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Windows XP Boot Screen Freezes on Startup:
Problem:
When i turn on the computer it boots and when the logo of Windows XP appears with the black background as usual and the progress bar scrolls.well On that stage it stops completely so i cant even get into the welcome screen.What to do?

Solution For The Above Problem:
It mostly happens due to improper Shutdown.This improper shutdown leads to error in your Local Drives.

1.When your Start your Computer Press F8.
2.Select Safe Mode Option.
3.Open Command Prompt.(Start-->Run-->Cmd)
4.Type the following and hit Enter.

CHKDSK

Note: Chkdsk Stands For Check Disk.
Additional info: List Of 185 Useful Windows Xp Commands

5.Then Restart your Pc.
6.The Windows Xp Boot Screen Freeze Problem must be fixed.

If the Problem persists try to System Restore.
Start-->Programs-->Accessories -->System Tools-->System Restore.

Select a Restore date for your Windows Xp.The Boot screen freeze problem will be fixed.

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Did you know that the Windows Media Player program has an interesting option that allows you to open files in the Mini Player mode instead of the full window view? Well, now you do! The Mini Player mode is especially useful for opening music files you don't really need to see in full size. Let's learn a little more about it, shall we?!

To set up the Mini Player mode option, select Tools from the Windows Media Player window. Then click on Options and the following window will open:

You'll see a text box titled "Start the Mini Player for file names that contain this text." The default value in that field is "voiceatt.wav," which is obviously designed to use the Mini mode for voicemail attachments.

If you want to make all your MP3 files open in the Mini Player mode, all you have to do is type ".mp3" (without the quotes) into the window:

Or, if you have all your music stored on a single drive like I do, you can type in the drive letter or even a folder path that leads to your music collection:

If you want every single file to always open in the Mini Player mode, just type a single colon ( : ) into the field. Keep in mind though, that doesn't work quite as well for videos.

Now, when you double click on a file in Windows Explorer, it will open in the Mini Player mode by default. Cool, huh?!

Here are a few more screenshots for you, just to give you an idea of what the Mini Player looks like.

Windows Media Player 11 in Windows XP (Mini mode):

Windows Media Player 11 in Windows Vista (Mini mode):

I get a lot of e-mails every week about how to open files. I know that there are a lot of file extensions out there and it can be difficult to find the right program to open them all. Well, today I have a program that will help tremendously, at least in the media department.

The program is called VLC player and it opens almost any video file you can throw at it! I found this compatibility list on their website:

Wow, Right? How many times has someone sent you a .avi file; you try to open it in Media Player and all you get is an error about a codec? This awesome little program will take care of all of that forever. On top of being able to open just about anything, VLC also has other features that make is a worthwhile addition to your computer's arsenal of programs. It even has the ability to encode and stream video across the Internet for others to view.

If you are interested in checking out all the features of VLC, you can visit their website at http://www.videolan.org/. If you want to skip the details and just get the program click here

I have good news! Just one simple click with your mouse is all it takes to convert an e-mail into a Google Docs document. Yep, you read that right! It's one of the new features Google has brought to all of their Google Docs users. And yes, it means no more copying and pasting the text from your e-mail. All you have to do is open the message you want to convert, click on the Create a Document link on the right hand side of the page and you'll have a brand new document that can be modified and shared. How cool is that?!

Now, just in case you're not interested in converting any of your current e-mails into documents, you can easily open up a blank document by hitting G + W on your keyboard (just make sure you have your keyboard shortcuts turned on).

If you're not sure how to turn the keyboard shortcuts on, simply follow these steps:

As soon as your Gmail account is open, click on the Settings tab in the top right hand corner.

Select Labs.

Next, select Enable (located next to Create a Document) and then click Save Changes at the bottom.

Now, you'll be able to convert any e-mail content into a Google Doc with just a simple click of your mouse. Enjoy!

If your Internet is down, you probably can’t read this! It would be better if you save this page locally for a rainy day! This page will also give you a better understanding of what goes behind the scenes that makes your net... work…!

At first you need a brief introduction of how your Internet works. You, as the user, are given a cable modem or DSL Modem from your service provider (ISP) that connects to the network either via coax (thick cable) or your phone line. The modem, in turn, establishes a connection with the ISP’s network. The network has a DHCP server that gives the modem an IP address. That address is accessible from the Internet (Public IP). If you have no clue what I am talking about, then please read the article that addresses IP found here.

Now, either you connect your computer, wired or wireless, to that modem or connect a wired or wireless router so you can share your connection to multiple machines/devices.

Are you still with us?

If you are plugged directly into the modem, it will give you a private IP address that is NATed out to the public IP.
If your setup is such, then it will be easy unless you are going to switch computers. Due to security restrictions, you will need to restart the modem to give the machine an IP address. We recommend you get a router, which will allow you to swap machines and share the net with multiple machines.

Now lets move on to how to troubleshoot. Take a deep breath! Now let us take the plunge…

What do you mean by ‘the Internet’s down’?

After you go through the normal steps of denial, rebooting, blaming your ISP, rebooting, cursing…. Check out these steps:

1. Before you do anything else, first restart your modem and then wait for it to come back online. Once that is done, restart your router.
2. If you don’t have a router, reboot your computer and then the cable modem.
3. Once all the modems lights are lit and the activity lights are blinking, the net should be back up. If all the lights do not come on, check that all your cables are secure and then call your ISP.
4. Open a new browser window and try to get the site: http://www.worldstart.com. If the site comes up, it is good. If not, continue reading.
5. Go to Start>Run and type in CMD
6. Type Ipconfig /all
7. Make note of your default gateway and DNS servers.
8. Ping your default gateway. Do you get a response?
9. Ping one of the DNS servers. Do you get a response?
10. Type ping www.worldstart.com. Do you get a response?

If all else fails, you could use traceroute to find out where you are getting stuck. Traceroute is a command which can show you the path a packet of information takes from your computer to one you specify. It will list all the routers it passes through until it reaches its destination, or fails to and is discarded. In addition to this, it will tell you how long each 'hop' from router to router takes. To do this, just go to Windows, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. When a window pops up, enter the word ‘tracert’, followed by a space, then the domain name. If it timed out after line 1, you would know there was a problem connecting to your ISP in which case you will not be able to access anything on the Internet. It is generally recommended that if you have a website that is unreachable, you should use both the traceroute and ping commands before you contact your ISP to complain. More often that not, there will be nothing your ISP or hosting company can do about it.

Similarly, there are a number of network issues where there are two DHCP servers giving out IP addresses. If you have a router, you need to make sure it is in the same internal range as the cable modem. If your ISP router is 192.168.1.1, make your router .2. And if possible, disable the DHCP on the original. That should do the trick most of the time.
Best of luck!

If you need your users to have their profile stay with them when logging on to a different workstation you can setup roaming profiles that will follow them wherever they go.

To setup roaming profiles, first log onto your server and open Active Directory users and Computers. Right click on a user; choose properties and the click the profiles tab. In the profile box type the UNC path of the shared folder you made on the server. For example you would type:

\\servername\profiles\%username%

Where servername is the name of your server and the profiles folder is on the root of the C drive. Do not type in the users name at the end but make sure it says %username% like in the example.

Make sure you have created this profiles folder and shared it with the same name as the folder. You can leave the share permissions wide open if you want because the %username% will create the users profile with permissions that grant only the user the right to view the contents.

The next time the user logs in, the users local profile will be copied to the new profiles folder on the server creating a new folder with the users name and permissions set up so that only the user can access it.