Windows XP: Change the Logon Message

Description
Registry recipe to change the message displayed at logon.

Directions
You want to remind yourself or your users something during logon?

Wanna display your support contact information where people can always find it?

This regedit will change the message that is displayed at XP's logon.

Of course, backup your registry before making any changes.

In regedit navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Change the text in LegalNoticeCaption to set the text for the title of the message window that will be displayed.

Change the text in LegalNoticeText to set the actual message you wanted displayed.

Close regedit, reboot, and your message will be there... until somebody else goes into the registry and changes it.

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19, or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP

SYMPTOMS

After you remove either compact disc (CD) recording software or other software from your computer, your computer may exhibit the following behavior:
• In My Computer, there is no access to your CD-ROMs.

• In Device Manager, the following error message appears in connection with any CD-ROM device that is part of your computer system:

The device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device (Code 31).

• Device Manager displays the following error message:

A driver for this device was not required, and has been disabled (Code 32 or Code 31).

You may also receive an error Code 39 message that indicates that the driver is corrupted.

• Device Manager displays the following error Code 19 message, which means that the registry returned some unknown result:

Your registry might be corrupted. (Code 19)

• You may also receive the following error message:

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)


RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To resolve this behavior, follow these steps:
1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

2. Locate the UpperFilters value under the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.

4. Locate the LowerFilters value under the same key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

5. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.

6. Quit Registry Editor.NOTE: After you remove the Upperfilters value and the Lowerfilters value, if you notice lost functionality in a particular program, such as CD recording software, you may need to reinstall that software. If the problem recurs, consult with the software vendor for assistance.

7. Restart your computer.

How to fix Exchange when it misbehaves [outlook 2003]

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook

rename Outlook to anything other than Outlook, use Outlook.bak to be original.

this should cause the .msi file to rebuild the view.

readd the account, should work from here.

You receive a "File Not Found" error message when you open a file by double-clicking the file name

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Open action entry for this file type ends in %1.

If the Open action of the file type is edited and the line is restored before you press OK, a %1 is added to the registry key.

If you intentionally add a %1 to the Open action entry for this file type, a %1 is added to the registry key. If you subsequently delete the %1 from the Open action entry, the registry key remains unchanged and must be manually edited.

Additionally, this issue can occur when you manually change the file association of .xls files, or in some circumstances, when you are running multiple versions of Excel on the same computer.

RESOLUTION

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, and then click Run.
2.	In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3.	Open the following registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\command
4.	In the right pane, click (Default).
5.	On the Edit menu, click Modify.
6.	Remove the %1 from the end of the Value data string so that the data string reads as follows: "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\EXCEL.EXE" /e (including the quotation marks)
7.	Click OK, and then close Registry Editor.