These instructions will explain how to get Tether onto your Windows
computer. All you need to do is follow the instructions below. If you
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Connect your Android to your computer with the USB cable that
came with your Android. On your Android phone go to Settings >
Applications > Development and check USB debugging.
Once the download completes on your PC, please run the setup and
follow the instructions. At some point you may see a screen that says it
can't verify the publisher, this is because we are using Google's
default Android Drivers. Please be sure to agree and install these
drivers.
During the Install process it will install Tether on your Android over USB.
Run Tether on your PC and on your Android. You will be prompted to select USB. Please go ahead and connect it.
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Whether you have just purchased a
new Windows 7 computer or upgraded an old one, you can use the following
steps to find your old 32-bit programs.
Log on to your Windows 7 computer
Right-click the My Computer icon at the top left hand corner of the screen
Choose the Open option
Double-click Local Disk
Look for the Program Files (x86) folder
Any 32-bit programs will be
displayed under the Program Files (x86) file structure, while 64-bit
programs will be displayed under the normal Program Files folder. You
can easily scroll through the subfolders under each branch to see which
programs are installed on your Windows 7 computer.
This process is also a good way to
determine which pieces of software are older 32-bit programs and which
ones are 64-bit. This can be an important distinction, since the Windows
7 operating system is optimized for the latest 64-bit programs.
To change the default chart Microsoft Excel uses, just follow these simple steps.
1.Open a chart, either by using the F11 key or going through the menu.
2. Right-click the chart and choose the Change Chart Type option
3.Choose the type of chart you want to use as your default..
4.Click the Set as Default Chart button at the bottom of the dialog box
Once you have reset the default
chart type, you can test it by simply highlighting a range of cells in
your worksheet and pressing the F11 key. If the type of chart you
intended comes up, you are all set. If not, simply repeat the steps to
reset your chart type.
This Guide is help these people who forget his password and surfer with data lost problem. 1. Boot from Windows CD/DVD and access the command prompt. Insert bootable cd to pc----> press F10/F12 to boot from CD --> choose CD/DVD Drive and Enter-----> Install now ----> Repair your PC-----> Next------> Choose Command Prompt from System Recovery option----> use following Command in command prompt. 2. Find the drive letter of the partition where Windows is installed. (Replace “c:” with the correct drive letter if Windows is not located on C:) 3. These commands make a backup of sethc.exe to restore later. c:\>copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\ 4. Type this command to replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe: c:\>copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe 5. Reboot your computer and start the Windows. After you see the logon screen, press the SHIFT key five times.
6. You should see a command prompt where you can enter the following command to reset the Windows password (see screenshot above): c:\>net user your_user_name new_password 7. If you don’t know your user name, just type command net user to list the available user names. 8. You can now log on with the new password.
There are a number of ways to gain access to a password-protected administrator account. I'll offer two.
The first one is quick and easy, but only works in XP. If the used PC runs Vista or Windows 7, skip the next three paragraphs.
XP
contains a backdoor entrance to administrator control. The following
will only work if the previous owner didn't know enough to close the
backdoor.
First, boot into Safe Mode: Start your PC, and press F5 before the Windows logo appears. (It may take a few tries to get the timing right.) From the resulting Boot menu, select Safe Mode.
When the logon screen appears, it will probably contain a user you've
never seen before, Administrator, that does not have a password. Thus,
you can enter Windows as an administrator-level user.
Once inside Windows, you can use Control Panel's User Accounts
applet to change the password on the other administrator account or
create a new one for yourself. And while you're there, you might also
want to add a password to the Administrator account in order to close
the backdoor. But that's probably the case.
If you're using Vista or Windows 7, or if someone closed that
backdoor already, you can remove the administrator password with Ubuntu
Linux. This gets a little complicated, so follow it closely.
If you don't already have a live Ubuntu Linux CD, download the current version.
Double-click the just-downloaded .iso file. Windows might start a
program that burns your Ubuntu CD. If it doesn't, download and install ISO Recorder, then try again. Simply copying the .iso file to a CD won't work.
The instructions below are based on Ubuntu version 10.04.1 LTS--the most current version as I write this.
Once you've created the disc, boot off the CD. When asked, click the Try Ubuntu button.
You'll first need to install the software: From the menus in the top-right corner of the screen, select System, Administration, Software Sources.
