Windows XP Tips And Tricks

Chances are, there are a lot of programs installed in your computer that also integrate themselves into the booting process. It’s not really a bad or disruptive thing, it’s just that these programs don;t really need to be integrated that kind of way. Besides, they slow down the booting process.

So one effective trick is to [...]

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It is an actuality of Windows that trying to fix Registry problems after they take place is much more complicated than preventing their occurrence in the first place. So when it comes to the Windows Registry, the motto should always be “prevention is the key!” This is because it is frequently the most [...]

If you want the NumLock key to be enabled automatically for every user, click on the button Start, click on the word Run and then type the keyword Regedit. Go the following directory: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators. Once you are there, the value should be changed from 0 to 2. Enable NumLock manually. After this, you have [...]

You will know that Winsock2 is damaged while releasing and renewing the IP address through IPCONFIG when you get a message saying that an error occurred during the renewal of the interface ‘Internet’ and that the operation was forced on something which is not a socket. What you should do is run the Regedit command [...]