Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by thehabgroup
To use enable verbose status messages by editing the registry, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4. On the Edit menu, point to […]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by thehabgroup
To use enable verbose status messages by editing the registry, follow these steps:
1.
Click Start, and then click Run.
2.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3.
Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4.
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
5.
Type verbosestatus, and then press ENTER.
6.
Double-click the new key […]
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Filed under: Windows XP, Windows 2000
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by thehabgroup
How to modify visual effect on Windows XP for performance.
Right Click on My Computer on the desktop of the Windows XP machine.
Select properties.
Select the Advanced tab -> Performance -> Settings
Select the Adjust for best performance radio button which unchecks all visual effect features.
The Visual Effects tab in the Performance Options dialog box allows you […]
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Filed under: Windows XP
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by thehabgroup
Remote Installation Service Installations
The process of adding OEM Plug and Play drivers to RIS installations involves the same steps that are listed in the “Unattended Setup” section of this article, with two small adjustments:
1. Place the $oem$ folder at the same level as the \I386 folder of the RIS image. For example:
RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\i386
RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\$oem$\$1\Drivers
\NIC
\MODEM
\VIDEO
2. […]
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Filed under: Operating System, ADS, Windows XP
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by thehabgroup
Open Regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
if it does not already exist create the key: “NoDriveTypeAutoRun”=dword:000000b5
Log out and log back in for the settings to take effect
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by thehabgroup
Start -> Run -> type Regedit
Click on File, then choose “Connect Network Registry”.
In the Select Computer search box either browse Active Directory to locate the remote server, or type its name in the dialog box.
In the remote machine’s registry navigate to the following key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
Under the Terminal Server […]
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Filed under: Windows XP, Terminal Services
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by thehabgroup
How to Customize Windows Task Bar Settings
1. Locate a clear area on the taskbar and right click and select properties:
2. Modify settings as you see as show the clock, quick launch bar etc.
3. Click the customize button and select the options that […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by thehabgroup
If you find that your desktop icons are corrupted/ garbled, wrong images appear or suffering from frequent redraws then you may need to increase the size of yoru icon cache. To increase the icon cache file (C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Iconcache.db) size
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Value Name: Max Cached Icons
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by thehabgroup
If your client computers fail to appear on the computers page of the WSUS admin console then apply the following troubleshooting steps to help isolate the problem:
Ensure that “Configure Automatic Updates” policy (Group Policy Object Editor -> Computer Configuration,->Administrative Templates-> Windows Components,->Windows Update) is configured with one of the following options:• […]
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Filed under: Windows XP, WSUS
Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by thehabgroup
If you have a stand alone networked Windows Xp computer then it is likely exposed to all manner of threats such as hackers, viruses and malware. The following tips will provide a defense wall against some of these threats:
Ensure that you keep up to date with the latest Microsoft security bulletins (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx), hotfixes and […]
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Filed under: Windows XP, Security
