For those of you who love Microsoft power tools, but hate the new bulky task switcher here is the fix.1.Run the msconfig2.Select the start up tab3.Un check the taskswitch.exe check box4.Click apply then ok then reboot5.Next time you use the alt tab utility will be back to normal.
View 9 RepliesOn my box at home, I have Norton System Works, which contains a registry diagnostic/sweeper.At work, where I run Windows 2000 Pro, I was wondering...I know there are various registry diagnostic & cleaner utilities out there on the web, but I thought I had heard that Windows itself either includes one on the OS disc or makes one available for download.Is there such a thing as an official Windows Registry utility?
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Event Type:Error
Event Source:Application Error
Event Category:None
Event ID: 1000
Date:11/9/2006
Time:3:17:01 PM
User:N/A
Computer:XPWORKSTATION
Description:
Faulting application ping.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 70 69 6e ure pin
0018: 67 2e 65 78 65 20 35 2e g.exe 5.
0020: 31 2e 32 36 30 30 2e 32 1.2600.2
0028: 31 38 30 20 69 6e 20 75 180 in u
0030: 6e 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 30 nknown 0
0038: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 61 .0.0.0 a
0040: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0048: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000
0050: 30 0d 0a 0..
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i tried to run it under SAFE mode in case some app might be restricting it from functioning but to no use i even replaced the utility with the original one from my installation disk but even that didn't work out.
but it seems theres some problem with the utility itself because i downloaded a 3rd party pinging utility and it worked just fine!
note: i have tested my firewall and antivirus options..they r not interfering.
When booting up, the Sys Config Util comes up with the usual canned statement. He has not made any changes. Clicks Don't show this again then clicks OK. Reboots and again it comes up. He is the only user and administrator.
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1. what happened to the prompt, how do i get the wizarfd to work etc etc
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Download a System Diagnostic Utility For Windows XP Pro?
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