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Monday, October 24, 2011

Error 999 Slotion Yahoo

Problem: When trying to access a Yahoo service (i.e. Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Groups or Yahoo News), you receive the following error message:

    Unable to process request at this time -- error 999
    Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later.

Operating System: Any.

Background: This error appears to be a "catch-all" error code that Yahoo serves up when it doesn't have a more specific error code. It essentially means "Oops! Something went wrong but we don't know what, so we'll just say that Error 999 occurred."
ource By Yahoo search

The most common reason for receiving Yahoo Error 999 is due to some sort of bandwidth limiting system that Yahoo has put in place on their servers. Once you have exceeded your allotted bandwidth for a specific period of time Yahoo gives you this Error 999 message and doesn't allow you to access the service. People have primarily reported receiving this error when they try to access Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Groups, but other Yahoo services may also be affected.

Why has Yahoo done this? There are two reasons that I can think of:

    To prevent DoS (Denial of Service) attacks.
    To stop automated tasks from hammering their servers with hundreds of requests a second.

There are many programs around that offer to automate access to various Yahoo services, i.e. check your Yahoo mailbox every 5 minutes, archive Yahoo Groups messages, download files from the Yahoo Groups Photos and Files sections, etc. If you use one of these automated tools then there is a very real possibility that you will run into the Error 999 message. Normal human usage of the Yahoo services shouldn't normally generate enough traffic to trigger the Error 999 message unless you're a very heavy user.

It appears that Yahoo uses your IP address to track the amount of traffic you're generating on Yahoo, and once you reach the limit you get blocked by the Unable to process request at this time -- error 999 message. Once triggered you will find that your IP address has been blocked for a period of time, somewhere between 2 and 24 hours usually.

Resolution Steps: I've seen many possible solutions offered to get around the Error 999 message. Many of the solutions seem rather dubious to me, but I will present them all here:
Suggestion:     Clear your browser's cookies and cache (temporary files).
Chances of Working:     Low. From what I can tell Yahoo isn't using cookies to remember that you've been blocked, so clearing your cookies should have no effect.
     
Suggestion:     Log into Yahoo through a different country's server. I.e. if you usually log into Yahoo via http://login.yahoo.com/ then try http://login.korea.yahoo.com/ or http://login.europe.yahoo.com/.
Chances of Working:     Low. Whenever I have tried this I log in ok but then get an error message saying "Unfortunately, there is a server problem preventing access to this page. We are working on this problem, and functionality will be restored as soon as possible. Please try again in 10 minutes." This appears to be a slightly friendlier, but no more useful, version of the Error 999 message.
     
Suggestion:     Use the "secure" option when logging into Yahoo rather than the usual "standard" mode.
Chances of Working:     Medium. I have had reports that this can work when trying to get into Yahoo Mail, but I suspect it won't help with Yahoo Groups.
     
Suggestion:     Double or multiple click on the "Sign in" button instead of single click.
Chances of Working:     Low. I'm not sure what the rationale is behind this suggestion; maybe to try and confuse Yahoo while you're logging in? In my experience this doesn't work.
     
Suggestion:     If you use a proxy server then try turning it off.
Chances of Working:     Good. Because Yahoo appears to be using your IP address to track your traffic usage, switching off your proxy (or bypassing your ISP's proxy server and accessing the web directly) will result in you accessing Yahoo via a different IP address (i.e. you will be accessing Yahoo via your real IP address and not via the proxy server's IP address). Thus Yahoo will think you're a different person because you're using a different IP address.
     
Suggestion:     If you're using a dial-up modem or some other access method that results in you using a dynamic IP address, try disconnecting from the Internet and waiting a few minutes and then reconnecting.
Chances of Working:     Good. See previous suggestion for the reasons why this should work. Obviously if you've got a static IP address (i.e. you're using a cable modem) then this won't work.
     
Suggestion:     Access your Yahoo mailbox via http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/.
Chances of Working:     Good. http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/ is a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateway into Yahoo which allows you to access Yahoo Mail. It's very limited but at least you should be able to view your email. Doesn't help you access Yahoo Groups or other Yahoo services though.
     
Suggestion:     Log into Yahoo Messenger and then try accessing Yahoo.
Chances of Working:     Unknown. I don't use Yahoo Messenger so I can't comment.
     
