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Many times when working on a computer that has been infected with a virus, trojan, or piece of spyware I find myself with the Task Manager being disabled. Malware creators like to disable Task Manager so it makes solving the problem and removing the issue difficult. If this happens you'll normally have to edit the Windows registry to fix the problem. A restriction has been placed on the user to not allow them to run Task Manager, this might be ok in an office environment where the IT department wants to control things, but in a home office this can cause major problems trying to fix a malware or virus issue. Listed below you will find the many ways to reenable Task Manager along with an automatic method that works wonders. To open the Task Manager, you normally would do one of the following: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL on the keyboard Press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC on the keyboard Right-click on a blank area on the start bar and choose Task Manager Click on Start, Run and type TASKMGR in ...

You may well be familiar with the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon which appears in your notification area (or 'system tray' if you must) when you plug in a removable hard drive or camera (or whatever). You may also notice that the icon sometimes isn't there - and this is a problem which my parents' computer randomly suffers from - which means it's difficult to safely disconnect removable devices. The answer: a desktop shortcut. Right-click on the desktop, select 'New' and then 'Shortcut'. For the item location, copy and paste the following: RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll Then click 'Next'. Call the shortcut 'Safely Remove Hardware', and you should be done. If you want to make it look snazzier, right-click the icon, choose 'Properties' and then the 'Shortcut' tab, click on 'Change Icon' and in the 'Look for icons' box type: %windir%\system32\HotPlug.dll The f...

In this article we will be giving you a new tool by Microsoft which helps you in installing the OS on a netbook without CD/DVD Drive within a few minutes.   System Requirements : Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended 50MB of free space on your hard drive DVD-R drive or 4GB removable USB flash drive First of all you need to Download   Windows 7   onto your computer and have the ISO File ready. Next download the tool from Microsoft website   here   and install it on your computer. Once its installed you need to run the USB Tool and you will get the option to Choose ISO File from your computer or the Optical Drive. Once you have selected the right ISO file based on the correct OS version ie 32bit or 64bit you will have to next proceed to the selection of media type. This means that you will be given with a option to either select a USB Device or DVD. I...

How to install  Windows   xp quickly: Are you wondering how to conserve a bit of your time by installing  Windows   XP a bit faster? If so then let me tell you that in this post I am going to teach you all how to save your 25 minutes in installing windows xp. To teach you  how to install Windows XP   in less than 10 Minutes here is the tutorial: Step 1 :-  As soon as you 256 color part is completed you enter the Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode. Step 2 :-  While the Windows XP is setting up and you reach the screen which is shown in the picture Press “Shift + F10” Press Shift + F10 Now.. Step 3 :-  As soon as you will press Shift + F10 you will see “command prompt” screen. Step 4 :-  In that screen type “taskmgr” and press enter. Step 5 :-  Now you will see the Task Manger getting opened. Step 6 :-  In the processes tab of task manager find the process named as “setup.exe” Step 7 :-  Now ri...

USB thumb drives are one of the most commonly used ways to transfer data if you happen to work across multiple computers. Lets just make the USB drives prettier, useful and secure. 1. Add icons and labels to your drive. Download an icon you would want to see appear when you plug in your thumb(pen) drive. Place the icon at the root of the drive. Next open notepad and type the following: [autorun] label = "<your name here>" icon = "yourIcon.ico" Save the file onto the root of your thumb drive and name it "autorun.inf", be sure to put the quotes or else it will be saved as a text file. Now Safely remove your USB drive and plug back in, the icon and name should appear in Windows Explorer if your did everything right. You can also automatically launch an application. If this is not the way you prefer to work use  this  neat application to generate the autorun.inf file automatically 2. Add a Start Menu to your USB...

Accidents happen. We’re all human and sometimes we make mistakes. Some of our mistakes can have troublesome consequences, like when you forget to add an entry in your checkbook. Other mistakes, such as changing the video setting on your computer to one that leaves you with a black screen, can be corrected if you know how to use the troubleshooting tool Safe Mode. This Daily Drill Down will give you a review of the legacy versions of Safe Mode that can be used in Windows 9x, as well as VGA Mode, which is found in Windows NT 4.0. You will also see how some of the exciting new features of Windows 2000 Safe Mode can help you correct problems you might encounter on a client machine. Back in time: Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 To access Safe Mode in Windows 9x, press the [F8] key while the computer is starting up, but before Windows is loaded. You could also hold down the [Ctrl] key while the computer boots. Either method will cause the Windows 9x Startup Menu to be displayed. Howeve...