How to Fix Windows XP Errors

1. Log on to the online 'Windows XP Solution Center' at Microsoft.com.
2. Click on 'Windows XP Fix it Solutions.' This will take you to a new page on the Solution Center website.
3. Scroll the webpage until you notice the appropriate 'error message' or a description of the error you're trying to fix. When you've located the specific error, click on it. This will take you to a new page.
4. Scroll through the 'Problem Description' until you reach the 'Fix it for me' heading. Click on the button labeled 'Fix this problem,' indicated visually by an icon of a mechanic holding a wrench.
5. Click 'Run' when the 'File Download' box pops up. After the 'Fix it for me' program finishes automatically repairing the problem, you will typically be prompted to restart your computer. After your computer boots back up, the error should be fixed.
6. Go to Microsoft's 'Computer Manufacturers' Contact Information' page if the problem persists, and contact your computer's manufacturing company using the toll-free telephone numbers provided. According to Microsoft.com, 'if your Microsoft product was installed on your computer when you purchased it,' as is the case with almost all PCs using Windows XP, 'the computer manufacturer is your primary source of technical support.'

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How to Make a Notepad in Visual Basic

Create a Notepad Program
1. Start Visual Basic.
2. Select a new project and click on the 'OK' button.
3. Click on the 'OLE' control icon in the tool box (on the left-hand side of the Visual Basic interface).
4. Draw a square in the form window. A dialogue box will appear.
5. Select 'Create New' from the 'Insert Object' dialogue box.
6. Scroll down the text box. Click on 'Microsoft Notepad' and click on the 'OK' button.
7. Press the F5 function key on your keyboard. This action runs the program so you can test it out before you save your work. Click inside of the text box and type. Click on the 'Properties' window to customize the look of your Notepad program. The properties for background color, appearance, border style and font are on the right-hand side of the interface. Set the background color to 'white,' the appearance to '3D' (or 'flat' if you prefer a two-dimensional appearance), the border style to 'single' (one line around the notepad text area) and the font to 'Times New Roman' (or another commonly used font).
8. Make your Notepad an executable program. This means making the program capable of being run outside of Visual Basic and on any computer. Click on the 'Project' menu and select 'Project Properties.' This opens a dialogue box for customizing your current project and Visual Basic itself.
9. Click on the 'General' tab to view the general project options. Click on the list box under 'Startup Object,' and then select 'Form1,' which contains the Notepad object. This action will cause the form to be loaded immediately upon running the program.
10. Click on the 'Make' tab. Type in the name of your program, 'My First Notepad,' for example. Click on 'Options' below the 'OK' button. Type the name you'd like displayed when Notepad is running, such as 'Custom Notepad.' This name is different from the file name. File names are not displayed when the application is running. Click on the 'Save in' list box to select the location where you want to save your Notepad program. Click on the 'OK' button. Your program is now saved.
Customize the notepad icon
11. Open the Notepad project you created.
12. Scroll down the 'Properties' window. Click on the three dots next to 'Icon.'
13. Select the icon you want to represent your Notepad program. Click on the 'Open' button.
14. Create a new version of your Notepad program using a shortcut to make it executable. Click on the 'File' menu and then select 'Make.exe.' Click on the 'OK' button to save your new Notepad program.

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How to Fix Problems with Internet Explorer 8 with Vista

1. Click the 'Tools' menu located on the top of your IE8 browser and click 'Internet Options.'
2. Click the 'Advanced' tab and click 'Reset.' Click 'Reset' again in the 'Reset Internet Explorer Settings' box. When the reset process completes, restart your web browser.
3. Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 and reinstall a fresh copy if you are still having problems. To do so, click the Windows 'Start' menu on the desktop and click the 'Control Panel.'
4. Click 'Programs' and click 'Program and Features.' Click 'View installed updates.' Click 'Internet Explorer 8' and click 'Uninstall.' When the un-installation process completes, restart your computer.
5. Go to the Internet Explorer download page to download a fresh copy of the web browser (see 'Resources'). Click 'Download Now'
6. Select your country/region and select 'Windows Vista.' Click 'Download' and click 'Run' to launch the installation wizard. Follow the guided prompts to reinstall the browser. When prompted, restart your computer.

