How to Repair Window Frame Flashing

1. Remove the old window from the window frame per the manufacturer's instructions. Remove any screws or nails from the trim. Pry the trim off with a pry bar.
2. Remove any other nails and screws around the window, if necessary. Peel back the old flashing and remove it from the window if necessary. Remove the old window out of the window hole. In some cases, you may have to peel back the siding slightly to remove the window.
3. Remove the pan flashing if the leak is occurring around the bottom of the window. Use the old piece of pan flashing as a guide. Cut a new piece of pan flashing with a utility knife. Install the pan flashing where the old pan flashing was. Peel the back of the pan flashing off slowly as you install it. The bottom piece should overlap the window jamb by at least a few inches and should run over the edge of the outside sill by at least an inch or two.
4. Measure the height of the window. Add approximately 6 to 12 inches to the measurement. Cut flashing to length for both sides of the window with a utility knife. Apply flashing to the sides of the window. Overlap the jamb a few inches on each side. Both the bottom and top of the membrane should run past the bottom and top of the window. Try to extend the top and bottom of the flashing at least 3 to 4 inches longer than the window if possible. This precaution will help keep water from getting in the window. Use the utility knife to remove any excess.
5. Measure the inside, bottom corners of the window. Cut a piece of flashing membrane to fit into each corner. Apply the flashing in each corner over the seam where the larger pieces of flashing meet. The flashing patches should overlap the other pieces. This process will help reduce the chance of leakage.
6. Measure the width of the window. Add 6 to 12 inches to the measurement. Cut a piece of flashing to length using a utility knife. Apply the flashing to the top of the window. The flashing should overlap both sides. Cut the flashing in the corners. Fold the membrane over until it sticks to the inside of the window frame.
7. Install the window per the manufacturer's instructions.

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How to Fix Search Companion in Windows

1. Login as Administrator to Windows. You can also login with any username that has computer admin privileges.
2. Click 'Start' and then 'Run.' Execute these strings in the 'Run' box: 'regsvr32 /i %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll' (without the parentheses) and then 'regsvr32 %windir%\system32\jscript.dll' again without parentheses. You should see the message 'DllRegisterServer in <filename.dll> succeeded for each DLL registered, so two in total.
3. Log off and then log back on, and check the Search Companion window to ensure that it is now working correctly and isn't displaying blank. If it's still blank, you'll need to repair the search components using a specific Windows INF file.
4. Click 'Start' then 'Run.' Type '%systemroot%\inf' and then click 'OK.' Don't include the parentheses in the string. Now a window will open. In the window, locate the file named 'srchasst.inf,' right-click it, and choose 'Install.' You'll now be prompted to insert the Windows XP CD, so do so and point to the i386 folder on the CD. If you installed Windows XP Service Pack 1,2, or 3 separately after installing Windows XP, point to '%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386' instead. Search Companion is now reinstalled and should operate correctly.

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How to Fix HAL DLL

1. Click the 'Start' menu, then the small arrow next to 'Shut Down' and click 'Restart.' Rebooting the computer once might solve the problem if you didn't try this already.
2. Insert your Windows CD/DVD and restart the computer again. Press a key on your keyboard when asked to press any key to boot from CD/DVD.
3. Click 'Next' when the first window loads.
4. Click 'Repair Your Computer.'
5. Click 'Startup Repair' and select the Windows installation you want to repair and click 'OK.' Allow the computer to try repairing the file. If this doesn't work, continue to the next steps.
6. Repeat Steps 2 to 4. Click 'Command Prompt.'
7. Type 'bootrec /FixBoot' and 'bootrec /RebuildBcd,' pressing 'Enter' on your keyboard after each command. Wait until each one finishes its task before typing another one. Exit the prompt and restart your computer.

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How to Analyze an Access Violation

1. Click the Windows 'Start' button. Type 'event viewer' in the search text box and press 'Enter.' The Event Viewer is a utility available with each Windows operating system. It lets you view error messages in the Windows log files.
2. Click the arrow next to the 'Windows Logs' icon. This expands a list of options. Click the 'Applications' icon. In the center detail pane, a list of error messages are shown. Click the access violation error you want to analyze.
3. Review the first line in the error message. The first line tells you what application caused the error. Some access violation messages also show you the function in the program code where the error occurred. This is helpful when reporting the error to the developer.
4. Read the second line where a hexadecimal message is shown. This is the memory address where the error occurred. This is also helpful to the software developer. If any messages are included, the message is shown to the right of this memory address.

