Set automatic log in Windows XP or 7

We may
need to set automatic login on our windows 7 or windows XP machine.

Here is
how you can set Automatic Login in Windows XP or Windows 7 .

Go to Start--> Run--> and type “
control userpasswords2 “ and press ENTER. You will get the
advance control panel of User Accounts !  as shown below.

 

 

 

 

You can
instruct windows here to login automatically when you start your computer.

Uncheck the box “ Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer ” and click on OK button,  it will give you prompt to enter
the username and password which you want to use to login automatically.  Enter
desired username and password and click OK

That’s
it !  Now next time you boot up your computer, you will be automatically logged
in with your desired username and password !

Thanks -Hpatel

 

Backup/Restore Auto Complete Name in Outlook

 

Backup/ Restore Auto Complete names in Outlook

 

Mostly all outlook users are habitual to convenience of outlook's autocomplete feature
which  is autocompleting recipient names as you begin to type them and we mostly
never add those addresses permanently in address book .

But sometimes we may need to move to another computer or we may need to format our
windows operating system for some reason. In such cases, we normally copy/backup
only  PST files and Address books, but neither PST file nor address book file
keeps a copy of email addresses which you unknowingly stored in outlook's
autocomplete cache.

 

Here is how to
backup/restore Auto Complete names in outlook.

• Close all running Outlook
  instances.
• On the computer which is having
  autocomplete names, go to C:\Documents
  and Settings\username\Application
  Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder
• Copy the file  profilename.NK2 . Here profilename is the name of outlook profile
  e.g. if my outlook profile name is  abc then file would be abc.NK2 or it will be Outlook.NK2 if your outlook profile name is "Outlook"
  . If you are
  using Windows 7, then you can locate this file under C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook folder.

• Paste the file to the same
  location as above to the respective computer on which you want to populate the
  autocomplete feature. If the outlook user profile name is different on new
  computer where you are moving .NK2 file, then you MUST rename the file with the
  same Outlook user profile name after you copy it to the correct folder. For
  example, if you copied sumit.nk2 from the original computer with
  an Outlook user profile name of sumit, and if outlook profile name on
  the new computer is sumitnew , then you must rename sumit.nk2 to sumitnew.nk2 on new computer.

Open Outlook and
you will be able to see the same autocomplete names which you were able

to see earlier
Hpatel

How to Fix Generic Host Process for WIn32 Services Error

Sometime we get Generic Host Process for Win32 Services error and sometime svchost.exe error in windows XP constantly and if we click on " Don’t Send " button, computer gets hang and we end up in rebooting it.

This may be problem of corrupted Windows Update in Windows XP.

Follow the steps below to get rid of above error message.
1) Re-Register Windows Update DLLs

Click on Start, Run, and type CMD and click ok

In the command window type the following commands one by one to re-register windows update dll files

REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

This will re-register all windows update related dll files.

2) Remove Corrupted Windows Update Files

At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter

net stop WuAuServ

type cd %windir% and press Enter

In the opened folder, type the following command and press Enter to rename the SoftwareDistribution Folder

ren SoftwareDistribution SD_OLD

Restart the Windows Update Service by typing the following at the command prompt

net start WuAuServ

3) Clear Winsock state

Go to command prompt and type following commands

netsh winsock reset

netsh interface reset all

Close the command prompt

4) Restart  Windows XP

After restart, run windows updates and make sure you have all critical windows updates/patches applied on your windows XP machine and also make sure that you have Service Pack 3 installed for Windows XP.

Although this method may not solve all of the issues with a SVCHOST.EXE Application error, but I have found it fixed the problem with the most of the time.

Set Automatic Login in Windows XP or Windows 7

We may need to set automatic login on our windows 7 or windows XP machine.

Here is how you can set Automatic Login in Windows XP or Windows 7 .

Go to Start--> Run--> and type “ control userpasswords2 “ and press ENTER. You will get the advance control panel of User Accounts !  as shown below.

You can instruct windows here to login automatically when you start your computer.

Uncheck the box “ Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer ” and click on OK button,  it will give you prompt to enter the username and password which you want to use to login automatically.  Enter desired username and password and click OK

That’s it !  Now next time you boot up your computer, you will be automatically logged in with your desired username and password !

Windows Admin - Block Websites in Windows

Block Website in Windows without any additional Software

There are three different methods to block websites in windows 7 without installing any additional software.

Method 1: Use Parental Control

Method 2: Use Content Advisor in Internet Options. Go to Internet Options . You should see a "Content" tab; click it and configure it and add sites to block and set content advisor password

This method will only be useful if you are using Internet Explorer as a browser.

Method 3 : This is the simple and easy method to block any site in windows 7.

The best way to do this is by telling windows to resolve wrong ip address ( e.g. 127.0.0.1) for particular site which you want to block . Follow below steps to do so.

Step1 : Go to Start--> All Programs--> Accessories--> Right Click on " Notepad " and click on " Run as Administrator ". This will open Notepad with administrative privilege.

Step2 : From the Notepad , click File--> Open-> point to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file and click on Open.

Step3 : At the bottom of the file, add the line as shown below for each site which you want to block.

127.0.0.1 www.website1.com

127.0.0.1 www.website2.com

127.0.0.1 website3.com

Step4 : Once you are done with above, Save and close the file.

Now sites which you listed in hosts file will no longer be accessible on that computer.

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