There have been a bunch of problems for Windows XP users after upgrading to Service Pack 3. Many of these issues seem to be related to AMD processors and people have had issues in the past when upgrading to Service Pack 2. There are a couple steps to take to isolate the issue and then resolve the problem.

First while the computer is rebooting continue to tap F8 so that you can choose to stop on error instead of rebooting. Once you have reached the Windows Advanced Options Menu choose the following option so you can obtain information about the error causing the reboot: Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure.

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If you have turned off remember passwords in Internet Explorer it is easy to turn them back on. Follow the instructions below to turn on remember passwords in IE.

1. Open IE: Open your Internet Explorer
2. Open IE Options: Click Tools from the menu above and then click Internet Options
3. Navigate to Content Options: Click the Content tab in the new Internet Options window

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Tags: autocomplete, IE, IE 7, Internet Explorer, Internet Options, password, username, windows, windows xp

Recently I could not edit the address bar in the default file explorer on Windows XP. I searched all over the Internet but didn’t find anything that fit my exact issue.

The problem ended up being that the “address bar” toolbar was hidden to the right of the window. I could just barely see the A in address and once I dragged the separator over to the left the entire address bar finally showed at the top of the screen.

I wanted to be able to type something like “C:\downloads” into the address bar and go there without having to clock through folders to do this. Anyhow it was funny finally figuring out that what I thought was the address bar was actually just a title at the top of the window that also displayed the directory path. I thought that this was a non editable address bar when in fact my address bar was hidden!

Below is a step by step guide to export your Microsoft Outlook contacts to Excel as well as a step by step guide to export your Windows Mail to Excel. If you are running Windows Vista follow the Windows Mail steps and any other Windows version, including Windows XP, should use the Microsoft Outlook steps.

Export Contacts from Windows Mail to Excel:

1. Open Windows Mail: Click Start Icon, Click All Programs, Choose Windows Mail
2. Select Contacts: From Windows Mail Select Tools, Select Windows Contacts, Left Click Windows Contacts.



 

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Tags: Contacts, Excel, exporting, microsoft, MS Excel, Outlook, Outlook Express, vista, windows, windows xp, xp

Its fairly easy to get away from your computer these days without really having to worry about a server you are supposed to monitor dropping and being stuck in traffic trying to get back to the house to resolve the issue. Now you can do all of your initial troubleshooting on the way home and most of the time resolve the issue without even having to start towards your house or office!

The iPod Touch 2nd Generation is absolutely amazing and getting better by the day with all of the new applications that coontinue to be released. Below I will list and explain briefly various applications that can be purchased or obtained for free through iTunes.

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