To create a new email template: 1. Home > New email2. Customize email as required.3. File > Save AsChange File Name (e.g MyTemplate) and change Save as Type to Outlook Template (.oft)4. Click Save. By default file is saved in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates (Windows XP) To open this template manually:Option 1. Navigate to C:\Documents…

After installing Windows Update you may get a restart prompt which will keep popping up every few minutes. You may want to disable it and restart the computer yourself when convenient.To disable the prompt you need to stop the Automatic Updates service. Service will be started automatically after the restart. Start > Run > services.mscAutomatic…

After installing some Windows updates on Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC you may not be able to log on and get an error message:The User Profile Service service failed the logon.User profile cannot be loaded. 1. Restart the computer in safe mode (F8 on boot) and you should be able to login.2. Start >…

To load (view or edit) an offline registry file: 1. Start > Run > regedit2. Highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“3. File > Load Hive4. Browse to an offline registry file and open itHKEY_CURRENT_USER will be located in C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\NTUSER.DATHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys will be located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\config5. Give it any name. E.g. TMP6. Browse the new TMP key and…

FileZilla FTP client by default silently stores all entered FTP usernames and passwords in plain text.Passwords may be stored in the following locations.Path:Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\Application Data\FileZilla Windows Visata/7: C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\FileZillaFiles:recentservers.xmlsitemanager.xmlfilezilla.xml To disable this default behaviour:1. Copy file C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\docs\fzdefaults.xml.example to C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client2. Rename file to fzdefaults.xml3. Open file in text…

Bootable USB – Option 1 Rufus is a small free utility that allows you to create bootable USB drives. It’s very lightweight and doesn’t even require installation. Versions 2.15 (portable) can be downloaded from here, or check for the latest version of developer’s website. Bootable USB – Option 2 Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool works great if…

When installing or uninstalling Google Earth (or other software) you may get an error:Product: Google Earth — Error 1327.Invalid Drive: X:\Application Log ID: 11327 This happens if drive X: used to exist on your system, but has been removed. To fix:regeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell FoldersRemove or change incorrect entries.

“The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software”. To get rid of this error perform the following:Start > Run > gpedit.mscUser Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Attachment ManagerAdd .exe to “Inclusion list for moderate risk file types“ Alternatively, if the file is opened from a…

To use the Windows XP version of Hyper Terminal on Windows Vista or Windows 7 you need to get two files from any Windows XP installation:hypertrm.exe – C:\Program Files\Windows NThypertrm.dll – C:\WINDOWS\system32 You can download both files from here. Just extract them to the same folder and run hypertrm.exe

Microsoft Word is selected as the default email editor in Outlook 2003. When trying to send an email “Interface Not Registered” error pops up. To fix close all MS Office applications and register Ole32.dll by running:Regsvr32.exe %Windir%\System32\Ole32.dll  

Put the following into the address bar: ftp://username:password@ftpsite.com/ Windows XP

“There was an error opening the file” error may occur if the OLE32.dll file is not registered correctly.To re-register open the command prompt and execute – regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\ole32.dllMicrosoft Word 2003 + Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack