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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Disk Cleanup tool stops on "Compress old files" scan

When running the Disk Cleanup tool, the program may appear to hang or stop responding when it gets to the "Compress old files" phase. To disable this part of the disk cleanup tool, delete the registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \VolumeCaches\Compress old files".

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Movable Type

Windows path name included in thumbnail URL

When uploading images to a Movable Type installation that is hosted on an IIS web server, the source path (the place where the image was uploaded to on the server) may be included in the HTML code returned by Movable...

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MySQL

Change forgotten MySQL Root Password

To change a forgotten MySQL root password on a Windows MySQL installation please view this article in its entirety.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Unable to read CHM files

The user is unable to read CHM (Compiled HTML) files. When a topic is clicked it says This page cannot be displayed. The current workaround is to copy the CHM file to the local hard drive. Make sure that there...

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Microsoft Windows 2000

Setup Default Desktop Icons

The default icons on the Windows desktop (My Computer, My Documents, Internet Explorer, My Network Places) can be turned on or off either by using the Display Control Panel applet (Desktop tab>Customize Desktop) or by changing values in the registry directly. View this article in its entirety to find out how to turn these icons on and off by editing the registry.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Set login wallpaper

To set up a wallpaper for the login screen on a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system, please view this article in its entirety.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Restore missing Recycling Bin

Access to the recycle bin has been removed from some installations of Windows 2000 Advanced Server (PowerVault 715N is an example). To restore access to the Recycle Bin, please view this article in its entirety.

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Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Repairing MSDTC Event ID 53258 Warnings

The server logs on a Windows Server 2003 server that is/was an Active Directory domain controller may have warnings similar to the following warnings from MSDTC before or after a domain controller promotion/demotion or after a replication incident, or after...

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