How to Partition Your Hard Drive

Disk partitioning is to divide the hard drive into multiple logical units. People don’t often choose to partition their hard disks, but it has many benefits. Mainly, by partitioning your disk, you can separate your operating system from your data and thus reduce the chances of your data becoming corrupted.

1. Open the Computer Management tool. Open the Start menu. Type “Computer Management” in the search bar of the Start menu and press enter.

2. Select the Disk Management tool. Click on Disk Management on the left side of the window and you should see all of the disks and their partitions on your computer.

 * In the example in the picture, there is 1 disk with two partitions

3. Make some space for the new partition. Right-click on the partition you wish to re-size and select the Shrink Volume option.

• In the example in the picture the (C:) drive is used.
• Note: There may be a partition named System Reserved. It is not recommended that you alter this partition at all

 

4. Shrink the drive. Enter the size you wish to shrink your drive to in megabytes (1000 MB = 1GB). Then click on the Shrink button.

• In this example the drive is shrunk by 10000 MB or 10 GB.
• Note: You cannot shrink your volume greater than the amount indicated in the Size of available shrink space in MB section.

5. Create a new volume. You should now see a new unallocated partition in your Disk Management window. Right-click on the unallocated partition and select the New Simple Volume option.

6. The New Simple Volume Wizard. The New Simple Volume Wizard should popup. Click on the Next button to continue

7. Enter size of new partition. Enter the amount of memory you wish to allocate for your new partition and click on the Next button.

• In the example in the picture, the maximum memory available is allocated to the new volume.
• Note: You cannot make your new volume larger than the maximum amount of memory available.

 

8. Give the new volume a letter name or path. Select from the menu, a letter name for your new partition and click on the “Next” button.

• The letter name chosen for the example in the picture is (E:)
• The letter name or path is used by Windows to identify and navigate to your new volume.

9. Settings for the new volume.

• Click on the Format this volume with the following settings:
• For File System, select NTFS
• For Allocation unit size, select Default
• For Volume Label, type the name you wish to give your new drive.
• Click on the Perform a quick format
• Then click on the Next button

 10. Create the new volume. Look over your settings and click on the Finish button

11. Format the new volume.

• You will get a popup asking you to partition your new drive. Click on the Format disk button.
• A new window will popup. Keep the settings and click on the Start button.
• A warning will popup. Click on the OK button.

       
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Reset Windows 7 Password with Windows Installation CD

Step 1
In order to do this, you must have a Windows installation CD or DVD. Any Windows 7, Vista or XP CD or DVD will work.
First you have to boot from the installation CD. Most PC’s are already set up to use the CD/DVD drive as the first boot device, which means you only have to insert the CD/DVD and restart the PC. Before Windows begins to load, you will see a message that says “press any key to boot from CD”, just press any key. However, if your PC is not set up to boot from the CD/DVD first, you will have to set it as your first boot device in the BIOS setup. If you don’t know how, it’s really easy. Soon as you turn your PC on, you can enter the BIOS setup by pressing the DEL key. Although you would normally use the DEL key, the key you have to press varies from PC to PC, but it will either be the DEL, F1, F2, ESC, or F10 key.
You have to be quite quick while doing this. The most sure-fire way of doing it correctly would be to turn your PC on and keep pressing the button until you get the BIOS screen.
Once you’re at the BIOS screen, navigate through the menus looking for something like “1st boot device, 2nd boot device”, or anything related to boot order. It is different with each PC, but it’s really strait forward. You should set the first boot device as the CD/DVD drive, and the second as your HDD (Hard Disk Drive). It wont matter what the third or fourth are.

Step 2
How that you’ve booted from the CD, you will have to option to install or repair Windows, click repair your computer. You will see various option as shown in the image bellow, click Command Prompt.

