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Quitar drivers que no se utilizan

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:10:00 +0000

Abrir ventana de DOS como Administrador y ejecutar:
SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1

Luego ejecutar:
devmgmt.msc

En el administrador de dispositivos:
Ver - Mostrar dispositivos ocultos.

Windows 7 Activar Quick Launch Bar o barra de inicio rápido

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Clic derecho en la barra de tareas
- Del menú contextual mostrado, navegar hasta “Toolbar” y seleccionar la opción “New Toolbar”.
- En la caja de texto de la carpeta ingresar lo siguiente:
%SystemDrive%\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Luego hacer clic en el botón “Seleccionar carpeta”.

Tomado de: http://blog.neuronaltraining.net/?p=4716

Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:56:00 +0000

When you try to start or stop the Print Spooler service, or when you click Start and then click

Printers and Faxes, you may receive the following error message:
Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close.

Solution:

Step 1: Start the computer in safe mode

Step 2: Delete the spool printer and driver files

Delete all the files and the folders in the following two folders:
* C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers
* C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Drivers\w32x86

Step 3: Edit the registry

Step 3A
Locate and expand the following registry key to view the list of subkeys (subfolders):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86

In the subkey list, there should only be the following subkeys:

* Drivers
* Print Processors

If there are any subkeys other than this subkeys delete them.

Step 3B

Locate and then expand the following registry key to view the list of subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
In the list of subkeys, there should only be the following subkeys for the default print

monitors:

* BJ Language Monitor
* Local Port
* PJL Language Monitor
* Standard TCP/IP Port
* USB Monitor

If there are any subkeys other than this subkeys delete them.

Step 4: Install the printer and print a test page

Taken from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810894/en-us

Disable DEP Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:10:00 +0000

You can turn off DEP completely either manually by changing an entry in the boot.ini [ Typically found diectly on Windows %System Root%] or by accessing it from System Properties then select the Advanced tab. then select the settings beside the Start up and Recovery portion of the bottom of the window. Then select the edit at the top underneath System Startup. Change the following entry:

/NoExecute=OptIn

/NoExecute=Alwaysoff

Problems with imaging devices after uninstalling Logitech drivers

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:55:00 +0000

The problem:
After uninstalling Logitech's QuickCam software and drivers, all imaging devices (cameras, webcams, scanners) no longer work in Windows. In the device manager, a yellow exclamation mark icon is displayed, along with this message: "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"

The solution:
1) Reboot into safe mode (press F8 at startup), navigate to C:\windows\system32\drivers, and rename the file lvmvdrv.sys to lvmvdrv.sys.backup

2) Open the registry editor (Start > Run > regedit > OK) and in the left pane navigate down to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlS
et\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}.

3) Right click that key (the folder icon you just navigated to) and select Export. Save this to your desktop for now. If for some reason things don't work out after all is said and done, you can double click this file and undo the rename from step 1, reboot, and you'll be back where you started.

4) With the key you just exported being selected in the left pane, on the right you should see a Multi String Value named LowerFilters, with lvmvdrv as it's data. Right click this MSV and delete it.

5) Reboot. Your imaging devices should be working now.

Taken from: http://www.everythingusb.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=12122

Exportar contactos de Outlook a Outlook Express

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:54:00 +0000

tomado de: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010920381033.aspx

Exporting Outlook contacts

Note The following scenario assumes that you have Outlook Express and Outlook installed on the same computer. If you want to export Outlook contacts from one computer for use with Outlook Express on another computer, see the "Troubleshoot importing contacts" section.

Add the Personal Address Book to Outlook if it isn't already there.
How?
Do one of the following:
If all of the contacts you want to export are in a Personal Address Book
If any of the contacts you want to export are in an Outlook Contacts folder
Select Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book, and then click Import.
If prompted, select the Outlook profile to use, and then click OK.
If Outlook Express finds a duplicate entry, you are prompted to choose whether to replace your existing Outlook Express contact with the information exported from Outlook.
When the address book import process has completed, click OK.

Autoimprimir archivo de texto

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:03:00 +0000

Para autoimprimir un archivo de texto desde una linea de comandos ejecutar:

notepad /p nombrearchivo.txt

o con Wordpad:

wordpad /p nombrearchivo.txt

Tamaño Impresión Predeterminada Internet Explorer 7

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:58:00 +0000

Para cambiar el "Ajustar a página" agregar la siguiente clave al registro:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl \FEATURE_STF_Scale_Min

En "FEATURE_STF_Scale_Min" agregar un nuevo valor DWORD con el nombre: iexplore.exe
Abrirlo con doble click y cambiarle el valor Hexadecimal a 64.
Un valor de 64 significa imprimir al 100% de tamaño.

Auto Logon to Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:25:00 +0000

Auto Logon to Windows XP

Published: March 18, 2002

Submitted by Doug Knox, Microsoft MVP, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

You can configure Windows XP to automate the logon process if your computer is not part of a domain.

1.	Click Start, click Run, and type control userpasswords2.
2.	Clear the Users must enter a username and password to use this computer check box.
3.	Click Apply.
4.	Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with, and then click OK.
5.	Click OK again and you're all done.

