The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 05, 2002

Protect and popularise
With the Klez worm widely considered to have wreaked the maximum havoc in the history of cyberspace, the need for accurate information on the newest viruses to invade the scene has become pressing. The first of this week's picks gives you all the ... More

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Slow start
I am using a P-3 500 system with Windows 98. My computer takes a very long time to start. There are many icons on my toolbar. My first doubt is — is there a way to disable these icons from loading every time on startup? Secondly, when I ... More

Blocking mail
I have an e-mail account with Hotmail. Whenever I open my inbox, I get a lot of unwanted messages. Everyday it becomes cumbersome for me to delete these messages. I want to block them but am not able to do so. How can I avoid these unwanted ... More

Speeding up Dial-Up Networking for games
To reduce lag on a dial-up connection, go to Dial-Up Networking. Right-click the connection you use to play network games. Select Server Types and look in the Advanced Options window. Uncheck the Enable Software Compression option. Also, in the ... More

Colour settings
I loaded a game called Quake, after which my Windows XP colour settings have gone wrong. I am not able to restore the settings to the original condition. Please suggest a solution. Sachin Sebastian Please load the graphics driver once ... More

No Network Logon prompt
If you are not being prompted for a logon when starting Windows95, and you need to be, there are some possible solutions. Your password may be set to be blank. To correct this, open Control Panel, Passwords and click on Change Windows ... More

Not saving Dial-Up password
If and when dial-up networking won't remember your passwords anymore, you can have a corrupted password list file. Either restore your PWL files from a backup or do a file find on *.PWL and rename them to another extension. This will force ... More

Disable password caching
As in Windows for Workgroups, when logging on to an NT Domain, it is preferable to disable password caching. This allows for the single NT Domain login and eliminates the secondary Windows logon screen. It also eliminates the possibility of the ... More

Device contention when trying to use a modem
Occasionally, when trying to use your modem, you might get the following errors: Another program is using the selected Telephony device. Try again after the other program completes, or Cannot initialize port. The state of Windows 95 device ... More

Unable to browse the network
If you do not have a logon password, Windows 95 might have problems when you try and browse the network. Try the following steps to solve the problem. Start REGEDIT and go to Hkey_Local_Machine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current_version ... More

Automatic NT Domain Logon
When you need to logon to an NT Domain, Windows95 prompts you for you User ID, Password, and Domain Name. To have Windows95 automatically log you on, make sure Password Caching is Enabled, No Minimum Password Length has been set, and User ... More

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