TOP 10 reasons why PCs crash you must know it

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">10 reasons why PCs crash you must know it</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp0A0Rb_bwIqZAgIZSLK51msvad0vr_uHPZ9PB9xsr_Xa2k5azvfW1CzNgbgNAUtFNh0AigYhRU06SpTcPuhhAvfQRiEF1QsNcbky1CSNXdo5pPVexuS3ZvdUAooa3VV0gWRM9FhwtLlc/s1600/crash_teas.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp0A0Rb_bwIqZAgIZSLK51msvad0vr_uHPZ9PB9xsr_Xa2k5azvfW1CzNgbgNAUtFNh0AigYhRU06SpTcPuhhAvfQRiEF1QsNcbky1CSNXdo5pPVexuS3ZvdUAooa3VV0gWRM9FhwtLlc/s400/crash_teas.gif" width="400" /></a></span></b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> 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."<br /> <br /> You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Mcft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening?<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">1 Hardware conflict</span><br /> <br /> The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.<br /> <br /> For example, a printer usually connects internally on IRQ 7. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 6. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself.<br /> <br /> If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both devices at the same time, a crash can happen. The way to check if your computer has a hardware conflict is through the following route:<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.<br /> <br /> Often if a device has a problem a yellow '!' appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it.<br /> <br /> Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as 'IRQ holder for PCI steering'. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove the problem device and reinstall it.<br /> <br /> Sometimes you may have to find more recent drivers on the internet to make the device function properly. A good resource is www.driverguide.com. If the device is a soundcard, or a modem, it can often be fixed by moving it to a different slot on the motherboard (be careful about opening your computer, as you may void the warranty).<br /> <br /> When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity.<br /> <br /> To be fair to Mcft, the problem with IRQ numbers is not of its making. It is a legacy problem going back to the first PC designs using the IBM 8086 chip. Initially there were only eight IRQs. Today there are 16 IRQs in a PC. It is easy to run out of them. There are plans to increase the number of IRQs in future designs.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">2 Bad Ram</span><br /> <br /> Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.<br /> <br /> But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will usually force the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.<br /> <br /> One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. This can make it more stable. Another way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. Then try to repeat the circumstances that caused the crash. When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections, as they can be easily damaged.<br /> <br /> Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.<br /> <br /> EMM386 error messages refer to memory problems but may not be connected to bad Ram. This may be due to free memory problems often linked to old Dos-based programmes.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">3 BIOS settings</span><br /> <br /> Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or delete button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.<br /> <br /> Once inside the BIOS, great care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, you will know what settings to revert to.<br /> <br /> A common BIOS error concerns the CAS latency. This refers to the Ram. Older EDO (extended data out) Ram has a CAS latency of 3. Newer SDRam has a CAS latency of 2. Setting the wrong figure can cause the Ram to lock up and freeze the computer's display.<br /> <br /> Mcft Windows is better at allocating IRQ numbers than any BIOS. If possible set the IRQ numbers to Auto in the BIOS. This will allow Windows to allocate the IRQ numbers (make sure the BIOS setting for Plug and Play OS is switched to 'yes' to allow Windows to do this.).<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">4 Hard disk drives</span><br /> <br /> After a few weeks, the information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter<br /> <br /> This will start the procedure. You will be unable to write data to the hard drive (to save it) while the disk is defragmenting, so it is a good idea to schedule the procedure for a period of inactivity using the Task Scheduler.<br /> <br /> The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop).<br /> <br /> Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimisation. This can be adjusted by going to<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk.<br /> <br /> Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space.<br /> <br /> Empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space. Hard disk drives should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors. Go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-ScanDisk<br /> <br /> Otherwise assign the Task Scheduler to perform this operation at night when the computer is not in use.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">5 Fatal OE exceptions and VXD errors</span><br /> <br /> Fatal OE exception errors and VXD errors are often caused by video card problems.<br /> <br /> These can often be resolved easily by reducing the resolution of the video display. Go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings<br /> <br /> Here you should slide the screen area bar to the left. Take a look at the colour settings on the left of that window. For most desktops, high colour 16-bit depth is adequate.<br /> <br /> If the screen freezes or you experience system lockups it might be due to the video card. Make sure it does not have a hardware conflict. Go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager<br /> <br /> Here, select the + beside Display Adapter. A line of text describing your video card should appear. Select it (make it blue) and press properties. Then select Resources and select each line in the window. Look for a message that says No Conflicts.