How to restore the windows XP to a previous working state?

Today tip is very useful to recover the windows XP problems and then restore it in previous working state. You can recover the windows critical components and return your computer to earlier state without loss of personal data using windows XP built-in system restore feature. With new programs being installed, viruses infecting and spyware creates problem in your browsers it is not unusual for your computer to suddenly stop behaving correctly. So you can perform the windows recovery process and return your computer to earlier state within a minute.

Follow the given steps to run System Restore wizard:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button> All programs> Accessories> System Tools then click on System Restore.

Now a "Welcome to System Restore" wizard will start, first read the detail instruction on left side of the page.
On right side of the page, click on "Restore my computer to an earlier time" check box under "To begin, select the task that you want to perform" area and then click on Next button.


On the "Select a Restore Point" page, click on bold date option, but try to use a restore

date as close as possible to a time just before the problem started then click on Next button.

Now a next page will appear with title "Confirm Restore Point Selection", to restore your

computer to this date and time then click on Next button to start the restore process.

Now system restore process recover the previous windows settings and your computer

will restart with "Restoration Complete" message, click Ok button to finish the process.

How to Disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting

To disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting, use one of the following methods, depending on your computer.
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP
Click Start, click Run, and then type sysdm.cpl in the Open box.
Click Advanced, and then click Error Reporting.
Click Disable error reporting to disable both user and kernel-mode error reporting, or click to clear the Programs check box.
Click OK two times.
Note Administrators can disable error reporting in Windows XP Professional by setting Report Errors to Disabled in Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc) in the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Error Reporting folder.
Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or 6 for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

In Registry Editor (Regedit.exe), create a DWORD value called IEWatsonEnabled and set it to 0 in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Internet Explorer 5.0 - 5.5 SP1 (All Operating Systems)
To disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting, use the following steps:
Click Start, click Run, and then type appwiz.cpl in the Open box.
In the list of installed programs, click Internet Explorer Error Reporting, and then click Add/Remove (in Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows NT 4.0) or Remove (in Windows 2000).
Click OK.
Note Administrators can also redirect Internet Explorer Error Reporting crashes to an internal server with Internet Explorer 6. For additional information about redirecting Internet Explorer Error Reporting crashes to an internal server with Internet Explorer 6, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310116 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310116/ ) How to disable or redirect Internet Explorer Error Reporting
To troubleshoot this issue, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles to repair Internet Explorer:
318378 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378/ ) How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer in Windows XP
For information about crash report, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/dcp20.asp (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/dcp20.asp)

How to start windows programs quickly with Run Command?

The run option of Start menu is used to run a program or to open a document directly. If you do not know the exact location of the program or document then click on Start button to open Run and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Run Commands

.compmgmt.msc -- Used to run Computer Management

•appwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add/Remove wizard

•Calc --Calculator

•Cfgwiz32 --ISDN Configuration Wizard

•Charmap --Character Map

•Chkdisk --Repair damaged files

•Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives

•Clipbrd --Windows Clipboard viewer

•Control --Displays Control Panel

•Cmd --Opens a new Command Window

•Control mouse --Used to control mouse properties

•Dcomcnfg --DCOM user security

•Debug --Assembly language programming tool

•Defrag --Defragmentation tool

•Drwatson --Records programs crash & snapshots

•Dxdiag --DirectX Diagnostic Utility

•Explorer --Windows Explorer


•Fontview --Graphical font viewer

•Fsmgmt.msc -- Used to open shared folders

•Firewall.cpl -- Used to configure windows firewall

•Ftp -ftp.exe program

•Hostname --Returns Computer's name

•Hdwwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add Hardware wizard

•Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters

•Logoff -- Used to logoff the computer

•MMC --Microsoft Management Console

•Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files

•Mstsc -- Used to access remote desktop

•Mrc -- Malicious Software Removal Tool

•Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility

•Nbtstat --Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP

•Netstat --Displays all active network connections

•Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server

•Osk ---Used to access on screen keyboard

•Perfmon.msc -- Used to configure the performance of Monitor.

•Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP

•Powercfg.cpl -- Used to configure power option

•Regedit --Registry Editor

•Regwiz -- Registration wizard

•Sfc /scannow -- System File Checker

•Sndrec32 --Sound Recorder

•Shutdown -- Used to shutdown the windows

•Spider -- Used to open spider solitaire card game

•Sfc / scannow -- Used to run system file checker utility.

•Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard

•Sysedit -- Edit system startup files

•Taskmgr --Task manager

•Telephon.cpl -- Used to configure modem options.

•Telnet --Telnet program

•Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host

•Winchat -- Used to chat with Microsoft

•Wmplayer -- Used to run Windows Media player

•Wab -- Used to open Windows address Book.

•WinWord -- Used to open Microsoft word

•Winipcfg --Displays IP configuration

•Winver -- Used to check Windows Version

•Wupdmgr --Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update

•Write -- Used to open WordPad

How to enable Folder Options, Run command, Task Manager and Regedit in Windows XP?

How to enable Folder Options, Run command, Task Manager and Regedit in Windows XP?

All these options can be restored through the Group Policy management console.In order to enable them, please follow the steps below:

1. Open C:\Windows\system32\gpedit.msc

2. In the Group Policy window go to the path:
Local Computer Policy >> User Configuration >> Administrative Templates
3. Find the following entries and perform the necessary adjustments:
- To enable Folder Options:
- Go to Windows Components >> Windows Explorer - Double-click Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu - Select Disabled and confirm with OK

- To restore the Run command:

- Go to Start Menu and Taskbar - Double-click Remove Run menu from Start Menu - Select Disabled and confirm with OK

- To enable Task Manager:

- Go to System >> Ctrl+Alt+Del Options - Double-click Remove Task Manager - Select Disabled and confirm with OK

- To enable Command Prompt and Regedit:

- Go to System - Double-click Prevent access to the command prompt - Select Disabled and confirm with OK - Double-click Prevent access to registry editing tools - Select Disabled and confirm with OK

4. Close Group Policy

Cannot Create Windows Folder Named "Con"

Why Cannot Create Windows Folder Named Con?

Summary:
Message claims that not even Microsoft and Bill Gates can explain why it is impossible to create a folder named "CON" on a Windows based computer (Full commentary below).

Status:
It is true that you cannot create a folder called CON but the reason is well documented.

Example:(Submitted, July 2007)
An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".

This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!

TRY IT NOW !!

IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON " FOLDER.......instead it will name it as new folder....TRY IT !!!"

Commentary:

According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online, it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer. The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.

It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON". However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:
PRN
AUX
NUL
LPT1
COM1
Potential drive letter - A: to Z:
A number of others

If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document you will generally receive an error message similar to the following:

Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed* to save the file.

While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.

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