registry edits for windows xp

8/8/2019 Registry Edits for Windows XP

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Registry Edits for Windows XP

"Tweaks and Tips"

View by Category

To use the

Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click

it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed

in Notepad

by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

To use the VBS

Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive (you may want

to right click and use Save Target As). Double

click the

vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done.

NOTE: If your anti-virus

software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you

have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled. These scripts are

not malicious, but they do make changes to the System

Registry.

Disclaimer: These registry

edits and script files are presented "as is". Every effort has

been made to ensure the files work as stated. I assume no

responsibility for your use of these files.


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3. Restore Missing Toolbars EXE or VBS

1. Add

XP TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel

Add ControlUserPasswords2 To Control

Panel

2. MP or MM

Disable CD

AutoRun for Home or Pro

4. Repairs the Icon View

Set Numlock State On or Off at

Startup

5. Background Switcher PowerToy

Enable/Disable Administrator

on Welcome Screen

6.

Restore System Default Sounds

Fix the Ding.Wav File


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7.

Increase Balloon Tip

Display Time

Change Registered Owner and

Organization

8.

Release/Renew Bat

File

Remove Internet Explorer Branding

9.

Disable the Windows Logo Keys

Restore OE to the E-mail List in Internet

Options

10. Enable CD AutoPlay for Pro

Disable Media Player Update Message

11. Disable Balloon Tips or Disable

All


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Disable Media Players Play List

12. EXE (lnk and regfile) Fix for Windows

XP

Link File Fix for Windows XP

13. Disable "No Computers Near Me"

Restore

IE AutoComplete Password Prompt

14. Uninstall/Reinstall NetMeeting

Remove/Disable CD Burning Capability

15. Remove Common Tasks from the

Desktop

Disable Search Assistant - Undo

16. Active Desktop - Enable or Disable

Add Recent Documents to the Classic

Menu


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17. Restore

AutoPlay Icon

Restore Thumbnail

Views in XP

18. Add Google as Primary Search - Undo

Search Opens When Double Clicking A

Folder

19. Add Outlook Express as Default Client

Correct the Sort

Order in Windows XP

20. Restore IE

Desktop Shortcut Icon Functions

Disable the File Menu

in Windows Explorer

21. Disable System Beeps

Add Empty

Recycle Bin to the Right Click


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22. Hide

Users on Welcome Screen - Unhide

Disable the

Security Tab - Hardware Tab

23. Run Startup Programs from the CMD

Prompt

Allow or

Disable CD Burn Options

24. Remove

File/Edit/View.... Restore

Clear Search History under Search

25. Prompt for Password on Resume - Undo

Open With

Notepad for Files with No Extension

26. Add Command Line to the Right Click

Disable Internet Search for File

Extensions

27. Secure

Desktop - Undo

Remove Set

Program Access & Defaults - Undo


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34. Restore Fast User Switching

Super Fast Switcher PowerToy (Winkey +

Q)

35. Creates copies of

REGEDIT, MSCONFIG and Task Manager

Drive Rescue - Undelete and Data

Recovery Tool

36. Recover and Restore Deleted Files

User Profile Hive

Cleanup Service

37. Clear Form Fields in AutoComplete

AutoComplete

Mode Enabled or Disabled

38. Set Auto Disconnect Back to Default

Remove Added Links from the Tool

Menu


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39. AutoRuns -

All Programs Running Boot/Login

Delete an Undeletable File in

Windows XP

40. Enhance CMD Quick

Edit Options

XP Info - Verifies Activation

Components

41. Disable the Indexing Service

(cisvc.exe)

Clear Recent File

Lists

42. Hide the

Common Dialog Places Bar

Remove CD Burning

Features - Undo

43. Hide the Display List of Recent Files


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Hide the Common Dialog Back

Button

44. Add Switch User to the Start Button &

RC

Remove Access to

all Windows Update Features

45. Add Copy To/Move To (Right Click) - Undo

Restore the Welcome

Screen - Gina.Dll Error

46. Content Advisor On (Place in Startup

Folder)

Content Advisor Off (Place in Startup

Folder)

47. Regedit - Save to Favorites

Regedit - Clear Last State

48. Disable Windows Installer

Rollback


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Disk Cleanup-Compress Old Files Freezes-Undo

49. Old Style Search Engine On or Off

Add

Toolbar to Outlook Express (OETool)

50. Clear History of Typed URL's

Prevent My Documents and Recent

Documents

51. ScreenSaver Disable/Enable or Tab

Missing

Enable the Task Manager - Disable Task

Manager

52. Shutdown.Exe -

Andrej Budja

Add a Website Link to the Start Menu

53. Remove Past Items From Notification

Area

Hide or Show


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Inactive Icons - Notification Area

54. Restore Admin Tools (.msc)

Save Settings on Exit

- Don't Save

Settings

55. Restore Recent Documents, My

Documents

Increase Internet Explorer Downloads to

10

56. Remove Files Stored on this Computer Undo

Enable or Disable Right Click Context Menu

57. Restore winhlp32.exe for XP or XPSP1

Restore the Run Command

58. Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1

Restore User Default Pictures


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59. Disable Messenger in Outlook Express

Remove "For Testing Purposes Only" -

Desktop

60. Email Page - IE (right click) w/ Clickable Link

Correct IE

Window Placement (Reg or VBS)

61. Change Provided By

in IE

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch

Bar

62. Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard - Undo

Separate Process for the Desktop and Explorer

63. Home Page Lock - Home Page

Unlock

Start Page Guard for Internet

Explorer


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64. Reset OE

for Send

To , Mail

To , Send Mail

Replace/Repair

the Recycle Bin in Windows XP

65. Disable Low Disk Space Message

Search

Google Address Bar, Q#'s, MS-KB, TN

66. Error 1606 ... Access Network Location

Prevent Programs from Stealing Focus - Undo

67. Run Scheduled Tasks w/o PW Home -

Undo

Enable Show Status Bar

68. Set Menu Delay to 400

Page

Cannot be Found and/or DNS/Server Error


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69. Reuse Same Window Internet Explorer-Undo

Startup/Shutdown/Logon/Logoff Status

Messages

70. Search is Missing from the Start Menu

Clear Recent Documents or Undo

71. Speed up Moving or Copying Zip Files

WinFile.Exe

72. Enable/Disable Desktop Icons

SendTo Any Folder and SendTo

Clipboard

73. Enable

or Disable Personalized Menus -

Start

Enable or Disable

Personalized Menus - Favorites

74. AVI


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Search Remove - Restore

Network Places Missing from the Start

Menu

75. Search Shows Yellow Triangle with !

MS Windows File Extension Identifier

76. Power

Off or Reboot After

Shutdown

Auto End

Tasks to Enable a Proper

Shutdown - Undo

77. Disable "Log on using dial-up connection"

Uninstall NetMeeting

78. Common Tasks View - Disable

or Enable

Enable or

Disable Winkeys


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79. Speedup Browsing (Explorer and IE) Undo

Speedup Network Logon/Boot

80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer

Enable the Welcome Screen

81. Increase Slide Show Timeout

Disable Pop-Up Error Messages Upon

Boot

82. Disable or Enable Check Disk Upon Boot

Change Program File Directory

83. Change File Time

Created/Modified/Accessed

Properties Missing From My Computer

84. Restore Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr)

Windows

Installer Logging or Cleanup Utility


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85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save

As

Restore Compressed Zipped Folders Association

86. Taskbar Grouping by #

or Least , Most

Used

Shortcut to Search

87. Dial-up Modem or PPPoE is Unavailable

Check E-Mail from Anywhere

88. Set Default Web Browser in Windows

Hide Inactive Icons and

More

89. Easy Log Off, Shutdown

or Lock

Find File Information (Name, Version and Path)

90. Expand ReadMe.Txt Zip Files w/o Opening


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Read Reg, VBS Edits w/o Opening (also File

info)

91. Disable or Enable

AutoDial

Customize Folder Shell Extensions

92. Show Full URL Path links in IE Status

Bar

Change Online Support Link under

IE/Help

93. Logon Using a Dial-Up Connection Prompt

Remove Links folder from IE/Favorites - Undo

94. Windows Installer

Fix - Winnt for Windows

Enable Notepad Status Bar with Word

Wrap

95. Disable Messenger Service (Pop-up Spam)

Change the Warning Message in


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Messenger

96. Disable Control/Alt/Delete

Add SpellChecker & Button to Internet Explorer

97. Decrease the Size of Taskbar Buttons - Undo

Increase

the Size of Taskbar Buttons - Undo

98.

