Troubleshooting Windows

Troubleshooting Windows

"Cannot Create Toolbar" Error When You Enable Quick Launch
Problem:
When you try to enable the Quick Launch or the Desktop bar, or try to create a new toolbar, you may get the error "Cannot create Toolbar".

Why This Happens ?
This issue may be due to one of the following reasons
• Quick Launch folder is missing.
• Corrupted DLL files.
• Corrupted registry entries.

Solution For "Cannot Create Toolbar" Problem:
This might happen if the Quick Launch folder is missing in this location:

%Appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

To resolve the problem, Go to Start-->Run and type the following command,

IE4UINIT.EXE

The above command creates the Quick Launch folder automatically, if it is missing in the above location. Now, try to enable the Quick Launch bar. If the problem persists, run the following command:

REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL

Restart Windows.Your "Cannot Create Toolbar" problem will be fixed.


How To Format The Unformatable Pendrives ?
Problem:
I am unable to format my pendrive or delete some files in my pendrive.So how can i format my pendrive?

Why This Problem Occurs?
When your pendrive contains virus files it will constantly processing with your Pc.And each virus
are coded differently and its difficult to delete some infected files or format your pendrive.

Solution:
• Goto Start --> Run.
• Type Cmd & press Enter.
• Type the following
Format/x J:
• Here J: refers to your removable dsik drive letter.
• Press Enter.

That's it your unformattable pendrive problem is fixed.

Google Talk Is Crashing Due To An 'Internal Error'
Problem:
I am having a problem with Google talk that I can not see the contents of a chat window and when i close the window Google talk crashes with an error:
Google Talk encountered an internal error, and must now close. Ok to report this error to Google?
What should i do to fix this Gtalk problem?

Solution:
First lets see why this problem occurs
This error is caused due to the presence of rlls.dll on your computer. This file is classified as trackware (an application that watches your web browsing habits) and adware (an application that serves advertisements to your machine).

Now lets see how to get rid of this rlls.dll
There are two methods to remove rlls.dll from your computer.Using a Spyware Software or try removing it manually.

Spyware Softwares:
The following programs can remove the most common malware. You may need to try more than one to catch every instance of malware on your computer. Make sure to use the latest versions of these programs.

Spybot Search and Destroy(Recommended)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Manual Removal Instructions For rlls.dll

Step 1: Use Windows File Search Tool to Find rlls.dll Path
1. Go to Start --> Search --> All Files or Folders.
2. In the "All or part of the the file name" section, type in "rlls.dll" file name(s).
3. To get better results, select "Look in: Local Hard Drives" or "Look in: My Computer" and then click "Search" button.
4. When Windows finishes your search, hover over the "In Folder" of "rlls.dll", highlight the file and copy/paste the path into the address bar. Save the file's path on your clipboard because you'll need the file path to delete rlls.dll in the following manual removal steps.

Step 2: Use Windows Command Prompt to Unregister rlls.dll Files
1. To open the Windows Command Prompt, go to Start --> Run --> type cmd and then click the "OK" button.
2. Type "cd" in order to change the current directory, press the "space" button, enter the full path to where you believe the rlls.dll DLL file is located and press the "Enter" button on your keyboard. If don't know where rlls.dll DLL file is located, use the "dir" command to display the directory's contents.
3. To unregister "rlls.dll" DLL file, type in the exact directory path + "regsvr32 /u" + [DLL_NAME] (for example, :C\Spyware-folder\--> regsvr32 /u rlls.dll.dll) and press the "Enter" button. A message will pop up that says you successfully unregistered the file.
Step 3: Detect and Delete Other rlls.dll Files
1. To open the Windows Command Prompt, go to Start --> Run --> cmd and then press the "OK" button.
2. Type in "dir /A name_of_the_folder" (for example, C:\Spyware-folder), which will display the folder's content even the hidden files.
3. To change directory, type in "cd name_of_the_folder".
4. Once you have the file you're looking for type in del "name_of_the_file".
5. To delete a file in folder, type in "del name_of_the_file".
6. To delete the entire folder, type in "rmdir /S name_of_the_folder".
7. Select the "rlls.dll" process and click on the "End Process" button to kill it.
That's it your Google talk problem is fixed.Enjoy Chatting with your friends.

