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All FAQs → Microsoft Application Tips and Tweaks Table of Contents 1. What is the purpose of this FAQ? (2) 2. General Maintenance (17) 3. Windows 95-98-Me (5) 3.1 Customization and Performance (6) 3.2 Troubleshooting and Repair (7) 3.3 Additional Tips and Tricks (1) 4. Windows NT-2K-XP-2K3 (10) 4.1 Customization and Performance (7) 4.2 Troubleshooting and Repair (7) 4.3 Additional Tips and Tricks (8) 5. Internet Explorer-Outlook Express (3) 5.1 Customization and Performance (10) 5.2 Troubleshooting and Repair (19) 5.3 Additional Tips and Tricks (17) 6. Office System (5) 6.1 Customization and Performance (2) 6.2 Troubleshooting and Repair (1) 6.3 Additional Tips and Tricks (8) 7. Windows Media Player (5) 8. Windows Messenger (6) 9. Additional Links and Resources (4) Editors: MSeng , Kramer , auggy Last modified on 2011-02-09 19:31:01 view:Revisions 1. What is the purpose of this FAQ? FAQ Objective Can anyone submit an entry to this FAQ? 2. General Maintenance Security Bulletins 2008 - updated 04/22 Some general Rules of Thumb Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows What is the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility for? Is it possible to download all patches\updates in one session? Where can I find DirectX Downloads? I deleted a file and emptied the recycle bin. Can I undelete the file? How do I find out what DLL I need? Is it possible to download Service packs for certain Microsoft products ? Tell me about virtual memory Lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware, what can I do? How can I restore the Show Desktop icon? Why am I not able to install certain Windows updates or component updates. Why is my hard drive smaller than its advertised size? Security Bulletins 2007 - updated 12/11 Security Bulletins 2006 - Last Update 12/20 Security Bulletins - 2005 3. Windows 95-98-Me Updates and Tools What are the system requirements for Windows 98? What are the system requirements for Windows 95? What are the system requirements for Windows Millenium Edition? How do I do a clean install of Windows 95-98-Me? 3.1 Customization and Performance How to Stop or customize the Splash Screen in W95 and W98 How to add Explore From Here and Open DOS Prompt Here to context menus How to make your Windows 9x machine a Powerful PC How to Exit Windows 98/Me Automatically Using a Batch File Performance Tips for Windows Millenium Edition How do I prevent a Logon prompt at startup? 3.2 Troubleshooting and Repair ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down Correctly,What can be done? What is scanreg? What is the System File Checker? Troubleshooting W98SE Shutdown Problems How do I perform a clean boot for trouble shooting purposes? Missing Objects Like Buttons, Scroll bars etc. and Font Sizes Winsock Trouble Shooting and Repair 3.3 Additional Tips and Tricks How do I find the Product ID or Key for Win 9X & ME? 4. Windows NT-2K-XP-2K3 What are the system requirements for NT 4.0 Workstation? NT Downloads Windows 2000 Free Tools What are the system requirements for Windows 2000? Where can I find the Windows 2000 Service Packs? What are the system requirements for XP? Where can I find the XP Service Pack(s)? What are the system requirements for Server 2003 ? Where can I Find Windows Server 2003 Downloads? Where can I find links to drivers and tools for XP 64 Bit Edition? 4.1 Customization and Performance What are some good tweaking programs? How can I Speed Up the Start Menu ? Where is MSCONFIG in Windows 2000? How can I change resources (IRQs) in W2K? Getting tried of those 'access/permission denied' pop-ups? How can I tweak the services for NT-W2K-XP? Can I Control if My Password is Required after Resuming from Screensaver? 4.2 Troubleshooting and Repair My computer reboots without warning, can I stop this? How do I create boot disks for Windows NT-2K-XP? How do I repair or recover my WIN2K installation? How do I access event viewer and find what the system error codes mean? Where can I find technical resources for Server 2003? What is the Boot.ini and how do I change it? Why does CHKDSK run when I reboot? 4.3 Additional Tips and Tricks More detailed information on installing and maintaining XP Windows 2000\XP How To's How to configure a Windows 2000 Server DNS in a new workgroup environment How do I backup my Data in Windows 2000? How do I backup my Registry in Windows 2000? How can I stop the Messenger service pop ups? I lost my password, what do I do now? How do I restore the thumbnail labels in Windows Explorer? 