Mobile Numbers Prefix in the Philippines

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 03:42 Written by DarkBlak Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:02

To all text addict out there , are you wondering if you’re textmate is using Globe/Smart/Sun etc… network? Worry no more below are the list of mobile numbers prefix here in the Philippines.

AntiVirus and AntiSpyware Removal Tool

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 03:38 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 18 January 2011 03:36

Having trouble uninstalling your AntiVirus or AntiSpyware? Have no worries, I have listed here different Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Uninstaller for your convenience. Download and use these tools at your own risk.

Manually Remove/Uninstall Silverlight

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 February 2011 07:22 Written by DarkBlak Monday, 10 January 2011 07:00

Problem:

When you try to uninstall Silverlight via Add/Remove Program you were prompted by one of this error(S):

“No valid sequence could be found for the set of patches“

or

“The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.”

Solution:

1. Close all open Internet Explorer.
2. Delete the following registry entry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> Installer -> Products -> D7314F9862C648A4DB8BE2A5B47BE100
3. Install the latest version of Silverlight.

No need to restart the machine.

Desktop Cleanup Wizard is missing or blank

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 December 2010 08:57 Written by DarkBlak Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:00

Desktop Cleanup Wizard is missing/empty

Desktop Cleanup Wizard is missing or blank

Solution

1. Openup Registry
2. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer \NoDesktopCleanupWizard
3. Change the Value to 0

Desktop Cleanup Wizard is missing or blank: Fixed

4. Restart the machine

Desktop Cleanup Wizard is missing or blank: Fixed

Blank Extended Panel on services.msc

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 December 2010 05:25 Written by DarkBlak Sunday, 5 December 2010 07:18

Problem: When you open services.msc you were prompted with the following error:

One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either:

1) Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, or
2) You have blocked a publisher of one of the controls.

As a result, the page might not display correctly.

Blank Extended Panel (Services.msc)

If you press the “OK” button you will be presented by a blank Extended panel.

Solution: You need to delete one registry entry that can be found at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\

Blank Extended Panel (Services.msc)

delete the entry before zone number 0 (see screenshot). No need to reboot the machine.

Webroot Problem: A required product update is being installed. Please launch the product again when this update is complete.

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 November 2010 02:20 Written by DarkBlak Thursday, 28 October 2010 06:45

Problem:

After Installing Webroot AntiVirus with Spy Sweeper a repeated pop-up message will appear stating the “A required product update is being installed.  Please launch the product again when this update is complete.“.

Webroot Problem: A required product update is being installed. Please launch the product again when this update is complete

Install Flash Player Plugin on Firefox without having Administrator Access or Permissions

Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 02:08 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 21 September 2010 07:28

Because of Administrative restriction you were unable to update you flash player to the latest version. Today is your lucky day, just follow the following step to install flash player plugin on firefox without having an Administrator Access or Permission.

A Program on your computer has corrupted your default search setting for Internet Explorer

Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2010 09:12 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 17 August 2010 07:30

Problem:  Corrupted Search Provider Default for Internet Explorer.

Description: When you open Internet Explorer you will be prompted with this error message:

A Program on your computer has corrupted your default search setting for Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer has reset this setting to your original search provider.

Internet Explorer will now open Search Settings, where you can change this setting or install more search providers.

Corrupted Search Provider Default

This problem has been bugging me for more than a month now. I have tried every possible solution I saw on different forums but none of them worked for me. Until today. The solution I was talking involves registry manipulation, so please backup your registry first before doing anything or consult someone with a technical know-how before trying these steps.

1. Be sure no Internet Explorer is open.

2. Open up your registry and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

3. Under that key Add a new “Expandable String value” with a value name of “AppData” and a value data of “%USERPROFILE%\Application Data”.

The above solution worked for me so with other people. It may or may not work on you. If the above solutions doesn’t work for you, you may want to try other solutions that worked on other people.

Run Internet Explorer as Admin:
1. Right-click Internet Explorer, choose “Run as Administrator”.
2. Make your choices and preferences.
3. Close Internet Explorer.
4. Restart Internet Explorer.

Delete some registry key (Doing this will reset your search settings to the default values):
1. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
2. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
3. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\User Preferences

Thats it! If you have any solutions othe the above mention please leave me a comment and I will add that to the list.

Task Manager is not showing up

Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 05:10 Written by DarkBlak Friday, 28 May 2010 07:20

Problem:

Task Manager is not showing up. If you manually run taskmgr.exe you will get the following error:

“The specified path does not exist check path and try again”

Solution:

1. Open up the registry
2. Navigate to: HKLM->Software->Microsoft->Windows NT->CurrentVersion->Image File Execution Options->taskmgr.exe
3. Delete taskmgr.exe

Task Manager Problem

No need to restart the machine.

Missing XP style Start menu option in the Taskbar properties

Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 05:17 Written by DarkBlak Monday, 24 May 2010 12:45

Missing XP style Start menu option in the Taskbar properties

When you open the Task bar properties and switch to Start menu tab, the “Start menu” check box may not be available and you’re forced to use the Classic Start menu. This is due to a policy setting, especially if your system is joined in a domain. Contact the network admin to change this setting. For those computers that is not joined in a domain, try the following steps.

Using the Registry Editor
1.    Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

In the right-pane, set NoSimpleStartMenu to 0  [dword:00000000]

Note: If you didn’t find NoSimpleStartMenu, just create a new DWORD value name it NoSimpleStartMenu and set its value to 0.

2.    Restart explorer.exe

Using the Group Policy Editor – Windows XP Professional
1.    Click Start, Run and type GPEDIT.MSC
2.    Double-click User Configuration | Administrative Templates
3.    Click Start menu and Taskbar
4.    Double-click Force classic Start Menu and set it to Not Configured