Windows 7 Hidden Features and Fun.
Enable God (and more) Mode
Create a new folder. Lets just say on your desktop.
Right click on the new folder and past the following string:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
- Default Location.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
Biometrics. {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
Power Settings .{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Notification Area .{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Manage Credentials.{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Get New Programs.{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Default Programs.{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
NET Framework Assemblies .{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
Wireless Networks.{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
Network Neighborhood .{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
RemoteApp and Desktop.{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Windows Firewall.{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Performance.{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Unlocking Windows 7 Hidden Themes
Just copy and paste the steps and unlock 4 new themes for Windows 7.
1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Click Organize, and select Folder and Search Options.
3. Go to View tab.
4. Select Show hidden files, folders and drivers and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). If prompted with confirmation, click Yes.
5. Click OK.
6. Browse to the following folder: \Windows\Globalization\MCT\
7. There are five folders in the name with format MCT-XX (where XX is AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) which represents globalization settings for each region. Go into the folder that you want to activate its theme.
Note: AU, CA and ZA regions have the same themes.
8. Open the Theme folder inside the selected region folder.
9. Double click on the XX.theme file to apply the theme to the Windows 7 desktop system. Once a theme is ran and activated, the theme will be remembered and saved into Personalization options, so that user can change or select the theme again directly from Personalization settings screen.
10. Now to go to Folder Options to reverse the first 5 steps to hide the hidden and protected system files and folders again.
Make Windows Time say what you want
Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options .
Go to the Customize this format inside the Formats tab. Change the AM symbol to whatever you want. As well as the PM symbol.
Click "OK" and then check out your masterpiece.
How to Create a ISO from a VHD file
The way in this guide can only be done from Windows 7! And you need to have WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit)installed.
And yes there are more ways to do this.
First unpack a version from before the build you have as .VHD
(In this guide i will take build 7229 as an example)
to a folder.
Then go to the "control panel admin tools" :
There you go to : "Computer Management"
There you right click on : "Disk Management" and choose : "Attach VHD"
Then browse to your ".VHD" file.
And click "OK"
Then there will be added a "Virtual Drive"
In this example it is drive "J"
The drive icon color is blue.
Now open a "WAIK command prompt"
(there is a shortcut for that in your start menu)
In there paste this line :
imagex /compress maximum /flags "Ultimate" /capture j: c:\install.wim "Windows 7 Ultimate"
/capture j: (put your own drive letter there i used J: as an example)
Wait till its finished.
In this example it will place the new "install.wim" into "C:\"
Now copy the new "install.wim" into the folder where you extracted the build 7229 iso.
In the "Sources" folder
And overwrite the "install.wim" file.
Now open the build 7229 original ISO with a program like "UltraISO" and make a new iso from the folder where 7229 is extracted and the new "install.wim" is placed.
After that you can mount or burn it and run the setup.
Once again Enjoy!
Get Windows Experience Index Remotely
A little while ago I wrote about a little article concerning how to fake your Windows Experience Index.
Well I created a little script that will look at all the Windows Vista/Windows 7 Machines(PC’s) on your domain and give you the read out of what type of hardware is available on said domain/network.
strCompName = Inputbox("Get Hardware Performance Ratings" & vbcrlf & "of a Remote computer," & vbcrlf & "Input the Computer Name:") Set objWMIservices = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strCompName & "\root\cimv2") Set colWSA = objWMIservices.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_WinSAT") For Each objItem in colWSA Wscript.Echo "Hardware Performance Ratings" Wscript.Echo "Processor : " & objItem.CPUScore Wscript.Echo "Memory: " & objItem.MemoryScore Wscript.Echo "Graphics: " & objItem.GraphicsScore Wscript.Echo "Gaming graphics: " & objItem.D3DScore Wscript.Echo "Primary hard disk: " & objItem.DiskScore next
If you want you can download it from:
Enjoy!
How To Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista or Windows 7
This tutorial will help you in creating a bootable USB drive of Windows Vista which you can use to install Vista in any system. It might become very useful when you don't have access to DVD drive.
*Note you will want to have a USB Drive larger than 3gigs.
1. First format your USB drive in NTFS file system. You can do it by attaching your USB drive to your system and then format it from My Computer window.
2. Now open Command Prompt window from Start menu. Right-click on Command Prompt entry in start menu and select "Run as administrator" option.
3. Now type diskpart in Command Prompt window and press Enter. It'll launch DiskPart program:
4. Now provide following command:
list volume
It'll show a list of all drives in your system. Look for your USB drive entry. As in the below screenshot, the USB drive is "G" which you can determine from its "Type" entry.
Now you have to select the USB drive volume by providing select volume no. command. Since in our case volume no. of USB drive is "Volume 4", the command would be:
select volume 4
Now we have to make this drive active. So provide active command:
active
Now exit from DiskPart using exit command.
