Alessandro Zanello

One of the most annoying things that happen when you're in a hurry and you have to unplug a USB device is to receive the operating system message that says the device can not be disconnected, and attempting, and of course this happens more frequently as you in a hurry.

The temptation to remove the device and go is very strong, but can lead to serious damage to the device's file system, so you need an alternative.

One possibility is Unlocker , an excellent free program to Cedric 'Nitch' Collomb that solves the problem mainly to indicate which application is holding open a file and be able to delete it anyway but it also fixes other locking situations.

If you receive this message and then attempt to safely disconnect a USB device:

you must:
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If you get an error message:
There was a problem that required the closing Spooler SubSystem App

try the following solution:
Start-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools-> Services - search for the service "Print Spooler", right click on it and click stop if it is not already stopped, possibly click on restart

Delete all files in the folder:
C: \ WINDOWS \ SYSTEM32 \ SPOOL \ PRINTERS

return to service "Print Spooler" and clicking the right mouse button starts

Open the Printers and Faxes folder to check that the error no longer appears.

Make a test print from each of the installed printers.

If you still experience some error, delete the printer that generates the error and repeat the procedure from first point.

If this does not solve the problem, try to Printers and Faxes - click the right mouse button on the printer - Advanced, to remove the flag from "Print spooled documents first".

Outlook Express (included with Windows, up to XP) has been replaced by Windows Live Mail, Microsoft always.

Many users now have the need to transfer your old mail from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail (see also this article and its links to other cases involving other applications, and this site for more situations related to gmail).

The procedure is simple:

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Suddenly you are not able to enter Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management, you access the operating system with an administrator account, running compmgmt.msc, and when you click on Disk Management window appears with the error:

Error 1068: the dependency service or group failed.

Insisting then you get the error:

Could not start the logical disk management service on local computer
Error 126: Can not find the specified module

This was in reference to two services that you should check in Computer Management, Services, that are both started in automatic mode:

- Logical Disk Manager (Logical Disk Manager)
Manages logical disks and removable.
It depends on Plug and Play, Remote Procedure Call
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When opening an application that makes use of MAPI32, eg. Microsoft Outlook 2002 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, you receive the following error message:

Can not find the entry point of procedure "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

in the dynamic link library mapi32.dll.

is not easy to figure out what to do. An attempt to do something like the following.

Close all open programs, in the folder C: \ Windows \ System32 find the Mapi32.dll. Rename the file "Mapi32.old".
Click Start, click Run or press Windows-E and fixmapi.exe type and then click OK.
Restart the computer.

The information in this article shall apply in particular but not limited to:

Source: Microsoft

By inserting a key DisableRegistryTools DWORD in HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry section and assigning the value 1, it disables changes to the registry with Regedit, and this is sometimes a choice of the administrator to prevent users from messing around, but sometimes it is the work of virus. If you get the message "The registry changes have been disabled by the Administrator", this is still an explanation.

In this case a double-click a file. Reg (the technique usually used to import one or more keys in the registry) has no effect.

One solution is to run the batch file:

@ Echo off
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Did you receive the famous message at startup:

NTLDR MISSING, PRESS CTRL - ALT - DEL TO RESTART

Here is a solution to prevent the formatting:

• start the computer from the Windows XP OS to the proposal to repair a previous installation of XP, press R, you will arrive here:



• Press the number corresponding to your installation of Operating System, usually 1 and press ENTER;
• enter the administrator password (if set) and press ENTER;
• execute the following commands, substituting the letter X assigned to the CD-ROM drive where you inserted the CD of the OS (the first command is optional, a scruple):

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