Interface Not Registered Error in Outlook 2003

When using Word as the e-mail editor, you get the error "Interface Not
Registered" when trying to send e-mail. To solve this so you can use Word as
the editor again, close all running Office applications.

In Start-> Run then type; Regsvr32.exe %Windir%\System32\Ole32.dll

Copy a Single File to Avoid Re-Activating Windows XP

Before wiping your system clean, grab a file named WPA.DBL from the System32 directory and save it to a thumb drive or other external media. When you load up your new system, skip registration, enter "Safe Mode" from the boot menu, and drop it back into that System32 folder.

Permissions Problem Between Windows XP Pro and Home

You may recieve errors like the following:

"Error: \\pc name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...Access is denied."

or

"You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission."

These types of errors are due to NTFS restrictions in effect on the target machine. Windows XP Pro has much more advanced permission controls than XP Home.

Try logging onto your XP Home machine in Safe Mode. When you view a file or folder's properties you'll notice the elusive Security Tab presumed to be missing from the Home Edition. In fact, it's not missing, but rather hidden in normal mode. This simple procedure will allow you to install it in normal mode so that you can make better use of NTFS permissions, and eliminate the errors shown above.

1. Download the Windows NT Server Security Configuration Manager from the Microsoft Website.
2. Run the downloaded scesp4i.exe to extract the contents.
3. Open the folder that you extracted the files into and right-click the file named setup.inf and choose Install.
4. Choose no, if asked to overwrite essent.dll
5. Restart you computer.

Congratulations, you've just returned the Security Tab to your file and folder properties.