How to Fix a Cyclic Redundancy Check Error

1. Check the cause. In the case the CRC error was thrown by the hard drive, the cause is likely data being incorrectly written to the hard drive. This can be caused by either the operating system being corrupt, or a power loss.
   
   
   
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   To fix a hard disk CRC error, run the CHKDSK application. In the "My Computer" folder, right click the affected hard drive and click properties.
   
   
   
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   (In most of the cases this doesn't work because from GUI It won't show all the properties of the disk; It will end-up without doing any disk check. The alternative to this step is execute commands from command prompt as below:
   • 1. Run CMD as an Administrator
     

Hack Administrator Password In Windows Using Command Prompt

For changing the administrator password using command prompt you must have access to guest account or any other account account. Now follow the step by step procedure.
1. Gain access to the guest acount
2. click on windows key + R .
3. type cmd in the run box.

now you will see a image like this :

4.  Type the following commands depending on your needs :

1.  To check the User Accounts: Net User
2. To Add a New User Account Type: Net User Username Password /add
3. To Delete a User Account Type: Net User Username /delete
4. To Change the Password of User Account Type: Net User Username *

With the help of above commands you can change the password of any account ( including administrator account )
THAT'S IT !!!!!
Note : Here username is the account name which you want to change or delete.
  

Top 5 Windows7 Hacks

Enabling Aero User Interface

Aero is a very cool and beautiful user interface of Windows 7. To run Aero, you need a PC with specs like 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB system memory and 128MB of video RAM. If your system is low on specs, you won’t be able to use Aero. Here is a workaround for enabling Aero on systems that have low specs.
1. Launch Windows Registry Editor by typing Regedit in Start Menu

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
3. Right-click on the right-hand pane and create the following three DWORD entries and set value for each one:
Animations – set value to 0.
Blur – set value to 0.
UseMachineCheck – set value to 0.
4. Close the Registry Editor
5. Go to the Start Menu, enter “cmd” and press Enter to open the Command Prompt.
6. Type the following commands:
Net Stop uxsms and then press Enter
Net Start uxsms and then press Enter
7. The last step is to right-click on your desktop and choose: Personalize/Windows Colors.

Protect Your USB Drive From Virus With Dummy Files

As you know that to prevent virus attacks to your PC, you must make your USB storage device free from virus as well which are most of the time plug and played to your PC.

Usually, most of the virus and worms copies to your USB drive easily. No matter what you do, you cannot stop this action form virus when you insert your USB drive to infected computer. But to prevent from un-authorized copying of viruses you can make your USB storage device completely full so that no more files can be added to it.

But filling up the storage device will not be practical as you have to add some heavy contents there and you won’t like to put large contents which will often hectic job. But after following this tutorial you’ll feel easier to do that.

Initially assume that you have some files in your USB drive and you want to fill up the remaining space.

First download USBDummyProtect (an executable 4KB ZIP file). Once you’ve downloaded the file extract it and copy the exe file in to your USB root drive.

How To Hide Any Drive Through Command Prompt

Step 1. Open command Prompt, go to Start Menu > All Programs >Accessories > Command prompt
Step 2. In the Command Prompt, type Diskpart and hit enter key. If UAC (User Account Control), dialog-box prompts than click Yes.
Step 3. Then type List Volume and press enter, this will produce the list of all drives.

Step 4. Now select the drive which you want to hide, you can either do this by typing Select Volume 1 (i.e. Volume Number) or by typing Select Volume C(i.e. Drive letter)

 

Step 5. To hide a drive, type Remove Letter C. Here, C is the drive letter than you want to hide. You can use any drive letter you want.

How to reset Internet Explorer proxy settings

1. In Windows 7, click the Start button . In the search box, type run, and then, in the list of results, click Run.
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   In Windows Vista, click the Start button , and then click Run.
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   In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
2. Copy and paste or type the following text in the Open box in the Run dialog box:
   reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ProxyEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
3. Click OK.
4. In Windows 7, click the Start button . In the search box, type run, and then, in the list of results, click Run.
   -or-
   In Windows Vista, click the Start button , and then click Run.
   -or-
   In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
5. Copy and paste or type the following text in the Open box in the Run dialog box:
   reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ProxyServer /f
6. Click OK.

Restart Internet Explorer !

