Access a hidden administrator account in Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Access a hidden administrator account in Windows Vista

If you are used to the built-in administrator account in the previous versions of Windows, you may be surprised to find it missing in your Control Panel under the User Accounts section in Windows Vista. This option does exist, but has been hidden by default.

Fix Temporary Profile in Windows Vista with Registry Key

Windows Registry

If your Windows Vista computer is booting up with the temporary profile and showing the following message, “Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for details or contact your administrator.”, Then you need to read this guide to fix the problem. When Windows Vista loaded with temp profile, you can’t see your files, folders, and icons on the desktop. The temp profile would look like a new profile. This guide shows how to fix temporary profile in Windows Vista with the registry key modification.

Zyxel P-660R-D1 Router Configuration Mode

Zyxel P-660R-D1

You may need to set a Static IP address on your computer first before you can access the web configuration.

Computer IP: 192.168.1.33
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

Save settings and reboot.

After restarting, on your web browser type 192.168.1.1

You need to login as admin on your modem to be able to see and make changes to these settings, otherwise you would only see the status page. If that is the case, then you are logged in only as a guest mode.

How to pixelate a portion of an image or a picture using Microsoft Paint?

Microsoft Paint

Here's HOW!

How To Kill A Process With A VBS Script

VBS Script

This shows how you can use a vbs script to kill a process/task without windows task manager. Just replace the "firefox.exe" with any processes you want to kill.

VBS Script:

How To Configure Pfsense with OpenDNS (Web Filtering)

Open DNS

Requirements
1.Install pfsense 2.3.1 (More than one Dynamic DNS included in this version)
2.Sign up with OpenDNS
3.Configure your network on OpenDNS and don’t forget to configure your web filter settings

Assuming that you have completed the above requirements, first you have to change your DNS on pfsense to OPENDNS. To do this, go to Systems > General Setup. Under DNS Server Settings

DNS Server 1: 208.67.222.222
DNS Server 2: 208.67.220.220
DNS Server Override: Unchecked
Disable DNS Forwarder: Checked

See Figure 1 and 2.

Figure 1.

How To Change Active Partitions

DiskPart

Upon purposely changing the active partition on my system drive, I was faced with a BOOTMGR is missing error during my system’s start up that prevent Windows from starting. It is a common mistake to make when playing with partitions on a system drive and it can be a headache to solve if not prepared. To change your active partition back using the Windows 7 recovery disc or Installation DVD, follow the steps below.

How To Fix A Computer That Won’t Boot

Windows Boot Manager

 

Fix Bootmgr is Missing in Windows 7/8/10
Windows failed to start. File: \Boot\BCD 0xc00000f
Disk boot failure: Fix for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
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No bootable device – insert boot disk and press any key
NTLDR is missing or corrupted
Ntoskrnl.exe is missing
Ntdetect.com is missing
BOOTMGR is missing or corrupted
NTFS.SYS is missing
Hal.dll is missing