Windows Server 2008 Image thumbnails not showing

This is easy to fix, do the following:

Click Start and Right-Click on "Computer" and choose "Properties", (or if like me you like your "Computer" icon on your desktop then just Right-Click on the computer icon on your desktop).

Under "Tasks" on the left hand list of options click "Advanced System Settings"

On the "Advanced" tab, in the "Performance" group, click "Settings"

On the "Visual Effects" tab find and tick the following option "Show thumbnails instead of icons"

Click Ok

You should now be able to browse your images as thumbnails again.


OR

Previews of media files are disabled by default in Windows Server 2008. In this article we will enable it so we get the small previews back again!

1. Open the Start menu and click Run. Now enter SystemPropertiesPerformance and click OK. In thePerformance Options window at least check the Show thumbnails instead of icons option. If you are using themes you should also check the Use visual styles on windows and buttons option to keep you theme.

2. If we now browse to C:\Windows\Web\Wallpapers as a test we can see that we now have previews for pictures! Previews should also work for most movie files. Note that you have to set the View toSmall Icons, Medium Icons, Large Icons or Extra Large Icons in order to see the previews.

NTLDR is Missing Recovery for Windows XP

NTLDR is Missing.

Related errors:

• Below are the full error messages that may be seen when the computer is booting.
• NTLDR is Missing
• Press any key to restart
• Boot: Couldn't find NTLDR
• Please insert another disk
• NTLDR is missing
• Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart

Causes:

1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
6. New hard disk drive being added.
7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
10. Failing to enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS.

Windows XP Recovery Console

1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.v
   
6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.
   copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\


7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

NTLDR is Missing Recovery for Windows 2000

NTLDR is Missing.

Related errors:

• Below are the full error messages that may be seen when the computer is booting.
• NTLDR is Missing
• Press any key to restart
• Boot: Couldn't find NTLDR
• Please insert another disk
• NTLDR is missing
• Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart

Causes:

1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
6. New hard disk drive being added.
7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
10. Failing to enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS.

Recovery Console

to repair a damaged system (like to fix boot problems).

Insert your Windows 2000 / XP installation CD-ROM and boot from CD-ROM :

Windows 2000:
On the "Windows 2000 Professional Setup" menu, select "R" for repair :



as Repair option, select "C" to use the "Recovery Console" :

Windows 2000 / XP :

You will be prompted to select the Windows installation to repair :
(usually just "1" ) :



You will need to enter the Administrator password !

Recovering from Bootup problems :

When the system displays on booting a message of "missing" NTLDR or NTDETECT, you can copy these files via Recovery Console from the CD-ROM :
In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.