Ben O'Sullivan

How to Change Harddrive Letter (When it is not available)

In Disk Mangement you can change the drive letter for your hard disks and media drives. But if a letter has been given to another drive and that drive is no longer connected you cannot re-use it! This guide shows you how. Change Drive Letter This guide is only to be used when disk management in the [...]

How to Change the Hibernation File Size

When your computer goes into hibernate the files in memory (RAM) are saved into a file on the hard disk. This file is called hiberfil.sys and by default is set to be 75% of your total RAM size. You can adust this if you need to. Adjust Hibernation File Size Open a command prompt window as an [...]

How to Fix Windows 7 Activation Error 0xC004F061

This error occurs when you install Windows 7 from a clean drive with an upgrade license. You can install Windows XP and then install Windows 7 from within XP or you can do the following: Activate Open a command prompt window as an Administrator Enter the following commands slmgr -ipk <Product key> slmgr -ato

How To Fix Error Code 80040111 and 80040154 When Signing In To Live Messenger

Windows Messenger may give you the following error codes 80040111 and 80040154 Cause: MSXML library may be corrupted and may have to be reinstalled Instructions Click on the Start menu, select Run and type the following: Regsvr32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll In Vista and Windows 7 type straight into the seach box A window popup that says Reboot your computer

Disable the Browser Choice Screen in Windows 7

The european users of Windows 7 get the choice to select which browser they would like to use. If you are already using a different browser you may want to disable this screen without the hassle of jumping Microsofts hoops. Open the start menu and type regedit in to the search box, then open regedit Navigate to [...]

Rename the Windows 7 Administrator Account

In Windows 7 the Administrator account is disabled by default. If you wish to create a new account with the login name of Administrator you need to rename the default administrator account. This guide shows you how. Rename Administrator Account open the start menu and type secpol.msc Click Local Policies and then click on Security Option double click on [...]

How to Disable Auto Renewal for Xbox Live

Xbox live is a great service but if you add your credit card it will keep charging it for your package when you renew. You cannot remove your credit card information. But you can tell it to stop auto renewing and then you can revert to Xbox Live Silver or Redeeming codes. Disable Auto Renew Login to [...]

How to Fix Stop c0000218 The registry Cannot Load The Hive

Do you get BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) when you start your windows xp machine and the error message. “Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry Cannot Load The Hive (File): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\Software Error” You may have a failing hard drive. Hit the read link to find out how to fix. Solution Start the computer with the Windows [...]

Fix the increased line height in Office 2007/2010

Starting in Word 2007 Microsoft has decided to make the default style have larger spacing between lines. As you are well aware this give the impression of a double line break or a new paragraph. Luckily you can fix this. Open a new Word window Click on Change Styles Expand Style Set and then select Word 2003 Open Change [...]

How to Fix “PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, STOP: 0×00000050″ after Windows Update

Included with the updates to Windows XP on the 9th of February was KB977165. This can on some XP machines cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The following error will show: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Technical Information: STOP: 0×00000050 (0×80097004, 0×00000001, 0×80515103, 0×00000000) Fix PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, 0×00000050 Boot from your Windows XP install disk. Open the recovery console. Microsoft Guide – Recovery Console In the [...]