In the resulting window, check the two options not yet checked: Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) and Softrware restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse). Click Close, then Reload.
After the program is done processing, select System, Administration, and Synaptic Package Manager from the top-right corner menus.
In the resulting window's Search field, enter chntpw. A program with that name should appear in the list of packages below. Click it and select Mark for installation. Click the Apply toolbar icon. Click Apply, and wait until the installation is complete.
Now mount your drive: From the top menus, select Places, then
your internal hard drive or Windows partition. When it's mounted, a
File Browser window (much like Windows Explorer) will appear.
By double-clicking the folder icons, go to the Windows drive's Windows\system32\config folder. Leave this window up.
Now you can remove the password.
From the top menus, select Applications, Accessories, Terminal. This brings up a black window similar to Windows' command line (or the DOS box for you old-timers).
Arrange these two windows so that you can see the top section of the File Browser window behind the Terminal window.
In the Terminal command line window, type cd /media/
(note the SPACE after cd) and the path to your config folder, using the
folder names at the top as a guide. I wish I could simply tell you to
type "cd /media/windows/system32/config", but unlike the Windows command
line, Ubuntu's Terminal is case sensitive. Depending on what version of
Windows you're trying to reclaim, it may be windows/system32 or
Windows/System32, and Ubuntu won't see it if you get the case wrong.
When it's typed, press ENTER.
Now type sudo chntpw -u logon SAM, where logon is the logon name for the administrator account. For instance, if you're trying to take over my account, you'd enter sudo chntpw -u Lincoln SAM. Remember, everything here is case sensitive, including the logon name.
After you hit ENTER, a lot of text will scroll up
very quickly. If you entered the text correctly, the last section will
begin ". . . . User Edit Menu:"
Now press 1 (the number, not lower-case L), then ENTER.
At the resulting question, press y.
When the program is done, click the power button logo in the
upper-right corner and reboot into Windows. The account in question will
no longer require a password
Method 1
Boot up with DOS and delete the sam.exe
and sam.log files from Windows\system32\config in your hard drive. Now
when you boot up in NT the password on your built-in administrator
account which will be blank (i.e No password). This solution works only
if your hard drive is FAT kind.
Method 2
Step 1. Put your hard disk of your computer in any other pc .
Step 2. Boot that computer and use your hard disk as a secondaryhard disk (D'nt boot as primary hard disk).
Step 3. Then open that drive in which the victim’s window(or your window) is installed.
Step 4. Go to location windows->system32->config
Step 5. And delete SAM.exe and SAM.log
Step 6. Now remove hard disk andput in your computer.
Create A Hidden User Account This tweak allows an account that is
normally displayed on the Welcome screen to be hidden from view.
To log
on using the account it's necessary to use the Log On To Windows dialog
box similar to the one in Windows 2000.
#[Start] [Run]
[Regedit]#Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList#Modify/Create
the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.#Data Type:
REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: Type Name of Account to be
Hidden#Setting for Value Data: [0 = Account is Hidden / 1 =
Enabled]#Exit Registry and Reboot...
While the account is hidden
on the Welcome screen, note that the account profile will be visible in
C:\Documents and Settings or wherever user profiles are stored as well
as in Local Users and Groups
1.First reboot Windows XP in safe mode by re-starting the computer and pressing F8 repeated as the computer starts up.
2.Then (in safe mode) click Start and then click Run. In the open box type "controluserpasswords2" without the quotes - I have just used quotes to differentiate what you have to type.
3.You
will now have access to all the user accounts, including the
administrators account and will be able to reset the lost password.
4.Just click the administrators user account, and then click Reset Password.
5.You will need to add a new password in the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and confirm by clicking OK.
All done, you have recovered the lost administrators password
Movie Maker has been the most amazing utility which comes by default loaded with windows both in windows xp and vista. Windows Movie Maker also comes with windows live pack which has movie maker beta which is not so powerful in terms of features.
Movie Maker which comes in built with windows provides these features including recording video from your Digital cameras, handy cam etc, adding text and effect in the video, import video to edit, add titles and credit etc.
Here are the links to download different versions of movie maker with some what feature variation.
