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  • Enable or Disable Number Lock at Startup

    September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

    This tutorial explains how to enable or disable Keyboard Number Lock each time your computer starts.
    Have you ever entered a phone number via the numeric keypad only to discover nothing has appeared? The most likely cause is Number Lock (or Num Lock as it us usually labeled)  is disabled, and it’s a simple matter of [...]

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    Tags: registry · tutorial · windows

    What does %SystemRoot% mean?

    May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

    %SystemRoot% is a system wide variable which refers to the path and folder name where system files are located. Typically this is C:\Windows, although you can designate a different drive or folder when windows is installed. you can use %SystemRoot% to replace the actual location of the folder that contains the windows system files.
    To identify [...]

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    How to change your Windows XP product key without reinstalling

    May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

    This tutorial explains how to change your windows xp product key / xp serial / xp license without using software or reinstalling. To do this you need to edit the registry to deactivate windows, then run msoobe.exe to enter your new product key.
    1. Run regedit and drill down to:
    HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents.
    Select WPAEvents then on the right [...]

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    Tags: opinion · registry · software · tutorial · windows