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Disabling System Restore in Windows 7
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As a technical support, one of the most important security that I always look for is to disable is the windows system restore. Why if you may ask? First, it protects also my system to stop malware and viruses from being restored. In my experience, every time my anti-virus detects a virus, it detects then removed but it’s always there coming back and that’s because of system restore, it brings back the problem. Second, save some disk space…now you know.

I know little about the new system because I am still kinda new with Windows 7 but I hope my solution below on how to how to disable the system restore in windows 7 can be of help to you. read more…




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How to Extend Battery Life in Your Laptop
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There are three things that every laptop owner should know about extending battery life in their laptop to avoid the situation that we have all been in too many times. We are doing something important on the computer or hadn’t had the chance to save – thinking that we have enough time before the battery dies, and the screen goes black. The battery has powered down, without reprieve for your work! Here are some tips and tricks that can help to prolong battery life in your laptop.

laptop_batteryAvoid functions that take up large amount of battery power. This means Movies, and running more than two or three programs. As well, change the settings when using the laptop battery as the main source of power. These functions can be found by right clicking on the battery icon, or via the control panel. Adjusting these functions can save up to an hour of battery life.

When using the laptop ensure that it is not using valuable battery power to maintain a safe temperature for the machine. Using, and changing the battery battery at room temperature can increase the capabilities of the battery and extend the life. read more…




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Formatting StoreJet 2.5 with FAT32/NTFS
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transcend1Today, I went to one of my client(s) because they need my support when it comes to their computer problems. The reason why they called me for assistance is to check their other internet connection, which they are paying for more than a year now yet they haven’t use it even once, and there’s this portable hard drive they’re having problem because they can’t use it. So I went as early as 8:30 a.m.

I will not discuss about their second internet connection because I don’t have admin access to the Cisco 1800 instead let me make a simple instruction how to make your Portable Transcend Drive useable after you bought it.

Normally this is what you will experience, when you bought this portable drive and plug it into your computer, it was detected but there’s no additional drive. I don’t know the exact model but it’s a 300GB 2.5″ Transcend Storejet Sata. Also when you check it under disk management, you cannot do anything because it’s being protected.

To format the StoreJet 25 with FAT32/NTFS file system in Windows® 2000/XP read more…




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Portable GetDataBack_3.68 (FAT & NTFS)
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GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive’s partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has caused a system crash, files were lost due to a software failure, files were accidentally deleted…

Recover even when Windows doesn’t recognize the drive

GetDataBack can even recover your data when the drive is no longer recognized by Windows. It can likewise be used even if all directory information – not just the root directory- is missing.

Get everything back

Advanced algorithms will make sure that all directories and sub directories are put together as they were, and that long file names are reconstructed correctly.

GetDataBack is safe

GetDataBack is read-only, meaning the program will never attempt to write to the drive you are about to recover. Please make sure to read the safety instructions… read more…




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Use Trial software forever without activation
Post by: techguy | 77 views

Another collections. No trick.

How to use Trial software without activation?

RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn’t change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.

You can run multiple applications simultaneously, each application works with different date and time, while the real date/time of your system continues to run normally.

Download from here http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html

Follow these steps carefully:

1. Note down the date and time of install of the trial software.

2. Once the trial period expires, always run the software using RunAsDate utility
Note: After trial period expires, do not run the software directly. Not even once. If you run the software directly after trial period, this RunAsDate may not work properly.

Known “False Positive” Issues

  • AVG Antivirus reports that RunAsDate is infected with “Trojan horse Generic 10.THK”.



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10 reasons why your PCs crashed
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It’s very useful and a must to remember to all Packet Minders!

Fatal error: the system has become unstable or is busy,” it says. “Enter to return to Windows or press Control-Alt-Delete to restart your computer. If you do this you will lose any unsaved information in all open applications.”

You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Microsoft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening? read more…




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Basic computer troubleshooting step by steps
Post by: techguy | 3,252 views

When fault finding a computer you would be well advised to follow a logical set of steps and take the proper precautions.

The precautions:

  1. 1) Always wear an anti-static strap when working inside a computer, ensure it is connected to an unpainted metallic part of the computer.
  2. Ensure that the computer is turned off and disconnected from the power point.
  3. Ensure that the motherboard is correctly installed with sufficient mounts and that no part is shorting to the case or any other metallic parts.

The logical steps:

  1. Clear CMOS then remove all cards and plugs from the motherboard except the power connection and internal speaker.
  2. Turn the computer on and listen for beeps. (If none the power supply or motherboard has failed, try an new powersuply)
  3. Turn the computer off and disconnect it from the power, then plug in the RAM (one stick at a time). Ensure it is seated correctly. Turn on and listen for a beep.
  4. Repeat adding one card or plug at a time, ensuring all are seated correctly.

Note the beep sequence at each stage.

A properly working computer should beep once while booting, and the lights on the keyboard should flash while booting.

Clearing CMOS

Disconnect all external cables, open the box, and locate the CMOS battery.

Remove the battery for about a minute then put it back in. read more…




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How do I clear the CMOS
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clear cmosClearing the CMOS can be done a few ways although there are thousands posted on the net so lets just talk the basics. The most common way is to use the jumper on the motherboard. This jumper has two settings. Normal and Clear. Moving the jumper to the Clear setting will erase the settings stored in CMOS. It does not remove the BIOS itself, only the user defined settings within the CMOS. When you clear the CMOS you will most likely see the error message “CMOS Checksum Error” on the next reboot. You can enter the BIOS setup at this point or before and reconfigure the settings.

Another method is to remove the CMOS battery from the system. Removing the battery is usually the second method as it may take anywhere from 15 minutes to 8 hours in order for the CMOS to loss the settings. Once the CMOS is clear, you should know by the “BIOS checksum error, press F1 to continue “, or “CMOS Checksum Error – Defaults Loaded” message at bootup. read more…




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How To Remove Microsoft Windows Reservable Bandwith
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Limit Reservable Bandwith Usage

Determines the percentage of connection bandwidth that the system can reserve. This value limits the combined bandwidth reservations of all programs running on the system.

By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.

  1. go to run and type gpedit.msc
  2. go to computer configuration
  3. go to admiistrative Templates
  4. go to network
  5. go to QoS packet scheduler
  6. enable Limit servable bandwith to 0 “zero”

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Blocking unwanted autorun.inf
Post by: techguy | 157 views

Malicious autorun files are a pain to handle. In the previous posts we have shown you how easy it is to create autorun.inf files, however, malicious programmers have released bad autorun.inf code so that they can run their programs on an unprotected computer.

In this post, I will show you how to counter bad autorun.inf files using Autorun Eater, a free program that will help prevent malware infections via USB flash drives
or portable hard drives.

According to it’s help manual, “Autorun Eater is a tool I made to easily and automatically scan and remove suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files found in the root directory of drives C-Z. Yes, even before you access the drive!”. read more…




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