Enable/Disable LogOff - Classic or New

Create Start Up

List or Start Up Log

99. Restore the Task Bar to Default

Settings

Security Hotfix Checker Tool

100. Disable Unread Mail

on the Welcome Screen - Undo

Check and Open Desktop


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Paths or MP or MM

101. Prevent IE History Being Removed - Undo

Disable Show My Pictures Toolbar in

IE

102. Hide System Desktop Icons

Hide IE Icon from the Desktop

Toolbar

103. Enable Mouse Snap To Option/Function - Undo

Save As - Disable: Back, MRU and Places

Bar

104. Remote Task Manager

Active Registry Monitor

105. Disable Remote Dial-Up Connections

Disable "Save As" File History


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106. Lock Default Browser

Restore Hide Underlined Letters - Keyboard

Nav

107.

Change the Sort Order

back to Pre-XP

Restore the

Device Manager

108. FavesToGo - Save Favorites Quickly

FavOrg - Restore and Save

Favorite Icons

109. Change Computer Name

Empty Temporary Internet Files on

Exit

110. Add Message above User Name &

Password

Add Dialog Box/Message to Logon and Shutdown


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111. Restore Run As - Which user account

issue

Change the Name of the Start Button

112.

Add "Log

Folder Contents" to SendTo Menu

Show File Information

113. Enable the Task

Manager - Disable - Repair

BootVis - Performance Trace Visualization

Tool

114. Redirect

Help and Support to a link of choice - Undo

Enable

Reinstallation of Internet Explorer or OE

115. Rename/Remove the Recycle Bin

Read/Find your Product ID Number


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116. Prevent

Spyware from Being Installed

Show All Hidden Devices in the Device

Manager

117. Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

Add Trillian to the

Tools Menu and Toolbar in IE

118. Change Notification Error Wave File

Add Folders to the "Save As"

Dialog - Undo

119. Change the Hard Drive Icon

Change the Folder Icon &/or Opened Folder

Icon

120. Mouse/Left Hand

Users Undo - Welcome

Screen

List My Computer or My

Documents or Desktop First


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121. Increase Icon Cache

Change Icon Wrap to One

Line on the Desktop

122. Show All Bitmap Views

IE/Windows Update - Change Text or Remove

123. Add Notepad as a Right Click Item

Disable Changes to File

Associations - Undo

124. Add Explore CD-Rom to Start Button

(R/C)

Add a Folder to the Start Button - Right

Click

125. List Page File Location, Min and Max

System Up Time


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126. Show Boot Configuration(s)

View Log

Events by Code or List or Clear

127. Disable Windows File Protection

Show Super Hidden

File Extensions - Undo

128. Task Bar

Lock - Task Bar Unlock

Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs

129. Restore Folder Options Under Tools

Control the F

Lock Key Functionality State/Status

130. Add a Folder to My Computer and Desktop

Add Clipboard to the Control Panel

131. Disable the Shutdown Command

Change My


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Computer Name to User Name-Undo

132. Change and/or Add an HTML Editor

Disable Searched Word Being

Highlighted in Blue

133.

Restore Most Frequently Used - Undo

Replace AM & PM (Clock) with word of

Choice

134. Hide All

Notification Area Icons - Undo

Hide the Clock in the

Notification Area - Undo

135. Clear Read-Only Attributes

Restore Accessibility Options to Default

Settings

136. Search for All File Types

Show IP Address on the Desktop, plus


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more.

137. Remove "Open With" from Context Menu

Disable

Stand-by: Per User or Per

System

138. New Folder Hotkey - SM, Desktop,

Specify

Google Search from IE's Right-Click

Menu

139. Restore Zip Folders to Default in XP

Add to or Modify the "New" Menu Listings

140. Rename Files and Folders En Masse

Show Slide Show of Attached Pictures in

OE

141. Help, CHM, HH

Checker/Fixer


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Add a Custom Splash Screen for User

Logon's

142. Disable the Script Debugger in IE

Allow Wallpaper/Background Changes - Disable

143. Enable or Disable the Splash Screen for OE

Enable

or Disable the Splash Screen for IE

144. Clear

Wallpaper Most Frequently Used List

Add (OE) Send E-Mail to the Right

Click

145. Control

Panel - Classic or Category View

Clear NetMeeting

Call History

146. Retrieve the Class Name for a File

Extension


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Add or

Remove Programs Restriction - Undo

147. Add Internet E-mail Message to New Menu

Restore My Briefcase

to the Desktop - Syncapp.Exe

148. Set All Search Options to Active - Undo

Clear Disabled

Items from Msconfig Startup & Selective

149. Clear Cache on Reboot

Add

Taskbar Grouping Options to the Start Menu

150. Add Open New Window to the Right Click

Clear Last User on Boot Screen in XP -

Undo

151. Rename "Search" on

the Start Menu - Undo

Set "Search" Advanced Options as


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Default

152. Rename "Run" on the

Start Menu - Undo

Rename

"Help and Support" on Start Menu-Undo

153. Restore

Missing "New" and Text Doc

Change Size of

Desktop Wallpaper to Suit - Undo

154. Disable Shut

Down Per User

Remove "All

Programs" from Start Menu - Undo

155. Enable/Disable Show Hidden Files/Folders

Repair Loss of

Internet Access/Certain Web Sites


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156. Disable SSPD and UPNP

Services - Undo

Clear the Run

Command MRU List

157. Prevent Automatic Folder and Icon

Refresh

Prevent Delay Opening My Computer/Explorer

158. Change the Recycle Bin Icon

- Undo

Remove Throbber from

IE & Explorer - Undo

159. Minimize Any Program to System Tray

Add "Show Related Links"

to Internet Explorer

160.

Enable Monitor Power-off on Logon

Screen

Disable or Enable

Pin to Start Menu - Right Click


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161. Hide Start Menu Subfolders - Undo

Restore: On Resume, Display Welcome Screen

162. Restore HTML, HTM, URL Thumb View

Restore XML

Thumbnail View

163. Restore Terminal Services

Disable/Enable Caps

Lock or the Insert Key

164. Restore Taskbar to Default

Functionality

Disable or Enable

Always Ask Before Opening...

