Symptoms: You are happily working away and suddenly it just dies on you. Half and hour later after it has cooled down it will work again. This seems to be quite common so I thought I’d post this as its not mentioned in the repair manual. I had already checked around the web for a way to get into the laptop which sounds quite easy but having never opened one up before I was cautious. This is how I got to the fan. Step 1. Power off Step 2. Remove battery Step 3. Unscrew harddrive and remove (I don’t know…
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This procedure describes how to set up a new, empty hard disk so that it is ready for an operating system to be installed on it. This process includes partitioning and formatting and results in a bootable hard disk. The procedure covers configuring the hard disk as a single large partition or splitting it into multiple, smaller partitions. The procedure provides specific instructions for using the FDISK program and is based on the Windows 95 OEM SR2 (Windows 95B) FDISK version with FAT32 support. Warning: This procedure is intended to be used for setting up a new hard disk containing…
Here a short manual for NAT configuration on Windows 2000 Server. I assume that you have a moderate experience on Windows 2000. Local DNS server that will contain also the RRAS service on it: The IP that I use are my ISP DNS servers, you should configure yours ISP DNS IP. If you don’t have local DNS server in yours network you should configure this on NAT protocol on the RRAS: We have to use RRAS wizard to configure the server and after this change some Of the base configuration: Main RRAS server screen: RRAS server Properties: Don’t use this…
Windows XP does not provide support for the below listed motherboard used in the “Compaq CQ5210F” desktop computer.. The motherboard is a “Pegatron Narra 5.0” mainboard. It is an OEM product manufactured by “Asustek Corporation”. The identification on the motherboard is an “M2N68-LA”. There is no support for this motherboard on the Asustek or Pegatron web sites. The only support is on the HP web site. The HP support is for Windows 7 only. You will need to obtain the drivers at other locations on the internet. Below are the listings of the file names that I used for the…
Hi ???? I created a vbscript that was inspired by a batch file (Daily Downloading NASA images to use as Windows wallpaper) So the vbscript try to download everyday a new picture and set it as wallpaper from here ==> Astronomy Picture of the Day. Examples : Option Explicit ‘Vbscript created by Hackoo on 16/01/2020 inspired by this batch file ‘https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/213724/download-nasa-images-to-use-as-windows-wallpaper/235545#235545 ‘Run as Admin If Not WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists(“elevate”) Then CreateObject(“Shell.Application”).ShellExecute DblQuote(WScript.FullName) _ , DblQuote(WScript.ScriptFullName) & ” /elevate”, “”, “runas”, 1 WScript.Quit End If Dim Title,BaseUrl,dte,URL,Ws,objFSO,Command,i,LogFile,strText,Img Dim WinHttp,Data,ImgLink,strDirectory,sWallPaper,ID,FilePath,TaskName,Repeat_Task Title = “Download Daily NASA image and set as Windows Wallpaper by Hackoo” Set objFSO…
Have you always wanted to save your password in dial-up networking but wondered why the save password box was always “grayed-out?” Well it turns out that its not that hard to allow Windows 95 and 98 to automatically save your password, saving you a great deal of time and saving some memory cells to boot. The following procedure assumes that the reason that you can’t save passwords is the most common reason (about 99% of all the cases are due to this setup error) so if it doesn’t fix your save password problem, I suggest that you post a question…
Hi Everyone Today I want to learn you “How-To” run several commands at once in batch scripting. Here is the code: Start “” “command1” “arg1” “arg2” Start “” “command2” “arg1” “arg2” Start “” “command3” “arg1” “arg2” Note: “arg” means extra parameters. Note: Always when there is a space between two words or commands, put each word or command in two (“), For example –> C:\App.exe -silent –> “C:\App.exe” “-silent” Note: The two quotes (“”) after (Start) word is necessary, do not delete them – Example For running several commands at once in batch scripts: Start “” “C:\App\majid.exe” “/save” “document.txt” Start “” “mkdir” “D:\Info”…
