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Adjust Windows Command Prompt Size

By default the COMMAND PROMPT is not always wide enough to display all the information. Here’s a simple tutorial to adjusting the size so all information can be display. Because the default size of CMD is not wide enough, the … Continue reading

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Using Check-Disk (chkdsk) in Windows 7

If you ever used previous versions of Windows you might have notice a utility call ‘SCANDISK’. Similarly Window 7 contains a utility for checking disk errors and is appropriately call ‘CHKDSK’. The utility is able to check hard drive volumes … Continue reading

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Change And View Workgroup Name

Default on every new installation Windows automatically creates a workgroup and gives it a default name WORKGROUP. Computers on a workgroup can easily share common resources and responsibilities such as file and printer sharing. Ideally, a workgroup should not exceed … Continue reading

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Resolve ‘The Event Log Is Full’ Error

If you are having this problem there are two methods which you can take. One is to configure Windows to automatically delete the last event log to make space for the newest event log which Windows is trying to write. … Continue reading

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Set NTFS Permissions in Windows XP Home

File level security permissions are used to protect data between user accounts on the same computer. Permissions such as FULL CONTROL, MODIFY, READ & EXECUTE, READ and WRITE can be set

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