Some useful Google Talk Shortcut or hotkeys:

Ctrl + E - It centralizes the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + R - It justifies to the right the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + L - It justifies to the left the selected text, or the current line.
Ctrl + I - The same thing does that Tab.
Tab - It is giving the area to each of the windows opened by Google Talk.
Ctrl + Tab - The same thing does that Shift + Tab .
Shift + Tab - The same thing does that Tab but in reverse.
Ctrl + Shift + L -Switch between points, numbers, letters, capital letters, roman numbers and capital roman numbers
Ctrl + 1 (KeyPad) - It does a simple space between the lines.
Ctrl + 2 (KeyPad) - It does a double space between the lines.
Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - A space does 1.5 between the lines
.Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It goes at the end of the last line.
Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It goes at the begin of the last line.
Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + Esc - It Minimize all the windows.
Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray)
F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact.
F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend.
F12 - It cancels a telephonic call.
Esc - It closes the current window.

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error

When is start Windows Xp Sp2 I get Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error. How can I get rid off this win32 Sevices error?

Why This Error Occurs?
According to microsoft, this error occurs in windows XP sp2, if security update 873333 (MS05-012) had been installed. Microsoft also claims, that this problem only occurs in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), but it does provide fixes for windows server 2003 and windows 2000. Microsoft had earlier issued security update 873333 (MS05-012), to fix a Vulnerability in OLE and COM, that could allow remote code execution.

Some Symptoms Of Generic Host Process Win32 Services Error:

• E-mail messages that include file attachments would not display file names, when the file name contains double-byte character set (DBCS) characters and the file name is longer than 42 characters.However, this problem can only be noticed when the e-mail message format is Rich Text.
• All applications that implements the IMallocSpy debugging interface may experience heap corruption. For example, you may be browsing the internet and would suddenly experience a halt in all your Network activity.Though you might see the Internet connected icon in the tray, you may not able to browse
• You encounter error messages about faulting netapi32.dll and svchost.exe .
• You also receive error messages that state “Your PC has recovered from a serious problem” .
Ok Lets Now See How To Fix This Error:
I have collected 3 Solutions from various sites.Try any one the following solutions to fix this error.

Solution 1:
Download the patch KB894391, to fix Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error.

Solution 2:
• Go to Run and type regedit .
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE--> SYSTEM --> CurrentControlSet --> Services --> Browser --> Parameters .
• Find the key IsDomainMaster .
• Set its value to Falsem.

Restart your computer

Solution 3:

• Go to Run and type cmd.
• Type ‘netsh’ in command console then press Enter.
• Type ‘winsock’ and Press Enter and then type reset.
• Restart the computer.

I hope these solutions will help you to Fix the Problem.

You may be a victim of software counterfeiting

Today my friend called me and said Aleem I get a pop-up that "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting" in Windows Xp.What is the problem and how to solve it?.I thought of sharing this troubleshooting in this blog. If you are also getting the same problem then here is the solution,

What Causes this Problem ?
The problem occurs when you update your Windows Xp.It will show this notification that reads “You may be a victim of software counterfeiting” and “This copy of windows does not pass genuine Windows validation”. This is because you are not using Genuine Xp.

Ok,Lets Now Fix this problem:

Method 1:
Just download and run RemoveWGA.exe
http://download11.com/get/RemoveWGA.exe

or

Method 2:
1. Launch Windows Task Manager. (If u get trouble in opening Click here)
2. Locate the process “wgatray.exe” and end it.
3. Log in into the Safe Mode(Press F8 while Pc boots) and delete the file WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32
4. Also delete the WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache
5. Type regedit in Run to open Registry Editor, navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify key.

6. Delete the folder WgaLogon and all of its contents.
7. Restart the PC normally.

Task Manager Top Menus & Tabs Are Missing

Problem:
When I Open Windows XP Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) all the menus and tabs are missing. How can I get them back?

What Causes This Problem?
Task manger disappearance of menus and tabs occurs when you accidently double Click the border of Task Manager.This puts TM into a compact mode.

Solution For the Task Mager Problem:

• Normally you see tabs for Applications, Processes, Performance, Networking, and Users.
• To put things back, just double click the top border.
• Now you have tabs again!
Task Manager disabled problem in windows xp

It is due to some kind of virus/ trojan activity which normally disables the task manager.Now due to this problem when ever the user press alt+ctrl+del to launch windows task manager it gives an error saying “Task Manager is being disabled by your administrator”.


Solution:
To Enable the Disabled Task Manager on your system

1. Press window key+r to show run prompt
2. Follow the following steps
• Enter gpedit.msc in the run prompt and click OK
• In the Group Policy settings window
• Select User Configuration
• Select Administrative Templates
• Select System
• Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
• Select Remove Task Manager
• Double-click the Remove Task Manager option’.
• Set the property of this item as disabled.