<br /> <br /> If you have video card hardware conflict, you will see it here. Be careful at this point and make a note of everything you do in case you make things worse.<br /> <br /> The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button. You are searching for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message.<br /> <br /> Another useful way to resolve video problems is to go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-Graphics<br /> <br /> Here you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left. As ever, the most common cause of problems relating to graphics cards is old or faulty drivers (a driver is a small piece of software used by a computer to communicate with a device).<br /> <br /> Look up your video card's manufacturer on the internet and search for the most recent drivers for it.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">6 Viruses</span><br /> <br /> Often the first sign of a virus infection is instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector of a hard drive, making it impossible to start. This is why it is a good idea to create a Windows start-up disk. Go to<br /> <br /> * Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs<br /> <br /> Here, look for the Start Up Disk tab. Virus protection requires constant vigilance.<br /> <br /> A virus scanner requires a list of virus signatures in order to be able to identify viruses. These signatures are stored in a DAT file. DAT files should be updated weekly from the website of your antivirus software manufacturer.<br /> <br /> An excellent antivirus programme is McAfee VirusScan by Network Associates ( www.nai.com). Another is Norton AntiVirus 2000, made by Symantec ( www.symantec.com).<br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">7 Printers</span><br /> <br /> The action of sending a document to print creates a bigger file, often called a postscript file.<br /> <br /> Printers have only a small amount of memory, called a buffer. This can be easily overloaded. Printing a document also uses a considerable amount of CPU power. This will also slow down the computer's performance.<br /> <br /> If the printer is trying to print unusual characters, these might not be recognised, and can crash the computer. Sometimes printers will not recover from a crash because of confusion in the buffer. A good way to clear the buffer is to unplug the printer for ten seconds. Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer's default settings and you may be able to carry on.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">8 Software</span><br /> <br /> A common cause of computer crash is faulty or badly-installed software. Often the problem can be cured by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. Use Norton Uninstall or Uninstall Shield to remove an application from your system properly. This will also remove references to the programme in the System Registry and leaves the way clear for a completely fresh copy.<br /> <br /> The System Registry can be corrupted by old references to obsolete software that you thought was uninstalled. Use Reg Cleaner by Jouni Vuorio to clean up the System Registry and remove obsolete entries. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (ME), NT4 and Windows 2000.<br /> <br /> Read the instructions and use it carefully so you don't do permanent damage to the Registry. If the Registry is damaged you will have to reinstall your operating system. Reg Cleaner can be obtained from www.jv16.org<br /> <br /> Often a Windows problem can be resolved by entering Safe Mode. This can be done during start-up. When you see the message "Starting Windows" press F4. This should take you into Safe Mode.<br /> <br /> Safe Mode loads a minimum of drivers. It allows you to find and fix problems that prevent Windows from loading properly.<br /> <br /> Sometimes installing Windows is difficult because of unsuitable BIOS settings. If you keep getting SUWIN error messages (Windows setup) during the Windows installation, then try entering the BIOS and disabling the CPU internal cache. Try to disable the Level 2 (L2) cache if that doesn't work.<br /> <br /> Remember to restore all the BIOS settings back to their former settings following installation.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">9 Overheating</span><br /> <br /> Central processing units (CPUs) are usually equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fan fails or if the CPU gets old it may start to overheat and generate a particular kind of error called a kernel error. This is a common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they are supposed to.<br /> <br /> One remedy is to get a bigger better fan and install it on top of the CPU. Specialist cooling fans/heatsinks are available from www.computernerd.com or www.coolit.com<br /> <br /> CPU problems can often be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will make the machine run more slowly, but it should also be more stable.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">10 Power supply problems</span><br /> <br /> With all the new construction going on around the country the steady supply of electricity has become disrupted. A power surge or spike can crash a computer as easily as a power cut.<br /> <br /> If this has become a nuisance for you then consider buying a uninterrupted power supply (UPS). This will give you a clean power supply when there is electricity, and it will give you a few minutes to perform a controlled shutdown in case of a power cut.<br /> <br /> It is a good investment if your data are critical, because a power cut will cause any unsaved data to be lost.<br /> <div> <br /></div> </div>

