Tipps: Windows_XP

Windows XP warns "The System DLL USER.DLL was relocated in memory"
Seeing the following warning might shock you and make you think of a virus, having taken over your PC:RTHDCPL.EXE Illegal system DLL relocationThe system DLL USER.DLL was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the dll C:\windows\system32\hhctrl.ocx occupied an address range reserved for Windows System [...]
[ 10.04.2007 | 0 Comments | 7098 Hits ]

MPEG Video Conversion: Universal Freeware for Converting MPEG Files
Recording television shows and movies onto a PC and playing them back on the same computer poses no problem. However, the same is not true for playback of such videos on other devices, such as a streaming client in your living room or portable media players like the iPod. Here, file size and incompatibility cause a lot of trouble.A sleek and free conversion [...]
[ 28.12.2006 | 0 Comments | 2802 Hits ]

AutoAdminLogon: Automatic Log On for Windows XP Users
Use the registry key AutoAdminLogon if you’d like a user to be logged on automatically when Windows XP starts up:1. Click Start – Run .2. Type regedit, click OK .3. Locate the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon4. Double-click DefaultUserName in the right window area and enter the user name you’d like [...]
[ 30.05.2006 | 0 Comments | 6802 Hits ]

NTLDR is Missing
If the message NTLDR is missing appears when starting Windows XP, it may be due to a very simple reason. The system may be trying to start from a non-bootable diskette or CD. The solution: just remove the diskette or CD from the drive and re-start. Other causes for this error are: - Incorrect BIOS settings for the hard disks. In this case, make sure [...]
[ 15.01.2006 | 2 Comments | 45851 Hits ]

Windows: Speeding up the Boot Process -- Start Faster
If Windows takes a long time to start and loading programs is also quite slow, it may be due to any of the following: To many programs in the Autorun FolderOver time, a variety of programs begin to settle in the Autorun Folder and can thereby delay system starts. Remedy: Empty the Autorun FolderRemove any programs that aren’t absolutely necessary from [...]
[ 15.01.2006 | 0 Comments | 4428 Hits ]

Windows XP: Defragmenting from the Command Line Interface
In Windows XP, you can manually defragment your hard disk quite easily. Open the command line interface and type defrag c:, for example, to defragment the C: drive. More information is available under defrag /?. [...]
[ 05.01.2006 | 0 Comments | 4747 Hits ]

Windows XP Automatic Logon: Logging Users on Automatically
Do you want a particular Windows XP user to be logged on automatically when starting? Then follow these instructions: 1. Click on Start – Run. 2. Enter regedit and press the [Return] key. 3. Click through until you reach the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 4. Double-click in the right window area on DefaultUserName [...]
[ 05.01.2006 | 0 Comments | 4884 Hits ]

Formatting your Hard Drive with FAT32
In some cases, it might make sense to format a hard drive in Windows XP with the file system FAT-32. For example, any time when an external hard drive is being used, that will also be connected to other systems, such as an Apple Mac or when you want to install a partition for data transfer with a Linux operating system that is simultaneously installed. [...]
[ 05.01.2006 | 2 Comments | 58351 Hits ]

Moving a Hard Drive to a New PC
Let's say you've got Windows XP configured just the way you want it. You've got tons of applications on your computer and each of them has been tweaked to suit your needs. You spent hours and hours getting everything fine tuned just for you. Later on, you built a new PC and moved your existing hard drive into that super fast computer. You screwed [...]
[ 19.09.2005 | 0 Comments | 15883 Hits ]

Buy and install a hard drive
Hard drives are available in three basic designs. Parallel ATA, Serial ATA, and SCSI. The SCSI (small computer system interface) drives are more commonly found in network servers where speed and reliability are crucial. SCSI drives may also be found in some high end graphic and CAD (computer aided drafting) workstations. They require a special (SCSI) [...]
[ 16.09.2005 | 0 Comments | 7706 Hits ]

