Windows

How to fix "buggy Venus VT-12 CDMA USB modem driver".

Symtoms:

  • Random disconnect.
  • Once disconnected, unable to reconnect again until the computer restarted.
  • Sometimes, error about svchost pop up.

How to fix "Task manager has been disabled by the administrator"?

Usually this caused by a virus or your administrator disabled access to it.

Symptoms:

  • A grayed out task manager when right click at Systray clock
  • If you run taskmgr.exe directly via "Start Menu >> Run" or command line it will give you the following message:
    Task manager has been disabled by the administrator
    

How to fix: Error 1075, The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion

Exact error:

System error 1075 has occurred.
The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.

Symtom:
Viewing any Windows XP/Vista service "Dependencies" tab in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, throw an error.

Possibly cause(s):

Windows Vista SP2 Release Candidate This Friday

Microsoft has released preliminary Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate to tester. TechARP claimed last week, that Vista SP2 had been pushed back a month. But then, yesterday TechARP revised its estimate, saying that Microsoft had "brought forward their release schedule" and would be issuin an "escrow" build this Friday (Jan 29).

How to disable Windows Vista 64 bit hibernate?

Hibernate is a feature seen in many operating systems where the contents of RAM is written to non-volatile storage, such as the hard disk (as either a file or on a separate partition) before powering off the system. Later the system can be restored to the state it was in when hibernation was invoked, so that programs can continue executing as if nothing happened. Hibernating and restoring from hibernate is also generally faster than a hard reboot and, if necessary, can be done without user interaction (unlike shutting down, which often requires the user to specify if open documents should be saved).

How to install a missing telnet client on Windows Vista?

Did you notice that Windows Vista fresh install do not have telnet client by default?

How to install it? Easy...

How to backup and restore PuTTY settings

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham. Official PuTTY site is: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. PuTTY is an open source software and its free, licensed under MIT license.

I've been using PuTTY for years, its easy to use. So far, only one disadvantage I found. It really pain to copy PuTTY settings one by one from one Windows machine to another. Especially when you have a lot of entries saved in there.

How to fix Microsoft bus driver error while installing Realtek HD audio driver

I was getting "Microsoft Bus Driver should be loaded in your system before installing Realtek HD Audio Driver !" error message while installing my Acer Aspire 5051 laptop audio driver on Windows XP SP3.

Windows Vista DHCP bug fix

You are using internet connection with DHCP and your newly installed Windows Vista wont connect to the internet or specifically can't get IP address from your router or your ISP?

Its a bug from Windows Vista. Here is a quick fix for the bug.

Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit fresh install

This is a follow up to my previous post, Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit crashed on fresh install.

Now, I can install Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit perfectly Smile

This post can also serve as a guide on "How to splitstream SP1 to Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit".