Rremove the Active Desktop Recovery screen

Never had an awful Microsoft "Active Desktop Recovery" screen after a crash? Here is how to get back your desktop background to normal:

1. Go to Run and type "regedit"
2. Go to –HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
3. Find the key named "DeskHtmlVersion"
4. Right click on the key and select "Modify"
5. Under "Base", select the "Decimal" button
6. Change the Value data to "0" (zero)
7. Click OK

remove a link to an external reference in Excel

1. On the Data tab, in the Connections group, click Edit Links.

2. In the Source list, click the link that you want to break.

To select multiple linked objects, hold down CTRL, and then click each linked object.

To select all links, press CTRL+A.

3. Click Break Link.