Step 3
Now that you’re in the command prompt, we are going to use a couple of commands that will allow you to reset Windows 7 Password.
First type copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
Next type copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
Now reboot the PC (remember to take the installation disk out)

Step 4
So you’ve restarted your PC and you’re at the login screen. Press the Shift key 5 times to bring up the command line interface. Now type net user your_name your_new_password.
For example, if the name of the account you want to reset the password for is called Duncan05 and the password you want to change to is Pass1234, you would type net user Duncan05 Pass1234.
That’s it, you can now login!
Note: The command we used earlier copied over the sethc.exe, replacing it with cmd.exe, which is why we were able to access the command line at the login screen. However, the first command we used backed up the sethc.exe the hard-disk. To restore it in Windows, go the Start Menu and type cmd in the search box. Then in the results, right-click “cmd” and then choose “run as administrator”.
You can the use the command c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe to restore the original sethc.exe file.
Sethc.exe is used to invoke accessibility options through the Shift key. However, you will not have any issues if you decide not to restore the original file.



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reset windows login password

Method 1: Reset Lost Admin Password with the Hidden Administrator Account

This method includes the first thing which should do whenever you forget your Windows login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you forget your user account password then try this:

1. Start your computer and when you see Windows Welcome screen / login screen, press ctrl + alt + del key combination twice and it’ll show you the Classic Login box.
2. Type Administrator in Username and leave Password field blank. Press Enter and you should be able to log in to Windows.
3. Now you can reset your account password by accessing the Control Panel -> User Accounts.

You can also log in to the hidden administrator account from Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this hidden Administrator account on the login screen.

Method 2: Reset Lost Admin Password with Password Reset Disk

The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk on USB removable media within the Windows User Accounts menu by opening the Windows Control Panel, selecting User Accounts, and clicking “Create a password reset disk” in the left pane. But you will have the foresight to create a password reset disk before you forget password. Once you have the disk, you can reset lost admin password easily by following the steps below:

1. Once you’ve typed the wrong password in the login screen, Windows will show a “Reset password” link below the login box.
2. Make sure you already have the password reset disk inserted at this point, then click on the “Reset password” link.
3. Follow the instructions in the Password Reset wizard. This will allow you to create a new password.

After that you should be able to log in to Windows with the new password. You can use the same password reset disk any time you need to reset your lost admin password.

Change Network Location to Public or Private in Windows 10

The first time you connect to a network, you’ll be prompted to turn on sharing and connect to devices. Turn on this settings will set your network location to private. A private network makes your computer discoverable to other PCs. If you don’t want to share musics, pictures, videos or even printers with other PCs on the network, you should set the network type to public. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to change network location to public or private in Windows 10.

Method 1: Change Windows 10 Network Location Using Group Policy

1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type secpol.msc and press Enter.

     

2.When the Local Security Policy window opens, click Network List Manager Policies in the left pane. Double-click on the name of the current network connection in the right pane.

3.Click the Network Location tab at the top. Under the Location type, you can choose either Private or Public.

            
     4.Click Apply and then OK to save your change.


Method 2: Change Windows 10 Network Location Using Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit and press Enter.
2. In the left pane of Registry Editor, navigate to the key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles
3. Expand the Profiles key in the left pane. Click on each subkey and have a look if the ProfileName matches the name of your current network connection.

4.If you have found the right subkey, double-click the Category in the right pane and edit the DWORD to the value you want. Public: 0, Private: 1, Domain: 2.

 5. Reboot your computer to apply the new network location.


Method 3: Change Windows 10 Network Location Using PowerShell

1. Open PowerShell in Administrator mode.

2.Type or paste the following command in the PowerShell and press Enter. It will list the name and properties of your active network connection. In my example, the network name is TLRouter. 
    Get-NetConnectionProfile

 

3.Type the following command and press Enter to change your network location to private. Replace TLRouter with your network name.

Set-NetConnectionProfile -Name "TLRouter" -NetworkCategory Private

If you want to change the network location to public, type this command instead:

Set-NetConnectionProfile -Name "TLRouter" -NetworkCategory Public

Windows 7 Login Background change

                                 Customize Your Windows 7 Login Background

1.Open up your run command.(Fastest way todo isto do ‘Windows Key’ + r)

2.Type in regedit.