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How to Reinstall Winsock.Dll on Windows XP

1. Insert the Windows XP installation CD into the computer.
2. Restart the PC. Press any key as prompted to boot from CD drive.
3. Press 'Enter' at the welcome screen, and 'F8' to agree to the license terms.
4. Highlight the drive containing Windows XP. Press 'R' to repair the installation, copying fresh versions of all DLL files, including Winsock.DLL.

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How to Repair Computer Speeds With Freeware

1. Open your Internet browser. Go to a computer website that offers freeware listings, such as MajorGeek, PC World, PCMag or Softpedia. Navigate to the anti-virus or anti-malware section first. Look for an anti-virus program, such as SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or Avast Antivirus. Click the download link and save the anti-virus freeware program to your hard drive.
2. Go to the 'utilities,' 'PC optimization' or 'all-in-one' section of the freeware-download website. Look for an all-in-one freeware program. Read the descriptions of each program and select one that has multiple utilities, such as a registry cleaner, system and junk-file cleaner, hard-disk cleaner and defragmenter. Examples of programs that contain such functions include 360Amigo System Speedup, PC Health Optimizer Free Edition by Retina-X Studios, the TweakNow PowerPack 2010, IOBit's IOBit Toolbox, GIGATweaker, RegToy and Glarysoft's Glary Utilities. Select a program and click the program's download link to save the freeware to your hard drive.
3. Double-click the anti-virus and all-in-one optimization freeware's installation file. Follow the onscreen prompts to select a hard drive folder for the program, create optional shortcuts on the desktop and install the program on your system.
4. Double-click the anti-virus software program to open it, or click on the program from the Start Menu's 'All Program' list. Select the 'quick scan' option, if available. Click the 'Scan' button and wait for the anti-virus program to check your system for viruses, trojans and spyware. Review the results of the scan and, since many anti-virus programs select the infected files automatically, click the 'Fix' or 'Remove' button to have infected files cleaned and removed.
5. Open the all-in-one or PC optimizer freeware program. Click on each of the modules or sections the program contains and select either the 'Scan,' 'Next' or 'Find Errors' button, depending on the wording of the program and the particular function you're running. For example, Glary Utilities contains a 'Scan Registry' button, while 360Amigos System Speedup contains a 'Find Errors' button in the registry section. Wait for the program to carry out the task or system scan. Click the 'Clean' or 'Repair' button to allow the freeware to optimize and finish the cleanup of your system.

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How to Fix Runtime Error R6025

1. Close down the program entirely that threw the R6205 runtime error message. Press "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" and select "Start Task Manager."
2. Click the "Processes" tab and click on the "Image Name" column header. Scroll down through the list of programs and check to make sure the original program that gave the error message is not on the list. Click on the name of the program if it is in the list and choose "End Process."
3. Close the task manager window and click the Windows "Start" button. Select "Control Panel" and choose "Uninstall a Program" under the Programs section. Select from the list of currently installed programs the program that caused the error and click "Uninstall.
4. Click on the Windows "Start" button, type "cleanmgr" into the Search field and press "Enter." Click on "Files from all users" if it asks and select "Continue." Choose the drive where the program was installed, check the boxes next to "Temporary Internet Files," "Temporary Files," "Recycle Bin," "Downloaded Program Files" and "Setup Log Files." Click "OK" and select "Delete Files."
5. Wait for the program to finish cleaning the files on your hard drive. Re-start the computer. Insert the installation CD for the program you deleted earlier or go to the website of the manufacturer and download the program again. Install the program.
6. Open the software program by double-clicking on its desktop icon or clicking on the name of the program in the "Start" menu under All Programs. Attempt to use the program to make sure the runtime error message does not appear again.

