Manage WordPress Comments From Your Windows Desktop

Wp-comment-notifier is a small free app for Windows that lets you easily view, approve, reply to, and delete comments from your WordPress blog. Whether you have a free WordPress.com blog or are running WordPress on your own server, this tool can keep you connected to your comments. Unfortunately it only lets you manage comments at one blog, so if manage multiple WordPress-powered sites you may find this a downside. Otherwise, it works great and helps you stay on top of the conversation at your blog.

Unfortunately it only lets you manage comments at one blog, so if manage multiple WordPress-powered sites you may find this a downside. Otherwise, it works great and helps you stay on top of the conversation at your blog.
Get notified with wp-comment-notifier, Download the wp-comment-notifier and install as usual.

Run it once it’s installed. Enter your blog address, username, and password when prompted.

Wp-comment-notifier will automatically setup your account and download recent comments.

Finally, enter your blog’s name, and click Finish.

Review Comments with wp-comment-notifier, You can now review your comments directly by double-clicking the new WordPress icon in your system tray.
The window has 3 tabs…comments, pending, and spam.
Select a comment to reply, edit, spam, or delete it directly from your desktop.
If you select Edit, then you can edit the HTML of the comment (including links) directly from within the notifier.

You can approve or permanently delete any spam messages that are caught by your blog’s spam filter.

Whenever new comments come in, you’ll see a tray popup letting you know how many comments are waiting to be approved or are in the spam folder.
Click the popup to open the editor.

Now, you can directly approve that pending comment without going to your WordPress admin page.....

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How To Block Third-Party Cookies in IE7

you are worried about privacy!?? you will probably be worried about Third party cookies, Those are the cookies placed on your computer by doubleclick and all those nefarious places. Internet Explorer makes it easy to block them.

To get to this setting, go to Tools \ Options \ Privacy and then click on Advanced.

check the box for Override automatic cookie handling, and then select Block on the Third-party cookies radio button.
Note: This should also work for IE6.

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Windows XP Get Vista Taskbar Thumbnail Previews

The utility we’ll use is called Visual Tooltip, which is a hybrid dock / thumbnail applicaton. With a few tweaks to the settings, we can make it work just like Vista thumbnails.

1- Download and start the application, and open up the options from the tray icon.

2- Increase the size of the sliders to make the thumbnail bigger, and then uncheck the option for “Size proportional to the target window”.

3- Click on the Display tab, and then uncheck the “Show window title”

Download Visual Tooltip 2.1

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How to change the boot Time in window XP?

You can set the boot time in windows XP as your wish if you are install two operating systems on same computer, for example window 2000 with windows XP or more than two. Yow can do this with editing Boot.ini file. Here you can also set the sequence for operating system which operating system boot first.


First Right Click on My Computer option and then select its Properties. In next dialog box open Advanced tab button. Under Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button. Use the spin box "Time to display list of operating systems" to set the number of seconds you want the system to wait before automatically starting the default operating system. Here you will set time in seconds and its range start from 0 and ends with 999 seconds.

After set the time, then click OK option to close the dialog box to save your change. The next time you restart, the new time will take effect.

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View previously open Folders after Shutdown or Logoff

If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.
By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.


Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.

To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

- First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.

-Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on Folder Options

- A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”, click on View tab.

- Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.

Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

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How you can Automate the DIR Command

If your are using same switches frequently in Command prompt then open your system command prompt using open Run option
Click Start and open Run option then type cmd to open command prompt, here type
set dircmd=/w/o/p


then press Enter, now every time thereafter that you type

dir

the /w/o/p switches will be automatically applied and now need to type every time. If your are interested to use single switch like /w you can use it

set dircmd=/w

and press Enter.

and same if you wants to undo these switches then you can very easily by typing

dir /-switch

For example, if you wanted to do a directory with only the /w switch, you could enter

dir /-p/-o

When you exit the Command prompt window, however, the Dircmd setting returns to its default settings.

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How to restrict user's to access shutdown button?

This tip is very interesting for home and some small office users, who wants to restrict user's ability to shutdown their computer. You can hide the Shutdown button from the Start menu using registry editor and also restrict access to shutdown, if a user clicks on Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Follow the given steps to hide system shutdown button from start menu:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer

Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoClose.

Now assign number 1 to its value data box.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

But next time, if you want to unhide the shutdown button then simply change the value data box to 0 or delete this DWORD item.

Again close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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How you can add a Shortcut Key to Your Internet Connection?

This basic and common way to dial the internet connection using giving path:

Click on Start Button > sittings then click on Network and dial-up connections option, here you can dial your internet connection.

