Problem:

This was a bit of a weird problem: I kept getting in Event Viewer error 20035 for “Rasman” and 7023 for “Service Control Manager”. This manifested itself, amog other things, in the impossibility to access some internet pages (even the windows update page).

Solution:

After a thorough google-ing for information I found the following solution:

• Delete in the registry the NextID value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony\Cards\NextID
• Reinstall Service Pack 4

Source of solution: www.eventid.net

Problem:

I have a document stuck waiting to be printed or to be deleted and blocking up all future prints.

Solution:

1. stop the printer spool service: Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services; right click on the Print Spooler service and choose Stop
2. in Windows Explorer go here: C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS\ (note: the drive letter of your Windows folder may be different)
3. delete all files within the PRINTERS folder
4. go back to the Services window: right click on the Print Spooler service and choose Start

The End

Note: this works even with network printers

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Problema se aplica sistemului de operare Windows XP cu sistem de fisiere FAT32 sau NTFS.

Problema:

If you mess around in the registry, or install some different software packages that add things to the right-click menu, you can end up with a problem where the default action on a folder is always “Search…”, even though you set it to something else.

Solutia:

There’s a quick and easy fix for this problem. Open up regedit.exe by using Start\Run and then browse down to this registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

Double-click on the default value and set it to “none” without the quotes, as seen here:

This will restore the normal behavior.

Update

If you are also experiencing this problem when you try to click on a drive, you can run this command from the run box or command prompt:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

This should restore the normal behavior.

If you are getting a message that says “Windows cannot find ‘PET32.exe’”, then at some point you had a virus, or still have a virus. First, make sure that you run a virus scanner to get rid of the virus. Then run the regsvr32 command above, which should fix the problem.

Acesta este primul din o serie de articole care vor descrie cum se repara diferite probleme pe care le-am intampinat in procesul de utilizare a computerelor. Textul va fi in general in limba engleza si e un colaj cu text din diferitele locuri unde am gasit solutia.

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Problema se aplica sistemului de operare Windows XP cu sistem de fisiere FAT32 sau NTFS.

Problema:

Recently I have noticed that each time I boot my system, the operating system (Windows XP Pro SP2) runs ScanDisk on my D: drive, stating that the computer did not shut down properly, which is not true. The system then runs a full ScanDisk on drive D: and gives an error-free report. Then after that, each time I boot, it runs ScanDisk on my D: drive all over again, finds no errors. Kindly suggest how to get rid of this annoyance.

Solutia:

Hello, what you’re experiencing is what Windows refers to as “setting the dirty bit” and what you have to do is unset that bit. Every time Windows XP starts, autochk.exe is called by the kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume. It is usually caused by a hard shut down or a power loss during a read-right operation on that particular drive.

How do I fix it, you ask?

Well, that’s easy. First click Start> Run> bring up a command prompt by typing in “CMD” and type ” fsutil dirty query d: “. This queries the drive, and more than likely it will tell you that it is dirty. Next, type “CHKNTFS /X D:”. The X tells Windows to NOT check that particular drive on the next reboot. At this time, manually reboot your computer, it should not do a Chkdsk and take you directly to Windows.

Once Windows has fully loaded, bring up another CMD prompt and type and now you want to do a Chkdsk manually by typing “Chkdsk /f /r d:”. This should take you through 5 stages of the scan and will unset that dirty bit. Finally, type “fsutil dirty query d:” and Windows will confirm that the dirty bit is not set on that drive. Good luck!