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

Run Commands for Windows 7

Windows logo key + R

Administrative Tools

Administrative Tools = control admintools
Authorization Manager = azman.msc
Component Services = dcomcnfg
Certificate Manager = certmgr.msc
Direct X Troubleshooter = dxdiag
Display Languages = lpksetup
ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32
File Signature Verification Tool = sigverif
Group Policy Editor = gpedit.msc
Add Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cpl
iSCSI Initiator = iscsicpl
Iexpress Wizard = iexpress
Local Security Settings = secpol.msc
Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool = msdt
Microsoft Management Console = mmc
Print management = printmanagement.msc
Printer User Interface = printui
Problems Steps Recorder = psr
People Near Me = p2phost
Registry Editor = regedit or regedt32
Resoure Monitor = resmon
System Configuration Utility = msconfig
Resultant Set of Policy = rsop.msc
SQL Server Client Configuration = cliconfg
Task Manager = taskmgr
Trusted Platform Module = tpm.msc
TPM Security Hardware = TpmInit
Windows Remote Assistance = msra
Windows Share Folder Creation Wizard = shrpubw
Windows Standalong Update Manager = wusa
Windows System Security Tool = syskey
Windows Script Host Settings = wscript
Windows Version = winver
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security = wf.msc
Windows Memory Diagnostic = MdSched
Windows Malicious Removal Tool = mrt

Computer Management

Computer Management = compmgmt.msc or CompMgmtLauncher
Task Scheduler = control schedtasks
Event Viewer = eventvwr.msc
Shared Folders/MMC = fsmgmt.msc
Local Users and Groups = lusrmgr.msc

10 Windows 7 commands every administrator should know

PC troubleshooting is becoming less common in larger organizations, but consultants and techs in smaller shops still have to get their hands dirty identifying and fixing desktop problems. Often times, troubleshooting Windows 7 means delving into the command line. Here are 10 fundamental Windows 7 commands you might find helpful.

Before I begin…

This article is intended solely as an introduction to some useful troubleshooting commands. Many of them offer numerous optional switches, which I won’t cover here due to space limitations. You can find out more about each command by checking out TechNet’s command-line reference.

1: System File Checker

Malicious software will often attempt to replace core system files with modified versions in an effort to take control of the system. The System File Checker can be used to verify the integrity of the Windows system files. If any of the files are found to be missing or corrupt, they will be replaced. You can run the System File Checker by using this command:

sfc /scannow

Top 3 Free Remote Desktop Connections Manager

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), developed originally by Microsoft, is a network protocol that provides a way for people to access a computer remotely with a nice lightweight user interface along with input devices like keyboard and mouse. Both Windows 7 and 8 come with a native Remote Desktop Client that lets you connect to the remote machine through this protocol. However, for people who constantly need to manage multiple machines at once, you will need a program that manages multiple connections for you to make your life easier. And here are 3 of them that are free and great for you to consider.

Remote Desktop Manager

It’s a feature rich remote connections manager that manages not only multiple remote desktop connections but many other protocols as well, such as VNC, Citrix, HTTP, FTP, LogMeIn, TeamViewer, Putty, etc.. You can save credentials locally in the database, which is protected by the AES encryption, or in an external applications like LastPass or KeePass.
What’s good about this tool is that it also supports and integrates pretty with many popular services as well. Such as:

Optimizing Your Laptop Battery Life with this Battery Optimizer in Windows 7 and 8

The default Battery Optimizer that comes with Windows has already included a lot of necessary settings to get a better battery life from a portable device but this Battery Optimizer is a freeware that brings more on the table to help people fix a common issue existed in most of Windows powered laptop, the short battery life.

Unlike many other battery related tools that just help you get better managing how battery should work when your computer goes to sleep, or hibernate, Battery Optimizer digs a few inches deeper by telling you how much minutes of your batter you are going to save by tuning certain features or services of your laptop off. And you can save these settings as a profile so that you can easily and quickly switch it over when needed in the future.
The first thing you need to do once you have it installed on your computer is to Run Diagnostic from the Diagnostic tab to let the tool to get know better of your computer system and setup. The diagnostic process may take quite a few minutes to finish depending on the setup. It will automatically turn of and off certain hardware like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Infrared, and any external peripherals, as well as adjusting screen brightness. The optimization is completely based on the result from this diagnostic process. So it’s important to be patient letting it run completely.

Windows 7 Tip: Shift + Right Click Combo Brings More Option in Context Menu

The right-click context menu is very useful with a lot of commonly used commands nested there ready to be clicked. But do you know that you can even get more with the Shift + Right Click combo? There are some golden eggs hiding from this combo, some of which can actually benefit you greatly.
Let’s take look some of the samples.

Shift + Right click on an object

For example, let’s say I right-click on a folder, here is context menu I normally get:

And here is the expanded context menu after I hold down my Shift key and right click my mouse on the same folder:

How To Pin Any Folder to Start Menu in Windows 7

Even though it’s not longer available in Windows 8, Start Menu is still a convenient place that can be very handy for a lot of us. You can pin almost all programs to it and you can do it easily from the right-click context menu. However, you can’t pin folders to it, which sucks to people like me navigating through folders pretty much all day long.
Here is a registry hack that you can use to trick the system to allow you to pin almost any folders you are frequently using to Start Menu.
First, launch Registry Editor by pressing Win+R shortcut, typing “regedit”, and hitting Enter.
Then, navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers.

And right click the empty space on the right panel, then New and Key, to create a new key name as below:

{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}

The result is immediate. You don’t have to restart the machine to see it. Just go to the