5. Now we need to create Boot sector on USB drive. We'll use "bootsect.exe" utility for this task. You can find this utility in Windows Vista setup disk. It'll be present in "Boot" directory.
Now provide following command in Command Prompt:
bootsect /nt60 G:
Here G is drive letter of USB drive. Replace it with the correct drive letter if your system has some other letter for USB drive.
6. At last, copy all files/folders from Vista Setup DVD to your USB drive and you have done.
Now you can boot using your USB drive and can install Windows Vista or Windows 7 on any system.
Happy Installing.
Backup Your Files Using Free tools. Windows XP Home, Pro and Vista all versions.
Recently I was working for a client that had Windows XP Home Edition and the question was raised how do I backup my data without purchasing a expensive backup software?
Well fortunately there is a way. Couple of options.
My favorite is:
I started out using a cool little used utility called Synctoy and windows task manager to do the scheduled backup. Keep in mind I was using Windows XP Home with a login that had no password. Got all of the software installed. Created a task in the windows task manager (C:\windows\tasks).
Launching the Task Scheduler, right-click and select "Scheduled Task" in the menu again. Give a name to your work and then go to the properties of the task.
Launch the Task Scheduler and right click and select “Scheduled Task” in the menu bar. Type a name for your work and select the property of the task.
In the "Run" to the path of SyncToy, in the "Run As" - put what you want (one is advised).
In the “Run”, choose the path for SyncToy in the “Run as”.
Enter the parameters in the tabs “Planning”, “Settings” and “Security”.
Go back to the task tab and in the Run path, type : -R"test".
Below will appear:
"C:\Program Files\SyncToy 2.0\SyncToycmd.exe" -R"test"
Be careful, there must be a space between the –R and the phrase as well as at end.
*Note: You need to have a password setup for this task or any task to run.
Tools that are included in your install of the Windows Operating System:
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Windows XP Home/XP:
Installing the Ntbackup.msi for Windows XP Home or Pro.
how to install Backup from the Windows XP Home Edition CD-ROM. The Backup utility helps you protect your data if your hard disk stops working or your files are accidentally erased. With Backup, you can create a copy of all the data on your hard disk, and then archive it on another storage device, such as a removable hard disk or a tape. The Backup utility is not included in the default installation of Windows XP Home Edition. Therefore, to use Backup, you have to install it manually.
Manually install the Backup utility.
Download it if you don't want to extract it.
To manually install Backup, follow these steps:
- Put the Windows XP Home Edition CD in the CD Drive.
- Double-click the Ntbackup.msi file in the following location to start a wizard that installs Backup:CD drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP
- When the installation wizard is finished, click Finish.
If the wizard completed the installation, the program was successfully installed and you can now use the Backup utility.
XP Home has issues with doing any backups what so ever. The features are obviously very handicapped. I would then use the SyncToy method previously mentioned.
The Automated System Recovery feature of the Backup utility is not a supported feature in Windows XP Home Edition. However, Backup is provided on the CD-ROM as an additional value to help you back up important system data. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
302700 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302700/ ) An Error Message Is Displayed When You Attempt to Use the Automated System Recovery Wizard
of course this makes it difficult to use backed up files to recover files.
Windows Vista:
Scheduling a regular Complete PC Backup is one way to ensure you have recent images of your entire computer.
Complete PC Backup is not schedulable through the control panel, but you can work around this by creating a new task in the Task Scheduler.
If you choose to schedule Complete PC Backups, I advise periodic monitoring to verify that backups completed successfully. Why is this necessary? Because this method doesn't notify you via a pop-up if the backups fail due to disk space issues or other transient problems. This should not be considered a replacement for using File Backup on a regular basis. That said, here's how you can use Task Scheduler to schedule Complete PC Backup:
1. Go to Task Scheduler (which you'll find in the Accessories\System Tools folder in the All Programs portion of your Start menu).
2. Click Create Task.
3. Go to the General tab.
4. Type a descriptive name, such as Scheduled Complete PC Backup.
5. If you want the task to run regardless of whether you're logged on, click Run whether user is logged on or not.
6. Click Run with highest privileges.
7. Go to the Triggers page.
8. Click New and then specify when and how often the scheduled backup will take place.
9. Go to the Actions page.
10. Click New.
11. Under Program/Script, type wbadmin.
12. In Add arguments (optional), type the following command, adjusting the target drive letter as necessary:
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Start backup –allcritical –backupTarget:D: -quiet
If you want to include additional volumes that are not the system, boot, or Windows Recovery Environment volumes, use the following statement instead, substituting the appropriate drive letters (separated by commas) for E and F:
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Start backup –allcritical –backupTarget:D: -include:E:,F: -quiet
Note that the command should always include the allcritical flag. Not having this flag risks excluding important system volumes from the backup, which would lead to failure during restore.
13. Configure any other task-related settings.
14. Click OK.
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