by Johnson Yip
on October 14, 2009
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Get your internet signal back
Yesterday I updated Windows Vista Home Premium. My internet was not working after the update. I solve the problem of having no internet by uninstalling my firewall software, and using Windows builtin software Firewall. Now I have my internet back.
Other solutions to getting your internet back after a Windows Update can include uninstalling your network card driver and reinstalling. See if DHCP service is running in Windows by going to Start > Run >type services.msc.
If none of those solutions work, you can do a system restore to before you installed the updates for Windows.
This can also happen if you upgrade your firewall software. All you have to do usually is uninstall your fire wall software, and reinstall it, find another firewall program, or use the one built into Windows XP, Vista, or 7.
Note: It is besst to stay calm, and think logically, and answer these questions: What has changed?, Is it possible for the changes to cause the problem, When did the problem start to happen?, and What are some possible ways to fix the problem? It also help to break the problem down into smaller individual problems.
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by Johnson Yip
on October 13, 2009
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Get your files back from a USB hard drive with Parted Magic and other tools.
My story of how I got my files on a computer that can’t see my USB drive: Recently I decided to install Windows XP Pro on an older computer only USB 1.1 ports, and a external hard drive I plugged into the USB 1.1 port does not work even though USB 2.0 should be backwards compatible with USB 1.0/1.1 according to the USB 2.0 specifications. I think it is probably a driver problem with my external drive because it caused my computer to hang when opening computer management to see if the computer sees my USB hard drive. But, when I disconnect the drive, computer management does not hang. I could of either bought a new USB 2.0 hard drive to see if it works on my older computer, replace the motherboard with USB 2.o ports, or add a PCI USB 2.0 PCI expansion card for my computer. I did not feel like spending the extra money on a older PC, so I decided to see if I can use Parted Magic to boot from a CD to copy my files from my USB 2.0 hard drive onto my newly installed Windows XP partition on my hard drive. It works, but it is very slow because my PC is using USB 1.1 which has a max speed of 12Mb/s compared to USB 2.0 which has a speed of 480MB/s. I first mounted my USB hard drive and my computer hard drive in Parted Magic and now my files are copying, and I saved myself a few dollars as well since Parted Magic is free. Parted Magic also have other useful tools like disk cloning, partition resizing & creation, memory testing capabilities, and a whole lot more.
Note: You can also try flashing your BIOS, try different USB ports, installing your latest Chip set drivers, attach your PC to a networked computer and transfer your files by using your home network, replace the USB cable, see if the power adapter is working well.
See more drastic tips for advance users for getting your files back by clicking the link below.
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by Johnson Yip
on October 13, 2009
Locked out of Windows XP after turning off automatic login
I recently had a problem logging on when I turned Windows Welcome Centre Off in User Accounts in the control panel after installing XP. The problem was not being able to log on with my user name. I write my solution on how I was able to log on again.
The error Message I got was: “The System can not log you on make sure your user name and domain are correct then type your password again. Letters in password must be typed using the correct case” when I tried to lo gin.
Solution to the error: I typed in my user name, but I left my password text box blank and pressed enter. Windows does not assign a password to the first account by default, so typing in the password for the account called Administrator will just make the error message listed above to be displayed.
You should be able to log in to Windows now, but you should go into Control Panel, and click on the user accounts icon. Click your user account. Click on the link labeled “Create Password” . Type in your password, and verify your password then type your password hint. Click Create Password button, and press “Yes, make private” button to hide your files from limited non-admin users.
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