There are many places to hide autostarting programs in Windows. This article describes many of these to help you find and diagnose problems with your computer.

Sometimes, you might want to know about a particular file; not a data file, but a particular .DLL or .EXE file. While this can be a daunting process because of the sheer number of such files, several sites exist that attempt to give you that information.

Frequently a program downloaded from the internet or obtain from other sources requires a file of the form VBRUNxxx.DLL in order to run. Sometimes these files are distributed with the program; sometimes they are not. This page attempts to address that topic.

First, and foremost, keep in mind that the sole purpose of a product page found on the Internet at a product site is to sell you something.

Generally, you would use the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs tool to uninstall programs from your computer. Now and again some of these uninstalls will leave program names behind which, when clicked on, either produce errors or no action. You can remove these invalid entries using the method described here.

Many older computer programs may not run correctly if you just click on the program's executable file in Windows; this is particularly true of older game programs. There can be many reasons why.

Before changing your system settings you should always set a System Restore Point in order to make recovery easier in case of problems. While Windows will set these points automatically at various times; setting a specific point can be useful if there are things you've done after Windows sets its automatic point that you want to keep.

You don't need to have an FTP program to download files from an FTP site. Just use your Web browser.

Most programs use some form of library files to hold common routines used by multiple parts of the program. These files typically have the extension .DLL or .OCX and are distributed with programs that need them. Rarely, one needs to be re-registered with Windows.