Category: Windows tricks

  • Windows cmd haven

    Reset IIS and reboot server from cmd Start –> run –> cmd (as admin) iisreset /reboot Create directory link (example: move user profile to partition D) 1. Copy user profile to partition D 2. Delete original userprofile on partition C 3. Create link on C partition which points to D partition C:\Users\mklink -d username-link D:\Users\username-dir

  • Windows extend activation period

    Start –> run –> cmd slmgr.vbs -dli

  • MS Office 2010 activation

    Step 1 (produkt key – insert) Start –> run –> cmd (as Admin) do; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-HHHHH-ZZZZZ-JJJJJ-YYYYY Step 2 (activation) Then after starting MS Office 2010 product ask to activate. Confirm to activate Office over internet.

  • Extract Adobe Reader 9.x msi file and deploy with GPO

    Extract the Adobe Reader 9.x installation files Extract the Adobe Reader 9.x installation files from the compressed executable: 1. Obtain Adobe Reader offline instalation from http://www.softpedia.com 2. Extract it to local computer go to cmd and run: C:\\path\to\adobe-reader-file-nos_ne 3. Deploy msi file to server (copy to windows share) 4. Use GPO to deploy Acrobat Reader…

  • Chrome backup

    In Windows 7, backup directory; C:\Users\usename\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ in users profile and then restore the same directory to new PC.

  • Change registered owner and organization

    How to change registered owner`s name on Windown XP: 1. Run regedit 2. Find and go to below key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version 3. Change your name and organization  in following subkeys: – RegisteredOwner – RegisteredOrganization URL: http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Change-Registered-Owners-Win-Xp_t2311.html

  • Convert FAT32 to NTFS

    In cmd use command bellow: convert x: /fs:ntfs X – disk/partition which you want to convert to NTFS

  • Windows error codes

    windows scheduler error 0x40010004 <— bad password