Suggestion:     Use a different browser.
Chances of Working:     Medium. I have had a report from someone that said they received the Error 999 message when trying to sign into Yahoo Mail with Internet Explorer. They switched to Firefox and the problem went away. This suggests some sort of cookie problem to me, there shouldn't be any real difference between accessing Yahoo with IE or an alternative browser, other than having different settings within the browsers.
     
Suggestion:     Access Yahoo Mail through an email client such as Outlook Express, Eudora, etc.
Chances of Working:     Good. You can pay Yahoo for their Yahoo! Mail Premium service. This allows you to access your Yahoo mailbox through Yahoo's POP3 and SMTP servers. See http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/ for more info.
     
Suggestion:     If you have a web accelerator then try turning it off.
Chances of Working:     Good. I've had a couple of reports from people that said turning off their web accelerators fixed the Yahoo Error 999 problem.

Why might the suggestions above that involve changing your IP address not work for some people? Possibly because your new IP address, which prior to being assigned to you may have been used by someone else that accessed Yahoo a lot, may have already been blocked by Yahoo. It is for this reason that using a proxy server to access Yahoo is a bad idea because many other people may be using the same proxy server to access Yahoo, and Yahoo will attribute all these people's traffic to the proxy server's IP address. In addition, you may actually be using a proxy without knowing it! This is called "transparent caching", where all outgoing HTTP requests are intercepted by a proxy (usually your ISP's proxy) and all responses are cached. This sort of set-up is typically used in large companies, so you may find that you can access Yahoo from home but not from work because other employees have been using Yahoo heavily.

Why might the suggestions above, that I rate as having a low probability of working, work for some people and not others? Possibly because the person inadvertently changed their IP address (i.e. They decided to clear out their cookies so they disconnected from the Internet, cleared out the cookies and then reconnected. Low and behold it worked! They then attribute clearing their cookies to fixing the problem, not realising that by disconnecting from the Internet and then reconnecting they probably received a different IP address).

Official Response From Yahoo:

Someone has reported receiving the following email from Yahoo:

    The Error 999 code is a result of pirated IP addresses, and the blockage has been instituted as an Abuse safeguard. In these instances, Yahoo! has intentionally blocked these IP addresses. Yahoo! monitors all network activity and when they notice a significantly high amount of activity coming from a specific IP address or a proxy, Yahoo! blocks it. The downfall to this is that most pirated IP addresses belong to small business or home users. When Yahoo! blocks the IP address to safeguard against getting hit, the original owners of the IP addresses also get blocked.

This fits in with my theory of Yahoo monitoring traffic usage per IP address.

Another observation: It appears that being banned from one Yahoo service doesn't ban you from them all. I've been banned from Yahoo Groups but was still able to access Yahoo Mail.

For a lot more information regarding the Error 999 message see the following:

    ePrompter forum (ePrompter is an email retrieval and notification program)
    Yahoo Search Blog
    Yahoo Search Blog
    PG Offline forum (PG Offline is a program that allows you to backup and restore Yahoo Groups)

Update (14 March 2005): I am 99% certain that the Error 999 when using Yahoo Groups is caused by Yahoo's bandwidth limiting. But I'm beginning to think that when using Yahoo Mail the Error 999 may also be used to signify other errors in addition to the bandwidth limiting. This is because I've received several emails from people offering solutions to the Error 999 while using Yahoo Mail and the solutions shouldn't work if the problem was only caused by bandwidth limiting (everything from changing browsers to emptying cache and cookies). So it is beginning to look like the Error 999 when using Yahoo Mail can be caused by many things in addition to bandwidth limiting, possibly something local to the user (i.e. a browser configuration setting).

Update (12 April 2005): It has been reported to me that the Error 999 can also appear when trying to access a Yahoo Geocities hosted website. Not only does this appear on sites hosted for free but also on those that have paid for their hosting. The person who reported this to me contacted Yahoo to complain and within six hours their website was back online. However he is still getting the Error 999 messages intermittently.

Update (24 June 2005): It has been reported to me that the Error 999 can also appear when trying to access the Yahoo News message boards. I've been told that the problem goes away after a while (anywhere from minutes to several hours). Also offered was the suggestion of accessing Yahoo Mail via setting up your email client (i.e. Outlook Express, Eudora, etc) to use Yahoo's POP3 and SMTP servers (only available to those people that have signed up for Yahoo's Mail Premium service).

