Access other user's accounts in Windows Vista / Windows 7

In Windows Vista and Windows 7, if you need to access the Administrator account built into Windows, you don't have to boot into Safe Mode to do it. You may need to access the elevated Administrator account to access other user accounts to backup files in case of a failure.

1. Log into your regular account. go into the Start Menu, left-click "all programs", then on "accessories", then right-click "command prompt", and left-click "run as administrator", and enter the required password, if you used one when Windows Vista was originally installed.

2. The command prompt window will open. Now type, without the quotes, "net user administrator /active:yes". You should then see the command completed successfully.

3. You should now be able to log out of Windows, and see the built-in Administrator account alongside your regular account as an option to use.

4. Once you have logged into the elevated Administrator account, left-click the start menu, left-click "Computer", double-left click "Local Disk C:/" or whichever hard drive Vista is installed on, double-left click "Users", then navigate through the users files and back them up as needed.

Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Removal

Remove OGAAddin from within Office Applications 

Open Windows Explorer, go to %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 (It has been written for Office 2007), and right click on Office app executable, e.g. winword.exe, excel.exe, powerpnt.exe and etc to run as administrator.

Run one of the Office app such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher and etc as administrator.

Go to Options (at the bottom of menu triggered by Office button) -> Add-Ins.

Select COM Add-ins under Manage drop menu list, and click Go.

Remove the OGAAdmin.

Repeat above steps for each and every Office applications installed. 

Some useful Linux Commands

Display current config for all NIC's: ifconfig

Display current config for eth0: ifconfig eth0

Assign IP: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5

Ping: ping -c 4 afcons.com

Disable network card: ifconfig eth0 down

Enable network card: ifconfig eth0 up

View current routing table: route (or) route -n

View arp cache: arp (or) arp -n

Trace Route: traceroute afcons.com

Trace Path: tracepath afcons.com

DNS Test: host afcons.com

Do compact – Preventive Maintenance (for Mail Client users)

When you delete or move a message, most e-mail clients simply hide the message and mark it as ready for physical deletion later on.  The “deleted” messages are still stored in the folder even emptying the Trash does not remove them.  The hidden messages are not physically removed until the folder is compacted.  If you don’t compact your mail folders periodically, they can grow very large and may become corrupt.

To recover disk space and keep your files as small as possible, you need to compact your folders regularly.

If you feel your Inbox is getting larger break it up and make new folders. Use filters for segregating mails in appropriate folders.  Check and delete unimportant junk mails frequently.

Procedure to compact folders on

Thunderbird

File -> Compact folder (It’ll compact all folders)
    Or
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network & Disc Space -> Compact folder when it will save over 100 kB (It will automatically compact folders)

Outlook Express

File -> Folder -> Compact All Folders

Outlook

File ->Data File Management
it will lead you to Data Files tab on Account Settings
Select .Pst folder which you like to compact
Click on Settings…
Compact Now

Stop finding Network printers & folders automatically

 

Windows XP always finds shared network printers and folder on its own. It may be annoying to some one.  We can stop this search with the following steps.

Start > Run

Type “control folders”

select “View” tab

in “Advanced Settings:” uncheck “Automatically search for network folders and printers” option.

Outlook 2007 – Automatic send/receive problem

When we start Microsoft Outlook if it is not automatically perform send/receive function because of not working of Send/Receive Groups.

Solution:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S, Send/Receive Groups window will appear.
   
2. Select Existing group, hit "Copy" and give name for that group
   
3. Once again select old group and uncheck both "Include this group in send/receive (F9)"
   
4. Now Close that window, quit Outlook and restart
   

System Security 2009 – Removal steps

It's a rogue antisecurity software.

It's not a malware removal tool instead adding more malware of its own.

You cannot uninstall this software from Add Remove Programs from Control Panel.

And also it won't allow you install any malware removal tools on your computer.

You can find this software in the following location

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\14312184

Folder name may vary

Download and keep Ccleaner
and MalwareBytes's Anti-Malware

How to remove

1. Start your PC with Safe Mode
   
2. Turn system restore off
   
3. Run Ccleaner
   

   Cleaner - Analyze and clean it.
   

   Registry – Scan and fix
   

   Tools – Remove start up entry of System Security 2009. Delete entry with the name 14312184 (it may not be same as here)
   

   Close it.
   

4. Run > Regedit
   

   Remove all entries having "14312184" with the help of Ctrl+F
   

   Remove any entries with "SystemSecurity2009"
   

5. Now install the free version of MalwareBytes's Anti-Malware to remove this rogue security software.
   

   Click to scan.
   

   Check mark all rogue antispyware instance and delete them.
   

6. Turn System Restore on
   

Reboot windows.