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Creative Element Power Tools can be found at http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/.

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Intro paragraph: "Network Neighborhood" should be "My Network Places."

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In the section entitled, "Behind the Scenes: Hives and DAT Files," the term "Hive" is never explicitly defined. Hives are essentially another word for the DAT files, in which the various portions of the registry are permanently stored in Windows Me. The term is more commonly used to describe the counterparts in Windows NT/2000/XP.

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In the "Automating the Deletion of Registry Items" section, the first paragraph incorrectly states that you need to use a WSH Script to remove registry keys or values. It's also possible to do this with Registry Patch files. To remove a key in a Registry Patch, place a minus sign before the key name, like this:

-[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load]

To remove a value in a Registry Patch, place a minus sign after the equals sign, like this:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load]

desk.cpl=-

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"Soultion" should be "Solution"

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"work commands" should be "workarounds"

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Step 4 should read, "If the new folder is open, close it now. The next time you open the folder, it should be empty, and can be safely deleted."

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Step 7 instructs you to "restart in MS-DOS mode." Naturally, this is not possible in Windows Me. Instead, insert a Windows startup disk (see p.261) and choose Restart in the Shut Down screen. When the startup menu appears, press Shift-F5 to open a command prompt.

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"since as" should simply be "since," and "216 colors" should be "2¹⁶ colors."

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Additional tip for the "Disabling System File Protection" topic: You can view a log of the repairs instituted by SFP by opening the file, sfplog.txt, located in the Windows folder.

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If you have a problem running the example script at the top of this page, try downloading and installing the latest versions of both IE and WSH.

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