       3.Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software> Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Authentication > LogonUI > Background
      
      4. Double-click on OEMBackground
      5. Change this value to 1.

    6.Click Okay and close out of regedit.
   7. Open up Windows Explorer or My Computer and navigate to your Windows directory.
  8. In your system32 folder in your windows directory, you’ll need to create a couple new folders. For the standard user, go to c:windowssystem32oobe and create a folder labeled info. Inside the info folder, make another folder called backgrounds.
Your final path should look like c:windowssystem32oobeinfobackgrounds
 
9. Place your image in this folder. Note 2 important things:

• 1st: Your file must be labeled backgroundDefault.jpg
• 2ndly: According a handful of sources, your file must less than 256kb in size, but I have never been able to successfully implement a background unless it was less than 250kb in size.
• 10.To test if your background is working correctly, lock your computer with ‘Windows + L.’ Your image should now show up on your Windows Login screen.
• 11.Alternatively, name your background to work with specific resolutions. Here are the background names:
  • background768×1280.jpg (0.6)
  • background900×1440.jpg (0.625)
  • background960×1280.jpg (0.75)
  • background1024×1280.jpg (0.8)
  • background1280×1024.jpg (1.25)

winndows blue screen error

Kill Windows with the Blue Screen of Death in 3 Keystrokes

To enable this feature, open up regedit and then browse down to one of these keys, depending on your keyboard type:

USB Keyboard

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters

PS/2 Keyboard

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters

Now right-click on the right-hand pane and add a new DWORD key named CrashOnCtrlScroll, giving it a value of 1

Reboot your computer, and when it starts back up you can trigger the Blue Screen of Death by using the following keyboard shortcut:

 

Hold down Right Ctrl and hit Scroll Lock twice

To remove this “feature” you can just delete the registry key and then restart your computer again.

Please note that following this article WILL crash your computer… really isn’t very useful, but it’s lots of fun =)

 

 

 

Windows Registry Tips

1. Disable Windows Animation

         HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics\MinAnimate

            Set this to 1

 2. Full-Color Icons

         
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP Give it a           value of 16

 3.Remove Hidden Shares
      
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame ters\AutoShareServer
    
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame
ters\AutoShareWks
       Both of these REG_DWORD values set to 0 will prevent hidden shares from working

 4. Thumbnail Size

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Th umbnailSize

This DWORD value can be set between 32 and 256. This number represents the size in pixels that the Windows Explorer Thumbnail view will display

5.Change the Name of the Recycle Bin

      HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-
00AA002F954E}\LocalizedString

Changing the text at the end of this value from Recycle Bin to the text of your choice will change the name of the recycle bin.

6. Remove Shutdown from the Start Menu 
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer\NoClose

This String Value set to 1 removes the Shutdown option from the Startmenu. Change it to
0 to allow shutdowns.

7. Disable CD-ROM Autorun
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

               Changing this value to 1 disables the CD-ROM autorun feature

 8. Change the name of My Computer
        HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-
08002B30309D\LocalizedString
(Win2000)

From this value you can change the name of the My Computer icon. The default value is:
@D:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,My Computer
As you can see, the name is the last part after the , and you can change this to whatever you want. A neat trick is to change the My Computer part to %computername% and that will name My Computer the name that your computer has in the Network settings. If you do this it should look like this:
@C:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,%computername%


9.  Remove Desktop Icons 
         HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Eexplor er\Desktop\NameSpace

A lot of programs install themselves and add an icon to the desktop. The problem is, this isn’t just a shortcut that can be deleted. These are permanent links to certain programs/features. In order to delete them, you need to navigate to this registry key and delete any entries you do not want

How to Configure Microsoft Outlook

Adding an Email Account

Understand the difference between POP and IMAP email services. 

