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    Win7SystemRecovery

    How to Create a Recovery Partition in Windows 7

    Creating a recovery partition is a two part process. The first process is to create a partition if you do not have an additional Hard Drive to install the system image which is the the second part of this tutorial.

    Note: it is highly recommended to install the system image on an additional Hard Drive or on a partition in a different drive other than the operating system drive.

    A system image is an exact copy of a drive. By default, a system image includes the drives required for Windows to run. It also includes Windows and your system settings, programs, and files. You can use a system image to restore the contents of your computer if your hard disk or computer ever stops working. When you restore your computer from a system image, it’s a complete restoration—you can’t choose individual items to restore, and all of your current programs, system settings, and files are replaced with the contents of the system image.

    If you do not have and additional Hard Drive click here to create a partition. Once you have created a partition we need to create a system image.

    To create an Image in Windows 7

    1. Click on Start then search for Back up & Restore.

    2. Then click on the Create a system image link.

    3. Choose where you want to save the image. You can choose an additional drive, burn to multiple DVD’s (not recommended, you will burn too many discs), or store it on a network location. In this Video Tutorial I chose a partition.

    4. If you have multiple drives you can include other drives if you want, but remember that will increase the size of the image.

    5. At the confirmation screen you will be able to see the drives that you are backing up and the size of them. If something doesn’t look right you can still go back from this point to make adjustments.

    6. A progress meter is displayed while the images is created. In this example the disk is about 20GB in size, took over 15 minutes to be backed up to a partition.

    7. Once the image is created you will get the option to create a system repair disc, Create the repair disk and place it in a secure location. So when it comes time to restore from the image, you will be able to use the System Recovery disk to get the system back up and running.

    windows8RemoteDesktop

    How to Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 8

    There are many ways to enable Remote Desktop on Windows 8 DP. I’ll show you a simple way to enable and access Windows 8 remotely from your LAN. To make it easy I Recommend to bring the control panel to the desktop.To do this follow the steps bellow:

    1. Right click on the desktop and click on Personalize, Click on Change Desktop Icons
    2. Then put a check mark on Control Panel to place an icon on the desktop.Click Apply and OK to save the changes.

    Make sure that the User that will be accessing Windows 8 remotely has a Password.

    1. Double click on the Control panel in the Desktop and select small icons from the drop-down category on the top right.
    2. Go to User account then click on manage account to add a password to the user by double clicking on the user.

    Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 8

    1. Once you have created a password go back to the Control panel and click on system.
    2. Then Click on Remote Settings.
    3. Check mark  Allow connections from computer running any version of remote desktop
    4. Click Apply and OK

    To access Windows 8 Remotely you will also need the IP address. To find your IP address on windows 8

    1. Press the Windows Key plus R
    2. In the Run window type CMD and click OK to open the Command Prompt window.
    3. In the Command prompt window type ipconfig and press enter key.

    Don’t worry about the firewall rules, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 does that for you automatically. If you are running a firewall other than default, you should configure it to open port 3389.

    How to install Windows 8 Virtually

    How to install Windows 8 Virtually

    The Windows 8 Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers.Microsoft has been constantly working to make the next version of Windows a better one by improving upon the previous existing features, and have added new impressive Windows 8 features along with a stunning User Interface.

    1. First off be sure to Download a copy of Windows 8 and you will also need to download a copy of Virtual Box from here.
    2. Now once you’ve installed Virtual Box, it’s time to set up your virtual machine.
    3. Next you want to click on the New icon ( top left – blue) this will begin the setup wizard, hit next and it will then ask you what it is you want to install. Fill in the details.
    4. Note: select Windows 8 not Other Windows OS from the drop down menu.
    5. After you’ve filled all this in, click next and you will be asked how much RAM you want to allocated to the virtual box. I went for 2.0 GB but depending on how much RAM you have you might want to increase or decrease this.
    6. The next step will be allocating a virtual hard drive for Windows 8 to run on. The default is 20GB and this should be plenty. Unless you already have prepared a partition or Virtual Drive it’s easier just to let Virtual Box do the work for you. I opted for a VHD in this case instead of the default Virtual Box Drive Image but that shouldn’t make a difference.
    7. You will also be asked if you want a Dynamic Drive or Fixed Drive. I change it to Fixed drive. This means that the Drive size will not change.
    8. You will be asked what size you want the drive. I left mine as the default 20GB.
    9. Now once you click next you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to create these virtual drives, go ahead and confirm this and then we can get on to installing Windows 8.
    10. Once you get back to Virtual Box you will see a new Machine has been added. Highlight that machine and then click Start. This will boot up the machine and run the first boot setup wizard. It’s now that you will be asked where you would like to install an OS from. Select the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO image from wherever you saved it.
    11.  Click next and the Windows 8 setup wizard will begin.
    12. Simply follow the steps and accept the license agreement.
    13. Windows will ask you if you want to upgrade or do a custom install.
    14. Select Custom install as we are installing the OS from scratch.
    15. You will then be asked to confirm where it is you want to install Windows 8. Select the Virtual hard drive you created earlier and click next.
    16. After this then Windows 8 will begin to install itself. All you have to do is wait and let it do its thing and enter information when asked.

    you should now have installed Windows 8 on your system! Have fun.

