Enable-Disable Secure Logon In Windows 8 (CTRL + ALT + DELETE)

                              Keeping your Windows 8 machine as secure as possible is important.There are many ways make this happen. You can choose to create a strong password also increase your security by regularly updating your system with the latest security patches and updates from Microsoft Online.

                             Using secure logon also provide additional layer of security for your systems.When this feature is enabled, it makes is much more difficult for programs such as (virus / spyware) to intercept or mimic your username and password to login.

1. Open the Run dialog box :- Start ---> Run
2. Type  :- netplwiz .You will get a Window like below

3. Select the ‘Advanced’ tab and check the box that says ‘Require users to press Ctrl + Alt + Delete’

Save Output Of Ping / Tracert Commands

                                       This is really very important and useful command specially when you have to observe long time Ping status of the network host.Easiest method to save the Ping status as a test file in your computer.

1. Open Command Prompt (Start --> Run --->Type "CMD")
2. In Command Prompt :-

ping 192.168.172.1  >c:\ping.txt

This will save the ping data to a text file in the drive C

                            The same way we can take the status of a tracert command on a text file

                        tracert 192.168.172.1 >c:\trace.txt

Pictures Not Showing Up In Gallery

                        Sometimes Gallery or Music Player in Android phones not showing the music,image files on the SDCard or Internal memory, but these files are viewed and played, when we access it through File Manager.

Solution :- Scan Media Application

Go To Settings  ---> Application Manager ---> Select Media Storage

1. Clear Data in Media Storage
2. Disable App and then Enable the same
3. Restarted the Phone.After restarting please wait at least 2-3 minutes

Boot Into Safe Mode In Windows 8

                              In Windows 8, the boot has become so fast that it literally cannot be interrupted by any of your key presses.

• Open command prompt as administrator.
• Then type the following code in command prompt and press enter.

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

• If you typed the above command correctly then Windows will show you a new window saying "The operation completed successfully".
• Restart your computer.
• Then press F8 key and you can boot in safe mode without any problem.

Disable Blue Ticks In Whatsapp

                                      Whatsapp the most popular messaging app recently introduced a new feature called “Blue Ticks”.This feature allows users to check message have been read or not.Unfortunately this new feature was unpopular among users.Whatsapp made an option to disable Blue Ticks in its latest version (2.11.444).
 

1. Download latest Whatsapp file from play store.
2. Click on three vertical dots that appear  on the top right.
3. Go to Settings ---> Account ---> Privacy.
4. Uncheck Read receipts.

Configure Multiple Concurrent RDP Clients In Windows 7

1. Download Patch/crack Required to enable-concurrent-multiple-RDP-sessions:

Windows 7 patch:UniversalTermsrvPatch_20090425.zip (132.5 KB)

2. Install Patch Required to enable-concurrent-multiple-RDP-sessions

Run the Proper UniversalTerminalPatch Version ---> Patch -->  Restart the Machine

3. Configure Remote Settings:-

Take System Properties ---> Remote ---> Remote Desktop --->

Change IP Address Using A Batch File Script

                                       Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer.

Set Static IP :-

cd\

cls

ipconfig/flushdns

ipconfig/release

netsh int ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=192.168.172.17 mask=255.255.254.0 gateway=192.168.173.254

netsh int ipv4 set dns name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=192.168.0.5 register=primary validate=no

pause

Set Dynamic IP :-

@echo off

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /release

netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" disable

netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp

echo Wait 5 seconds...

ping -n 60 -w 1000 0.0.0.1 > nul

netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" enable