Disable and Enable Windows Key on Keyboard

Disable the Windows key

1. Click Start, then type regedt32 in the search box.

2. Click on Keyboard Layout, then in the Registry Editor menu, click on Edit, New, Binary Value.

3. Name the new entry as Scancode Map.

4 Double-click on the new entry and type in 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000 as the value data, then click OK. You must type it in manually; copying and pasting will not work. It might be easier to look at it in pairs, as three rows of 16 digits:

example:

0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0008 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0
0010 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00
0018

5. To save click OK.

6. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Enable the Windows key

1. Click Start, then type regedt32 in the search box.
2. Double-click on HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE, then SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control.
3. Click on Keyboard Layout and right-click on Scancode Map. Click Delete then click Yes.
4. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

How to repair WINDOWS/system32/config/SYSTEM missing or corrupt Windows Server 2003

To Repair Windows/system32/config/System missing on Windows 2003


1. Insert your Windows CD and reboot from the CD drive
[To boot from CD, go to BIOS Setup option on startup and select your CD/DVD drive as the first boot drive, save the present settings and exit] Your computer will reboot & will boot from Windows Server 2003

2. Press ‘R’ when offered the option of using the Windows Recovery Console
Recovery Console will prompt at the command prompt type the following:

C:\WINDOWS >cd system32
this changes the current directory to C:\Windows\System32

ren config configold
This renames the config folder to configold

mkdir config
this makes a new directory called config

cd config
changes the current directory to c:\Windows\System32\Config
then type the following lines pressing enter after each one

copy c:\windows\repair\system
copy c:\windows\repair\software
copy c:\windows\repair\sam
copy c:\windows\repair\security
copy c:windows\repair\default
after each line it should say:
1 file copied

type: exit
Now your system will reboot

How to add a desktop shortcut for All Users in Windows 7 and Server 2008

Add application shortcut for all users of Windows7 and Server 2008

To add files or shortcut for all user simply navigate

C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop (note: this folder is hidden, you need to show all hidden files)

when the folder navigated paste the file or shortcut, automatically it appears to the desktop of other users.

Install Autodesk Revit 2013 Failed Installation aborted, Result=1603

Install the software in default setting, do not change the default settings in installation.
This solve my problem in getting the error from the log file "Install    Autodesk® Revit®    Failed    Installation aborted, Result=1603".

Hoping it will also with you.

Do this at your ownrisk thank you

Excel Error: To prevent possible loss of data, Microsoft Excel cannot shift nonblank cells off the worksheet

Cause

• Excel 2003 has a column limitation of 256
• Excel 2007 has no limitation to the number of columns

Solutions 
 To solve this problem follow the step below:

1. Click Office Button
2. Click Excel Options
3. Click Advanced
4. Look for Display options for this workbook:
5. under For objects, show: must be marked as all
6. then press ok and close excel file then open it again.
7. You can now insert column.

Excel cannot shift non blank cells off of the worksheet Solution

Cause

Excel 2007 format workbooks (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb) have 16,384 columns
Excel 97-2003 format workbooks (.xls) have only 256 columns (IV is the last)

Solution

If the file extension is .xls  (version Excel 97-2003) save the file to .xlsx (version 2007).
Then you can now insert column.

How To Reapair A Key Has Come Off

Steps

1. Carefully remove another key by prying it off gently with a small flathead screwdriver.
2. Examine the configuration of the key you've just removed. If a key has come off your keyboard, you may have difficulty figuring out how to put it back on because the configuration of the key retainer is a bit complicated and will be somewhat unique to your machine. The key retainer is the white plastic piece that goes between the key itself and the hardware that the key engages.
3. Place the key retainer from the first broken key back in place according to how the retainer for the key you've just removed is situated.

How To Repair Water Spilled in Keyboard Problem

1. If the spilling of water on your keyboard didn't cause your keyboard to shut off, shut it off now. The water that is in your keyboard could still come in contact with electronic areas and short the computer. Saving your programs and shutting down will prevent any possible damage to electronics or the loss of any data through a sudden shutdown.
2. Carefully drain the keyboard of any sloshing water by tipping it upside-down over a towel (using a towel to collect the water will reduce your risk of dropping your laptop on a hard surface). Do not shake the computer, but shift it gently to move the water out through the cracks between the keys.
3. Dry the remaining water in the computer using a hair dryer with a "cool" setting (do not use a hot dryer so as to avoid melting damage to any plastic parts).
4. Wait a day or two before turning the laptop on to make sure it is completely dry. Water spilled on a laptop keyboard will not do any permanent damage and the computer will most likely be fine once the water is dry. However, bear in mind that this is not the case if you should spill something like pop or soup on your laptop - in these cases, your hard drive will be fine, but other parts of the computer may be permanently damaged (like the cards or the motherboard).