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How to use your pen drive as computer password.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$6:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hackers easily change the password for administrator account and threaten your files. It will protected by creating the password disk using your pen drive. Now your pen drive act like a floppy disk and create a start-up key in the pen drive. </span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$7:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$8:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use pen drive as computer password without typing in Login screen. Just insert your pen drive and Login the computer. It’s very helpful to secure the PC.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$9:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simply follow the below steps:-</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$13:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$16:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Insert your pen drive.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$17:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$18:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Open the Run window by pressing 'win key+R'.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$19:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$20:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Type 'compmgmt.msc' and click OK button.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$21:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$22:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Computer Management Dialog box appears on the screen.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$23:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$24:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Choose 'Disk Management' in left panel of computer management.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$25:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$26:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Right click your pen drive and select 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$27:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$28:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Click the change button and Change Drive Letter or Path dialog box appears.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$29:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$30:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. Choose 'A' and click OK button.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$31:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$32:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Now your pen drive act like a Floppy Disks.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$33:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$34:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Open the Run window by pressing 'win key+R'.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$35:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$36:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Type 'syskey' and click OK button.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$37:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$38:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">11. Securing the Windows Account Database dialog box appears on the screen.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$39:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$40:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. Click the Update button and Start up Key dialog box appears.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$41:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$42:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">13. Select 'Store Start-up Key on Floppy Disk' and click OK button.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$43:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$44:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now onwards you will be Login by insert your pen drive and enter your password.</span><span style="line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><br data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$45:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$48:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Note- This one be done cant be changed so do it carefully</span></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span data-reactid=".am.$mid=11423933006944=2c28164ebddaae33d48.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$48:0" style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Visit Our Blog daily for daily updates</span></span></span></div>

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How to Secure a Wireless Wi-Fi Network

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> With the world going wireless in every sphere of technology, the question of security has often been raised. The same is true for wireless internet networks or Wi-Fi networks with hackers and Wi-Fi intruders always looking for ways to gain access to unsecured networks. There are several reasons why you might want to protect your Wi-Fi network. Prominent among them include better privacy, reduced internet bills and <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/08/increase-wifi-speed.html">faster internet speeds</a>.This post contains few simple techniques you can use to make sure that your wireless network is as secure as it possible can be.<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> <h2> Protect your Wireless Internet Network</h2> 1) <b>Encrypt your Wi-Fi Network</b>: When you use a Wi-Fi network for accessing the internet, every piece of data you send and receive over the air can be easily snooped by anyone with the right set of tools. Packet sniffers can be used by even the most novice of users to sniff your data. This means that a hacker can not only see which websites are you accessing but also get the login details of your personal and professional accounts. <br /> <br /> Encryption basically involves scrambling the data that is transmitted and received by you while using a wireless network. This means that even if a hacker intercepts your data transmission, (s)he will not be able to exploit the information contained within it.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="Protect WiFi Internet Network" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMxvj-18a_4n0Kw092yZVWA6i2qjJFbyUnmG4Gp3bRJ6zElRlHYWQMXcNUQiFvoT-C5mOUINmYVH45HlG7iYzi848aMh09yIzLsD2dluvrPBcLuN7jSTzaQTHeKu-5rv76NkCn111LQKV/s160/secure-wireless-internet.PNG" /></div> <br /> There are two encryption standards available that you can use: <b>WEP</b> (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and <b>WPA</b> (Wireless Protected Access). WEP is the older standard of encryption and can now be bypassed in a matter of minutes. WPA is relatively newer but it still has security holes. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrack-ng" target="_blank">AirCrack</a> and <a href="http://wirelessdefence.org/Contents/coWPAttyMain.htm" target="_blank">coWPAtty</a> are two free tools that allow anyone to easily crack WEP and WPA encryption using bruteforce technique. <b>WPA2</b> is the latest standard and is what you must use if you want the highest level of protection for your wireless network. The encryption keys used change each time a device accesses the network making WPA more difficult to hack. <br /> <br /> The encryption used by all devices in the network must be the same for the network to work properly. Your network <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2012/05/protect-wireless-network-against.html">will only be as secure</a> as its least secure device. Make sure all devices you use support WPA2 encryption. Use a strong encryption key. Make sure that it is longer than 10 characters and contains a mixture of capital and small letters, numbers and symbols. Do not use common words and stuff that people can guess about you as your password. <br /> <br /> 2) <b>Replace default passwords on your router with strong passwords</b>: The biggest mistake most wireless internet users make is not changing default passwords on their routers. Hackers utilize public databases that contain default passwords and usernames from virtually every manufacturer. This enables them to change the security settings of your router according to their needs. Using a strong password for your router ensures that hackers and miscreants cannot change your network's security settings. To change the password on your router, visit Administration settings on your router's settings page. Also, do not store passwords in browsers as they <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/04/asterisk-password-star-show-view-reveal.html">can be easily made visible</a>.<br /> <br /> 3) <b>Change default SSID</b><br /> Your network's SSID or Service Set Identifier is the name of your wireless network. Usually, the SSID is the name of the router's manufacturer along with the model number of the router. Changing it to not display this information prevents you from giving additional information about your router to prospective hackers.<br /> <br /> 4) <b>Do not broadcast your SSID</b><br /> Hiding SSID prevents unsophisticated and inexperienced hackers and wifi intruders from determining that your network exists. Hiding your SSID is relatively easy and the option to do so is usually under basic wireless settings on your router's settings page. However, it is important to note that some devices, including those running newer versions of Windows, will show every network even if they cannot identify its name. Moreover, your network will still contain the SSID in data packets making unmasking ridiculously easy with tools like <a href="http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/" target="_blank">inSSIDer</a>, <a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/" target="_blank">Kismet</a> and <a href="http://www.tamos.com/products/commwifi/" target="_blank">Commview for WiFi</a>. <br /> <br /> 5) <b>Use scary names to discourage Wi-Fi theft</b>: If your wireless network has a name like <b>C:\virus.exe</b>, most people who might otherwise access your network will not for the fear of getting their devices infected. You can use your creativity to find more dangerous names for your wireless network.<br /> <br /> 6) <b>See Connected Devices List</b>: Almost every new router will have a page which displays the list of every device that is connected to the network. You should check this page at regular intervals to see that unknown devices are not leeching your network. When you see an unknown device, you can be certain that someone has breached your network. You can try <a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejay.deboer/airsnare/index.html" target="_blank">AirSnare</a>, a free utility which scans your network for unexpected MAC addresses and also looks into DHCP requests.<br /> <div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="Secure Wireless Network" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXdHZrqhd28nIPfZO2I4gO5PU2DT2bVVBMy_5TNEtCgOvxaMS5i2y1rPn_hbJzypGN-jVuL0NNWo6L1tQeegpLfnciaIaiuz-tW85VSkXjuWUjN0uBBmbaYxH9iFkVvYCCI3wUvbqvSLp/s240/secure-wifi-internet.png" /></div> <br /> 7) <b>Turn off Guest networking</b>: While most routers will have guest networking disabled by default, it always pays to see that you may not have accidentally enabled it. Guest networking allows others to access your network.<br /> <br /> 8) <b>Enable MAC address based filtering</b>: Media Access Control or MAC address identifies each device connected to your network. MAC address is an alphanumeric key separated by colons. Enabling MAC address based filtering allows only devices having particular MAC addresses to access your network. You need to enter the MAC address of every device you wish to allow to connect to your network on your router's settings page. This prevents unknown devices from connecting to your network even if they know your password. To find the MAC address of your computer, open <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/09/command-prompt-tricks-hacks-codes.html">command prompt</a> and execute “ipconfig /all” without quotes.<br /> <br /> While it may prevent inexperienced users from getting access to your network, experienced hackers and advanced users can use a wireless network analyzer like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmap" target="_blank">Nmap</a> and then change the MAC address of his computer with another free tool <a href="http://devices.natetrue.com/macshift/" target="_blank">MAC Shift</a>.<br /> <br /> 9) <b>Keep your firmware up to date</b>: Router vendors regularly release firmware updates and post them on their websites. You should occasionally check the manufacturer's website to see if a new firmware update has been released. Newer routers will automatically inform you when new firmware is available.