Tutorials

How to Create or Remove Static Routes in Windows 7 and 8 This tutorial will show you how to create or remove static routes used to override the default gateway configured for certain networks. In this section I will be describing what a routing table is and how static routes play a role in this configuration. What is a Routing Table? A routing table is table that contains dictates who and what interface traffic should be sent to depending on the destination IP address. It is the primary component in the configuration of routers to ensure internetwork connectivity as packets are routed to their destination. For a Windows machine it is used to override the default gateway configured so you can introduce multiple networks and have...

How to Restore the Default Windows 7 Gadgets This will show you how to restore the desktop gadgets that come pre-installed with Windows 7. EXAMPLE: Gadgets Note: Some gadgets already uninstalled. Here's How: 1. Open the Control Panel (category view), then click on Appearance & Personalization. (See screenshot below) 2. Click the 'Restore desktop gadgets installed with Windows' button as highlighted in the second image. (See screenshot below) 3. This will bring up the Desktop Gadgets window with a message stating 'All Windows and administrator installed gadgets have been restored' (See screenshot below) 4. When finished, just close the Desktop Gadgets and Control Panel windows. That's all there is...

How to Add or Remove "System unattended sleep timeout" in Power Options "System unattended sleep timeout" is how many minutes the system will wait idle after waking up in an unattended state before automatically going back to sleep or hibernation. This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "System unattended sleep timeout" setting under Sleep in the advanced power settings of all power plans for all users in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do this tutorial. EXAMPLE: "System unattended sleep timeout" added to Advanced Power Settings Here's How: 1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do. 2. Add "System unattended sleep timeout" to Advanced Power...

How to solve "Error 0x8007046a: Not enough server storage is available to process this command" I ran into this error recently and found the following solved my problem. This may work for other cross platform LAN problems also. this involves editing the registry. You should backup your registry before making any changes 1. Click the start orb and type "regedit" in the search box 2. Right-click regedit.exe and "Run as Adminstrator" 3. Advance to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters 4. If IRPStackSize exists in the registry, change it's decimal value to 20 (or more if needed to a max value of 50) 5. If it doesn't exist, create a New DWORD and set it's value as above. WARNING...

How to Restore your System with a Broken Windows 7 System Image There were many reports where people did rely on Windows 7 images. But, when their system became inoperable and they wanted to recover with their Windows7 image, it did not work. The reasons are not always very clear and it really does not matter. The fact that one cannot recover the system is a dramatic event. This tutorial will explain a procedure how one may still be able to use this broken image for recovery if the following conditions are given: The Windows 7 image is on an external drive or the drive can be externalized You have another working system (Win7, Vista, or XP) to which you can attach the external drive The VHD of the Windows7 image does still...

How to Create a "Restart Computer" Shortcut in Windows This will show you how to create or download a Restart computer shortcut with or without a time-out delay and custom restart message before the computer restarts. The time-out period can also be for how many seconds you have to use the Abort shortcut to abort the computer from restarting after using this Restart Computer shortcut. EXAMPLE: Restart Computer Time-Out Period Message NOTE: This is with a 30 second time-out period. If you would like to have a custom restart message instead of the default message in the dialog box below, then you can use step 3 in OPTION TWO below to do so. To Download a "Restart Computer" Shortcut 1. For a Instant Restart Computer Shortcut...

How to Enable HIPM and DIPM for your SSD and HDD in Windows 7 and Windows 8 AHCI Link Power Management is a technique where the SATA AHCI controller puts the SATA link to the internal HDD and/or SSD disk into a very low power mode when there's no IO (input/output) activity for awhile. The controller automatically puts the link back into active power state when there's real work to be done. This is done to save power consumption by the HDD and/or SSD disk. This tutorial will show you how to add the AHCI Link Power Management - HIPM/DIPM and AHCI Link Power Management - Adaptive options under Hard disk in the advanced power plan settings to be able to enable or disable HIPM or HIPM+DIPM to manage the power usage of your internal SATA...

How to Set Up a Network Using 2 (or more) Routers Before attempting this tutorial, please be familiar with the following terms: DCHP, LAN, NAT, Switch, Gateway. Also please be familiar with how to configure your router(s) Every router is different so I can't provide a "one-shot" solution. I would only recommend this if you have at least a basic knowledge of networking. For the above reasons I haven't included screenshots. There really is no point. Screenshots on my router's will probably not help you at all. Sorry. (VERY IMPORTANT) Configure everything I am telling you to do here via Ethernet NOT wireless, the last thing we want is for your wireless to drop at the wrong moment and screw the settings over (VERY...

How to Create a Shortcut to Run a Program as a Specified User This will show you how to create a Run as different user shortcut that will run a program specified by you as a specified user on the Windows 7 and Vista computer. The user account that you want to run the program as must be password protected. When you use the runas shortcut that you created below, you will be prompted to enter the user's password in a command prompt before the program will run as the specified user. EXAMPLE: RUNAS command NOTE: These are all of the different options available for the RUNAS command that you could also use with the command in step 2 below. Here's How: 1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut...

How to Create Your Own Special User Folder I am dutch but for this tutorial I set my mui to English to make it easier on you. :D Here I have a folder called "Installatie" (that's dutch for Installation) I want to make a special folder in my username (in this case Michel on the left pane), that I will call "Installatie" also, for easy reference. Here's How: 1. Open an elevated command prompt. By default it will open in C:\Windows\System32 even if you are on x64 windows. 2. Type cd\users\username (in my case username is Michel) The prompt will now show "c:\users\username> We will now use the "MKLINK" command. 3. Type mklink /d Installatie d:\Installatie and press enter. Explanation: mklink /d is the command means, link to...