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How to Remove a Javaw.Exe Error

1. Uninstall Java by clicking 'Start' and then 'Control Panel.' From 'Control Panel' select 'Add or Remove Programs.' A new window will appear that lists all the software available on the computer. Scroll down to 'Java,' select it and click 'Remove.'
2. Navigate to the Java download site through the link provided in Resources.
3. Download the software from the site.
4. Follow the prompts to install the software. Before you'll be allowed to finish, you must close out all programs and applications using the Internet (e.g., web browser, instant messenger, Microsoft Outlook). This must be done because several of these programs will be updated with Java, and this cannot be executed while they are open. Once the programs are closed, the software will completely install. Now go back to the page you were attempting to view. The Javaw.exe error should not appear.

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How to Remove the User32.Dll Virus

Remove the Virus Completely
1. Open the antivirus software that is installed on your computer by double-clicking the icon in the taskbar. Click the 'Scan Now' or 'Start Scan' button on the main page of the application. Note any recurring names in the files that appear in the list of broken and corrupted files found during the scan. Choose the 'Delete Files' option to remove the files from the system.
2. Go to the 'Start' menu of the computer, then 'All Programs.' Open the 'Accessories' folder and select 'Run.' Type 'regedit' in the 'Run' box and press 'Enter.' The Registry Editor comes up on the screen.
3. Pull down the 'Edit' menu and choose 'Find.' Enter one of the recurring names that you noted from the antivirus scan and press 'Enter' to highlight the first registry entry that includes that name. To remove the file, right-click on the highlighted entry and select 'Delete' from the menu.
4. Return to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Find' again. Enter the recurring name again and press 'Enter.' Delete the highlighted entry. Continue doing this until the Registry Editor finds no further entries that include that name.
Fix the User32.Dll File
5. Try automatically updating your Windows drivers. To update the drivers, go to 'Start,' 'All Programs,' 'Accessories,' and select 'Run.' Type 'wupdmgr' into the 'Run' box and press 'Enter.' Windows automatically finds available updates on the Internet and installs them to the computer. It is possible that the User32.Dll file will be replaced during this process.
6. Open the program that gave you the User32.Dll error message to see if the problem is gone. If the error message appears again, you must reinstall the program, along with other programs that rely on the driver.
7. Go to the 'Start' menu and navigate back to 'Run.' Enter 'cmd' in the 'Run' box and press 'Enter' to bring up the command prompt. Type 'tasklist /m User32.dll' at the prompt and press 'Enter.' A list of all programs using the User32.Dll file displays on the screen. Note all of these programs. Programs that are the usual culprits are email applications, like Outlook, and Internet applications, like Internet Explorer.
8. Open the 'Start' menu again, go to the Control Panel, and click the 'Add/Remove Programs' or 'Uninstall a Program' option in the list. Scroll to the program name that you want to uninstall in the program list and right-click on the program name. Select 'Uninstall,' confirm the action if prompted and the program is removed.
9. Restart the computer between every program removal and try to open one of the other programs that uses the User32.Dll file. If the programs open, you don't need to uninstall any further programs. Once you have found the culprit, you can reinstall all of the programs by downloading them online or using the installation CD that you originally used to install the programs.

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How to Fix Dwwin.EXE DLL

1. Click your 'Start' button and then click on the 'Run' box.
2. Type 'Scanregw.exe' into the box and then click on the 'OK' button.
3. Wait for the scan to complete. This should take about 20 minutes, but if your registry has multiple corruptions, it could take up to an hour to complete.
4. Click the 'Restart' option when prompted on the screen. The computer will shutdown normally. Once the computer restarts, the problem will be fixed.

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How to Fix Runtime Error 53

1. Open the 'Start' menu by clicking on the desktop window's 'Start' button. Click on 'Control Panel.'
2. Find and double-click the CD icon by the 'Programs and Features' option under the 'Control Panel.' A programs list will appear.
3. Browse through the list and find the program that spawned the 'Runtime Error 53' message. Click on this program and click on the 'Uninstall' button located on the top of the 'Programs and Features' window.
4. Follow the steps in the program's uninstall wizard to fully uninstall the program from your computer system. Reboot your computer and the 'Runtime Error 53' error should be gone.
5. Insert the uninstalled program's installation disc into your computer's CD/DVD drive.

