Utility to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Server 2008 and 7

A Bootable USB: Utility to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Server 2008 and 7

Windows Vista, Server 2008 or 7 comes in DVDs and you'll need a DVD drive to install them. Then how will you install them without you having access to DVD drive? The solution is, you can create a bootable USB drive which can be used to install Windows without using DVD drive.

Prerequisites:

* A USB Drive (4 GB or more)
* Windows Vista, Server 2008 or 7 ISO image or DVD
* Host OS: Windows Vista (SP1 or SP2), Server 2008 or 7

How to Use:

Once you meet the requirements, run the utility. Its a portable utility so doesn't need installation. Simply run it and check the option "I have read and accepted the following License Agreement". Now click on OK button and it'll launch the main application.

It also shows a Help window so that you can use the utility easily. The utility requires only 4 easy steps to follow:

* Check USB drive (To check whether your USB drive is attached or not) * Format USB drive * Choose DVD or ISO image (To copy the required files to USB drive) * Start the process to create bootable USB drive


Download Link (Rapidshare)

Download Link (Mediafire)

Download Link (Skydrive)

NOTE: It also works in 64-bit Windows versions.

Thanks to: askvg

Before Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 SP1

Before Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 SP1

Read this before you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC

1. If you install Windows Vista and then install the Vista SP1 RC without first activating Windows Vista, you might not be able to uninstall the service pack. Either activate Windows Vista before you install SP1 or activate SP1 before you attempt to uninstall the service pack.

2. Nokia PC Suite and Exceed PowerSuite 2006 are not compatible with Vista Service Pack 1 RC.

3. When you install this Windows Vista service pack on a computer with low available disk space, the installer may delete previous System Restore points and shadow copies. This means that you may not be able to revert to the exact state of the computer prior to installing the service pack and that previous versions of files may not be available.

4. In some cases, computers that use multiple monitors may display black screens when the display mode is changed after resuming from sleep. This issue can also affect laptop computers connected to an external monitor.

find your friend on the internet

Want to find your friend on the internet ? how do you do it? You must have surely tried Google search of his name and your try must have been in vain.

When I was faced with the same problem of poeple search, I found a site called www.PIPL.com

PIPL is surely the best people search engne on the net as far as i know. All you have to do is to enter your friend's name , location.

Unlike most search engines, Pipl crawls the Deep Web. A general purpose search engine typically crawls the Web by following links to URLs found in other pages. By contrast, the Deep Web is made up of pages that no other pages link to. Dynamic pages are a good example of these sorts of pages. This means that if an engine wants to index pages located in Deep Web repositories it has to “guess” possible URLs. Just how big is the Deep Web? No one really knows but it’s generally accepted that it is vastly greater (orders of magnitude greater) than the Surface Web—the pages which are easily indexed by search engines.

funny CON.JPG error in Vista

Try naming a file with a name CON.JPG .. in Windows Vista.. bet you cannot .

Today when i was trying save a screenshot of some image on a laptop with Vista installed in it, i found a wierd error.. infact not an error but a prohibited file name for a file.
Try saving an image in Vista with a name CON.JPG and you find an error saying

" this file name is reserved for use by Windows"

well, Infact his is not an error but it means the file might be a system file in use..

A funny error ... isnt it?

enable Hibernate option in Windows Vista

enable Hibernate option in Windows Vista

To enable Hibernate option in Windows Vista, use the PowerCfg command-line tool to enable the hibernation feature.
Note: If your computer does not support the hibernation feature, you "CANNOT" enable the feature.

1. Search for the Command Prompt (type cmd) in Start menu then right-click Command Prompt in the Programs list, and then right click and select Run as administrator. User Account Control permission If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue.

2. At the command prompt, type powercfg /hibernate on

3.Thats all. Hibernate is enabled.

Follow these steps if you want to determine whether the computer supports the hibernation feature using the PowerCfg command-line tool.

1. Search for the Command Prompt then right right-click Command Prompt in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator.User Account Control permission If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

2. At the command prompt, type powercfg /a
The PowerCfg tool generates output that resembles the following:

The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby ( S1 S3 ) Hibernate Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system: Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.

The sleep states that are listed as available and as not available vary, depending on your computer’s hardware.

Delete undeletable files in XP

delete an undeletable file in XP

Sometimes when you try to delete a file in XP, you get an error message saying CAnnot delete Access denied. IN such case, follow the procedure:

* Locate the file you area about to delete

* Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and Press Enter to open a Command Prompt window

* Leave the Command Prompt window open, but proceed to close all other open programs

* Open the Task Manager window by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or by clicking on Start, Run and type TASKMGR.EXE and press Enter to start Task Manager

* Click on the Processes tab, click on the process named Explorer.exe and click on End Process.