Hi Everyone Today I want to learn you “How-To” run files with a sham extension via batch script, for example you can change a text file extension to whatever you want, then run it properly! Note: The good point of this way is that the new extension won’t be changed at all. for example if you change .txt to .mpf , after running this code the extension will be .mpf without changing and you have your text file ran. Now Think you have Me.txt, now you change its extension to mjk, then you have Me.mjk that won’t be run at all.…
The reason for this problem is that the hidden file Shelliconcache fails to rebuild properly after changes. It is usually due to MS only setting aside 500 KB for this cache. They now suggest a maximum of 4096 KB and the easiest way to change this is to produce a .reg file. Copy/Paste the following into NotePad, making sure you include the blank line at the end: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer] “Max Cached Icons”=”4096” In NotePad, save this to any convenient folder or to the desktop, giving it the name iconfix.reg Double click this .reg file and accept all prompts. Reboot, because…
To line up the data/table(s) or VBA code in your post on Computing.Net, use the *pre* tag found above the Reply box. Step 1. Click the *pre* icon found above the Reply box. Step 2. Enter your data/table(s) or VBA code between the tags. When posting data/table(s) be sure to include Column letters and Row numbers as shown in the example table below. Step 3. Click Preview Follow Up to see if you like the way it looks. Step 4. If you need to fix the layout, fix it in the Message box below the Preview box. Step 5. Click the Preview Further Changes…
The Problem: I recently started backing up Blu-ray discs to file using DVDFab 8, which produces an m2ts file.The video and audio can vary depending on the disc, but my sample movie contains H.264 video with DTS-HD Master Audio audio.The video played fine in Windows 7 natively, but the audio did not play.I run Windows Media Center on this computer which is the TV/Movie/Music/Picture/Phone hub of the house. For these movies to be useful on this computer, I need them to play directly via Windows Media Center without breaking my existing videos and TV/DVR functionality.I have used Media Browser to…
If you are experiencing either an NTLDR or boot.ini error after cloning a disk, try the following steps. Step 1. On the source computer, Dell Optiplex GX280 with XP Home Edition SP3 DU, first make hidden files visible. Step 2. Make Ghost clone and install it on target computers with identical hardware. Step 3. I made the clone with Hiron’s Boot CD. If you have changed the partition windows is installed on, you will receive an error message about not being able to find the boot.ini. You need to change the partition numbers in this file to correct the problem: Step 1. Restart from…
This of course cannot be completely comprehensive unless someone could purchase all combinations of systems and drives but it is my experience and may help some who are daunted by the task. I will first state my hardware so you can judge how suitable this will be for you. I will include briefly what I researched and how I proceeded. I hope that this will help some of you out there. Hardware: Gigabyte Motherboard: Z97X-UD3H ver:1.0 Processor: Intel i5-4690K Original Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 460 256GB New Boot Drive to be installed: Western Digital Black series PCIe 3.0 4x MVMe…
Recently, I rebuilt my computer and decided to move from WinXP Pro to Win 7 Pro. Since a 32-bit system can access only a limited amount of RAM, I installed Win 7 Pro 64-bit. Before my final WinXP ShutDown, I made a complete backup of both my hard drives and saved the backups on an external hard drive. After the new installation was complete, I attempted to reinstall Microsoft’s Cardfile. Cardfile (16-bit) was included on several Microsoft Windows systems and I found this simple program extremely convenient to act as a virtual “Rolodex” and I had many customers and contacts…
In this How-To, we will increase the security of your Windows XP computers (and any Vista, 7, or 8 computers as well) with a special tool Microsoft created, called the Microsoft EMET Tool. What is the EMET Tool? The EMET tool (EMET stands for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) is a free tool made by Microsoft, originally intended for use by enterprise companies (it is free for personal use too) to protect their computers from zero-day exploits. Zero-day exploits are security vulnerabilities found in popular software (such as Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Flash Player, etc.) that have not been patched by the…