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Automatically Logon To Windows 7, Vista & XP

 

How To Automatically Logon To Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP

 

 

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How To Install Windows - A Tutorial For Beginners and Newbies - With Screenshots

Note: This is just the actual install procedure. If you need to do a reformat first, see our other tutorial for beginners that includes step-by-step instructions on how to do a reformat first, right here.

Ok, let's start ... get out your disk for the operating system you would like to install and have it handy:

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How To Reformat Your Computer with Screenshots

From time to time there you might find the need to reformat your computer. Some of the reasons that folks reformat can be anything from having a virus issue, just wanting to wipe the files clean for a fresh start or upgrading to a new Operating System. Regardless of the reason, doing a reformat really isn't that hard and anyone can do it. So let me show you in a step by step tutorial. Because I'm a very visual person I included photographs as I went along reformatting my son's laptop.

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vista in chinese

alright, so a client of mine purchased a asus laptop with vista installed on it from someone, well lo and behold it became a problem, all vista everything, from the bootup to the control panel is all in chinese, if this were xp id be able to change it back blidfolded, but vista loves to make things complicated, does anyone have a set of pictures to show me the navigation to the language area in vista? cause it snot easy to navigate right now.

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God Mode!

Here is a nice little tip if your running windows vista or Windows 7.

To use it:

  1. Create a new folder.
  2. Rename the folder to

    GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

    (note that you can change the “GodMode” text, but the following period and code number are essential).

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How to Hide a file in Windows XP and Vista

Ok this works better in XP but I'm posting screenshots of it from Vista

First Right click on file scroll down to properties and click on tab that says customize and you will get a screen like this

Once here click Change icon and goto the spot where the icon is blank like this (you should see a few blank ones)

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How To Lock And Password Protect Folders In Windows 7 and Vista

Do you have admin rights to a computer that you want to lock other users out of? If you are this is the perfect solution for you. You can lock folder out from other users so they CANNOT acess them !

Every time the blocked folder will be accessed, it will ask for administrator password. Therefore making the folder will be locked out permanently from other unless you undo this !

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Top 5 Reasons to take ownership of a file !

1. You download a program that you cant delete .
see example in this article here Clicky

2. You want to customize your windows settings

Example: you want a custom boot logo when you restart your computer these files are normally a .MUI file

3. Create custom themes make your Windows computer look like a mac or Windows xp look like Vista

4. To Delete Spyware , Viruses or MalwareMalwarebytes Anti-virus / Anti-malware that is undeletable

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Take Ownership Of A File

Microsofts way of taking Ownership: Clicky
Here is the right-click way of doing it: Clicky

This is the standard way to take ownership of a file or folder

To take ownership and grant full control (or read write) permissions of files or folders in Windows Vista and Windows 7, do these steps.

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Create "Take Ownership" in Windows Right-Click Menu

This trick works in Windows 7 and Vista ( I use it it Vista and it works Great )

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7845/capturete.jpg

Install

Download and unzip the files contained in the zipfile. Double-click the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file and Follow steps make sure to Click YES when you see this popup. No reboot necessary.

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