<br /> <br /> 10) <b>Reduce wireless signal range</b>: If you reduce the range of your wireless network, common sense tells that it will prevent hackers located at a distance from detecting your network. This has the advantage that if hackers do not know that a wireless network exists, they will not try to break into it. You can place your router at places which would block the Wi-Fi signals. While this technique is advantageous, a hacker keen on hacking into your network will just have to use a larger antenna to pick up your router's signals. Moreover, reducing the range of your wireless network might cause troubles for genuine users. <br /> <br /> 11) <b>When not using your internet network, turn it off</b>: This is self explanatory. If you are not using your network, turning it off saves you from giving extra time to hackers to try and hack into your wireless network. While it may be impractical to turn every device on your network off every time you are not using the network, it still is advisable to do so during extended periods of non use.<br /> <br /> If you follow all these techniques, your Wi-Fi network will be a lot more protected and hackers will have a tough time breaking into it.</div>

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How To Increase Ram With USB Pendrive In Windows XP, 7 And 8

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNilBJ66JcQsYT-8t4x8zVOxoU3fGJnTEOf5MZs5BLBdMIjuq0TjaCw3LpgViOmyDpNOOI_rTdA-i82fw4O0Cs6EiJUR1PgeIocw1ycNIrPSiLC7pG0shm3VvhB6ZgO-IM6QWPkX-ZA/s1600/use+pendrive+as+ram.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ram with pen drive" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNilBJ66JcQsYT-8t4x8zVOxoU3fGJnTEOf5MZs5BLBdMIjuq0TjaCw3LpgViOmyDpNOOI_rTdA-i82fw4O0Cs6EiJUR1PgeIocw1ycNIrPSiLC7pG0shm3VvhB6ZgO-IM6QWPkX-ZA/s1600/use+pendrive+as+ram.jpg" title="Ram with pen drive" /></a></div> <b>RAM is random access memory</b> the main memory of our device which execute each and every process perform. More our device ram more the speed of run time means Ram is only memory which took load of all the processes occur just like we run any application, music file, game all these things are run in temporary memory.<b> RAM</b> if you run number things at same time then you may face not responding problem just because RAM , Paging and cache memory is lesser that your current apps requirements. But not any easy part to upgrade your ram its also costly.<br /> Don't worry here is concept if <b>Virtual memory</b> means You can increase your <b>RAM</b> just by using any device as virtual Ram. This virtual not have same performance as compare to your actual device ram but this concept increase Paging memory and some other functioning which means your overall performance become good and Some application also easily smart running without any not responding issue.<br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> Method To Make Flash/Pen Drive Virtual Ram  </h2> <h3 style="text-align: left;">     Virtual Ram Concept For Window XP, 7 and 8</h3> <div style="text-align: left;">      </div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="5774862882718579886"></a> <h1 class="post-title entry-title"> How To Increase Ram With USB Pendrive In Windows XP, 7 And 8 </h1> <div class="post-header-line-1"> <br /> <span class="post-icons"> </span> </div> <center> </center> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNilBJ66JcQsYT-8t4x8zVOxoU3fGJnTEOf5MZs5BLBdMIjuq0TjaCw3LpgViOmyDpNOOI_rTdA-i82fw4O0Cs6EiJUR1PgeIocw1ycNIrPSiLC7pG0shm3VvhB6ZgO-IM6QWPkX-ZA/s1600/use+pendrive+as+ram.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ram with pen drive" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNilBJ66JcQsYT-8t4x8zVOxoU3fGJnTEOf5MZs5BLBdMIjuq0TjaCw3LpgViOmyDpNOOI_rTdA-i82fw4O0Cs6EiJUR1PgeIocw1ycNIrPSiLC7pG0shm3VvhB6ZgO-IM6QWPkX-ZA/s1600/use+pendrive+as+ram.jpg" title="Ram with pen drive" /></a></div> <b>RAM is random access memory</b> the main memory of our device which execute each and every process perform. More our device ram more the speed of run time means Ram is only memory which took load of all the processes occur just like we run any application, music file, game all these things are run in temporary memory.<b> RAM</b> if you run number things at same time then you may face not responding problem just because RAM , Paging and cache memory is lesser that your current apps requirements. But not any easy part to upgrade your ram its also costly.<br /> Don't worry here is concept if <b>Virtual memory</b> means You can increase your <b>RAM</b> just by using any device as virtual Ram. This virtual not have same performance as compare to your actual device ram but this concept increase Paging memory and some other functioning which means your overall performance become good and Some application also easily smart running without any not responding issue.<br /> <br /> <div class="alert"> <br /></div> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> Method To Make Flash/Pen Drive Virtual Ram</h2> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;">    Virtual Ram Concept For Window XP, 7 and 8</h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>First of all Insert Your Pen Drive</li> <li> Then open <b>"My computer"</b> and Right click >> Then open <b>"Properties"</b>.</li> <li>Now <b>Properties</b> window will appear, then click on <b>"Advanced system settings"</b> from left side.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg256XP0PD_cVCpVXnhMqOAw10BJxAdVvUjFp2QtgG6QrwPFvzjDxXM58eDxfho_kCsjFmnK4dkYKIzb2AHkwDc5X4H-PizbfdCKeODvqqBNQBfvOiNrEQBIemu3_rAU83S9Wg22fk78cs/s1600/Advanced+Window+Settings.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="windows system settings" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg256XP0PD_cVCpVXnhMqOAw10BJxAdVvUjFp2QtgG6QrwPFvzjDxXM58eDxfho_kCsjFmnK4dkYKIzb2AHkwDc5X4H-PizbfdCKeODvqqBNQBfvOiNrEQBIemu3_rAU83S9Wg22fk78cs/s1600/Advanced+Window+Settings.png" title="windows system settings" /></a></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Then in <b>"Advanced" </b>Tab click on <b>"Settings"</b> Button appear in <b>"Performance tab"</b>.