How to convert FAT32 to NTFS ?

Find the advantages/disadvantages of using ntfs. from the fillowing link
http://thesource.ofallevil.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core/fncc_fil_orws.mspx?mfr=true

1. I recoment you to take a backup before doing this
   
2. Click the button.
3. Click . (more run commands)
   
4. Enter "cmd" into the text field labeled "Open".
5. Click the button.
6. Enter the command "convert c: /fs:ntfs" to convert the C: partition from FAT32 to NTFS.
7. When prompted, enter the volume label for the partition.

What is new in Windows Live Mail Beta ?

It is free … !

Do use Outlook Express? Windows Live Mail Beta offers similar features, plus some great new ones—like free access to Windows Live Hotmail and integration with other Windows Live services. The mail feature I find is that it is not saving mails to a single file ( DBX) the mails are saving to a folder as separate files (EML) . so the loading will be more faster than OE. OE is replaced with Windows live mail in Window vista. I getting a lot of dbx crash issues from my client users.

· Fast



o Access multiple e-mail accounts in one place
o Drag, drop, and organize with one click
o Compose and manage e-mail even while you're offline—when you next connect to the Internet, Windows Live Mail will automatically send and receive messages for you



· Easy



o Integrated Windows Live services let you launch Messenger right from Mail, and go to Windows Live Spaces with a single click
o Photo E-mail lets you create and send slide shows to friends and family
o All-new, cleaner, easier-to-use interface supports Aero on Vista
o RSS feeds and newsgroup messages are displayed next to your e-mail, and you can search them from within Windows Live Mail



· Safer than ever



o Get powerful virus scanning on all of your Hotmail messages
o Enjoy increased protection from phishing scams, across all your e-mail accounts
o Block suspicious messages—and senders, too
o Destroy junk e-mail with a single click
o Color-coded messages help you quickly identify suspicious and safe e-mail



Also…..

Customize Toolbar
Quick Views
Improved Layout Dialog options
Change your sign-in account
Photo E-Mail Updates
Newsgroup Updates


Bug Fixes!



As usual, most of our other changes in this build will come to you in the form of bug fixes. Since our last Beta build, we’ve not only included feature updates like the ones listed above – but we’ve also fixed hundreds of bugs within the product.
It would be impossible to list all these fixes out individually, so I’m just going to point out the ones that we got the most customer feedback on…



· 1) Sound notification with new email: This was probably one of our most requested fixes – so hopefully you all will be happy to hear (literally ;-) that the fix for sound notification when you get new mail is now in the builds.



· 2) APOP fix: With our previous build, we were a little too aggressive in the way we determined whether or not a customer’s account was enabled for APOP. Because of this, some of you weren’t able to check mail on some of your POP accounts. With this build, using APOP is dependent on a user setting.



· 3) Messages getting stuck in the Outbox: Lots of customers ran into an issue where messages would get stuck in the Outbox (among other folders), which could block you from being able to send and receive messages in certain situations. A fix for this issue is now in the build, so you should no longer run into this problem.



· 4) Quoted-Printable updates: We have improved the way we handle the quoted-printable encoded Plain Text messages when replying and forwarding to mail. Most notably, we now clearly indicate which portions of the mail should be quoted with the appropriate character (‘<’).


Download Windows Live Mail

How to Speed up Network Browsing ?

There was a bug in windows 2000 that would cause the scheduled tasks folder to be searched when ever the user would browse network drives. Microsoft developed a fix for this bug. The fix fixed the problem and it also had nice side affect of speeding up browsing of Microsoft networks. Below are instructions how to apply the fix.

1. Open up regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace
3. Find a key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
4. Right click on it and delete it.
5. Restart

Source : www.tweakxp.com

How to clear windows paging file at shutdown ?

Windows uses this file as virtual memory / extra ram. Microsoft has implemented a feature that will clear the page file but they do not have it enabled by default. Please note, this will significantly increase the amount of time it takes to shut down your computer. We don't necessarily recommend this tweak,

Do the following registory change for the result.

(backup your registory before editing )

A ) Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)

B) Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

c) If the value ClearPageFileAtShutdown does not exist, from the Edit menu select New - DWORD value and enter a name of ClearPageFileAtShutdown

e) Double click on ClearPageFileAtShutdown and set to 1

f) Reboot the machine and next time you shutdown the pagefile will be cleared

How to recover corrupted outlook express mails ( dbx fils ) ?

A number of people have indicated that their message folders have become corrupted and OE can not read them. Consequently, they have lost all the messages in that folder. It is because of increasing the file size of dbx. There is no recovery option in outlook express. But using a third-party software (freeware ) names DBXtract. You can easily recover your mails from dbx file.

DBXtract 4.5 is a free stand alone utility that is designed to extract emails out of corrupt Outlook Express databases (.dbx) and turn them into individual .eml files. After extracting the messages one can drag them from a Windows Explorer folder into an Outlook Express mail folder. ( create a new dxx for recovered files )

Download DBXtract

How to remove search bar from IE7 ?

You can Remove search bar from IE7. you can done it by editing a registry value. Please take a backup before editing the registry

Go to the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions

And create a dword value named "NoSearchBox" and set it to 1. The search box will be gone. Set it back to 0 and it will be back again.

Close registry editor

And reopen internet explorer 7

How to backup the Windows Registry?

You must have take the registry backup before you edit it.

Open registry editor ( go to run and type “regedit” )

Then select “export” from file menu.

Select the location which you want to save.

Give a name indicating the backupdate.

How to change Desktop icons text background transparent?