165. Disable/Enable Start Menu Subfolders

Disable/Enable Run Keys Per

User or Per System


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166. Restore/Place Search on the Start Menu

Add Icon Cache Size to

Folder Options/View

167. Force Classic Start Menu - Undo

Remove Send

Feedback Menu Option

168. Clipboard Reader

Read Host Files in

Notepad

169. Shutdown Shortcut

Enable

or Disable Pinned Items on the Start

Menu

170. Add Windows Explorer to the Right Click

Expand "System" in

the Start Menu/Control Panel


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171. Enable

or Disable Active Window Tracking

Office XP Error 1706

- ProPlus.Msi Fix - O2K

172. Msinfo32 Batch File - To Gain Access

Add System

Information to the Right Click

173. Repair the Registry Editor

Stops the

Selective Startup Screen

174. Remove Added IE Toolbar Entries

Restore Media

Files

175. Restore Empty/Full Icons - Recycle Bin

Restore Right Click

.inf/Install


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176. Add XP Google Group Search to IE

Toolbar

Add MS Knowledge

Base to the IE Toolbar

177. Restore the Web Tab - Display

Properties

Restrict Changes from

Being Made in OE - Undo

178. Restore the Go Button

Disable Open in a

New Window

179. Shell Icon Changer - Or Set Back to

Default

Windows Update

Greyed Out - Restore

180. Add a Folder Under the Run Command

Add Attributes/InfoTips to Files and Folders


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181. Account SID Association (run w/

cscript)

Network Login Profile (run with

cscript)

182. User Account Information (run w/

cscript)

Listing Local User Account Information

(SID)

183. View Source - Restore Notepad as

Default

View Source - Add

or Change Editor (Also for 6)

184.

Disable Thumbnail Cache

Restore Jdbgmgr.Exe

(3805) For Build 3810

185. Remove Desktop Version from Desktop

Remove Icon Shortcut Symbols - Restore


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186. Restore Run As to the Right Click - Undo

Show File and

Folder Names Using Correct Case

187. Restore Themes Functionality

Restore Luna

Theme - Restore Classic Theme

188. Add or Remove - Administrator Error

Add Save &

Restore Desktop Layout to Menu

189. Correct DirectX 9 "Logo Error"

Correct Windows Media

Player 9 "Logo Error"

190. Hide Selected/Specific File Extension

Paths

Customize Auto

Hide Taskbar Settings


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191. Change CD/RW, DVD Name in Explorer

Restore

Paint

192. Change .bmp

Default to Paint

Restore the

Toolbars From Being Greyed Out

193. Remove Hotfixes from Add or Remove

Disable

Messenger from Outlook

194. Disable Highlight New Programs - Undo

Language Bar Remove

- Restore

195. Restore Wallpaper

Views

Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar

196. Sort All by Alphabet - Start Menu and


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Fav's

Top 10 XP Most Frequently Asked Q &

A

197. Display Simple Folder

View - Undo

Remove Shared

Documents - Undo

198. Add Open Target Folder to Context Menu

Enable or Disable

Ctrl/Alt/Delete

199. Enable Folder

and Icon Refresh

Hide

Recycle Bin on Desktop - Not from Explorer

200. Disable Save This Program to Disk

Option

Change Thumbnail View to 96 or

32


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201. Restore marscore.dll

Disable IE HTML

Source Editor Check - Undo

202. Disable Notepad being listed under FUP

Set Magnify

Options Back to Default

203. Restore Display Icon in Control Panel

Restore Right

Click Properties

204. Force Auto

Refresh - Undo

Restore Power

Schemes/Configurations

205. Backup DUN Settings

Disable the Auto Logon Shift Override

Feature


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206. Hotbar - Explorer/New Freezes

Remove Hand

Icon for Shared Resources - Undo

207. Hide User Name in

Start Menu - Undo

Restore Properties - My Computer &

Documents

208.

Disable Update Device Driver Wizard Undo

Remove

Add or Remove Restrictions - Undo

209. Remove "Shortcut to..." Prefix on Shortcuts

Open Each Folder in New

or Same Window

210. Allow Folder Names in Uppercase

Change the Number of

Recent Documents to 25


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211. Restore Startup and Shutdown

Sounds

Disable Sticky

Keys or Delete Sticky Keys

212.

Disable -

Use the Web Service to find ...

Disable

.Net Passport Balloon Pop-up - Restore

213. Disable or Enable Registry Editing Tools

Display Mouse

Pointer Trails - Undo

214. Windows/Buttons

Greyed Out -Appearance

Windows XP Style Changes to Windows

Classic

215. Advanced Tab Missing in IE - Restore

Set Folder Default

to Open & Use Same Window - Explore


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216. Set

Toolbar Backgrounds back to Default

Remove My Computer from Desktop/Start

Menu

217. Set Stretch

as Default

Desktop - Undo

Highlight Text Blue -

Set own Customized Color

218. Disable Save As

MRU

Restore

Taskbar Grouping

219. Re-Run Missed Tasks

Notification - Undo

Remove the Display

Icon from the Control Panel


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220. Restore Open

With on the Right Click

Remove Overture

Search Branding in IE

221. Set SnapTo and

Mouse Trails as Default

Restore System

Information (Msinfo32)

222. Restore

Address Bar Search - Google

Restore

Save As Web Page Complete

223. Align Drop Down

Menu's to the Right

Disable

Storage of .Net Passwords

224. Show Control

Panel on the Start Menu


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Restore

Disk Management Snap-In Extension

225. Restore Folder

Options/Internet Options

Change the Logon Screen Saver

Automatically

226. Remove the

Taskbar

Remove the White Space from Add or

Remove

227. Set IE Text Font to

Smaller or Larger

Restore/Enable

Screensaver Tab Settings/Display

228. Use Small Icons

for Start Menu Programs

Restore

CMD.EXE


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229. Set IE Search to

Default

Open TIF Images within Internet

Explorer

230. Restore Group Policy

Snap-in

Wait is Greyed Out

under Screen Saver Tab

231. Show Favorites

Expanded

Set Internet Explorer

to Full Screen - Undo

232. Lift

Screen Saver Restrictions - Admin

Change Screen Saver

Automatically

233. Enable Single


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Click to Open an Item

Enable Drag and

Drop

234. Automatically Resize Image in IE Window

AutoPlay Repair

Tool

235. Restore Help and

Support Service

Set Splash Screen to None

- Remove OEM

236. Appearance/Effects -

Restore Smooth Edges

Enable or

Disable Clear Type under Effects

237. Change Hard

Drive Icon in Explorer

Alt-Tab Replacement

PowerToy


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238. Disable Update

Checks for Internet Explorer

Remove Keylogger Reg

Files

239. Disable Local

Stylesheets in Internet Explorer

Close Command

Greyed Out in IE and WE

240. Programs Aren't Minimized in the

Taskbar

Restore My Music

Folder on the Start Menu

241. Windows Server 2003

Resource Kit Tools

Restore

Choose Program - Open With

242. Set the "Save


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Attachments" Default in OE

Disable Background

Notice Balloon in Messenger

243. Allow Changes

Being Made to Taskbar

Taskbar

Toolbar Menu is Greyed Out - Restore

244. Disable

File Deleted Confirmation - Undo

Remove Restriction on

Recycle Bin Size Limit

245. Remove the ">" from OE Forwarded E-Mail

Set the Address

Bar to IE/XP Default

246. Restore Show

Desktop Icons Context Menu

TweakUI with


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XP SP1 - TweakUI without SP1

247. Set IE to Check for

Default Browser

Enable the Favorites

Wizard Restriction

248. Enable or Disable Scroll Programs

Clear Page File on

Exit - Undo

249. Set Default XP Font

Back to Tahoma

Restore

My Network Places to the Desktop

250. List Loaded and Installed Device

Drivers

Restore

Hotmail, Outlook and OE under Programs

251. Remove


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NetMeeting Call History

Specify Exe Files to be Lauched by

Winlogon

252. Download OE Quote Fix

Restore Remote Access

Connection Manager

253. Lan Settings-

Proxy Server - Disable

PSP Thumbnail Handler - Paint Shop Pro

254. Remove JRE - Sun TreatAs

Entry

Disable or

Enable Downloads per User in IE

255. Restore Group

Policy Snap-In

My Documents Folder

Opens Upon Boot (for C:\)


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256. Restore the Control Panel - Disable

Effects Options are

Greyed Out - Appearance

257. Remote Procedure Call Worm A-E - Edit

Win XP Security Patch:

