Open a command prompt and type:

NET STATISTICS WORKSTATION
for workstation communication information about your computer

A typical workstation report will look like the following:

Workstation Statistics for \\COMPUTERNAME

The command completed successfully.

1. Open Control Panel.

2. In Windows Vista, click the Allow a program through Windows Firewall link. In Windows XP and Windows 2000, double click the Windows Firewall icon.

3. Under the the General tab, ensure On (recommended) is selected.

4. Go to the Exceptions tab. You can check and uncheck programs here.

5. If the program you wish to set a firewall exclusion for doesn’t appear you can click Add Program to add it. You can select a program from the list or click Browse… to locate the program you wish to set the firewall exclusion for.

1. Go to Google Calendar

2. Click Settings at the top right corner.

3. Click Calendars right under where it says Calendar Settings.

4. Click the calendar you wish to import into Windows Calendar.

5. Under Calendar Details, where it says Calendar Address, right-click on the ICAL button and select Copy as Shortcut.

6. Launch Windows Calendar.

7. Click the Subscribe button on the toolbar:

8. Right-click on the text box and select Paste the URL into the text box, then click Next.

9. The Calendar Subscription Settings screen will appear. Select the options you desire and then click Finish.

Error: Memory Full. Please free memory by closing applications or removing unnecessary files.

To solve this error, you will need to delete the .GID file associated with the help file. Every time you access a help file from an application, it accesses a file with an extension of .HLP. When the help database is built during search, it creates another file with the .GID extension.

For example, WinZip has a file located in C:\Program Files\Winzip called WINZIP.HLP. There is also a file created called WINZIP.GID. We would delete WINZIP.GID.

Additionally, it doesn’t hurt if you search the entire hard drive for *.GID and delete them all. These files get recreated automatically, so you’re not deleting any data.

To do this, you can go to Start > Search > For Files or Folders and click All Files and Folders. Then in the field where it says All or part of the file name: you can type *.GLD and click Search.

To solve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Click Start > Run and type:

regsvr32 jscript.dll
and press ENTER.

2. Click Start > Run and type:

regsvr32 regsvr32 wshom.ocx
and press ENTER.

3. Click Start > Run and type:

You can start Windows 3D Pinball by clicking START > RUN and typing pinball.

• Type hidden test on your keyboard. You will be able to click on the ball and move it wherever you like.
• Type R to increase your rank
• Type H to enter a high score of 1,000,000,000

1. Right-click the Desktop and select Properties.

2. Select the Desktop tab.

3. Click the Customize Desktop button.

4. Uncheck the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days box on the General tab.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type REGEDIT, and then click OK.

3. Click on the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Microsoft
then Photo Editor
then 3.0
then Microsoft Photo Editor

4. Right-click the Initial Position key on the right-pane, and then click Delete.

You can disable this by performing the following steps:

1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel

2. Double-click Administrative Tools

2. Go to Local Policies > Security Options

3. Check the Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts

Error found: Code 0×80240029

1. Click Start, type %windir% in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2. Right-click the SoftwareDistribution folder and select Rename.

3. Rename the file to SoftwareDistribution.old, and press ENTER.

If you get an error message when you try to rename this folder, you may have to restart your computer in Safe Mode. To do this, hold down the F5 key during bootup.

I’m kicking myself for not knowing this.

You can Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard while selecting applications on your taskbar.

You can then right click on one of them and select CLOSE GROUP.

Create a batch file that calls your login script.
START /MIN LOGON.BAT

Set this file as the new login script name for the user accounts in User Manager for Domain.

Use the /norestart switch to prevent a message to restart the computer from appearing.

For example, I downloaded a hotfix from Microsoft with a filename of WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe and saved it to my Desktop. So I ran the command:

“C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\
WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe” /norestart

NOTE: This works if you have version 5.3.24.3 of update.exe or later. For earlier versions, you can use the /z switch instead.