How to Fix Three of the Most Common System Problems Without Restoring a Backup

Corrupt system files, account lockouts, and accidentally deleted data are three scary computer problems that often send people running for their backup drives. While restoring a backup may technically fix things, a full system backup is usually a very time-consuming overkill in these cases, and nobody likes the time-warp effect of restoring one (e.g., if your last full backup ran a week ago). When these problems occur, fixing them can be far simpler than you might think.

Problem 1: Corrupted System Files – Unable to Load the Operating System

A sudden power outage or system crash can corrupt files that are part of your operating system’s essential guts. When these things happen, people who have backups tend to just jump straight to them, but then we’re at the time warp problem—if you’ve already done a week’s worth of work since the last backup, that data is lost. Instead, you should first attempt to repair or restore just the system files.

Both Windows and Mac OS X have these capabilities either built in, or on their install discs. Good preparedness doesn’t just mean making backups, but also making sure these discs are safe—they can save you some major heartache.

Solution:

Windows: Corrupt system files happen a bit more frequently in Windows, but it’s not difficult to fix most of the time. You should make use of Windows’ built-in System Restore, which basically makes daily, miniature backups of your system. It doesn’t touch your data—it just backs up system files, so it’s absolutely perfect for these sorts of problems. If you’re able to boot your PC into Safe Mode (pressing F8 while booting up should do the trick), you can find System Restore in the System Properties settings. If your PC won’t boot all the way into Safe Mode, then you’ll need your Windows install disc. Booting into that disc will give you the option to use System Restore right on the spot. Since it runs on a daily basis, you can even choose how recent of a snapshot you want (just in case you think the problem started a couple of days before everything stopped working).

How to Customize Your Windows 7 Login Screen

If you’re bored with being greeted by the same blue Windows 7 login screen as everyone else, customizing it is pretty easy. With a few free tools, you can have a login screen all your own.

These instructions are only for Windows 7! Please do not try this on earlier versions of Windows.

Changing the Background

If you don’t love blue, or just like to have your own look, you probably love the idea of changing the Windows 7 login screen background to something else. Fortunately this is pretty easy to accomplish with Logon Editor, which is software for customizing your login screen background, and a wallpaper image of your choosing. (If you need some wallpaper, be sure to check these out.) To get started, open up the app and you’ll see an option up top that says “Background Image” along with a “Browse” button. Click the button, locate the image you want to use, and choose it. This will change your background. The app will also let you customize your username and change a few styles. While there are options for branding customizations, you can only change the branding to existing Windows branding images—but that’s okay! We’ve got another app that’ll let you change the branding image to whatever you want.

Download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

It’s here folks! Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download via Windows Update or direct download. Hit up this page for all the details about the update, and this link for all the download options.

How To Fix Microsoft Security Essentials Virus Definitions Updates

If you use a laptop or you tend to shutdown your computer when it’s not in use, then you’ve probably missed out on a at least a few virus definitions updates from Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE).  The problem lies in that MSE is designed to only update once every 24 hours, and if your computer is not powered on, or is not connected to the internet at the time, it will simply pass you by.  But, we can fix all of that by setting up a simple task rule in Windows; this works similar to the tutorial for fixing the Java update program.

Step 1 – Open Task Scheduler

In the Start Menu, Search for task scheduler and Press Enter.

Hack Into Administrator Account

Today i will explain how to hack admin or administrator account in just 2 minutes. So guys get ready to hack your friends systems in 2 minutes.

Most of times specially in our college we don’t have the access to the admin account, now suppose you want to install a software on that system. What you will do now? Ask the admin to enter the password for you or simply hack it by yourself. I will tell you frankly that i have never opted method one in my life. Whenever i need administrator right i have hacked it but guys don’t do it like that ways because i got suspended from lab twice for doing that. 

There are four ways to hack the admin password:

1. Simply accessing Unprotected Administrator Account.

2. Hacking Through Net User Command.

3. Hacking Using the ERD(Emergency Rescue Disk)  Commander.

4. Resetting admin password using Ubuntu Live CD or DVD.

Lets start from the first technique to hack the admin or administrator password..

Write Single Image File To Multiple USB Flash Drives With ImageUSB

ImageUSB is  utterly useful for users who write images to USBs on regular basis. ImageUSB is developed on a different concept than XBoot but keeping the very same users in mind. It enables you to write an image file to multiple USB flash drives simultaneously, so you wont need to wait until writing process on one USB gets completed, just plug-in USBs to write data on all of them at once.

Additionally, it allows you to not only write data to flash drive but image can be created from USB onto multiple flash drives as well. These modes can be selected prior to starting the writing process. As of now, it is only capable to write and create BIN files. According to the developer, support for other eminent image formats will be added in forthcoming releases.

Application usage is simple, first you need to plug-in USB drives which are to be written, it is recommended to use pre-formatted disc because it will cleanup all the existing data without any prompt. Once flash drives are listed, specify the mode – Write to UFD (USB Flash Drive) or Create from UFD followed by the location where BIN file is residing. Now Click Write to UDF button to begin the process.

Since writing data manually on more than one USB drives is a tedious job to go by, having an application like ImageUSB will prove to be one real time-saver. It supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Testing was done on Window 7 x64 system.

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