Error : Windows can not connect to the printer

You can request the hotfix if you really want to, or even wait for Windows 7 SP1, but the “workaround” is so simple that there’s no point in trying the other options:

1. Go to the C:\Windows\system32\ directory and find the file “mscms.dll“
2. Copy that file to:
   • C:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\x64\3\ if you are using 64-bit Windows 7
   • C:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ if you are using 32-bit Windows 7

That’s it.

Now try to connect to the remote printer again. This time, it will work! :)

OLE error with RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007

Error : Task 'RSS Feeds' reported error (0xBDD40155) : 'Outlook cannot download the RSS content from http://neverblog.net/feed/ because of a problem connecting to the server. An OLE registration error occurred. The program is not correctly installed. Run Setup again for the program.'

Googling this error resulted in a bunch of useless information, and one particularly useless Microsoft Office Knowledge Base article which indicates that the problem is a ‘known error’ with Outlook 2007. Microsoft claims the error is “a known limitation with a very small set of RSS Feeds when you have Internet Explorer 6 installed on your machine. Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 to continue syncing these feeds.”

Ok, so that’s a really informative answer. Microsoft understands there’s a problem, but they don’t seem to care that much, except to take it as a wonderful opportunity to force more people to upgrade to their terrible new browser (it’s got TABS!!! Yay!!!). I just finished installing IE7, and now I’m getting the following message when I re-open Outlook 2007.

One Box will be come and press Yes or ok.

It still doesn’t work with the RSS feeds, though. Windows is telling me I need to reboot, so I’m going to try that. This seems like a DLL registration error or the like, and it’s not the first time Microsoft has had problems integrating things into Outlook. After the reboot, the RSS feeds do work, but at what cost!!!

So I guess the moral of the story is, if you get the OLE error, bite the bullet and install IE7. Or, if you don’t need the RSS functionality, you can just remove that folder.

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Boot Defragment

1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
3. Select Enable from the list on the right.
4. Right on it and select Modify.
5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
6. Reboot your computer.

Create a Password Reset Disk

If you’re running Windows XP Professional as a local user in a workgroup environment, you can create a password reset disk to log onto your computer when you forget your password. To create the disk:

1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.

2.Click your account name.

3.Under Related Tasks, click Prevent a forgotten password.

4.Follow the directions in the Forgotten Password Wizard to create a password reset disk.

5.Store the disk in a secure location, because anyone using it can access

How to use Windows Update Properly

"It is necessary to update your windows "

• Logon to Windows Update
• Choose Windows Update Catalogue (left hand pane)
• Choose Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems (right hand pane)
• Choose your version and language then Search
• Choose one the following:
• Critical Updates and Service Packs
• Service Packs and Recommended Downloads
• Multi-Language Features (0)
• Once chosen simply click on what you want to download and then back at the top click Review Download Basket
• You are taken to the next page where at the top you can specify where the downloads are to be saved.
• Click Download now. Each patch will make a directory under the root of the folder you saved them to.
• Once finished you need to go to where you saved the file (s) to and then simply install all your patches.

Ping Functions in Networking

• example .. In DOS .. c:>ping 192.168.0.1 -t
• -t Ping the specifed host until interrupted
• -a Resolve addresses to hostnames
• -n count Number of echo requests to send
• -l size Send buffer size
• -f Set Don't Fragment flag in packet
• -i TTL Time To Live
• -v TOS Type Of Service
• -r count Record route for count hops
• -s count Timestamp for count hops
• -j host-list Loose source route along host-list
• -k host-list Strict source route along host-list
• -w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply
• Experiment to see how helpful these can be!

To change drive letters

To change drive letters (useful if you have two drives and have partitioned the boot drive, but the secondary drive shows up as "D")

• Go to Start >
• Control Panel >
• Administrative Tools >
• Computer Management >
• Disk Management >
• right-click the partition whose name you want to change (click in the white area just below the word "Volume") and select "change drive letter and paths."
• From here you can add, remove or change drive letters and paths to the partition.