Enable or Disable USB Port from Registry

Enable or Disable USB Port

Step1: In Windows 7  press Windows key+R and type as “regedit

Step 2: It will open the Registry Editor of  your Windows 7

Step 3: After opening Registry edit browse the following path in reght side bar of registry editor

The Path to go: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR”

Step4: Then right click the registry “Start” 

Step:5 Right Click “Start” and Click modify

• To enable USB ports: change the value from “4″ to “3″
• To disable USB ports: change the Value for “3″ to “4″

Block Web site using Host file

Sample Steps to Block Facebook

1. Go to Start > Run or press Windows + R

2. Copy these string into Run fields.

Please copy the string based on your Operating System. You can refer below:
Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows 2000
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows 98/ME
C:\WINDOWS\hosts

3. Click Enter and then open the hosts file using your preferred text editor. I used Notepad.

4. Copy and Paste the following into the Hosts file after 127.0.0.1 localhost and you can add other web site that you want to block.

# Block Facebook
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.connect.facebook.com

5. Save your Hosts file and your are done! You can try to open Facebook and if there is still no effect, restart your workstation and retry again.

Transfer Nokia Contacts to Blackberry Device

Nokia Contacts to Blackberry Device

ü  Create backup from nokia device

ü  Copy backup then rename to .rar

ü  Open the directory Backup000 - Copy.rar\predefhiddenfolder\backup\WIP\32\contacts

ü  Copy contacts folder to desktop

ü  Open windows contacts folder C:\Users\\Contacts

ü  Click import then select all vcf files

ü  Open blackberry desktop software

ü  On the side panel select organizer

ü  Check address book then setup

ü  Select Windows 7 contacts then click next

ü  Select One way sync to device then click next

ü  Click Finish then OK

ü  On the lower right panel click sync

Repair missing time zones in Windows XP

Missing time zones

1. Log on to another Windows XP machine.
2. Start> Run> Regedit >OK
3. Now navigate to the following key:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Time Zones 
4. High light Time Zone, click File and next click Export from the drop down menu. Give a name to the registry file and save it as a .reg file in your USB.
5. Close the registry editor and bring out the USB.
6. Now log on to the machine in which there is time zone problem.
7. Open the USB then double click the registry that you been exported.
8. Confirmation will appear click ok to confirm. 
9. Restart your Computer.

Windows Mail to to Microsoft Outlook

Transfer Mails from Windows Mail to Microsoft Outlook

To export the messages from Windows Mail follow these steps:

•     On the File menu, point to Export, and then click Messages.

•     In the Windows Mail Export Wizard, click Microsoft Exchange, and then click Next.

•     Click OK in the following message:

•     This will export messages from Windows Mail to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange

•     Note If Outlook is not open, select the profile that you want to receive the messages, and then click OK.

•     To specify which files to export, click All or Selected Folders, and then click OK.

•     On the File menu, point to Export, and then click Messages.

The folders and contents will appear in the Inbox of the selected profile in Outlook. The date and time of each message are the date and the time that you exported the messages from Windows Mail.

Enabling Multiple Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows XP

Procedure  (do it at your own risk)

STEP 1
Start your Windows in Safe Mode (tap on F8 first of the Windows Loading Splash Screen);
click on “My Computer” with right mouse button and choose “Properties”;  go to “Remote” tab and uncheck “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” (if it’s already unchecked, just do nothing);
click OK.

STEP 2
Go to Start -> Control Panel;
open “Administrative Tools” and then “Services”;
double click “Terminal Services”, in the list;
choose “Disabled” for “Startup Type” option;
click OK.

STEP 3
Go to C:\windows\system32\dllcache; (note: if folder does not appear mark show hidden files and uncheck hide protected operating system then press ok. go back to folder and rename the termsrv.dll file to termsrv.original or another name you like;
copy into the folder Download termsrv.dll;
go to C:\windows\system32 (the upper folder of the current one);
do the same operation: rename termserv.dll also here, and put another copy of the file I linked above.