* Minimize Task Manager but leave it open

* Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory where the file is located. To do this, use the CD command.
Example: to change to the Windows\System32 directory you would enter the following command and Press Enter c:\cd \windows\system32

* Now use the DEL command to delete the offending file. Type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Example: c:\del undeletableFile.exe

* Go back to Task Manager

* In Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the Windows shell.

* Close Task Manager

Or try this: (simple method)
* Open Notepad

* Click File then Save As…

* Locate the folder where your undeletable file is

* Choose ‘All files’ from the file type box

* Click once on the file you wanna delete so its name appears in the ‘filename’ box

* Put a ” at the start and end of the filename (the filename should have the extension of the undeletable file so it will overwrite it) Example: save as : "UndeletableFile.exe" where UNdeletableFile.exe is the file which cannot be deleted.

* Click save

* It should ask you to overwrite the existing file, choose yes and you can delete it as normal

Thats all

Windows\system32\config\system File Is Missing Or Corrupt error

Windows\system32\config\system File Is Missing Or Corrupt error

In case while booting into XP you get this kind of Windows\system32\config\system File Is Missing Or Corrupt error, then there is nothing to panic - it can be overcome easily.

Requirements:

CD drive,
Windows XP CD

Procedure:

1. Insert Wndows XP CD into your CD/DVD drive.

2. Make your PC boot from the XP bootable setup CD (you might have to change the boot device priority in your BIOS to do so).

3.When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

4.If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation number that you want to access from the Recovery Console.
For example if there are two Windows versions installed you will be prompted to select the number of the Operating SYstem to be repaired.

5.When you are prompted to do so, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.

6. At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:

cd system32\config [enter]
ren system system.old [enter]
ren system.alt systemalt.old [enter] < - this file might not exist for some XP installations.
copy c:\windows\repair\system [enter]
copy c:\windows\repair\regback\system [enter]
exit

7. Thats all, after typing exit your PC restarts and this time boot into your your hardisk and see if everything is normal.

NOTE: However sometimes , there might be a loss of installed drivers after recovery. In such cases just try a system restore / install all your drivers again.

For more detailed procedure or if the problem still persists refer to Microsoft guidance

how to install any version of Windows 7

How to install Premium / Professional / any version of Windows 7?

Now that the buzz around is all about the lighter, faster, eye candy OS Windows 7 Release Candidate, you might have downlaoded the more than 2GB file of the OS.

But while installing, by default the Ultimate version of Windows 7 is installed which is not recommended for home users in case the system has lower specs. It is better trying the lower versions like Windows 7 Premium or Professional which will be much faster and lighter on a low end system.

1) Extract all contents of the ISO to a folder on the desktop, Mount it with VirtualCloneDrive or use 7-Zip to open the ISO up then copy all the files into the folder.

2) Browse into the folder where you extracted all the files to and open up the /sources/ folder and locate ei.cfg.

3) At this point, you have two options:

1. Delete: If you delete this file, it will give you options on which version you want to install during installation.
2. Edit: If you edit this file, you can set which version of Windows you want it to install automatically.

If you chose to EDIT the file, just open the ei.cfg file in notepad and edit:

Change the word to Ultimate or any other version you would like to install.

* Ultimate
* Professional
* HomePremium
* HomeBasic
* Starter

Preview of ei.cfg
[EditionID]
Ultimate
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0

--------UPDATE--------
Right now , Windows 7 Ultimate version keys are only available. So, in case you install any other version of Windows 7 using this method, see this post to use any verion of windows 7 permanently

How to Use Capslock key for text navigation

How to Use Capslock key for text navigation ?

Well here is a way to make use of the CAPSLOCK key on the keyboard to help navigate while editing text.

Caps Lock key can be used to toggle keys on the front row for navigation instead of having to constantly reach for the arrow keys—so you hold down Caps Lock and use J, K, L, I to move the cursor Left, Down, Right, and Up.

You can create shortcuts that simulate Home, End, and even copy/paste—might be a little complicated to learn at first, but once you get used to it, you might just be sold on the idea.

The Hand Friendly Navigation script is a free download for Windows, requires AutoHotkey.

You can create shortcuts of your own wish (need not be only capslock key) which eases your work.

The list of functions includes:

Normal usage with capslock as a modifier:
j: left
k: down
l: right
i: up
h: simulates CTRL+left (jumps to the next word)
ö: simulates CTRL+right (commented out, you will need to adjust for your keyboard layout)
,: simulates CTRL+Down
8: simulates CTRL+Up
u: simulates "Home" (jumps to the beginning of the current line) (i forgot to mention this in my comment)
o: simulates "End"
Backspace: simulates "Delete"
b: cut
c: copy
v: paste

If you keep pressing Alt in addition to Capslock it works as if you are pressing "Shift" --> you highlight the text. Shift + Capslock activates the actual Capslock functionality (normal capslock-hitting deactivates it again).