Microsoft Quick Tips

Do you find it iritating when Windows pops up an error message similar to the following, and you want to write the message down :-

Rather than memorising the error message, or taking a screen shot of the error, there is a simple way to grab the text of the error.

Simply press CTRL+C whilst the error is highlighted on the screen. Now open your choice of text editor and paste in the error - you’ll be pleased to see all of the error text.

e.g.

---------------------------microsoftquicktips.com

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Windows cannot find 'microsoftquicktips.com'. Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click
the Start button, and then click Search.

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OK

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You open Task Manager but then wonder how you can close task manager… You then realise the Menu/Navigation bar is missing and the usual tabs are missing (Applications, Processes etc.).

This is called ‘Tiny Footprint’ mode.

You can of course kill the task manger process to close task manager, alternatively you can switch it back to normal mode.

To do this, simply double click on the top border section of the task manager and it will return to normal mode.

There are certain reasons that cause your event log to fill up (application log, security log etc. ) and you receive a message along the lines of ‘the security log on this system is full’.
You now need to either clear the log or change the settings to enable the security log to overwrite events as needed. So…

• right click on my computer
• choose manage
• expand event viewer

from here you can right mouse click on the log in question. Now you can clear the log, or go into the properties and change to ‘overwrite events as needed’.

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem and needed to close.

This error (I believe) is restricted to Windows XP Service pack 2 and is resolved by installing a Windows Update. This can be found using Windows update.

If you would like to open Internet Explorer in Full Screen (Kiosk) mode simply use “iexplore.exe -k” (from the Run option of the Start Menu).

Alternatively, you could create a desktop shortcut - or add a shortcut in your Startup folder if you want it opening automatically on startup.