How to Register a McAfee Product

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Registration is required in order to use certain McAfee products that require a paid subscription. Registering the McAfee product that you own will also ensure that you are notified of updates when they are available. You can register your McAfee product online by accessing the McAfee registration W

How to Apply GPOs With Windows Installer

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Within the Windows Server operating system, administrators can create group policy objects, otherwise known as GPOs, and distribute them to the users in their domain. GPOs can be configured to contain different software and control panel settings. If you need to install a certain piece of software o

How to Check Your Ping on ChatZilla

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On Internet Relay Chat, "lag" is the measure of how long it takes to send information from your computer to the IRC server. ChatZilla -- the free IRC add-on for the Firefox Web browser -- checks your lag automatically while you are connected to a server. Display the header bar in ChatZilla to determ

How to Manually Edit the Windows XP Password in the Registry

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The password feature for users in the Windows XP operating system is designed to promote privacy and security for each user account. If you have forgotten the password, you can reset the password in the registry. This process will require that you access the BIOS menu when restarting the computer. Y

Microsoft Activation Problems

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Microsoft requires that all copies of their Windows operating system be activated to continue its usage. The activation should occur within 30 days of installation of the operating system or it will no longer be operable. The activation process is simple but there are some factors that may cause use

How to Change a Table Name in Informix SQL

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Informix SQL is an implementation of the Structured Query Language (SQL) standard. Though it follows many conventions of the standard, it also deviates from it by providing additional options or features for certain statements, or applying less stringent rules to others. Informix includes a manageme

How to Log in As an XP Professional Administrator

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The Windows XP Professional operating system contains a built-in hidden administrator account, enabling you to troubleshoot your computer from a position of authority in the event that your other administrator accounts are unavailable. It only takes a few minutes to access this hidden account, after

How to Remove a WGA Tool from Vista

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The Windows Genuine Advantage utility is a tool that calls back to Microsoft to ensure you are running a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows (as opposed to a pirated copy). The problem with this utility is that it runs constantly and checks back with Microsoft's servers on a daily basis. One check sho

How to Get Into Recovery Mode Without Logging Into XP

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The Windows XP operating system, while being great, is not without its problems. Some of the more common problems we run into are the boot sector becoming corrupted, a boot file suddenly disappearing (Hal.dll) or needing to clean up the master boot record (MBR) after a dual-boot situation has gone a

Defragmentation Is Not Working on WinXP SP2

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Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) comes packaged with a powerful disk defragmentation tool. However, some users prefer to use a third-party program to defragment their hard disks. If you have installed a third-party program and then later uninstalled it, you may find that Disk Defragmenter no longer w

How to Use Start->Run to Open the Task Manager

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Task Manager is a utility program included with all modern versions of the Windows operating system. In Task Manager, you can see what programs are running and how much memory or processing speed they are using. You can also use Task Manager to force a program that is frozen to quit.

How to Keep QuickTime Out of My Start Menu

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Enjoy streaming audio and video, as well as desktop video files, with Apple's QuickTime video player. For your convenience, Windows automatically tries to add shortcuts to the QuickTime application within your Windows Start menu when you first install the program. This action can be stopped and Quic

How to Install Windows Media Center on Vista

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Windows Media Center is an invaluable piece of software for those running Windows Vista. Designed to be a "multimedia hub" for your household, Media Center allows you to essentially create your own wireless media network and stream movies, television shows, music and photos to devices like other com

The Microsoft Office Sweepstakes: Win Trip or Xbox 360 + Kinect

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How to Uninstall and Install Programs in Vista

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Knowing how to install and uninstall programs in Windows Vista can be very important. Uninstalling programs that you no longer want frees up hard disk space and memory, which allows your computer to function better. You can also easily install the programs you want, either from the Internet or from

How to Recover a Partition in Windows XP

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A partitioned file is a file that has been split into at least two different sections. This can be done for many different reasons. Some files are split because they are too large and need to be emailed. Drives are split sometimes to accompany the use of two operating systems. Whatever the reaso

Free Business Add-ons for Google Apps

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If you're a Google Apps user of Docs or Sheets, here are some of the best free add-ons for business and general productivity you may not know about yet.

How to Update Fireworks 3 for Vista

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Adobe Fireworks, formerly called Macromedia Fireworks, is a vector graphics editing program. It is often used by Web designers to help create graphics and animations for their websites. As Adobe updates and improves its products regularly, it becomes important to make sure your product is continuous

Microsoft Word Styles

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When creating a document in any word processor software, your first concern is often your content and not its appearance. Then, when you are putting the finishing touches on a document you may find yourself frustrated with how your paragraphs or margins look --- or any number of visual elements. Mi

How to Remove Old Users From Windows XP Safely

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"User Accounts" in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system provides a layer of security by separating user activities from one another. Each user has her own desktop, My Documents folder and custom settings (color, theme, etc.). User Accounts benefits one-computer households, where telecommuting adu