If you encounter an error message with error number 0×80040206, 0×80040504, or 0×80040905 during the Google Toolbar installation process, then try the following solutions:

Close all your web browsers.
Uninstall Google Toolbar completely by going to Start -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a program.
Restart your computer.
Start your …

Facebook will reject (or ban) your name change request if one of the following conditions is detected by Facebook:

if you have made too many name changes
if you have a name that sounds like it could be fake
if you share your name with a celebrity
and of …

To change your Windows Live ID:

On your Xbox 360 console, sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.
Go to My Xbox, and select your avatar.
In the Account Management panel, select Manage Account.
In the Your Information panel, select Windows Live ID.
Select Change Windows Live ID.
If you have another Windows Live ID, select Yes, …

In Windows Live Messenger 2011, the menu bar isn’t showing by default. To show the menu bar,

Login to your Windows Live Messenger account.
Click on your name which appears on the top right corner in WLM 2011 interface.
Select show the menu bar.
To hide the menu bar, simply …

When you try to remove your USB drive, you may get the following error message “Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device: The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now Try stopping the device later“. The error indicates that one or more tasks are still …

If you find any of your IE toolbars disappeared after upgrading to the Internet Explorer 9 from IE8 or IE7, you can always re-enable them again. This happened to me too after I installed IE 9 into my computer, and then I found that my …

One thing Microsoft should realize is that the address bar in Internet Explorer 9 is really TOO short for most webpage URLs. I believe many people do find this to be especially difficult when trying to read or type in the address bar. However, you can increase the …

After installing Internet Explorer 9 on my computer, I found that my site somehow looks weird and different from what I can see in chrome, firefox or IE8. So I did an investigation on this issue and finally came to a solution which is to …

If you’ve ever deleted your sticky notes by accident, or simply want to recover your notes from a dead Windows, there will still be something of a ghost remaining in the file where Sticky Notes save the notes to. This can be found in:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickyNotes.snt
Copy …

Problem: Each time I want to install or uninstall a program that uses Windows Installer, I get the following error with code 1601: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the …

If you have trouble reading text that appear to be too small for you on some webpages, then you have came to the right place. This post will show you 2 simple tricks on how you can force to change the font size of some …

Today morning, while my 55 years old father was reading a comment on his facebook profile, he yelled at me: “Alvin!! how can I increase the font size in firefox?? The font is too small!!”. In fact, on some web pages, the font size or text size is really too small that make …

Virus infection through USB drives is indeed the most annoying and most talked about case in the computer world. When someone plug his/her pendrive into your computer, if the USB autorun option is enabled in your PC, you might potentially get infected by the virus (if exist) contained in …

Error Messange: You have chosen to transfer a file which may be unsafe.
You must enable virus scanning software to transfer this file.
Microsoft offers a free virus scanner for Messenger. Click Install to download and install the scanner now.
Symtoms: File failed to transfer due to absent …

Surprised by a sudden blue screen with a bunch of crash dump error codes while having your works half done? In Windows 7, blue screen error or, blue screen of death (commonly known as BSOD), is indeed the scariest error you can ever encounter. The …

Seen a sudden blue screen with a bunch of crash dump error codes while having your works half done? In Windows Vista, blue screen error or, blue screen of death (commonly known as BSOD), is indeed the scariest error you can ever encounter. The computer …

Solution for nVidia display driver Nvlddmkm.sys issue
GPU: nVidia GeForce Graphic Cards
OS: Windows 7 or Vista
Symptoms: Bluescreen or Stop Error 0x0000001E caused by nvlddmkm.sys, or often get a message: “display driver nvlddmkm.sys stopped responding and has successfully recovered“.
Solution: Replace the nvlddmkm.sys file with a newer version

You’re not the first one who got this error: “Display Driver Stopped Responding and Has Successfully Recovered“. For years people have been seeking for a complete solution but it has yet to be found. Many users, including myself, have experienced such problem especially when we play …

Solution for ATI display driver atikmdag.sys issue
GPU: ATI Graphic Cards
OS: Windows 7 or Vista
Symptoms: Bluescreen or Stop Error 0x0000001E caused by atikmdag.sys, or often get a message: “display driver atikmdag.sys stopped responding and has successfully recovered“.
Solution: Replace the atikmdag.sys file with a newer version

Sometimes we might come across some problems that could be possibly caused by one of the updates installed. You might need to view the windows update  history and see what’s actually gone wrong.
This article is written to teach you how to view windows update history and how you can delete …

The ways to add a network printer to a home network might differ depending on what type of printer you have and how you want it to be. Generally, there are 3 case scenarios on how to add a network or wireless printer to a home network and yours should …

If you have an application or program that can only run in earlier versions of Windows, for example Windows XP, the first solution you should try is to run the program in Windows XP compatibility mode in Windows 7. Compatibility mode allows an older program …

To remove or delete spam from your inbox: 

Select the unwanted messages.
Click Report Spam.

