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By hayami.wai, March 17, 2008 11:39 am

Whenever you attempt to type an email address (that had been used previously), you’d notice Outlook will provide a drop down list containing previous similar addresses you had used. So after some usage, the list gets longer and you want to clear the history and finding no setting in Outlook and you start to uninstall and reinstall Outlook. So here’s a faster way or you.

1. Close Outlook.
2. Launch Windows Explorer, type %appdata%\Microsoft\Outlook in the address bar and hit enter.
3. locate files with extension *.NK2 and delete them (usually named Outlook.NK2).
4. Launch Outlook.

Another method which allows you to delete selected history.

1. In Outlook, type the address that you wanted to delete.
2. Once the drop down list appear, use your arrow key and navigate to the address to be deleted.
3. Hit Delete key on your keyboard to delete it.

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By hayami.wai, February 28, 2008 9:20 am

Microsoft has just released a new update (kb940510) on the Windows update to tackle some of the widely used hacking method to activate Windows Vista.

Unfortunately due to time constrain, I am unable to test on the behaviour of this update. But do note that this update is listed on the Windows update and is not stealth installation. It is also said that this update will not disable any Vista features except giving you a good WGA nagging.

Might test this update when I have the time.

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By hayami.wai, February 18, 2008 11:56 am

This is especially useful when you have a computer that can be accessed by multiple users or public. To do this, you must first prepare a batch file to execute the various commands to clear the IE cache.

There are various cache that you can clear.

Temporary Internet Files
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Cookies
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

History
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Form Data
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Passwords
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete All
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

Delete All – “Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons”
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

Simply create a file clearIE.bat and type in the command you want, corresponding to the cache that you want to clear. You can also combine multiple commands in the same clearIE.bat to achieve the result you wanted.

Next, fire up Group Policy Editor. Go to Start, Run, then type in gpedit.msc and hit OK.

There are 2 parts after this, depending if you want to clear the cache during logoff or shutdown.

To clear cache during logoff

1. Inside Group Policy Editor, expand User Configuration > Windows Setting > Scripts (Logon/Logoff).
2. On the right panel, select Logoff, right click and select Properties.
3. On Logoff Properties window, click on Add.
4. On Add a script window, click on Browse, navigate to the location where clearIE.bat is at, select it and click Open.
5. Click OK, Apply then OK.

To clear cache during shutdown

1. Inside Group Policy Editor, expand Computer Configuration > Windows Setting > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown).
2. On the right panel, select Shutdown, right click and select Properties.
3. On Shutdown Properties window, click on Add.
4. On Add a script window, click on Browse, navigate to the location where clearIE.bat is at, select it and click Open.
5. Click OK, Apply then OK.

That’s all. Just do some logoff and shutdown to make sure that the batch file is working.

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By hayami.wai, February 18, 2008 10:46 am

1. Download this file.
2. Extract winxp_fix_tasksbar.vbs to any location and execute it.

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By hayami.wai, February 18, 2008 10:16 am

1. Right click on the Quick Launch toolbar (move the mouse cursor to any part of the Quick Launch toolbar other than the icons).
2. Select Open Folder (This will open the folder containing all the shortcuts in the toolbar. The path typically will be C:\Documents and Settings\<_user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.).
3. Create a *.txt file in the folder.
4. Open the newly created *.txt file and type in
   [Shell]
   Command=2
   IconFile=explorer.exe,3
   [Taskbar]
   Command=ToggleDesktop
5. Save and rename the *.txt file to Show Desktop.scf

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By hayami.wai, January 24, 2008 12:18 am

You can manually edit the registry or run the file below.

*Note that editing the registry wrongly might cause your system to be unstable or even crash. Handle with care.

To edit the registry

1. Go to Start then Run.
2. Type regedit and click on Ok.
3. Inside the registry editor, on the left panel, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Then on the right panel, locate RunOnceComplete and RunOnceHasShown.
5. Double click on them and change the Value data to 1.
6. Close the registry editor.

Alternatively, you can download this file and run the registry file inside.

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By hayami.wai, January 21, 2008 10:12 am

This has something to do with the timing issues between the cores. Download AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver Version 1.3.2.0053 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64) from AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Utilities & Updates to have it fixed.

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By hayami.wai, January 16, 2008 4:42 pm

The DHCP server is not distributing any IP addresses despite the client able to ping the DHCP server while using static IP. The event log on the DHCP server also has an entry which says “The DHCP service is not servicing any clients because none of the active network interfaces have statically configured IP addresses, or there are no active interfaces”

This may be caused by the DHCP server not having a static IP itself. Assign a static IP to the network adapter. If this has already been done, follow the steps in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298490

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By hayami.wai, January 2, 2008 4:35 pm

1. Close all open programs.
2. Click on Start > Shut down.
3. In the Shut down window, select Shut down in the dropdown list.
4. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + Alt and click Cancel.

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By hayami.wai, December 9, 2007 9:28 pm

You can download here.