Paulus’ Blog

While working at my last job I’ve come across this a lot. Windows simply stops connecting to the internet when you try to open IE (Internet Explorer) or Fire Fox. This really isn’t an issue anymore since most people have broadband internet.

Under the Control Panel:

• Double Click ‘Administrative Tools‘
• Double Click ‘Services‘
• Double Click ‘Remote Access Auto Connection Manager‘
• In the Startup type: pull down menu, select ‘Automatic‘
• Click the Start button.

The next step is to make sure that you have a connection already configured and that it’s set to autodial:

• Start->Settings->Network and Dial-up Connections
• Ensure that there is a dialer or create one if there isn’t
• Select the Dialer
• Click the ‘Advanced‘ pull down menu
• Select ‘Dial-up Preferences…‘
• Under the Autodial Tab, enable the ‘Enable autodial by location‘ checkbox

Optionall, if you sometimes connect to a network and use dialup:

• Start->Settings->Network and Dial-Up Connections
• Click the ‘Advanced‘ pull down menu
• Select ‘Advanced Settings…‘
• Under the Adapters and Bindings tab, in the Connections: window, choose the order for DNS to use (LAN or dialup adapter)

Some people don’t like to enter a user name or password to use their computer. For others it’s pointless as they are the only one using the computer. To disable the Login Prompt follow the steps below.

1. Start->Run

   

2. Un-check the box that says “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer”

   

That’s it. You no longer have to enter a user name or password to use the computer.

If you ever log into your Windows XP account and you see this error:Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted. You may be logged in using a temporary User Profile.

The way that Microsoft says to repair this problem is to backup the user’s data and recreate the account.

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If you log on to the computer and you see a message like this:

svchost.exe — application error the instruction at “0×745f2780″ reference memory at “0×00000000″. the memory could not be ‘read’

Chances are that you have corrupted Windows Update data. To fix this problem follow these steps: (more…)