I really want one of these because I take very shaky photos. I need to learn how to tie knots. HELP!

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There seems to be a bug within Windows that does not allow one to open many windows.

As an avid Internet surfer, I do not open one window at a time. I like opening many webpages at once and after collecting a bucketful, I then start to close the webpages one by one. This could be because a webpage I am viewing has links to other related content or it may be thumbnails of pictures that open into a new window. Either way, one of my favourite options is Right Click > Open in a new window/tab.

When I open many windows (I have tried 50 at a time but most of the time it starts going wonky at around 15 -20 or so), it tends to jam up my computer. I can’t right click, can’t open Task Manager, webpages are just white, nothing loads, no status bar, can’t click anywhere, etc etc. I have to force IE to end and then some times do a restart to get my computer stable again.

Apparently this is a resource problem. Obviously.

It is not an isolated Internet Explorer 6/7 case but has happened with Mozilla Firefox too. I thought the ever-amazing, never-failing, most critically acclaimed Mozilla Firefox might not hang on me but alas, that is not to be. Also it is not a Windows XP problem as it has also happened on my Windows Vista Basic many times. I think I’m just a cursed user. 

I was so fed-up with all this shutting down of windows that I went online to find help (naturally). Apparently, it ain’t just me with this problem thank goodness and with a simple search with phrases like, “too many windows open” will bring up relevant results.

It is quite simple to solve and involves registry editing.. don’t be scared… with great guidance, it is easy to accomplish. I shall put it out here for those of you who might face this problem and want it fixed. So far, after the fix, my computer seems pretty stable but a tad slow. Could just be my crappy computer though.

The techies call this a desktop heap problem.

So to fix it:-

Go to Start

Click Run ( or type into Search if in Vista)

Type regedit

Click on the + sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Click on the +sign next to SYSTEM

Click on the + sign next to CurrentControlSet

Click on the + sign next to Control

Click on the + sign next to Session Manager

Click on the + sign next to Subsystems

Click on Windows in the Subsystems folder

Look for “…rectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,3072,512 …” under Value Data.

The next step is changing the middle value (3072) to a greater number thereby increasing your desktop heap.

By increasing this value, you will be limiting the number of users to this computer. This may not be suitable for computers that have multiple users and require you to Login, for example.

Therefore if you want to increase the number to 4mb, you will add 1024 to 3072. If you want to increase this to 5mb, you will add 1024+1024+3072, etc etc. I changed my value to 8192. It may be a bit too much but time will tell if this will cause my computer to become unstable. It was already unstable to begin with so whatever.

I was quite overjoyed when I found a fix for this problem. Aaah, no more having to close all the windows that I had accumulated over the last few webpages. Now, I hope to view in peace.

To view other websites who may be able to offer MORE assistance, please click below:-

Windows Desktop Heap Tweak Guide

Where/What is the “Resource Meter” in XP? Options

Windows XP flakiness - solved

A lot of people can’t seem to view the videos on my site. I can though so I’m pretty sure there’s nothing wrong with how I embed the videos.

If you can see that I have embedded videos on my site then that’s a start. Second, if you click on “Play now” or the Play button to start the video and it doesn’t play then why don’t you try the following steps below?

First of all, have you installed Adobe Flash Player plugin? I suggest re-installing the Flash Player plugin if you already have it just to make sure you’ve got the latest software.

Also, open up your Internet Explorer Browser and then click on Tools > Options > Advanced and make sure that “Play animations in web pages“, “Play sound in web pages” and “Play videos in web pages” are ticked.

Does this help? Can you view the embedded videos on my website now?

I’m not so sure about Firefox since I have not installed the Flash plugin to view the videos on my website.

One more thing, some times your internet connection may be too slow. It may take up to 10 minutes to load the first few seconds of the video file so be patient!

Isn’t Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP good looking? It’s hard to compare to the old one since I didn’t take a screenshot of it beforehand … I have to say it’s a welcome change… it seems to be smoother too but then again, I am running this on my freshly reformatted laptop.

It’s a bit hard to get used to since it doesn’t have have the File, Edit…. bits at the top of the program. They now fall under the various headings, “Now Playing, “Rip Music”, etc…

Oh well, it’s nice having original Windows XP…

Update: There is always a certain skittish-ness one feels when they make a change. I woke up this morning to discover that I haven’t attracted as many viewers to my site compared to a day ago. I am wondering whether this theme may be the reason. I hope it isn’t. We’ll give it a week. I made some alterations here and there so hopefully I’ll see a more accurate reading in the coming days.

The title says it all, doesn’t it?

Today, I renewed this site for another year.

I have been wanting to change my site for some time so I think this is the best moment. I thought maybe New Years but I think renewing my webhost calls for a celebration.

After all, it’s a brand new beginning. I really liked my old theme and if this theme doesn’t go down well then it’ll be back to the old one. But for now, let’s take chance.

How do you like the orange? I quite like it. It’s refreshing.

As I re-arrange my archives, please bear with me.

There’ll be new additions as I slog through and improve this site.