Useful Windows Topics

The Topics covered are

1. Disable Restart Now Message After Windows Automatic Update Message
2. Which version of DirectX is on your computer
3. Start menu games are missing (xp)
4. Save OR Restore Bookmarks in IE, Firefox, Chrome and Opera
5. Office---How to create a new email profile in Outlook 2010, in Outlook 2007, and in Outlook 2003
6. Office --2007-How to Remove Microsoft Groove Synchronization
7. How To Troubleshoot Stopping, Freezing, or Reboot Issues During Windows Startup

Drivers Sites

Generic Driver Resource Sites:
DriverZone: http://www.driverzone.com/

Helpdrivers: http://www.helpdrivers.com/

PC Drivers:http://www.pcdrivers.com/

Driverpacks.net: http://driverpacks.n...ts/DriverPacks/

Drivers Guide: http://driversguide.com/

Totally Drivers: http://www.totallydrivers.com/

Printer Drivers: http://www.printer-drivers.com/

Windrivers: http://www.windrivers.com/

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Differences between OEM, RTM, RC and Retail

what’s the difference between OEM, RTM, RC and Retail? These are all different edition of a OS, but with the same capabilities.

OEM: “Original Equipment Manufacturing”. OEM is the edition which comes preinstalled on a computer. So when you buy a PC, the OS edition that you’ll get is this one. The OEM has the same capabilities as the Retail.

 RTM: “Release to Manufacturing”.RTM is an edition that is no longer in the development stage, but not released to customers yet

 RC: “Release Candidate”. Exactly what it means, this edition comes right before the RTM. Different version of the RC are indicated by rc1, rc2 and so on.

Retail: The final one, is the Retail. This edition is the same as the OEM, but it’s not preinstalled and sold separately in a box, usually at a higher price. You should buy it only if you have a computer that doesn’t have any OS installed, maybe because you’re building it yourself

How to Change Hard Drive Icon Colors

First thing to do is make a new folder for your icons in a place of your choosing and name it "HardDriveIcons".
Next, collect your icons and place them in the "HardDriveIcons" folder.
Note; All icons should be 256x256 in size w/ .ico extension.

Now, open "Regedit" and navigate to; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes

Windows Run Commands

The commands work on all Windows based Operating Systems like Windows 7, Windows Xp, Windows Vista,Windows Server 2008 and Windos Server 2003.

Open the "Run" dialogue, by pressing "Windows logo + R". Now type in one of the following commands to open a program.

How to Disable or Stop Auto CHKDSK During Windows Startup

One of Windows annoying so called “feature” is CHKDSK being automatically being run whenever you don’t shut down your computer properly. You get the blue colored screen that says “Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue. To skip disk checking, press any key within 10 seconds(s).

Program not found - skipping AUTOCHECK Error

Look in the registry at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

Under normal circumstances only the following would be present:

autocheck autochk *

This is what it might look like with added values:

autocheck autochk * autocheck stera

How to convert a Pen Drive from FAT volume or a FAT32 volume to NTFS

To convert an existing FAT or FAT32 volume to NTFS, follow these steps:

    Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
    At the command prompt, type the following, where drive letter is the drive that you want to convert:
   
    convert drive letter: /fs:ntfs

    For example, type the following command to convert drive E to NTFS:

    convert e: /fs:ntfs

Free Cloud Storage and online backup Services

1. MediaFire

MediaFire offers 50Gb of Free online cloud storage  with a maximum of 200Mb for individual files. You can download MediaFire Express, a tool which will help you to upload and share files easily from your desktop.

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