</li> <li>Again new window will appear then click on <b>"Advanced"</b> Tab.</li> <li>In Advanced Tab there is an option of  <b>"Virtual Memory box"</b>, Then click on <b>"Change Button"</b>.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx47MVqq8uu0cqS0LWxt_fDMlaIRPEa3p9Ywy21zrCZsMPINmwDJePB8OJcjLdf1Pe4iSbCqHwfNR-gVcuIC37soRm-HPOXc47vWMdDnjbLYu-vUk-8DlhuL6DtzbstI0_NJclLPG7ZJo/s1600/virtual+window+memory.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="windows performance option" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx47MVqq8uu0cqS0LWxt_fDMlaIRPEa3p9Ywy21zrCZsMPINmwDJePB8OJcjLdf1Pe4iSbCqHwfNR-gVcuIC37soRm-HPOXc47vWMdDnjbLYu-vUk-8DlhuL6DtzbstI0_NJclLPG7ZJo/s1600/virtual+window+memory.png" title="windows performance option" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Process of Increasing Virtual Ram</b></span><br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>After click Change Button <b>"Virtual settings"</b> will appear.</li> <li>Now unchecked the box of  <b>"Automatically Manage Page size feature"</b></li> <li>Then in Custom  size Add Your Pen Drive current same in below format.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tliTDjJee485pyANpwHrGRvSvvPADXTX0tkvx1tyrLb92QAQ5xcN_3SoqxC72G0nYHLET75612D9YnRcZEfeJAJHk_cRQw399DXyX2ueZ0qsSkYuqoKKXLyKAzzEzgmbMyJU3fiE9lQ/s1600/virtual+ram+memory.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="windows virtual ram" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tliTDjJee485pyANpwHrGRvSvvPADXTX0tkvx1tyrLb92QAQ5xcN_3SoqxC72G0nYHLET75612D9YnRcZEfeJAJHk_cRQw399DXyX2ueZ0qsSkYuqoKKXLyKAzzEzgmbMyJU3fiE9lQ/s1600/virtual+ram+memory.png" title="windows virtual ram" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <b><span style="color: red;">Note:-</span></b> If Your Pen Drive is of Size 4Gb then always add 10Mb less from current available size. As i am using pen drive of size 4Gb and current space available is 3700 Mb then use 3690 minimum approx or remove more as you can because it better of device safety.</blockquote> </div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Now Add same <b>"Value"</b> in both boxes and click on Apply button.</li> <li>Restart Your PC or Laptop and Now pen drive work as <b>"Virtual Ram".</b></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: red;">Important:-</span></b> <b>If you face problem in above method then can also follow below method which is easy to perform and work on Window 7, 8</b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: red;">Method 2nd:-</span> Steps of Ready Boost concept only for Windows 7, 8 </h3> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Firstly Insert your <b>"Pen Drive"</b> >> Now Right click on your pen drive.</li> <li>Open <b>"Properties"</b> >> Then<b> "ReadyBoost"</b> Tab.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9_jW_D0J7z5o1_gUBk-v-jyMQQBjYqFik8vY_B9PAEJT3pDYjmXjobgnzDll-E6fVoXKQ0drgfrHzXrizIhQQtoJXfQSs1iuuG5RNyvybxZXWHAYzZKk2MUgnAjShIW88zthmkjLtb8/s1600/Pen-drive-properties.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="PenDrive Properties" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9_jW_D0J7z5o1_gUBk-v-jyMQQBjYqFik8vY_B9PAEJT3pDYjmXjobgnzDll-E6fVoXKQ0drgfrHzXrizIhQQtoJXfQSs1iuuG5RNyvybxZXWHAYzZKk2MUgnAjShIW88zthmkjLtb8/s1600/Pen-drive-properties.png" title="PenDrive Properties" width="252" /></a></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: justify;"> Then switch to <b>"Use this device"</b> and reduce your current memory space. If your current device place is 3700MB then reduce it with approx 200-300MB.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceekBzGHv52iPcUu671LyL52iotbh7ItNyAy1xN5jzr16E12q4391mMov-3q7prxx1PlIUq91z9QnExhV5trWE3pgISFN1NOi3nrWDz73sXiA5YRsn3hUhAJBbIfYNKDT0Qh6R5II5So/s1600/ReadyBoost-pendrive.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pendrive Readyboost" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceekBzGHv52iPcUu671LyL52iotbh7ItNyAy1xN5jzr16E12q4391mMov-3q7prxx1PlIUq91z9QnExhV5trWE3pgISFN1NOi3nrWDz73sXiA5YRsn3hUhAJBbIfYNKDT0Qh6R5II5So/s1600/ReadyBoost-pendrive.png" title="Pendrive Readyboost" /></a></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: justify;">Then click on <b>Apply</b> button and all Done.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">In case if you want to change back your pen drive to normal then switch it back <b>Don't use device</b> in Readyboost tab</li> </ul> <br /> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> Important Recommendations:-</h4> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: justify;">Always Safely Eject Your Pen Drive. Direct remove removal may leads to device damage.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">In Virtual Memory method If you want to convert back your Pen into Normal Then Again open Virtual Settings And Remove custom memory value and choose Default settings by checking <b>"Automatically Manage Paging Size" </b></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">In ReadyBoost method don't forget to revert back to normal or otherwise open your pen drive and delete Readyboost file from your pen drive.</li> </ul> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><b>I Hope You enjoy both method Virtual Ram method and Readyboost method and find them helpful and knowledgeable. If you know any better method for Increasing ram must share your ideas in below comments.</b></i></div> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2> </div>

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Convert FAT32 to NTFS Without Formatting or Losing Data