This feature allows other users to start your computer and use the account that you establish to automatically log on. Enabling auto logon makes your computer more convenient to use, but can pose a security risk.

Correo POP yahoo

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Configuración del servidor

Servidor de correo entrante (POP3): pop.correo.yahoo.es

Para SSL, POPS puerto: 995

Servidor de correo saliente (SMTP): smtp.correo.yahoo.es

Para SSL, SMTP puerto: 465, utilizar autenticación

Nombre de cuenta/usuario: xxxx

Correo: xxxx@yahoo.es

Impresora no se redirige en Escritorio Remoto o Servicios de Terminal Ser

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:22:00 +0000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302361

Cuando usa una sesión de Escritorio remoto o la versión de cliente 4.0 o 5.0 de Servicios de Terminal Server para conectar con otro equipo basado en Windows desde un equipo que no ejecuta Windows Server 2003, no se pueden redirigir las impresoras locales. En consecuencia, las impresoras locales no están disponibles en el escritorio remoto ni en la sesión de los Servicios de Terminal Server.

Causa

El problema se produce porque el puerto de impresora no empieza con COM, LPT o USB. De manera predeterminada, los nombres de puerto de impresora que no empiezan con COM, LPT o USB sólo se redirigen en Windows Server 2003. De manera predeterminada, los dispositivos de impresión multifuncionales no se pueden redirigir a menos que esté ejecutando Windows Server 2003 en el equipo local porque utilizan puertos DOT4.

Solución

Para resolver este problema en un equipo que no ejecuta Windows Server 2003, fuerce a todos los puertos (incluido DOT4) del equipo cliente a que sean filtrados para redirección. Para ello, agregue un valor DWORD llamado FilterQueueType a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR y configure su información de valor en FFFFFFFF.

Siga estos pasos y después salga del Editor del Registro:

1.	Haga clic en Inicio, en Ejecutar, escriba regedit y, a continuación, haga clic en Aceptar.
2.	Localice y, después, haga clic en la clave siguiente del Registro: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR
3.	En el menú Edición, seleccione Nuevo y haga clic en Valor DWORD.
4.	Escriba FilterQueueType y, a continuación, presione ENTRAR.
5.	En el menú Edición, haga clic en Modificar.
6.	Escriba FFFFFFFF y, después, haga clic en Aceptar.

Esto permite que se redirijan todos los puertos del cliente.

Para evitar este problema en un equipo cliente que tenga un dispositivo de impresión multifuncional, cambie el puerto que usa ese dispositivo de DOT4 a un puerto LPT.

Por ejemplo, para configurar un dispositivo de impresión multifuncional para que use un puerto LPT en un equipo con Windows XP, siga estos pasos:

1.	En Panel de control, abra Impresoras y faxes.
2.	Haga clic con el botón secundario del mouse (ratón) en la impresora local no redirigida y, a continuación, haga clic en Propiedades.
3.	Haga clic en la ficha Puertos, en un puerto LPT y en Aplicar. La impresora debe aparecer ahora junto a ese puerto.
4.	Cierre la ventana Propiedades de impresora y vuelva a conectar utilizando Escritorio remoto.

Importante
Cuando una impresora multifuncional usa un puerto LPT estándar en lugar del puerto DOT4, pierde las capacidades multifuncionales, como escáner, fax o copiadora. Para recuperar las capacidades multifuncionales, el dispositivo de impresora debe usar el puerto DOT4.

Cable crossover

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:57:00 +0000

Desinstalar Nero

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:05:00 +0000

Varias herramientas para desinstalar Nero del 5 al 8.

http://www.nero.com/enu/tools-utilities.html

Deshabilitar DEP en Windows Vista

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:34:00 +0000

Disable DEP or No Execute Protection (Data Execution Protection - Prevencion de Ejecución de Datos)

1. Click Start
2. Click All Programs
3. Click Accessories 4. Right Click on Command Prompt
5. Left click on Run as Administrator
6. Click the Allow button if it asks you for permission
7. Type or copy and paste this into the command prompt window:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

8. Hit enter and you should see the confirmation: Operation Completed Successfully 9. Reboot and DEP should be off.

Problema cuenta Hotmail en Outlook Express

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:04:00 +0000

La autenticación no se realiza correctamente cuando usa Outlook o Outlook Express para tratar de iniciar sesión en un servidor de correo basado en HTTP si usa la versión 7.0 de Internet Explorer.

Síntomas

Cuando usa Microsoft Outlook o Microsoft Outlook Express para tratar de iniciar sesión en un servidor de correo basado en HTTP, la autenticación no se realiza correctamente. Este problema se produce cuando se cumplen las condiciones siguientes:

El equipo cliente que usa para intentar iniciar sesión ejecuta la versión 7.0 de Microsoft Internet Explorer
El servidor HTTP usa la autenticación de texto implícita.

