Tuesday, October 22, 2013

How to configure security policy “LAN Manager Authentication Level” in Windows 8


Unfortunately not all versions of Windows appear to ship the policies editor. Windows 8 doesn't for example but Windows 8 Pro does, so depending on your version you would be able to use it or not.

To see if you can access it press Win+Q to search for it or Win+R to open the "Run" dialog. Either way type gpedit.msc and if it appears in the first case or you're able to run it do so.

Then navigate to Local Computer Policy -Windows Settings - Security Settings -Local Policies - Security Options. There locate Network security: LAN Manager authentication level and set that policy to what your admin told you.

If you're not able to access the policies editor you can accomplish the same by editing the registry yourself. Concretely the key you have to edit for that policy is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

There, add (or edit) a DWORD value named LmCompatibilityLevel and set it to the value you require according to the following table (which in your case is 2) :

0 - Send LM & NTLM responses
1 - Send LM & NTLM responses, use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated
2 - Send NTLM response only
3 - Send NTLMv2 response only
4 - Send NTLMv2 response only, refuse LM
5 - Send NTLMv2 response only, refuse LM & NTLM

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How to manually activate Windows 8



To activate manually, use the command promp.

1. Click "Desktop" from the Start Screen

2. Move the cursor to the hot corner [side panel should appear]

3. Click on the "Search" icon [magnifying glass]

4. Type "command"

5. Click on the "Command" [an icon on the left side of the screen should appear]

Note: If you receive and elevated priviledge message, right click "Command" and select "Run as Administrator"

6. At command prompt, type in "slmgr.vbs -ipk " then cont with your license key

slmgr.vbs -ipk 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000

7. Activate windows after changing the key, run "slmgr.vbs -ato"

Monday, October 7, 2013

Resolve your harddisk Boot/Format problem due to MBR error



The MBR could easily be seen as one of the most important sectors on the disk. If anything happens to the contents of this sector, the data on your disk could be unreachable. Or the computer might simply not start anymore.


This MBR tool allows you to manipulate a drive's master boot record (MBR) via the command line. For example, MBR is capable of deleting all the partitions in a MBR, zeroing out a MBR, installing a standard MBR, and more. MBR runs under DOS/Linux/Windows.


After download ..PLS read README.TXT in the program folder for more information.

Download Here

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Lock a Folder With Password Using Free Folder Protector




Folder Protector

Folder Protector offers each user a protected folder that can only be opened by entering the password in FolderProtector. Unlike most security programs, Folder Protector is small in size (nearly 58KB) and does not show the folder that it is protecting. This gives an additional advantage that people who don't know the password do not have a target to try and hack their way into. As the software is portable, you can hide it or even delete it after protecting your folder and no one will have a clue that it was used. Then whenever you need to access protected files.

How to use Folder Protector?

When you run Folder Protector for the first time, the program will ask you for a password that you want to use. Enter a password that you can remember as this will be the password to your protected folder.






After entering the password, the program will open a folder named SecuredFILES. This is your protected folder. You can add all your private files in this folder. This folder is located at the Desktop. After adding all your files, you may close this folder.



Then, you can use the menu in the program to lock your folder. To lock the folder, type lock as your action. After successfully locking the folder, FolderProtector will display that the folder is locked.


Unlocking the protected folder is easy. Just type unlock as your action. Then the program will ask you to enter your password. Upon successfully entering the password, the program will display the contents of your protected folder.

Changing the Password: Just type change as your action. The program will ask you for your current password. Upon successful entry of the current password, the program will ask for your new password and change it instantly.

Acknowledgment: This software has been made possible only through the suggestions of readers of this blog, especially Ernell Albert Galido for his idea of using a menu based interface.

Windows Compatibility: This program has been successfully tested on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

Download Site Win8/Win7/Vista :
 Here

Download Site WInxp : Here

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Convert FAT32 to NTFS Without Formatting or Losing Data


FAT 32 to NTFS Conversion Steps

1) Go to Computer, and note the name of the drive whose file system you wish to convert.

2) Click on Start.

3) Type cmd in the search bar if you use Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows Vista. If you use Windows XP, click on Run and then execute cmd.

4) Execute "chkdsk h: /f " (without quotes) where H is the letter of the drive to undergo conversion. This checks the drive for errors and fixes them automatically.

5) Execute "Convert H: /FS:NTFS" (without quotes). H is again the letter of the drive to be converted.

6) The command prompt will start the conversion process and after a few minutes, CMD will say that conversion was successful.

