Maintenance of files is a must. There are many times when extra items clutter up a file. Sometimes weird things happen, empty layers won’t go away. They can’t be deleted or purged. The LAYDEL command will get rid of most layers and any objects on that layer. It won’t delete a locked layer! It is often a good idea to protect your layers, or the objects on that layer. Great tip.

1. In “My Documents” create a new folder called “My Pictures”.
Open Notepad and copy and paste the following:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=YOUR NAME
Personalized=39
PersonalizedName=My Pictures
[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12688
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll
IconIndex=-101

In ‘owner=your name’, change ‘your name’ to the name of your account.
Go to > File > Save As
1. In the “Save in” box select the ‘My Pictures’ folder
2. In the “File Name” section, enter Desktop.ini
3. From the “Save as Type” drop down list, select “all files”

2. Open the Run Box and type “cmd” then enter.

In the command window copy and paste these commands, one at a time.

reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags
reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU

Log Off, Log On.

3. Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit

Press {ENTER}

This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon.

Unable to view PDF file in browser

This error occurs when a large PDF file is opened in a browser window instead of in Adobe Reader. Making the changes below to both the browser and Reader settings will enable you to open the file.

Adobe Reader:

1. Click Start and go to the Programs list.

2. Find and open Adobe Reader.

3. In Adobe, go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.

4. Under ‘Internet’, make sure the box for ‘Display PDF in browser’ is unchecked. Click OK to save your changes.

Internet Explorer:

1. Go to the Tools menu and click on ‘Manage Add-ons’.

2. Click on the drop down menu “Show” to display “All Add-ons”.

3. Select Adobe PDF Reader and click the Disable button.

Firefox:

1. Go to the Tools menu and click on ‘Options’.

2. Click on the Applications tab.

3. Find Adobe Acrobat Document and change the preferred action to ‘Always Ask’* or ‘Use Adobe Reader’.

* ‘Always Ask’ means every time you click on a link to open a PDF, you will be prompted for a response as to how you’d like the file to be handled

This tip works with Windows 2000 and XP using all versions of MSN Messenger.

MSN Messenger always loads automatically when visiting Hotmail and/or other related web sites.

But you can prevent this from happening by hacking the Registry.
Open Regedit and go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3A614DC-ABE0-11d2-A441-00C04F795683}\LocalServer32

Start by backing up this Registry key, in case you want to reenable it for some reason in the future.

Delete the entire line which displays the path to MSMSGS.EXE from the “(Default)” String Value: double-click on it -> delete the entire Value data line -> click OK or hit Enter.
Close Regedit.

MSN Messenger will stop loading from now on.”

To prevent MSN Messenger from loading/running in Win2000/XP, run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client

Create if not present or modify if present these two DWORD [REG_DWORD] Values in the right hand pane: right-click on an empty spot -> select New -> Key -> DWORD -> name them “PreventAutoRun” and “PreventRun” (don’t type the quotes) respectively -> right-click on each one and type 1 in the Decimal box -> click OK -> exit the Registry Editor.
These settings will take effect after the first reboot.

To stop MSN Messenger from loading automatically upon every WinXP startup: click the Start button -> click Run… -> type msconfig -> click OK or hit Enter -> click Startup tab -> remove the check mark next to Windows Messenger -> close Msconfig -> restart Windows.

Note that this way Messenger still loads when called upon by other apps like Outlook, Outlook Express or Hotmail (MSN) web access.

To stop MSN Messenger from loading automatically upon every WinXP startup: click the Start button -> click Run… -> type gpedit.msc (Group Policy Editor) -> click OK or hit Enter -> select Per Machine Restriction -> Computer Configuration -> Adminstrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Messenger -> change from automatic to manual or disable it. Then: Per User Restriction -> User Configuration -> Adminstrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Messenger -> change from automatic to manual or disable it -> exit GPE -> restart Windows.

In case after doing this Outlook or Outlook Express takes too long to open, you need to also:

MS Outlook Express -> Tools -> Options -> General tab -> turn off Messenger Support.

MS Outlook -> Tools -> Options -> Other -> turn off Messenger Support.

To prevent MSN Messenger from automatically signing in using a registered Microsoft Passport account: click the Start button -> click Run… -> type control userpasswords2 -> hit Enter or click OK -> click Advanced tab -> select Manage Passwords -> delete all Passport entries -> click OK/Apply.

Then run MSN Messenger -> sign in -> type your passport, e-mail address and password -> uncheck the “Sign me in automatically” box -> save your settings and close MSN Messenger.

“To permanently disable MSN Messenger when using Outlook (Express) or Hotmail web site, simply rename the C:\Program Files\Messenger folder to Messenger-OFF! (example).

This will effectively shut down Messenger, but not interfere with the loading of Outlook

When going on internet through Chrome, got this message:

This webpage is not available.

The webpage at http://www.images.google.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

More information on this error
Below is the original error message

Error 2 (net::ERR_FAILED): Unknown error.

Fix:

1. Delete two registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2

2. Locate this file:

C:\Windows\inf\nettcpip.inf

3. Open ‘network and sharing center’, locate ‘Properties’, install a protocol by ‘having disk’, make sure to install the ‘TCP/IPv6’and ‘TCP/IPv4’.

Tell me and I forgot. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

闻而忘之，见而记之，行而知之——出处不明（有人称是儒家或者道家的）
不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之，学至乎行而止矣——荀子
纸上得来终觉浅，绝知此事要躬行。——陆游
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