Sunday, January 08, 2006

Security center warning about Norton Anti Virus not started

The Problem:-When I boot my system I find the security center bubble telling me that my NAV is not started but within 20 secs. after NAV has loaded the bubble disappears.Why is it so?

Resolution:-

That is normal. The Security Center is monitoring before your antivirus is completely running, thus the bubble disappears once it is running.

Still if you don't want to see that warning bubble then:-Open Control Panel,Click Security Center and click on "Change the way Security Alerts me" at the left side of the window and then uncheck "Virus Protection". Warning though... you will not be alerted if your virus protection actually doesn't start.

Further Reference:-

Manage Your Computer's Security Settings in One Place
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wscintro.mspx

Friday, January 06, 2006

How to register dll files in XP

Regsvr32
This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in the registry.

Start>Run> Regsvr32 then a space, and the DLL file name and press the Enter key,or click OK.

For example:-regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

To get all parameters open Command Propmt and type in: regsvr32/? and press the Enter Key.

Further Reference:-
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/regsvr32.mspx



If you forget Administrator's password

If you forget Administrator's password and have been locked out of a Windows system then there is a boot disk you can download at: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ .You can also have a bootable CD image you can download.

Just follow all the default settings which are for the admin account.