Update (17 September 2005): Since I originally wrote this article I've received hundreds of messages from people that have encountered the Yahoo Error 999 message. I am now 100% convinced that this error is a generic catch-all error code that Yahoo spits out whenever it doesn't have a more descriptive error to provide the user. Essentially Yahoo is saying "Something has gone wrong, but I don't know what so I'll just say Error 999 and leave it at that". Bandwidth limiting is one situation that can trigger this error, but so can many other things. Because Yahoo isn't providing a more detailed error message it is extremely difficult to work out exactly what the problem is. The problem could be at Yahoo's end or the end-user's end, it could be permanent or temporary.

Update (12 October 2005): I've had a report from someone that had a web accelerator that is designed to speed up web browsing. With the accelerator turned on they were receiving the Yahoo Error 999 message, but when they turned the accelerator off the error message didn't appear. This could be due to the accelerator using a proxy server (see my notes above about proxy servers and how they can cause an Error 999).

Update (28 October 2005): I've had a report from someone that suggested something that works for them:

    I had a friend with the 999 problem. It was caused whenever she cleared out cookies and temp internet files. I managed to clear using the following: when you receive the 999 message; click on the yahoo home page link on the 999 page; then click on the login link on the home page; enter your username and password as usual which will be rejected. If you then enter your username and password again it should log you in. Sounds crazy but it works.

Update (13 February 2006): I've had an email from Lee Harvey pointing out that he gets the Error 999 on the Yahoo sports pages and that repeatedly attempting to reload the page fixes the problem. Lee has written a User JavaScript script for Opera users that does this reloading automatically. See Lee's blog for more info.

Update (23 July 2006): Yahoo have now put up a much better error page that goes a little bit further to explain the problem. They now suggest that you scan your computer for spyware and viruses (yup, the old "blame it on a virus" excuse!), and they also say:

    This problem may be due to unusual network activity coming from your Internet Service Provider. We recommend that you report this problem to them.

This answer seems to hint at the bandwidth limiting system that I talk about above, where Yahoo monitor how much traffic your IP number has used and cuts you off after a certain amount of time.

The new Error 999 page also has a link to a form that you can fill in to get help from Yahoo. Just don't hold your breath while you're waiting for a reply!

Update (22nd November 2006): I've had an email advising me that the Yahoo Error 999 can also occur when using Yahoo's 360° service. Apparantly it happens a lot when attempting to do mass deletions in the blog or of front page comments:

    I have another thing to add... I have gotten this error 999 every single time I have attempted to do mass deletions on my 360 blogs. Wether it be the blogs or many front page comments. At a certain point around 40 blog posts or a few hundred front page comments it goes directly to the 999 error.

    Seems that Yahoo may be employing this "error" as a way to for a "cooling off" period to members who may be trying to shut down their 360 profile. I used to do the blogging for around 7 to 12 hours per day - (addicted to it) I NEVER once got an error 999 problem from surfing and blogging for hours on end - but doing mass deletions when I was closing the blog down??? well that's when I hit the 999 error wall constantly.

A Yahoo engineer that works on Yahoo 360 °has a bit more to say about Error 990 on the 360° service here.

Update (24th March 2007): If you get the Yahoo 999 Error when trying to upload a picture to Yahoo Profile then try the instructions found at:

http://www.yazakpro.com/chatstuff/yahoo/Solution999ErrorUploadingPicture.html

Update (4th June 2007): Several people have contacted me saying they are getting the Yahoo Error 999 on the Yahoo! Answers service. This seems to occur a lot when people try to put links in their answers, if they remove the link then the error goes away. I've done some testing and found that I can answer questions and insert links into my answers, so obviously adding links doesn't always result in an Error 999. It may have something to do with how many questions the user has answered recently, i.e. heavy users of Yahoo! Answers may see this problem more than light users.

Update (15th August 2007): Rick Gallagher contacted me and said:

    I found your suggestions for handling the 999 error encountered on various Yahoo! pages. I discovered a little something involving Yahoo Answers that might help.

    I used your suggestions for Answers about including links and found that removing the link worked. I went back and added a different link which was accepted. I later went back and tried to add the original link which again failed. Looking at the difference, I found that the link with the problem did not have "www" as part of the link. Adding that eliminated the error.

Update (22nd September 2007): I've been told that the Yahoo Error 999 is now occuring on the del.icio.us social bookmarking site. del.icio.us was bought by Yahoo back in 2005.