For Those who use Windows XP Home Edition can use the registry to enable Task Manager

1. open start --> run and type regedit
2. Navigate to the following path:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. You will find a registry key with name DisableTaskMgr of type: REG_DWORD
4. Double click the key with and set the Value to 0
5. Exit the registry and restart to see the effect.

How To Enable Windows Command Prompt

Problem:
My Windows Command Prompt got disabled due to Virus infection.How to enable the Command Prompt?

Solution:
Why This Happens?

Your Command Prompt gets disabled because the Virus takes some preventive measures for its survival in your Pc.So the Virus usually disables your Folder Option,Show hidden files Option,Task Manager,Registry editor and some times your Command Prompt also.

Ok lets now see how to enable your Command Prompt.
There are three methods:

Method 1: (Run method)
1. Select Run from Start menu.
2. Type the following: (better copy and paste)

REG add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

3.Press Enter.

Method 2: (Registry Editor method)
1. Open Registry Editor. (If your Registry Editor is disabled Click here)
2. Get to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
3. In the right pane, double click on DisableCMD and set it's data to 0.
4. Close Registry Editor.

Method 3: (Group Policy method)

1. Cilck Start --> Run.
2.Type gpedit.msc and press Enter.This will Open Group Policy editor opens.
3. Get to User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System
4. From the right pane, double click open Prevent access to the command prompt.
5. Set Disable and click OK.
6. Exit Group Policy editor.

I hope your Command Prompt Problem will be fixed.

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.
How to Fix Limited or No Connectivity Error Message In Xp Sp2

How to Fix Limited or No Connectivity Error Message In Xp Sp2
After installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, you may receive the following error message in the System Tray.
"This connection has limited or no connectivity. You might not be able to access the Internet or some network resources. "

Solutions to the problem are varied, however most of the solutions found on the web just mask the problem by simply guiding the user through turning off this notification. Now this solution may work great for systems that are showing a false positive error, but what if the system genuinely has lost its local area connection or the connection is unstable, what then?
One possible answer involves a bug in Service Pack 2 of Windows XP dealing with a loss of network connectivity for workstations that use Microsoft’s L2TP-based virtual private networking (VPN) client to connect to servers that are connected to NAT-based networks. However, this bug seems to appear in situations that are not associated with VPNs either.
If patching Windows XP for this bug does not fix the problem, read through the list below of other causes and fixes. You may have to reinstall your firewall, rebuild the configuration in your router, drop your connection speed from 100Mbps to 10Mbps, or assign static IP addresses to your computers in the network to resolve this issue.
How do I know if my system is affected by this bug?
If you have installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 and are experiencing any of the following symptoms, this bug is affecting your system.
• After installing Windows XP SP2, your network connection reports a problem with "Limited or No Connectivity"
• You have trouble connecting to the Internet or your local area network after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2.
• Your network connection gets stuck "Acquiring IP Address"
What Steps Can I Take to Fix This Problem?
If you are receiving this error, you should run the Microsoft patch (KB884020) for it. Follow the instructions below to do this.
1) Download the patch from Microsoft's site
2) Run the update to install it
3) Run this short Registry fix to complete the update. Type the following lines in Notepad and save the file as "FixReg.reg" on your desktop, then double click on it to install into your registry.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IPSec]
"AssumeUDPEncapsulationContextOnSendRule"=dword:00000002
4) Reboot your computer
If you experience the error message again, reboot your computer first. In most cases this will solve many connectivity issues that are not associated with this SP2 bug.
My Connection Works, Can I just disable the warning message?
If your local area connection is working properly and you simply want to disable the warning message follow these steps.
1.Open Control Panel
2. Open Network Connections and Right Click on the Local Area Connection and click on Properties
3.Uncheck the following option on the General Tab
"Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity"
4.Click OK and close the Network Connections window.
What If Installing this Patch Doesn't Help?
Other Causes For This Problem
If you are still experiencing this error message even after running the patch shown above, you may be experiencing one of several problems shown below:
1.Your Network or DSL router may have bad or missing information. Powercycle your router and/or rebuild the configuration in your router.
2.Double-check your cabling to the computer. Make sure you have the correct type of cabling, straight-through CAT 5 or possibly a crossover cable and try another cable or test the cable to make sure its working properly.
3.Check your network card to make sure its configured correctly and working properly. Many times setting the network card to 10Mbps/Full Duplex will solve this issue. To do this, open Control Panel-->System-->Device Manager. Go to the properties of the Network card, click on the Advanced tab and find the Link Speed andDuplex section. Change it from Auto Detect to 10Mbps/Full Duplex.
4. Check and test your firewall. Your firewall, especially if its a software firewall like ZoneAlarm, Black Ice, Norton Firewall or something else could be blocking the connection. Disable your firewall and test the connection. You may have to resolve the problem by even uninstalling and reinstalling the firewall.
5.Check your IP address assignments and workgroup settings in the computer for accuracy. Statically assign IPs to the computers in your network.

