Log On Windows 7 as Administrator - Enable hidden Administrator account

1. Open the command prompt with elevated privileges by clicking the Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then select Run as administrator.
2. Type net user administrator /active:yes and then press Enter.
3. Restart or log off your computer and log in as Administrator.

Read More

Format You Hard Drive or Flash drive or Pen Drive or Memory card using MS - DOS

Sometimes you may not be able to format your drive using normal windows format option.
This may be due to some background process running in the drive. This may be due to viruses.
Here’s a simple method to Format ur drive.

This will be useful when you get following types of errors.
"Unable to format"
"Windows was unable to complete format"
Note that the format of drive will be FAT32 if u do by this method. So not recommended for internal hard discs

• Goto Start -> Run.
• Type Cmd & press Enter.
• Type the following command line

Format X:
(Here X: refers to your removable disk drive letter. It can be any letter depends on ur drive letter)
• Press Enter.
You may also need to specify name for flash drive (Volume Label). Its not always nessesary to give a label. So u can also just click enter.
You will get a warning like below
“
WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE: E WILL BE LOST?
Proceed with Format? ? y
Verifying …
“
Then it will continue the formatting.

If there is any running process in the flash drive. It may be due to some viruses
You may need to face few more steps like below shown
Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first.
ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? ?
Type “Y” and enter
That’s it.
Again Sometimes you may get an error like below
“
invalid media or track 0 bad - disk unusable
“
Then the problem may be with hardware.

Read More

Unable to open .exe files or programs ??

Are you getting some thing like this "Choose the program you want to use to open this file" when trying to open an .exe file.

This problem occurs if the .exe file association in the registry is corrupt. This behavior is generally caused by viruses.

Given below are the steps to correct the registry entry.

Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe (To open registry editor)

If Registry Editor opens successfully, then navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile \ shell \ open \ command

Double-click the (Default) value in the right pane

Delete the current value data, and then type:

"%1" %*

(ie., quote-percent-one-quote-space-percent-asterisk.)

Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe

In the right-pane, set (default) to exefile

Exit the Registry Editor.


Now try to open an .exe file. guess it helps..:-)

Read More

How to start your Mac OS X in safe mode

To start up into Safe Mode (to Safe Boot), do this:

    Be sure your Mac is shut down.
    Press the power button.
    Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
    Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).

During startup in Mac OS X v10.4 or later, you will see "Safe Boot" on the login window, which appears even if you normally log in automatically. During startup in Mac OS X v10.2 through v10.3.9, you will see "Safe Boot" on the Mac OS X startup screen.

To leave Safe Mode, restart the computer normally, without holding any keys during startup.

Read More

Sims 3 - Tips & Tricks (Not Cheats)

Instant Refreshment


Got a tired or cranky Sim? Give him a quick pick-me-up, literally! Use the "move_objects on" cheat listed above. Then save your game, go into Buy mode, click on the Sim who needs help, and delete him! Don't worry, he's only taking a quick breather. Go back into Live mode, and you'll see a crosshair symbol over the Sim's icon. Just click on the icon, and the Sim will reappear with all his motives maxed out!

Be sure to save your game before deleting the Sim, otherwise you'll lose any skill points you've gained since the last save!



Creating a Perfect 10

First, create a character with no personality points. Then buy the Concatenation Station chemistry set. Have your Sim work on it until he produces a Yellow potion. Have him drink it, and all his personality traits will go to 10! Blue, Brown, Red, and White potions are safe to drink, Chartreuse, Green, and Pink are not. If the Sim complains he's too tired to keep working, see "Instant Refreshment" above. See "Better Living Though Chemistry" below for explanations of exactly what the different potions do.

Then have your Sim begin working to increase his skills. Reading and canning food can increase a Sim's Cooking skill, reading and using the woodworking table will increase a Sim's Mechanical skill, swimming or using the exercise machine will add Body points, practicing speech in front of a mirror will increase Charisma, painting or practicing the piano or guitar will increase Creativity, and chess, the chemistry lab, or the telescope will increase Logic. Make your Sim keep working at it until they tire, then save your game and follow the instructions under "Instant Refreshment" above. Then put them to work again! Keep doing this, and in no time you'll have a Sim with perfect personality and perfect skills.

All you need now are friends to shoot up the career ladder! Using the "Instant Refreshment" cheat above, you can throw all night parties and still be in a good mood the next morning! The maximum career level requires between 8 and 17 friends! Better get partying!