7) You can check it in the properties of the drive through right click




This works on Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows Vista. I converted my flash drive's file system using these steps and it worked flawlessly. It is interesting to note that this method cannot be used to reconvert NTFS file system back to FAT32. To reconvert back to FAT32, you will need to format the entire drive which will definitely cause data loss.


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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

How to Reset / Recover / Change Forgotten Administrator Password in Windows?


Useful tip from wwwAskVG.com
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-reset-recover-forgotten-windows-nt-2000-xp-2003-administrator-password/

Control panel does not open in Windows xp

It looks like the RunDLL file is corrupted. Which service pack you are using? If your service pack is not updated try updating the service pack so that the RunDLL file can be updated.

You can also do the otherway. Copy working RunDLL file from someone's working PC from the location find'c:\\windows\system32\rundll32.exe and overwrite it in your find'c:\\windows\system32\rundll32.exe. Try it in safe mode.

Windows 7 networking fails to connect to samba SCO PC



Windows networking fails to connect to the Network Space 2 due to the version of samba on drive. Windows 7 defaults to using NTLMv2 for its security policy. The drive uses Samba v.3.0.9, which only supports NTLM.

To fix this, the LAN Authentication level must be reconfigured using the "secpol" program to log in.

Click Start, then Run (or press [windows button] + [R] on the keyboard), then type "secpol.msc" This should bring up the Security Policy system window.

On the left, select Local Policies > Security Options.

On the right, scroll down to and double-click on "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" Right Click your mouse, Change the setting from "Send NTLMv2 Response only" to "Send LM & NTLM responses".

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

How To unblock Youku Videos on android/iOS phone/tablet


How To unblock Youku Videos on android
Some videos are fine to watch, but many are inaccesible outside of China/region restriced. So does anyone know if there is any kind of VPN to get localised access to Chinese websites?
As one of the most popular video websites in China, Youku is available for you to watch hundreds of movies and TV series online free.Watch Youku Outside China
But all those videos are only available for Mainland China, as what you can see from the following image:
Luckily, where theres a will theres always a way, you can definitely watch Youku outside China.


Android
Install Firefox browser for Android
Open Firefox, type about:config in address bar (Pic 1),search network.proxy.type then modify & set value to 2
Search network.proxy.autoconfig_url then modify & set http://yo.uku.im/proxy.pac
Now u can use firefox browser visit to the video website & enjoy! http://www.letv.com/



Pic 1

** Check Proxy server setting **

visit http://ipservice.163.com/isFromMainland


if the web page shows : true,Bravo!!... if show false.. you have to check your above setting again.

Apple-IOS

Set your setting as shown in pic 2.



Pic 2

How To Block Websites in ALL browsers - XP / Vista / 7



This Is a Quick and easy way to block websites on your computer that you don't want some one to get on. Also be sure to Run As Administrator on notepad in windows Vista & 7 to block the the sites.

How To Block a Website (XP):

1.Go To Start And Run

2.Enter This in The Run Box: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

3.Open Host With Notepad

4.Type In 127.0.0.1 and The website you want to block

For example : 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com

5.Save And Now The Site Is Block


How To Block a Website (Vista & 7):

1.Go To Start, On the Search Bar type notepad, then right click and select run as administrator

2.Select file, then open

3. On the bottom of file name type: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

4.Type In 127.0.0.1 and The website you want to block

For example : 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com

5.Save And Now The Site Is Block

Prevent the command prompt closing automatically



Sometimes, you will find that the command prompt window closes automatically when you don't want it to.

To address this problem:
* Press Windows key + R to open the Run window
* Launch the command prompt by typing:

cmd /K

* Adding / K after the command keeps the window open
* You can then close the window manually when you no longer need it to be open .

cmd /k tracert www.kioskea.net

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

iPrint – eco friendly printing freeware saves paper, money, the planet


iPrint is a cool little freeware program which lets you set up a detailed print schedule and so save paper and money. The program will also automatically delete pages it thinks are blank – useful for printing out web sites with orphan pages – and give you the option to print multiple pages on one sheet to save space.
Download here http://www.clicktoconvert.com/iprint/

Run Android on your Windows PC.

BlueStacks is an easy to use yet powerful software solution designed to run Android apps right on your Windows machine.

download from : http://www.bluestacks.com/

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Youku Unblock

(Youku Unblock)- This application lets you smoothly surf on many Web sites (like youku.com,tudoo.com,xiami, ku6.com) blocking visitors outside mainland China.

Download Linkhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unblock-youku/pdnfnkhpgegpcingjbfihlkjeighnddk?hl=en

Share a Printer from XP to Windows 7/8/10

  Setup Printer Sharing Step 1 : First make sure that the printer on the XP machine is shared. You can do this by right-clicking on the prin...