========= QUESTION --------- I am on the Internet. I can Ping web page addresses, I can connect via remote desktop, etc... But none of my browsers work? ========= ANSWER --------- This is most likely due to malware of some other setting change. Try some of the options in the EXAMPLES section and see if [...]
========= QUESTION ---------How do you disable Windows 7 Activation prompts? I have Windows 7 and have not been able to activate it, and now I can't browse the web - how do I fix it? ========= ANSWER ---------Open Services (Start, Run, Services.msc) Find the "Software Protection" service Double-click to open the Properties window. Set Startup [...]
========= QUESTION ---------How do you invoke 'god mode' in Windows 8? I need access to some deeper Control Panel settings that I just can't find in Windows 8's new Settings area - how do I do this? ========= ANSWER --------- Open the Desktop Right-click, New FolderRename the folder using the following text string: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Double-click [...]
========= QUESTION --------- How do I remove my computer from a Windows Domain, and eventually shut the whole domain down? ========= ANSWER --------- Setup LOCAL ADMIN account Copy user's documents off server to local c:BACKUPUSERDocuments Copy desktop, favs, etc from domain profile to same BACKUP directory Setup LOCAL user account Log off domain, logon local [...]
I need to edit my local HOSTS file to redirect my web requests for my web site to my development server rather than the live web server, how do I do this? WINDOWS Using Windows Explorer, browse to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (older versions of windows go to: C:\windows\hosts) Locate the file titled "hosts" Right-click the file, left-click [...]
========= QUESTION --------- Can you save your ODBC user and password in the registry to avoid having to re-enter your password every time you connect to the database? ========= ANSWER --------- Yes - though it seems to work better in older versions of Oracle than newer ones. Open your Registry Editor (Run, RegEdit) Navigate [...]
========= QUESTION --------- I want to use Windows to configure my wireless network connections, but my computer or network hardware manufacturer's software has disabled this feature. How do I re-enable it? ========= ANSWER --------- Windows XP The issue is the Wireless Zero Configuration service has been disabled or stopped. Open the Services applet from [...]
========= QUESTION --------- How can I get a good view of how much disk space is being used by each folder in my hierarchy? ========= ANSWER --------- Microsoft Windows http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ http://windirstat.info/ http://www.freecommander.com/ --------- Mac OS http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ ========= EXAMPLES ---------see ANSWER ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- Disk Space Hard Disk Disk [...]
========= QUESTION --------- How do I enable and show the Administrator account as a logon option on the Windows 7 or Windows Vista Welcome screen? ========= ANSWER --------- Windows 7 Run the following commands after running the Command Prompt as an Administrator as follows: Start, type in CMD, right-click the cmd.exe application and select [...]
========= QUESTION --------- ========= ANSWER --------- Download the SysInternals Suite here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx ========= EXAMPLES --------- ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- Utilities Tools ========= REF --------- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-sysinternals-tools-no-admin-should-be-without/1056?tag=nl.e101 ---http://www.anysitesupport.com/sysinternals-utilities/http://anySiteHosting.com http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-sysinternals-tools-no-admin-should-be-without/1056?tag=nl.e101