Quickly Remove Items from Windows XP Startup

Do you sigh when it comes to starting up your computer because it takes what seems an eternity to boot up?  Here is a quick tip which should make your computer start up faster by removing startup items quickly.

Click on Start >> Run and in the run line type in “msconfig” hit enter or click on OK.

Next click on the Start Up tab.  By default all items are usually checked, but you can remove any items that you don’t feel need to be running when you start your computer.

  

After you have made your selection, click Apply, OK and Restart.  You should now notice a remarkable improvement in your start up time.

Recovering permanently deleted Outlook files

NOTE : THIS PROCEDURE CAN RECOVER MAILS WHICH WERE DELETED BY PRESSING SHIFT+DEL IN THE PAST 4 DAYS ONLY.

FOLLOWING ARE THE STEPS TO RECOVER.
1. Go to Run and type "regedit"

2. Go to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\EXCHANGE\CLIENT\OPTIONS register key.

3. Right click options and add new DWORD VALUE (data type is REG_DWORD) and then right click and rename to DumpsterAlwaysOn. It is casesitive.

4. Then right click and modify and make the value 1 to turn the Recover Deleted Items menu choice on for all folders or enter 0 to turn it off.

5. Then go to outlook, choose "Recover deleted items" option from the Tools menu to get back your permanently deleted mails.

Thank you

Win7 64bit ODBC problem

In windows7 64bit machine sometimes it will not take the odbc connection even you given all credentials properly.

Its because windows 7 has two odbc's, one is for 32 bit and the other is for 64. In 64bit machine it will load the odbc for 64bit normally.

For getting 32 bit odbc you need to go the following path.

c:\windows\syswow64\odbcad32.exe

You need to right click on the exe and then choose "Run as administrator".

Done

IIS Error "Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred"

I was getting the following error on taking IIS

"IIS Error "Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred"

Finally, I discovered that its caused by Skype. It listens to port 80 for incoming call. Now, most of the time IIS starts before Skype starts. So IIS works but if you restart IIS or try to start IIS after Skype is started then you will get this error message.

What I did is

Exit skype -> Restarted IIS Admin service. Then its working fine.

This behavior may occur if a port conflict exists on the system. By default, IIS uses port 80 for HTTP communication. If an application other than IIS is running and is using port 80 on the same IP address, you may receive the error message when you try to use IIS Manager to start the Web site.

You can use third-party tools like TCPView or FPort to identify the other application that is using port 80.