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- Delete Page File Before Imaging
The page file is created during the Windows XP installation and resides on the hard drive. Page files are measured in megabytes. The size of the page file is based on how much RAM is installed in the computer. By default, XP creates a page file which is 1.5 times the [...]
- Uninstalled program entry in Add or Remove Programs listing hasn’t be removed
you’ve uninstalled a program but the corresponding entry in the Add or Remove Programs listing hasn’t be removed. This may be due to incomplete uninstall or poorly designed uninstaller itself.
To manually remove the orphaned entries from the Add or Remove Programs applet,Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
Navigate to the following key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows [...]
- Forgotten (LOST) Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista admin password
I repaired student PCs pro bono. In the course of preparing a machine, I configured secure passwords. A week later, she’s in my office telling me she needs her password again. How should I know what heR friggin password was- that was like a week ago? thought i was sunk, but my google-fu found this:
This [...]
- Hide users in the vista logon screen
You can hide accounts the same way you did in XP, but in Vista you need to
create those registry keys.
In regedit, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Right click Winlogon and select New / Key
Name the new key SpecialAccounts (case sensitive)
Right click The SpecialAccounts key and select New Key again.
Name the key UserList
Click the UserList [...]
- PC to PC Move III: Error 1327, invalid drive
The move worked. So i whipped out the Dell Driver Reinstall CD and started fixing driver issues. But when installing the ethernet driver for my 755, the following error message occurred:
This error has several possible causes.
- Use Regedit to Control “Workstation Only” Functionality
uh-oh, I staged 20 laptops for my vice principal to take to a conference. We had some bumps, but everything imaged ok. Then, while verifying my fix, I realized that there was no way for anyone to log into the computer sans Novell. My updates had removed the option to log into the workstation. How [...]
