Microsoft Windows

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Contents 1 Random Parts of Programs Disappearing 1.1 Fix 1.2 Defaults 2 svchost.exe using 100% CPU 3 Changing "Registered To" Name/Organization 4 Fax Service Refuses to Install 5 References

Random Parts of Programs Disappearing

http://weblogs.asp.net/israelio/archive/2007/02/07/max-num-of-open-windows-under-xp-2003-vista-resolved.aspx

Fix

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems.

Open the string called Windows. Contents:

%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,3072,512 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ProfileControl=Off MaxRequestThreads=16

Locate SharedSection=1024,3072,512 and change 3072 to 8192.

Defaults

A comment in the weblogs.asp.net link above lists the default values:

	XP	Vista
x86	3 MB (3072)	12 MB (12288)
x64	20 MB (20480)	20 MB (20480)

svchost.exe using 100% CPU

Stop svchost.exe from stealing CPU cycles

Changing "Registered To" Name/Organization

This is a registry edit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version and look for RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization. ^[1]

Fax Service Refuses to Install

This article is written for Windows Small Business Server 2003 but the same fix seems to work for Windows XP.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following subkey in the registry:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony\Country List

3. Right-click the CountryListVersion entry, and then click Modify.
4. Type 0 the Value data box, and then click OK.
5. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

After this, you should be able to install and use the fax service.

References