I hope this will solve your Problem.
How To Fix “Bootmgr is missing” in Windows Vista
How To Fix “Bootmgr is missing” in Windows Vista
There are 5 Methods to solve this Problem.Firstly, I’ll start with the easier solutions just in case one of those happens to work. If not, we’ll go to the more complicated solutions.
Method 1 – Unplug secondary hard drives
One reason you might get the Bootmrg is missing error is because multiple hard drives of different types are installed. For example, if you have one SATA drive and a secondary SCSI drive, you might end up having this problem.
One simple solution is to unplug the second drive and then reboot. If Vista starts up fine, then reconnect the secondary hard drive and reboot again. Hopefully the problem will go away.
If the message comes back when you connect the secondary HDD, then you will have to disconnect it again, reinstall Vista with just the one drive, take out the CD and reboot. Windows will load up fine. Then plug the secondary drive back in and reboot.
Method 2 – Change hard disk boot priority
Another simple setting you can check that might fix the problem is to go into your BIOS and check the boot sequence and boot priority. First, make sure that the HDD is number 1 in the boot sequence, not Floppy drive or CDROM, etc.

As you can see from the picture above, CDROM is set as the first boot device. We want to change that to Hard Disk. Secondly, if you have an option for Hard Disk Boot Priority, like in the screen above, you want to pick the hard drive (if you have more than one physical disk) that has Windows Vista installed on it.
If you change both of these settings to the correct boot device and hard disk, you should not get the Bootmrg is missing error anymore! If you do, continue reading for more advanced ways to fix the problem!
Method 3 – Unplug any USB devices
I’ve read in several places that people left the USB flash drives attached to their computers for a long period of time and if you happen to install a Windows update patch when the USB drive is connected and then reboot, you will end up getting this message in Vista.
Go ahead and unplug any USB flash drives you may have connected to the computer and then restart.
Method 4 – Rebuild the BCD Store
The third method is a bit more complicated, but may be required if nothing else worked for you. Firstly, make sure you only have one active partition and that it is set to the partition that has Windows Vista installed. If you have more than one active partition, you will have problems.
Next rebuild the BCD store by using the bootrec tool in the Windows Vista Repair environment. You can do this by popping in the Vista DVD and choosing Repair your computer.
Next choose the operating system and and then click Command Prompt in the System Recovery Options dialog.
Now type the following command at the prompt and press Enter:
Bootrec /RebuildBcd
If it finds the Windows installation, it will ask you add the entry, so type Yes. If it cannot locate any Windows Installation, then you have to remove the BCD store and re-create it. Type in the following commands if this is the case:
Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Note that you should change C: to the partition you installed Windows Vista to. Now restart the computer with the Vista DVD still inside. Choose the repair option and let it repair the Vista installation. Restart again and your problem should now be fixed.
Method 5 – Copy bootmrg file from another computer
Finally, you can try to actually copy the file from a working Windows Vista machine and put it in the appropriate directory on the computer that is not booting up correctly. Bootmrg is located at the root of the C drive (or whichever drive you installed Vista), but is only visible if you unhide protected operating system files.
Basically, open My Computer, click on Organize, click on Folder and Search options, click on the View tab and then choose the Show hidden files and folders radio button and uncheck the Hide operating system files box.
Now go to your C drive and copy the bootmrg file onto a USB stick or CD. Then go to the other computer and either boot up with the Vista DVD inserted or boot using using some kind of Vista start up disc. Copy the file to the same location and restart the computer without the Vista DVD and hopefully you should not get this message anymore!
If you are still having problems with bootmgr is missing, please post your problem in the comments section and I’ll try to help.

How to remove write protected error for the Pen drive or Other USB devices:

Some USB Errors Shown:
• Cannot copy files and folders, drive is write protected
• Cannot format the drive, drive is write protected
• The disk is write protected
• Remove write protection or use another disk
• Media is write protected

Some times USB drive becomes write protected and deleting/Copying files or Folders on the USB drive is not Possible.

Let’s now see how to remove write protection on your portable devices like pen drives, memory cards, iPod and other USB mass storage devices.

What Actually causes This Problem?

Write Protection on any portable USB Device can be applied by the physical lock provided on the card adjuster or some times provided on the pen drives, so make sure to make your drive not write protected by moving the lock in right direction.

