Hardware Troubleshooting Tips

Hardware Troubleshooting Tips

Troubleshooting - Hard Drive http://www.directron.com/hdts.html
Troubleshooting - Monitor http://www.directron.com/mon1.html
Troubleshooting - Sound http://www.directron.com/troub1.html
Troubleshooting - Motherboard http://www.directron.com/mot.html
Troubleshooting - Network http://www.directron.com/net1.html
Troubleshooting - Modem http://www.directron.com/mod1.html
Troubleshooting - Video http://www.directron.com/troub.html
Troubleshooting - Hard Drive Partition and Formatting http://www.directron.com/formatdrive.html

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When I click on my drives I am getting open with page, I should open the drives through explorer itself.

Error: When I click on my drives I am getting open with page, I should open the drives through explorer itself.

Resion: Autorun.inf file is infected with virus

Solution: Go to Run>type cmd>type cd c:\
Type attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf press enter
Type del autorun.inf press Enter
Restart The Pc

If other drive also showing same error follow the same steps in other drives.

CD Rom drive icon missing in win2k /xp

Error: CD Rom drive icon missing in win2k /xp

Fix: Got Run
Type Regedit
Go to this path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right hand side you have to delete
Upper Filter
Lower Filter
Restart The System

Before deleting take the backup of registry

CD drive icon is missing in win200/XP

Error: CD drive icon missing in win2k /xp

Fix: Got Run
Type Regedit
Go to this path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right hand side you have to delete
Upper Filter
Lower Filter
Restart The System

Before deleting take the backup of registry

How to repair PST file

Error: PST file not opening error

Fix: On the start menu click run type
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\scanpst.exe
click OK
click browse and select the path of the PST file and click start


or

search for scanpst.exe and scan the PST file

Double click on ie icon shortcut is creating on desktop

Error: Double click on IE icon shortcut is creating on desktop

Fix: http://www.divshare.com/download/launch/5158735-bed

Download the reg file from the above link right click it and click merge

Ie 7 Icon Missing on desktop & in display properties

Error: Ie7 Icon Missing

Fix: To resolve the issue, follow these steps

Click Start>Run Type regedit click ok

Navigate to the following registry key from left pane

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons
\NewStartPanelIn the right hand pane, double-click {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} key.

Enter dword value as 0 to enable the Internet Explorer icon on the Desktop.right click on desktop and click “Refresh”.

Internet Explorer 7 runonce page keeps displaying

Error: Internet Explorer 7 runonce page keeps displaying

Fix: you need to open notepad and add the following lines and save as IE7FIX.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“RunOnceComplete”=dword:00000001
“RunOnceHasShown”=dword:00000001


Now you need to right click on IE7FIX.reg file click on Merge when you get confirmation dialogbox click ok

NTLDR is missing Press any key to restart

Error: NTLDR is missing Press any key to restart

Solution: Insert windows xp cd press first repair option go to repair console mode copy ntldr and ntdetect.com from the cd-I386 folder and past it in c:

With the below command, drive: means your cdrom drive latter

copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\