Monday, April 10, 2006

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP

Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP

Description of the startup switches for Excel

Description of the startup switches for Excel:
"excel.exe /regserver Forces Excel to register itself and then quit. Use this switch when you want Excel to rewrite all its registry keys and reassociate itself with Excel files, such as workbooks, charts, and others. Example: /regserver"

Monday, March 13, 2006

How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP

How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP: "In Microsoft Windows XP, the TCP/IP stack is considered a core component of the operating system, and you cannot remove TCP/IP. Therefore, when you view the list of components for a network interface, you may notice that the Uninstall button is disabled when Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is selected. In extreme cases, the best solution for this issue may be to reinstall the Internet Protocol stack. But with the NetShell utility, you can reset the TCP/IP stack to restore it to its state that existed when the operating system was installed. This article describes how to use the NetShell utility for this purpose."

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Download details: Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility

Download details: Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility: "The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on your Windows XP computer and whether or not the decoder is compatible with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition."

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Viewing Hidden Devices

To view phantom devices set the variable DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES to 1. You can add this to the system environment variables.

Friday, January 20, 2006

Monday, November 21, 2005

regsvr32 -u wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
wuauclt.exe /detectnow