Buffer Overrun In RPC e

258. Remove the W32.Randex.E Worm

Disable Send To

from the Context Menu - Undo

259. Online Virus Scanner: Trend - Symantec

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus Software

260. Open New IE Window is Blank -

Fix

System32 Folder

Opens Upon Boot

261. List of Startup Programs Running at


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Login

Restrict Desktop Theme

Controls

262. Remove W32. Sobig.F

Worm

Prevent

Manipulations of the Taskbar

263. Disable Default

Save As to My Pictures

Restore

Winlogon\Userinit

264. Restore

Missing Tabs to Task Manager

Access Denied - CD Rom,

Floppy, Removable

265. Default XP Calculator Enlarged

Restore Search to the

Context Menu


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266. Prevent Prompting for Hotfix KB828026

Lock Internet

Explorer Toolbar Options in Place

267. Restore "Turn Off

and Log Off" - Start Menu

Restart the Shell

Automatically

268. Restore All Tabs under

Internet Options

Restore RasMan

Service to Automatic

269. Disable

or Enable Resize Graphic - Send To

Hide Start Up

Scripts

270. Connect To - Restore

Options

Restrict Changes Made

to Connections - Undo


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271. Stuck in Classic View? Undo

Now

Notepad

with Spell Check and More

272. Remove Network

Places - Undo

Prevent Prompting

for Hotfix Q811493

273. Outlook Mail Counter on Welcome Screen

Restore Offline Files

Tab - Folder Options

274. Repair the Office XP Shortcut

Bar/Buttons

Add Open New Browser

Window to IE Toolbar

275. Lift

Restrictions - TM, Regedit and CMD

Search for Network Folders and


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Printers - Undo

276. Enable/Disable My

Computer Icon

Enable/Disable

Taskbar Grouping

277. Enable or Disable Thumbnail

View

Restore Show Net

Connections - Connect To

278. Restore/Enable

System Restore - Undo

Disable Start

Menu Pin To List - Enable

279. Clear File Name

MRU

Change/Customize Branding in Outlook

Express


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280. Restore Defrag.Exe

W32.Swen.A@mm Removal Tool

281. Disable the Floppy

Drive - Enable

OETune Sets

Individual Sounds To Mail Folders

282. Enable the

Appearance Tab - Display

Disable All

Internet Explorer Toolbars - Undo

283. Restore Content Advisor to Default

Settings

Add the

Outlook 2003 Icon to the Desktop

284. Restore or

Remove Manage - Context Menu

Reveal Hidden Dll

Files/Icons - Undo


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285. Restore/Replace the

Manage CLSID Default

Restore

All Display Tabs

286. Restore

the "New" Context Menu to Default

Search asks for

Office CD

287. Restore

Download to Directory Setting

Restore Search

- Indexing Service

288. Restore

Cryptographic

Service - CryptSvc

Add Run in Separate

Memory - 16 bit


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289. Start Menu -

Enable

Restore System

Restore Service

290. Hide Inactive

Icons - Greyed Out

Open My Computer - Double

Pane or Single Pane

291. Restore Defrag

Snap-In

Restore My Computer

Manage

292. Update Rollup 1for XP

View All Running

Processes

293. Remove Media Player

from Toolbars - Undo

QHosts Removal Tool


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294. Prevent Check Disk Upon

Boot - Undo

Hide or Show

Notification Area Icons

295. Lift Active Desktop

Restrictions

Suppress Online Media

Content via the Media Bar

296. Lift MMC/GPEDIT Snap-In

Restrictions

Cannot Create Toolbar

(QL) - .REG or .VBS

297. Disable

the Taskbar Context Menus

Remove

Taskbar/ Start Menu from Control Panel

298. Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!


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Hide System

Clock - Undo

299. List

Administrative Tools in Control Panel

Microsoft Glossary and Acronyms

300. Restore the

Machine Debug Manager

Enable or Disable the Outlook Express Toolbar

301. Lock XP with Fast User Switching

Enabled

Restore .ico File

Associations

302. Disable

CMD

Require Alphanumeric Windows

Password

303. Hide Share


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Passwords with Asterisks

Disable the Windows XP Tour

304. Cardfile Replacement of

MS cardfile.exe

Show Window Contents

While Dragging - Undo

305. Set .vbs Files to Open as

Default

Set Txtfile to Default to

Notepad

306. Decryption of XP

Files

Clear

Recent Media Player List - Undo

307. Disable Monitor Power-off

on Logon Screen

Save Attachments OE - Greyed

Out


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308. Clear Run Commands

Selectively

Restore

Wordpad.Exe

309. Restore Accessories -

Start Menu/All Prog

Outlook - Minimize To System

Tray

310. Restore Services to

Default

Messenger Service

Add

311. Doug's Windows XP

Security Console

NCS Account View/Account

Management

312. Save User Name and Password Greyed


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Out

Restrict Author Mode in

MMC

313. CWShredder version

2.1

IE Crashes - Browse in New

Process

314. File Associations are Greyed

Out

Remove Properties from My

Computer

315. Maximize Help and

Support - Undo

OE - Read in Plain Text

Only

316. Show Network Icon When

Connected

Sound Icon -


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321. Tool Tips Hidden Behind

Taskbar - Undo

W32.Sasser Removal

Tool

322. Remove Toolbar

Restriction

A File Named ~ Appears on the

Desktop

323. Add or Remove Programs

Appears to Stop Responding

16-bit COM Applications

Stop Responding

324. The NET SEND Command May

Not Work Correctly

You cannot Start a

Program with an .exe Extension

325. Snap-in Creation

Failed (gpedit.msc)

Restore CMD File

Association


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326. Restore

Notepad.exe

Run Command

Creator

327. How to Use the SPCheck Tool in Windows

XP

Restore Play

All

328. Solving msdart.dll

Problems

Delete/Copy by Owner

Utility for Windows XP

329. Task Manager - High

or Normal

Windows Memory

Diagnostic

330. Restore Single Click

Underline Icons


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Test for USB2

331. Remove Browser Objects - Place in Startup

Folder

DBXtract Extracts all

Mail/News Messages

332. Look2Me

Uninstaller

DotNetInstaller.exe is

Missing

333. Win98! Plus for Win

XP

Recovering XP using the Recovery

Console

334. How to Set up a Custom

404 Error Page

XP Service

Controller


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335. Breakdown list of

Unknown Devices

Two Windows Update Tabs - System

Properties

336. Pinball -

Restore

Hide Applications from

Add or Remove

337. Temporarily Disable XP

Service Pack 2 Install

Restore Change or Remove

Programs

338. Restore USB

Service

Restore the Security Center

Service

339. XP Web\Wallpaper

Defaults


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344. Help and Support Default in

XP

Restore

Calc.Exe

345. Dialog Boxes are Blank - Winnt -

Windows

Remove Help and Support

Search History

346. DirectX 9c

(4.09.000.0904) issues after/with SP2

Error Message:

MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program

347. Cleaning up after

installing SP2

Back Button Not Working Properly and Host

File Issue

348. Send To Desktop (Create Shortcut)


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Fix

Windows Installer

Issues

349. Restore Winsock - Fix

Right Click -

Error

350. SHCreateThreadRef Could

Not Be Located (SHLWAPI.dll)

ToolTips do not Display

Complete Info - Network Share

351. Test Your SP2 Pop-up

Blocker

SHERLOCK - The Codec

Detective!

