How to Fix Errors on a Computer With Freeware

1. Download a registry cleaning program such as ErrorFix, RegCleaner, CCleaner, or any other piece of freeware dedicated to cleaning the computer's registry. Over time, this area of the computer will build up with unneeded files--purging these files with free software can fix errors on your machine, improving its performance.
2. Install your chosen registry-cleaning program to your main hard drive.
3. Defragment the drive by going to the 'Start' menu, to the 'All Programs' list, the 'Accessories' folder, then the 'System Tools' folder.
4. Select your main hard drive (usually the 'C' drive) and press the 'Defragment Now' button.
5. Open your registry-cleaning program and press the 'Scan Now' button.
6. Press the 'repair' button when the scan is complete to fix your registry, solving many common computer errors.

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How to Fix a Checksum Error

1. Click 'Start' followed by 'Shut down' and select 'Restart' from the list. When your computer starts booting up, press and hold the 'F10' key. Your computer's system BIOS information will be displayed. Write down the information listed in the BIOS, such as the booting sequence for the computer's devices and the time and date. Click 'ESC' and then 'Y' to exit the BIOS screen when you finish recording the information. Your computer will finish booting up and load your operating system.
2. Turn off your computer. Click 'Start' and then 'Shut down' or 'Turn off computer.'
3. Unplug the power cable of your computer and remove the battery if it has one. Take off the outer casing of your computer by carefully removing the screws and sliding the cover off.
4. Find the CMOS battery, which is located on the motherboard. The motherboard is a rectangular-shaped circuit board and the battery is a silver-colored, round-shaped button cell. It is usually resting in a socket directly on top of the motherboard with the positive pole of the battery facing up. Carefully remove the battery from the socket.
5. Place the new CMOS battery in the socket with the positive side facing up. Replace the outer casing of your computer and plug the power cable back into the wall socket.
6. Press your computer's power button. Press the 'F10' key when the computer starts to boot up to enter the BIOS screen.
7. Enter the BIOS information that you previously recorded in the BIOS screen if there are any changes. Change the date and time and any parameters that are different from your recorded BIOS settings. Press 'ESC' followed by 'Y' when you are finished. Your computer will complete the boot-up process.

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How to Remove a Regcure License

1. Download the Unregister tool from Paretologic's website (see 'Resources').
2. Right-click on the Unregister tool. Select 'Run As Admin' from the pop-up menu. The Unregister tool will launch.
3. Choose 'Regcure' from the list of programs provided. Select 'Unregister.'
4. Reboot your PC.

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How to Remove Scansoft Addins

Unregister and Delete Addins
1. Click on 'Start' and then click on 'Run.' Windows Vista and 7 do not have a 'Run' icon, so you will need to click on the 'Start Search' field.
2. Type 'CMD' into 'Search' or 'Run,' and press the 'Enter' key. This will open a 'Command Prompt' window.
3. Type 'C:\Program Files\ScanSoft' into the command line window. Hit 'Enter.'
4. Type in your ScanSoft PDF version, such as 'PDF Converter Professional 6.' Hit 'Enter' to navigate to that folder. You can type in ''C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PDF Converter Professional 6' as one command if you are familiar with your software.
5. Type in the 'regsvr32 /u PDFCWordaddin.dll' command and hit 'Enter' (without quotes). This will unregister the first Scansoft addin file.
6. Type in 'PDF Driver\OfficeAddin' and hit 'Enter.'
7. Type in the 'regsvr32 /u ZnWordaddin.dll' command and hit 'Enter.'
8. Close out 'Command Prompt' by typing in 'Exit' and hitting 'Enter.'
Remove ScanSoft Office Addin
9. Click on 'Start' and select 'Control Panel.'
10. Double click on 'Add/Remove Programs' or 'Programs and Features' (if using Windows Vista or 7).
11. Select 'Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office' from the program list.
12. Click on the 'Uninstall' button. Confirm you wish to remove the addin by clicking on 'Continue.'
13. Restart the computer if prompted.

