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Load needed DLLs for Kernel

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  1. First thing you need to have a Windows XP CD
  2. Put CD in drive and boot from it, you may have to press ESC or F8 to open Boot Prompt to select CD Drive.
  3. Once it has loaded choose Recovery Console
  4. Type: chkdsk /r /f c:
  5. Press Y
  6. This may take an hour or two to complete, once it has completed type: BOOTCFG /rebuild (Press Enter for prompt)
  7. Type: fixboot and press Enter
  8. Type: fixmbr and press Enter
  9. Restart your computer which should now be loading Windows properly.

Reset nVidia Graphics Settings

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  1. Click Start
  2. Click Programs/All Programs
  3. Click NVidia
  4. Click Nvidia Control Panel
  5. Select Manage 3D settings
  6. Click the Global Settings tab
  7. Click Restore
  8. Click Ok

Windows Media Player burning Audio as MP3 instead of Audio CD

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Trying to burn an Audio CD but Windows Media Player keeps burning them as Data MP3 disks? This is how you fix it.

  1. Open Windows Media Player
  2. Click the small little tab below Burn up the top and select Audio CD
  3. That’s it! Now drag the files onto the burn list on the right, burn and you are good to go!

Picasa 3 Not Burning CDs

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First  you need to uninstall Picasa, follow the guide below to do this:

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Control Panel
  3. Click Add or Remove Programs/Uninstall a Program
  4. Click Picasa and select Uninstall and when prompted select No to delete the database to avoid loss of your picture file locations.

Once the uninstall has completed you need to delete a DLL file so follow the steps below:

  1. Click Start
  2. Click My Computer/Computer
  3. Navigate to: C:WindowsSystem32drivers
  4. Delete the “Pxhelp20.sys” file (Make sure not to touch anything else).
  5. Now reinstall Picasa
  6. Restart your computer once Picasa has finished installing and you now should be able to burn a CD