How to Open each Folder in the Same or Own Separate New Window in Windows 7 This will show you how to have each folder or drive temporarily or always open in the same or its own separate new Windows Explorer window in Windows 7. If you are stuck with a new window when you open a folder even after setting it to open in the same window, then: 1) Open an elevated command prompt. 2) Copy and paste the commands below one at a time in the command prompt, and press Enter after each command. regsvr32 "%SystemRoot%\System32\actxprxy.dll" regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\ieproxy.dll" 3) Restart computer to apply. Temporarily Open Folder in the Same or Separate Window 1. Open a Windows Explorer window, and do step 2 or 3...

How to Add or Remove "Libraries" Folder from the Navigation Pane in Windows 7 Libraries let you access and arrange items from one or more folders quickly without moving them from their original location. Libraries themselves don't store your files or folders. Instead, they point to different locations on a hard disk or external drive attached to your computer. This gives you easy access to a category of files no matter where they are stored. For instance, if you have music files on your hard disk and on an external drive, you can access all of your music files from within the "Music" library. For more information about Windows 7 Libraries see: Windows 7 Libraries: Frequently Asked Questions Understanding Windows 7 Libraries -...

After following this tutorial, you will be able to uninstall and remove softwares when you started your Windows PC in Safe Mode. If you have installed software on your computer and for any reason it gives you issues, the best thing to do is to uninstall it. But what happen if such a piece of software keeps restarting your Windows operating system or worst, disables certain services so that you won’t be able to performs some important operation anymore ? In this case Windows will help you with a special feature called Safe Mode. Basically, in Safe Mode you will be able to troubleshoot your computer in order to fix issues. However, if you need to uninstall and remove some software, you have to know that this kind of “limited state” Mode...

BitLocker Drive Encryption - Internal Data Hard Drives - Turn On or Off How to Turn On or Off BitLocker for Internal Data Hard Drives in Windows 7 This will show you how to turn Windows 7 BitLocker Drive Encryption on or off for internal hard drives or partitions without a operating system installed on them. When BitLocker Drive Encryption is turned on for the selected internal data hard drive or partition, you will be required to either use a smart card or enter a password to unlock the drive before allowed access to it. When you add new files to the Windows 7 or other operating system drive or partition that is encrypted with BitLocker, BitLocker will encrypt them automatically. Files remain encrypted only while they are stored...

How to Open 32-bit Help (.hlp) Files that Require WinHlp32.exe in Windows Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for many releases and no longer meets Microsoft's standards. Therefore, starting with the release of Windows Vista and continuing in Windows 7, the Windows Help program will not ship as a feature of Windows 7 and newer. If you want to view 32-bit .hlp files, you must download and install the program (WinHlp32.exe) from the Microsoft Download Center below. This tutorial will show you how to install and uninstall WinHlp32.exe (KB917607) for...

How to Change a Drive Icon in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 This tutorial will show you how to change a drive icon for an internal or external drive that has a drive letter in the Computer window to any icon you want for just your or all user accounts in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. If your default drive icon is missing or was changed and you did not do it with the methods below, then look for a hidden (not always hidden though) autorun.inf file (OPTION ONE below) in the root directory of the affected drive, right click on the autorun.inf file, and click on Delete. Next, approve the deletion. If this was an external device, then you may need to disconnect and reconnect the device for the icon to appear afterwards. If you...

How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool This will show you how to use BCDEDIT in the command prompt and avoid the need of third party applications like EasyBCD.Bcdedit is a really powerful tool that Windows Vista and Windows 7 uses to manage the boot loader entries. BCDEDIT needs a boot manager to boot your system. A boot manager is a file that contains necessary information that instruct the system how to boot/start an operating system. Windows 7 and Vista boot manager file is \bootmgr Windows XP boot manager file is \ntldr BCDEDIT can support other boot managers too, like grub for linux. You just have to place the boot file on the root of the boot manager partition. e.g. \grldr and you have a grub boot loader enabled...

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit(EMET) is a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited. EMET achieves this goal by using security mitigation technologies. These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However, they work to make exploitation as difficult as possible to perform. EMET 4.0 and newer versions also provide a configurable SSL/TLS certificate pinning feature that is called Certificate Trust. This feature is intended to detect man-in-the-middle attacks that are leveraging the public key...

How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7 This will show you how to create a new primary partition using Disk Management or Diskpart in Windows 7 from a empty unallocated partition or volume.A primary partition is a type of partition created on a hard drive that can have a operating system installed on it. A primary partition functions as though it were a physically separate hard drive. By default on a basic MBR disk, you can create a maximum of 4 Primary partitions, or 3 Primary partitions and 1 Extended partition with up to 128 logical volumes in the extended partition on a single hard disk. *You must be logged on in an administrator account to be able to do this tutorial. If you disable the Disk Defragmenter service...

How to Change Windows Update Settings in Windows 7 This will show you how to change the automatic updating, important updates, recommended updates, who can install, featured update notifications, and Microsoft products Windows Update settings in Windows 7.To learn more about the types of updates that Microsoft publishes, go to this Knowledge Base article on the Microsoft Help and Support website. Here's How: 1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Windows Update icon. 2. In the left blue pane, click on the Change settings link. (see screenshot below) 3. You can now set your Windows Update settings. (see screenshots below) NOTE: See steps 4 to 8 below for each setting, then step 9 when finished. 4. "Important...