Attach Third Monitor Using Onboard Video

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May 292012
 

I had tried several years ago to attach a third monitor using the onboard video along with the PCI-Express video card.  I tried several different configurations but found out this type of solution was not supported.  I happened to catch an episode of Defrag on Channel 9 that said it was possible to do with newer systems.  So once again I tried to connect a third monitor using the onboard video along with a PCI Express Video card.  Thankfully it worked this time around.  I finally have my third monitor up and running without having to purchase any additional hardware.  I have not been able to pinpoint what happened to allow this.  If you have bought a computer in the past couple of years it will probably work.

Defrag Show Link:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-WHSMC-Error-1325-Using-Onboard-VGAPCI-Video

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Missing Security Tab In XP

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Sep 292010
 

Its amazing how quickly we can forget small options in operating systems that we no longer normally use.  I came across one example tonight when working on an XP machine for a friend.  I had to do the song and dance of removing the old hard drive from the computer and putting it in an external drive.  I then hooked up to their old XP machine and quickly realized I did not have a security tab under folder properties.  This was essential in order to change security on the files in order to copy them over.  It took me a little bit to remember the below steps in XP to make the security tab visible on a home machine.

1.  Launch Windows Explorer
2.  Open up folder options under the tools on the menu bar.
3.  Click on the view tab.
4.  Under advanced settings uncheck “use simple file sharing (recommended).
5.  Click OK.

There is one last very important piece of information that you might over look.  In order to see the security tab you also have to be logged into the machine with administrator privileges.

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XP Reigsitry Fix To Allow .EXE Files To Run Again

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Apr 112010
 

There are allot of things that can happen to your XP install when it gets infected with a virus.  The most common viruses usually disable the ability to run .exe files to cripple the operating system for the general end user.  If you run across this you can copy the below text into a .reg file and run it.  This will fix the issues of not being able to run .exe, but will not remove the root cause which is usually a virus.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion"
"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PEAnalyser]
@="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]
@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"


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