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How to Create a Graph in VB

1. Use the VB view menu and open the code window. Select the form from drop-down combo box situated in the top left corner. You will need to place the MSChart control on the form in VB.
2. Select the graph type like line, 3D or column. For plotting line graph, set chart type to 'VtChChartType2dLine' and proceed.
3. Take an array which is two dimensional and store the X axis and Y axis values. Assign the array to the chart data property. The first two lines will help set subsets and points. This is for the amount of data that is required while plotting the graph.
4. Use a for-next loop to pass random data into the 2-D array or type in the static data manually to set up the elements of the array. Plot the graph properties to draw the X axis first, followed by the Y axis. Set the main title and subtitle along with the axis labels.
5. To access data from an Excel worksheet, use the get-object method to obtain reference to the workbook containing the worksheet. A reference needs to be set with the Excel objects library. This will help to populate the data in the array from the Workbook.
6. Set the Row and Column properties before returning the Data property for the Graph. Use the PointActivated event in VB to set the Data property. Change the scale of the graph by using ComboBox control and make changes to Y axis. Use the CommonDialog control's color property to apply different colors using the set method in the Graph.
7. After completing the coding based on the above mentioned steps use the Run option from the Start Menu to plot the graph. The customization options can be set through the Form properties window and helps to adjust plotting method, point labels, height, width and subset line types of the Graph.

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How to Install Shell.Dll

1. Download Shell32.DLL from Windows official website.
2. Click the "My Documents" icon on your desktop, then click on "Downloads."
3. Click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop and click on "Local Disk."
4. Drag Shell32.DLL from "Downloads" to "Local Disk."
5. Open the "Start" menu and click on "Run."
6. Type "REGSVR32 Shell32.DLL" into the box and press enter to finalize the installation.

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How to Fix PC Dll for Windows 98

1. Download a replacement DLL file from a website and replace the affected DLL file with the downloaded one (see Resources).
2. Reinstall the program that the DLL works with. This will provide you with a brand new DLL in the process. Alternatively, you may be able to find the DLL on the CD or file that the program came with. You can also contact the program's technical support to see if you can secure a copy of the DLL file from them.
3. Find a replacement DLL file on another person's computer running Windows 98. You can then email the file to yourself or copy the DLL to a flash drive to replace it on your own computer.

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How to Create a PDF File in VB.Net

1. Download and install Bytescout.PDF library for .NET from the ByteScout website. You do have to pay to use this software. The price was $245.00 as of 2009.
2. Launch Microsoft Visual Studio .NET on your computer. Click 'File' then 'New' then 'Project' to open the new project wizard.
3. Select 'Windows Application' under the 'Visual Basic Projects' section. Click 'OK' to create the new project.
4. Click 'Project' from the main menu. Select 'Add Reference...' to use Bytescout.PDF. Switch to your 'Browse' tab to find the Bytescout.PDF.dll file. If you are using the free trial you will be looking for Bytescout.PDF.Demo.dll instead. When you find the file, select it to add it as a reference.
5. Double click on Form1 to add the source code for creating the PDF. When the source code editing window appears type 'Imports Bytescout.PDF' at the beginning, then copy and past the source code from the ByteScout page (see Resources).
6. Press F5 to initiate the application to create the PDF file. Once the PDF is created, it will open in your PDF reader on your computer.

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How to Reinstall Wintrust.dll

1. Open your Internet browser and navigate to the wintrust.dll download page. Click the download link and wait for the free file to completely download to your computer.
2. Right-click the file, then choose 'Extract.' This loads the Windows unzip application. The file downloads in a compressed format, so you need to extract the data before installing it. Follow the prompts of the wizard to completely unzip the downloaded file.
3. Click 'Start' then choose 'Computer.' Double-click the 'C:' drive and choose 'Windows,' then 'System 32.'
4. Click-and-drag the extracted wintrust.dll file into the open window. This installs the file back into its original location on your computer.

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How to Fix a quot;Could Not Find the Media Device for This Driverquot; Error

1. Connect your device to the computer.
2. Click the 'Start' button and then right click on the 'Computer' option.
3. Click the 'Manage' button and then click on the 'Device Manager' icon on the left side of the screen.
4. Right click on your device from the menu on the right side of the screen and select the 'Uninstall' button from the menu that appears.
5. Click the 'OK' button and then click 'Yes' to restart your computer.
6. Wait for the computer to restart and automatically reinstall the software needed for your device.

