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Many new Internet Explorer 8 users are encountering a toolbar message "add-ons have been disabled." This is due to an incompatibility with the older Google toolbar. To fix the error, all you need to do is download the latest Google Toolbar. Get it here: http://toolbar.google.com/

If you do not have the Google toolbar installed, this may be due to another outdated toolbar, so check those as well.

Lost your Windows XP password? Here's a workaround you can use, using system repair using your Windows XP CD.

1. Initiate a system repair using your Windows CD.
(if you need a reference, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx)

2. After XP setup copies installation files to your computer, your system will reboot. After reboot, XP setup will initiate the setup/repair process. At this time, press Shit + F10.

3. In command prompt, type control userpasswords2 and press Enter.

4. Click on the Advanced Tab, and under Advanced user management, click on the Advanced button.

5. Click on the Users folder in the left pane. In the right pane, you should see all available users.

6. Right click the user you would like to edit credentials to, and select set password.

7. Enter your new password.

8. Allow XP setup to complete. You will now be able to login under the new passwords you specified!

Many new Internet Explorer 8 users have been experiencing an issue where the toolbar appears black. Browser functionality is fine. Users can workaround the bug by going to display properties, selecting an alternate color scheme, and then going back to the preferred color scheme.

Other have selected an alternate theme, under the Themes tab, also in display properties.

If this fails, you can go back to the appearance tab, and select the Windows Classic style; though your Desktop will be brought back to a pre-windows look and feel.

Hopefully the bug is fixed soon!

NOTE: May also be a video driver issue, though updating video drivers did not work for me; I have noticed that the video output is a bit choppy after upgrading to Internet Explorer 8.

Update: I found a more recent video driver for my video card (May 2009), and it seemed to have resolved the issue.

You Removed Internet Explorer from your Desktop and cannot find the checkbox either to activate it again under the "Customize Desktop" of the Desktop tab in Display Properties.

Get the fix here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9643462

Speed up Windows Shutdown

Go to Registry Editor (Start, Run, Regedit)
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/desktop. In the right pane, double-click WaitToKillAppTimeout and change to 1000. For slower shutdown, change to a larger number.

Source: http://www.cnet.com/8301-13880_1-9900788-68.html?part=rss

A great site for troubleshooting, with employees from Microsoft, Sandy, and Twitter there to answer your questions. An email response is sent to you once your question has been answered.

Great for finding solutions to new programs:
http://getsatisfaction.com/

This works in an exchange outlook environment:
1. Login to Outlook web access as the user having the issue.
2. Go to Tasks and create a new task. Save the task
3. Now go back to the user's client outlook. Go to actions, select Save Task Order. Create a new task and save.

How to unlock XP with a lost password
1. Restart computer with ERD Bootable CD (set bios to boot from CD)
2. Select folder where XP is installed
Follow the prompts.
3. Go to START, Administrative Tools, Locksmith
4. Follow the prompts in Locksmith Wizard. Select account that you want to reset and enter new credentials.
Restart.

In Firefox,
- Type about:config in the address bar
set network.http.pipelining to true
set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 10

Firefox now browses faster

In IE7
- go to START, Run, and type regedit. Click ok
- go to HKEY_Current_User > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Internet Settings
- create two DWORD keys there:
MaxConnectionsPerServer (set to 10 Decimal)
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server (set to 10 Decimal)

Close registry editor and launch IE. Browsing is now faster

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