But even after moving the physical lock for write protection the problem can happen due to some virus action. This happens when some virus or script which applies the registry hack to make any drive write protect when connected to the computer, In that case follow the procedure below to remove write protection from your pen drive.

1. Open Start Menu --> Run, type regedit and press Enter, this will open the registry editor.

2. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Note: If the registry key StorageDevicePolicies key does not exist, you will need to create it

3. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right pane and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button
4. Exit Registry, restart your computer and then again re-connect your USB pen drive on your computer. That is it, done.

Windows starts in safe mode everytime
Solution for Windows starts in safe mode everytime:
Problem:

“My computer starts in safe mode only, how to make it boot into normal mode“.

Root Cause of the problem:
This type of behaviour can occur, if you install Norton Antivirus 2001 on your windows XP computer.

Let’s now see how to get rid of this Safemode Problem:

In order to solve this issue, disable the auto-protect feature of Norton AntiVirus 2001.

Follow these steps after disabling auto protect:

1. First restart your computer as expected it will boot Safe mode.
2. Open Start --> Run and type msconfig and press Enter.
3. Click the radio button which says Selective startup.
4. On the Static VxD tab, click to clear the NAVAP.VxD check box,and click OK.
5. Click on the Startup tab, now click to clear or uncheck the Norton Auto Protect check box, click apply and then ok.
7. Restart computer, it will now boot up in normal mode .

I hope this fix Fix your Safemode Booting Problem.
Notepad / My Documents / My computer opens on windows startup

This is one of the most common problems experienced by people
• Notepad opens at Windows Startup
• My documents opens at windows startup
• My computer startup at windows
Let see how this computer trouble actually occurs and how to get rid of it
Solution:
This problem occurs when some programs modifies the Userinit registry key, or if there is a registry change in the Userinit value.
So need to repair windows registry key to solve this problem, change the Userinit registry Key value to fix this trouble.
Follow the procedure given below to stop opening of my computer, my documents or notepad at windows startup.

1. Open Start menu --> Run or press window + r , this will open the run prompt
2. Type regedit and press Enter , this will open registry editor
3. Now, navigate to the following registry key in registry editor
HKEY_ LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Win¬dows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
4. Double click the Userinit registry key and set the value C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.e-xe, ( The comma at the end of the value should also be there ).
5. Exit registry and restart your computer to see the change into effect.

Not able to open drives on hard disk by double click - Autorun.inf Virus

Not able to open drives on hard disk by double click due to Autorun.inf Virus

Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive-->explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.

This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.

What actually Causes this Problem?

Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.

This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.

I have already Discussed in detail about removing Autorun.inf Virus here
Remove AUTORUN.INF from infected computers
Remove Autorun.inf Manually here i have given 3 methods .Choose anyone Method to remove the Virus...

1st Method :

Start-->Run--> Type Cmd -->Click Ok

so just type this stuff
at c:\ prompt

attrib a*.inf -h -a -s -r
del autorun.inf

Note : Then Change the Drive Letter C,D,E,F,G....and repaeat the Same Process..

2nd Method:
This Method is Simple and Easy,

Here is a simple code to remove autorun.inf: (start copying from the next line down):

cd\
c:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
d:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
e:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
f:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
g:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
h:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
i:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
j:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
k:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
l:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
m:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
n:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
o:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
p:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
q:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
r:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
s:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

Copy this in a NOTEPAD file, then save the notepad file as : "file.bat" and then run it to remove all the rubbish of autorun.inf

3rd Method :

Run Autorun Virus Remover 2.3 Utility to Remove Autorun Virus Completely from ur Pc and Pendrive.

http://rapidshare.com/files/129077503/Virus.Remover.2.3.rar
Error message on startup “Windows\System32\config\system” file missing or corrupt

Error message on startup “Windows\System32\config\system” file missing or corrupt:
These type of error messages comes when Windows XP system that does not start because of corruption in windows registry.Most of the windows users who face this type of problems could not start windows, see the error messages like some mentioned below:

Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

Let’s see how to solve this Problem

This type of error usually occurs when some of the system files got corrupted, due to which windows does boot.You need to repair windows using the windows XP setup cd using the windows recovery console, Boot using Windows Setup CD and enter into “Recovery Console” by pressing “R“. Enter the administrator username and password.

Note: If you are not sure about the administrator password don’t type anything and press Enter.

After entering the correct username and password for the admin account you will see command prompt

Enter the following command at the command prompt.

