How To: Auto-Logon to user account at startup with Windows Vista

1.Click on the Start button and type in ‘netplwiz‘. This will open the Advanced User Accounts menu.
2.In the Users tab, highlight the account you want to login to Vista automatically with, and then untick ‘must enter a username and password to use this computer’
3.Click on ‘Apply’. A new window will now popup asking you to enter the password of the account you’ve just highlighted. Do this, and then click ‘Ok’
4.Click ‘Ok’ on the Advanced User Accounts menu to finish

SQL Server 2008 setup support rules restart computer

1. Run “regedit” under program->run.
2. Navigate to:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager"

3. Double-click on the key “PendingFileRenameOperations” and clear its content or if there are command that should be run copy it to a file then replace it after you finish sql setup. Press “Ok”.
4. Now click on “Re-run” in “Setup Support Files” window & it should pass.

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LoadSaveReportException: Load crpe32.dll failed

 

My application worked locally but after i installed the application on the server it stopped working & received the error “load crpe32.dll failed”. I found out that the application on the server is running framework 2.0, i changed it to 1.1 and it worked perfectly.

1. Make setup program to install your application on the server.
2. If you will copy the application to another map, leave the original copy and don’t delete it.
3. Change .Net framework for the application to 1.1.

Windows Photo Gallery can't open/preview images in some folders/desktop in Vista

If you are having problems opening an image (double-click or enter) in some folders while it works in other folders, then try the following:

• First copy a picture to an empty folder & then double-click on it, if it works then check the folder where its not work & see if there are any html, htm, urls in the same folder. If so, move them to another folder and then try again & it now it should work.
  

Hauppauge WinTV7 change channel name

To change channels name for Hauppage WinTV7 in Windows Vista, do the following:

1. Find the channels database (hcwChanDB_5.mdb) which usually be found under [SystemDrive]:\Users\Public\WinTV\Channel Database.
2. If you have MS Access, open the database with it.
3. Right-click on “hcwChannels” and click “Open”.
4. Find the “Preferred_name” column & you can change each channel name as required.
5. Save and close.

Hauppauge WinTV7 hangs and have to restart windows

Sometimes while changing channels on WinTV7 on Hauppauge Win TV-HVR 4000 it hangs and you have to restart windows to be able to run it again.

To close WinTV7 when its hangs and start it again do the following:

1. Right-click on “Taskbar” and choose “Task Manager”. Under “Applications” Tab, select “WinTV7” and right-click on it and choose “Go To Process”. “Processes” tab will open and then “WinTV7.exe” is selected. Right-click on it then choose “End Process Tree”.
2. Then scroll in “Processes” tab and select “HauppaugeTVServer.exe”, right-click on it and choose “End Process Tree”, then search for “CaptureGenPCI.exe” and right-click on it and choose “End Process Tree”. Then close “Task Manager”
3. Now go to “Start”, then “Control Panel”, then click on “Administrative Tools”, then click on “Services”. “Services” program will open.
4. Scroll to “HauppaugeTVServer”, right-click on it and choose “Start”.
5. Now start WinTV7.

Problem installing Hauppauge Win TV-HVR 4000

Windows Vista

I’ve installed Win TV-HVR 4000 on all vista versions and found one that it only worked with vista that supports media center. Here is a link that shows the features for different vista versions http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx.

So Win TV-HVR 4000 works on two vista versions:

1. Home Premium.
2. Ultimate.

Windows XP

After installing WinTV7 and the program hangs when searching for channels. To solve this problem do the following:

1. After you start WinTV7 and before you search for channels, right-click on “Taskbar” and choose “Task Manager”, under “Applications” tab select “WinTV7” and right click on it & choose “Go To Process”, it will open “Processes” tab and the “WinTV7.exe” is selected. 
2. Now, right click on it & choose  “Set Priority” then choose “High”, a message box will shows to ask you if you really want to change the priority, choose “Yes”/”ChangePriority”. Then Close “Task Manager”
3. Return to WinTV7 and start searching for channels & it should work.

Vista Photo Gallery background colors are off, dark, light green, or strange color.

To change the background color to normal, do the following:

1. Surf to http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/adobergb.html & download the Adobe RGB (1998) ICC profile, then unzip the file. You can also download it by clicking on AdobeRGB1998.icc.
2. Goto “Control Panel”, then “Color Management”
3. Click on the “All Profiles” Tab, then click “Add”.
4. Browse to the file AdobeRGB1998.icc & choose it, you will see it in the profiles list with the name “Adobe RGB (1998).
5. Click on “Devices” Tab & then from the “Device” dropdown choose your monitor and you will see the list of ICC profiles listed with this device. If “Adobe RGB (1998)” is not available click on Add and add it, then choose it & click on “Set as Default Profile” button. If you have more than one monitor connected, do the same for all monitors.
6. Now try Windows Photo Gallery, it should work fine.