5. Internet Explorer-Outlook Express Download the latest versions Where can I find all the Critical Updates? Add-ons for IE 5.1 Customization and Performance How do I remove the splash screens? How can I open IE windows maximized? How do I launch browser windows in a separate process? Can I change the IE and OE Animated Logos? Speed up network and web browsing How do I remove IE6 setup files? Using Group Policy Editor to Customize IE Customize the IE Title Bar How to change window title in Outlook Express Concerning Internet Options Security, what do some of the settings mean 5.2 Troubleshooting and Repair How do I repair IE? How can I stop Hotmail messages from appearing twice in OE? New Window -- Blank? Can I Uninstall - Reinstall IE and OE? How do I make the IE Status Bar display all the time? URLs don't work in Outlook Express I'm not prompted to specify a download location? Window size: How do I get Internet Explorer to remember? Internet Explorer Only lets me Save Images as BMPs? How do I backup and recover OE data? Are there any solutions to the IE6 missing GIF problem? After removing Windows Messenger, Outlook Express takes forever to load! Why? How Can I Get Outlook and Outlook Express to Remember My Password? How can I stop pop-up runtime errors? Where did this file on my desktop named ~ (Tilde) come from? I removed IE icon from my desktop. How do I recreate it? My browser settings have been mysteriously changed. Why can't I select Internet Options Outlook Express Error Codes? 5.3 Additional Tips and Tricks What are the keyboard shortcuts for IE and OE? Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs over IE6 Put OE6 into Restricted Zone for added security How to Remove Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections How to backup and restore Security Zone settings in Internet Explorer How to Configure Internet Explorer to Have More Than Two Download Sessions Images resize smaller to fit your screen on IE6. How do I fix it to not do that? I can't download attachments in OE6 (SP1) How Can I quickly create a new E-mail message? How do you delete addresses from the drop-down address bar? How do I clear auto complete entries in Internet Explorer? How do I download the full Internet Explorer install package? How can I remove the Links folder in IE Favorites? How do I move my Favorite links to another computer? How do I change the default location to save downloaded files in IE. How can I backup custom search scopes I created for IE7/8? 6. Office System Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers Can I install Office on more than one computer? Downloads for Office Slipstreaming Office 2000 Are there tools for completely removing Office 97-2000 registry entries? 6.1 Customization and Performance Minimize Outlook 2002 to System Tray Can I toggle Outlook 2002 (SP1) between HTML and Text views? 6.2 Troubleshooting and Repair What is the Outlook Inbox Repair Tool? 6.3 Additional Tips and Tricks Keyboard shortcuts for Office Components Does Microsoft provide a list of How Tos? How Do I create a Slipstream OfficeXP SP-1 CD How to make a Office XP Service Pack 2 full CD? Remove Office files and registry entries completely How do I backup and restore Outlook Data Files? How do I turn off the Getting Started pane (Word 2003)? (Office 2007) Where did my Office Commands go?! 7. Windows Media Player Where can I find more troubleshooting tips and tricks for WMP? How do I clear the MRU (History) list? Do you get an error message while running streaming media? I'm getting error messages with Media Player what do they mean? I get audio but no video when I play a movie file. What's wrong? 8. Windows Messenger What is the difference between MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger ? Where can I find additional support for Windows Messenger? Where can I find the latest versions? MSN 5.x and Windows XP, why do I have two versions? Does Messenger work on an Exchange Server? How do I remove unwanted entries from the login dialog drop down box? 9. Additional Links and Resources What other sites can I go to for Windows information? Where can I find descriptions for Error codes in Device Manager? Want to know more about slipstreaming and boot CD's? Converting Messages and Calenders login and you can contribute to the FAQ

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