“copy %windir%\Repair\system %windir%\System32\Config” and press Enter

Try restarting your windows to check if the problem is solved and If the above does not work, then again boot into “Recovery Console” and give following commands: (one by one)

fixmbr
bootcfg /scan
bootcfg /rebuild
fixboot

I hope this will fix your Problem.
Welcome screen and Fast user switching disabled in Windows Xp by netware

Problem:
When I try to enable fast user switching in windows XP ,I get this error message saying “client services for netware has disabled the welcome screen and fast user switching”

Lets first see what is netware ?

NetWare is a network operating system (NOS) that provides transparent remote file access and numerous other distributed network services, including printer sharing and support for various applications such as e-mail transfer and database access.


Solution:
To enable welcome screen login, you need to disable the netware client services.

Follow the steps below to disable Netware client services:
How to disable netware client services?

1. Go to Control Panel --> Network Connection . This will open up the network connections available on your computer.
2. Right click on the connection and select Properties.
3. In general tab, uncheck the option for Client Services for NetWare and press OK.

4. Repeat step 2 and 3 for all the connections shown in network connections.
5. Restart your computer.
6. To enable welcome screen now, go to Control Panel --> User Accounts --> Change the way users login and select the option Use Welcome Screen.

This will solve your Problem.

How to fix system tray icons missing in vista and xp

Many a times when the windows boot, the tray icons like volume control icon, network status icon, safely remove hardware icon etc. which should be visible in the tray are not visible properly.
In such a case, many a times you will find volume control missing, or you will find Safely remove hardware icon missing, or any other useful tray icon which you frequently use.

Why are tray icons not loaded properly?

At the time when windows is booting, there are many processes which are simultaneously being launched. All these are running in parallel waiting for the CPU turn. Some times when the CPU is busy with some processes, windows misses to properly load the icons.
Solution for System Tray Icon Missing Problem:
The fix is simple, whenever you find that the tray icons are not properly loaded, you can restart explorer task. This will freshly build all the tray, task-bar and desktop icons.
1.To restart the windows explorer, there is a small windows-batch file
2.Just Open the Notepad and copy & Paste the Below thing in it,
@echo off
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe
3.Then save it as “tray.bat”
4.Double-click on this file and it will restart the windows explorer for you. After this, all the tray icons will be loaded properly.
or
Open the command prompt and type the following two commands one by one:
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe
That’s it !!! .The Tray icons will be Loaded Properly.

Remove DriveMonitor.exe, FlashGuard.exe or DriveGuard.exe Virus

FlashGuard.exe or DriveMonitor.exe or DriveGuard.exe worm runs a process named with any of the .exe names.FlashGuard.exe also add itself to system startup, you can see through msconfig command.It also creates startup key in registry to run itself every time on system boot.

Remove FlashGuard.exe Worm

1. Inorder to remove FlashGuard.exe from your computer you need to first end its process running in task manager, right click the process and select end process


2. Search for the files tmp.exe, delete DriveGuard.tmp.exe or gHmpg.tmp.exe and locate and delete these files.
3. Go to Start Menu --> Run, type msconfig and press Enter key.



4. Now, open registry to delete the startup key created by the FlashGuard.exe Worm,
5.Open Start Menu--> Run, type regedit and press Enter key

Navigate to the Following path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\FlashGuard

Now, you need to open your virus infected pen drive and delete the following files

pen drive letter\System\Security\DriveGuard.exe *
pen drive letter\autorun.inf


I hope the solution provided above will help you fix the problem.

How to avoid chkdsk disk scan at every time booting windows

First of All Lets see what is Disk Scan?

Disc scan is one of the protective feature of windows which runs to clean any cross-links or bad sectors that may be generated because of the improper shutdown of windows due to some reason. So, when ever you shutdown your system in some improper way ,the next time you boot your windows you will see scan disk running which you can stop by pressing an key on time.

But in some cases as experienced by some of the windows users, disk scan runs every time they reboot, this happens because of the following reasons:


1. Improper shutdown(most common).
2. External HDD or portable drive attached which causes scan disk to scan them at every reboot.
3. chkdsk was not allowed to be completed at the time of boot.

Above reasons are normally the most common reasons behind this problem, but none of them matches with your case then, you probably have a dirty volume on your hard drive which has some bad sectors which does not get repaired at the time of reboot.

So, at every reboot chkdsk tries to repair those dirty bits on those bad sectors on your hard drive in those specific partitions.

But, don’t worry as you can simply fix this problem of disc scanning at every reboot.


Solution:

You need to do a manual chkdsk on all the partitions or physical hard drives.

1. Open start-->run and type cmd
2. Type chkntfs /x For example: chkntfs /x d:
3. Run this command for all the partitions of your hard drive.
4. Reboot your computer properly it will not do a disk scan again.

I hope this solves your problem.