STEP 4
Click Start, then “Run…”, type “regedit” (without quotes) and press ENTER;
navigate in the Windows Registry Tree to reach this path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core; click with right mouse button on blank space in the right part of the registry window, choose “New” > DWORD, name the new key “EnableConcurrentSessions” (without quotes), then edit it and set its value to 1;
close the editor.

STEP 5
Click Start, then “Run…”, type “gpedit.msc” (without quotes) and press ENTER; open Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services; double click “Limit number of connections”, choose “Enabled” and set the maximum number of concurrent connections you want to allow (2 or more), then Restart Windows in normal mode.

STEP 6
Go back to Remote tab of My Computer’s properties (see step 1) and activate “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer”; Go back to “Terminal services” in “Services” (see step 2) and set its “Startup type” to “Manual”Now restart Windows. Your operating system should be ready to accept multiple remote desktop connections

How to restart Terminal services from command line?

Since Terminal Services can’t be stopped there is no straightforward way we can do this. Microsoft says this is by design. But in some cases restarting termninal services could be possible by killing the svchost process that runs the terminal services.We can use tasklist and taskkill commands for this.

First get the process id of the terminal services process

 tasklist /svc | findstr /C:TermService

Check if Terminal sevices is the only service running in this svchost. If the svchost is shared with other services then you can stop reading further. Restarting terminal services is not possible on your machine.

On my machine I have got the following output.
C:\>tasklist /svc | findstr /C:TermService
svchost.exe                 1708 DcomLaunch, TermService
C:\>
As you can see DcomLaunch and TermService both share the same svchost process. In this case I can’t kill the process as it stops the other service also. (Note that DcomLaunch is an essential service on the system and killing it can even shutdown the system)


In the case of svchost not being shared with any other service you can go ahead and kill TermService process by the following command.


taskkill /F /PID  process_id 

How to stop Terminal Services from command line?

Terminal Services can’t be stopped like other services.  You get the below error when you attempt the same.
C:\>net stop termservice
The requested pause or stop is not valid for this service.

How to start Terminal Services from command line?

Start Terminal Services from command line by running the command given below.

net start TermService

If the service is already running you will get the message ‘The requested service has already been started.‘

Sometimes you may get an error that the service could not be started.
C:\>net start termservice
The Terminal Services service is starting.
The Terminal Services service could not be started.
The service did not report an error.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.

This happens when Terminal Services is disabled through registry hack. You can fix this by running the below registry change command.

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v TSEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

You need to reboot the computer for the changes to take effect. After reboot terminal services starts automatically or you can start the service using net start command as mentioned above.

Computer Monitor Troubleshooting Tips

Here are some basic trouble shooting tips for computer monitors:
The picture does not appear

• Check to make sure the signal cable is firmly connected in the socket.
• Check to see if the computer system's power is ON.
• Check that the Brightness Control is at the appropriate position, not at the minimum.

The Screen is not synchronized

• Check to make sure the signal cable is firmly connected in the socket.
• Check that the output level matches the input level of your computer.
• Make sure the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.

The position of the screen is not in the center

• Adjust the H-Size, H-Phase or V-Size, V-Center controls.
• Check if the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.

The screen is too bright or too dark

• Check if the Brightness or contrast control is at the appropriate position, not at the maximum or minimum.
• Check if the specified voltage is applied
• Check if the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.
• Especially, check the horizontal frequency.

The screen is shaking

• Move all objects that emit a magnetic field, such as a motor or transformer, away from the monitor.
• Check if the specified voltage is applied.
• Check if the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.

Printer error (orange or blinking light)

  After your printer has completed its initial startup you should have a solid green light. If the light indicator is blinking or orange often this is an indication of a printer error. For example, this could indicate a paper jam, issue with the ink or toner cartridge, or other serious error.

  Because there is no standard to what a blinking light or orange light means if you're getting either of these we suggest referring to the printer documentation for troubleshooting steps or methods of determining what the status indicator is reporting.

Printer does not have power indicator

First, make sure that the printer is on. When a printer is on it should have some light (usually green) indicating it's receiving power and is on.

If you do not have any indicator light make sure the printer is connected to a working power outlet by verifying each end of the power cable. Next, press the printer power button.

If after following the above steps your printer still cannot get a power status indicator it's likely you're encountering a serious printer issue and we suggest contacting the printer manufacturer for additional steps and instructions on repair or replacement.