Another way to dial your internet connection if you have a shortcut to your internet connection on your desktop. Simply boot your system and dial your internet connection from your desktop shortcut.

A new cool tip to dial internet connection with out using the mouse, simply add a shortcut key that will allow you to do this. Just right-click on your Internet connection and go to Properties option. Click in the Shortcut Key box and then press a key combination that you would like to use here like (Ctrl-Alt-I). When you have a combination you like, click OK. Next time no need to use mouse to run your internet connection simply use this shortcut from your keyboard, you can just press your shortcut key combination (Ctrl-Alt-I) to launch your Internet connection.

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How to run the systeminfo utility in Windows XP?

Today tip is windows XP related command to verify the system secret information. You can view detail information's about your system processor, Bios, Available Physical Memory, OS Configuration, networking information, installed hot fixes and System up Time.

Follow the given steps to find out some interesting details about XP Professional:

- First click on Start button and type cmd in Run option then press Ok button to display the Command Prompt.

- Now at the command prompt type systeminfo command and press enter.

and you get your Pc Infos.

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Set Windows Explorer's default startup folder

By default, Windows Explorer always opens with My Documents. You can customize it by changing the properties for the Windows Explorer icon and replace the Target field with: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:\yourfolder

Right click on the icon you use to launch Explorer and select Properties.
In the Target box, type (or replace the existing text with) the following:

%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e, path

Where in place of path above you should enter the actual path to the directory you want open by default. For example C:\Windows, or C:\Documents and Settings, etc. To have My Computer listed as the default selection, type explorer.exe /e,

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Customize folder background in Windows XP

Windows 98 comes with a utility named Customize Folder Wizard (ieshwiz.exe) using which you can customize folders easily. The Customize Folder Wizard automates the Desktop.ini and Folder.htt editing process. This utility works fine in Windows XP as well.

Download ieshwiz.zip and save it to the Desktop

Extract ieshwiz.exe to the C:\Windows\System32 folder

Open a Command Prompt window (cmd.exe) and type:

IESHWIZ

For example, to customize the folder D:\Tools, replace placeholder with D:\Tools

Select the background image for that folder, and click Next

Close and re-open the folder.

Note that the text color in a folder can be customized using the wizard. All of the these settings are stored in a file named Desktop.ini within that folder.

The changes are stored in the desktop.ini file. Here are the sample contents:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=C:\WINDOWS\winnt.bmp
[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0

For more information on Desktop.ini files, see MSDN article Customizing Folders with Desktop.ini.

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Internet Explorer "Advanced" tab is blank?

When you open Internet Options and click the Advanced tab, none of the options may be displayed. This problem occurs if the following key (or some of it's subkeys) are deleted from the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ AdvancedOptions

Follow any of these three methods to get back the missing options.

Method 1
For Windows XP, download and apply this REG. This REG file restores the entire AdvancedOptions key. If you have installed Windows in a different path, edit the REG file with Notepad and update the correct paths (and drive-letter) in the file.

Method 2
Click Start, Run and type this command

regsvr32 /n /i inetcpl.cpl

The missing options are now restored. This method works in Windows 9x systems as well.

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Display Properties Background tab

For the Display Properties Background tab, Windows XP fetches the image files from the following locations:

BMP Files from %Systemroot% folder.


BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

%Systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper
%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures (& sub-folders)
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
%ProgramFiles%\Plus!\Themes (& sub-folders)

If you want to clear a file from the background tab listing, move the file away from the above mentioned locations. To access each of the folders above, type the Path in Start-Run dialog.

Note

%Systemroot% represents the folder where Windows is installed.
%USERPROFILE% represents the user profile home path
%AppData% represents the Application Data folder path
%ProgramFiles% represents the Program Files folder

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How to troubleshoot the Delphi Error

These errors are caused by a adware DLL which was compiled with a trial version of Delphi. This DLL attaches with Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object [BHO] and causes Internet Explorer process to terminate as soon as IE is launched.


Manual Removal:

1. Start Windows in Safe Mode and access Add/Remove Programs applet from Control Panel
2. Uninstall CPR
3. Locate the file named CPR.DLL in the system and Delete it.
4. Restart Windows

IMPORTANT: If you are unable to uninstall CPR, rollback the system date or change to year 2002 *temporarily*. Complete the uninstall process and restore the original Date/Year.

(Or) Use the REG script here: After applying the REG, delete the CPR.DLL file.

Workaround: Disable Third-party browser extensions in Internet Explorer.

NOTE: Download Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com and update it to the current definitions using "Web Update" feature.