Tips:
Use Tuneup Utilities or System Mechanic to keep to HDD Healty.Because these Utilities are Like Doctors for your Windows Platform.

Folder options disabled by Virus / Trojan
Are you not able to access or see your folder options under File Menu>>Tools in Windows Explorer on your Windows XP ? This problem of hidden or disabled folder options occur normally due to malicious virus (w32.rontokbro@mm) activity.

The virus creates an entry in registry to disable “Folder Options” in Windows explorer.

Solution to recover Disabled Folder Option:

In most of the cases, even if the virus is been already removed by your anti-virus program, it doesn’t restore the registry back to the original state. Also anti-virus usually does not delete the registry entry created by the virus.

For restoring the registry settings,follow the steps given below

*Enable your folder options in explorer.

1. Go to Start --> RUN
2. Type regedit and press enter.
3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion --> Policies-- > Explorer
4. On the right side of the screen, you can see some registry entry names, out of them, right-click on NoFolderOptions and click Modify option.


5.A new small screen pops up, on this screen, sen the value data field as 0 (zero).Press OK.

That’s it but it requires reboot. Trouble Fixed.

or

You can also make the Registry File using notepad Double Click on it,Trouble is Fixed.

1.Copy and Paste the Below thing in NotePad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000


2. File-->Save as--> "Aleem.reg"
Note: Change in Save as type to All Files.
My CD / DVD drive does not appear in My Computer with other drives



This Problem may be due to the Following 2 reasons:

1. One possible reason may be the IDE cable/ power cable not plugged properly. That can be fixed by pressing the cable into the drive.

2. The second may be due to some misconfiguration in the registry caused by some software. For such case, the following values can be copied to notepad, and saving the file as a "drive.reg" file and merging it with the registry.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
“UpperFilters”=-
“LowerFilters”=-
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdr4_2K]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdralw2k]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdudf]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UdfReadr]

NTLDR missing or NTDETECT.COM not found in windows XP
ou have probem with “NTLDR is missing, Press any key to restart” during boot up ?

What is NTLDR ?

NTLDR (NT Loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP.
This message NTLDR is missing indicates that the boot loader is either corrupted or missing due to some reason.

Let’s now see how we can fix it.

Fix:
There are two approaches to fix the missing boot loader in windows XP.

If your Windows is installed on FAT32 Partitions:

1. Boot your computer with a Win98 startup floppy.
2. Now, copy the NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM files from the i386 directory on your floppy to your windows installation drive (e.g in “c:\” in case the windows is installed on c:).


If your Windows is installed on NTFS Partitions:

1. Arrange for the bootable Windows XP setup CD.
2. Boot from CD select R=Repair option, by pressing R key during the setup.
3. Select the windows installation.
4. You need to enter in the administrator password when requested, if you had not set any password for the administrator account just press enter without typing.
5. Type the following commands to repair the bootloader, where X is the drive letter for your CD / DVD drive.
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C\:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
6. Eject CD-ROM and type exit to restart.
"Generic volume cannot be stopped right now" error when Removing a pen-drive
When you try to remove a USB pen-drive by using “Safely Remove Hardware > Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, windows should stop all the read-write operations on the drive so that the drive can be removed.
But sometimes when you try to eject the USB device by using “Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, it shows a message box which says:



“The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device later”
In such case its not safe to remove the pen drive as it can get corrupt or get damaged. Many of us face such problem in removing pen-drive. In this post we will see how to fix such issue.

First Let’s see why it happens and the fix

This error comes when you have an application which is running from your pen drive or may be some file or document opened from your pen-drive when you are removing your drive.


In short, some file on your pen drive is in use by some other program on that computer. So close all such files or applications and try removing the drive.
It happens sometimes that you have no application running from your pen drive or any file opened in your knowledge but still when you try to remove the pen-drive it shows this error message shown above. In that case you can use a free application called Unlocker which will help you to remove your pen drive from your windows.


What is Unlocker?

Unlocker is an explorer extension that allows you with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file, folder or pen drive to get rid of error message like the one mentioned above.

How To Remove USB Pen Drive with Unlocker?

1. Download Unlocker from here and install it on your computer.
2. Right click on your USB pen drive in my computer and select Unlocker.



3. A new window will open that will list all the busy handles of files being used on your pen drive. Now click the button which says Unlock All


After clicking Unlock All try to remove your pen drive normally, through “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog.


If still you are not able to remove pen drive then try clicking the Kill Process button in Unlocker.

Note: If none of the above given approach works then turn off the computer and then remove your pen drive out of the USB port.Else your Pen drive will be damaged.

