I received a question in one of the posts here named Virus Removal in Safemode from a guy named Matt. He asked…
What if you have no anti-virus or anything installed? And say the virus wont allow for a normal boot, only safe mode.
Oh and the virus I believe is: brastk
I did some hunting around and from what I read there is a fairly simple way to remove the Brastk.exe virus even though it is very pesky. [click to continue…]
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I did a quick re design of the site a couple of weeks back. I noticed that the search box was missing. I have now added it in the sidebar to the right.
Sorry for missing that and happy searching 
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If you are running Windows Vista (possibly XP also) then you may have come across an error after installing Microsoft Office when you try to load up Outlook. The error will say “Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. MAPI32.DLL is corrupt or the wrong version. This could have been caused by installing other messaging software. Please reinstall Outlook.”. If you have tried uninstalling, re installing and what seems to be everything else then there is a way to get around this error message.
The general procedure to get rid of the Outlook error message is to go to c:\windows\system32\ and simply rename or delete mapi32.dll. What that process does is allows Outlook, when started, to recreate the file correctly. However, if you are running Windows Vista then you will possibly find that you do not have sufficient permissions to do so, even if you are an admin user on the PC.
To get around this problem you need to reboot your PC and press F8 right on the first boot up screen. After a few moments a menu will appear with options such as starting your PC in safe mode. Select the menu option to restore your PC (you will not actually need to restore anything and no damage will be done unless you do not follow these instruction).
After a few seconds you will be presented with a log in box. Enter your password (needs to be the username/password of an admin) and then a menu will appear. Click Open a Command Prompt Window.
Once opened you can use the command prompt just like you would in Windows. Use the following commands…
c:
cd\windows\system32
erase mapi32.dll
exit
Now reboot your PC, fire up Outlook and you should find it now works succesfully.
As always, please post any questions or comments below.
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In an office based environment it is not uncommon to see a computer screen cluttered with windows while seeing the user constantly minimise and maximise the various windows to find the data they need. Productivity in this type of setup is quite low due to the wasted time needed to take your hand off the keyboard and move the mouse around. So, what can be done to increase productivity? You can always add another screen to give your computer two displays to work with. [click to continue…]
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You have visited this page because you are probably looking for information on the process named csrss.exe which you have found in the Windows Task Manager in most Windows operating systems. Csrss.exe or Client/Server Runtime Subsystem is a component of MS based operating systems and is responsible for windows, threads and parts of the MS-DOS environment. [click to continue…]
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From time to time you may find the need to completely reinstall a new operating system on to your laptop. However, when doing this there are often times that drivers are not always installed fully and some are even missing. Luckily there is a fairly easy way to find out what laptop driver you need to get the computer working again. [click to continue…]
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In the taskmanager on Windows XP you will see a process running named DrvMon.exe. You may be wondering what is DrvMon.exe and what does it do. DrvMon.exe is short for Drive Monitor and is a piece of software made by a company named Alcor Micro. The file it’s self is non-essential and can be terminated if there are problems with it. Generally it sits their quietly and can be left alone to monitor the drives and processes on your computer. If your PC or laptop has a memory card reader then it is more then likely to be the reason that this DrvMon.exe file is actually running as it will monitor for when a memory card is inserted in the slot. [click to continue…]
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Microsoft Outlook uses PST files to store all data such as emails, attachments, calendar, contacts and tasks. If you run Outlook 2002 or below then the file system used is ANSI based which limits the PST file to 2GB. However, if you run anything above Outlook 2003 then this limit is increased to 20GB due to the Unicode format being used. ANSI is the default setting for these older versions of Outlook. [click to continue…]
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You have created videos of your new baby daughter and need to email them to all your family dotted around the world. The problem is that the files are around 75 Meg in size each and they just seems too large to email. What do you do? There are several options available which include the option to email videos or upload videos to a web service for others to download. We will explore each of the options available which will allow you to successfully send them. [click to continue…]
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You are probably reading this article as you are asking if you can disable the Windows Firewall on your PC. It is hard to give an answer of yes or no as it all depends on the set-up you have and how you connect to the internet. Lets take a look at what you have and if you can disable the firewall. [click to continue…]
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