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Files required to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed..

This happened to me today here are a few fixes. Solution 1 In a command prompt type the below · regsvr32 wuapi.dll · regsvr32 wups.dll · regsvr32 wuaueng.dll · regsvr32 wucltui.dll · regsvr32 atl.dll · regsvr32 msxml3.dll Solution 2 Use the Stand alone installer to install the Update Agent. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=43264

Brother HL-2240 Toner light stays on after fitting new toner

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Brother HL-2240 Toner light stays on after fitting new toner I found this and it worked great. 1. Power Unit off 2. Open front cover 3. Press and hold GO and turn power on 4. When all 3 lights lit release and press GO twice 5. All lights turn solid 6. With all solid, press GO 5 times 7. Ready light Goes red 8. Close door and you're all set 9. Some say a power off is required, it doesn't hurt :)       If you wanted to buy me a beer for these instructions please use paypal below, I have had a great response and thank you for the donations, it all helps :)        If my instructions have helped and saved you a call out, Buy me a cool beer :)  

Adobe Acrobat hangs / crashes while printing - progress bar just stays there

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Had this problem today so thought i would share the solution. Problem When pressing print on a pdf the progress bar comes up and just stays there on 0% which eventually means you have to force stop the application. Solution 1. Open Acrobat reader from whatever shortcut you use. 2. Click edit and then prefrences. 3. Click General on the Categories tab on the left hand side. 4. Untick the Enable Protected Mode at startup option at the bottom of the page. 5. Once unticked close acrobat and try and print the acrobat you had a problem with. If this has helped leave a message Mike If you wanted to buy me a beer for these instructions please use paypal below :)        Buy me a beer :)  

Error: LU1847: LiveUpdate could not determine if there is an update for this product because the update list for this product list is corrupted"

Problem When you run LiveUpdate, you see the following error message: LU1847: LiveUpdate could not determine if there is an update for this product because the update list for this product list is corrupted.   Solution This problem has more than one cause, so more than one solution is provided. To fix the problem, try each of the following solutions in the order that they appear. File-compression utilities Certain file-compression utilities, such as NetZip and ZipMagic, include a feature that allows the user to view .zip files as folders. This causes LiveUpdate to fail to recognize the Livetri.zip file, which contains the list of available updates. If NetZip or ZipMagic is installed on the computer, refer to the document that applies to your situation: Error: "LiveUpdate cannot read the list of new updates" with NetZip installed on your computer Error: "LiveUpdate cannot read the list of new updates" with ZipMagic installed on your computer Corrupted...

Exit the Fast Lane: HP System Management Homepage shows no items

Exit the Fast Lane: HP System Management Homepage shows no items

How to fix sku011.cab error office 2003

Easy steps to fix this very annoying error! 1. Click on your Start menu and select “Run…” 2. Once the dialogue box appears, type in 'regedit' and click “OK” 3. In the left tree structure, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software->Microsoft -> Office -> 11.0 -> Delivery. 4. There should be one entry under Delivery folder (e.g. {91E30409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C8} ), select that directory. 5. On the right side of the window, right-click on CDCache and select the first menu item ‘Modify’. 6. An ‘Edit String’ dialogue box will appear on your screen. Make sure to note the current value in this box incase you want to revert the changes that you have made. Change the value in the ‘Value Data:’ field to 0 and click ‘OK’. Once this is done, your registry will have been updated.  7. All done close all office programs and open them up and it should allow you access now. 

Advent 5431 - Drivers Windows Vista

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If you require Drivers for vista for the above laptop try these Windows Vista Wireless Drivers Graphics drivers etc will be pulled in from windows update. The sm bus controller can be found by using the intel driver checker website here http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?iid=dc_iduu all should now be installed If you wanted to buy me a beer for these instructions please use paypal below :)        Buy me a beer :)