Update (3rd December 2007): I've had emails from several people saying that they are receiving the Yahoo Error 999 when they try to send email via Yahoo Mail and they include an email address within the body of the message. Some people have suggested adding extra characters on either side of the email address, i.e. you might add square brackets like this: [user@domain.com]. Could it be that this is some sort of anti-spam effort on Yahoo's part?

Update (3rd December 2007): Three people have contacted me today to say they get the Yahoo Error 999 when trying to send an email that contained a CraigsList email address. I had a look at the CraigsList discussion forums and found lots of people there talking about this problem but no definite answers. One suggestion was to removing the "remailed" line as this seemed to avoid the error.

Update (5th December 2007): A couple of people have reported that the error only occurs for them when sending from their Yahoo Mail address to a HotMail address but not to a Gmail address.

Update (6th December 2007): I've had the following reported to me regarding the Yahoo Error 999 while using Yahoo Mail:

    I found that removing the "remailed to you" lines _and_ the "CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY" text immediately allowed my replies to get sent. No other emails had problems, and bandwidth usage was not an issue. Thanks for posting the info.

Update (19th February 2008): With regard to Yahoo Answers I've had a very interesting comment sent to me from MP. Seems they're having problems putting links to Wikipedia in their answers and they suggest:

    It MIGHT be the case that if too many answers with the same link are given, that, because an automated system on Yahoo might think it's a form of spam, it's blocked. And obviously, wikipedia.org is mentioned in answers massively.
    If that's the case, i think Yahoo's automated systems aren't finetuned correctly.
    Anyway, i think the Yahoo error system should and could be more informative to normal users if that's the case.

Update (19th January 2009): I've had the following reported to me regarding the Yahoo Error 999 while using Yahoo Answers:

    I have a little more on the Yahoo Error 999. I found that, in Yahoo Answers, this seems to be triggered by arbitrary content in a response. This very evening, I was posting an answer about transistors -- no links, nothing remotely evil, and got the dreaded 999 error in multiple browsers on multiple computers. My solution: try posting the first paragraph. If that works, go back and edit the response, pasting back the full reply. This seems to bypass whatever crazy bits they employ to screen the original post.

Update (2nd February 2010): I've had the following reported to me regarding the Yahoo Error 999 while using FireFox:

    Using the FireFox plugin SEOquake will *quickly* make Yahoo's Site Explorer give you this error. For about the first 20 listings, SEOquake will get the site info, then get an error on the rest, and spit out that error if you reload the page or access another page on Site Explorer. I logged in to Yahoo, the error went away once, but it then quickly came back.

Recommended Reading For Yahoo Users: Yahoo! Hacks
Source By Yahoo Search
 1. yahoo answers 2.yahoo slotion sites

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition ERROR

Regsvr32.exe is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later versions, Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) or later versions, and Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SP5) or later versions. Regsvr32.exe is installed in the System (Windows Me/Windows 98/Windows 95) or System32 (Windows NT/Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7) folder.

Note On a 64-bit version of a Windows operating system, there are two versions of the Regsv32.exe file:
  • The 64-bit version is %systemroot%\System32\regsvr32.exe.
  • The 32-bit version is %systemroot%\SysWoW64\regsvr32.exe.

Regsvr32.exe usage

RegSvr32.exe has the following command-line options:
Regsvr32 [/u] [/n] [/i[:cmdline]] dllname

/u - Unregister server
/i - Call DllInstall passing it an optional [cmdline]; when used with /u calls dll uninstall
/n - do not call DllRegisterServer; this option must be used with /i
/s – Silent; display no message boxes (added with Windows XP and Windows Vista)
When you use Regsvr32.exe, it attempts to load the component and call its DLLSelfRegister function. If this attempt is successful, Regsvr32.exe displays a dialog box that indicates success. If the attempt is unsuccessful, Regsvr32.exe returns an error message. This may include a Win32 error code. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
193625  WinInet error codes (12001 through 12156)
For example, to manually register a Sample.ocx ActiveX control, type the following command at command prompt:
c:\regsvr32.exe sample.ocx

Regsvr32.exe error messages in Windows Vista and later

The following list contains RegSvr32 error messages and possible causes.

The command-flag ""%1"" is not valid. Please review the command usage and try again.

An invalid combination of options was passed in the command line to regsvr32.exe.

This command is only valid if a Microsoft Visual Studio OLE Custom Control project is opened.

Regsvr32.exe was invoked by Visual Studio but no modules were specified in the command line.

