Techie23

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  1. Web Browsers

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted · Edited by Techie23

    I've been out of the loop with Chrome and Opera for awhile now, how are they doing on addons/extensions?

    I still personally use Firefox, solely because of the multitude of addons it maintains, (NoScript, Smarterfox, Firebug, WOT, Stumpleupon to name a few) most of which I couldn't live without.

    As for security, when you factor in NoScript and WoT for Firefox, how does it compare to Opera and Chrome?

    Also, last time I checked, Chrome was indeed faster (Loading web pages, executing Java code) than Firefox, not sure about Opera.

    And if I remember correctly Chrome runs separate instances for tabs so your browser doesn't get locked down when one tab uses browser resources to try and resolve an issue. Hopefully that helps answer your reliability question.

  4. Registry Error, Cannot Boot.

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted · Edited by Techie23

    Operating System: Windows XP SP2

    Ok, yesterday I found out that the drive letter of my HD was not C: and this caused an error in one of my programs.

    However, since it is the boot drive, it doesn't allow you to change the drive letter easily. So I went about the more complicated way and used the Registry.

    Here is the guide I used: http://leghumped.com/blog/2007/01/09/chang...-a-boot-device/

    1. Go to the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices

    2. Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for "\DosDevices\C:".

    3. Rename it to an unused drive letter "\DosDevices\Z:".

    This frees up drive letter C.

    4. Find the drive letter you want changed. Look for "\DosDevices\D:".

    5. Rename it to the appropriate (new) drive letter "\DosDevices\C:".

    6. Click the value for \DosDevices\Z:, click Rename, and then name it back to "\DosDevices\D:".

    I realize exactly what I did. When I changed my drive letter I wanted to Z, and changed the drive I wanted (H:) to be C:, I made the mistake of not changing the Z drive back to H:

    Now, whenever I boot, it actually loads the OS, but when it gets to the Windows Login screen it freezes.

    The data on the computer needs to be intact, what would be the best way to go about fixing this? Best case scenario for me would be, being able to get back into the Registry and change the keys back.

    Appreciate any help.