If you”re troubleshooting a desktop system on a network where roaming profiles are being used, you may want to temporarily disable roaming profiles on the machine and use a locally cached profile instead. That way when you reboot the machine or log off and on, you won”t end up having the roaming profile overwrite any diagnostic changes you”ve… Read More »
Windows XP computers can be assigned IP addresses two ways: manually using static addresses or automatically using DHCP.
Windows Vista includes a Setup log which can be viewed and analyzed using Event Viewer. By default new Setup events generated are added to this log, but you can disable this functionality using local Group Policy as follows:
If you’re on the fence about the impending release of Windows Vista, I recommend trying before you buy. Every Vista DVD includes the ability to install any edition of Vista without a product key. When you install without a product key, you get an automatic 30-day evaluation period.* This probably isn’t news to anyone.
By default, Excel creates three worksheets in each new workbook that you create. If you prefer to reduce or increase this behavior to better meet your needs, follow these instructions. 1. Click the Office Button. 2. Click the Excel Options button. 3. Select Popular from the left pane. 4. Under the When creating new workbooks section, change the… Read More »
If you are dual booting XP Prof and Vista, you most likely have the annoying “Earlier Version of Windows” in the boot list and have Vista booting as the default. Let’s change that!
To clear the MRU list for Find and Replace, do the following:
By default, XP displays compressed or encrypted files and folders with a unique color. If you are a heavy user of these features, this highlighting can be painful on the eyes. Here is how to disable it.
There are two different ways of booting into Vista — Windows Welcome and Audit Mode. Windows Welcome or OOBE (out of box experience) is the typical pathway and provides the user the customization wizards. Audit Mode, however, will allow the user to skip the Windows Welcome and boot directly onto the desktop as quickly as possible.
Since so many critical services are run with each svchost, you can see which ones are being used by opening a cmd prompt and running: