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The requested operation requires elevation. Windows 7 Route Add
Getting the following error while adding the route on windows 7 route -p add 172.16.1.0 Â mask 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.254 I recive this message: The requested operation requires elevation. Solution Try to run the Command Prompt with elevated privileges before running the “route” command. Simply right-click the “Command Prompt” and choose to “Run as Administrator”. That will [...]
How to Find your current IP address in Windows System
Find your current IP address and whether it is static or dynamic: Open Windows Start menu. Select Run. Type: command and click OK. At the blinking cursor, type: ipconfig /all and press Enter. Look for these entries near the end of the list: - Dhcp Enabled. No means your IP address is static. Yes means it is dynamic. - IP Address. This is your [...]
How to Assign the IP address to Windows Machine
please follow the below mentioned steps to change the ip address as well as Dns of your windows machine To set a static IP address: Open Windows Start menu. Open Control Panel. Classic view: Open Network Connections Category view: Select Network and Internet Connections, and thenNetwork Connections. Double-click on your active LAN or Internet connection. Click Properties. This opens the Local Area Connections [...]
Enable ActiveX in Internet Explorer 8
ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable software components in a programming language independent way. Software applications can then be composed from one or more of these components in order to provide their functionality. 1)  Click the Windows “Start” button, then click “Internet Explorer 8″ to launch the web browser. Click the “Tools” menu located on the top, then [...]
How to Configure ActiveX Controls
Commonly used Microsoft® ActiveX® controls are listed in the Axaa.adm file, which is installed with Windows® Internet Explorer® Administration Kit 8 (IEAK 8) in <systemdrive>:\Program Files\Windows IEAK 8\policies\<processor>\<language>. As an administrator, you should assess which of these controls, if any, are appropriate to use within your organization. You can edit this file directly with a text editor [...]
Steps to configure Windows XP to use a Normal startup state
After you used the clean boot to resolve your problem, you can follow these steps to configure Windows XP to start normally. Click Start, and then click Run. Type msconfig, and then click OK. The System Configuration Utility dialog box is displayed. Click the General tab, click Normal Startup – load all device drivers and services, and then click OK. When you are [...]
How to Manually start Windows XP with a clean boot
How to configure Windows XP to start in a “clean boot” state If your computer is not starting normally, or if you receive errors when you start your computer that you cannot identify, you could consider performing a “clean boot.” This operation starts the computer by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. [...]
How to start the System Configuration Utility in Windows
To start the System Configuration Utility and view the advanced troubleshooting settings, use the following steps: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type msconfig, and then click OK. Click Advanced.
How to Adjust XP’s DNS Cache Settings
As a way of speeding up DNS, when you visit a site, XP puts the DNS information into a local DNS cache on your PC. So, when you want to go to a site, XP first looks in its local DNS cache, called the resolve cache, to see whether the DNS information is contained there. [...]
How to Speed Up Web Access with a HOSTS File
It takes time to send your request to a DNS server, have the server look up the proper IP address to resolve the name, and then send the IP address back to your PC. You can eliminate that delay by creating or editing a local HOSTS file on your own PC that contains hostnames and [...]
How To start the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows
The Disk Cleanup Tool provides an easy interface to remove temporary internet files, .tmp files, and other optional components. To start the Disk Cleanup Tool: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. Select the drive you wish to clean up, and then click OK. The Disk Cleanup menu is displayed with [...]
How to Defragment an Exchange Server 5.5 database
Note To defragment a database, you must have free disk space that is at least 110 percent the size of the database that you want to process. To determine the free space that is required, follow these steps: Verify that the information store service is not running. At a command prompt, type the following command, [...]
How To defragment an Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 database
To defragment an Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 database, follow these steps: In Exchange System Manager, right-click the information store that you want to defragment, and then click Dismount Store. At a command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command: cd Exchsrvr\Bin eseutil /d Include a database switch, and any options [...]
How To start Disk Defragmenter MMC
Disk Defragmenter MMC is based on the full retail version of Executive Software Diskeeper. The version that is included with Windows XP and later provides limited functionality in maintaining disk performance by defragmenting volumes that use the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file system. Use the Properties of Your Local Disk Open My Computer. Right-click the [...]
How to Automate Disk Defragmenter Using Task Scheduler Tool in Windows XP
1.  Open Control Panel 2. Double-click Scheduled Tasks 3. Double-click Add Scheduled Task 4.  On the Scheduled Task Wizard dialog, click Next 5. Click Browse 6. In the Select Program to Schedule dialog, navigate to the windows\system32 folder 7. Select defrag.exe 8. Click Open 9. In the Scheduled Task Wizard dialog, type a name for the scheduled task (Disk Defragmenter, for instance) [...]