352. Connect to the Internet

After Installing a Modem

Remove ASPNET from


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Welcome Screen for Auto Logon

353. Bandwidth Monitor - with Notification Area

Icon

Fix Save As Type from .JPEG to

.JPG

354. Date 2 File or

Directory or VB

Script/Batch

Auto End Tasks per User or

Per System

355. Change RDP-Tcp Port

Number

Restore Search to the Context

Menu

356. Remove

Network Places from Windows Explorer - Undo

Problems Opening PDF Files in Internet

Explorer


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357. Disable the Desktop Top

Wizard

Set the Default Browser

for your User Profile

358. Preview all file

types via Display Properties - Without tags

Junction Link Magic

- Creating Target Folders

359. Microsoft Windows

AntiSpyware

Restore Offline Cache

Index.dat

360. Current User Search Assistant Key - Written

for C and Winnt

Fix No Ping

Command

361. List of Processes under


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the Task Manager

Shell Extensions

Manager

362. Default Service Status -

Double Click for Service Info

Scancode

Mapper

363. Enable Flash for

IE - Disable Flash for IE

Search Text -

.SQL

364. Tool determines which process has a

particular file open

Disable Menu Bars and the Start

Button

365. Remove WMP

Start Menu Shortcuts for new Users - Undo

Update for DRM-enabled

Media Players


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366. StatBar - System Status

Bar

Google Advanced

Search

367. OE - Reset Compact

Check Count to 0 - Undo

Optimize Hard

Drive When Idle - Undo

368. Folder Options/View Empty - Restore

Now

Internet Explorer - New Process - Per

User or Per System

369. Prevent MS Tools -

KB890830 from reinstalling

Prevent KB890859 from being

Reinstalled

370. Yahoo and Google Combined

Search


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RunAs -

Encrypted

371. Restore Sound - Windows Audio

Service

Taskbar : Control/Select

Order

372. Quick Restore

Point

Adding sites to the

Allow list

.

Note: The majority of these tweaks and fixes are my

own work. Others are collaborative efforts with MVP's Doug Knox, Bill James and

David Candy. Any others, remain the property of their original

authors.

Special thanks to Doug

Knox, Bill James and David Candy.


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BACKUP

THE REGISTRY BEFORE ANY

TROUBLESHOOTING

start->run->scanregw FOR WIN

9X

system

restore->create a restore point FOR WIN

XP

2)

What is the type of connection? Dial-UP, DSL or Cable.

For dial--up, is the customer on the same phone line as the

internet?

Is

the computer on a network?

Does the connection have routers, hubs or

switches?

3)


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restart the computer in normal mode & start->run->command for WIN

9X

start->run->cmd for WIN

XP

ping

127.0.0.1->

ping www.yahoo.com->

ping IP Address of www.yahoo.com->

ipconfig /all

host name

ip address:

subnet mask:

default gateway:

physical address (MAC

Address):


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for WIN 9X

winipcfg->release all & renew all

for WIN XP

ipconfig

/release

ipconfig

/renew

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig

/registerdns

ping ip

address

ping

default gateway


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ping

hostname

{ping

127.0.0.1 -t

stop ctrl+C

display ctrl+break}

Try

To Open A Website By Its IP Address. For this try start>run>iexplore

"IP address of the website" >ok

4) Automatic

Troubleshooting

Click

Start, and then click Help and

Support (Microsoft).

Click the link

to Use Tools to view your computer

information and diagnose problems,

and then click Network

Diagnostics in the list on the left.


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OR

start->run->netsh diag

gui

When you click

Scan your

system, Network Diagnostics gathers

configuration information and performs automated troubleshooting of the

network connection.

When the

process finishes, check for any items marked "FAILED" in red, expand those

categories, and view the additional details about what the testing

showed.

5)

For

Dial-up Connections

DIAL-UP

MODEM TROUBLESHOOTING

A)


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Verify

if the customer uses the correct username & password & correct icon to

go online

B)

Verify

the internet

connectivity-->start->run->www.purple.com

C)

Check

phone line quality

1)

connect

telephone directly into telephone->check for dialtone &

quality

2)

Make

sure the telephone cord is not wrapped around any other wires and

is

not

near home stereo speakers

3)dial

you friend & ask your friend to dial you->check for dialtone &


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quality

4)dial

the ISP number-->You should hear high-pitched squealing noises if

the

ISP

accepts the call

D)

Check

the modem connection

1)shut

down the computer & verify the physical

connection

2)

-Telephone-out jack connects to telephone set

3)

- Line-in jack connects to cable

E)

Turn

off call waiting

Start->Control

Panel->Printers and Other Hardware->Phone and

Modem


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Options->Edit->Select

To Disable Call Waiting, Dial:.*70->Apply->OK

F)

Disable

no dial tone

Start->Control


Modem

Options->modems->double

click lucent winmodem->Advanced tab->Extra

Settings,

type ATX0,,,,, (a zero with five commas after

it)->Apply->OK

G)Turn off wait

for dialtone

Start->Control


Modem


click lucent winmodem->modems->uncheck wait

for dialtone

H)


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Query

Modem

Start->Control


Modem


click lucent winmodem->diagnostics->querymodem

I)

Lost

file

Go

to safe mode->device manager->remove entries for PORTS &

MODEMS;

restart

the computer check for found new hardware wizard

If a window

appears stating that it needs help finding particular files, place

the

driver

disc from the modem manufacturer into a disc drive. If this does

not

help,

then browse the following pathnames, one at a time, until the lost file

is


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found:

C:\Windows\inf

C:\Windows\options\cabs

C:\Windows\system

C:\Windows\system32

C:\i386

J)

Try

hyperterminal test

Open HyperTerminal by

clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, and finally

HyperTerminal.

Next, double-click


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ATZ

(atz)

Ok

This command

resets the modem.

ATA

(ata)

(handshake

sounds)

Indicates that

the modem can send information. Press ENTER to stop this process. The

message "no carrier" is normal with this command. This command does not

apply to Windows XP.

ATH

(ath)


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sets the modem to receive. Call the PC's phone number and the handshake

signal should be heard. "Ring, ring" should appear on HyperTerminal's

screen, followed by "no carrier," when the caller hangs

up.

If the modem responds to these commands

in this way, it should be functional.

K) Test the

modem

Follow

the steps below to test the modem using HyperTerminal:

1.

Turn on

the computer.

2.

Click

Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, then click

HyperTerminal.

NOTE:

The first time HyperTerminal is used, the user will be required to fill in some

regional and phone information.

3.

In the

Name field, type TEST, then click

OK.


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4.

In the

Connect To dialog enter the

following information:

Leave

the Country/region and Area code fields as they

are.

Enter

555-5555 for phone number.

In the

Connect using field, verify that

the Lucent Win Modem is

selected.

5.

Click

OK.

6.

Click

Modify, Configure, then select the Advanced Tab.

7.

Place a

check mark next to bring up terminal window


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before dialing, then click OK.

8.

Click

OK, then dial.

9.

At the

Terminal Screen type AT&&CCB, then press ENTER.

The

correct value is "08" for a functional modem. A "48" or "FF" message

indicates a

hardware problem or software conflict.

L) Change

Modem Initialization Strings

The steps below

adjust the way the modem connects to your Internet service provider

(ISP) if you are not using additional software such as AOL or

CompuServe.

In Windows XP, click

Start, Control Panel, and click Printers and Other Hardware.

In

Windows 98 and Me, click Start,

Settings, and Control Panel.

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Phone and Modem Options.

In

Windows 98 and Me, double-click the Modems icon.

In Windows XP, select

your modem from the list and then click the Properties button.

In Windows 98 and

Me, click the Properties button

and then the Connection

tab.

Click the Advanced button (see Figure

1).

Type the following in

the Extra settings

field:

AT&F&C1&D2&K3+MS=V34

Click OK, OK, and then Close.

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Internet to test the connection.

Instructions for AOL

and CompuServe users

America Online and

CompuServe (and possibly other ISPs) may not allow changing the initialization

string in the same way that this document describes. Contact AOL or CompuServe

support if you are having connection problems and you know it is not the phone

lines, connectors, cabling, or drivers.