Conttent is moved. page will automatically redirect

Why can not view hidden files ?

It is because of a virus named USBWORM ( orkut ,youtube blocking virus ) do the following step to get the result.

1. Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes and pressing OK.
2. Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde r\Hidden\SHOWALL
3. Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)
4. Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).

see the attached image for more details .. :)

How can I use a USB Printer for dos ?

Normally dos to usb is not supporting. we can do it with a small trick

Fist you share the printer. And go to DOS prompt and type
“NET USE LPT1: \\[Computer Name]\[Share Name] /PERSISTENT:YES”
Eg : net use lpt1: \\192.168.0.1\epsonfx- /PERSISTENT:YES

Run a test print “Dir >prn”

If your computer is not connected in network do the following steps


1) Install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter ( How to install ?)

2) Configure the Adapter
a) The loopback adapter is a virtual network adapter and can be configured the same as a regular network card.
b) Set the adapter to have a static IP address such as 192.168.1.1/ 255.255.255.0

3) Share the printer.
a) I recommend you use a share name that you will remember. I used “Printer” in the new machines that are already deployed.

How to Install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter ?

1) In Control Panel, double click on Add Hardware.

2) Click Next

3) When the scan finishes, select "Yes, I have already connected the hardware"

4) Click Next

5) Scroll to the bottom of the list and select "Add a new hardware device"
Click Next

6) Select "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)"

7) Click Next

8) Select "Network Adapters"

9) Click Next

10) Select "Microsoft" under the Manufacturer list.

11) Select "Microsoft Loopback Adapter" in the Network Adapter list.

12) Click Next

13) Click Next

14) Click Finish

Ho to convert YouTube video ?

If you download a YouTube video from YouTube you will get it as a *.FLV file so you need a FLV player. If you convert it in to MPG or AVI you can use this file in mediaplayers. You can convert flv files without installing any applications. http://www.youconvertit.com/ will help you for this Or you can use Total Video convector.

How do I get rid or the alloversafety.com virus?

Critical System Error! / System Alert:Trojan Spy.Win32@mx

Temporarily disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP)

Clean your temp files using ccleaner

Update and scan with your antivirus

Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) and save it to a desired location. Please print the procedure as we have to close browser later.

http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/adware-tools/smitfraudfix/

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix.zip (by S!Ri) (Extract and run smitfraudfix.cmd)

Reboot your computer in Safe Mode

Scan with antivirus

Close all open Applications.

Run and follow the SmitfraudFix procedure you have printed earlier.

You may now reboot in normal mode if it does not reboot automatically.

After reboot, download and scan with CCleaner

How to Start your computer in safe mode?

Click Start and then click Shut Down. (if it is on )

Select Restart, and then click OK.
Press F8 to get the menu (while windows starting )
Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and then press ENTER.
It will login to Safe mode.

If you restart the computer it will come to normal mode

How to backup Outlook Express EMail files ?

Follow the steps to make a backup copy of your Outlook Express mails …

Open Outlook Express
Go to Tools menu, click Options.
On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
Select the folder location, and copy the location.
Then close the dialog box
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, paste the path , then click OK.
Select All files (*.dbx)
Then copy. Create a New folder to save the backup
Paste the files which you copied

Write this files to a CD or move it in to other HDD

How to display email id as an image ?

You can create this email images from http://services.nexodyne.com/email/

I recommend you to post your email ids in website using this method. Because it cannot be read by email address fetching bots which crawl through the web and lead to the filling of your Inbox by spam.

See following Images which I created using this service.

How to remove IE7 runonce Page ?

http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx

Internet explorer welcome page displaying everytime

The source of the problem is not malicious or to cause any problems, it is simply a configuration of IE7 settings. Microsoft wants you to select your default search provider, enable the built in Phishing filter and, and use ClearType font smoothing. These are great options, however you will never see them because the page will not load.

Got o regedit
And change the values as following

Backup your registry before edit it

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

How can I browse local drives with administrator privileges?

It’s for computer administrator and system persons with admin rights. !

You can open / browse (files and folders) with admin rights from limited user logging

Steps as follows….

Got to command prompt and type runas /user:localhost\administrator "mmc compmgmt.msc"

it will open computer management.

Select "disk management" under StorageIn right panel you can see the local drives. Just right

click and open the drive which you want to access

How can i open xlsx pptx and docx files ?

What are .pptx .xlsx .docx files ? These are the files created by Office 2007, Up to office 2003 the it was .xls .ppt and .doc Most off them started working in Office 2007. If you create and just save a file from Office 2007, users with previous versions cant open this file.

In this case. When you save a file do “Save as” and select option “ **** 97-2003 Document” from the “file menu” Then the saved file will be compactable for the entire previous versions But what will you do when you get a file with these extensions? Don’t worry! Microsoft released a tool to named “Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack” Using this tool you can convert office 2007 files to the compactable file format for older versions

You can download it from here

Related Links : Office Shortcut Keys Vista Shortcut Keys

How to Start a Blog ?

Here is the key steps to start a blog.

1, Find a blogging provider like blogspot.com wordpress.com etc. and signup
2, find a suitable name related to your post like ITFAQS.blogspot.com
3, Selecta a template for your blog
4, Change the layout as you like. But it must be easy to read.
5, Visit others blog related to your topics and leave a commend
6, Send your blog link to friends
7, submit your blog link to search engines
8, Join to social bookmarking sites like dig.com, reddit.com
9, get widgets from sites like blogrush.com and install it in you blog
10, sign up in google.com/analytics to know about the hits you are getting

I want to see your Blog Post your link in this comment box…
Happy Blogging