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How to Fix a Runtime Error 339 MSINET.OCX

1. Follow the RegCure link in Resources. Download the software; then double-click the created desktop icon to launch the installation wizard and complete the setup.
2. Open 'RegCure.' There will be a list of options you can scan. Leave them all selected and click 'Scan.' This will take several minutes.
3. View the display off all the registry errors it has detected and click 'Remove.'
4. Select 'Yes' when asked if you are sure. You will then be asked to register the software. Click 'Cancel,' and RegCure will now remove all errors and correct runtime error 339 MSINET.OCX in the process.

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quot;MSVCR70.dll Can#039;t Be Foundquot; With Winamp

1. Visit the 'msvcr70.dll' page at the following site:http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr70
2. Click the 'msvcr70.dll Free Download' link to open a pop-up window. Click the 'Download msvcr70.dll' link to retrieve the file. If you get a prompt, click 'Open' to open the compressed file that contains the DLL. If your browser automatically downloads the file, open the downloaded file when it finishes by double-clicking it.
3. Open Windows Explorer from the Start menu and browse to 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32.' Drag the 'msvcr70.dll' file to the 'SYSTEM32' folder you have open so you won't see the error the next time you run Winamp.

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How to Get Rid of Shoppingbho.dll

1. Click on 'Start' followed by 'All Programs,' 'Accessories,' 'System Tools' and 'System Restore.' Once the 'System Restore' box pops up, click on the 'System Restore Settings' link. Click on the 'Turn off System Restore' box on the 'System Restore' tab to uncheck it.
2. Restart your computer. Once it is booting back up, repeatedly press the 'F8' key to reach the system boot menu. Choose to boot in 'Safe Mode' by using the down arrows on the keypad to cycle down to the option, and then press 'Enter' to select it.
3. Navigate to 'C:\Program Files' or 'C:\windows\system32' folder to find any 'ShoppingBHO.dll' programs. The file may also be located under '%%ProfileFolder%%application datafcsb000062035toolbarshoppingbho.dll.' The file sizes of the shoppingbho.dll programs are 630,272 bytes , 638,976 bytes, 615,936 bytes, 646,144 bytes or 614,400 bytes. The 'Shopping.BHO.dll' files also have a specific id of 20FEC4E7-F7B7-438B-8191-33D2EFC5EBEA, 998A3C0C-8914-4D2A-AE36-BFA2E5AE6D5D or 91917DC6-93B9-4E62-B2D6-D39C9618C418.
4. Click on 'Start' followed by 'Run.' Type in 'regedit,' and then press 'Enter.' Once the registry editor opens, browse through the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM,' 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\,' 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG' and 'HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT' directories by clicking on the '+' icon next to the folders to extend the directories. Delete any 'ShoppingBHO.dll' registry entries by clicking on the 'ShoppingBHO.dll' file to select it. Right-click and then click on 'Delete' to remove any 'ShoppingBHO.dll' registry entries. Once you are done, close the registry editor and reboot your computer in normal mode.
5. Look through the directories on your computer. Delete any files or programs that have been infected by the 'ShoppingBHO.dll' file. Remove the programs by deleting them or by using the 'Add or Remove Programs' feature.
6. Open your Internet browser, and delete all of your temporary Internet files, browsing data, cache and any other browsing files. The 'ShoppingBHO.dll' file is now removed from your computer.

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How to Create a Notepad Program