Note: If you are confused in the above links, we would suggest you to download the newest version 5.1
You can also download this version of windows movie maker which comes with windows xp service pack 2 Window Movie Maker ( Windows XP ) 2
Moreover, A contributor “Devrexster” @ WinMatrix has also created a portable version of Windows Movie Maker 2.6 which works with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 , you can download fromthe link given below. Portable Windows Movie Maker [ Link Updated ]
First, launch the official Windows 7 themes directory and download some of the themes you like to your Windows XP or Vista desktop.
These
files have a unique .themepack extension which is just another zip
format containing all of the elements of a theme including the
background images, Aero glass colors, sounds, cursors, icons, screen
savers, etc.
To use these files on an older version of Windows,
you first need to extract them as only Windows 7 can natively understand
the themepack format. You can either change the file extension of the
Windows 7 theme file from .themepack to .cab and then extract the files
with a right-click, or install the free 7-Zip utility as 7-Zip can automatically hand the themepack file format.
Once extracted, your theme files will now be in a new folder that has the same name as your original themepack.
Aero Glass Border and Desktop Backgrounds
Now that you have all the required files, its time to activate the Windows 7 theme on your non-Windows 7 computer.
If
your computer is running Windows Vista that supports Aero, simply
double-click the .theme file that is present in the them folder you just
extracted. This will set your windows border glass to the color of
the Windows 7 theme and your wallpaper to the default background of the
theme. However, this background picture will disappear when you reboot
your computer, so you need to set that as a permanent background.
Windows
XP does not support Aero glass, but you can still use the background
images from downloaded Windows 7 theme on your XP desktop. You can find
the backgrounds inside the themepack folder itself or in a sub-folder
named DesktopBackground. Pick any image, right click on it, and select
“Set as Desktop Background.”
Windows 7 like Desktop Slideshows for XP and Vista
Most
Windows 7 themes consist of multiple background images and Windows 7
will automatically change your desktop background at periodic intervals
using one of the images from the themepack. Windows Vista and XP do not
support desktop slideshows, but you can easily bring that feature use
the excellent and free John’s Background Switcher program.
To
create a desktop slideshow, click the add button and choose “A folder
on your computer.” Now select the Windows 7 theme folder that contains
all the background images. The program allows lot of tweaking but you
can skip that because the default settings are very similar to what you need for simulating Windows 7 behavior on your XP or Vista computer.
However,
John’s Background Switcher by default shows the name of the image in
the top right hand corner of the picture. To remove this, click the
“More…” button that has a gear icon on it. Uncheck the box beside the
3rd entry which says “Show picture info on the top-right corner of the
screen.” Now click Ok, and then click Ok in the main window, and your
desktop slideshow is all ready. For RSS-enabled Windows 7 Themes
Some Windows 7 themes download images from the internet (via RSS feeds) when switching desktop backgrounds.
To
know if the theme you are looking to port on your Vista or XP computer
uses RSS or not, open the .theme file in a text editor like Notepad.
Then search for the string “RssFeed” without the quotes. If you find
that string, copy the link address of the RSS feed and, you can then use
the “RSS photo feed” option in John’s Background Switcher program to
create an RSS powered desktop slideshow on your XP or Vista machines.
Windows 7 Sounds, Cursor, Screensavers, etc.
Most
Windows 7 themes only contain a glass color and desktop backgrounds.
However, some may contain screensavers, sounds, cursors, and icons as
well. The good part is that you can use the elements on your Vista / XP
theme as well. Sounds - You can copy the sound
files (.wav) to the default media folder (C:\Windows\Media), and if you
have set the Windows 7 theme in Windows Vista as described above, it
will automatically these sounds. Else, you will have to manually change
your sounds from the Control Panel. Icons - If
the Windows 7 theme that you plan to use with XP or Vista contains a
different set of desktop and system icons (.ico files), you may follow
the directions below to apply them on your version of Windows: A. For Windows Vista
– Right-click on the desktop, select Personalize and choose “Change
Desktop Icons.” Select the items you which to change, click “Change
Icons,” and browse to the location of new icons that are part of the
Windows 7 theme. B. For Windows XP – Right-click
on the desktop, select Properties and choose “Customize Desktop” under
the Desktop tab. Select the items you wish to change, click “Change
Icon,” and browse to the location of the icons from your theme.
