8 articles Windows Vista

Installing IIS on Windows Vista

Click Vista > Control Panel, and then click on Programs. Click “Turn Windows features on or off”. Expand the Internet Information Services tree node to reveal available options. Check the items you want, and click OK. Configuration of the features will start and complete. Navigate your browser to http://localhost/, to see the default IIS page.…

Unable to remove a program from Windows Add/Remove programs

Cause: Programs that have been manually removed by the user or other programs may cause Microsoft Windows Add/Remove programs to be unable to remove the program from the Add/Remove programs list. When this occurs, Microsoft Windows Add/Remove programs may generate the below error: “An error occurred while trying to remove program. Uninstallation has been cancelled”…

Useful RUN Commands

To Access Run Command Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools control admintools Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt Calculator calc Certificate Manager certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility chkdsk Clipboard Viewer clipbrd Command Prompt cmd Component Services dcomcnfg Computer Management compmgmt.msc Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl DDE…

How to add an Internet Explorer icon on Windows Vista desktop

Use the following registry tweak to get an IE icon in Vista (the same way it was in Windows XP). [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIconsNewStartPanel] “{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIconsClassicStartMenu] “{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}”=dword:00000000 You can also copy & paste the above lines into a notepad and save it as a .reg file. Then run it to merge the registry settings inot the registry. NOTE:…