*~E~* *E-Mail - Intelligent Email* Stop Spam, Keep your e-mail safe and private. Mailshell . *E-Mail - Mail Washer * MailWasher is a powerful email checker with effective spam elimination. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted viruses and e-mails before they get to your computer. *E-Mail - SmartSerialMail V1.1* SmartSerialMail allows to send e-mails automatically to a large number of recipients. E-mails can be sent using MAPI or SMTP and up to 64 threads may be used, which allows an optimal usage of your internet connection. Each mail is send individually to its recipient, so that only his name appears in the To: section of the mail header. Screen Shot . Download . *Easy CD Creator * How to Uninstall Easy CD Creator 3 and 4 in Windows XP Easy CD Creator 5.0 Remains Installed After You Try to Remove It Through Add or Remove Programs * E-Mail - Test Your E-mail Defenses * *Emergency: Fighters for Life* Emergency: Fighters for Life Program Causes an Error Message in Windows XP *Encrypted Files* HOW TO: Identify Encrypted Files in Windows XP Encrypted File System (using NTFS in Windows XP) *Encryption - Show Encryption Commands on the Shortcut Menu* You may find it easier to enable EFS by placing "Encrypt" and "Decrypt" commands on the Microsoft Windows Explorer context menu when a file is right-clicked with the mouse. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and find the key below. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] Value Name: EncryptionContextMenu Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = enabled) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'EncryptionContextMenu' and edit the value according to the settings above. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. *Encryption - Manage the Encrypting File System* When you use Encrypting File System (EFS), you can store data securely because selected NTFS file system files and folders can be encrypted. This setting allows you to enable or disable EFS. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EFS] Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "EfsConfiguration" and set it according to the value data above. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. *End Task - Time Out* Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Add a new string value called, "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" and change the Value to 2000. Exit, reboot. *Epson* Espson Support for Windows XP *Error 691* Either your user account is not registered with the domain listed, your password is expired, or you mistyped the information. If you do not specify a domain, the remote access server attempts to verify your user name and password on the domain of which it is a member. Carefully retype your user name, password, and domain. If you are unsure of this information, contact your system administrator. "Error 691" Error Message When You Try to Connect to Your ISP "Error 691" or "Error 734" When You Attempt to Establish a Dial-Up Connection in Windows XP "Error 721," "Error 678," "Error 691," or "Error 777" Error Message When You Try to Establish a Dial-Up Connection After You Upgrade to Windows XP *Error 692* Error 692: Hardware Failure in Port or Attached.... "Error 692: Hardware Failure in the Modem" Error Message When You Dial an RAS Server *Error 720* Error 720: No PPP Control Protocols Configured *Error 769* "Error 769" Error Message When You Try to Connect to the Internet Through a PPPoE Connection *Error 1230* You Receive a "System Error 1230" Error Message When You Browse the Network *Error 1606* Go to: Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Ensure that the Common Administrative Tools entry is correct. It should read: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Err Msg: Error 1606 Could Not Access Network Location *Error 1719* "Error 1719. The Windows Installer Service Could Not Be Accessed" Error Message When You Add or Remove Program *Error Messages - When Booting (Disable)* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows Value Name: NoPopupsOnBoot Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (1 = disable messages) Stops the annoying Windows pop-up messages notifying you a device is not functioning when you boot-up Windows. Create a REG_DWORD value of 'NoPopupsOnBoot' in the key below (if it doesn't already exist). Set the value to '1' to disable pop-up messages from appearing. *Error Message - When Booting: A Serious Error.....* Windows XP Patch: System Recovery Error Appears After Every Reboot You Receive a "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error" Message After Every Restart *Three other options: * Right Click the My Computer Icon/Properties/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Change. Set Page File to 0, ok your way out and reboot. Then follow the same procedure and reset the Page File to System Managed File. Right Click the My Computer Icon/Properties/Advanced/Performance/Advanced/Virtual Memory/Change/No Page File. Reboot. Then delete C:\Pagefil.Sys then revert the page file setting. Right Click the My Computer Icon/Properties/Advanced/Performance/Advanced/Virtual Memory/Change. Set the swap file size to zero, reboot. Re-set to System Managed, reboot. Reset the Custom setting, reboot. *Error Reporting - Automatic* Windows XP contains a feature that allows your system to send error report information directly to Microsoft. This information is collected and analyzed to assist in spotting problems, and developing solutions/fixes for them. This feature can be customized as to what types of errors are reported, and what information is sent to Microsoft, if you choose. Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC. Go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Error Reporting. Various options can be enabled, disabled or customized here. You can also disable error reporting, or change whether Program Errors, System Errors or both are reported. You can even specify which Program errors will be reported. Right Click the My Computer Icon/Properties/Advanced/Error Reporting and adjust the settings as desired. Additionally, Error Reporting can be turned off in the Registry. Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting Locate the Value: DoReport and double click on it. Change the value to your desired setting: 1 = Send Reports, 0 = Don't Send *Evaluation Expired* Windows XP Evaluation Expiration Behavior and Error Messages *Event Log* One of the administrative tools in Microsoft Management Console, Event Viewer maintains logs about program, security, and system events on your computer. You can use Event Viewer to view and manage the event logs, gather information about hardware and software problems, and monitor Windows security events. If Event Viewer reports on startup that one or more of your log files is corrupt, you can remedy the situation as follows: Disable the Event Log service. Restart Windows XP. Delete the corrupt log(s)—Appevent.evt, Secevent.evt, and/or Sysevent.evt—from %SystemRoot%\System32\Config (or wherever they may be). Your existing event data will be lost, but a new log file will be created when the service is restarted, and that log will start to accumulate new events. Re-enable the Event Log service, and start the service. If the Event Log service doesn’t restart successfully, then restart Windows XP. You cannot delete or rename the log files while the Event Log service is running.* Event Viewer - Clear Log* Start/Run/Eventvwr.msc. Right click either/each in the right pane/Properties/Clear Log. *Executable Files* Cannot Start Executable Programs (.exe Files) on Your Computer You Are Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension *EXE File Association Fix for Windows XP* This download restores the default File Association for EXE files. Download the REG file here and save it to your hard drive. Double click the file you just saved and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking the file and selecting Edit. *Explore - Processes* Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml *Explorer - Right Pane Blank * Click in the blank right-hand pane. Press the Ctrl key and the + key (only the + key on the numeric keypad) Q179875 Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane *Explorer Crashes - No Desktop Icons and/or Start Button *Control/Alt/Delete - When the Windows Task Manager dialog box appears, select the File menu and then New Task (Run). When the Create New Task dialog box appears, type in Explorer and press the OK button. Windows Explorer should restart complete with the Start button. *Explore Exe* Err Msg: Explorer.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed... Winsock Proxy May Cause an Error Message in Windows XP Error Message: Explorer.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed by Windows Error Message When You Start Windows Explorer: Explorer.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed by Windows *Explore Here - Add to Every Folder* Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\Explore. Value Name: (Default), Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: explorer.exe /e,/root,"%1" Change the value of '(Default)' to equal 'E&xplore From Here'. Create a new key under the [Explore] key called command, and edit the (Default) value to equal explorer.exe /e,/root,"%1". Powered by FreeFind /Note: This compilation of information are from various sources. All credit due to its authors. Home Page Win98 - 09/28/2002 06:14 PM - Home Page WinXP © Copyright Kelly Theriot MS-MVP(DTS) 2002 All rights reserved. /