CD/DVD drive is not showing in MyComputer.

Issue: Unable to see CD/DVD drive in My computer.

Catogary: Storage, Storage Devices, Optical Drive, CD/DVD drive

OS: XP, Vista, Windows 7

1. Click Start and click on Run.

2. Type Regedit in the Run box and Hit Enter.

3. In the Registry window go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}


4. In the right hand side pain Look for Upper Filter, Lower Filter, Upper filter.bak, lower filter.bak and right click on and each and than click Delete.


5. Exit Registry Editor and click on Delete.

List of common Acronyms and abbreviations with their meanings. SUCH as LOL, LMAO, BTW etc....

AFAIK =» As Far As I Know
AFK =» Away From Keyboard
ASAP =» As Soon As Possible
BAS =» Big A$$ Smile
BBL =» Be Back Later
BBN =» Bye Bye Now
BBS =» Be Back Soon
BEG =» Big Evil Grin
BF =» Boyfriend
BIBO =» Beer In, Beer Out
BRB =» Be Right Back
BTW =» By The Way
BWL =» Bursting With Laughter
C&G =» Chuckle and Grin
CICO =» Coffee In, Coffee Out
CID =» Crying In Disgrace
CNP =» Continued (in my) Next Post
CP =» Chat Post(a chat message)
CRBT =» Crying Real Big Tears
CSG =» Chuckle Snicker Grin
CYA =» See You (Seeya)
CYAL8R =» See You Later (Seeyalata)
DLTBBB =» Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
EG =» Evil Grin
EMSG =» Email Message
FC =» Fingers Crossed 
FO=»  F*** OFF
FOAD== F**** off and Die
FTBOMH =» From The Bottom Of My Heart
FYI =» For Your Information
FWIW =» For What It's Worth
GAL =» Get A Life
GF =» GirlFriend
GFN =» Gone For Now
GMBA =» Giggling My Butt Off
GMTA =» Great Minds Think Alike
GTSY =» Glad to See You
H&K =» Hug and Kiss
HABU =» Have A Better 'Un
HAGN =» Have A Good Night
HAGU =» Have A Good 'Un
HHIS =» Hanging Head in Shame
HUB =» Head Up Butt
IAE =» In Any Event
IC =» I See
IGP =» I Gotta Pee
IMNSHO =» In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO =» In My Opinion
IMCO =» In My Considered Opinion
IMHO =» In My Humble Opinion
IOW =» In Other Words
IRL =» In Real Life
IWALU =» I Will Always Love You
JMO =» Just My Opinion
JTLYK =» Just To Let You Know
KIT =» Keep In Touch
KOC =» Kiss On Cheek
KOL =» Kiss On Lips
L8R =» Later
L8R G8R =» Later 'Gater
LHM =» Lord Help Me
LHO =» Laughing Head Off
LHU =» Lord Help Us
LMAO =» Laughing My A$$ Off
LMSO =» Laughing My Socks Off
LOL =» Laugh Out Loud
LSHMBB =» Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing
LSHMBH =» Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSHTTARDML =» Laughing So Hard The Tears Are Running Down My Leg
LTNS =» Long Time No See
LTS =» Laughing To Self
LUWAMH =» Love You With All my Heart
LY =» Love Ya
MTF =» More To Follow
NRN =» No Reply Necessary
NADT =» Not A Darn Thing
OIC =» Oh, I See
OL =» Old Lady (significant other)
OM =» Old Man (significant other)
OTOH =» On The Other Hand
OTTOMH =» Off The Top of My Head
PDS =» Please Don't Shoot
PITA =» Pain In The A$$
PM =» Private Message
PMFJI =» Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP =» Peed My Pants
POAHF =» Put On A Happy Face
QSL =» Reply
QSO =» Conversation
QT =» Cutie
ROFL =» Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLAPMP =» ROFL And Peeing My Pants
ROFLMAO =» ROFL My A$$ Off
ROFLMAOAY =» ROFLMAO At You
ROFLMAOWTIME =» ROFLMAO With Tears in My eyes
ROFLUTSROFL =» Unable to Speak
RTFM =» Read The F****** Manual!
SETE =» Smiling Ear To Ear
SHID =» Slaps Head In Disgust
SNERT =» Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
SO =» Significant Other
SOT =» Short Of Time
SOTMG =» Short Of Time Must Go
SWAK =» Sealed With A Kiss
SWAS =» Scientific Wild A$$ Guess
SWL =» Screaming with Laughter
SYS =» See You Soon
TA =» Thanks Again
TGIF =» Thank God It's Friday
TCOY =» Take Care Of Yourself
TILII =» Tell it Like it is
TNT =» Till next Time.
TOY =» Thinking Of You
TTFN =» Ta Ta For Now
TTYL =» Talk To You Later
WAS =» Wild A$$ Guess
WB =» Welcome Back
WTH =» What/Who The Heck (or sub an 'F' for the 'H') 
WTF=» What the F***
YBS =» You'll Be Sorry
YG =» Young Gentleman
YL =» Young Lady
YM =» Young Man


And at last the Longest and hilarious one i came across...


