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Access Denied: Error Message - Windows Update Network policy settings prevent you from using Windows Update to download and install updates on your computer. If you believe you have received this message in error, please check with your system administrator. For Windows XP Pro: Start/Run/gpedit.msc. User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update. In the right pane, double click, Remove access to all Windows Update Features and set it to disabled. For Windows XP Home Edition: Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpda te Locate the value in the right pane called DisableWindowsUpdateAccess. Double click this entry and change the value to 0 (zero) or right click it and select Delete. If editing the Registry manually isn't to your liking click here for a small Visual Basic Script that will make the change for you. More information here: Why can't I download updates? WINUP-Err Msg: "Cannot Display Page" Accessibility Options Restore Accessibility Options to Default Settings (Line 135) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Acdsee Acdsee.exe May Cause an Error Message Activation - Troubleshooting Blank Activate Windows Page in the WPA Wizard Service Pack 1 Changes to Product Activation Windows XP Prompts You to Re-activate After You Restore Your Computer Activation - Explained: Windows XP will typically remind you to activate the product (most users will have 30 days to activate XP after installation). To activate XP manually, you can use the Start menu shortcut in the System Tools Accessories folder. At the command prompt, type: oobe/msoobe /a or Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Activate Windows. Tip: msoobe stands for "Microsoft Out of Box Experience." Tip: Windows Product Activation by MS-MVP Alex Nichol Activation - Workaround (Ronnie Vernon MVP) If you are doing a repair reinstall of XP on the same hardware, you can back up the activation status and then restore it after you run the repair install of the OS. To save the activation status, back up the wpa.dbl file from the %systemroot%\system32 folder to a floppy disk. After the repair install of the OS is complete, start in Minimal Safe mode. Open the \%systemroot %\system32 folder. Rename wpa.dbl to wpa.noact. Copy the backed up wpa.dbl file to the system32 folder. Reboot your system. This isn't a hack to avoid activating installations and will work only on the same hardware for an XP installation that you've already activated. Active Desktop Active Desktop - Enable/Disable (Line 16) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm The user is normally given the option of disabling Active Desktop through the display properties. This tweak removes the ability to disable Active Desktop. Open your registry and find the key below. Create a new DWORD value named "ForceActiveDesktopOn" and set the value to "1" to force the use of Active Desktop. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Value Name: ForceActiveDesktopOn Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = enabled) * This tweak will remove the Active Desktop options from Settings on the Start Menu. Open your registry and find the key below. Create a new DWORD value named "NoSetActiveDesktop", and set the new value to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable the restriction. Note: This restriction can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Value Name: NoSetActiveDesktop Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction) * This tweak allows you to have Active Desktop enabled, but to restrict any changes to the settings. Open your registry and find the key below. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoActiveDesktopChanges' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Value Name: NoActiveDesktopChanges Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction) * Features of the Windows Active Desktop can be selectively controlled by modifying options in the Windows registry. Following the instructions in this tweak. Open your registry and find the key below. Create a new DWORD value based on the options below, and set the new value to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable the restriction. NoChangingWallpaper - Disable the ability to change wallpapers. NoComponents - Disable components. NoAddingComponents - Disable the ability to add components. NoDeletingComponents - Disable the ability to delete components. NoEditingComponents - Disable the ability to edit components. NoCloseDragDropBands NoMovingBands - retrict adjustments to desktop toolbars NoHTMLWallPaper - only allow bitmaps (BMP) as wallpaper Note: These restrictions can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDeskto p] System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDeskt op] Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction) Active Partition The Computer Does Not Start After You Change the Active Partition by Using the Disk Management Tool Ad Aware Ad-aware is an award winning, free multi ad/spyware removal utility, that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. Many options like scanning depth or automatic modes can be set in the preferences menu. Ad-aware features an easy to use wizard-style interface, guiding you through the scanning and removal process. Ad-aware runs under Win9x\ME\NT40\XPand Win2000. Download here. Add and Remove Hide selective programs/applications listed in Add or Remove: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Local the program in question in the left pane. In the right pane, right click DisplayName and select rename: Add Quiet so it will read: QuietDisplayName. No reboot or refresh needed. Open Add or Remove - the listing is now gone. To revert, rename back to DisplayName. Or you can download the .bat file: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBL/tip5800/rh5845.htm Add or Remove Programs tool appears to stop responding after you remove the security update that is documented in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-015 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842253 Add or Remove Edits: Lines 188, 208 (right hand side) and 323: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Add Programs to Add/Remove To add additional components to the Add/Remove Programs list (Windows Components): Tools/Folder Options/View/Show Hidden Files and Folders and Show Extensions for known file types. Then go to Windows Explorer/Inf Folder/Sysoc.inf (Double Click it). You will find several lines that include the word 'hide'. Simply remove the word 'hide' (but leave the comma). Save and exit. From there you will be able to remove it from add/remove. Add and Remove - Show All Files Windows XP doesn't let you add or remove all the programs it installs by default. Multimedia applications, the XP messenger, games, accessories, and accessibility options do not show up in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box. What if you want to get rid of them? Here's how to make Windows treat these applications just like it treats all the others. Go to Windows Explorer/Inf. In the right pane, scroll down to sysoc.inf, double click it. Scroll down to: [Components] NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4 WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7 Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7 Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7 NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7 iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7 com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7 dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7 IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7 TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2 msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6 ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7 fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7 AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7 msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 WMAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wmaccess.inf,,7 RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7 IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7 OEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,oeaccess.inf,,7 WMPOCM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wmpocm.inf,,7 Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7 AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7 CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7 MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7 AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7 Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7 MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7 ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7 1. The word "HIDE" in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add games to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry (but leave the commas that surround it). You also have to remove "HIDE" from "AccessUtil=" for this tip to work. 2. Save the file. Check for the new entries in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box after you restart your computer. HOW TO: Add or Remove Windows XP Games http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q307/7/68.asp http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307768#2 Add and Remove -Removing Invalid Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Tool Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Each program listed in Add/Remove Programs has a subkey listed here. Locate the correct subkey for the program in question and right click it, then select Delete.