Sundries: PC Answers

• Password checker: Test the strength of your passwords
• Start Windows Explorer In The C Drive
• Extracting emoticons from Windows Live Messenger
• If you have black stripes in "Add/ Remove programs", or if program is missing from the list, My Uninstaller can remove these.
• Add/Remove Program Error 1719: The Windows Installer service could not be accessed".
• "Windows cannot access specified device path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item" Run Fixswen.inf. On Windows Registry errors use SubInACL
• Logitech QuickCam drivers newer than 8.1.1 causes: # Windows XP Start Menu Going all Black, "All Programs" won't work anymore, and right side of Start-Menu (Administrative Tools etc.) won't expand.
• SATA Controller without connection: # Kernel stack inpage error + "No drive attached to fastrack, the BIOS is not installed".
• "You either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player": Flash Player detection failure. Try installing flash from a setup file.
• Save Target As and Print Target Commands Are Unavailable: Microsoft Support
• Improve DSL connection with RASPPPOE PPP over Ethernet (short: PPPoE).
• Uninstall Windows Messenger (v. 4.7 in XP): 'Start' - 'Run': RunDll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf
• Unpack MDAC: 'Start' - 'Run': C:\mdac_typ.exe /c /t:C:\MDAC20
• Get rid of the "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" warning: In Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, click the Security tab; make sure that in "Select a zone..." window that Internet is selected. Click Custom Level and scroll down about half way to "Display mixed content" in the Miscellaneous section. Change it from Prompt to Enable.
• Windows Registry changes:
  Enable Encrypt in context menu: Make a Dword32 key: "EncryptionContextMenu" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  
  Close crashed applications: (1000 = 1 second)
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\HungAppTimeout=4000 (standard = 5000)
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WaitToKillAppTimeout=4000 (standard = 20000)
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WaitToKillServiceTimeout=4000 (standard = 30000)
  
  If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement
  DisableExecutivePaging =1