LSHCCOMNAIWEDA=»  laughing so hard coke came out my nose and I wasn't even drinking any

Unable to install Google Chrome Error : 0x80040909

Issue: Google Chrome Stopped Working and not being reinstalled even with Google Chrome Stand alone Setup.

Description: When You try to install Google Chrome online, It just says, "installation failed, Try again." and You can't uninstall it from Add or remove because it's not there and when you download Standalone setup it comes up with error code 0x0040909

Solution: Go to Documents and setting/User/Localsettings/Apps/Google and and delete the folder which says Google Chrome

Note: Repeat the same step with every user profile.

Download the stand alone setup from http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?standalone=1
 But make Sure you uncheck the option which says "set Chrome as your default browser"

and Download the setup and save it to your desktop.

Make sure you run the setup as administrator, in vista there is an option " Run as administrator: 3

But in XP you need to right click the setup and click on Run as

and than un check option which says "Protect my computer and data from unauthorized programme Activity"

and than click okay.

and there you Go, Now you won't have any issue using Chrome.

Cheers.

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A faster way to Turn off or Log off your computer

Introduction: Sometimes your computer takes  long time to initiate the shut down process as it has to end all the programs and  processes for it's OS and you don't like it you want it to shut down faster than it's normal time to here is the way to fix it




OS: XP, Vista









Solution: Press Ctrl+Shift+esc to open task manager

Click and shut down and choose whatever option you want from the following

1. Stand By
2. Hybernate
3. Turn off
4. Restart
5. Log off
6. Switch User

and  It will act in seconds to complete the task, Just try it once

Cheers
Fixforall.

Solution for Hung up issues while shutting down the computer

www.fixforall.comIntroduction: While turning off or logging off your system you might be getting " End Now" prompt and your computer won't go off until you won't click on end now tab, I am sure you would want to get that done automatically, So here is is the solution for it


Solution: Click on Start and go to run ,in the open box, type regedit and hit enter

It will open the registry editor

Warning: Make sure to back your registry before making and kind of changes in it and you will be doing it on your own risk because modifying registry may harm your operating system

Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Dekstop
 and look for the value "AUTO END TASK" and change it's value from 0 to 1 and close the regsitry

and there you go, now windows will end all the programs for you and you won't have to do anything after clicking on Shut down

Cheers

www.fixforall.com

 

 

How to browse the internet using Notepad.

Introduction: Dear Friend, Lot's of us sometimes find the problem with the browsers instead of internet. Some times u are connected to the internet but not able to browse because of some problems in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome etc, and to fix this you need to download something from the internet but you do not have any application to Browse So here you can use Notepad as a Browser, Please follow the steps about how to browse the websites using Notepad.

OS: Windows Xp, Windowss Vista, Windows 7, 

1. Open Notepad and click on Help - > Help Topic

2. Right Click on the Title Bar and than click on Jump to URL as shown in the PIC 2

3. It will bring you a small window where you need to type the URL and Click Ok

And there You go :)

And i Hope now all you people know about HOW TO USE NOTEPAD TO BROWSE WEBSITE

and now you would never forget about how to browse the website using Notepad or How to Use Notepad as a browser or to download something from The internet


Note: When you are typing the URL make sure to add http:// at the begining

Cheers.

how to Speed up your Computer

 Issue: Computer is running slow

OS:  Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Introduction: There can be many causes for your slow computuer but mainly are No optimization for long time, Virus, Spywares, Adwares, Corrupted Antivirus Softwares, High Graphichs Games, Low RAM, Slow processor etc. Here i am telling you the basic steps of Computer Optimization and few tips as well to avoid the slow computer.

Resolution:

1. Deleted all the temporary files and in order to do that follow these steps
      : Click on start
     : Follow the same steps for temp and prefetch folder

2. Increase the Virtual memory which you can change from System properties
     Note: Minimum Memory: Total Ram x 1.5
               Maximum Memory: Total Ram x 1.5 x 2

3. Perform Disc clean Up.

4. Defrag Your Hard Drive

5. Disable all the unwanted Start up items using MSconfig

6. Uninstall all the unwanted applications and Softwars from the computer

7. Optimize your browser

8. Uninstall the Toolbars

9. Scan your system for malwares and spywares

10. Keep your system up to date

Tips to Avoid Slow Performance

1.  Make sure that your antivirus softwares are not corrupted and are up to date

2. Optimize your computer on regular basis

3. don't install anything malicious

4. Keep your computer up to date

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