M)

Try

PC DOCTOR for modem test

N)

Try

HP help for modem test

Checking the modem in

Windows XP

Click Start, then click Help and Support.

Under Pick a Help Topic, click Hardware.

Under Hardware, click


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Click Start, and then click Help.

Click HP Help from the top menu

bar.

Under Test Your System, click Modem.

Read the window that

displays and check the connections if necessary.

Click the Run button at the bottom of the

window.

Click Continue if a Notice window

appears.

Follow the

instructions in the Modem Test Results window as follows:

If the Modem

passes, the testing continues. Click OK.

If the Modem does

not pass the test, read the Modem Test Results and follow its suggested

troubleshooting steps. Retest the modem after following the suggested

steps.

8 .After the connection

test finishes, follow the instructions that appear.


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O)

Try

Removing, Replacing, & Reseating

the

Modem

Card

6)

start->run->www.purple.com

verify the internet connectivity

7)

try

a different browser like netscape or My Computer

Window

8)check

for physical connections & lights on modem &

tower

9)

do power cycling for CABLE MODEMS & DSL

MODEM


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10)

do a power flee

11)

restart the computer, pressed F1, then pressed F5,

then F10

12)

start->run->scanregw for WIN 9X

system

restore->create a restore point for WIN

XP

13)start->settings->ctrl

panel->add remove programs->REMOVE spywares like new.net;backweb,trellix

web, morpheus,b3d projector, bonzibuddy, date manager, save now, download

manager & firewalls like Mcafee, norton internet security, zone alarm,

freedom

14)

INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER SETTINGS-->

start->settings->ctrl panel->internet options->advanced->restore

defaults->uncheck enable third

party browser


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extensions

programs->reset web settings

connections->LAN

settings->check automatically

detect settings->checked

automatically detect settings->

privacy->default security->default level for

internet,

local intranet, trusted sites,

restricted

sites

general->delete

files; delete cookies; clear

history; settings-

>view

objects->delete

all

downlaoded program files; delete Applog folder &

Index.Dat

in

C:\Windows.

(View

All Files & Folders should be enabled for this).

*Change

the


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Stop

these services & Start them again.

18)

FOR WINDOWS 9X

DO NOT RESTART THE MACHINE UNLESS ALL

THE

FOLLOWING

STEPS ARE DONE

A)Start->Settings->Control

Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Windows Setup tab->UNCHECK

communications -->apply->ok

B)Start->Settings->Control

Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Windows Setup tab->CHECK

communications -->apply->ok

C)Start->Settings->Control

Panel->Network.->Configuration tab->remove all the TCP/IP


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entries->apply->ok

D)Start->Settings->Control

Panel->Network-> Configuration tab-> click Add, click Protocol, and

then click Add.

In the Manufacturers box, click Microsoft, in the Network Protocols box, click

TCP/IP, and then click OK.

E)Start->Find->Files or

Folders->Named box, type hosts, and then click your hard disk in the Look in

box.

If you find the Host file, open the file in Notepad to view the contents. If

there are no entries beyond the one for the local host (for example,

127.0.0.1

Localhost),

contact your ISP for possible problems with their DNS

server.

F)start->run->sfc->extract

the following files from

C:\windows\options\cabs

Winsock.dll in C:\Windows


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Wsock32.dll, Wsock.vxd, Wsock2.vxd, Ws2_32.dll in

C:\Windows\System

IN

WINME; STEP F: CANNOT BE DONE, AS THERE IS A *mgr WHICH RUNS IN THE BACKGROUND

SO DO A FULL CLEAN BOOT & THE OPTION TO

EXTRACT

FILE IS AVAILABLE IN MSCONFIG ITSELF AS "EXTRACT FILE"-->USE THIS FOR ABOVE

STEP

G)start->run->regedit remove

the following entries

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\AFVXD

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\DHCP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock2

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock


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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Authentication\SMM_Files

H)NOW RESTART THE

MACHINE

FOR WINDOWS XP

A) Reset TCP/IP

stack

start->run->cmd->netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

B) repair

IE

C:\Windows\Inf\IE.INF-->right click & click

install


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(you must set show hidden files & folders---& --uncheck hide protected

operating

system

files for this)

C)start->run->msconfig->expand

files from C:\i386

Winsock.dll in C:\Windows

Wsock32.dll, Wsock.vxd, Wsock2.vxd, Ws2_32.dll in C:\Windows\System32

D)start->run->regedit remove

the entry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock2

19)

IF THE ISSUE IS STILL NOT FIXED--->

FOR

WIN 9X

restart the computer in command prompt only ;

C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\COMMAND>SCANREG


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/RESTORE

FOR

WIN XP try system restore --->restore to an earlier

date

20)

BACKUP THE REGISTRY AFTER ANY TROUBLESHOOTING

start->run->scanregw FOR WIN

9X

system restore->create a restore point FOR WIN

XP

21)


TRY

NDR

22)


TRY

DR

=====================================================================================

=====================================

2) CANNOT CONNECT


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TO SECURE WEBSITES

=====================================================================================

=====================================

1)BACKUP

THE REGISTRY BEFORE ANY TROUBLESHOOTING

start->run->scanregw FOR WIN 9X

system


XP

2)

What is the type

of connection? Dial-UP, DSL or Cable.

For dial--up, is the customer on the same phone line as the

internet?

3) Verification

Try to open


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the website

www.fortify.net

-->SSLCheck

IF the cipher strength is 128 bit--> there is no issue with secure

websites

IF the cipher strength is less than 128 bit or it shows Page Cannot Be

Displayed ->then the IE Browser has to be repaired to connect

to

secure websites

ALITER-->to check cipher strengh; open the IE window->click About

Internet Explorer->note down cipher strength; Secured websites have a symbol

of a closed

lock at the botton right hand side of the pages.This can be used to aske

customers if they see any symbol of that closed lock or

not.

4)

Delete Temporary Internet

Files:


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prompted to confirm the deletion.

Under

History, click

Clear

History.

Click

Yes when you are

prompted to delete your history of visited Web sites.

Click

OK.

5)Configure Security,

Content, and Advanced Settings in Internet

Explorer

Configure the

security settings for the Trusted sites zone in Internet Explorer. To do so:

In Internet

Explorer, on the Tools menu, click

Internet


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Options, and then

click the Security tab.

Click

Trusted

sites, and then

click Default

Level.

Add the SSL

Secured (128-Bit) Web site to the Trusted sites zone. To do so, click

Sites, type the

URL of the site in the Add this Web site

to the zone box, click

Add, click

OK, and then

click Apply.

Clear the

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) state and AutoComplete history. To do so:

Click the

Content tab.


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OK when you

are prompted to clear all previously saved passwords, and then click

OK two more

times.

Verify that

Internet Explorer is configured to use SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0. To do so:

Click the

Advanced tab.

In the

Settings box, under

Security, click to

select the Use SSL 2.0

and

Use SSL

3.0 check boxes

(if they are not already selected), and then click

OK.

6)Verify that the Date and Time

Settings on Your Computer Are

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Click

Start, and then

click Control

Panel.

Click

Date, Time, Language, and Regional

Options, and then click Date and Time.

Click the

Date &

Time tab.

Make sure that

the date and time settings are configured to use the current date and time,

and then click OK.

7)Verify that Computer Is Using

128-Bit Encryption

In Internet

Explorer, on the Help menu, click

About Internet

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The level of

encryption on your computer appears next to the words

Cipher

Strength. Verify that

the Cipher

Strength value appears

as 128-bit.

Click

OK.

8)Use System Restore to

Return Computer to a Previous

State

1.

start->programs->accessories->system tools->system

restore->restore my computer to an earlier date

9)Check Third-Party Firewall or

Antivirus Programs

1)start->ctrl panel->add

remove programs->remove firewalls Mcafee, norton internet security,

zone alarm, freedom

10)Use the System File Checker (Sfc.exe)

Tool to Scan all Windows File Protection (WFP) Protected


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Files

Click

Start, and then

click Run.