1. Create a new Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) project using the “Standard EXE” template. Click on “File” in the top VB6 menu and select “Save Project As.” The first prompt asks for a form name. Name the form “MyNotePad” and click “OK.” The next prompt asks for the project name. Name it “My Notepad” and click “OK.”
2. Click on “Project” in the top VB6 menu and select “Components.” Scroll down the list of components until you see “Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0.” Click on the checkbox next to this to add this control, and then click “OK.” Double-click on this control, which should be the last item in the toolbox on the left, to add it to the form.
3. Locate the Properties box on the right of the screen and double-click on the first item, “(Name).” Change the default name to “MyNotePad.\" Double-click on the “Caption” property and change this name to “My Note Pad.\"
4. Double-click on the TextBox icon in the toolbox panel on the left of the screen to add this to the form. Click on the new control and use the drag handles to enlarge the TextBox to nearly the size of the form itself. Locate the TextBox control in the Properties panel on the right of the screen and make these changes:<br /><br />(Name) = MyNote<br />Multiline = True<br />ScrollBars = 3-Both
5. Click “Tools” in the top VB6 menu and select “Menu Editor.” Make these changes in the Menu Editor box that opens, clicking “Next” after each of the first two menus and “Exit” after the last one as shown below:<br /><br />Caption = Print<br />Name = mnuPrint<br />Click “Next”<br />Caption = Save<br />Name = mnuSave<br />Click “Next”<br />Caption = Exit<br />Name = mnuExit<br />Click “OK”
6. Open the Code window by clicking on “View” and then “Code” in the top level VB6 menu. Type the following lines of code exactly as they appear below:<br /><br />Sub form_load()<br />End Sub<br />Function SaveMyNote(MyNote As Control, CommonDialog1 As CommonDialog, Filename As String) As Boolean<br />Dim fNum As Integer<br />On Error GoTo ExitNow<br />CommonDialog1.Filter = \"Text Files | *.txt\"<br />CommonDialog1.Filename = Filename<br />CommonDialog1.CancelError = True<br />CommonDialog1.ShowSave<br />Filename = CommonDialog1.Filename<br />fNum = FreeFile()<br />Open Filename For Output As #fNum<br />Print #fNum, MyNote.Text<br />GO<br />Close #fNum<br />SaveMyNote = True<br />ExitNow:<br />End Function<br />Private Sub mnuPrint_Click()<br />With CommonDialog1<br />.PrinterDefault = True<br />.ShowPrinter<br />Printer.Print MyNote.Text<br />Printer.EndDoc<br />End With<br />End Sub<br />Private Sub mnuSave_click()<br />Dim Filename As String<br />If SaveMyNote(MyNote, CommonDialog1, Filename) Then<br />MsgBox \"Your note has been saved to \" & Filename<br />End If<br />End Sub<br />Private Sub mnuExit_Click()<br />End<br />End Sub
7. Press “F5” to run the program. Type whatever you like in the box and print or save it using the menu items.

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How to Repair a Side

1. Login to the Windows operating system using your administrator name and password.
2. Click 'Start,' 'Control Panel,' 'System and Security,' and 'Administrative Tools.'
3. Double-click 'Event Viewer.' The Event Viewer opens.
4. Click the arrow next to 'Windows Logs,' then click 'Application' in the left pane of the Event Viewer.
5. Double-click the 'Side by Side' error located under the 'Source' heading of the Event Viewer. Note that you can click the 'Source' heading to view the error list in alphabetical order. The Event Properties window opens.
6. Click the 'General' tab of the Event Properties window and read the information to determine what resource you are missing. For example, if the information states that 'Microsoft.VC90.MFC, processorArchitecture='x86', publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b', type='win32', version='9.0.21022.8' could not be found,' it means you are missing '9.0.21022.8 version of Microsoft.VC90.MFC' and you must download it. If you are a less experienced user, click 'Event Log Online Help.' This will take you to a page that provides step by step instructions for how to fix your specific error.

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How to Fix a Run

1. Go online and log on to the Microsoft Windows Script website http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en (see the Resources section of this article) and download Microsoft’s runtime script update that will repair Error 429.
2. Click the "Download" button in the Microsoft website and click on the "Save" button in the "File Download-Security Warning" dialog window.
3. Download the update to a location chosen on your hard drive. Do this by clicking on the “Save" button in the "Save As" dialog window.
4. Locate the downloaded file in the hard drive location you selected in the previous step. Double-click the executable file and click on the "Run" button in the "Open File-Security Warning" dialog window.
5. Confirm the "Windows Script 5.6" update installation by clicking the "Yes" button. Click on "Yes" again after reading and agreeing to the Microsoft license agreement. After this, the update will install to your computer.
6. Click on the "OK" button in the "Windows Script 5.6 is now installed!" window to complete the installation process. Runtime Error 429 is now rectified.

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How to resolve HAL.dll, NTLDR, and many boot failure errors in Windows XP and Windows 2000

