Some days back we received a problem from one of our reader Shailesh Mohan saying:

When ever I try connect a any folder through Start >> Run and type \\192.168.0.100\foldername and error comes up: The Network is not present or not started in windows 2000

This problem is quite unusual, as this problem basically occurs because of a windows network service is stopped.

Lets see how can we fix this trouble.

Fix:

The windows service which provides network connections is Workstation, which allows you to access network resources like printer , files over your network.

Service Overview

Workstation – It creates and maintains client network connections to remote servers. If this service is stopped, these connections will be unavailable.

How to fix it

1. Open Start >> Run and type “Services.msc” ( without quotes ) and press OK

2. Locate the service named Workstation.

3. Right Click on the workstation service and select properties, you will see a window shown below.

4. Click on the Start button to start the service, starting this service will fix the trouble.

We hope solution provided above will help to fix the trouble, if you have any other solution regarding this problem please share it through comments.

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One of our readers Vimal reported us a problem saying: "windows not genuine , this comes when I start my Windows XP".

This is one of the most common problem which is faced by lot of windows users these days as they don’t have the legit copy of windows XP.

This message as shown in the image above appears every time the user logged in windows, with a timer of some seconds before the Resolve Later button got enabled, all this delayed the entire windows logon process.

Let’s see how can we resolve this issue

Fix:

The most simplest way now a days is by using Remove WGA Notification tool, which runs silently and check it the WGA notification tool is already active on your system.

What is Remove WGA ?

A small utility that enables you to remove the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool, which is calling home and connect to MS servers every time you boot.

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is very much different than Windows Genuine Advantage Validation.

NOTE: Remove WGA will only removes the notification part, phoning home, and does not touch the Validation part.

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One of Trouble Fixers reader, Pritam, reported a problem saying “After installing RAM display comes but OS did not load. and system restarts automatically“.

Strange co-incidence is that today only I bought some new RAM for one of my friends computer and I too faced such issue. I tried installing it on my computer and my computer also did not boot with new RAM. It was restarting again and again and again, not loading windows.

One thing I realized on comparing the RAM module which I am using and the new one is the number of Memory Chips on memory module.

Let us see in details.

Fix:

On observing closely,I found that there are 8 Memory chips on the new module on front side and no chip on the rear side as you can see in the above picture .

The module which I am using is having 8 chips on front and 8 at the back.

This simply means that each chip on new RAM is high density chip and contains twice the memory as compared to the old module. Due to this high density memory, my old motherboard is not able to read it properly and thus is not booting normally.

So next time you want to upgrade ram, be sure that the one you are buying is compatible with the old computer that you have. See this post for some more precautions before buying a RAM.

I didn’t have such good luck. Now I will find some of my friend whose computer can handle it, or I will get back to the vendor and ask him for a replacement with a compatible version.

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One of our readers, Mehraj, sent us a problem saying whenever he powers on his computer, the computer does not boot. It show error message like “Unmountable Boot Volume or STOP 0×000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME” message.

It can really trouble someone a lot if the computer refuses to boot at all. In such cases the computer even does not start even in safe mode.

The main reasons behind such problem are:

• Incompatible BIOS settings
• Faulty or incorrect bus-cable
• Boot sector virus attack
• Corrupt boot sector

Lets us see the ways to sort these problems:

Fix:

Lets go one by one:

• Incompatible BIOS settings: This can be a problem when the actual disk supports a particular DMA mode and BIOS is configured for higher settings. In such case, you can try to reset the BIOS to default settings and save changes. Restart the computer. It may fix the trouble.
• Faulty or incorrect bus-cable: Bus cable is very important for proper functioning of drive. In case the disk is configured to use 80 pin UDMA cable and you are using a regular 40 pin DMA cable, it may cause such errors. Check your bus cable which connects hard drive to motherboard. Replace if it is faulty or of wrong type.
• Boot sector virus / Corrupted boot sector: If your boot sector has become corrupt because of some disk problem or virus problem, in such case, you need to run a repair setup for windows.

See this post for detailed steps on how to run a repair setup for Windows XP.

Tip: Keep your virus definitions updated to prevent boot-sector virus attacks.

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One of readers, Raj Kumar, reported a problem which I have heard from some of my friends as well. He Says: “I have problem viewing icons on desktop, unable to see icons on desktop” The desktop background appears blank with no icons on it (as shown in the image below).

The problem is related to disappearing of desktop icons and task bar on windows startup. In some cases even when the user tries to open windows explorer by new task-option in task-manager the explorer flashes for a second but doesn’t start properly.

Let’s see how can we solve this problem.

Fix:

There are different types of methods which you can follow to repair your windows to show desktop icons properly.

Normally this problem of disappearing of desktop icons caused by the virus called called F-Nimda which creates a file named bxomebc.exe which aborts the windows explorer from starting. But this problem could be due to the corrupted registry also.

Let’s discuss the possible solutions one by one.

Firstly before following any of the methods given below download the F-Nimda virus removal tool.

Method 1:

1. Start Windows XP, after starting press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to launch task manager.
2. Click File menu and select “New Tasks (run…)”
3. Now type CMD and click OK, this will open command prompt.

