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Sunday, June 13, 2010

System Shortcuts,

There are thousands of programs out their that you can get for free and or pay for, But did you know on you PC there are programs all ready on it.

Windows XP ( Vista and windows 7 Just type it in the Search window on the start button

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type in cleanmgr.exe
This cleans the Hard Drive the same way as if you were to Go to My computer and right click your C:\ drive and then to properties. Just a faster way of doing it.
To make a shortCut on your Desktop Just

1. Right click the Wall paper ( Empty spot)
2. New ShortCut
3.Copy and Past
4. C:\Windows\System32\cleanmgr.exe

Simple.

Now lets get creative.
If you open the Folder ( Click Start> My Computer" Computer for Vista an 7" Then double Click the drive with your Operating System  ( C:\  normally) then scroll down to Windows then open it then scroll down to System32

C:\Windows\System32
you will see a few Applications, These are some of the applications you can use to make shortcuts, What ever you do , Don't Delete them

On any of them you can Double Click it and it will open the program related to it, If it does not open then it is a Command lind program, Meaning another program Needed to run it it short term

If it does open then if you like what it is you can Right click it and scroll down to Make a shortCut
it will make the shortCut in the same folder then you can drag and drop it to the desktop
To see a video Visit our YouTune channel
http:\\youtube.com/md4urpc

Here is a list of some of the ones that will Run Just copy and past these into the New shortCut
C:\Windows\System32\Netplwiz.exe ( all )

C:\Windows\System32\resmon.exe  (Vista and win 7)

C:\Windows\System32\msconfig.exe (all)


charmap ( shows you all the Characters )

lpksetup

chkdsk ( check the Hard Drive for errors )

calc ( Calculator )

cmd ( Command Line )

UAC ( User Account Control ) Vista win 7

C:\Windows\System32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe  ( Computer Management Launcher )

taskmgr ( Task Manager )

SoundRecorder ( record sound from a mic to your PC )

perfmon ( Performance Monitor ) Vista and 7

psr ( Problem Steps Recorder ) Windows 7 only

osk ( On screen KeyBoard )

Magnify ( Magnifys the Screen )

OptionalFeatures ( Lets you see other options you may have not installed on your PC)

MdSched ( Windows Memory Diagnostics )



Well Enjoy.

To see a short Video Click HERE

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

How To Revert Back To XP Or Vista From Windows 7.

If the computer has the Windows.old folder - Reverting Windows 7 back to a previous Windows system:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/971760



Windows.old on your C: drive - Usually, but not always, after installing Windows 7 you will have a Windows.old folder on your C: drive that contains data from the previous Windows installation. Open Windows Explorer and under "Computer" click on the C: drive - if the Windows.old folder is there you should be able to revert back to XP/Vista.



If it's not there, make sure you can see the Windows.old folder:

1. Click Start, type: hidden

2. Click "Show hidden files and folders"

3. Click to select "Show hidden files and folders"

4. Uncheck the next three items:

Hide empty drives

Hide extensions from known file types

Hide protected operating system files

5. Click OK and look for the folder

(Note: after you are done go back and recheck "Hide protected operating system files." If you want to change the other settings back do so.)





If there is no Windows.old folder:

If you have a restore partition (check your manual) you can use that, or if you have XP/Vista disks you can use those. If you don't have either and Windows came installed on your computer contact the OEM computer manufacturer and ask them to send you an install disk - they may or may not do it. If they agree to send you one they may charge a small fee.



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STEP 1 – Locate Windows folder

The first step is to open the Windows 7 drive and locate the Windows.old folder in the drive. This is essential to change from Windows 7 to Vista and without it, this process would not be possible. Now you need to ensure that ample free space is available in the Windows 7 drive as all contents of Windows 7 is moved to a folder and the Vista contents from the Windows.old folder is copied.



STEP 2 – Reboot your PC

Now it is time to insert the Windows 7 installation disk in the DVD drive. Once this is done, reboot your PC. When the first screen shows up select your language, time and currency format and keyboard input method and click the ‘Next’ button.



Step 3 – Launching Windows7

Now the Install Windows window appears. Simply click on the ‘Repair your computer’ option to launch System Recovery Options dialog-box. You now need to select your Window 7 OS and click the ‘Next’ button again. Now you click on ‘Command Prompt’ to launch it.



STEP 4 – Move Windows 7 folders

In the next step, you will type the following commands in a serial manner and hit ‘Enter’ after typing each one of them. This action moves all the contents of Windows 7 to a new folder.

C:

Md Win7

Move Windows Win7\Windows

Move “Program Files” “Win7\Program Files”

Move Users Win7\Users

Attrib –h –s –r ProgramData

Move ProgramData Win7\ProgramData

Rd “Documents and Settings”



Step 5 – Copy Windows Vista files

Again the same process is repeated with a different set of commands that are given below and this ensures that the contents from Windows.old folder are copied to the drive.



move /y c:\Windows.old\Windows c:\

move /y “c:\Windows.old\Program Files” c:\

move /y c:\Windows.old\ProgramData c:\

move /y c:\Windows.old\Users c:\

move /y “c:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings” c:\



STEP 6 – Restore the Boot Sector

You have to restore the boot sector of your Vista OS by giving the following command.

D:\boot\bootsect /nt60 c:



Finally type ‘Exit’ to reboot your PC

Monday, June 7, 2010

Services ! Speeding up your PC

There are system services that you can disable to free up the system's load. To access the interface that permits you to make changes to system's services, type services.msc and the command prompt.


This is a list of services that are *usually* useless and can be safely disabled.





Alerter

Application Layer Gateway Service,

Application Management

Automatic Updates

Background Intelligent Transfer

Clipbook

Distributed Link Tracking Client

Distributed Transaction Coordinater

Error Reporting Service

Fast User Switching Compatibility

IMAPI CD-Burning

Indexing Service

IPSEC Services

Messenger

Net Logon

Net Meeting

Remote Desktop Sharing

Network DDE

Network DDE DSDM

Portable Media Serial Number

Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

Remote Registry

Secondary Logon

Smartcard

SSDP Discovery Service

Uninterruptible Power Supply

Universal Plug and Play Device Host

Upload Manager

Webclient

Wireless Zero Configuration (If you have Wirelss Internet LEAVE this on)

WMI Performance Adaptor



Read all of the descriptions on each service to determine if you need it or not, Most things you will not if on

a desktop. Do one at a time and make sure your PC does not start acting funny or things not working properly before ending the Service's session.
 
 
1. Click Start
2. Click RUN

Once you click on Run the Above Box should open, TYPE in the Box
services.msc  then hit ENTER


Then the above Window will open, Then scroll down to the above list to any single one, And double click on it. It will open another small window, With a drop down window for Automatic, Disable, Stop, start, manual.

On most you can put to manual, The ones you know your not going to use you can select Disable or stop.
Remember to read what it is before stopping it.

you can Email us with any questions

Windows 7 and Vista
1. click Start
2. in the seach window type in services.msc
3. Foloow the above directions.