To
change icons of individual programs, simply right-click on the program
shortcut on your desktop, select Properties, and click the button that
says “Change Icon” in the Shortcut tab. Browse to the location of the
icon extract from the Windows 7 theme and select the one you want to
apply. Screensavers – For using a Windows 7
screensaver inside XP or Vista, just copy the relevant screensaver files
(.scr) into your Windows system folder usually located at
C:\Windows\System32. Now, change your system screensaver using the
usual method. Please remember that not all Windows 7 screensavers will
work correctly on previous versions of Windows. Cursors
– You can copy the Windows 7 cursor files (.cur or .ani) to
C:\Windows\Cursors on XP or Vista, and then apply the new set using the
mouse settings under Control Panel. Use the [Control Panel\Cursors] of
the .theme file (see example) to understand the default cursor mappings.
1. Go to Start > Control panel > Network and Internet connections , then right click on the that network connection whose network card’s MAC address you want to change and click Properties.
2. In the General tab, click on the Configure button.
3. Then click on the Advanced tab.
4.In the Property section, you have to see an option saying Network Address or Locally Administered Address. Select it and change the radio button to Value ( Not present means that your network card will use the default MAC address programmed by the manufacturer ).
5. Now type in a new MAC address and click OK.
6. Restart the computer.
7. To make sure that the change is successful go to command prompt ( Start > Run, type in cmd and click OK ) then type in ipconfig /all.
As you can see the above method is very convenient but not all network cards offer such an option. For example, Broadcom 440x 10/100
( used in Dell Inspiron 1501 laptops ) does not allow to change its MAC
address through the Properties window. In such cases the following
method will solve the problem.
1. Go to Start > Run and type regedt32 in the box to start the registry editor.
2. Go to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}and double click on it to expand the tree.
3. Now you can see the subkeys starting with 0000, then 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004 and so on. Each of them represents particular network adapter.
4. Go through each subkey and look for DriverDesc keyword, that matches the network card you want to change the MAC address.
5. Look for a string value named “NetworkAddress”, right click on it and select Modify. Then enter a new MAC address in its value data box. If the value “NetworkAddress” does not exist, then create one with right click on the subkey ( for example 0008 ), then select New > String Value, name the new value as NetworkAddress and repeat the above step.
6. You must restart your computer for the change to take effect.
Today I will try to write a short guide explaining how install Win XP
from USB flash drive. It may be useful if you need to reinstall the
operating system of your netbook or if you own a laptop with a faulty
optical drive and the only way to reinstall Windows is through USB , but
before you start you will need a few things. The first is a small
program, that I’m going to use for preparing the flash drive and copying
the system files on it. It’s called WinSetupFromUSB and can be downloaded from here. You will also need original ISO file of Windows XP and of course USB Flash Drive with at least 1GB capacity for data storage.
OK! Let’s start.
1. Download and install WinSetupFromUSB.
2. Create a new folder with any name of your choice and extract the
Windows XP ISO file into that folder. You can use programs like UltraISO.
3. Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and start WinSetupFromUSB.
If drive is detected properly it should appear in the USB Disk Selection
drop down menu. If you don’t see it there this may be because it is
not formatted yet.
Don’t worry, just press the RMPrepUSB button and select the options as shown in the picture below. Then click Prepare Drive.
Important! Using NTFS will significantly accelerate the installation
process but may cause problems with certain models of flash drives.
Therefore in such cases it is advisable to use FAT.
4.Answer OK to the following questions displayed by the program.
5. Now your device is ready and the only thing left is just to copy the
Windows XP files to it. Click the browse button to specify the full path
to the folder where you extracted the Windows XP ISO file.
6. Click GO to start the process. On the bottom of the screen you
will see a progress bar showing the current status of the process. You
can also monitor the number of copied files as well as the space they
occupy on disc.
When the process is complete you can connect the flash drive to your
notebook or netbook, enter the BIOS and set the computer to boot from
USB. Installation will begin with the following window where you just
press enter to continue.
At the next window you can see that the installation process is divided
into two parts. Press Enter again to continue with the first part that
runs in text mode. Proceed as usual with selecting the partition where
you want to install and then wait until windows files are copied on the
hard drive.
After the first restart you will have to boot again from the USB
drive, but in the second window you have to select the second part in
order to continue with the GUI-mode of XP Setup. Actually, it may be
selected automatically by the program and you can just press enter.
