Windows
Messages, Loops and Pauses with Visual Basic Script
Visual Basic Script is a simple scripting language you can use in Windows to compile executable .vbs files. They can…
Windows Returnvalue: 2147786788 in wmi EnableStatic method
Successfully using the EnableStatic method for example in powershell always gives the Returnvalue 0. If that is not the case,…
Installing Powershell 2.0 on Windows XP
To install Windows Powershell 2.0 on an XP machine, you must have Windows XP Service Pack 3 installed. Powershell is…
How to disable network file-sharing on Windows
By default Windows computers participate in file-sharing of local networks - it recognizes other devices in that network such as…
Remove services from auto-startup on Windows
Every service you install is usually run on system startup. Sometimes these services do so without asking you before and…
How to speedup slow Mozilla Thunderbird email client on Windows 7
I've experienced that Thunderbird has gotten slower and slower on my Laptop, at last it was nearly unusable. Sometimes I…
Fix “System error 1290 has occurred.” error on Windows
This error usually comes up when you try to start a new service that would get the same service ID…
Uninstall VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu and Windows 7
Ubuntu: To uninstall VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu and similar operating systems, mount the virtual disk again that you used…