    Change Windows 7 Starter Edition Wallpaper

    How to Add a Program to Startup in Windows 7 and XP

    If you would like a program to start up when you log in to your computer is very simple to do. Specially if you need to be reminded to Backup which is very important, this video tutorial would help.

    To add program to your Startup folder:

    1. Click Start –>Programs, then right click on Startup folder and choose Open.

    2. Then Copy and paste the shortcut link from the desktop to the Start folder.

    3. Now when you log in to your computer the program should start.

    You are done!! Very simple.

    Windows-7

    Disable or Delete Internet Explorer from Windows 7

    To uninstall Internet Explorer 8 or 9, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, then click Control Panel.

    2. Click Programs and Features.

    3. In the Task pane, click Turn Windows features on or off.

    4. In the list of windows features, click to clear the check box next to Internet Explorer 8.

    5. You will get a confirmation box when you uncheck it saying it may affect other Windows features.all it means is everything that use to open in IE will now open in your new default browser.

    6. In this window, click Yes to the warning message.

    The system restarts after Internet Explorer 8 or 9 is uninstalled. if not restart the System manually.

    Fix System Tray Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP

    Fix System Tray Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP

    There’s a bug in Fix System Tray Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP where sometimes the system tray tooltips and popup notifications will show up behind the taskbar, or behind other windows.

    The way to make everything start working again is to do the following:

    1. Right click the taskbar, choose properties, and uncheck the checkbox that says “Keep task bar on top of other windows”.
    2. Click Apply
    3. Check the checkbox again.
    4. Click Apply again.

    This will temporarily make the system work right again, but you may have to repeat these steps if it happens again.

    Note: Neosmart has created a small application that will fix this problem.

    Download ToolTipFixer from NeoSmart

    Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing in Windows 7 - Copy

    Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing in Windows 7

    Dragging a window to one edge of the screen it would “dock” there and it will re-size to fill half the screen or full screen. some users might prefer to turn off the feature entirely and go back to resizing windows as they see fit.

    To Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing:

    1. Click Start, Control panel, then click Ease of Access Center.

    2. Scroll down and click Make the mouse easier to use.

    3. Scroll down to and Checkmark: Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen.

    4. Click OK and you’re done!

    Now your windows won’t dock or re-size when you drag it to the edge of the screen.

    Change Windows 7 Starter Edition Wallpaper

    Change Wallpaper Windows 7 Starter Edition

    Changing the Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter Edition is not as easy as it use to be, on previous Operating Systems. I don’t even want to comment on that.

    Here is the solution:

    1. Download and Install Starter Background Changer

    2. Once installed, Right click on the desktop and Click on Personalize.

    3. Then Click on Wallpaper.

    4. Click on Choose to Browse for the image you would like to set as a wallpaper.

    5. Once you have selected the image click on Validate the modification.

    That is it….

    easier way of shutting down, restarting, your Windows 8

    How to Add Shutdown / Restart to the Windows 8 Metro UI Start Screen

    Shutting down Windows 8 is different from previous Operating Systems. This is an easier way of shutting down, restarting, your computer. By adding tiles to the Windows 8 Metro UI Start Screen.

    1. Click the Desktop tile on the Metro UI Start Screen to access the Desktop.
    2. Right-click on the Desktop and select New > Shortcut from the popup menu.
    3. Enter shutdown.exe -s -t 00 command in the Type the location of the item edit box and click Next.
    4. Enter Shut Down in the Type a name for this shortcut edit box and click Finish.
    5. Change the shortcut image, right-click on the shortcut and select
    6. Select shortcut tab on the Properties dialog box and Click Change Icon
    7. Selected an icon  from the Properties dialog box. Click OK
    8. Copy the the shortcut from the desktop.
    9. Paste the shortcut into the following directory: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
    10. You should be able to see the Shut down tile on the Metro UI Start Screen. Just one click to shut down your Computer

    To add tiles for Restart, Lock Workstation, enter the following commands on the Shortcut wizard.

    • Restart Computer: shutdown.exe -r -t 00
    • Lock Workstation: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

     

    Win 2003Server

    How to Create Roaming Profile on Windows Server 2003

    Roaming profiles users are able to get their desktop environment on every computer which is client of a domain controller. Configuration of Roaming User Profiles involves 2 processes: Sharing a Folder and Configuring Domain Users’ Profile page.

    1. Create a Share a Folder

    1. Log on to the domain controller with the credentials of Domain Administrator.
    2. Create a folder on drive C: and name it Profiles. (You can give any name to this folder)
    3. Share Profiles folder right-click on it and from the context menu select Properties.
    4. On the Properties page go to Sharing tab and select Share this folder radio button.
    5. Leave the default share name intact and click on Permissions button.
    6. Make sure that in Share Permissions window under Groups or user names frame Everyone group is selected and in Permissions to Everyone frame under Allow column check the checkbox opposite to Full Control option.
    7. Click on Ok button on all windows to accept and confirm your settings.

