Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Evolution Of Blue Screen

The blue screen often referred as the blue screen of death occurs when a critical error occurs. We often pull our hair when we see this screen. What I have experienced after a blue screen comes is that it starts to come more often. The error is normally a non recoverable one. Once i tried reading what the blue screen conveys and it never gave what exactly the problem was. Below is a typical blue screen message:
The windows 8 blue screen is kinda cute though :)

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Install Windows from USB/pen drive.


I have been in this situation many times where I need to reinstall windows but I have no DVD drive or have a blank DVD to burn the image to. You can follow the very simple 3 steps to install windows from USB / Pen drive installation.

  1. Format (Full Format and not Quick Format) the USB Stick with HP USB Flash Utility with NTFS as the file system.
  2. Run bootsect.exe using the command prompt with the following switches
BootSect.exe /nt60 G: /force

Where G: is your USB/Pen drive.
Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer. This tool replaces FixFAT and FixNTFS.

3. Copy all files of the Win 7 iso to the usb-stick. You may either mount the iso using daemon tools and copy or extract the iso using WinRAR.

This method can be used on Windows 7 / Windows Vista.





Friday, June 1, 2012

Windows 8 Release Preview

With Linux OS becoming more popular windows has release the preview version of their upcoming and latest operating system windows 8. Be the first few to try out the latest pre release version of widows 8.


YOU CAN DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY FROM HERE.
Well if you downloaded the consumer edition earlier you can make out a few improvements. A few notable enhancements, including a trio of new apps, a "Flip ahead" browser gesture, Flash support and a couple of updated multi-monitor features. A few heavy hitters like Wikipedia and Box.net are also using the occasion to debut apps in the Windows Store. And the OS is now available in 13 languages. Mostly, though, this update brings performance and stability fixes, along with granular tweaks like being able to pin stocks to the Start screen.

Windows 8 Release Preview Product Key:   TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not available. Do you want to proceed?

When i installed Java with windows XP a pop up notification started to come at regular intervals saying "Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not available. Do you want to proceed?" as shown below :
After searching internet i found many solutions and the best solution is just a few clicks away. Go to this link and click fix this problem. You will be prompted to download a file. Proceed by downloading this file and running it. After the file is run restart your system for the effect to take place.

Friday, March 30, 2012

How to Reset / Recover Forgotten Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003 Administrator Password

 Many times we face this problem when we or our friends forget Windows XP password and can't log into Windows. So here we are posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:

    1st Method: The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account ""Administrator"" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:

    Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type ""Administrator"" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.

    Now you can reset your account password from ""Control Panel -> User Accounts"".

    Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

    2nd Method: Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten password by using ""Reset Disk"". If you created a Password Reset Disk in past, you can use that disk to reset the password.

    3rd Method:In fact, there are some convenience ways to help us to be far from that nightmare, as long as you paste "windows password", "xp password", "administrator password", "vista password", "windows xp password", "forgot windows password", "windows administrator password", "windows password recovery", "windows password reset", "windows password Recovery", ect to google, there would be many related results. One of the most reliable way is to take use of windows password Recovery which is a current windows tool for empty or reset windows password for PC users even computer freshman. With windows password Recovery, just a few steps, you can re-login your PC without any data loss.

    Step1. Download Spower Windows Password Reset and save it to your hard disk. Take note of what folder you saved the file in.

    Step2. Burn the downloaded ISO file onto a CD. * To burn your CD, you'll need a blank CD-R . * If you are familiar with burning .iso image files you may use any software you already have such as Nero, Sonic, Roxio etc.

    Step 3. Put in your newly created CD and remove your Windows password.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Prevent the IIS SMTP Virtual Server from Relaying E-mail Messages


1) Start Internet Information Services Manager or open the Internet Information Services (IIS) snap-in.

2) Expand Server_name, where Server_name is the name of the server, right-click Default SMTP Virtual Server, and then click Properties.

3) Click the Access tab, and then under Access control, click Authentication.

4) Click to select either or both the Basic authentication and the Integrated Windows authentication check boxes, click to clear the Anonymous access check box (if it is selected), and then click OK.

By doing so, authentication is required before access is granted to the SMTP virtual server. In this case, if the user or computer does not successfully authenticate, the user or computer cannot send mail to the server.

