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How to Install an Updated Cabinet on Vista

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Cabinet (CAB) files are compressed archives that contain multiple files within them. They are similar to Zip and RAR files. By compressing the CAB file, the size of the contents are reduced so they take up less disk space. This also makes CAB files convenient for transferring large amounts of data,

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How to Remove Windows Genuine Notice

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Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation tool tests your version of the Windows operating system for legitimacy to prevent software piracy. Whenever you download Microsoft products, such as Windows Media Player or Microsoft Office suite, the WGA built-in the software will test your system. However

How to Open Photos With a Picture Viewer

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In Windows Vista and 7, Windows Photo Viewer is generally the default program images open with when you click them. While you can use this program if you like its features, you can also use other picture viewing or editing programs you have installed on your computer. Using your picture viewer, you

How to Fix a Corrupt File System in Windows Millennium

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The file system on your Windows ME computer is the structure laid out on the hard drive, allowing your computer to know how the contents of the drive are categorized. Repairing a corrupt file system is necessary after damage to the system or drive has rendered the system invalid or error-prone. Acco

How to Uninstall Sonic Recordnow

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Sonic RecordNow is an audio software application developed by the Sonic Solutions company. Sonic RecordNow contains many options for the computer user. The audio software application can erase CDs, burn CDs, make data CDs and copy CDs, among other things. Sometimes, some programs may conflict memory

How to Install Flexisign Pro 7.5

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If you are an advertiser or someone who loves creating banners and images on your computer, you may be familiar with Flexisign Pro. This software packages aids most designers in creating the most attractive banners and signs for advertising and other purposes.

How to Turn on Hybrid Crossfire in XP

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Hybrid Crossfire is a graphical card setting for users of ATI graphics cards that will enable you to utilize two cards in tandem regardless of whether they are identical models. This can improve your computer's performance in 3-D applications such as games. Enabling Hybrid Crossfire requires nothing

How to Fix System32 Hal Dll

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When you attempt to start Windows XP, you may receive an error message indicating that the <windows_root>\System32\hal.dll file is missing or corrupt. This is usually the result of a corrupt, missing, or misplaced file, or a general hardware failure. Fortunately, the original Windows XP CD's s

The Fastest Settings for PCSX2

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PCSX2 is a Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator that often requires immediate changes in performance settings before use. The emulator makes retail PS2 games think that it is in a PS2 when it is inserted in the computer's disk drive. In order to play PS2 games on your computer, you must have a very hig

How to Reimage Your Computer

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After years or even months of use, you may notice that your PC computer's performance has significantly decreased. If this is the case, you may want to consider re-imaging your system. The process of re-imaging will wipe all data from your hard drive and restore the computer's operating system to it

Problems With Outlook & XP SP2

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Service Pack (SP) 2 for Microsoft Windows XP can cause various problems with Microsoft Outlook. These problems include an inoperable email notification and Find feature, missing smart tags and a missing drag and drop error message. To resolve the inoperable-email and smart-tag problems, you need to

How to Change the Startup Image in Windows

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Windows operating system displays a password protection screen by default every time you start your PC. This is done to protect your privacy if there are several users to one computer. The logon screen also displays an icon or picture for each user when requesting the logon password. This picture is

How to Update Windows Office

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If you want to update Microsoft Office, you can do so by accessing Windows Update on your computer. You can check for and update all Microsoft programs here, including Microsoft Office. It is important to install updates regularly as the updates may include fixes for issues with the software.

How to Upgrade Windows 98 to Millenuim

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Windows Millennium Edition was the last version of Windows to be released before the popular Windows XP. ME was the first Windows version without the DOS system and the first to include the System Restore feature that allows you to return the computer settings to an earlier date should something go

How to Activate Windows XP Professional SP2

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Windows XP Professional SP2 must be activated when installed on a computer. This activation ensures that the product is being used in accordance with its license agreement and that it is not installed on more computers than is allowed. If you need to activate Windows XP, you can do so through your I

How to Change the Open ID Name of My Blog

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Blogging is one way to keep your friends and family updated on how you are and what you've been up to. It's also a great way to keep your customers informed on your company's progress as well as sales and other tidbits of information your readers might be interested in. However, sometimes blogs need

How to Change Javascript Password on an Aptiva IBM Computer

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Javascript files are text files you can edit with the Windows Notepad editor included with the Windows operating system. Javascript files contain a plain text password, so you do not need to decrypt or decipher an encoded password on the IBM Aptiva computer. Javascript is used in web applications an

How to Cancel an Ongoing Windows Process

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A process is initiated for every program launched on computers running the Windows operating system. This allows users to launch and use multiple applications at once. The Windows Task Manager keeps a running list of all processes and programs being used. If too many programs are being run at once o

How to Upload Drawings to a Flashdrive

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Graphic editing programs allow modern artists to create intricate drawings right on the computer, and traditional illustrators often scan files for storage on computer hard drives. If your computer contains a library of drawing files, you can upload copies of these files to a flash drive for backup