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img alt="FAT32 to NTFS" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7-Ft4yf0lNnh3Xq01WqXJyyWS0yUdQrIN9pLeVWl0dl2KTw5FoDhwefy0QOtnBnTWYaWI2Zrasd8Rd4ZDx-ruA2t6pX1akpY-Rh3_fy7n4SMhMPBm4FU2V_NBDY9plTjrVWuqRpEbZ2T/s400/FAT32-to-NTFS.PNG" /></div> You have a flash drive or probably an external hard drive that currently has FAT32 file system and you want to change it to NTFS, because FAT32 does not support handling large files over 4GB or it is just simply old, but there is just one problem, you don't want to lose your saved data. This article is for you then as it explains exactly how you can achieve seamless transition from FAT to NTFS without involving any loss of data.<br /> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> While it is generally recommended to use the NTFS file system because of its stability, security and lesser defragmentation time, most of us end up using FAT32 because that is what most disks are preformatted with. Unless, we notice the “Not enough disk space error” despite disk space being available, we don't bother to change the file system. Moreover, most of us don't change it because of the risk of losing important data and lack of time read laziness. As Microsoft was aware of this scenario, they added a capability in the command prompt to overcome this by executing a simple command. There are many <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2010/11/software.html">software</a> that support this too but the Convert command is one of the easiest ways to do so.<br /> <br /> Follow the steps below to know how:-<br /> <br /> <b>Important</b>: While this method works perfectly, I would still advise you to backup your data in case anything goes wrong.<br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> FAT 32 to NTFS Conversion Steps</h3> 1) Go to Computer, and note the name of the drive whose file system you wish to convert.<br /> 2) Click on Start.<br /> 3) Type <b>cmd</b> in the search bar if you use Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows Vista. If you use Windows XP, click on Run and then execute <b>cmd</b>. <br /> 4) Execute "<i>chkdsk h: /f </i>" (without quotes) where H is the letter of the drive to undergo conversion. This checks the drive for errors and fixes them automatically.<br /> 5) Execute "<i>Convert H: /FS:NTFS</i>" (without quotes). H is again the letter of the drive to be converted.<br /> 6) The <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/09/command-prompt-tricks-hacks-codes.html">command prompt</a> will start the conversion process and after a few minutes, CMD will say that conversion was successful.<br /> 7) You can check it in the properties of the drive through right click<Properties.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yu6OlkHI-lD0F_0VCyNx8LJ20UPQR0Ukvhj6vaFl5zSdRrcN8Bc0B4Ly5Njcl0nonf9MKOZyRQkRhf-R7dsdZSvKYD-zBv_ADfHe88PR0waVBAZ12jTPO9wcWA739Mr0W3VOSMvPcJVA/s320/FAT-to-NTFS.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Convert FAT to NTFS" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yu6OlkHI-lD0F_0VCyNx8LJ20UPQR0Ukvhj6vaFl5zSdRrcN8Bc0B4Ly5Njcl0nonf9MKOZyRQkRhf-R7dsdZSvKYD-zBv_ADfHe88PR0waVBAZ12jTPO9wcWA739Mr0W3VOSMvPcJVA/s320/FAT-to-NTFS.png" width="238" /></a></div> <br /> This command can also be used to convert FAT16 disks and works on Windows 8, Windows 8.1,Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. I converted my flash drive's file system using these steps and it worked. It is interesting to note that this method cannot be used to reconvert NTFS file system back to FAT32. To reconvert back to FAT32, you will need to format the entire drive which will definitely cause data loss.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></div> </div> </div> <!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-U1jOPDMQoUA%2FTy3smr3PmbI%2FAAAAAAAAAkE%2Fh4BEqFUSs08%2Fs320%2FFAT-to-NTFS.png&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yu6OlkHI-lD0F_0VCyNx8LJ20UPQR0Ukvhj6vaFl5zSdRrcN8Bc0B4Ly5Njcl0nonf9MKOZyRQkRhf-R7dsdZSvKYD-zBv_ADfHe88PR0waVBAZ12jTPO9wcWA739Mr0W3VOSMvPcJVA/s320/FAT-to-NTFS.png" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yu6OlkHI-lD0F_0VCyNx8LJ20UPQR0Ukvhj6vaFl5zSdRrcN8Bc0B4Ly5Njcl0nonf9MKOZyRQkRhf-R7dsdZSvKYD-zBv_ADfHe88PR0waVBAZ12jTPO9wcWA739Mr0W3VOSMvPcJVA/s320/FAT-to-NTFS.png" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yu6OlkHI-lD0F_0VCyNx8LJ20UPQR0Ukvhj6vaFl5zSdRrcN8Bc0B4Ly5Njcl0nonf9MKOZyRQkRhf-R7dsdZSvKYD-zBv_ADfHe88PR0waVBAZ12jTPO9wcWA739Mr0W3VOSMvPcJVA/s320/FAT-to-NTFS.png" -->

Tips and Tricks Convert FAT32 to NTFS Without Formatting or Losing Data

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How to Enable the Hidden Administrator Account on Windows 7, 8 & 8.1

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows automatically creates an Administrator account with elevated privileges during the installation process. We mostly need to access it to perform tasks limited only to system Administrators. These are tasks performing which result in the UAC asking for confirmation even if you are using an account with administrative privileges. The elevated Administrator account is disabled by default in </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows 7</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows 8</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows 8.1</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> and</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows Vista</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">To activate it, you need to use any one of the the following simple methods.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Important</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">: It is recommended to only use this account for troubleshooting purposes and disable it once the task is complete. Even if you do leave it enabled, protect it with a strong password to prevent unauthorized access. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br /> <h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"> Enable/ Disable the Administrator Account Using the Elevated Command Prompt</h2> <img alt="Enable Administrator Account" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCunLgkPgRw6WRO7WZEfi2R7d2cTXJMWVgvNq2Y-XBpfbYUKY4kK6BtgjajJqkAnF_Ti8P5Oxv23ylhOsCxIW_fozThjAAT1DAqy1ZaCf7Di1Tqbvm6XHNuBHZ7iSFLO9Q-zsLLmBc0Fcb/s200/enable-Administartor.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">1. If you are on Windows 7, go to Start>Programs>Accessories and right click on </span>Command Prompt<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> and select </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Run as Administrator</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">. Windows 8 and 8.1 users, search for </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">CMD</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> on the Start screen and in the results returned, right click on Command Prompt and select </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Run as Administrator</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">2. In the Command Prompt, type and execute the following command.