If you’ve been getting the error COM Surrogate has stopped working whenever you browse folders containing video or media files, you have come to a good place for some possible solutions. This problem is caused because of codecs and other COM components installed by various softwares that aren’t fully Vista-compatible, like some versions of DivX or Nero. Here’s the error message: There are a number of possible solutions to this problem, and the right solution depends greatly on what software is actually causing the problem. Some of the most well-known problem causing softwares are DivX and Nero, but there are others that cause the problem as well. Possible Solutions • If you are using DivX, you should be upgraded to the very latest version (6.5+) • If you are using Nero, you can try upgrading to the latest version (7.7.5.1+) • If you’ve upgraded Nero and Divx and still have the problem, you can try renaming the file C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeVideo.ax to NeVideo.ax.bak. You may also need to rename NeVideoHD.ax to NeVideoHD.bak This will break Nero Showtime, however. (thanks to dugi in the comments for this one) • You can disable Thumbnail previews, which should make the problem go away, but isn’t the optimal solution. • The older ffdshow codec pack has been ...

Symptoms: • You are surfing the internet or are engaged any type of Internet activity when suddenly all your Network activity goes to hault. You can still see the Internet connected icon in the tray but you cannot surf, browse or do anything. • You get an error message something like "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." • Error message reporting about faulting netapi32.dll and svchost.exe. • You try to disconnect your Internet because of no activity observed but the Internet icon wont disappear. • You recieve an error message something like "Your PC has recovered from a serious problem" etc. Solution: Here are 4 new solutions to the Generic Host For Win32 Error in Windows: Solution# 1: 1. Hop to 'Run' and open 'Regedit' 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > Browser > Parameters 3. Find the Key Name: IsDomainMaster and set Data: False 4. Restart Your PC Solution# 2: 1. Go to 'Run' and open 'cmd' 2. Type 'netsh' in command console then press enter 3. Then type 'winsock' and press enter and then type reset 4. Restart Your PC Solution# 3: Get the Microsoft Update Patch and apply it. We hope one of these solutions will definitely help you rectify the erorr.

One of the biggest annoyances in Windows XP is waiting for what seems an eternity while it shuts down, so we have a couple of registry tweaks to help force Windows to shut down more quickly. Usually what is happening is one or more applications is hanging up to 20 seconds (in the Registry all values are set to milliseconds) while the OS tries to shutdown. Before making any changes to the Registry it is highly advisable to create a backup. The first thing we need to do is access the Registry by going to Start \ Run and type in “regedit” (no quotes) then click OK. Now with the Registry Editor open the first change we want to make is under HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop scroll down to HungAppTimeout and change the default 5000 to 1000 then click OK. Then scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout from 20000 to 1000 then click OK. Keep the Registry Editor open as we have 3 more values to change in two different sections. Next we are going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control and double click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 1000 then click OK. Finally, we need to navigate to HKEY_USERS \ DEFAULT \ Control Panel ...

The Disk Defragment utility in Windows XP does not include a way to defragment all hard drives at the same time, which is inconvienient when you have more than one hard drive in your computer. The method we are going to use is by creating a batch file to defragment all of the drives, one after the other. The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be triggered from the command line with the following syntax: First, we'll create a file named defragall.bat, and place it anywhere you like, as long as you'll remember where it is. If you want to run it from the command line, you could place it in the \windows directory so that it will be available in the system path. For each hard drive, add a line to the batch file. For instance, if we want to defragment drives C:, and D: we will add these three lines: defrag c: -f defrag d: -f To run the defrag, just either double-click on the batch file or start it from the command line. . : : HAVE A NICE TRY : : .

I find it very annoying when I go home from work and plug my laptop into my external hard drive… The autoplay window always pops up and asks me what I want to do with the files, which may be fine the first time, but definitely isn't after a year of that. Beside that, virus can be “play” with automatically when we plug in our drives. Ok now, first go to Group Policy setting, go to Start Menu \ Run and type in: gpedit.msc You will see the Group Policy window. You should select Administrative Templates \ System in the tree view: You will see an item in the right side pane called "Turn off Autoplay" Double click the item, and set the radio button to Enabled, and change the "Turn off Autoplay on" to All Drives. Now you should be safe from the autoplay monster.