To register a module, you must provide a binary name.

Regsvr32.exe was invoked without specifying any modules in the command line.

The command OleInitialize failed to run. Your computer might be low on memory. Close any open programs and then try again.

Regsvr32 must initialize the COM library before it can call needed COM library functions and uninitialize the library when it shuts down. These error messages occur if an attempt to initialize or uninitialize the COM library is unsuccessful.

The module ""%1"" failed to load.\n\n Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.\n\n%2.

There was an error in loading a module that was specified in the command line. The error text appears as part of the message.

The module ""%1"" was loaded but the entry-point %2 was not found.\n\nMake sure that ""%1"" is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again

Regsvr32.exe was unable to find the required entrypoint in the module specified in the command line. This can occur if the entrypoints are not properly exported from the module or if the module is not a .DLL or .OCX file.

The module ""%1"" was loaded but the call to %2 failed with error code %3.\n\nFor more information about this problem, search online using the error code as a search term.

There was an error when regsvr32.exe invoked the entrypoint in the module specified in the command line. The error code appears as part of the message

The module ""%1"" may not compatible with the version of Windows that you're running. Check if the module is compatible with an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of regsvr32.exe.

This error can happen, for example, if regsvr32.exe is run on an x86 machine and the module specified in the command line is a 64-bit module.

Regsvr32.exe error messages prior to Windows Vista

The following list contains RegSvr32 error messages and possible causes.

Unrecognized flag: /invalid_flag

You typed an invalid combination of flags or switches (refer to the "Regsvr32.exe Usage" section in this article).

No DLL name specified.

You did not include a .dll file name (refer to the "Regsvr32.exe Usage" section in this article).

Dllname was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer or DllUnregisterServer entry point was not found.

Dllname is not a .dll or .ocx file. For example, typing regsvr32 wjview.exe generates this error message.

Dllname is not an executable file and no registration helper is registered for this file type.

Dllname is not an executable file (.exe, .dll, or .ocx). For example, typing regsvr32 autoexec.bat generates this error message.

Dllname was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer or DllUnregisterServer entry point was not found.

Dllname may not be exported, or a corrupted version of Dllname may be in memory. Consider using Pview to detect the file and remove it.

Dllname is not self-registerable or a corrupted version is in memory.

For example, typing regsvr32 icwdial.dll returns this error message because the Icwdial.dll file is not self-registerable. If you suspect a corrupted version of Dllname is in memory, try restarting your computer or re-extract the original version of the file. If you are running Windows NT, you may need to use the Kill or Pview tool from the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. For additional information, click to view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
197155  How to kill an orphaned process
OleInitialize failed (or OleUninitialize failed).

Regsvr32 must initialize the COM library before it can call needed COM library functions and uninitialize the library when it shuts down. These error messages occur if an attempt to initialize or uninitialize the COM library is unsuccessful. For example, the Ole32.dll file may be corrupted or may be the wrong version.

LoadLibrary("Dllname") failed. GetlastError returns 0x00000485

From Winerror.h, 0x00000485 = 1157 (ERROR_DLL_NOT_FOUND), which means "One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found." For example, typing regsvr32 missing.dll returns this error message if the Missing.dll file is not found.

LoadLibrary("Dllname") failed. GetLastError returns 0x00000002

From Winerror.h, 0x00000002 = 2 (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND), which means "The system cannot find the file specified." In other words, a dependent DLL was not found. For example, typing regsvr32 icwdial.dll with Tapi32.dll (a dependency) missing, returns this error message.

LoadLibrary("dskmaint.dll") failed. GetLastError returns 0x000001f

From Winerror.h, 0x000001f = 31 (ERROR_GEN_FAILURE), which means "A device attached to the system is not functioning." This behavior can occur if you try to register a Win16 .dll file. For example, typing regsvr32 dskmaint.dll returns this error message.

DllRegisterServer (or DllUnregisterServer)in Dllname failed. Return code was: string

Search Winerror.h for string.   Source By http://support.microsoft.com

Most Common Windows Vista Problems and Solutions

Most Common Windows Vista Problems and Solutions

Windows Vista, released some 4 years back is one of the most talked about OS from Microsoft™. Large number of support issue cropped after it was released based upon the performance, hardware support, usability etc. People often said that Vista has been released pre mature and not tested rigorously for various features and performance. After the release of SP1 (Service Pack), the OS became quite stable and compliant. But still some of the problems user face while using this OS as listed below.