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 25px 15px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 20px 15px 15px;"> net user administrator /active:yes</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">3. You should see a message indicating that the command was completed successfully.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">4. Upon logging out, you will see the Administrator account available on the login screen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Disable the built-in Administrator account</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">To disable the Administrator account, type execute the following command in Step 2.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 25px 15px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 20px 15px 15px;"> net user administrator /active:no</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">This will disable the Administrator account and it will no longer appear on the login screen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br /> <h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"> Enable the Administrator account using the Local Users and Groups Manager</h2> <div style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="Enable Administrator in Windows 7" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifESKiKr4u5w5lqxZVrhCJ8JR2HnpvFrEqiplKvXHu-BoPTsFNeUamndVqnsLHLek_YGWO41BjQ0-Iq0zMY8fy-aMWRcw3-4VK5j4i-iZ8d4IG2jNuiNnZFAPU9UN1c3Ybg9rqpGoyLpLL/s200/enable-Administrator-Windows.jpg" /></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">1. Press </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows key+R</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> to open the Run dialog box.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">2. In it, type </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">lusrmgr.msc</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> and press Enter. This will start the Local Users and Groups Manager. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">3. In the Local Users and Groups Manager, click on </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Users</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> in the left hand pane.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">4. Then, in the work area on the right side, double click on </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Administrator</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">5. In the following dialog box, uncheck the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Account is disabled</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> option and click </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">OK</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">6. Administrator account will be immediately available on the login screen. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">To </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">disable the Administrator account</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">, check the "</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Account is disabled</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">" option in step 5.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">This method will only work if you are using Professional or Enterprise editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8(.1). If you are using home and basic versions of these operating systems, this method will not work for you as Local Users and Groups manager is not available on them.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br /> <h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"> Enable or Disable the Administrator account using the Local Security Policy Editor</h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">1. Press </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Windows key+R</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> to open the Run dialog box. </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="Enable Administrator in Windows 8 and 8.1" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6TndmVzJfjh6_akBUArMKaRjElVeHfRnS7lhyphenhyphenOXJu7gNwBb09e9u6JHssMfWp1_B6QQAA-lCLz2pt5RUBcFKO64O3g2sdwIZKaeCc4rCbZJdwC4B8FyY0UDk4dyBYkTOxZteSbNqbkNN/s200/Enable-Administrator-Windows-8.jpg" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">2. Type </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">secpol.msc</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> and press Enter. This will start the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Local Security Policy Editor</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">3. In the Local Security Policy Editor, navigate to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Local Policies\Security Options</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">4. In the work area on the right side, double click "</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Accounts: Administrator account status</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">5. In the following dialog box, encircle </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Enable</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> or </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Disable</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> to respectively enable and disable the Administrator account.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">6. Press </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">OK</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">. Log off to the login screen to see the Administrator account.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'Segoe UI', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Local Security Policy Editor is not available on home editions of Windows.</span></div>

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