Steps:

1. The first step is to make sure you have access to the security options, so open up My Computer by clicking on the Start button and then click on the My Computer icon.

2. Now click on Tools from the top menu and then select Folder Options.

3. Once the folder options window appears click on the View tab and under the Advanced Settings section scroll down to the bottom and un-check the Use Simple File Sharing option. Click Apply and then OK.

The above method will only work in Windows XP Professional. If you are using Windows XP Home then you will have restart your computer and enter Safe Mode by pressing F8 before the Windows XP logo appears. Once you press F8, then select Safe Mode With Networking and then a warming screen will appear. Click Yes on the warming screen and now you will have access to the security tab.

4. Find the drive or folder you want to get access to and right-click it and then choose Properties.

5. Under the properties window select the Security tab. Now go to the bottom and click the Advanced button.

6. When the Advanced window appears click the Owner tab and then select the Administrators Group (the one with two heads) and check the Replace Owner on Subcontainers and Objects. Once you’ve done that click Apply.

7. Next step is to go to the Permissions tab and under the Permission Entries section again select the Administrators and check the Replace Permission Entries on All Child Objects With Entries Shown Here That Apply to Child Objects box. Now click the Apply button. A warning message will pop up asking for you to confirm this step, click Yes.

8. Now click OK on all the open windows and open the desired folder. You will now have access to the folder or drive that you want.

Tips:

- Remember to restore the folder view options in Windows XP Pro after you’ve changed the permissions and ownership so you won’t have any file sharing issues.

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Change the Ownership and Permissions of a Folder or Drive” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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Steps:

1. Shut down the computer and remove the hard drive from the computer with the corrupt registry.

2. Now attach or slave the hard drive to a working computer.

3. Click on the My Computer icon to see all the attached drive on your system. Find the drive of the attached hard drive and click on it.

4. Next step is to change to folder view so you can see the hidden registry files. To change the view click on Tools and then choose Folder Options from the menu.

5. Click on the View tab and under the Advanced Settings section click the Show Hidden Files and Folders box, then un-check the Hide Protected Operating System Files option. When you do this you will get a warning box asking you to confirm your selection; just click Yes. After that press the Apply button and then hit OK.

6. Now make sure you’re at the attached drive and double click the Windows folder, then the System32 folder, then the Config folder. You will now see the five important registry files called Default, SAM, Security, Software and System. These are the files that will need to be replaced. Leave this windows open.

7. Open another window by clicking on the Start button and then My Computer. Click on the attached hard drive and then click on the System Volume Information folder.

If you get an Access Denied message when trying to open the System Volume Information folder the follow these steps. Click on Tools -> Folder Options -> View Tab -> Advanced Settings -> Un-check Use Simple File Sharing option. Now click Apply and then OK. Now right-click on the System Volume Information icon and those Properties. Click on the Security tab and then the Advanced button at the bottom. Then click on the Owner tab and highlight the Administrators group and check the Replace Owner on Subcontainers and Objects box. Now click Apply.

8. Click on the _Restore folder and now choose a RPXXX folder that is a week to three weeks old. Next click on the Repository folder and now you will see the five backup registry files created by Windows.

9. Now go back to the attached hard drive Config folder and create a new folder called Old. Cut and paste the five corrupted registries into the Old folder.

10. Next step is to copy and paste the five backup registry files from the Repository folder into the Config folder of the attached drive. Once the files have been copied you must rename them as follows: Default, SAM, Security, Software and System.

11. Once the files have been added and renamed you can detach the hard drive from your computer and place it in the original system and start the computer. Now your problem is fixed.

Tips:

- You can also fix a bad registry using the Windows recovery console if you don’t another computer available.

- Once you’ve recovered the Windows registry it is a good idea to completed all the Windows updates immediately.

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Fix or Recover a Corrupt Windows Registry” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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Steps:

1. Click on the Start button or find the My Computer icon.

2. Once you find the My Computer icon, right-click it and choose Properties.

3. Now click the System Restore tab and check off the Turn Off System Restore On All Drives box. Then click the Apply button.

4. You will get a warning message asking you to confirm this procedure; just click the Yes button. Now you see that the status will change from Monitoring to Turned Off.

5. After you’ve deleted all the restore point you can enable System Restore again by un-checking the Turn Off System Restore box and click Apply. Now press the OK button and you’re done.

Tips:

- Make sure to remember to enable system restore after deleting all the restore points so you can recover your system if a failure occurs.

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Delete the System Restore Files” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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If you don’t have too much RAM on your system or you receive an error message saying that “your virtual memory is too low” then follow these easy steps to increase or decrease your virtual memory.

Steps:

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Find your My Computer icon and right click on it. Then click on Properties.

3. On the System Properties screen find the Advanced tab and click on it.

4. Then under the Performance section click the Settings button.

5. Now the Performance Options screen will appear and you’ll have to click on the Advanced tab. Look down and find the Virtual Memory section and click the Change button.

6. The Virtual Memory screen show now be visual. Click the Custom Size circle and then set the desired amount of virtual memory. For the best result put the same amount of disk space in both Inital Size and Maximum Size boxes.

7. When your done inputing your numbers then click the Set button. At this time Windows might ask you to reboot your computer. Click Yes or Restart Now.

8. Then click all the Ok buttons and your computer will restart automatically.

9. After your computer restarts your done.

Tips:

- As a rule of thumb you should set your virtual memory to 1.5 times your installed RAM. For example if you have 1GB of RAM then your virtual memory should be 1500MB.

- It is not recommended to increase your virtual memory more then 2 times your installed RAM

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Increase the Virtual Memory” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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Steps:

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Find the Control Panel icon and click it.

3. Then find the Network and Internet Connections link and click on it. (Depending on your view you might not see this link so then proceed directly to step 4)

4. Click the Internet Options icon. Then the Internet Properties screen will appear.

5. Under the General tab find the Browsing History section and press the Delete button.

6. Now you’ll see the Delete Browsing History screen and now you can choose what files you want to delete. To delete all the files then check all the boxes except the Preserve Favorites Website Data box and then click the delete button.

7. Now click OK and you’re done.

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Delete Temporary Internet Files” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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Steps:

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Find the My Computer icon and right-click on it. Then click on Properties.

3. Under the General tab you will see what version of Windows you are using, what name your copy of Windows is registered to, what type of processor (CPU) you have and what speed it’s running at and finally how much memory (RAM) you have installed on your system.

That’s it! It’s really that simple. We hope the tutorial “How to Find Basic System Information” using Windows XP has helped you with your computer repair issue.

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