Vista doesn’t supports my new hardware

This is one of the most common problems that users see when they buy new hardware for Vista. The hitch is that the new stuff doesn’t get recognized and doesn’t install automatically the way it should. Immediate solution to this type of problem is that one needs to install Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is the latest one. This pack contains driver support for various new released hardware and other system/security updates.

Solution

Make sure that you have SP1 installed before installing SP2. The best way to find out, which Service Pack is installed on your machine, is to go to Start – Computer and right click on it and select Properties. To install SP2 (or SP1) you need to enable Windows automatic updates and wait for the system to download and install them.

Slow speed or high response time

Windows Vista needs at least one GB free on the hard disk for file paging purpose. Make sure that you have that much amount of unused space on the hard disk. Installation and enabling of multiple Antivirus and malware detection tools could also be one of the reasons of Win Vista lousy performance. Enable only one Antivirus/Antispyware tool at a time (so that there is no redundancy) and system performs smoothly.
Resource Comparison Chart (courtesy Wikipedia)

Solution

If your PC is old and do not have latest hardware (memory, processor, etc) then Vista could run sluggish. Recommended hardware for this OS is at least 1GHz processor speed, 1 GB of RAM and 15GB of space available on the Hard Disk. More information about system requirements can be found here.
In the resource comparison chart above, it’s very clear that resource used is directly proportional to the time of release

Laptop battery draining fast

People often complain that after installing Vista on their Laptop, the battery life has reduced considerably. This is true to a large extent. Since Vista is a new OS, it has lots of new features and applications, which tend to take more system resources including memory, processor and even battery!

Solution

The best way to tackle this problem is to reduce any such features, which are not that useful and are cosmetic in nature. For example if user turns Aero Visual effects off, then battery consumption reduces considerable making it even equivalent to Win XP.

Software bloat

Software bloat is a condition wherein the size (or footprint) of the software under consideration is quite large compared to the feature set or utility it provides. It is true for Windows Vista and other Microsoft OS as well to a large extent. This is because today’s software is packed with large number of features all of which user may or may not use. Industry experts say that most of the users only utilize only 20% of the full capability of any OS, while rest 80% they never use at all!

Solution

Workaround for this problem is that instead of default (or express installation), go for custom installation and select only those components, which you really require (stand good for any kind of generic software installation). Even after installation, user can go to Add or Remove Programs (in control panel) and click on Add/Remove Windows Components to specifically select/deselect desired options 
There are more small and big problems related to Vista, which are listed on Microsoft Website. Apart from this some general precautions like keeping Antivirus and Windows Vista up to date by turning Automatic updates on. Also time to time do a system tune-up by running Windows Disk Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup utility provided under System Tools can really help in keeping problems at bay.

Source By  http://techproblems.org

Windows problems associated with registry errors


If the registry is full of errors and not checked regularly, then a lot of problems can arise. Even though the computer may be new and there are not any visible errors, there is still the need to check the registry because errors will ultimately accumulate and cause severe problems. Some of the most common errors that we face when we are using the computer are directly caused by having a lot of errors in the windows registry. One of the most common is that as time passes, the computer takes longer to start up. This is due to the fact that the computer has to access the windows registry on startup and thus if this is full then this will take longer. In the worst cases, there might even be the case where one cannot start Windows.
Constant crashes whilst using applications and numerous error messages are also two problems caused by the windows registry being full of errors. This may be caused by broken paths, missing links and obsolete start menu items. These occur because when something is deleted, it is never deleted to the full. Also, this may be caused by having outdated recent files list and invalid fonts.
In some extreme cases due to high fragmentation, the registry file size exceeds the registry size limit assigned by Windows, thus disallowing any modifications. Obsolete shared DLLs and folders, unused and unwanted drivers and file extension associations are also problems directly related to the windows registry.
Ultimately all of this will all result in slowness of the system operating speed and poor performance. Thus one can use Registry Booster 2009 by Uniblue, a leading registry repair software utility to defrag, clean and repair the registry. By using this software regularly it will dramatically improve the performance and stability.

 Source By  http://www.uniblue.com

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Android Service

Android Service

Hard Reset, Soft Reset, Flashing Settings, Apps, Modifying Any random advice on android phones

Solutions (1)

Your phone is not likely to ever work again. You can do the standard stuff ...bowl of rice etc, but dont expect much in the way of good results. Coke is very corrosive.