There are two ways that email can be delivered to your email client: POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). POP is the older method of transferring email messages, and works by downloading new messages to your client and then deleting them from the server. IMAP was designed to allow you to check email from multiple devices, as messages and organization are synced between all of the clients you use. 

• There is really no practical reason to use POP if IMAP is available. IMAP is more stable, more secure, and allows you to check your email from your computer, phone, and laptop without losing any messages.
• Most email services allow you to use IMAP, though some may charge for it. Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook.com (Hotmail), AOL, and most service providers allow for IMAP.
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Configure your service for IMAP (Gmail). Most email services allow you to access the IMAP functions without making any changes. The major exception to this is Gmail, where you will need to manually enable IMAP. 

• Log into the Gmail website and click the Gear button. Select "Settings' and then click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab. Select "Enable IMAP" and click "Save Changes".

3- Open Outlook. When you add an IMAP email service, you'll be able to check, organize, and manage your email in Outlook and on all of your other devices. Any changes you make in Outlook will be reflected in your other email clients.

4-Click the "File" tab. In the "Info" section, click the "+ Add Account" button.

Select "Manual setup or additional server types". This will allow you to enter any email account.

• Note: If you're using Gmail or Hotmail (Outlook.com), you can enter your email address and password in the "E-Mail Account" section of the Add New Account window and skip the rest of this section. Outlook will take care of the rest of the configuration for you. You can also manually set them up if you prefer by reading on.

 Select "POP or IMAP". This will enable you to enter a web-based email account.

Enter your email account information. Enter your name as well as your email address in the top section. Leave the Server Information blank for now (see next step). In the Logon Information section, enter your account User Name (usually the same as your email address) as well as the password you use to access the account.

Enter your mail server information. In the Server Information section, enter in the information for your mail service. Select "IMAP" from the Account Type drop-down menu. Below is information for some of the more popular mail services:

Service	Incoming Mail Server	Outgoing Mail Server
Gmail	imap.gmail.com	smtp.gmail.com
Yahoo!	imap.mail.yahoo.com	smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Hotmail	imap-mail.outlook.com	smtp-mail.outlook.com
AOL	imap.aol.com	smtp.aol.com
Comcast	imap.comcast.net	smtp.comcast.net
Time Warner	mail.twc.com	mail.twc.com
AT&T	imap.mail.att.net	smtp.mail.att.net

Click the .More Settings... button. Click the Outgoing Server tab.

Check the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication". Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server". This setting is the same for nearly all email services.

Click the .Advanced tab. These settings are usually correct, but you'll want to verify them using the table below:

Service	Incoming Server/ Encryption	Outgoing Server/ Encryption
Gmail	993/SSL	587/TLS
Yahoo!	993/SSL	465/SSL
Hotmail	993/SSL	587/TLS
AOL	993/SSL	587/SSL
Comcast	993/SSL	587/TLS
Time Warner	143/SSL	587/SSL
AT&T	993/SSL	465/SSL

Click .Next > after entering all of your account settings. Outlook will begin testing your settings to ensure that it can connect to the server to send and receive messages.

Wait for your messages to sync. once you've connected your email account, your messages and folders will begin syncing with Outlook. Depending on how many messages you have, this may take a few moments. You can monitor the process from the status bar at the bottom of the window.

• Outlook will only have to do a major sync the first time you connect your account. After this, it will just sync any changes made from any of your email clients.

How to Transfer Emails Between Two Gmail Accounts

Recently, a friend of mine created a new Gmail account that included her full name instead of a generic screen name she had been using for the last several years. She called me up and asked me how she could move emails from one Gmail account to another.
After fiddling around with it a bit, I figured it out and it’s not very hard. Of course, it would be cool if Gmail just had a button called Import that let you connect to your old Gmail account and import all the emails, but it’s not that simple.