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WJView error at startup

Might be caused after the incomplete uninstallation / removal of an adware called WebSavings. This adds an entry in registry and loads the Java Class file present in it's folder, at Windows startup. This may also be caused by any other software. One of the most common cause I noticed is due to WebSavings / TopMoxie.

WJView is the Microsoft command-line loader for Java and it's a legit file. You don't need to extract a new copy of this file, nor download Java VM. Adware removers and the Anti-virus software removes the Java Class file without removing the startup entry referencing WJView. That's why the error is caused

You may uncheck the WJView entry from MSCONFIG Startup tab. To remove the traces from the registry, re-check the startup entry and start Registry Editor. Browse to the following registry location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run
Value: "WebSavingsfromEbates"
Data: "wjview /cp:p "C:\Program Files\WebSavingsfromEbates\System\Code" Main lp: "C:\Program Files\WebSavingsfromEbates""

Removal
First, use the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet. If this does not help, try this: Click Start, Run and type Regedit. Press OK. Go to this location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

In the right pane, delete the value called WebSavingsfromEbates

Close Regedit.

Delete the following folders and subfolders: C:\Program Files\WebSavingsfromEbates\ (Includes 3-4 subfolders) In Internet Explorer, you will also see a right-click context-menu item named WebSavings. You may remove it using ToolbarCop.

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How to block Messenger Service ADs?

These pop-ups can be prevented by installing a pop-up blocker. Often times, these new windows display advertising that can interfere with your ability to see the content on the page you're trying to read. Adding the Ad related Domains to the Restricted Zone in Internet Explorer is a good idea. Refer to the following MS-KB articles to learn how to stop pop-ups from a particular webpage.

Messenger Service Advertisements

If the title bar reads as "MESSENGER SERVICE" with gray Ads, then it the famous Messenger SPAM. This is applicable only for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The "Messenger Service" [different from Windows Messenger IM] is responsible for transmitting these text-based messages. While disabling the Messenger Service can stop the pop-up ads, it's not sufficient in the security point of view. These messages arrive to your system because there is a way for someone to transmit data to your computer via TCP and UDP ports [UDP ports 135, 137, and 138; TCP ports 135, 139, and 445 137]. This means, some intruder can do nasty things on your computer with these ports open.

The HIGHLY RECOMMENDED method to prevent these type of pop-up and to harden the security of your computer is to install a firewall application (such as Zone Alarm), or use the Windows XP Firewall. Windows XP SP2 turns off the Messenger Service by default, and enables the Windows firewall. This blocks the ports required for Messenger Service data transmission.

To enable the Firewall in Windows XP
For Windows XP SP2 systems:

If you're using Windows XP, and haven't updated to SP2, please do it immediately.

Click Start, Run and type Firewall.cpl
Select On (recommended) button, and click OK.
Never connect to internet without enabling the Firewall. Otherwise, there are fairly good chances your system gets infected. Finest example is the RPC NT Authority Shutdown caused by Blaster Worm, which infects "unpatched" and "unprotected" computers.

Note: If using a third-party firewall application, you don't have to enable the built-in Windows XP firewall.

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Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

When you try to open Task Manager, the following error may occur:
Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

Resolution
This error is caused if the DisableTaskMgr restriction is enabled. To enable Task Manager, try one of these methods:

IMPORTANT: If this restriction was enabled in your system without you doing anything or without your knowledge, then it's highly likely that a Virus has blocked the usage of Task Manager in your system by enabling the DisableTaskMgr policy via the registry. I strongly suggest that you perform a thorough checkup of your system immediately. Steps listed in the Resolution section of this article helps you unblock the Task Manager, but that does not remove the Virus (if any) from your system.

Method 1
Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste)

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Method 2
Download and run this REG fix and double-click it.

Method 3
Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System

In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgr
Close Regedit.exe

Method 4:

Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional
Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Navigate to this branch:
User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager

Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
Set the policy to Not Configured.

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Installing Windows XP

Performing a new install: Pre-installation steps :
To perform a new install of Windows XP:
Insert your XP CD in the drive. It should automatically launch the Setup routine. If it doesn't, click Start -> Run, type d:\setup.exe (where d: is the letter of your CD drive) in the Open box and click OK.
You'll be presented with a menu of choices. Click Install Windows.
The first setup screen asks you what type of installation to perform. Select New Installation (Advanced) from the drop-down list and click the Next button to move to the next screen.
Read through the licence agreement and, if you accept it, click I Accept This Agreement, then click Next.
Type in your Windows Product Key, which you'll find on the CD cover, then click Next.

