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How to create a program shortcut icon on desktop(0)

December 29, 2011

A shortcut is a link to the actual program. You can create as many as shortcuts for one program and place in different places. In other hand, deleting the shortcut has no impact on the actual program. A program shortcut can be re-created anytime. If you have a program installed but the program did not [...]

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How to fix missing NTOSKRNL.EXE error

ISSUE After Windows update or virus cleanup, you receive the following message when you turn on your computer: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above file. According to Wikipedia, NTOSKRNL.EXE is on system with Physical Address Extension support. Therefore, most of [...]

How to fix Windows XP SP3 hangs on Running Processes After Install

Recently I have been installing Juniper Juno VPN on Windows XP. Some of the machines are still running XP SP2 but Juno’s VPN requires SP3. The XP SP3 upgrade is a long process, if the process is interrupted, the system will be roll back and start over which takes another 30 minutes. To prevent unsuccessful [...]

How to toggle the Start Menu in Windows XP

The Start Menu in Windows XP has two columns while the older versions of Windows has only one column. The Start Menu lists the recent opened applications. The first column normally list the program links and the second column list the folder links so you can access to different location quickly. It’s useful that the [...]


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