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Recover Lost Photos

There is an excellent new software utility to help you recover those lost, corrupt, deleted or missing photos. The product is called Stellar Photo Recovery.

Now you can recover photos from any type of media device, including: cameras, USB drives, hard drives and much more.

It is quite common for photo storage devices and cameras to experience errors and cause data corruption. It is also very easy for photos to go missing on these drives. But there is no need to panic, and your priceless photos can be recovered.

With Stellar Photo Recovery you can recovery any type of image or photo file including: jpg, tiff, jpeg, gif, bmp and much more. You can also recover video and audio files, eg: mp3, mp4, .wav, .wmv, .mov etc.

This product is extremely easy to use. You just select which device/drive to recover photos from and you can also select which specific formats to find. Give it a try, the free trial download link is below.

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Enable NetMeeting on Windows XP

Windows XP has a cool little program called “NetMeeting”. This program was meant for online meetings, messaging and you can even do remote assistance with this software. It is a nice program, but the hell is it hidden on Windows XP? It doesnt really show up anywhere unless you know the secret command.

If you want to use NetMeeting, this is the only way to do it.

Install NetMeeting

1) Click start->run
2) Type in conf.exe
3) The NetMeeting installer appears. Just follow the prompts

It is very simple to install and its a good little program. I have used it alot in the past, mainly for remote desktop type stuff.

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Recover Office Passwords and Files

Have you ever had a locked Office document that you couldn’t open or needed to desperately access a protected Excel file, but nobody could remember the password?

Well most of us have experienced this at one point or another and it can be very frustrating. Quite often if you didn’t have the password, the file was useless and the work had to be started over.

Luckily there is now a very powerful tool available that can instantly access any locked or password protected Microsoft Office document. It can either retrieve the password or it can instantly decrypt and open the file. The password retrieval takes longer, but might be necessary in cases where you absolutely must have the actual password.

You can try it for yourself and see just how powerful this program is. Just try the decrypt method over any locked file and you will be able to get instant access to that file.

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Microsoft Critical Updates

Microsoft has issued some critical out of cycle updates to address certain security issues. Make sure you have your automatic updates turned on, or visit the Microsoft update site to get these updates.

They are critical and you are considered at risk if you don’t have these latest updates installed. This affects Windows XP, Vista and some server variants.

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BIOS Beep Codes

When your system boots up it will run a self test and beep. Normally 1 short beep means that everything is ok.

However, when something is wrong with your system, the beeping you hear at bootup actually means something. So listen to the beep sequence, because from that you can determine the type of problem.

The beep codes do vary between BIOS manufacturers, so once you establish the beep code, you can just do a quick search on your type of BIOS to find the error.

Here are the Phoenix BIOS beep codes and their meaning: 

Beep Sequence

Error Message

Description

1-1-2 CPU test failure The CPU is faulty.  Replace the CPU
Low 1-1-2 System board select failure The motherboard is having an undetermined fault.  Replace the motherboard
1-1-3 CMOS read/write error The real time clock/CMOS is faulty.   Replace the CMOS if possible
Low 1-1-3 Extended CMOS RAM failure The extended portion of the CMOS RAM has failed.  Replace the CMOS if possible
1-1-4 BIOS ROM checksum error The BIOS ROM has failed.  Replace the BIOS or upgrade if possible
1-2-1 PIT failure The programmable interrupt timer has failed.  Replace if possible
1-2-2 DMA failure The DMA controller has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
1-2-3 DMA read/write failure The DMA controller has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
1-3-1 RAM refresh failure The RAM refresh controller has failed
1-3-2 64KB RAM failure The test of the first 64KB RAM has failed to start
1-3-3 First 64KB RAM failure The first RAM IC has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
1-3-4 First 64KB logic failure The first RAM control logic has failed
1-4-1 Address line failure The address line to the first 64KB RAM has failed
1-4-2 Parity RAM failure The first RAM IC has failed.   Replace if possible
1-4-3 EISA fail-safe timer test Replace the motherboard
1-4-4 EISA NMI port 462 test Replace the motherboard
2-1-1 64KB RAM failure Bit 0; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-1-2 64KB RAM failure Bit 1; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-1-3 64KB RAM failure Bit 2; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-1-4 64KB RAM failure Bit 3; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-2-1 64KB RAM failure Bit 4; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-2-2 64KB RAM failure Bit 5; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-2-3 64KB RAM failure Bit 6; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-2-4 64KB RAM failure Bit 7; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-3-1 64KB RAM failure Bit 8; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-3-2 64KB RAM failure Bit 9; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-3-3 64KB RAM failure Bit 10; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-3-4 64KB RAM failure Bit 11; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-4-1 64KB RAM failure Bit 12; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-4-2 64KB RAM failure Bit 13; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-4-3 64KB RAM failure Bit 14; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
2-4-4 64KB RAM failure Bit 15; This data bit on the first RAM IC has failed.  Replace the IC if possible
3-1-1 Slave DMA register failure The DMA controller has failed.   Replace the controller if possible
3-1-2 Master DMA register failure The DMA controller had failed.   Replace the controller if possible
3-1-3 Master interrupt mask register failure The interrupt controller IC has failed
3-1-4 Slave interrupt mask register failure The interrupt controller IC has failed
3-2-2 Interrupt vector error The BIOS was unable to load the interrupt vectors into memory.  Replace the motherboard
3-2-3 Reserved  
3-2-4 Keyboard controller failure The keyboard controller has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
3-3-1 CMOS RAM power bad Replace the CMOS battery or CMOS RAM if possible
3-3-2 CMOS configuration error The CMOS configuration has failed.   Restore the configuration or replace the battery if possible
3-3-3 Reserved  
3-3-4 Video memory failure There is a problem with the video memory.  Replace the video adapter if possible
3-4-1 Video initialization failure There is a problem with the video adapter.  Reseat the adapter or replace the adapter if possible
4-2-1 Timer failure The system’s timer IC has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
4-2-2 Shutdown failure The CMOS has failed.  Replace the CMOS IC if possible
4-2-3 Gate A20 failure The keyboard controller has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
4-2-4 Unexpected interrupt in protected mode This is a CPU problem.  Replace the CPU and retest
4-3-1 RAM test failure System RAM addressing circuitry is faulty.  Replace the motherboard
4-3-3 Interval timer channel 2 failure The system timer IC has failed.   Replace the IC if possible
4-3-4 Time of day clock failure The real time clock/CMOS has failed.   Replace the CMOS if possible
4-4-1 Serial port failure A error has occurred in the serial port circuitry
4-4-2 Parallel port failure A error has occurred in the parallel port circuitry
4-4-3 Math coprocessor failure The math coprocessor has failed.   If possible, replace the MPU