NOTE: If you click to select the Anonymous access check box and do not click to select the Basic authentication and the Integrated Windows authentication check boxes, all users and computers are able to access the SMTP virtual server.

This disables authentication.

5) Under Relay restrictions, click Relay.

6) Note the options that are available in the Relay Restrictions dialog box. By default, the Only the list below option is selected and this list is empty. Additionally, the Allow all computers which successfully authenticate to relay, regardless of the list above option is selected. With this feature, users and computers that can authenticate with the server can relay through the server. All computers are blocked except those that meet the authentication requirements that you configured earlier in the Authentication dialog box of the Access tab.

Note that if you allow only anonymous access, the server does not authenticate users or computers.

7) Click Add, and then do one of the following to add a single computer, group of computers, or a domain:

Click Single computer.

Type the IP address of the computer that you want in the IP Address box, and then click OK.

Click Group of computers.

Type the subnet address and the Subnet mask of the group into the corresponding boxes, and then click OK.

Click Domain.

Type the domain name that you want in the Name box, and then click OK.

If you do not want to add a computer, group or computers, or a domain, click Cancel.

8) Click OK, and then click OK.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Fix wampserver when the icon stays on orange

Below is the solution on how to fix wampserver when the icon stays on orange

1. Open Control Panel then Network Connections.
2. Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties
3. Double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) line to open the Properties
4. On the General tab, click the Advanced button
5. Click the wins tab and uncheck the Enable LMHOSTS Lookup box

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Wordpress Hacked and Prevention

Hackers are hack for many reasons. Some of the common reasons why hackers hack are to get some Sensitive Information or to Steal Bandwidth to Distribute Illegal Content or may be for fun. Since there are many hackers around its our duty to keep our websites safe.

Since your site is wordpress, i will suggest some steps to prevent this in future:
1. Always update your wordpress to the latest version.
2. Configure a firewall on your server.
3. Always use complex passwords instead of simple ones.
4. Use an anti virus and update the virus database regularly.
5. Always take backup of your site on a weekly / monthly basis so that we cam restore it if anything happens.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

How to Block an IP in Windows

I did this in windows server 2003 not sure if these steps will work in other versions of windows.
Take Start menu and take Run else you can press windows key and R in your keyboard.
Type MMC in the box and press OK or hit enter.

Now a console windows will open up. Navigate through  'File' > 'Add/Remove Snap in'.
In the 'Standalone Tab' click The 'add' button.
Seclect 'IP Security Policy Managment' > 'ADD' > 'Local Computer' > 'finish' > 'close' > 'ok'.

After this you will be back to the console.
In the left frame right click 'IP security policies on local computer' > 'Create IP security policy'

Click Next and then name your policy 'Block IP' and type a description.

Click 'Next' then leave 'activate' ticked then click 'Next'

leave the 'edit properties ticked and click 'Finish'

You should now have the properties window open.

Click 'ADD' then click 'Next' to continue.

Leave 'This rule does not specify a tunnel' selected and click 'next'

Leave 'all network connections' selected and click 'next'

You should now be on the IP filter list. You need to create a new filter, so don't select any of the default ones. Click 'ADD'

Type a Name for your list, call it 'IP block list'
Type a description in, can be same as name.
Click 'ADD' then click 'Next' to continue.

In the description box type a description. As its the first IP you are blocking call it 'IP1' or 'IP Range 1'
Leave ticked the 'Mirrored. Match packets with the exact opposite source and destination addresses'
Click 'Next'
The 'Source address' should be left as 'My IP address' click 'Next'

You can now select 'A Specific IP address' or 'A Specific Subnet' for the Destination address.
Type in the IP address you want to block and if blocking a subnet type in the subnet block. Click 'next'

Leave the protocol type as 'Any' and click 'Next' and then 'Finish'

Monday, October 25, 2010

Lost GRUB while installing windows ? Here is the solution.

GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed on a computer or select a specific kernel configuration available on a particular operating system's partitions.

Here is how:
1. Boot the system from DVD.
2. Choose Repair Installed System
3. System Installation and Update
4. Choose Boot system -> this will give you $ prompt
5. login as root
6. Enter this command: grub-install --recheck <root partition>
7. In most <root partition> is /dev/hda

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