Many have complained that it is very slow to open new tab in Internet Explorer. If your IE8 takes more than 3sec to finish opening a new tab, then you’re experiencing the slow tab opening which is a common problem to many IE8 users. What follows are the …

If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 installed in your computer, the default location of your User Profile is usually in the same partition as where your system is installed. For example, if your windows is installed in C:\Windows, then your user profile will probably be located …

If you have Windows XP installed in your computer, the default location of your Documents and Settings folder is usually in the same partition as where your system is installed. For example, if your windows is installed in C:\Windows, then your user profile will probably …

You have probably seen this kind of message uncountable times. This is known as the windows error reporting window which usually happens when an application gone wrong or often known as “crash”. You would need to do a fix according to what application has been crashed, …

Where is my automatic scanner and camera wizard gone to? Why isn’t it appear automatically when I plugged in my scanner or camera? Don’t be panic, just continue reading. This post is made to answer these questions.
Scanner and camera wizard is a built-in feature included in …

Symtoms: When you try to start your computer, the computer may appear to stop responding (hang) with an empty, black screen before the Windows XP/Vista/7 logo typically appears on the screen.
If you see a black screen only after finish loading your Windows, you may want to visit: …

The black screen you’ve seen is commonly known as the Black Screen Of Death. The name is cool but it sucks. Nobody want to see a black screen on their monitor screen.
Symptoms:
After starting your Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or …

In this article, I will show you How to Remove Starforce Protection Driver using Removal Tool in Windows 7 Vista.
What is Starforce
StarForce is a software copy protection mechanism developed by Protection Technology, which is made to prevent the casual copying of retail CD-ROM applications. It installs …

Ce poste va vous montrer comment vous pouvez vous inscrire un compte PayPal en France. S’il vous plaît suivre les étapes ci-dessous pour enregistrer “mon compte paypal”:

Few days ago, we received an email from one of our subscribers requesting help from us to locate the Add or Remove Programs icon. He was trying to set up his Windows Vista machine and wanted to check what all programs are installed on the machine. So, he followed the good old process of Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add …

If you ever encounter “too little virtual memory” or ”virtual memory is too low“ error messages, then, no more searching, you found the right place! In this tip, we’ll show you what is virtual memory and how to increase your PC’s Virtual Memory.
What is Virtual Memory?
RAM is a …

System Restore is a built-in feature in every Windows which allow users to restore their computer to a restore point. By using system restore, you’ll no longer need to worry if your computer goes wrong sometime later as it can help you to roll back …

Windows Anytime Upgrade went missing from your windows? Don’t know why is it missing?
Hi Alvin, I have been checking my computers and I found that on my pc I do have the ‘Windows Anytime Upgrade’ option in my start menu. Why is it missing?
Well, …

No disks, no delays—and no leaving the house. With Windows Anytime Upgrade, you can upgrade to a more advanced edition of Windows 7—say from Home Premium to Ultimate—in as little as 10 minutes. That way, you get to take advantage of extra features while keeping …

As always, someone sent me a request on how to fix this issue and here is the solution.
Problem:
Backupuser.exe is a malware or virus stored somewhere in your computer that will automatically creates (without your permission) autorun.inf and itself (backupuser.exe) in all drives such as hard …

Author of this post: Edmund Hee
When you plug your Universal Serial Bus (USB) device into your computer and find it can’t access. At the same time, the computer shows “This device cannot start (code 10)”. Here are some basic troubleshooting steps to help you to …

If you find that the font size of certain web pages is too small and difficult to read, you can in fact increase the font size of the web pages displayed on screen in Internet Explorer. This tutorial will show you 3 simple tricks to …

Yesterday, I’ve received an email from Hafnim who is currently having trouble of Windows System CPU usage continues to peek or stays at 100% and asked me for a solution.
I’ve did some research and and it seems like this problem is frequently happened. This issue …

If you are having trouble running non-unicode programs, for example if you are not able to see the text in certain chinese programs, you should change the system locale/language in order to run the programs correctly.
I think I should show you another example in detail.

Many people wonder what’s the secret information in their system and wish to see deeper into their system. Today tip will be about how to view system information via system utility in Windows Vista and XP.
If you pass by here, you should just try it …

This tip will be very short. I think this tip would be useful especially for those who wanted to know how to show hidden files for a while. Before we go to the steps, I would like you to know about some benefits of showing …

With a reason to provide quality customer support to users, Microsoft has implemented such a beautiful pop up whenever a program or a window crashes. Here in this post we’ll show you how you can disable this beautiful Send an Error Report to Microsoft pop …