Change CTL-ALT-DEL Background Color Annoyance:All servers in server environment had a gray background at login, except for one. The reason for this difference is that one server had been upgraded from an earlier version of Windows. To change the background to the desired shade of grey, edit the following settings in the registry with regedit. Note:The color codes are RGB,…
Read More »Recently, I had a task that required 100s of folders to be compressed into individual archives. Manually this would have taken several days. I found a script and modified to suit my needs. I chose 7-Zip command line edition as it is only one file and offers the highest compression. 7-Zip is available at here. The only other file needed…
Read More »This little script will fix the Windows could not search for new updates Error Code 80245003 error message. It also serves another purpose. Whenever I create a new image, I want to eliminate as much clutter as possible for the smallest possible image. Sometimes the SoftwareDistribution folder can contain 100s of megabytes of files that are unneeded for an image….
Read More »Factory reset the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage. Years ago, bought a Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter to connect to Vonage. It has a nice web based interface where I assigned the adapter a static IP. Over time, I changed the layout of my network and wanted to change the IP address of the adapter only to find that I…
Read More »Several years ago, I came upon a script that would recursively traverse through a folder tree and create a M3U playlist for each folder respectively. I slightly modified the script to fit my requirements. This script will look for MP3 and WMA files and create a M3U file. For the desired results, put the script in the root folder of…
Read More »The Prefetch folder is used to increase the speed in loading times for applications that have already been executed. There are several problems with thought process. The folder is never purged leaving old and unwanted clutter in that folder that will eventually slow down the computer. Another annoyance, is that this is yet another folder that maintains tracking of what…
Read More »I found this online today. Someone had a problem with Internet Explorer 7.0 and were directed to my site for the resolution. I am glad to see I may be of assistance. (Source: http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080121071630AARJmtZ) (Source: Experts Exchange)
Read More »Analog 6.0 to 6.1 Update Support added for Windows Vista and other Windows operating systems Analog is an application that analyzes web server log files and organizes the results into a well organized and detailed report. Analog is customizable which will impact the level of detail of the report. A typical report will contain General Summary, Monthly Report, Operating System…
Read More »In an attempt to reinstall Groove to correct an error, I wanted to use the saved account file “Account for name.grv”. Groove, however, returned the error “Saved account for name is too old and cannot be used”. Microsoft explains the cause as “This problem occurs because Groove does not accept account data that is more than 60 days old.” Then…
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VWMware folders can get congested with log files, file fragmentation, and bloated file sizes. To remedy this, there is a utility available through VMware called VMware-mount-5.5.0-18463.exe. This utility will also work with version 6 of VMware (tested!). It offers among other things, several command line tools for handling VMware files. Along with a couple of handy scripts, that I have…
Read More »Intermittent Blue Screens 0x00008086 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,0x00000000) The cause is the Intel Matrix Storage Manager version 4.0.0.6211 (3-23-2004) driver installed on the Dell Dimension 8400 series desktops. Source: www.my3cents.com Source: www.dellcommunity.com Source: www.experts-exchange.com Resolution: Download and update the Intel Matrix Storage Manager for the Intel 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller – Version: 4.0.0.6211 (3-23-2004). Intel Matrix Storage Manager (* indicates recommended…
Read More »Microsoft Outlook XP / 2003 will not open attachments that are .MSG files, where once it did. The cause is a Google Desktop plug-in. To resolve, Open Outlook. Go to Tools > Options > Other Advanced Option… > Addin Manager. Deselect [ ] Google Desktop Search Outlook Addin I have verified this resolution to work on both Outlook XP and…
Read More »The Hewlett Packard TSGI-IR01 is the OEM version of the USB Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver. The device driver is supplied by Microsoft and included with the Windows MCE, XP, and Vista operating systems. It is because of that, HP did not have to supply their own driver. The device driver does work for the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition…
Read More »eTrust Antivirus features are grayed out and access is needed. From the images below follow a single registry key change and all access becomes available. No reboot necessary. Using regedit, the format is: Using AutoIT, the format is:
Read More »Automatic Updates completely grayed out. This script will reinable those features. Formating the regedit keys into AutoIT format:
Read More »Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for IBM Lotus Domino enables you to use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook 2002 to access your e-mail messages, calendar, address book, and To Do (task) items on an IBM Lotus Domino Release 5.x or Release 6.x server. It is available from Microsoft. However, once installed, Outlook Connector will NOT connect to Notes. The…
Read More »EPSON Print CD installation successful. However, upon launching, error PICSDK.DLL not found. The PICSDK.DLL is part of the EasyPrintModule install found under Common on the installation CD. On this Epson CD E:\Common\EasyPrintModule. I didn’t want to install another application. Using an application called UniExtract, extracted the PICSDK.DLL file from data1.cab and data2.cab. Added the PICSDK.DLL file to the installation folder…
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