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This tip is useful if you don’t want to go through the hassle of clicking Start, Shutdown.

1. Right click a blank spot on the desktop, select New, Shortcut
2. In the location field type: shutdown –s –t 00
3. Click Next
4. Type in the name you want it named as, such as Shutdown
5. Click Finish
6. You can now drag the shortcut to the Taskbar or keep it on the desktop.

Note: the “-S” indicates shutdown, changing it to “-R” will mean restart. The “-t” is time adjusting the number from 00 will change the shutdown count from immediate to what you set it to in seconds.

Tested on Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (inc 64bit) | Should also work with Windows 9 (untested)

Attempting to enter in your wireless passkey and getting “The network password needs to be 128bits or 256bits depending on your network configuration “error? This usually occurs when the networking stack has been damaged/corrupted. Follow the instructions below to repair:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type in: cmd
4. Press Enter
5. The windows Command Prompt should launch, type in: netsh winsock reset
6. Press Enter
7. Restart your computer and attempt wireless connectivity.

Having issues trying to install device drivers in Windows XP and its stopping half way through and giving you the “Data is Invalid” error? Following the guide below to repair.

What you need

• Windows XP Home/Professional CD

  1. Open My Computer
  2. Navigate to: C:WINDOWSDRIVERCACHEi386
  3. Delete the driver.cab file.
  4. Now copy the driver.cab file from the i386 folder from your Windows XP CD into the C:WINDOWSDRIVERCACHEi386 folder.
  5. Right click My Computer
  6. Left click Properties
  7. Click Hardware
  8. Click Device Manager
  9. Right click the device you were attempting to install (should have a yellow exclamation mark next to it) select Uninstall then restart your computer.

You should now be able to re-install the device drivers.

Every time you open Google Chrome you’re getting the “Your profile could not be opened correctly” error? This is how I fixed it.

1. Open My Computer/Computer
2. Go into your operating system drive (usually Local Disk C:)
3. Go to Users/Documents & Settings
4. Go into your user account (for example: C:Usersluke)
5. Navigate to: AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefault
6. Delete WebData

If you are running Windows XP navigate to: Application DataLocalGoogleChromeUserDataDefault.

Note: Default is the name of the Google profile; it may be different depending on your setup.

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Uninstall a Program/Add and Remove Programs
4. Go down the list and find Net Framework 4 Client Profile
5. Right click Net Framework 4 Client Profile and select Change/Repair.
6. Select Repair

The Net Framework will then go through and repair its files and registry entries, once completed restart your windows machine and attempt Windows Update again.