Archive for November, 2008

Getting More Information from Programs and Features in Vista

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 13:10 2 Comments

Normally when you go to the Control Panel’s Programs and Features page in Windows Vista, you get a view screen somewhat similar to what was available with Windows XP. But with Windows Vista you can customize the information shown on that page to give you more details.  For example, normally you only see the Name, [...]

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Cleaning the TEMP Directory in Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:16 No Comments

One thing that is so often overlooked, and can have a very negative affect on your computer’s performance, are all the files that are in the TEMP directory stored on your computers hard drive. I’ve had quite a few clients over the years that are ready to get a new computer because theirs wasn’t working like it use [...]

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Repairing Damaged Winsock2 in Windows XP

Monday, November 17, 2008 19:40 5 Comments

Many times after a Microsoft Windows update, software install or driver install for one of your PCI devices you end up with a corrupted  or damaged Winsock2 file. How can you tell when you have a damaged Winsock2 file you ask? When you try and run IPCONFIG / ALL, IPCONFIG / RELEASE or IPCONFIG / RENEW [...]

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Fixing Corrupted TCP/IP Files in Windows Vista

Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:20 No Comments

Many times after an upgrade or software install you notice the following indications that the TCP/IP File is either corrupted or damaged. Rather then do a System Restore that may cause further complications – it would be simpler to repair the TCP/IP file. Click read more to find out how to repair the TCP/IP file [...]

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How to clean up files after upgrading to SP1 on Windows Vista

Saturday, November 15, 2008 14:34 No Comments

During the upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1), Vista makes an archive / backup of all the files it is upgrading. This is in case you want to uninstall the Service Pack if your having troubles with your computer for any reason. However for those users who are not having any issues with Windows Vista [...]

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