1. First reboot your PC and when the Windows progress bar appears press the F8 key.
2. Once you press F8 the choices presented may include Recovery Console
(Recovery Console is an optional feature that is sometimes included in
startup so hopefully the manufacturer of your PC included it in your F8
options). If Recovery Console is not an F8 menu option then proceed to the next step. Skip to step 8 if the Recovery Console option is available.
3. Obtain a Windows XP or Windows 2000 installation CD/DVD, place the CD/DVD into the CD/DVD drive of your PC and then reboot the computer.
4. If the computer fails to boot from the CD/DVD disk then you will need to change the boot order of the PC so that the PC is configured to boot from the CD/DVD drive first. To change the boot order, reboot the PC and then look on the computer display for a message that instructs you to press a specific key to enter "Setup" (the key is usually F2, F12 or Del). Press the key QUICKLY and the display will then redirect to the Bios configuration pages for the PC motherboard. Navigate through the pages (usually using the up and down arrow keys, tab, and the page up and page down keys) until you find the "Boot Order" menu.
5. Next, move the CD/DVD drive to the top of the list.
6. Save the motherboard Bios boot order configuration by either navigating to the "Save and Exit" menu item or by pressing F10 (most motherboards support the F10 save configuration option).
7. Now reboot the computer with the Windows installation CD/DVD and let it run through the system check process. When the menu option to press R to enter the Recovery Console appear, press R (and in Windows 2000 press C to start the Recovery Console), and then select the Windows installation that you need to repair.
8. Once you have selected the Recovery Console your PC will display a command prompt and ask for your administrator password - enter the password and you will be logged into the Recovery Console.
9. The two options that you need to use to resolve the boot issue are Fixmbr and Fixboot. Fixmbr is a tool designed to repair a corrupt Master Boot Record on your hard drive. Fixboot is a tool designed to edit boot files such that they point to the correct location of the Windows system files. Type Fixboot and then press the Enter key and then reboot. If the issue is not resolved then go back into the Recovery Console and type Fixmbr, press the Enter key, and then reboot.

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How to Fix Illegal Error Messages in Windows XP

1. Navigate to the 'Resources' section of this article and download the 'RemoveWGA 1.2 program.' (It's free.)
2. Double click on the program (no installation required) and it will tell you WGA is running and ask if you want to remove it. Click 'Yes.'
3. The program will ask you to reboot your computer. Click 'Yes.' When the computer reboots, after you log in, you will see a prompt from Windows asking if you want to run RemoveWGA. Click on 'Run' and it will remove all traces of the Illegal Error Message in just a few seconds. Enjoy an illegal-error-messages-free screen!

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How to Access All DLL Files in Windows XP

1. Boot up your Windows XP computer. Click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.
2. Click on the "Tools Menu" from the My Computer window. Select "Folder Options" and click "View." Scroll down and look for an option to see "hidden" files and folders.
3. Click on "Show Hidden Files and Folders." Look to see if the "Hide" Extensions" option is selected; if so, click on it to deselect. Click "OK" to commit this change.
4. Using Windows Explorer, you should now be able to access, read and even delete hidden (registered) DLL files. Simply click to open up the file. You can now delete these files just as you would delete other files from your system, but do not remove DLL files unless you know what you are doing and you are quite certain that the file is no longer needed.
5. Repeat the above procedure to undo the change and make all DLL files "hidden" again.

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How to Check for Missing Dll Files

1. Press the Start button in the lower-right corner of your screen, and navigate to the Accessories menu to find the entry for Command Prompt. Alternately, you can type 'cmd' in the Start menu's search bar, in more recent versions of Windows.
2. Right-click on the Command Prompt icon and select 'Run as administrator.' Enter your administrative password.
3. Look at the window that appears. This is Command Prompt---an important program you can think of as a sort of mini-DOS within Windows, or an expanded version of the Run dialog that allows you to see any text output a command gives you. You'll see your operating system's version information, followed by 'C:\Windows\system32>' and a blinking cursor.
4. Type 'sfc /scannow' and press Enter. This will run the System File Checker, a text-based program that will look through all your system files, DLLs included, and replace any that are missing or damaged. This will take some time, so feel free to do something else until the process finishes. File Checker will show you the percentage of the scan completed, and print a list of any integrity violations discovered and fixed.

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How to Fix Dnsapi.Dll

1. Go to the free DLL download website (see link in Resources) and click 'Download dnsapi.dll.'
2. Click 'Save' in the confirmation pop-up, navigate to the location on your hard drive where you want to save the file and click 'Save' to begin the download.
3. Right-click the saved DLL file and select 'Copy.' Go to the 'Start' menu, click 'Computer' or 'My Computer,' double-click the 'C:' drive, double-click the 'Windows' folder and then the 'System32' folder. Right-click anywhere in a blank space and select 'Paste.'
4. Go to the 'Start' menu, type 'run' in the 'Start Search' box and hit 'Enter.' (Windows XP users: Go to the 'Start' menu and click 'Run.') Type the following command in the search field and hit 'Enter' to register the DLL:Regsvr32 'C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll'Click 'Yes' in the pop-up to confirm the registration.
5. Restart your computer.

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