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Monitor USB Usage

All of your USB devices are allocated part of the Windows bandwidth. So to keep an eye on this and see how much your USB devices are using, try this:

- Go to “Control Panel” -> Click on “System”
- Click the “Hardware” tab
- Click “Device Manager”
- Expand the “Universal Serial Bus Controllers”
- Double click on the first controller
- Click the “Advanced” tab

USB Usage

There you have it, you can now view the USB usage. Also note, if your allocation does reach 100%, you will receive a nasty stop error.

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Fix Outlook PST Files

All too often Outlook PST files can become damaged, corrupt, oversized or they can just go missing. Unfortunately, these PST files contain all of our email, calendars, contacts and much more, so losing them can be a real disaster.

It can be quite difficult (if not impossible) to repair an Outlook PST file. It certainly can’t be done manually. Oversized Outlook files can generally be recovered, but for everything else we recommend a third party Outlook repair tool – some of them really do a great job and saving your email can be priceless.

If you have any Outlook PST problems, try this free trial to fix your PST files.

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Backup the XP Registry

If you plan on doing any editing to the Windows XP Registry, it is a very good idea to make a backup first. It is also a good idea to keep a backup anyway, just in case something goes wrong, you can always roll back to a properly working registry.

OK, here is a quick way to backup your registry:

1) Start -> Run -> Type “regedit” and click “OK”
2) You should now have the Registry Editor open
3) Select “File” -> “Export”
4) Type a name for your backup and select where you would like to save the registry
5) Under “Export Range” click the “All” button
6) Then click “Save”

Thats it, your Windows XP Registry is now backed up!!

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) and Reliability Improvements

There was a post recently on the MSDN blogs about reliability and IE8. In particular, how IE8 will be much more reliable than previous versions.

There has been great improvements in IE8 in regards to performance, display and recovery. These three areas will now be much more solid than in past versions. Some of the new features in IE8:

  • Loosely-Coupled IE: An architectural feature that helps isolate different parts of the browser from each other for smoother browsing performance.
  • Automatic Crash Recovery: A feature that is designed to get users back to browsing as quickly as possible after a crash.
  • Windows Error Reporting: A way for our customers to provide us with information to improve the reliability of Internet Explorer.

You can read the full technical details in the MSDN blog post, but basically the focus is on improved speed and simpler recovery from crashes. A browser crash and recovery will be smoother and faster. There should also be less crashing due to the loosely-coupled IE.

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Microsoft Offering Free Tech Support for Vista

To help boost confidence for Vista, Microsoft recently announced that it would offer free technical support to small businesses that purchase Vista in the next three months. They are hoping that this move will push many weary business owners into the Vista upgrade.

On top of this, Microsoft has also offered to help those users downgrade from Vista to XP, if they are not satisfied with Vista.

This offer is called “Windows Vista Small Business Assurance”. If you want to take advantage of this offer, it is available to small businesses with less than 50 employees or 25 PCs.  This is also only available to small businesses purchasing new hardware, it doesn’t apply to upgrading existing computers from XP to Vista.

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