Windows XP

Can I configure the Windows XP/2000/2003 Recovery Console to auto-logon whenever I run it? Yes, but be warned! By doing this, any user can gain access to your computer by using the Recovery Console and without being prompted for an administrative password. To set an automatic administrator logon for the Recovery Console, complete the following…

Last week I came across a weird issue with a few Windows XP Pro computers that were part of an Active Directory domain. In some cases, most likely after playing with the computer’s registry, you might find that a computer running Windows XP Professional has problems in logging on. You enter your username and password,…

How can I activate Windows XP? Windows XP uses software-based product activation technology, which means that you must activate your copy of Windows XP to use it. This article describes how to activate Windows XP. How Activation Works? Product activation reduces a form of software piracy known as “casual copying”. Casual copying is the sharing…

Windows Vista shipped without including a number of DLL files for legacy graphics engines like Direct3D.   When attempting to use games or 3D applications that require these DLLs, users can get a range of “required DLL missing” error messages. Additionally, we’ve noticed that there are quite a few searches on the internal Petri search engines…