In the

Open box, type

cmd, and then

click OK.

At the command

prompt, type sfc

/scannow, and then

press ENTER.

11)Verify that the Microsoft

Cryptographic Services Service Is

Started

To verify that the Cryptographic Services service is started (and to

start it if

it is not):

Click

Start, and then


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click Run.

In the

Open box,

type

cmd, and then

click OK.

At the command

prompt, type net start

cryptsvc, and then

press ENTER.

Type

exit to quit

Command Prompt.

12)Register .Dll

Files

Click

Start, and then

click Run.

In the

Open box, type

cmd, and then


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click OK.

At the command

prompt, type the following lines and press ENTER after each line:

regsvr32

softpub.dll

regsvr32 wintrust.dll

regsvr32

initpki.dll

regsvr32 dssenh.dll

regsvr32 rsaenh.dll

regsvr32

gpkcsp.dll

regsvr32

sccbase.dll

regsvr32 slbcsp.dll

regsvr32

cryptdlg.dll

Click


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OK when you

receive the message that DllRegisterServer in

FileName succeeded.

Type

exit to quit

Command Prompt.

13)Create a New User

Profile

To delete a user

profile:

Log on to the

computer as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

Click

Start, and then

click Control

Panel.

Click

Performance and

Maintenance, and then

click System.


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Click the

Advanced tab, and then

under User

Profiles,

click

Settings.

In the

Profiles stored on this

computer list, click

the user profile that you want to delete, and then click

Delete.

Click

Yes when you are

prompted to confirm the deletion.

Click

OK, click

OK, and then

quit Control Panel.

Log off the

computer as Administrator, and then log on as the user.

Windows creates a new profile


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for the user

14)BACKUP THE

REGISTRY AFTER ANY TROUBLESHOOTING


system restore->create a restore point FOR WIN XP

====================================================

3) Lots of Pop-Ups

during browsing internet

=================================================

1)

BACKUP THE REGISTRY BEFORE ANY

TROUBLESHOOTING


system


XP

2) change INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER

SETTINGS-->


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start->settings->ctrl panel->internet

options->

advanced->restore defaults->uncheck enable third party browser

extensions

programs->reset web settings

connections->LAN settings->check automatically detect settings; settings-

>checked automatically detect settings

privacy->default

security->default level for internet, local intranet, trusted sites,

restricted

sites

general->delete files; delete cookies; clear history; settings->view

objects-


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>delete all downlaoded program files; delete Applog folder &

Index.Dat in

C:\Windows. (View All Files & Folders should be enabled for

this)

3)

start->run->msconfig->startup tab->uncheck all options

except

Windows 98 and Windows Me

Reminder

ScanRegistry

TaskMonitor

System Tray

Keyboard Manager

LoadPowerProfile (one of both available)


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Windows XP

PS2

KBD

Hpsysdrv

Igfxtray

Hkcmd

RUNDLL32.dll

4) Download & run Ad-Aware

from www.lavasoftusa.com

5) BACKUP THE

REGISTRY AFTER ANY TROUBLESHOOTING



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4) Script Errors During

Checking E-mails

====================================================

1)

BACKUP THE

REGISTRY BEFORE ANY TROUBLESHOOTING


system


XP

2) start->ctrl

panel->Internet options->Advanced tab->Browsing category, check Disable

script debugging, unchecked Display a notification about every script error,

unchecked enable third party browser extensions.

3)Go to

www.microsoft.com/dowloads --->search for ALL products; with keywords

SCRIPTING -->download

Script Debugger for

Windows 98 and Me ---->FOR WIN 9X

Script Debugger for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP --->FOR WIN


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XP

& run it.

4)

BACKUP THE REGISTRY AFTER ANY

TROUBLESHOOTING



=====================================================================================

=============================================================

====================================

5)

How to set IE as the default browser ?

====================================

Right click the "Internet Explorer"

icon

Click on

'Properties'

In the Internet properties window

click on the tab "Programs"

Put a check beside the "Internet

Explorer should check to see whether it is the default


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browser"

=====================================

6) Nothing happens when

you click a hyperlink (Or)

You get an error " An Error Has Occurred on

the Script on This Page "

=====================================

Quit all the programs that are

running

Click START, and then click

RUN

In the OPEN box, type

regsvr32 urlmon.dll ,and then click OK. The following message

appears:

"DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded."

Click OK

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7) Enabling Cookies in

IE6

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9) IE is Stuck in Offline

mode

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Within Internet Explorer, go to File

and uncheck WORK OFFLINE. IF it's still stuck offline, then try this:

Run

regedit and go

to:

hkey_current_users\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internetsettings

and

hkey_users\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internetsettings

Within both areas, there will be a section called GlobalWorkOffline.

If the value is anything but zero, then you will have to change the setting

to zero

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10) ActiveX Errors When You Run

Internet Explorer

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To resolve this issue, reinstall the Comcat.dll file:

Use Windows Explorer to locate the Os\System folder on

your Microsoft Office 97 CD-ROM, and then click the Comcat.dll file.

On the Edit menu, click Copy. Locate and click the

System32 folder of

Windows NT (by default, C:\Winnt\System32). On the Edit menu, click

Paste to paste the Comcat.dll file

in the System32 folder.

Click Start, click Run, and then type the following

command:

regsvr32

c:\winnt\system32\comcat.dll

Click OK. The following message is

displayed:

DllRegisterServer in

c:\winnt\system32\comcat.dll succeeded.

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11) How to Reinstall or

Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP

=====================================

Method 1: Reinstall or Repair Windows

XP

To repair or reinstall Internet Explorer and Outlook


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Express in Windows XP, complete the following procedure while you are logged on

as an administrator:

Use the System File Checker tool to scan all of the

protected files on your computer:

Click Start, and then click

Run.

In the Open box, type

sfc /scannow, and then click

OK.

Note

that you may be prompted for the Windows XP or Windows XP Service Pack 1

installation media.

Test to determine if the issue is resolved. If the

issue is resolved, skip the remaining steps. If the issue is not resolved,

continue to the next step.

Complete an in-place upgrade of Windows XP, a repair

of Windows XP, or reinstall Windows XP. For additional information about how

to complete an in-place upgrade or repair of Windows XP, click the article

number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:


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Method 2: Edit the Registry and Install

Internet Explorer 6

When you try to reinstall the same version of

Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error

message:

Setup has detected a newer version of

Internet Explorer already installed on this system.

Setup cannot

continue.

To avoid this error

message and reinstall the same version of Internet Explorer and

Outlook Express,

follow these steps:

While you are logged on as an administrator, click

Start, and then

click Run.

In the Open box, type

regedit, and then click

OK.


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Locate the appropriate registry subkey, right-click

the IsInstalled

(REG_DWORD) value, and then click Modify.

To reinstall only

the Internet Explorer 6 browser component on Windows XP, use the following

registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active

Setup\Installed

Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

To reinstall only Outlook Express 6 on

Windows XP, use the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active

Setup\Installed

Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}

Change the value data from 1 to 0, and then click

OK.

Quit Registry Editor, and then install Internet

Explorer 6.

How to troubleshoot

wireless network connections in Windows XP Service Pack

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View products

that this article applies to.

Article ID

:

870702

Last

Review

:

December 27,

2006

Revision


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:

2.8

Important This article

contains information that shows you how to help lower security settings or how

to turn off security features on a computer. You can make these changes to work

around a specific problem. Before you make these changes, we recommend that you

evaluate the risks that are associated with using this workaround in your

particular environment. If you decide to use this workaround, take any

appropriate additional steps to help protect your system.

