WinXP: Six Wonderful Questions and Answers for the Operating System

First, the group policy cannot be used after the program is disabled.

Q: I have set up only run iexplore.exe and Winamp.exe in the Windows XP Group Policy. Clicked "Save", and now Group Policy is not available. Is there any way to restore the disabled Group Policy?

A: You can restore the settings by restarting the computer, pressing the F8 key when the boot menu appears, selecting the "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" option in the Windows Advanced Options menu, and then in the command Run mmc.exe at the prompt. In the "Console" window that opens, click "File → Add /Delete Snap-in → Add → Group Policy → Add → Finish → Close → OK", now you have added a Group Policy console, then the original Change the settings back and re-enter Windows.

Second, "Add /Remove Programs" can not be used

Q: I am using Windows XP, recently installed some software, when I use "Control Panel" in the "Add /When the program is uninstalled, the "Add/Remove Programs" window is automatically closed when it is opened, which makes it impossible to uninstall the software. How do I get the "Add/Remove Programs" to return to normal?

A: You can open the "command prompt" window, enter "regsvr32 mshtml.dll" (Note: do not include quotes, the same below), enter, enter "regsvr32 shdocvw.dll -i" , press Enter, type "regsvr32 shell32.dll -i", press Enter, and the "Add/Remove Programs" component will be re-used.

Third, the system tray can not hide the icon

Q: I am using the Windows XP system, regardless of the icon display mode setting in the custom notification of the taskbar properties, once the computer is restarted It will return to the state of the display icon. When observing changes in the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersi onExplorerTrayNotify item from the registry, it was found that there was no change in the values ​​of "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStre am" in the item. After deleting the TrayNotify item, Windows cannot automatically create "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream". what should I do?

A: First create a new "TaryNotify" item in the original location of the registry; then open the "Task Manager", click the Process tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process; then in the "Task In the Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK; then select the "Hide Inactive Icons" item in the taskbar properties, click Apply; finally enter the custom notification to set accordingly. Click OK to exit. To clear the "past items" in the notification area, just delete the "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream" values, do not delete the "TrayNotify" item.