Repair and Restore Master Boot Record (MBR)
Some operations with a hard disk, such as an error when installing an additional operating system, can damage the boot sector of the disk, thus preventing it from booting. Follow these instructions to restore the MBR: Insert the XP or Windows 2000 installation CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the computer. If the computer does not boot with the CD, [...]
[ 27.08.2005 | 3 Comments | 109013 Hits ]

Outlook Express Error 0x800CCC79: Not Able to Send Mail? Then Turn on SMTP Authentication
Are you experiencing difficulties with sending E-Mails in Outlook or Outlook Express? Does the program simply refuse to send your mail and report the error 0x800CCC79, for example? Then the problem might be this: most providers now require you to log on to the SMTP server before you are able to send an E-Mail. In many cases it is enough to receive E-Mails [...]
[ 27.08.2005 | 7 Comments | 72914 Hits ]

Formatting your Hard Drive with FAT32
In some cases, it might make sense to format a hard drive in Windows XP with the file system FAT-32. For example, any time when an external hard drive is being used, that will also be connected to other systems, such as an Apple Mac or when you want to install a partition for data transfer with a Linux operating system that is simultaneously installed. [...]
[ 27.08.2005 | 2 Comments | 66245 Hits ]

Hard Disk Defective: recognizing defects beforehand with SMART
Modern hard disk drives are relatively intelligent devices: they know their current temperature, know various parameters such as operational time and the number of start-up procedures and remember errors that have occurred. With the SMART standard, there is a method of obtaining a read-out of this data even across manufacturing platforms. However, [...]
[ 16.07.2005 | 1 Comments | 4542 Hits ]

Hard disk full: discovering space eaters quickly and easily
No matter how many gigabytes a hard drive has: at some point it will simply be full. Lost image files copied from DVD’s or old videos can quickly gobble up your last megabyte. Standard Windows tools are not exactly ideal for determining the largest files. The more subdirectories the hard drive has, the more difficult the search. The freeware tool Sequoia [...]
[ 16.07.2005 | 0 Comments | 10225 Hits ]

Find a start disk (boot disk) for DOS and Windows on the internet
It is annoying: you have an older version of Windows 98 in your desk drawer that’s in perfect condition and would like to install it. Only the boot disk is defective or missing. This is where http://www.bootdisk.com/ can help. On this site you will find boot disks for all Windows operating systems beginning with DOS 5.0. In addition, there are useful [...]
[ 16.07.2005 | 0 Comments | 9153 Hits ]

Show Desktop has disappeared from the Quick Launch Toolbar
Have you accidentally deleted the "Show Desktop" symbol from your Quick Launch Toolbar? Then read how to restore the file here. First, open the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\UNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Replace "UNAME" with your user name. In this folder, you will generate a text file. Use Notepad or [...]
[ 14.07.2005 | 0 Comments | 8120 Hits ]

Erase file: Delete and wipe files safely and securely from disk
If you delete a file from your hard disk it will remain readable until the physical sectors on the disk are overwritten.This might turn out as security hole. Anyone who has access to your disc can recover the data you deleted before.To erase a file permanently and safely you have to overwrite the content with random patterns before deleting it. To do [...]
[ 01.02.2005 | 0 Comments | 9431 Hits ]

Find out ip address
To find out your computer's ip address simply click start - Run… and enter cmd. Click Ok and a new command line will open in a window. Enter ipconfig and press return. Right after that you will see your computer’s ip address.Every computer in a network has it's own ip address. In local networks these addresses normally range from 192.168.0.0 up to 192.168.255.255 [...]
[ 28.01.2005 | 0 Comments | 9915 Hits ]

Format hard disk partition in Windows XP
To format your hard drive in Windows XP click on start. After that right click on My Computer and choose Manage.Next click on Disk Management and you will see all hard disks and other drives mounted on your system.Right click on the partition you want to format and click on Format.... After that follow the instructions to format your drive.Warning: [...]
[ 27.01.2005 | 0 Comments | 91862 Hits ]