How to Block or Hide Control Panel Access on Computer?

How to Block or Hide Control Panel Access on Computer?
Tip is useful for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
1. Click on Start then Run and type in (no quotes) "gpedit.msc" and hit OK.
2. On the left side, under User Configuration, click on Administrative Templates
3. . On the right side, double click on Control Panel and then look for Prohibit access to the Control Panel.


4. Double click on that and you will see a popup window. Put a dot next to Enabled and then click, apply then ok.

Now your control panel will be hidden from others so no one can make changes into your pc without your knowledge.

There are many options you can find to play with it, but if you are not aware with computer environment please do not play with those options, still you want to play with them then please take precaution that set your restore point and then do it.

Now again if you want to show your control panel you have to go through same steps and choose the option of not configured and your control panel will be visible to everyone.

Read more...

How to split your laptop or PC screen/monitor in Windows XP

How to split your laptop or PC screen/monitor in Windows XP

How to Split your Pc Screen or Monitor?
When you split your monitor or screen, you can work with two documents at the same time, also it will be very useful for copy and paste as well as when you are checking spellings or learning new language.


To do this you do not need any extra software it’s very easy to do it.
You can split your monitor screen either horizontally or vertically.
First open the two applications like browser and notepad or word.
Then move your mouse pointer to the taskbar area and right click then you will see the options like Tile Windows vertically , Tile Windows Horizontally ,just click on the option which you like and its done , you can work on two documents same time.
Using the arrow keys you can adjust the width of the notepad or word as you wish.
When you want to remove it just again right click on the taskbar and choose option undo tile and your monitor screen will return to the normal state.
If you got two monitors you can follow the same procedure as shown above for each monitor.

Read more...

win xp dumprep.exe problem

Win xp dumprep.exe problem -
Solution for Windows xp dumprep.exe problem.


If you’ve ever had to use the task manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE) to kill a “Not Responding” program, you’ve probably been frustrated by the time it takes for the program to actually disappear from your screen. What’s going on here is that a Microsoft provided tool called “Windows Error Dump Reporting,” or “dumprep.exe,” is creating a file containing information about the error that can later be sent back to Microsoft, where it will be summarily ignored along with millions of other error reports.
You can safely disable this largely useless feature (and thus speed up your computer in crash-situations) by taking the following steps.
How to disable dumprep.exe:
Right click on “My Computer,” choose “Properties” from that menu. Click on “Advanced tab,” Click the “Error Reporting” button. Check the “Disable error reporting” box. You may choose to uncheck the the box below it, “But notify me when an error occurs,” if desired. Voila, the annoying dumprep.exe tool is now disabled!

Read more...

Windows and what is BSOD error message ?

What is BSOD error message?
What is BSOD?
The Blue Screen of Death (commonly referred to as “blue screen”, “stop error”, or
By its abbreviation, “BSOD”) is the name for the screen that gets displayed by
Windows operating systems when operating system encounters errors.
It is also displayed when a system process is halted to save it itself from a
Major error or also when it fails to recover from a serious error.


When you see the bsod message you will loose all data or all unsaved work. When you see the blue screen windows will deliver a message such as the
Following 0x0000001F_kmode_exception_not handled.etc.this message is for developer and they can learn lot from this bsod error Messages.
When you encounter such bsod message you have to restart the computer, after reboot if your computer is working fine then its good that your problem is solved.
But many times when we see the BSOD error message after that our windows do not start properly and one has to keep rebooting the computer.
In this case you have to follow the following procedure to solve the BSOD error message.
Restart your computer, while your system is rebooting press F8 on the keyboard and select Safe Boot Mode, which loads starts windows with minimal drivers.
After this if your windows start properly you should understand that the new software which you have installed or new drivers for your hardware which you have installed has this problem of BSOD error.
If u know the software name uninstall the software from the control panel add
Remove option. And restart the pc.after this again if you face BSOD error message. Again start with the F8 but this time choose the option, Restore Last Known Good Configuration and this will help you solve your problem. After this also if you face the bsod error message you may be having hardware problem or a corruption of vital system files. If you installed any new hardware if possible remove it and restart pc. It may help
You solve problem. And last option is to install again full operating system

Read more...

Ram Memory and parity errors

Ram Memory and parity errors


These error messages indicate problems with your pcs memory modeules.Remove memory modules and carefully reseat them in another slot .If the computer restarts properly the slot is likely to blame, if it doesnt its likely the memory itself is the problem so try another memory module.
continuous long beep also indicates a ram module problem so again do the same remove ram and insert again.

Read more...

computer startup,restart beep and meaning

Computer startup, restart beep and meaning
Meaning of computer beeps?
When you start your pc you always hear beep. This beep also gives you indication of problems what beep indicates.
1. 1 short beep-System is ok


2. 2 short beeps- BIOS error

3. 1 long and 8 short beeps- Display Card error

4. 1 long beep after few seconds 2 short beeps-FDC error

5. 1 long beep after few seconds 1 short beeps-FDC is Ok

6. 1 long beep and 2 short beeps-Display Card Error

7. Continuous long beeps-RAM error

Note: They might differ according to systems

Read more...

Windows Gives NTLDR missing error message

Windows Gives NTLDR missing error message NTLDR missing error message

NT loader is the first file that executes during the boot process; it can get moved accidentally or deleted or corrupted. If this happens you will receive message NTLDR missing .After this your windows won’t load.


Solution: Restore NTldr from the windows xp setup cd via the recovery console.
At the command prompt, type cd... and press enter and enter the driver letter of your cd rom or dvd rom probably E; and press enter.type cd i386 press enter type copy ntldr c: and press entertype copy ntdetect.com c: and press enter. NTdetect.com is another boot file that when missing can generate the NTLDR error. After the copy process completes type exit and press enter. Your computer will restart.

Read more...