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Microsoft Office 2003

Clicking on Internet links in email does not open a webpage

A user reports that when using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (in a Windows XP environment) to read an email with an Internet link and the link is clicked an Internet Explorer 8 window is opened, but the page never displays....

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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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Microsoft Windows 2000

Toggle single-click to open setting

To change this setting go to the Folder Options control panel applet. The setting is located on the General tab>"Click items as follows" area.

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Microsoft Windows 2000

Enable IP routing on Windows workstations

To enable IP routing on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP workstation go to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters and set DWORD value IPEnableRouter to 1.

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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 Registry Tweaks

Clear Pagefile on Shutdown

To clear the page file on system shutdown, go to registry key "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" and change the DWORD value "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" to "1".

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Disable Windows XP Tour

The Windows XP Tour balloon notification can be disable by changing the registry value RunCount to 0 in the registry keys HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour.

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Movable Type

Error uploading files to Movable Type

When hosting Movable Type 2.661 on an NT-based server and a user attempts to upload a file using Movable Type's upload features, one of the following error messages is returned: Got an error: CGI open of tmpfile: Permission Denied Got...

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Hide system tray icons

To hide all of the icons in the system tray in Windows XP, go to registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and change the DWORD value NoTrayItemsDisplay. Log off and log back on for the changes to take effect.

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Microsoft Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player (WMP) toolbar option missing

The Windows Media Player 9 toolbar is not displaying when WMP is minimized. After making sure that the Windows Media Player toolbar option is enabled, run the following:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll
regsvr32 "%windir%\system32\wmp.dll".

A restart may be necessary for the changes to take effect.

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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 XP

Toggle Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop access for Windows XP can be enabled or disabled either by using the System Control Panel applet (Remote tab) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server and changing the DWORD value fDenyTSConnections.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Toggle Remote Assistance

Remote Assistance in Windows XP can be enabled/disabled either by using the System Control Panel applet (Remote tab) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server and changing the DWORD value fAllowToGetHelp.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP

Error reporting in Windows XP can be disabled either in the System Control Panel applet (Advanced Tab>Error Reporting) or by navigating to registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting and changing the DWORD value DoReport.

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Microsoft Windows 2000

Disable Automatic Restart on BSOD

The Automatic Restart on BSOD behavior can be changed either in the System Control Panel applet (Advanced tab>Startup and Recovery) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl and changing the DWORD value AutoReboot.

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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 Registry Tweaks

No desktop icons

To hide or restore all of the icons on the desktop go to registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and the DWORD value NoDesktop.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer hangs with search bar enabled

By default, Internet Explorer 6 uses Search Companion in its search function. This can cause Internet Explorer to hang and not allow any web requests to be made. In order to fix this problem, the search function needs to be...

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