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Information and articles about doing stuff in Windows
Microsoft Windows is the world's most installed operating system, used on desktop computers and servers all over the world. I have been using Windows since the Windows 3.11 days and although I have been using Linux primarily on the desktop since 2003, I still use Windows XP running in VMWare Workstation virtual machine on a daily basis so I can run Photoshop, occasionally Visual Basic, and test websites with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox natively on Windows.
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Editing the hosts file on Windows Vista
Posted April 20th, 2008 in Windows
On Windows Vista the hosts file has a higher level of default security than earlier versions of Windows and it cannot be edited by a regular user unless the permissions are changed, or you run your text editor as administrator. This post looks at how to edit the hosts file on Windows Vista using notepad.
Enable the administrator account in Windows Vista
Posted May 7th, 2008 in Windows
Windows Vista comes with a built-in "Administrator" account which is disabled by default. It is possible to enable this account if for some reason you need to. This post looks at how to do this.
Open firewall ports for MSN Messenger and ICQ
Posted February 13th, 2004 in Networking and Windows (Updated June 12th, 2007)
To connect to MSN Messenger and ICQ instant messaging servers through a firewall you will need to open up outbound ports to connect to them. This article describes which ports to open and has an example of how to do it using a Dynalink RTA200 ADSL router.
Ports used for Windows Virtual Private Networks
Posted February 13th, 2004 in Networking and Windows (Updated May 24th, 2005)
To connect to a remote Windows Virtual Private Network you need to open up TCP port 1723 and IP protocol ID 47. This article explains about this with an example of how to do it using a Dynalink RTA220 ADSL router.
Reinstall TCP/IP on Windows XP
Posted August 8th, 2007 in Networking and Windows
After adding a new network interface to my Windows XP computer networking stopped working completely. I uninstalled the McAfee Security Center but that didn't help. This article looks at the steps I did to uninstall and reinstall TCP/IP networking on Windows XP.
Reset administrator and other user passwords in Windows XP etc
Posted July 4th, 2008 in Windows
A few days ago a friend of mine found her old Windows XP laptop and decided to use it, but couldn't work out what her password was. We needed to reset the password so I searched the Internet for a solutionand found Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista offline password editor.
Windows Vista Black Screen After Login
Posted May 29th, 2008 in Windows (Updated June 26th, 2008)
This morning I came down to the office to check my email and my Windows Vista machine presented me with a nice blank screen. I leave it running all the time and have auto updates/reboots disabled so was a little surprised. I powered it off and started it up again only to discover it was completing installing updates. (Never mind that I have auto updates disabled...) When it started up again I got that lovely Windows Vista black/blank screen after logging in to my profile. This post looks at the blank screen issue and the only solution that has worked for me, which is to create a new user profile each time it happens.
Windows Vista Black Screen After Login - Resolved
Posted June 26th, 2008 in Windows
I have been having issues with my Windows Vista desktop giving me a black screen after logging in and not being able to do anything at all other than switching the computer off and on again. Yesterday I installed some security updates and the same thing happened again but I finally managed to work out the solution and now can safely reboot and log back into my profile each time.
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