Better Living Through Chemistry

The Concatenation Station can be used to produce a variety of different colored potions. Here's a list of the potions and what they do:

BLUE: Motive Enhancer. This potion maxes out all motives. The odds are 40% that a blue potion will be created. There is a 1 in 3 chance that a Sim drinking a blue potion during the day will be visited by the Police and fined $500. Take that, druggie!

CHARTREUSE: Motive Subtractor. This potion causes all motives to drop to near zero, making the Sim feel terrible!

BROWN: Invisibility. The Sim becomes invisible for one hour, and can spy on other Sims taking baths or showers. The invisible Sim will be able to interact with other Sims, but other Sims will not initiate interactions (because they can't see him/her!)

RED: Love. The Sim and his worst enemy of the opposite gender immediately fall in love, and the new lover is teleported to the Sim's side.

GREEN: Evil Clone. It's a parthenogenesis party! An evil clone is created with an opposite personality. The clone hangs around for 6 hours, during which time he will insult, annoy, and even attack the Sim and his guests. The guests will assume the Sim is responsible, and his relationships will suffer accordingly.

YELLOW: Personality Inversion. The Sim's personality points are completely inverted. A neat Sim will become a slob, an outgoing Sim will become a hermit, a lazy Sim will become active. The inversion is permanent (unless you create another yellow potion).

PINK: Monster. The Sim becomes a Frankenstein's monster for 2 hours. During this time, you will be unable to control the Sim, and it will break everything in it's path.

WHITE: Cure. This potion can only be made by a Sim who is sick with the Guinea Pig Disease. Drinking it will completely cure the illness. The odds of producing a white potion are 1 in 11.



Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me!

The easiest way to keep the Tragic Clown away, is don't buy the Tragic Clown painting. If you buy the painting, and the average Mood score in your household drops too low, the clown will pay you a visit.

Think you're clever and will just trap the clown in a room with no doors? Forget it, he'll drop a portable hole on the ground, and reappear outside the trap. You also can't drown him in the pool; he'll swim around for a while, then reappear on dry land. The clown has no motives, so he won't tire, become hungry, or need to use the toilet.

There are two ways to get rid of the clown. One is to raise everyone's Mood score. Not an easy thing to do with the clown bothering them all the time (The "Instant Refreshment" trick above can do the trick, as can drinking blue potions). The alternative is to hang the Tragic Clown painting over a fireplace, and keep lighting a fire. Be sure to remove any smoke detectors from the room. Once the fireplace catches fire, the painting will burn, and with it, the clown. Once the clown is gone, call the Fire Department to extinguish the blaze.

DO NOT install the Clown Catcher add-on available on the Sims website, especially if you have the Sims Unleashed. It can cause the game to crash!



The Boob Tube

Sims with different personalities will prefer different TV programs. Here's a quick list of preferences:

Playful Cartoon

Grouchy Horror

Active Action

Outgoing Romance



Now You're Cooking!

The satisfaction a Sim gets from a meal is based on the number of Hunger Motive Points that meal provides. Below is a series of charts that indicate the number of points that different meals have and how different appliances can modify these numbers.

The general formula is Type of Meal + Type of Fridge + Type of Prep Surface + Type of Cooking Method + (Cooking Skill x Modifier) = Hunger Motive Points

The candy box, fruitcake, pizza, and Robo-food have no modifiers, snacks have only the fridge modifiers, and quick meals have only the fridge, cooking method and cooking skill modifiers. A group meal is the same as a full meal, but with 6 servings. A pizza also offers six servings.

Base Hunger Motive Points

Candy Box 3

Fruitcake 7

Snack 9

Quick Meal 16

Full Meal 16

Group Meal 16

Pizza (per slice) 33

Robo-Food 33

Fridge modifiers

Fridge (Llamark) 9

Fridge (Porcina) 12

Fridge (Freeze Secret) 16

Fridge (Old Thyme) 18

Prep surface modifiers

Dishwasher top 5

Trash compactor top 5

Countertop 16

Food Processor 32

Cooking method modifiers

Toaster Oven 9

Microwave 16

Stove (Dialectric) 32

Stove (Pyrotorre) 40

Stove (CiaoTime) 48

Stove (Old Thyme) 55

Cooking skill modifiers

Toaster Oven 1.0 x Cooking points

Microwave 1.0 x Cooking points

Stove (any) 1.5 x Cooking points

Thus, a Sim with 3 Cooking points (3 x 1.5), preparing a full meal (16) using a Porcina fridge (12), countertop (16), and a Pyrotorre Stove (40) results in a meal having a Hunger Motive value of 88.5 points. A fairly filling meal

A Sim with 10 Cooking points (10 x 1.5), preparing a group meal (16) using an Old Thyme fridge (18), a food processor (32) and an Old Thyme stove (55) will produce 6 servings with a Hunger Motive value of 136 points each!

