To be proficient at troubleshooting name server problems, you’ll need a special tool to make DNS queries, one that gives you complete control. We’ll cover nslookup in this tutorial because it’s distributed with Windows Server 2003 and with many other operating systems. We’ll also cover another query tool, dig, that isn’t part of Windows. It provides similar functionality… Read More »
If you have a program that won’t uninstall, you could simply start in safe mode, then delete the directory where the program lives. Now you have to remove it from the Add/Remove program list. Simple, though.
Windows XP Professional supports two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic disk storage uses partition-oriented disks. A basic disk contains basic volumes (primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives).
Your hard drive must be formatted with a file system such as FAT, FAT32 or NTFS so that Windows can be installed on to it. This system determines how files are named, organised and stored on the drive. If you’re not using it already, NTFS (New Technology File System) is recommended for Windows XP because of the additional… Read More »
You can create a file of any size using nothing more than what’s supplied with Windows. You might need to do this for testing purposes.
Have you got tired of the alerts generated by User Account Countrol? So frustrated that you turned it down to “Never Notify”? Well, you might have noticed that you no longer have your beloved gadgets after restarting.
When you start Windows 7, by default, you are required to present your login password credentials in order to proceed.
If you want to show all the drives including the empty ones in Windows Explorer, follow this procedure.
When installing Windows Vista, you may inadvertently misspell the Registered User or Company name. It does happen! Now you may be thinking that you have to re-install in order to fix the mistake, but not so. You can perform a small tweak to the registry to change the information as needed.