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How to Fix a NetDB Error in Cydia

1. Open iFile, iFunBox or Mobile Terminal on your iPhone or iPad. Open the 'System' folder.
2. Navigate to the '/private/etc/aptsources.list.d/cydia.list' folder. Delete the contents of that folder.
3. Find the '/private/var/lib/cydia/metadata.plist' file. Delete that file.
4. Reopen Cydia. Since you have removed any corrupted files, Cydia should open without incident. When Cydia opens, it recreates the system files and starts fresh.

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How to Install amp; Fix a Problem With ActiveX

Installing ActiveX
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Visit a website you know uses ActiveX controls. If a message appears at the top of the screen asking to download an ActiveX control, click the message.
3. Choose to allow ActiveX controls. The ActiveX controls needed for the website install automatically.
Repairing ActiveX
4. Open Internet Explorer and select 'Tools' at the top of the screen. Select the 'Manage Add-ons' option.
5. Choose 'Downloaded controls' under 'Show.' Find the ActiveX control you wish to delete from the list that appears and choose 'More information.'
6. Click 'Remove.' You may be prompted for the administrator account password. Repeat this process for every ActiveX control you wish to delete, then click 'Close.'
7. Go to the websites where you were asked to install the ActiveX controls to reinstall them.

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How to Remove or Disable the System Debugger

1. Click the 'Start' button in Windows.
2. Select the 'Run' option to enter a command.
3. Type 'regedit' in the Run input box and click the 'OK' button. The registry editor application window will appear.
4. Use the registry search function to find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
5. Delete the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug.
6. Reboot the computer. The system debugger is now disabled.

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How to Repair Net Logon Service

1. Click your 'Start' menu and click 'Control Panel.'
2. Navigate to 'System and Security' and click 'Administrative Tools.'
3. Double-click 'Services' and scroll down to the 'NetLogon Service' item. Right-click this item and click 'Properties.'
4. Select 'Manual' under 'Startup type' and click the 'Stop' button for the service. Click 'OK' and restart your computer when you finish.
5. Repeat Steps 1 to 3 and then select 'Automatic' under 'Startup type.' Click the 'Start' button and click 'OK' after the service restarts. This fixes and refreshes your Net Logon service.

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How to Use Goal Seek in Visual Basic

1. Open the Excel document in which you'd like to run your Goal Seek macro.
2. Find the two cells you would like to use for Goal Seek. The first should be the cell for which you have a fixed goal. The second should be a cell you allow Excel to change in order to fulfill that goal. The first cell's value must be a formula that is based on the second cell--otherwise, no matter what changes Excel makes to the second cell, no changes will appear in the first.
3. Open the Macro window. In Excel 2007 or later, do this by clicking on the "View" tab of the ribbon, then clicking "Macros." In earlier versions of Excel, click the "Tools" menu, choose "Macro," then choose "Macros."
4. Type a name for your Goal Seek macro in Macro window, and click "Create." This will launch the Visual Basic for Applications editor and show you the text of the new Macro, which will start out as an empty subroutine like this:Sub MyMacroName()
End Sub
5. Create a Range object representing the cell for which you have a known goal (the first cell from Step 2). For example, if you'd like to Goal Seek cell A1, write:Dim goalCell As Range
goalCell = ThisWorkbook.Worksheet(1).Range("A1")
6. Create a Range object representing the cell you'd like Excel to change to cause the first cell to reach the known goal. For example, if you'd like Excel to manipulate cell A2, write:Dim variableCell As Range
variableCell = ThisWorkbook.Worksheet(1).Range("A2")
7. Call the GoalSeek method on the goal cell's Range. As the first argument, provide the value you'd like it to Goal Seek to; as the second argument, provide the variable cell's Range. For example, if you'd like to Goal Seek to 0, write:goalCell.GoalSeek(0, variableCell)

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