1. The next screen lets you choose from a variety of options. If you'd like
   to copy all the installation files to your hard drive (which increases the
   speed of the installation and makes it easy to reinstall at a later point, but
   will chew up some 500 megabytes of hard disk space) or you'd like to choose
   the drive and partition where XP is installed (which you must do if you
   intend to dual boot, otherwise you'll trash the existing installation), click
   the Advanced Options button. If you are visually disabled, click the
   Accessibility Options button and you will be able to use the Windows Magnifier
   and/or the Windows Narrator during setup. The Magnifier lets you magnify
   portions of the screen; the Narrator reads each screen during setup. Click
   Next when you're ready to proceed.


2. The next screen lets you choose which file system to use. XP runs on NTFS
   (NT File System), FAT (File Allocation Table) or FAT32 (FAT 32-bit version).
   If you pick FAT, Setup automatically uses FAT32 for partitions larger than 2G.
   
3. Why should you worry about any of this? Well, Microsoft recommends you
   should use NTFS, and I agree. This file system provides better reliability and
   security, manages your hard disk space more efficiently, and offers additional
   advanced file functions.
   

4- Upgrade to the NTFS file system to improve your system's
reliability and security.

5- The only reason to opt for FAT32 instead is if you want to install more
than one operating system on your computer and give those other operating
systems access to files on your XP partition. Not all operating systems can
handle NTFS, so if you intend to install XP alongside such an operating
system, choosing FAT32 is the way to go.

6- Note that you can safely convert from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS without losing
any of your data, but the process is one-way: You can't revert an NTFS system
to a FAT system.

7- Once you've made your selection, click Next.

8. If you have an active Internet connection, you can use Dynamic Update to
   gather the latest XP setup and driver files. This is worth doing, as it may
   eliminate problems Microsoft has uncovered in installing XP. Click Next to
   continue.


9. To ensure your hardware is compatible with XP, Setup creates an upgrade
   report. It's worth getting a full report, which you should read and print out
   before continuing with Setup. If the report makes any recommendations, follow
   them.
   
   

Take the advice of the Upgrade Advisor to ensure a smooth installation.

The installation process

Once you've completed these pre-installation steps, Setup will copy installation files to your hard drive, restart your system and proceed through the full setup procedure. Sit back and let it happen.

If you're prompted to restart your system or for other action, follow the instructions on screen. During the final stages, Setup will install drivers for all hardware it recognises, first for Plug and Play devices, then for other hardware. At this stage, you may have to provide driver disks for some of your hardware so make sure you have all the disks which originally accompanied your
hardware handy.

Performing a quick upgrade

Performing a quick upgrade is similar to the new install routine, but requires fewer steps on your part:

1. Insert your XP CD in the drive. It should automatically launch the setup
   routine. If it doesn't, click Start -> Run, type d:\setup.exe (where
   d: is the letter of your CD drive) in the Open box and click OK.


2. Click the Install Windows option.


3. Select Upgrade (Recommended) from the Installation Type drop-down list and
   click Next.


4. Click I Accept This Agreement, then click Next.


5. Type in your Windows Product Key and click Next.


6. If you have an active Internet connection, select Yes, Download The
   Updated Setup Files. Click Next.


7. Let Setup create an upgrade report to check your system's compatibility.
   Follow its recommendations before proceeding.


8. Click Finish. Setup will copy installation files to your hard drive,
   restart your system and proceed through the full setup procedure.

Welcome to Windows

After the installation has finished, your system will be restarted and XP will launch you into the final stage of setting up your system. You'll be asked whether you want to activate XP and create users. You can go ahead and activate your system at this stage, although as it's easiest to do this via modem, you may want to wait until later.

Check out the other useful options on the installation CD.

If you share your computer with others, take the opportunity now to create
user names. Simply enter your name plus the name of any others who will use the
computer on a regular basis. Every user you create will initially be given
Computer Administrator status, providing full access to all functions. Once
you're up and running, you can change this via User Accounts in the Control
Panel. You can also use User Accounts to add passwords for users and create a
guest account for occasional users.

Installation glossary

crash Also known as freeze. When a computer application or PC suddenly stops functioning due to a software conflict or other problem.

DLL Dynamic Link Library. A collection of common code routines often used by multiple applications.

driver A piece of software which tells the operating system how to interact with a particular piece of hardware.

file system The system used by an operating system to track and organise files. All three file systems supported by XP (FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are examples of hierarchical file systems, which use directories (folders) to organise files into a tree structure, with sub-folders branching off from a root folder. Each file system has its own special features and functions. NTFS is the
most sophisticated and efficient of the three XP file systems.

peripheral Any hardware component connected to the system unit.
Examples include the mouse, keyboard, printer, scanner, monitor, external modem.