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How to Delete Aticfx32.dll

1. Open the Start menu by clicking the circular button on the left-side of the taskbar.
2. Type 'Uninstall a Program' into the search box on the Start menu.
3. Press the 'Enter' key.
4. Select the program labeled 'ATI Display Drivers.'
5. Click the 'Uninstall' button to remove the ATI Display Driver. Once you restart your computer, the Atifx32.dll file will be removed from your computer.

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How to Repair Dll Files

1. Back up all critical data to an external hard drive before attempting to repair .dll files.
2. Insert the Windows XP installation CD into the disc drive of your PC.
3. Restart your computer and hit any key on the keyboard when prompted to boot to the CD.
4. Hit the 'Enter' key to begin the Windows setup process.
5. Press 'F8' to accept the Windows license agreement.
6. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the hard drive partition on which the operating system is currently installed.
7. Press the 'R' key to begin the repair installation. The program will now load fresh copies of all the necessary .dll files and replace the corrupted ones on your computer. When the process finishes, your computer will reboot automatically.

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How to Repair RUNDLL Errors

Backup the Registry
1. Click 'Start' and then right-click on 'Computer' and select 'Properties.'
2. Click 'System Protection.'
3. Click the 'System Protection' tab and then click 'Create.' The 'Create A Restore Point' window opens.
4. Type 'registry backup' into the empty box and click 'Create.'
5. Click 'OK.' The registry is now backed up. This is important because in the next section you will delete a registry entry. Deleting the wrong registry entry can cause significant system-wide errors. Having the registry backed up will help avoid a serious problems if something goes wrong.
Repair Rundll Errors
6. Click 'Start' and type 'regedit' into the 'Search Programs and Files' box and press 'Enter.' The Registry Editor opens.
7. Locate the following registry entry in the left pane of the Registry Editor and click on it.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Run\
8. Right-click 'Rundll32.exe' and select 'Delete.'
9. Close the Registry Editor.

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How to Fix Winsock Errors

1. Open your Web browser and go to dll-download-system link. Search for 'Winsock.dll.' Download 'Winsock.dll.' Choose to save the file onto your Windows desktop.
2. Go to your Windows desktop and right-click on the 'Winsock.dll' file.
3. Go to 'Start,' and click 'Computer.' Navigate to the following folder path: 'C:\windows\system32.' Paste the Winsock.dll file within the 'System32' folder.
4. Select 'Yes' to replace the existing old file.
5. Go to 'Start' and type in the search box 'cmd' and press 'Enter.' This will open the command prompt.
6. Type at the command prompt 'Regsvr32 winsock.dll' and press 'Enter.'
7. Type 'Exit' to exit the command prompt. Restart your computer.

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How to Fix the Svc Host.Exe Application Error

1. Press the “Windows+R” keys on your keyboard. This will open the Run text box.
2. Type “services.msc” in the Run text box. Press the "Enter" key.
3. Double-click the “Automatic Updates” section on the right side of the pane.
4. Select the “Log-on” tab at the top of the Automatic Updates screen.
5. Look at the radio button next to “Local System Account.” If the button is not lit, click on it to enable this service.
6. Disable “Allow Service to Interact With Desktop” by clicking the box if it is checked.
7. Navigate to “Hardware Profile” in the center of the Log on screen. Click to enable this service if there is not check mark next to it. Click on “Profile 1” if it is disabled.
8. Move to the “General” tab at the top of the dialog box. Set the startup type to “Automatic” via the drop-down menu.
9. Click on the boxes to enable the services for both “Service Status” and "Background Intelligent Transfer Service.” Close the window.
10. Press “Windows+R” on your keyboard to open the Run text box. Type “CMD” in the text box to open the command screen.
11. Type in the following commands at the C: prompt. After you type each line, hit enter and wait for confirmation, such as “DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded.”REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL
12. Type “cd %windir%” at the C: prompt. Press the "Enter" key.
13. Enter “ren SoftwareDistribution SD_OLD” at the C: prompt and press the "Enter" key.
14. Input “net start WuAuServ” at the C: prompt. Press the "Enter" key.
15. Close the command window and reboot your computer.

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