CLI function.
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Windows Vista Tweaking Utility
Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a freeware Tweak UI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows Vista, 32-bit & 64-bit. It can simply be downloaded and used as a portable application to customize your Windows Vista to meet your requirements. With judicious tweaking, It can make your system faster, more stable, and more secure with just a few mouse clicks. The tweaker detects whether you have IE 7 or IE 8 installed and accordingly offers you the relevant tweaks only. The best things of this utility that its only 380KB in size.
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