Fix it: Device Manager Empty or Blank

Fix it: Device Manager Empty or Blank

What to do if you open up your device manager & its empty ! Blank !
Here's how you do it:



Click on Start, then Run, and type in REGEDT32.
Click on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window or expand that hive and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum

Now right-click on Enum and choose Permissions.
If the Group or user names list box is empty, then you know this is the problem!
It should have two names in there, System and Everyone.

Click the Add button and type in Everyone and click OK. Check the Allow box next to Read for Everyone. Now click Add again and type in System. Check the Allow box next to Read and Full Control for System. It should look like this:

Both the check boxes under Allow should be selected when you highlight System.
Also be sure to click on the Advanced button after adding both users and selecting Reset permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects.

Click OK and if a warning message comes up, just click OK.
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
You should now be able to see everything in the Device Manager.

Fix it: Windows Firewall Greyed Out

Fix it: Windows Firewall Greyed Out

If you're using windows Xp and your windows Firewall happened to be greyed out,as shown below.

Here's an easy trick to enable it back again.

-Start > Run> regedit.exe

-Go to HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall key

-Backup/Export that key first, then remove/delete WindowsFirewall branch

-Restart computer

-Windows Firewall should come back again as default

 

Fix it: Spell check does not work in Office 2007

Fix it: Spell check does not work in Office 2007

If your spell check does not work, either in your Office outlook or Office Word, this is what you should do

Step 1 

Go to Office Button > Word options > Proofing > Custome dictionary > Make
sure CUSTOM.DIC is checked.

Step 2 

Click on Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | check the
"Check spelling as you type" and "Check grammar with spelling" boxes |
uncheck the "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide
grammar errors in this document only" boxes | OK.

Step 3 

Open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to select all
of the text
Click on Review tab | Proofing: Set Language |
language> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not
check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default | OK.
Click on Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | check the
"Check spelling as you type" and "Check grammar with spelling" boxes |
uncheck the "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide
grammar errors in this document only" boxes | OK.

Step 4

In your Windows registry, if the key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing
Tools\1.0\Override" exists, delete it.

Fix it: Recent Office Documents not showing on the list

Fix it: Recent Office Documents not showing on the list 

If you have an issue with your recent documents list in any office program and it goes missing or doesn’t work, or it does not appear as per normal. Please try the following : 

This is what I'm talking about :

Click start

Click run

Type in "Regedit"

Navigate to  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create / Delete the DWORD entry called: NoRecentDocsHistory
A value of 1 will disable the Recent Documents list and 0 is to enable the list

It applies to Office 2002,Office 2003,Office 2007

Fix it: Send Via Email option is greyed out

"Send Via Email" option is greyed out

If you have an issue sending email from office word or office excel via the 'send via email option', here's what you can do :

Resolution

1. Close all programs.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem
4. Locate the following registry values. Typically, these values are listed in the Windows Messaging Subsystem key.

Name Type Data
MAPI REG_SZ 1
CMC REG_SZ 1
CMCDLLNAME REG_SZ Mapi.dll
CMCDLLNAME32 REG_SZ Mapi32.dll
MAPIX REG_SZ 1
MAPIXVER REG_SZ 1.0.0.1
OLEMessaging REG_SZ 1

5. If any of these registry values are missing, follow these steps to add the values:

a. Click the Windows Messaging Subsystem subkey, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click String Value.
b. Type the name of the missing value, and then press ENTER.
c. Click the new value, and then click Modify on the Edit menu.
d. In the Edit String dialog box, type the correct value for the missing string value in the Value data box.
e. Repeat steps 6a - 6d for each value that is missing from the table that is in step 4.

6. On the File menu, click Exit.

Typically, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Word 2007 display the correct e-mail options automatically when the required registry keys are present. If these programs do not display the e-mail options after you use the methods described here, add the e-mail options to these programs. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Program Name Options.
2. Click Customization, and then click All commands in the Commands list.
3. Click the command that you want, and then click Add to add the command to the Quick Access toolbar. For example, click Send for Review, and then click Add to add the Send for Review command to the toolbar.
4. Click OK.