Solución

Para resolver este problema, descargue e instale las actualizaciones siguientes desde el Centro de descarga de Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows XP

El siguiente archivo se puede descargar desde el Centro de descarga de Microsoft:

Descargue ahora el paquete WindowsXP-KB904942-v2-x86-ENU.exe. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=

es&FamilyID=1F9D33FF-7BFE-4336-9E65-972ED21324C4)

Eliminar Trojan.w32.looksky

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:57:00 +0000

Para eliminar el virus Trojan.w32.looksky hay que realizar los siguientes pasos:

- Descarga este archivo SmitFraudFix y lo descomprimes.
- Reinicia en modo a prueba de fallos
- Ejecuta smitfraudfix.cmd
- Selecciona la opción 2
- Te preguntará si quieres limpiar el registro (Do you want to clean the registry ?) Di que Si -

La herramienta comprobará si tienes el archivo wininet infectado, si lo está y te pregunta si lo quieres reemplazar le dices que sí.

Deshabilitar actualizaciones Windows Media Player

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:49:00 +0000

Tomado de: http://technet.microsoft.com/es-es/library/bb490842.aspx

1- To Disable the Update Feature in Windows Media Player Using a Registry KeyClose Windows Media Player (all instances).

2- Open Registry Editor by clicking Start, clicking Run, and then typing regedit.
Caution Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on the computer. You can also use the Last Known Good Configuration startup option if you encounter problems after manual changes have been applied.

3- Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

4- On the Edit menu, point to New, click Key, and then type the following key name:
WindowsMediaPlayer

4- Select the key you just added and, on the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.
Type DisableAutoUpdate as the name for the new value (the type is REG_DWORD), and then press ENTER.

5- Click DisableAutoUpdate, and then on the Edit menu, click Modify.
For Value data, type: 1

hal.dll no se encuentra

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:43:00 +0000

HAL.DLL is Missing

Boot from your CD and follow the directions below to start Recovery Console.

Insert the Setup compact disc (CD) and restart the computer. If prompted, select any options required to boot from the CD.
When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts; choose the repair or recover option by pressing R.

If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console.
When prompted, type the Administrator password. (if you didn't create one try pressing enter).

At the system prompt, type Recovery Console commands; type help for a list of commands, or help commandname for help on a specific command.

Most likely you will need to expand the file from the CD. The command would be expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll. Substitute d: for the drive letter of your CD. Once you have expanded the file type "exit" to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.

How to create a bootable floppy disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:24:00 +0000

Extracto de: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

Create a boot floppy disk by using a Windows XP-based computer

Format a floppy disk by using the Windows XP format utility.
Copy the Ntldr and the Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on the Windows XP installation CD-ROM, from the Windows XP installation floppy disk, or from a computer that is running the same version of Windows XP as the computer that you want to access by using the boot floppy disk.
Create a Boot.ini file, or copy one from a computer that is running Windows XP, and then modify the Boot.ini file to match the computer that you are trying to access. The following example lists how to create a Boot.ini file for a single-partition Integrated Device Electronics drive that has Windows XP installed in the \Windows folder.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
Default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows=""

Capturar puerto impresora en Windows Vista para imprimir en 98

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:16:00 +0000

En DOS

net use LPT2:\\nombreequipoconimpresora\nombreimpresora

Speed up Windows XP Shutdown

noreply@blogger.com (Richard) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:03:00 +0000

Tomado de: http://www.johntp.com/2006/02/14/speed-up-windows-xp-shutdown

Windows XP stores a couple of values in its registry which are responsible for determining how long to wait before shutting down open applications and services once the shutdown command has been given.

By editing these two settings and changing them to lower values, you can considerably decrease the amount of time that Windows XP needs to successfully shut itself down. The first part of this tweak deals with setting the amount of time Windows will take to kill open applications on shutdown.

Open REGEDIT and navigate to

‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’

Highlight the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
Set it to ‘1000′.

Now highlight the ‘HungAppTimeout’ value
Set it to ‘1000′ also.

The second part of this tip changes the same settings, this time for all users on the system.

Open REGEDIT and navigate to

‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop’

Highlight the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
Set it to ‘1000′.

Now highlight the ‘HungAppTimeout’ value.
Set it to ‘1000′ also.

In the third part of this tip, we will alter a second registry setting to decrease the amount of time Windows XP will wait before shutting down active services after receiving a shut down command.

Open REGEDIT and navigate to

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\’

Highlight the value ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’

Change this value to ‘1000.’

This should help to considerably speed up the time Windows XP takes to shut itself down.

Auto kill tasks on shutdown

By default, Windows XP will prompt the user for input if there are one or more applications which have crashed or are not responding and it receives a shut down command. This halts the shutdown process entirely until the user approves the stopping of the non-responsive app.

By altering the registry slightly, Windows XP can be set to close crashed applications automatically. While this does not technically speed up the shut down process, it does streamline it, and ensure that the user will not give the shutdown command then get up and leave, only to find the PC still powered on because Windows never received input on what to do with a hung application.

To allow Windows XP to close non-responsive applications automatically upon shutdown:

Open REGEDIT and navigate to

‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop’

Highlight the value ‘AutoEndTasks.’

Change the value to ‘1′

XP will now be able to close hung applications without user input during the shutdown process.