The following explanation assumes you already know how to install XP on an IDE/PATA hard drive. XP doesn’t natively support SATA so to get to install, you will have to use one of the 3 methods listed below. PREPARATION Step 1. download a copy of the SATA/RAID driver for your motherboard. If you have a fairly new board, you probably already have the driver on the drivers disk that came with the board. If not, go the the motherboard manufacturer’s website & download it. Step 2. enter the BIOS & check the boot order. Make sure the CD/DVD drive is…
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Your iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch finds wireless networks within a hotspot range and connects to the internet. The Basics Your Apple mobile device will discover wifi networks only within a certain range from a hot spot. If you are too far away it wont connect or your pages will take a long time loading. Be aware not all commercial wifi networks allow free Internet access and you may need to pay a fee (airports, hotels, etc). In those places open Safari and try to navigate to a website. It won’t allow you but it will take you to their Home page asking…
This How-To will show how to extract the Lock Screen images, and convert them to jpg. This batch script does the trick: :: ==========SCRIPT BEGIN========== @Echo off :: This script copies the Content Delivery Manager Assets to a specified folder and renames them to .jpg files :: This should give you all the lock screen images you see, but in a usable image format instead of just some file. setlocal enabledelayedexpansion cd “%~dp0” set LockScreenPath=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets set SavePath=LockScreenImages if not exist “!SavePath!” ( md “!SavePath!” ) for /f “tokens=*” %%A in (‘dir /b /s /a:-d “!LockScreenPath!\*.”‘) do ( echo Processing –…
There are a variety of reasons you may want to delete cookies from the Chrome web browser; speed up load times, free disk space, keep from being tracked; whatever your motivation for removing the cookies these are the steps to do it: Step 1. Click on the wrench icon to the right of the address bar in the upper right corner of the chrome window. (a menu appears) Step 2. Click the Options menu item near the bottom. Step 3. Click the Under the Hood tab. Step 4. Click the Clear browsing data… (the … means a menu with options…
::Save as dhcp.bat ::Displays the full dhcp-table for your network ::call this .bat from cmd.exe ::parameters are -4 or -6 for ipv4/ipv6 ::add the path of the file to PATH or place it in %windir%\system32 ::example1: dhcp -4 ::example2: call C:\******\dhcp.bat -4 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion if ‘%1’==’/?’ echo Parameters -4 of -6 can be given, to give ipv4/6 output&exit /b if ‘%1’==’-4′ set param=-4 if ‘%1’==’-6′ set param=-6 if ‘%1’==” set param= for /f “delims=\” %%a in (‘net view ^| findstr “\\”‘) do ( for /f “tokens=2 delims=[]” %%A in (‘ping %param% -n 1 %%~na’) do ( set “check=%%A”&if not “!check:~16,1!”==””…
:: Syntax: %1 = [path\]input filename.ext if [%1] equ [] echo Input filename not entered – restart.&&exit /b for /f %%1 in (‘find /c /v “” ^< “%1″‘) do set linecount=%%1
Step 1. Open up Favorites and maximize the window. Step 2. You should have yellow folders on the top and red hearts with individual sites on the bottom. Step 3. IF you have folders below the red hearts, click and grab the folder and place it ON TOP of the upper most red heart which will be at the bottom of the folders who are already on top. Step 4. Now make sure you have the folders written down on a piece of paper so you can get them in the order you want. I do numbers first and then…
When I rebuilt my computer, the new MBO had no floppy disk controller on the MBO. Since I operate as a consultant, I have some industrial customers with industrial computers with a provision to only use floppy disks for updates and/or program changes. There is not only the lack of a floppy controller on the new MBO, there is no EIDE provision. In 1998, I bought a Mitsubhishi LS-120 COSM Superdisk floppy drive and installed it. A LS-120 can format, read, and write standard 3.5 inch floppies but also can format, read, and write special floppies that can hold 120MB…
There was no easy tutorial for how to upgrade subsonic on FreeNas, so I figured I would write one while it is still fresh in my memory. This guide assumes you already have FreeNas installed, and have a previous version of Subsonic installed and working. Step 1. Download the most recent standalone .rar from: http://www.subsonic.org/pages/download.jsp Step 2. I used winSCP to copy the downloaded .rar into my FreeNas server Step 3. SSH into your FreeNas box (I use putty) Step 4. Go to where you copied the standalone.rar file to Step 5. Unrar the file to /var/subsonic/standalone: tar xvzfr standalone.x.x.rar /var/subsonic/standalone/ Step…
Here is how to reset the Compaq Presario CD Recovery Program. Step 1. Navigate to C:\windows\Creator Step 2. Open STRCDC.INI in notepad. Step 3. Search for a setting called (no quotes) “Rewritable_Support=1” Step 4. Then change the 1 to 0 and save. “Rewritable_Support=0” Step 5. Make new recovery discs that you need so much… NOTE. I booted and did this with the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows, if it doesn’t work within your local copy of XP just boot a copy of that or a Live Linux Distro..
Friends. This article will help you configuring windows xp to show a pop-up reminder at the time given… To do so you just need a basic computer knowledge . Copy the contents below in notepad and save as anything .bat on the desktop. ( echo @ECHO OFF echo Title **************Pop-up Reminder by Subhash Chandra************************ echo Color f echo echo.&echo.&echo. echo setlocal echo set /p tm= Enter the time to set the Reminder : echo set /p ds= Input the description for this Reminder : echo ECHO reminder successfully Set at %tm% to %%DS%% echo at %%tm%% /interactive “cmd.exe” /k showalarm…
Copy the Below and paste in notepad (Save as .bat) @echo off title This Script create a hidden user. echo. echo This is a sample batch file By Subhash echo. echo To create hideen Users which will not in Welcome Screen echo. set /p UserName= Type the User name you want to add – set /p UserPass= The password for the USer – echo. echo Creating User… net user %UserName% %UserPass% /add echo. echo. echo The user %UserName% has been created successfully. echo. set /p Group=Do you want to add the user %UserName% in administrators group. (Y/N).. Goto %Group% :y…
This HowTo is to provide a step-by-step guide to how to build a PC. These are the general steps required in building a PC, which can be performed what sequence you feel best fits your needs. Choosing your components: Prepare your case: Install components on motherboard (outside of case): Install Motherboard into case: Connect System Wires: Install Video Card(s): Connect Power Supply: Boot System for First Time: Install Operating System / Drivers: Test System and Have FUN!! Step One: Choosing your components: Here are the components I have selected for this build: CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4…
Have you ever wanted to run windows with just a console, but couldnt because it would be a pain to find files, folders, etc? Well now you can with explorer.bat features: -use w/s to move up & down -open files with your specific program -run any command as if it is not a .bat file -open the directory that you have selected with the pointer -one click goto upper directory -copy a file & paste it (allows for switching directories before pasting) -only allows up to 74 items on screen(can be changed by setting maxdisplayeditems to something else than 74)…
For a text file that contains instructions on how to set up a new hard disk for an OEM Windows 9x install please click here. For a text file that contains instructions on how to install an operating system on that hard disk click here for Windows 95 or here for Windows 98. Note the above instructions require the use of a boot disk. Please click here for instructions on how to download one.