A Sim with 0 Cooking points (0), preparing a quick meal (16), using a Llamark Fridge (9) and a Toaster Oven (9) results in a meal with a Hunger Motive Value of only 34 points. Might as well call out for pizza.



Time Savers & Other Tips

In the Sims, the more expensive an object is, the more effective it is in raising motives. Also, Sims will come to expect a certain lifestyle, if they are used to a big screen TV, they won't be satisfied if you replace it with a small B&W TV. In addition, more expensive items generally provide more motive points, which means the Sims need to use them less often or for less time. In general, you should try to buy the most expensive items possible.

Your Sims spend a huge chunk of time asleep, so you should buy the bed with the highest Energy rating possible (The Modern Mission Bed is the best choice, it offers a 10). This will allow your Sim to get by on less sleep.

Keep the toys out of the bedroom! Try to keep things like radios, TV's, computers, games, phones, etc. out of the bedroom, they will wake up anyone trying to sleep.

One of the first things you should do is have your Sims study cooking. A Sim with no skill points has a 15% chance of starting a fire when cooking. Having just one point reduces that to 5%, and two points drops it to 1%. 3 or more points reduces the risk of fire to zero. More points also a make for more satisfying meals, which means less money and time are spent cooking and eating. And finally, more cooking points means faster cooking.

Better appliances also produce better and faster meals. And be sure to buy a food processor, they add a LOT to the food satisfaction and greatly speed food prep.

Studying mechanical may also be worthwhile. With 0 Mechanical points, a Sim has a 100% chance of being electrocuted when trying to repair an broken appliance. With a single point, that risk drops to 25%. With 2 points, it's down to 10%, and with 3 points or more, it's 1%. More Mechanical points also means faster repairs. You could always call the repairman, but that's $50 per hour!

Don't buy a shower. Buy a bathtub. Sure, they take up more room, but they also help reduce Comfort motives, not just Hygiene.

If you have the money, buy Servo the robot. He's worth every penny!

Read More

Mac OS X - Keyboard Shortcuts

To use a keyboard shortcut, or key combination, you press a modifier key with a character key. For example, pressing the Command key (the key with a symbol) and the "c" key at the same time copies whatever is currently selected (text, graphics, and so forth) into the Clipboard. This is also known as the Command-C key combination (or keyboard shortcut).



A modifier key is a part of many key combinations. A modifier key alters the way other keystrokes or mouse clicks are interpreted by Mac OS X. Modifier keys include: Command, Control, Option, Shift, Caps Lock, and the fn key (if your keyboard has a fn key).


Startup:


Press X during startup - Force Mac OS X startup

Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup - Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)

Press C during startup - Start up from a CD that has a system folder

Press N during startup - Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)

Press T during startup - Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode

Press Shift during startup - Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)

Press Command-V during startup - Start up in Verbose mode.

Press Command-S during startup - Start up in Single-User mode


Finder window:

Command-W - Close Window

Option-Command-W - Close all Windows

Command-Right Arrow - Expand folder (list view)

Option-Command-Right Arrow - Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)

Command-Left Arrow - Collapse Folder (list view)

Option-Command-Up Arrow - Open parent folder and close current window


Menu commands:

Shift-Command-Q (Apple Menu) - Log out

Shift-Option-Command-Q (Apple Menu) - Log out immediately

Shift-Command-Delete (Finder Menu) - Empty Trash

Option-Shift-Command-Delete (Finder Menu) - Empty Trash without dialog

Command-H (Finder Menu) - Hide Finder

Option-Command-H (Finder Menu) - Hide Others

Command-N (File Menu) - New Finder window

Shift-Command-N (File Menu) - New Folder

Command-O (File Menu) - Open

Command-S (File Menu) - Save

Shift-Command-S (File Menu) - Save as

Command-P (File Menu) - Print

Command-W (File Menu) - Close Window

Option-Command-W (File Menu) - Close all Windows

Command-I (File Menu) - Get Info

Option-Command-I (File Menu) - Show Attributes Inspector

Command-D (File Menu) - Duplicate

Command-L (File Menu) - Make Alias

Command-R (File Menu) - Show original

Command-T (File Menu) - Add to Favorites (Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier), Add to Sidebar (Mac OS X 10.3 or later—use Shift-Command-T for Add to Favorites)

