UAA HD Audio Driver Missing, Can’t Update

This issues can be caused by an acci­den­tal unin­stall of the HD Audio dri­vers, or a bad install of the HD Audio dri­vers. Our fix is as follows.

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May 23, 2009 | Computer Repair and Networks, Windows XP | Leave A Comment »

How Do I Re-enable Ballon Tips?

To Enable The Noti­fi­ca­tion Area Bal­loon Tips

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

2. Nav­i­gate to the fol­low­ing sub­key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Right-click the right pane, cre­ate a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.

4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a hexa­dec­i­mal value of 1.

5. Quit Reg­istry Edi­tor. Log off Win­dows, and then log back on.

These steps enable all Noti­fi­ca­tion Area bal­loon tips for this user. There is no way to dis­able bal­loon tips for spe­cific pro­grams only.

Nov 22, 2008 | Computer Repair and Networks | Leave A Comment »

How Can I Make Office 2007 Save in The Older Format by Default?

To change default file save options in Office Excel 2007

1. Double-click Microsoft Office Excel 2007, double-click Excel Options, and click Save.
2. In the right pane, right-click Save Excel files as, and select Prop­er­ties.
3. In Save files in this for­mat, select Enabled.
4. In the drop-down box, select a default file save for­mat.
5. Click Apply to save the settings.

To change default file save options in Office Pow­er­Point 2007

1. Double-click Microsoft Office Pow­er­Point 2007, double-click Pow­er­Point Options, and click Save.
2. In the right pane, right-click Save files in this for­mat, and select Prop­er­ties.
3. In Save files in this for­mat, select Enabled.
4. In the drop-down box, select a default file save for­mat.
5. Click Apply to save the settings.

To change default file save options in Office Word 2007

1. Double-click Microsoft Office Word 2007, double-click Word Options, and click Save.
2. In the right pane, right-click Save files in this for­mat, and select Prop­er­ties.
3. In Save files in this for­mat, select Enabled.
4. In the drop-down box, select a default file save for­mat.
5. Click Apply to save the settings.

Nov 22, 2008 | Computer Repair and Networks | Leave A Comment »

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, Administrative Pop-up Fix

Here I’ll pro­vide you with a sim­ple fix for this annoy­ing fea­ture in Win­dows Vista. You may not be able to access “Local Secu­rity Pol­icy” with some ver­sions of Vista. If not I’ll find a fix for you at a later date. (more...)

Feb 15, 2007 | Computer Repair and Networks, Windows Vista | 1 Comment »