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Monday 11 August 2014

How to Repair Corrupt Windows Media LIbrary Database

Please follow these steps below to resolve this error:
1. Click Start >> click Run >> type " %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player ", and then click OK .
2. Select all the files within this folder , and then delete the files. (You do not have to delete the  folders that are inthis folder.)
3 . Restart Windows Media Player. (Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.)

If this does not resolve the error, clear the Windows Media Player database cache files with the following steps:
1. Click Start >> click Run >> type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft , and then click OK.
2. Select the Media Player folder , and then click Delete on the File menu.
3. Restart Windows Media Player . (Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.)

Friday 4 July 2014

HOW TO DELETE WINDOWS.EDB FILE / HARD DRIVE GETTING FULL

How to delete windows .edb file, when file size is increasing and hard drive is getting full to capacity.

1* Check the size of the .edb file which can be located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb
    
2* Search for "Indexing Options" (Control Panel > Indexing Options) Open it.

3* Search "services" (or run "services.msc") and find "Windows Search". Stop the service.

4* Delete the Windows.edb file

4* Click "Modify" in the already-open "Indexing Options" panel, then click "Delete and Rebuild" for the index. You can also specify a different drive to store the index on.

Thanks.
Hope this helps.

Tuesday 8 April 2014

HOW TO CREATE A RAID ARRAY ON AN HP SEVER

Here is a step by step Procedure:

1 Start or restart the HP server.

2 At boot time, press F8 to enter the Integrated Lights-Out 2 setup.

3 Provide credentials at the login prompt.

4 Press Ctrl+S to open the Intel Boot Agent Setup Menu.

5 Press F8 to open the ROM Array Configuration menu.
   The Main Menu appears.

6 From the Main Menu, select Create Logical Drive and press Enter.

7 Select all physical disks under Available Physical Drives.

8 Select an appropriate RAID level under RAID Configurations.
   VMware recommends that you use RAID 5, 6, or 10.

9 Press Esc.


The HP RAID controller creates the RAID logical drive.

Wednesday 19 February 2014

HOW TO DELETE A USER PROFILE...

How to delete a user profile, with out logging the user onto a temporary profile...



1. Log on to the system by using an administrative user account other than the user account that is experiencing the problem.


2. Back up all data in the current user’s profile folder if the profile folder still exists, and then delete the profile folder. By default, the profile resides in the following location:
 %SystemDrive%\Users\UserName


3. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.


4. Locate the following registry subkey:
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList


5. Under the ProfileList subkey, delete the subkey that is named SID.bak. (meaning some folder which terminates or has .bak)


Note SID is a placeholder for the security identifier (SID) of the user account that is experiencing the problem. The SID.bak subkey should contain a ProfileImagePath registry entry that points to the original profile folder of the user account that is experiencing the problem.

Please see Figure1 below and follow steps thereafter.


 
Figure1. The .bak file is circled in red.


6. Exit Registry Editor.
 

7. Log off the system.
 

8. Log on to the system again.
 

After you log on to the system, the profile folder is re-created.
 
 
Thanks guys I hope this helps...