On

This Page

INTRODUCTION

Information to gather

MORE INFORMATION

Basic troubleshooting

Driver installation issues

Drivers that do not support the Wireless Zero Configuration

service

Drivers that support the Wireless Zero Configuration service

Strong signal


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What is the

symptom? If it is an error message, note the full error message.

What wireless

card is used? Note the manufacturer and the model number.

What is the

driver version for the card? Look in Device Manager or click

Configure in the

Properties dialog

box of the wireless connection.

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point is in use? Note the manufacturer and the model number.

Are the

wireless settings configured by using Windows or by using a third-party

program? If a third-party program is used, what is the program and its

version number?

Is the

Wireless Zero Configuration service running? To determine if the Wireless

Zero Configuration service is running, follow these steps:

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Start, and

then click Run.

2.

In the

Open box,

type cmd, and then

click OK.

3.

Type

sc query wzcsvc, and

then press ENTER.


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4.

If the

Windows Zero Configuration service is running, the words "STATE :

# RUNNING" will

appear.

If the

problem is in the user interface, collect a screen shot of the issue, if

you can. To collect a screen shot, press ALT+PRINT SCRN.

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top

MORE

INFORMATION

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troubleshooting

To troubleshoot

wireless network connections in Windows XP, follow these steps:

1.

Check the

Windows Catalog at http://www.windowsmarketplace.com

(http://www.windowsmarketplace.com) to determine

if there is a Windows XP-compatible driver that is available for your

wireless adapter.

If

there is a compatible driver, install the updated driver before you


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perform any additional troubleshooting procedures.

If

there is not a compatible driver, you may be able to use

the network

adapter, but its configuration and functionality may be very

limited.

2.

Determine if

the driver that you are using recognizes the Windows XP Wireless Zero

Configuration service. To do this, follow these steps:

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Click

Start, and

then click Control

Panel.

2.

In the

right pane,click Network and Internet

Connections.

3.

In the

right pane, click Network

Connections.


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4.

Right-click

Wireless Network

Connection, and then click

Properties.

5.

View

the available options:

If

you do not see the Wireless Network Connection icon in the

Network Connections folder, or if you cannot view the


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properties, there is a problem with the driver for the

wireless network adapter. To troubleshoot this problem, see

the Driver

installation issues section.

If

you can view the properties for the Wireless Network

Connection icon, but you do not see a Wireless

Networks tab, see the Drivers that

do not support the Wireless Zero Configuration service

section to continue troubleshooting.

If

you can view the properties, and you can see and use the

Wireless

Networks tab, see the Drivers that

support the Wireless Zero Configuration service section to


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continue troubleshooting.

If

the Authentication

tab is missing in the Wireless Network

Connection properties, make sure

that the Wireless Zero Configuration service is running.

Back to the

top

Driver

installation issues

If you do not see

the Wireless Network Connection icon in the Network Connections folder, or if

you cannot view the properties for the Wireless Network Connection icon, there

may be a problem with the driver installation. To troubleshoot this issue,

verify that you have the latest available driver from the device manufacturer,

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1.

Click

Start, right-click

My

Computer, and then click Manage.

2.

Click

Device

Manager, and then double-click Other

Devices and look for the wireless network

adapter. If you find the adapter in the Other Devices folder, no driver

has been installed. To resolve this issue, obtain and install a driver

from the device manufacturer.


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3.

If you do not

locate the adapter in the Other Devices folder, look in the Network

Adapters folder.

4.

When you

locate the wireless network adapter, note the manufacturer's name and the

model of the adapter.

5.

Right-click

the icon for the wireless network adapter, and then click Properties.


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6.

Verify that

"The device is working properly" message is displayed under

Device

status.

7.

If the

wireless network adapter is not in the Network Connections folder, there

is either a problem with the device or the driver may not be

installed. In

this case, you will see an error under Device status.

You can search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about

the error code to use in troubleshooting this problem. To search the


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Knowledge Base, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/gsssearchhelp

(http://support.microsoft.com/gp/gsssearchhelp)

Back to the

top

Drivers

that do not support the Wireless Zero Configuration service

If you can view the

properties of the Wireless Network Connection icon, but you do not see the

Wireless Networks tab, the network adapter driver does not fully support the

Wireless Zero Configuration service, or the Wireless Zero Configuration Service

is not started. You may be able to configure Windows XP to use the connection,

but the configuration options may vary depending on the network adapter and the

driver that are in use. To resolve this issue, try to create a working

connection by following these steps.

Note If you cannot create a working

connection, contact the device manufacturer for advice about how to configure

the adapter for Windows XP.


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Open box,

type cmd, and then

click OK.

c.

Type

sc query wzcsvc, and

then press ENTER.

d.

If the

Windows Zero Configuration service is running, the words "STATE :

# RUNNING" will

appear.


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2.

Click

Start, click

Control

Panel, and then click Network

Connections.

3.

Right-click

Wireless

Network Connection, and then click

Properties.


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Service

Set Identifier (SSID): This

setting must match the configuration of your wireless access point

or router. If you do not have an access point, this value will be

the same on all the computers that are in your wireless network.

Wireless

Equivalent Protocol (WEP) or

Encryption

Warning The following step may

make your computer or your network more vulnerable to attack by

malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We do not

recommend this option, but we are providing this

information so that

you can choose to implement this option at your own discretion. Use

this step at your own risk.

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WEP on both the access point and in these properties.

Note WEP is

designed to help protect your computer from attack by malicious

users or by malicious software such as viruses that use unsolicited

incoming network traffic to attack your computer. If you decide to

implement this step, take any appropriate additional steps to help

protect your system. Turn WEP back on as soon as you have finished

troubleshooting your network

connections.

Mode or

Network Type: If

you have an access point, set this option to Infrastructure.

If you do not have an access point, and if you are connecting your

computer to another computer, set this option to Ad-Hoc.


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Data

Rate: Set

this option to Auto or to

11

Mbps.

Power

Save: For

troubleshooting, set Power Save

to Off or to

Disabled.

After the connection works correctly, you can change this setting.

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After you

configure these options, click OK to save the

changes that you made.

7.

Test to see

if your connection works. If a red X is displayed over the

connection icon

in the Network Connections folder, or if you cannot connect, continue

troubleshooting.

8.

Click

Start, right-click

My

Computer, and then click Manage.


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9.

In

Computer

Management, double-click Services and

Applications, and then click Services.

10.

Right-click

Wireless

Zero Configuration, and then click

Properties.

11.

In the

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type box, click to select Disabled, and then

click OK.

12.

Close

Computer

Management, and then restart the computer.

With this

configuration, you can connect to the wireless network if the other network

configuration is correct. If the Wireless Network Connection icon is displayed

in the notification area as a working connection, the wireless connection will

work. To resolve any remaining issues, use standard TCP/IP network

troubleshooting techniques.

For additional information about TCP/IP

troubleshooting, click the following article number to view the article in the

Microsoft Knowledge Base:

314067


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(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314067/) How to

troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity with Windows XP

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top

Drivers

that support the Wireless Zero Configuration service

If the

Wireless

Networks tab in the properties of the Wireless

Network Connection is available, the driver recognizes the Windows XP Zero

Configuration support for wireless networks. To configure Windows XP for your

wireless network, follow these steps:

1.

Click

Start, click

Control

Panel, and then click Network


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Connections.

2.

Right-click

Wireless

Network Connection, and then click

View

Available Wireless Networks.

3.

Click the

network that you want to connect to, and then click Connect. Follow

the steps in the wizard to configure the network. If your network is not

listed, verify that the access point is powered on and configured, move

the computer and the access point closer together, and then test again.


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4.

If your

network is still not listed as an available network, click

Change

advanced settings to open the wireless network

connection pr