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Fix Error Loading: C:\Windows\System32\Shell32.dll Access Is Denied Problem

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Recently, my computer started behaving weird. Some tasks never started and launching any Control Panel applet brought this weird error dialog that displayed: “Error Loading: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll Access is Denied”.
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Written by Shankar Ganesh

May 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

How To Trace A Mobile Phone Number In India?

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Tracing a mobile phone number to its location in India is difficult. There are quite a number of hurdles and there aren’t really functional services in India that actually let you pin point and trace a mobile phone number in India.

Reverse lookup services weren’t very accurate when I tried to trace the location of a mobile phone number in India, but they could just help you in finding at least the state where these mobile phones are operating from.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

April 15th, 2009 at 10:19 am

Create Universal Keyboard Shortcuts for iTunes

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If you’re a power user and use iTunes at least occasionally, you might find the lack of universal keyboard shortcuts in iTunes a big annoyance. You just can’t control iTunes from other applications using keyboard shortcuts.

iTunesKeys comes to the rescue though, and lets you create custom universal keyboard shortcuts to control iTunes playback. The app also displays song info including artwork near the system tray every time a new song is played, just like Winamp does.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

September 30th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

“The Operation Could Not Be Completed” Error Message with Nokia Mobile Phones

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Recently, I encountered an error when trying to transfer some MP3 files to my dad’s Nokia 3110c mobile phone from my computer. Everytime I tried to copy and paste some files into the memory card present in the phone via the Nokia Phone Browser, it showed an error dialog with a message saying “The operation could not be completed”.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

May 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Disable ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Balloon Popup Notification in Windows

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If you’re frequently interrupted by warnings and notifications coming from the system tray on Windows XP when you insert a new USB disk drive, you can easily disable it.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

April 12th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

How to restore missing USBscan.sys in Windows XP?

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Recently, I was trying to install drivers for my new digital camera, but I had a few problems. The installer requested the Windows XP SP 2 CD because a driver file, usbscan.sys was missing. I had actually lost the XP SP2 CD. The installer requested the XP SP 2 CD repeatedly that I had to do something, else the installation would fail.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

March 28th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

Is the ‘Send To’ Menu opening up too slow in Windows?

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Everytime you right click and select the ‘Send To’ menu it takes ages to load. If the Send To menu is opening up slow when you right click on icons or files, it’s time you fix things right.

Here’s how you can make a slow-loading Send To menu load fast in Windows.
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Written by Shankar Ganesh

January 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am