252 posts tagged with "Windows"

Make sure you have credit on your Vodem/T-Stick. This is the common cause of why the modems will not load webpages.

1. Disconnect the T-Stick/Vodem
2. Click Start
3. Click Programs/All Programs
4. Click Accessories
5. Click Command Prompt
6. Type:  set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 (this will reveal hidden device drivers in device manager) > Press Enter
7. Now we need to load Device Manager, click Start
8. Right click Computer/My Computer
9. Click the hardware tab
10. Click Device Manager
11. Click View
12. Click Show Hidden Devices
13. Device Manager will now display a list of devices that look transparent
14. Go through the list, clicking “+” next to each one, mainly in the Network Adapters and Universal Serial Bus controllers sub-section.
15. Look for anything related to ZTE/Vodafone/Telecom T-Stick
16. Now right click the devices that indicate they are for the device and select Uninstall, click Ok to confirm
17. Once you have removed the devices relating to the mobile broadband device, close Device Manager.
18. Reconnect the T-Stick/Vodem and your computer should recognise it as a new device and install. It should now be up and running.  If not repeat step 14.

First things first, make sure you have Diablo 2 installed.

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1. Right click the Diablo 2 icon
2. Left click Properties
3. Click Compatibility
4. Check the checkbox “Run this program in compatibility for” and select: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
5. Check run in 256 colors
6. Check Disable Desktop Composition
7. Check Run this Program as Administrator (this will by-pass any User Account Control issues)
8. Click Ok
9. Now open Diablo 2 (it should now run)

Note: It has also been reported that setting up and adding your Diablo 2 keys to Battle.net will allow you to download a client from Blizzard that will run fine.

Want to get emailed disk status reports of your drives/hard drives and you are using a Windows PC? Using a great tool developed by Acronis you can. Acronis Drive Monitor runs down in the notification tray (by the time) and monitors your hard drive(s) temperature/spin time and sector failure rate giving you a good indication of when/if they are going to fail before they do. If you are away from the computer or simply would rather get status reports emailed to you, this is how you do it.

1. First things first download Acronis Drive Monitor
2. Install Acronis Drive Monitor
3. Down by the notification tray you will see a little icon of a hard drive, double click it.
4. To view the status of your disks click “Show Disks” you will get an overview on the drive(s) health, clicking on S.M.A.R.T parameters gives you more of an advanced look.
5. Click Options (up the top of Acronis Disk Monitor)
6. On the Alerts tab, click “change settings”
7. Type in the email address you would like them sent to you can have multiple addresses by separated them with a semicolon.
8. Type in the from field who you want them sent from (ie Home Computer)
9. For the outgoing mail server settings you have to type the outgoing mail settings for the email account you wish to use to send from, the easiest way is to check your mail client for the ones used there and copy them in.
10. Click Sent Test Message to email a test email to the email address you specified above. Once it has been setup click Ok.
11. Now you can select to be either emailed about Critical Events (which stops email spamming in your inbox) or you can either have regular disk status reports sent (for a Windows server it is probably better for this to be selected so then you can go back and have a look at drive status if needed.
12. Congratulations you have just set up your computer to email hard drive alerts.

Note: One of the adjustments I make for my home computer, is to disable Backup alerts (under Backup Monitoring)

One of the common causes of Windows Vista problems is due to Windows Updates; especially when it forces the computer to continuously restart follow the prompts below to repair.

1. First off, you need a Windows Vista DVD or related CD/DVD you can access the files on the Windows installed partition.
2. Using the Windows Vista DVD as an example you need to Boot from the DVD
3. Once the Windows Vista DVD displays the first dialog Window giving you the options to install click Repair My Computer (below the Install).
4. Select the Windows Vista installation you would like to edit (you would usually only have one).
5. You should now have the Windows System Recovery dialog window, click Command Prompt.
6. Once you are greeted with a blinking cursor type: del c:WindowsSoftwareDistribution > Press Enter
7. This will delete the folder that contains all the temp files for Windows Updates (it will regenerate itself, so safe to delete).
8. Now type: cd Windows
9. Type: cd winsxs
10. Type: del pending.xml > Press Enter
11. Now restart your computer, it should now load Windows properly.

Trying to type up a document or statement and the characters keep writing over ones in front? The fix for this is simple:

1. On your keyboard, press the Insert Key

Now start typing again, you should be good to go!