    2. Configuring Domain Users’ Profile.

    1. Click on Start button and go to Administrative Tools.
    2. From Administrative Tools sub-menu click on Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
    3. When opened, from the left pane expand the domain name (domain name.com in this case) and from the list select Users container.
    4. From the right pane right click on the user name for which you want to configure roaming profile and select Properties. You can also select multiple users by pressing Ctrl key while selecting users. This will enable you to configure roaming user profile for multiple users in a single session.
    5. In the Properties window go to Profile tab.
    6. In the Profile path text box type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path for the shared folder. In this example it would be \\192.168.1.118\Profiles\USERNAME where 192.168.1.118 is the computer name, USERNAME will be replaced with the name of the user account.

    Once done with the above configuration click on Ok button to accept and confirm the settings.Next time when the user will log on to the domain his profile will be saved in a sub folder which will be created under Profiles shared folder. Name of the sub folder will be the name of the user for whom roaming profile is configured. Every time the user will use a domain client computer to log on his profile will be downloaded for this sub folder and will be saved back in this folder when the user will log off.

    How to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox

    How to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox

    In this Video tutorial I used Ubuntu 11.10, but the same applies to, any previous or future version of Ubuntu. Actually, you can install any Linux distribution this way.

    VirtualBox allows you to run an entire operating system inside another operating system. Please be aware that you should have a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. 1 GB of RAM or more is recommended.

    Installation Process

    1. The first thing you have to do is Download Ubuntu
    2. Download  VirtualBox.

    Installation

    1. After you launch VirtualBox from the Windows Start menu.

    2. Click on New to create a new virtual machine.

    3. When the New Virtual Machine Wizard appears, click Next.

    Note: You can call the machine whatever you want. If you’re installing Ubuntu, it makes sense to call it Ubuntu, I guess. You should also specify that the operating system is Linux.

    4. VirtualBox will try to guess how much of your memory (or RAM) to allocate for the virtual machine. If you have 1 GB or less of RAM, I would advise you stick with the recommendation. If, however, you have over 1 GB, about a quarter your RAM or less should be fine. For example, if you have 2 GB of RAM, 512 MB is fine to allocate. If you have 4 GB of RAM, 1 GB is fine to allocate. If you have no idea what RAM is or how much of it you have, just go with the default.Click Next.

    5. Then you do want to Create new hard disk and then click Next.Click Next again.

    6.. A dynamically expanding virtual hard drive is best, because it’ll take up only what you actually use.

    7. Ubuntu’s default installation is less than 8 GB. If you plan on adding software or downloading large files in your virtualized Ubuntu, you can make it larger. Click Finish and wait for the virtual hard drive to be created.Click Finish

    8. The next thing to do is to add the downloaded Ubuntu disk image (the .iso) boot on your virtual machine. Click on start you’ll see a little folder icon. Click that, and you can Browse for the Ubuntu .iso you downloaded earlier.Once you’ve selected it, click OK.

    9. Once it’s started up, just follow the regular installation procedure as if you were installing Ubuntu on a real hard drive (instead of a virtual one).

    10. Afterwards, in order to use your virtualized installation (instead of continually booting the live CD), you have to delete the IDE controller by going to settings,Storage delete the IDE controller.


    Windows-7

    How to Create a Virtual Hard Drive in Windows 7

    A Virtual Hard Disk allows multiple operating systems to reside on a single machine. This method enables everyone to test software on different operating systems without the cost or hassle of installing a second hard disk or creating a separate partition on a single hard disk. The ability to directly modify a virtual machine’s hard disk from a host server supports many applications, including:

    •     Moving files between a VHD and the host file system
    •     Backup and recovery
    •     Antivirus and security
    •     Image management and patching
    •     Disk conversion (physical to virtual, and so on)
    •     Life-cycle management and provisioning
    •     Mapped in the network

    One of the new features in Windows 7 is the ability to create Virtual Hard Disks.

    1. Right-click on My Computer and select to Manage. Alternately you can type diskmgmt.msc into the Start search box and enter.

    2. In the Computer Management screen select Disk Management then click Action and Create VHD from the dropdown.

    3. Browse to the directory you want the disk to reside, choose the size you want it to be, and select dynamic or a fixed. If you want the disk to expand in size as you add files to it, then choose Dynamically expanding. Check Fixed size if you want a specific size and for it to stay that way.

    4. In Disk Management you will see the virtual drive listed in blue as unallocated space.

    5. Right-click and select Initialize Disk. To begin using it.

    6. In the initialize disk box just keep MBR selected and hit OK.

    7. Now create a volume by Right-clicking the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume.

    8. Click next on the Simple Volume Wizard

    9. Choose the amount of space you want to use for the volume. leave it default to use the full volume.

    10. Assign it a dive letter from the drop down that is not currently being used.

    11. Format the new volume as NTFS, FAT32, or FAT.

    12. Click on Finish and the wizard is complete.

    If you have AutoPlay enabled it should pop up for you to open up your new virtual hard disk. You will also see it listed under My Computer.

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