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Restore Preview Mode (Thumbnail) to Windows Explorer This solution is aimed specifically at restoring your ability to view *.jpg files: Note: You must have your desktop enabled to “View as a Web Page“. This will register the required DLL file(s) Select Start, Run. For those with IE 4, type: regsvr32.exe …

AutoIt AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.) in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks). AutoIt was primarily designed to assist in automatically installing software that cannot be automatically installed by …

Operating Systems and their File Systems If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! BeOS Besides what Microsoft and a number of other software developers were doing,1996 saw the emergence of yet another new operating system, called simply “Be“. The …

Type: External (1.1 and later) Syntax: MODE n MODE LPT#[:][n][,][m][,][P] MODE [n],m[,T] MODE (displaytype,linetotal) MODE COMn[:]baud[,][parity][,][databits][,][stopbits][,][retry] MODE LPTn[:]=COMn MODE CON[RATE=(number)][DELAY=(number)] MODE (device) CODEPAGE PREPARE=(codepage) [d:][path]filename MODE (device) CODEPAGE PREPARE=(codepage list) [d:][path]filename MODE (device) CODEPAGE SELECT=(codepage) MODE (device) CODEPAGE [/STATUS] MODE (device) CODEPAGE REFRESH Purpose: MODE sets the mode of operation …

Windows Security Update, March 17, 2000 Adds the latest security patches to Windows 95 Update for Web Connections using SGC Some computers may be unable to connect to Web servers using SGC for strong encryption when a secure connection is required. Installing this update will eliminate these connection failures. Windows …

Type: External (2.0 to 5.0) Syntax: RECOVER [d:][path]filename RECOVER d: Purpose: Resolves sector problems on a file or a disk. (Beginning with DOS Version 6, this program is no longer available; in DOS Version 6 and later, use the ScanDisk utility.) Discussion If a disk develops problems, you can use …

Internal Cache Test Failed – Cache is Disabled If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! Explanation: The BIOS has tested the processors internal cache and has determined that it is not functioning correctly, and has disabled it. Although we …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center Using the Tools At Hand Undocumented Windows 2000 Tools If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left, click here! Some of the undocumented Windows 2000 Tools It never ceases to amaze us how so many undocumented operating …

Error Initializing Hard Drive Controller If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! Explanation: The BIOS POST has detected a failure related to the IDE hard disk controller. The controller can be either a separate I/O card that plugs into …

AA   Is it in your future? There’s been much written lately about Microsoft’s Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME) based upon reviews of the Beta release, some of it complimentary and some not so complimentary. Some of the critics have stated that Windows ME is far less of an operating …