When installation is complete, your computer should be able to start Windows from its internal hard drive
Today I’ll show you an easy trick, allowing you to add application
shortcuts to your desktop right-click menu. Thus you can facilitate
access to some of the programs installed on your computer or even to
free additional space on your desktop by moving some of the icons in the
menu, saving valuable space on the desktop, but at the same time
remaining easily accessible. The only thing you need to do is open the
registry editor and add several new lines as explained below. For the
next example I will try to add a shortcut to Windows Control Panel in
the right-click menu of my desktop. Let’s see
.
1. Open the Start menu, type regedit.exe in the search box and press Enter.
2. Now go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell
, create new key and rename it to a name of your choice (in my example
it will be Control Panel). Remember that the name of this key will be
exactly the same as will appear in the menu.
3. Right click on Shell, then select New > Key and rename it. You should see something similar to the picture below.
4. Now you need to create a subkey containing the command information
required to start the Control Panel application. Do this by
right-clicking on the key that you just created, then select New > Key and rename this subkey command.
5. To edit the name and data value for the new subkey just double click on the “Default” or the small “ab” icon in the right hand window.
6. Then in the Value data field enter full path to the .exe file of
the program you wish to start. In this example it must be C:\WINDOWS\system32\control.exe . Here is the place to mention that .exe files of the
various programs may have different locations on the hard drive, so you
will probably need to find them manually. However, there are two basic
rules you should follow. As you may know Control Panel is a system
component so we can say that it is part of the operating system that was
installed during the installation of Windows.
Therefore you must look
for it in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder as this is the
defalt installation folder for all system applications.On the other
hand, all user programs (like multimedia players, browsers, office
tools, etc.) should be located in C:\Program Files but this entirely depends on how your system is organized.
7.This is the final result of our example. Note that you can add as
many programs as you wish, simply by repeating the steps above.
Process is the same as when creating primary partition
but the only difference here is that you can’t choose a drive letter
and there are no formatting options. This is because extended partition
is only a container for the logical drives. It can not be formatted in
any file system which means that it can not store any data. In other
words, extended partition can be represented as a virtual drive
containing multiple partitions (these are the logical drives). Remember
also that you can create only one extended partition within a hard
drive.
To create an extended partition right click on the unallocated space
and select New partition, but this time in the second window of the New
partition wizard you will need to select Extended partition option.
Now set the desired drive size and press Next. Since you
can not create more than one extended partition within a hard drive I
suggest you use the whole unallocated space unless you intend to create
another primary partition.
The next window will provide summary information about the partitions you create, then you can click Finish to complete the process.
The final result should be similar to the picture below but remember
that in order to be able to use your new extended partition, it must
contain at least one logical drive.
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you would know that I’ve already shared lots of Windows 8 posts. Ever since Microsoft launched the Windows 8 Developer Preview, everyone has been trying to get hands on new metro start screen interface. A while ago, I shared with you a trick to get Windows 8 Start Screen on Windows 7, so that Windows 7 users, too, could try out this metro style thing.
No doubt, Windows 7 is the most used operating system on computer. But still a lot of users use Windows XP, as some software programs only work on Windows XP. They also might want to get the metro style experience on their Windows XP. That’s why, today I’ve come up with this post where I’ll tell you how you could get Windows 8 start screen on Windows XP. Take a look at the screenshot below, that’s how it will look like on Windows XP.
Simply follow the step-by-step instructions to get Metro Style Experience on Windows XP
First of all, you’ll need to download Windows 8 Start Screen, which is made by a deviant art user PeterRollar. You can download it here (Direct Link). It’s a zip file, sized around 18 MB.
When you’ve download the zip file, extract it using Winrar or 7-Zip program on the desktop. A folder named ‘Avedesk13’ will immediately appear on your desktop.
Next, you have to download Avedesk program, download it from here (Direct Link). When downloaded, extract the file to the desktop. You’ll see a Avedesk exe file on the desktop.
Now copy the Avedesk.exe file to the Avedesk13 folder that you created in step 2 and double click on the exe file to launch the program.
As soon as you launch the program, you’ll see the metro style interface on your Windows XP. The program sits in the system tray and allows you to change the theme by right clicking on the Avedesk icon and clicking themes.
If you’re having any trouble, feel free to ask me using the comment section below. I’m always here for you. Meanwhile if you’re looking for something else related to Windows 8, head over to our ‘Windows 8’ category where you’ll find interesting and useful posts on Windows 8 developer preview
