pxhelp20.sys is Corrupt or Missing After Installing the Sony Picture Utility

After installing the Sony Picture utility Software that comes with Sony Handycams you receive “pxhelp20.sys is Corrupt or Missing” which prevents your PC from Booting.
To Recover from this state you need to delete c:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\pxhelp20.sys from the boot drive. To do this you need to boot to a command prompt and delete or rename the file [...]

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Windows 7 Jump Lists Feature

Windows 7 has a feature called Jump lists; it is basically a quick way to select open or recently opened documents, files, folders, music, videos or any other open program.
On the Windows 7 taskbar right click on any of the opened Programs or Programs that have been pinned to the Task Bar and you can [...]

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Get Rid of That Annoying “do you really want to do this?” in Vista

The application in Vista that asks you if “you want to do this” is called Vista UAC, user account control.  The main point of running this application is to help secure windows from unwanted programs running. If you want to stop Vista from asking you if you want to run something, you can disable UAC with the following steps:

Open Control [...]

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Windows 7 Aero Shake Feature

Aero shake is a nice feature in Windows 7 that will minimize everything on your screen except the document you’re holding just by the shake of your mouse.
To use Aero Shake, click and hold the Task Bar on the window you would like to keep opened and shake it side from side to minimize all [...]

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Windows 7 Aero Peek Feature

Aero Peek is a feature in Windows 7 that is great for people that need to take a quick look at the desktop while a few windows are open.
To use Aero Peek, while your window or windows are opened the take the mouse down to the bottom right side of the desktop and hover the [...]

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Windows 7 Snap Feature

Windows 7 Snap is a great tool to help you quickly size your windows on your screen.
You can have two windows opened evenly split on the screen at one time easily by dragging one window to the left side of the screen and dragging the other to the right side of the screen.  If you [...]

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Change the way Facebook Displays Sections

If you don’t like the new Facebook display order default here is how you can change it back to the old way

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Unable to Install Common Anti Malware Spyware or Adware Programs

Some Spyware programs can prevent you from installingcommon Anti Spyware Programs used to remove threats. Several options to get around this problem are listed below.
The following options shows Malwarebytes as the example but the options work with other popular programs.
Option 1: Before saving any of your security programs, rename them first.
Click on the download link for Anti Spyware [...]

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Black Screen After Windows Startup Screen on Boot

After changing Video settings or drives your screen can adjust beyond the limits of your monitor. To get back to a setting the you can see follow the steps below and adjust the settings appropriately.
Hit F8 as soon as the Starting Windows splash screen appears to get the the boot options menu. If the menu does not [...]

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Setup Internet Explorer to Spell Check Facebook Posts

To spell check your Facebook posts with Internet Explorer we need to download and install the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer.
After installing the Google Toolbar you may need to restart Internet explorer to get the Toolbar to work. while in Facebook start typing something on the page and after your done typing click on the Spell Check button located on [...]

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