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Entries for September, 2008

Solution to Save Images disabled by Right Click

These days, webmasters have started using some JavaScript to protect the images from saving down to computer by just right clicking on it and selecting the option of “Save Image as”. Yes I do feel this is necessary for some added privacy and security but it is also irritating if we want to save some [...]

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Solution to remove Blue Color Shadow from the Desktop Icons

Our computer looks fresh and good with our desktop icons. We all must have placed some or other icons on our desktop and thus it has become a common problem that we often see either Blue or a different Color Shadow under the icons placed at our desktop.

So if you are also facing this problem [...]

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Solution to remove Write Protection from USB Pen Drive

This seems to be the problem of most of us these days and some of our readers who wanted to know the methods how they can remove the Write Protected error from their USB drives like Pen Drives and memory cards.

What is Write Protected error and why it happens?
In the Write Protected error, we can’t [...]

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Fix the problem of USB Pen Drive not getting detected

Some of our viewers wanted to know how they can solve the problem of USB Drives like Pen Drives not getting detected in the computer. This is a common problem nowadays and is a nuisance in case of need.

This problem can be of two types as listed below, so just figure it out and apply [...]

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Solution to fix Blue Screen of Death

We all must have come across a situation when suddenly working on the system, we notice that a “Blue screen” comes up reading “Physical Memory Dump” and also showing some hexadecimal numbers. This is like a nightmare to all computer users and we all fear this problem, don’t we?

There are many problems that cause this [...]

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Solution to download exe files blocked by the server

This happens most of the times that we wish to download certain file like a .zip file or an .exe file from the internet at our college, school or office but the downloading is blocked from the server. This was the same problem faced by one of our viewers. So here is the way how [...]

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Fix the problem of WMS Idle error on shutdown

This is the problem that one of our viewers is facing these days that whenever he tries to shutdown the computer an error message pops up saying:

“End Program-WMS Idle
If you choose to end the program immediately, you will lose any unsaved data. To end the program now, click End Now”.
Now we remain with no option [...]

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Login to the XP Administrator account through Safe Mode

If you have forgotten your Administrator account password then there is no need to worry as there are several ways to login into the account.

Here are the two ways that you can use successfully:
1.    Change the password ( read http://techsalsa.com/break-or-reset-administrator-password-in-xp/ post of mine)
2.    Reveal the forgotten password ( read http://techsalsa.com/reveal-or-recover-xp-administrator-password-using-ophcrack/ post of mine)
But some of [...]

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Solution to fix the USB Drive not recognized problem

USBs have surely made our lives simpler and convenient. We like plugging our pen drives, flash drives and other external devices in USB ports but there is a strange problem that happens sometimes that when we insert our USB drive into the USB port we get an error message saying “USB Drive Not Recognized”.

The error [...]

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Fix the problem of limited or no connection

One of our readers was facing this problem that after formatting the PC and connecting to the internet there was an error message saying “limited or no connection” and after that another message popped up saying “network didn’t assign a network address to the computer”.
Why the problem is occurring?
Well the problem is self explanatory, limited [...]

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Fix the problem of Show hidden files and folders getting reset

This is a common problem these days that the option of “Show hidden files and folders” always gets reset each time when we set it to show the hidden files. This is sure a case of infected system either with Trojan or virus.

Possibly the system is infected by a virus named “amvo.exe”. So let’s remove [...]

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Steps to remove Virus Alert that comes on system tray

There are several different types of viruses and malwares getting produced day by day. One such virus produces a label “Virus Alert” on the system tray besides the clock which keeps blinking. When we click on it then some site gets opened that displays virus and spyware remover software.

If these things has happened to you [...]

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