Turn off or disable Password Complexity requirements and settings - SOLVED

To turn password complexity off in Windows 2008 Server follow these steps:


1. run gpmc.msc (Group Policy Management)
2. Expand your Domain
3. Go to "Group Policy Objects" and select "Default Domain Policy"


4. Choose "Settings" tab


5. Expand:
Computer Configurations
Policies
Windows Settings
Security Settings
Account Policies
Password Policy


5.1 Drill down to
-> Computer Configuration
  -> Policies>
    -> Windows Settings>
      -> Security Settings>
         -> Password Policy


6. Disable Password Complexity.


7. Run: gpupdate /Force


This is the only way to disable Password Complexity in Server 2008. The local Security Policy can not be used for changing Password Complexity in Server 2008.

SOLVED! - How to Enable or Disable Right-Click feature in Windows XP

These steps will show you how to re-enable right clicking for your desktop in Windows XP.



1. Open up the "run" command (if it is not available, use 'Windows Key' + R)


2. Type in "regedit" without quotes, then hit enter.


3. Navigate to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]


4. Look for the value name "NoViewContextMenu" (if no such value exists, then just go ahead and create it)


5. Make sure it is REG_DWORD


6. Enter a 1 to disable right-clicking and 0 to enable right-clicking.


7. Restart the computer after the change and text.

My Desktop background is missing after a virus on Windows XP

If your Desktop background is missing and cannot be changed on Windows XP, do the following:


Do this to re-enable background:


1. Open up registry editor (Start > Run > Regedit)
2. Locate: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoHTMLWallPaper"=dword:00000001

3. Change the value to 0

Virus has set my files in drives to Hidden. Step to restore all hidden files.

Steps to restore hidden files, drives, and folders.  Also will restore hidden Start Menu items and desktop icons.

STEP1:

1. Click Start > Run > type CMD2. Dos will open type cd\3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in this example it is C: this will open the C: drive4. If you want to see all of the hidden folders and files,  type C:\>dir/ah5. Next type attrib *. -h -s /s /d

STEP 2 - Option for unhiding individual folders

1. Click Start > Run > type CMD
2. Type cd\  at the DOS prompt3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in this example it is C: this will open the C: drive
4. If you want to see all hidden files and folders type C:\>dir/ah (*you will now see the files/folders with hidden attributes )5. Type “attrib [folder-name] -r -a -s -h”.

Note: If plan on unhiding individual files, you should type the entire filename plus the extension (ie: attrib budget.doc -r -a -s -h)


Another quicker and more automated method would be to use this command where C is the Drive Letter:
attrib -s -h -r C:/*.* /s /d


THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY A ROGUE VIRUS.  A LINK BELOW EXPLAINS THE FULL PROCESS OF REMOVING THIS VIRUS:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-recovery

No messages are showing up in my Inbox or other folders in Windows Mail

You can see that there are messages in your Windows Mail inbox, deleted items folder, etc but they are not showing up in the read panes.  I have used this tool  and it worked great for me.  The tool repairs your Windows Mail data file.  If you are missing some folders like Sent Items, etc, this should give you those back as well.

Here is the link to the tool.
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

Tips: How to Enable Hidden Administrator Account in Windows 7

1. From the Command Prompt


You need to run Command Prompt as the administrator. You can do that by right-clicking on Command Prompt in the program list and choose "Run as administrator".  The Command Prompt icon is located un  "All Programs" > "Accessories".

Next, you only need to enter the simple command below to activate the Administrator Account
net user administrator /active:yes

You can also specify your password for this particular account by using the following command
Net user administrator password

That's it, your all finished.  In order to deactivate the Administrator Account, you can use the command below
net user administrator /active:no

Gmail (Google Mail) not showing pictures when forwarding an email message.

1. In the Internet Explorer, choose Tools, click on Compatability View Settings. Click add for google.com, then close. That should do it.

Automatically delete duplicate songs in itunes

This next method uses VBScript and will only work for Windows users. If you are unfamiliar with VBScript, it's a coding language that allows you to make your own custom program for your PC. To run the duplicate song killer VBScript below, just follow these steps:

• Click here to open the VBScript in a new browser window.
• Copy and paste the script into a new Notepad document (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad).
• Edit line #2 and replace "DaCeige" with your username.DaCeige is the methodshop.com reader who wrote the script.
  • C:\Users\DaCeige\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
• Save the Notepad file using a file name like "DupKiller.vbs" Notepad will automatically try to add ".txt" to your text files. You MUST add the file extension ".vbs" to your file.
• Double click on the file called "DupKiller.vbs" on your desktop. This will make a shortcut to the script.
• That's it. Just double click on the shortcut for now on to run the script.
• You may see a warning window from Norton AntiVirus when trying to run this script. Just select the option that allows this script to run. But always be cautious before running a VBScript. Never run a VBScript without inspecting it first. Many times people will try to hide viruses in VBScripts.

Here's the script below if you want to inspect it. Don't copy and paste this scriptimmediatelybelow. It won't work, it's just for display. Use the link above:

Set objFSO = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\DaCeige\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music") Set colSubFolders = objFolder.Subfolders   'get inside each artist's folder For Each objSubFolder in colSubFolders         'Wscript.Echo objSubFolder.Name         'once inside the folder do the following...         Set colSubSubFolders = objSubFolder.Subfolders         'Get inside each album folder         For Each objSubSubFolder in colSubSubFolders                 'once inside do the following                 'WScript.Echo vbtab & objSubSubFolder.name                 Set colMP3Files = objSubSubFolder.Files                 For Each objMP3File in colMP3Files                         'Wscript.Echo vbtab & objMP3File.Name                         strCurrentMP3Name = objMP3File.Name                         For Each objMP3File2 in colMP3Files                                 'Wscript.Echo Left(strCurrentMP3Name, Len(strCurrentMP3Name)-4) & vbtab & Left(objMP3File2.Name, Len(objMP3File2.Name)-6)                                 If UCase(Left(strCurrentMP3Name,Len(strCurrentMP3Name)-4)) =UCase(Left(objMP3File2.Name, Len(objMP3File2.Name)-6)) Then                                        'Wscript.Echo(UCase(strCurrentMp3Name & vbtab & objMP3File2.Name))                                         'WScript.Echo objMP3File.Size & vbTab & objMP3File2.Size                                         WScript.Echo "1" & vbTab & objMP3File.Size & vbTab & UCase(strCurrentMp3Name)                                         WScript.Echo "2" & vbTab & objMP3File2.Size & vbTab & UCase(objMP3File2.Name)                                         MP3Size1 = objMP3File.Size                                         MP3Size2 = objMP3File2.Size                                         MP3SizeDiff = objMP3File.Size - objMP3File2.Size                                         WScript.Echo "-" & vbTab & MP3SizeDiff                                         If (MP3SizeDiff > -10000) Then                                                 WScript.Echo "*" & vbTab &"DELETE2" & vbTab & objMP3File2.Name                                                 objFSO.DeleteFile(objMP3File2.Path)                                         Else                                                 WScript.Echo "*" & vbTab &"DELETE1" & vbTab & objMP3File.Name                                                 objFSO.DeleteFile(objMP3File.Path)                                                 WScript.Echo "*" & vbTab &"RENAME" & vbTab & objMP3File2.Name & " -> " & strCurrentMP3Name                                                 objMP3File2.Name = strCurrentMP3Name                                         End If                                                                          WScript.Echo " "                                 End If                         Next                 Next         Next Next

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