I hope the solution provided above will help you fix the problem, if you know another way to solve this trouble please share it through comments.
Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator
Posted by; Praveen at 6:50 AM
Trouble:
Whenever I open Run and type regedit and press enter a message prompt appears saying “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator“.



Let’s see how can we fix it.Here i got 3 Methods to fix this Problem which i have collected them from Net.

Method 1:
You can use a simple UnHookExec.inf to enable registry editing.
1. Download UnHookExec.inf
2. Right click on the downloaded file and select install.

Method 2:
For enabling you can also use the remove restrictions tool(RRT) by Sergiwa.com, if the method 1 doesn’t work for you.

1. First Download Remove Restrictions Tool(http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/RRT-Remove-Ristrictions-Tool.shtml)
2. Run and check the registry tools and click apply.


Method 3:
If the above two methods does not work for you , you can also try executing a small vbscript which I found on major geeks.

1. First Download EnableRegEdit.vbs(http://www.troublefixers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/enableregedit.vbs)
2. Double click on the downloaded file to enable registry editing.
I hope at least one of the above will help to fix the trouble.
Enable Show Hidden Files Option
Are u Facing Problem Like When you Click Show Hidden Files it Automatically Resets to Do not Show Hidden Files ?

Dont Worry this Problem is due to Virus,

Follow these Steps To Show your Hidden Files:

1. Go to Start --> Run, then type regedit
2. Navigate to the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
3. Find a key called CheckedValue.
4. Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1."DefaultValue" to 2 This is to show all the hidden files.


Now you should be able to view all the hidden files, and also to alter its status from folder options.
Tools to remove Newfolder.exe virus

In order to remove the newfolder.exe virus you can use two types of tools, the tools mentioned below are much better:

1. Newfolder virus removal tool by Muhammad Abdullah. Download it from here(http://www.od3n.net/download/?dl_id=1)

2. Newfolder Virus removal tool by Albin. Download it from here(http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix.exe)

Internet Explorer Hacked By Godzilla

IE title shows “Hacked by Godzilla” after transfer some files to a handy drive.This Virus normally spreads through portable drives .

How can I get rid of it?

1. First download process explorer ,run it and end all the process which are running as wscript.exe
http://www.download.com/Process-Explorer/3000-2094_4-10223605.html

2. Download RRT.exe (Remove restrictions tool) . RRT (Remove Restrictions Tool) v.2.0 is a tiny tool that does the work for AVs, it re-Enables all what the virus had disabled, and brings every thing including task manager ,regedit ,msconfig and hidden folder options back.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/RRT-Remove-Ristrictions-Tool.shtml

3. Now, you have regedit command enabled.

Browse to Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \Current Version \Run and delete MS32DLL (right click on it and select delete)
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Main and delete “Window Title” which has it’s value of “Hacked by Godzilla“ or you can also write your name as a recognition for yourself.

4. Open My Computer,File menu go to Tools -> Folder Options, click on View tab
• Under Advance settings,
• check “Show Hidden files and folders“,
• uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types“,
• uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”
• and click “OK” button

5. Now right click on each of your drive and click explore now delete the files with names autorun.inf and MS32DLL.dll.vbs including your USB Drive

6. Restart your PC and your PC should be clean from Hacked by Godzilla

Remove AUTORUN.INF from infected computers
Remove Autorun.inf Manually here i have given 3 methods .Choose anyone Method to remove the Virus...

1st Method :

Start-->Run--> Type Cmd -->Click Ok

so just type this stuff
at c:\ prompt

attrib a*.inf -h -a -s -r
del autorun.inf

Note : Then Change the Drive Letter C,D,E,F,G....and repaeat the Same Process..

2nd Method:

This Method is Simple and Easy,

Here is a simple code to remove autorun.inf: (start copying from the next line down):

cd\
c:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
d:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
e:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
f:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
g:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
h:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
i:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
j:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
k:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
l:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
m:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
n:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
o:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
p:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
q:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
r:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
s:
attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

Copy this in a NOTEPAD file, then save the notepad file as : "file.bat" and then run it to remove all the rubbish of autorun.inf

3rd Method :

Run Autorun Virus Remover 2.3 Utility to Remove Autorun Virus Completely from ur Pc and Pendrive.

http://rapidshare.com/files/129077503/Virus.Remover.2.3.rar

How to remove Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe Virus
Remove Funny Scandal.avi.exe Virus with these bat Files ....

Its Simple(download these file)

NOTE :

*run the file 1.bat in normal mode. (simply run)
*run the file 2.bat in safe mode with command prompt.

http://piyushlabs.googlepages.com/1.bat

http://piyushlabs.googlepages.com/2.bat

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