Command-Delete (File Menu) - Move to Trash

Command-E (File Menu) - Eject

Command-F (File Menu) - Find

Command-Z (Edit Menu) - Undo

Command-X (Edit Menu) - Cut

Command-C (Edit Menu) - Copy

Command-V (Edit Menu) - Paste

Command-A (Edit Menu) - Select All

Command-1 (View Menu) - View as Icons

Command-2 (View Menu) - View as List

Command-3 (View Menu) - View as Columns

Command-B (View Menu) - Hide Toolbar

Command-J (View Menu) - Show View Options

Command - [ (Go Menu) - Back

Command - ] (Go Menu) - Forward

Shift-Command-C (Go Menu) - Computer

Shift-Command-H (Go Menu) - Home

Shift-Command-I (Go Menu) - iDisk

Shift-Command-A (Go Menu) - Applications

Shift-Command-F (Go Menu) - Favorites

Shift-Command-G (Go Menu) - Goto Folder

Command-K (Go Menu) - Connect to Server

Command-M (Window Menu) - Minimize Window

Option-Command-M (Window Menu) - Minimize All Windows

Command-? (Help Menu) - Open Mac Help

Command-Space - Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Command-esc (Front Row) - Activates Front Row for certain Apple computers



Universal Access and VoiceOver:

Option-Command-8 - Turn on Zoom

Option-Command-+ (plus) - Zoom in

Option-Command-- (minus) - Zoom out

Control-Option-Command-8 - Switch to White on Black

Control-F1 - Turn on Full Keyboard Access



When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder:

Control-F2 (Full Keyboard Access) - Highlight Menu

Control-F3 (Full Keyboard Access) - Highlight Dock

Control-F4 (Full Keyboard Access) - Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it

Control-F5 (Full Keyboard Access) - Highlight Toolbar

Control-F6 (Full Keyboard Access) - Highlight Utility window (palette)

Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5 - Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8 - Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7 - Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-; - Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)



The Universal Access preference pane allows you to turn on Mouse Keys. When Mouse Keys is on, you can use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. If your computer doesn't have a numeric keypad, use the Fn (function) key.



Mouse Keys:

8 - Move Up

2 - Move Down

4 - Move Left

6 - Move Right

1, 3, 7, and 9 - Move Diagonally

5 - Press Mouse Button

0 - Hold Mouse Button

. (period on keypad) - Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)





Other Commands:

Option-Command-D - Show/Hide Dock

Command-Tab - Switch application

tab - Highlight next item

Command-Up Arrow - Move up one directory

Command-Down Arrow - Move down one directory

Page Up or Control-Up Arrow - Move up one page

Page Down or Control-Down Arrow - Move down one page

Option-Drag - Copy to new location

Option-Command-Drag - Make alias in new location

Command-Drag - Move to new location without copying

Shift-Command-C - Show Colors palette in application

Command-T - Show Font palette in application

Command-Shift-3 - Take a picture of the screen

Command-Shift-4 - Take a picture of the selection

Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting - Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard

Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar - Take a picture of the selected window

Option-Command-esc - Force Quit

Control-Eject - Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box

Control-Command-Eject - Quit all applications and restart

Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power - Sleep

Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) - Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)

Command-` - Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)

Function-Delete - (portables only--PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, MacBook Pro) Forward Delete - (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

Read More

Removal of Win32 Heur Virus

Step 1: End the windows Processes
1. Open "Task Manager." (By CTRL + ALT + DEL)
2. Click on the "Processes" tab.
3. Find and right-click on "Win32/Heur.exe," and select "End Process."

Step 2: Delete Registry entries
1. Go to "Start" menu and Click on "Run."
2. Type "regedit" into the dialog box and click "OK." The Registry Editor window will open.
3. Locate the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Win32/Heur" in the left pane of the Registry Editor window.
4. Right-click on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Win32/Heur," and select "Delete."

Step 3: Delete Infected Files
1. Click on the "Start" menu and click on Click on "Search" or "Search Files and Folders."
2. Search for and delete any files named "Win32/Heur." These files may have different extensions. For example, you may fine Win32/Heur.exe or Win32/Heur.dll.

Now your PC will be free from this virus

Read More