After we know about youtube, we saw some movies one youtube. The question is How to download movies from youtube? What a good question. First, open youtube from your favorite browser (we recommend you to use firefox), and search movies that you want to download. Now, open a new tab / window from your browser, and go to Here Don’t worry about your money, because it’s free. Copy address of your youtube video and paste it. Then click “Get Video”, and wait for a moment. Now you’ll see some options, click one of them (we recommended you to choose “Get FLV”), give name and save it to your hard drive. Note : give extension “.flv” for file that you’ve downloaded.

If you mess around in the registry, or install some different software packages that add things to the right-click menu, you can end up with a problem where the default action on a folder is always "Search…", even though you set it to something else. There's a quick and easy fix for this problem. Open up regedit.exe by using Start\Run and then browse down to this registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell Double-click on the default value and set it to "none" without the quotes, as seen here: This will restore the normal behavior. Update If you are also experiencing this problem when you try to click on a drive, you can run this command from the run box or command prompt: (Start ? Run ? cmd) regsvr32 /i shell32.dll This should restore the normal behavior. If you are getting a message that says "Windows cannot find 'PET32.exe'", then at some point you had a virus, or still have a virus. First, make sure that you run a virus scanner to get rid of the virus. Then run the regsvr32 command above, which should fix the problem.

In windows environment, the Send To command is used to transfer files from one location to different locations. By using this command, a user can quickly send his file between default destinations (default lists in Send To menu, for example Desktop, CD/DVD Drive, My Documents, Mail Recipient and Floppy Drive). These are the default Send To menu lists in windows XP. To increase the data transfer speed between different locations, you can add more new destination in Send To lists. Follow the given steps to add new destinations to Send To lists: First click on Start button and type sendto in Run option then press Ok button. A window will appear with default Send To lists (Compressed (zipped) Folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Mail Recipient, My Documents). Now using drag-and-drop technique (or using copy and paste method), you can move any program, folders and drives shortcuts to this folder. Now you can verify, your new shortcut is created in Send To menu. But next times, if you want to delete any destination, then open the Sent To folder and remove the destination shortcut.

The mouse is the most commonly used pointing device in windows environment on the personal computers. That is why mouse required extra care as compare to the other parts of the computer. You should clean your mouse when you feel the mouse is slow to move in different directions or making some strange movements. * First disconnect your mouse from the back side of the computer. * Now read the mouse manufacturer manual about your mouse model on how to safe and clean it. * Open the ball cover from the back side of the mouse and wash the ball then dry it with cloth. * Now clean dust in the inner side of the mouse specially removes the dust on the rollers with lightly dampened cotton bud. You can use the compressed air for this purpose. * At the end dry it and Re-assemble your mouse then connect with computer.

Our last post was  about protecting USB Flash Drive from virus. Now, we want to share about How to Enable Windows Task Manager and Regedit Editor? If you having problem like "task manager and registry won't open", we think you've been infected by virus. Normally the reason of this message is that your computer has been infected by virus, trojan, or piece of spyware and message look like" Registry editor has been disabled by your administrator" or "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator". By default Windows Task Manager and registry editor status is enabled, but a user can also disable or enable it manually. Some time a registry hack applies on both editors to disable it.  Before proceeding further, first scan your system with up-to-date antivirus, and then follow the given steps to enable it. To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights. First open your text editor (notepad), and copy this script. 'Enable/Disable Registry Editing tools '© Fithbiz.com Option Explicit 'Declare variables Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, t, mustboot, errnum, vers Dim enab, disab, jobfunc, itemtype Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") p = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\" p = p & "DisableRegistryTools" itemtype = "REG_DWORD" mustboot = "Log off and back ...