Plug and Play Also known as PnP. Hardware designed to be automatically recognised and configured by Windows.

reboot To restart a computer.

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How to reinstall TCP/IP in Windows XP

In Windows XP, the uninstall button is disabled for the TCP/IP protocol. The TCP/IP stack is considered a core component of the operating system, and it is not possible to uninstall it. Still, in some extreme cases, the most appropriate solution is to reset the TCP/IP stack back to a default state...

There is a NetShell (netsh) command-line scripting utility for the configuring and monitoring of Windows XP networking. Using this tool, a reset command is available that rewrites pertinent TCP/IP registry keys to achieve the same result as the removal and the reinstallation of the protocol. The following registry branches are reset using this tool:

SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCP\Parameters\

Comand usage

Simply type the following in Command Prompt:

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

"c:\resetlog.txt" being the logfile generated by netsh to store changes being made. If the file exists, the new log will be appended to the end of the existing file.

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Windows XP Stop Error Message at Shutdown

Some users have gotten an error message similar to the following when attempting either to shutdown or restart Win XP:

STOP 0000009F, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
STOP 0x0000001E: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
STOP 0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

TechNet and the Microsoft Knowledge Base have numerous articles discussing this type of error condition; for example, these. As a review of these articles will show, these are commonly device driver problems, but may also be caused by troublesome software (such as the notorious CrashGuard), or a problem in a system service
MSKB article Q262575 discusses a shutdown problem of this type, known to exist in Windows 2000 due to a resource (IRQ) conflict, if you have PACE Interlok anti-piracy software installed. This problem may occur in Windows XP as well.
Microsoft advises the following as one approach to these problems: Restart the computer. Press F8 during the restart and select “Last Known Good Configuration.” If you catch the problem when it first occurs (meaning you likely have installed only one or two drivers or new service), this will return you to a previous working condition. (Would System Restore accomplish the same thing? I don’t know, and don’t have a broken system to test it on.)

Microsoft reported similarly that these STOP code error message occur when Windows XP is trying to shut down devices. He says that he has seen this twice: once with Logitech Quickcam installed (with an unsupported driver), and once with a USB DSL modem that would hang if it wasn’t disconnected before shutdown.

SHUTDOWN WORKS, BUT IT’S REAL SLOW.

If it appears that Win XP is not shutting down, give it some time. Some users have reported a minute or longer for shutdown to visibly start. Thus far, it appears that this is a consequence of software that is running when shutdown is attempted, and it also may have something to do with particular hardware. If you are experiencing this problem, be sure to close all running programs before attempting shutdown and see if this solves your problem. If so, then you can determine, by trial and error, which program(s) are involved.
One specific solution for this was provided by Microsoft support. ” In Control Panel Administrative Tools Services. (You can also get this by launching SERVICES.MSC from a Run box. This utility is also built into the Computer Management console.) Stop the Nvidia Driver Helper service. Many other friends quickly confirmed that this solved this “extremely slow shutdown” problem for them.

POWERDOWN ISSUES.

“Powerdown issues” are quite distinctive from “shutdown issues.” I define a shutdown problem as one wherein Windows doesn’t make it at least to the “OK to shut off your computer” screen. If Windows gets that far, or farther, then it has shut down correctly. However, the computer may not powerdown correctly after that. This is a different problem, and I encourage that people reporting these issues to make a very clear distinction in their labeling.

When Windows XP won’t powerdown automatically, the APM/NT Legacy Power Node may not be enabled. To enable this, right-click on the My Computer icon, click Properties Hardware Device Manager View. Check the box labeled “Show Hidden Devices.” If it’s available on your computer, there will be a red X on the APM/NT Legacy Node. Try enabling it and see if this resolves the powerdown problem.

This should resolve the powerdown issue in most cases. However, other factors can sometimes interfere with correct powerdown functioning. In that case, consider the following tips:
· If you are changing the default power settings in the BIOS, it can lead to a powerdown problem. Restoring all BIOS power settings to default will likely fix it.

OTHER KNOWN ISSUES & HINTS.

· BIOS UPGRADE.
As with every new operating system that comes along - especially one that is as much of a “step up” as Windows XP is from Windows 9x - the recommendation is made to be sure your BIOS is updated. Many people have reported that this has solved their shutdown problems (and had other advantages) with Win XP, just as it has in earlier versions of Windows.

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