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Yesterday, I had some troubles with the autoplay in Windows XP. For some reasons, the autoplay function didn’t work on 200 desktops in the organization. A real problem, because we are planning to enable DVD-playing, and the autoplay is an essential point in this project. The problem: When inserting a DVD, the title didn’t show …
To disable Data Execution Prevention in Windows XP, do the following: Disable DEP in XP: DEP can be turned off only in your bootloader boot.ini. You can’t turn it off in the GUI, as you can see in the following screenshot: To turn DEP off, click Start – Run – notepad.exe C:\boot.ini This will open …
To disable Data Execution Prevention in Windows Vista, do the following: Disable DEP in Vista: Click Start Click All Programs Click Accessories Right Click on Command Prompt Left click on Run as Administrator Click the Allow button if it asks you for permission Type or copy and paste this into the command prompt window: bcdedit.exe …
In some cases, an error may occur when trying to view, change or add a power scheme. This may be due some corrupted registry settings in your registry. To repair your registry settings of your power management, you need to restore the default settings of your power schemes. Follow these steps to recover your power …
When trying to open the Device Manager (Control Panel – System and Maintenance – System), the following error may occur: C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. When you get this error, there’s probably something wrong with your …
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