In order to move emails from one Gmail account to another, you have to follow the steps below. Check out my other posts if you are interested in importing email from a different provider into Gmail or if you want to use a third-party email transfer company rather than do it yourself.
After you are done importing your old email, make sure to check out my post on what you should do after switching to the new email address.

Move Emails Between Gmail Accounts

 

Step 1: First, log into the old email account and click on Settings (gear icon and then Settings), then Forwarding and POP and choose Enable POP for all mail. Make sure to click Save Changes at the bottom.

Step 2: Now log into the new email account and click on Settings again. Then click on Accounts and click the Add a POP3 mail account you own or Add a mail account link.

Step 3: Now type in the old Gmail email address into the text box and click Next

Step 4: Now type in the password for the old email account and choose pop.gmail.com from the POP Server drop down list if not already selected. The only option you might want to alter from the default is Label incoming messages if you want to be able to see where the new emails are coming from. Now just click Add Account.

Step 5: Next you’ll be asked if you want to be able to send email as oldaddress@gmail.com. This is useful if you want the mail to come into the new account, but still have the ability to respond using the old email address.

Step 6: Type in your name for the old email address and choose whether you want the reply address to be the old address or you can optionally change it to the new one, which is a good idea so that people will eventually stop writing to the old address.

Step 7: Finally, you will have to verify that you actually own the old email address by clicking the Send Verification button. You can then log into your old email account and copy the confirmation code in the email. Paste that into the appropriate box. Click Verify.

Step 8: Now just sit back and watch all your emails get imported into the new Gmail account. If you have a lot of emails, it could take several hours, so be patient!

So that’s all the steps required to transfer emails from one Gmail account to another. If you have any questions, post a comment! Enjoy!

Troubleshoot Wireless Connection in Windows XP

You’ll need to visit the web site for the hardware manufacturer for your PC and download the latest drivers. So if you have a Dell, go to support.dell.com, find your model and download the driver for the wireless card. Same thing applies to your router, go to D-Link, Netgear, or the Linksys web site and install the latest firmware for the router. You can read a previous article I had written about updating drivers for your wireless card if the connection is dropping.

That will usually fix any problems with the connection being dropped! If you’re having problems connecting in the first place, you might want to try resetting the current configuration in Windows and then try to connect. You can do this by first going to the Control Panel and clicking on Network Connections.

You’ll get a list of all the current connections on your computer, such as bluetooth, wireless, local area connection, etc. Go ahead and right-click on your wireless network connection and choose Properties.

Click on the Wireless Networks tab and click on the name of the network in the list of Preferred networks. Now you want to click Remove so that Windows will erase any of the current settings for that network and will start from scratch. A lot of times when you refresh the list of networks again, Windows will automatically connect. Go ahead and click OK and then click on the wireless network icon in your taskbar and try to connect again.

If that does not work, you can also try to Repair the wireless connection. The Repair option tries a few other things, such as disabling and re-enabling the wireless card, clearing out the DNS cache of old records, and then connecting to the wireless network. You can do a repair by going to Network Connections as shown below and right-clicking the wireless connection and choosing Repair. My image is showing Local Area Connection, but you should see Wireless Network Connection if your computer has a wireless card.

Finally, it’s a good idea to check the TCP/IP properties of your network connection to make sure they are configured properly. A lot of times people manually change them or are told to change them by computer help desk folks on customer support calls. To check the settings, go to Network Connections like mentioned above and then right-click on the network connection and choose Properties.

Now select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the list box and click on Properties. You’ll want to make sure that the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically radio buttons are selected. There are cases where the IP address and DNS server addresses have to be manually entered, but that is rare and should never be the case in the home environment.

So if updating the driver, resetting the configuration, and repairing the network connection don’t work, then try to unplug the wireless router and plug it back in after about a minute. It’s best to turn off the cable modem too, but you should always turn on the modem first, then the router.

Unless there is something physically wrong with the router, one of the methods above should work! If you’re still have trouble with a network connection in Windows XP, post a comment and we’ll try to help. Enjoy!