4. Type following command on command prompt:
Reg add “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs” /v ObjectName /t REG_SZ /d LocalSystem and press enter.

Note: You can also try downloading this registry entry in order to re-enable the showing of your desktop icons. Download from here, double click and press OK button to merge it in registry.

Method 2:

Start Windows XP, after starting press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to launch task manager.
2. Click File menu and select “New Tasks (run…)”
3. Now type CMD and click OK,this will open command prompt.

4. Type cd %SystemRoot% and press enter.

5. Now rename the file Shdocvw.dll file by typing ren shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old and press enter.

6. Restart windows.

Method 3:

1. Download this shell fix registry settings from here , merge it into the registry by double clicking the downloaded file and press OK.

2. Download process explorer from here and run it.

3. Locate a process called bxomebc.exe in process explorer, end this process and delete the file from its location (You will get to know the file path by taking mouse over the process).

4. Restart your computer.

We hope at least one of fixes provided above will help you fix the trouble.

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One of our readers reported a problem saying: “I always receives ActiveX warning when ever I try to play any flash animations form cd or hard disk location“.

If you are unaware about the problem see the snapshot given below.

When this problem appears it displays a new window (as shown in the image above) in the containing this message given below:

“To protect your security,Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer.Click here for options…“

You may check the option which says: “Do not show this message again” checkbox and click OK then the page will display without ActiveX content.

Note: In short all the .swf files or flash animations are ActiveX controls which Internet Explorer blocks before playing.

Let’s see how can you fix this problem and what is ActiveX.

What is ActiveX content?

ActiveX is a component object model (COM) developed by Microsoft for Windows platforms. Software based on ActiveX technology is prevalent in the form of Internet Explorer plugins and, more commonly, in ActiveX controls, ActiveX based applications launched from web pages.

Now lets see how to fix this warning.

Method 1: (Temporary Way Out)

In order to view the JavaScript or the ActiveX content on the page and see your menus working, you will have to right click the Information Bar that has appeared at the top of the page and select allow blocked content. (as shown in the image below)

After this it will prompt you with a message box saying “Are you sure you want to let the file run active content“.

Method 2: (Permanent Solution)

In order to solve this problem for permanently in Internet Explorer you will have to set some options to allow this blocked or ActiveX content.

Follow the steps below to allow ActiveX content.

1. Open Internet Explorer , go to Tools >> Internet Options

2. Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down to find the Security section.

3. Enable the checkbox labeled “Allow active content to run in files on My Computer” and “Allow Active Content from CDs to run on My Computer”.

4. Click Ok, close Internet Explorer and restart it, after restart you will not see any ActiveX warning when you play any active content like flash animations, JavaScript menus on web pages etc.

We hope this helps to fix the trouble!

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One of our readers Di Chen reported this problem “When I put DVD into my computer, it shows no video, no graphic from media players, I can only hear the sound.”

This type of problem is not uncommon. We often observe some problems in which we record a video on mobile phone, it runs well on phone, but on computer, the video runs without sound.
The most common reason for such problems is Missing Codecs.

What are Codecs ?

Codes are set of well defined Audio/Video standards which are used to decode certain types of audio/video files. Some video formats are modern and use certain codes which may not be installed on your computer. In absence of such codes, the video will not run properly or may not run at all.

Lets see how we can fix out this trouble.

Fix:

The fix for this problem is very simple, all you need to do is to install certain codes or a Media player that has these codes built in.

List of good codecs and other media players for Windows:

1. VLC Media player: This is our number one choice in terms of features, simplicity and ease of use. This is a complete media player which can run a large variety of audio and video file types with ease and simplicity.It works really well with both Windows XP and also Windows Vista.

Download and install it from here.

2. K-Lite Mega Codec pack : This is a pack containing lots of codecs for a large number of audio and video formats.This codec pack also has a media player classic player also bundled with it. It works well with Windows XP but may not work very well with Windows Vista even may not seem compatible with vista.

Download and install it from here.

3.Vista codec pack : This is a codec pack meant exclusively for Windows media player in vista and after installation windows media player in vista will play almost all type of video files.

Download and install it from here.

Even after installing the needed codecs, if your computer is not running the videos, then you may need to check your graphics drivers then, See this post for details.

Enjoy the videos! Trouble Fixed.

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We have received a problem from one of our reader Kalyan who has been experiencing this problem occasionally.

Sometimes when he log off system goes to hanging state in log off mode and needs to be re-started manually. After this he receive an error message which says “sas window : winlogon.exe the exception integer division by zero oxc00000094 occurred in the application at location 0×10003e3b”

Let’s see how can we fix this problem.

Fix:

This type of problem is caused when some software or virus which has infected your system has corrupted one of system files. In this case you will have to repair windows to replace the corrupted windows files with the original setup file.

Note: In order to repair windows you need the windows setup CD / DVD handy.

Follow the procedure below to repair your widows:

1. Arrange the windows setup CD / DVD.

2. Insert the windows setup CD/DVD into your CD/DVD drive.

3. Open Start >> Run and type “SFC /SCANNOW” and press enter.

The above procedure repair all the system files. We hope information provided above helps to fix the trouble.

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