Resolve System Restore Disabled By Group Policy Error In Windows

The System Restore feature in Windows is useful for restoring your PC back to older settings in case some application or settings start hampering its functioning.

If you get the error, “ System Restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn on System Restore, contact your domain administrator “ while trying to access system restore then it could be possible that your firm’s IT department(if it’s your office workstation) has blocked it, or it got turned off automatically due to some reason.

15 Must Know Windows Run Commands - Updated

On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Run command is used to directly open an application or document whose path is known.

We will show up you 15 awesome Run commands that’d helps you to bypass a series of clicks, thereby making things faster in your daily usage of Windows.

7 Best Free Email Clients: Free Replacement for Outlook

Here are 7 best free email clients that we have come across. If you use Microsoft Outlook, and want to switch to a free email client, then this list will provide you with good options. All of these are completely free, and full of features.

Simple Shortcut to Use Hibernation

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Here's a Simple & quickie keyboard shortcut for those of you who like to put Windows XP into hibernation instead of the standard shutdown process.

How to Do :

• Select Start | Turn Off Computer.
• While in the Shut Down box, hold down the Shift key and hit the H key.
• The computer will instantly hibernate.

Remember that Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP session (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up.

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More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts must Know

More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts must Know: 

We are sharing More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts which must know for your regular computer Use. These short codes can help you to open many of regular use of key stokes with just short cut code. No need to navigate the process of steps to open a window or a tool or screenshots, typing, know properties, kill, help, shutdown, from your desktop or laptop. We shared windows local and remote tricks following.

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Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft Windows)

1. CTRL+C (Copy)

2. CTRL+X (Cut)

3. CTRL+V (Paste)

4. CTRL+Z (Undo)

5. DELETE (Delete)

6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

Top 13 Windows Key Shortcuts - CrazyTechGuys

We are gonna share Top 14 shortcuts utilize the Windows Key  which is located at the lower left hand corner and, the lower right hand corner of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys. If it is not there, then you do not have a Windows keyboard.

Ctrl  Windows Key Alt

The keyboard image effects that you see above and below are being controlled through an external .css (Cascading Style Sheet) file. These are not actual images, but a carefully thought out list of CSS attributes that gives the appearance of a key on a Windows keyboard.

1.  Windows Key + E
   Opens a new Explorer Window. Probably one of the hottest Windows keyboard shortcuts. This one gets a lot of hoorahs!
2.  Windows Key
   Displays the Start Menu.
3.  Windows Key + D
   Minimizes all windows and shows theDesktop.
4.  Windows Key + D
   Opens all windows and takes you right back to where you were.
5.  Windows Key + F
   Displays the Find all files dialog box.
6.  Windows Key + L
   Lock your Windows XP computer.
7.  Windows Key + M
   Minimizes all open windows.
8.  Windows Key + Shift + M
   Restores all previously open windows to how they were before you Minimizedthem.
9.  Windows Key + R
   Displays the Run command.
10.  Windows Key + F1
    Displays the Windows Help menu.
11.  Windows Key + Pause/Break
    Displays the Systems Properties dialog box.
12.  Windows Key + Tab
    Cycle through the buttons on the Task Bar.
13.  Windows Key + U
    Displays the Utility Manager with accessibility options; Magnifier, Narrator and On-Screen Keyboard.
14. Alt + Tab
    Toggle (switch) between open windows.
15. Ctrl + Prtsc
    to Take a Screen Shot of Present Desktop Screen which includes all Opened windows.
16. Ctrl + D
    to to Add Bookmart of current Website Link.

Steps to Change Windows XP Logon Screen Background with Yours

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You can put your favorite image or picture in the background of the logon screen by doing the following methods.

First Save an Image which is created to put Logon Screen background in C:/ location (Example: C:/My_dealdimer.bmp)

How to Get :

1. Click the Start button and select “Run”
2. In the “open” field, type regedit and click ok
3. In the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and double-click the string “wallpaper”
4. Enter the full path and filename of the .bmp image that you want to use as background (the image must be in .bmp format)
5. Click “ok” and close the registry editor

Note: Should Restart the computer for changes.

If you want to see the background set in tiled effect with the bitmap then

Follow the below steps :

• Click the Start button and select “Run”
• In the “open” field, type regedit and click ok
• change the string HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP\TILEWALLPAPER to “1″ instead of “0″
• Click “ok” and close the registry editor

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Windows7 Help: Create shutdown and logoff shortcut

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From this Post You are going to Learn how to create Shutdown and Log off  Shortcuts on Desktop. It is very useful, you don't need to go start wizard to shutdown or logoff your computer, by following this tutorial you can do this task by one click.

Follow the following steps carefully

To create Shutdown shortcut

1. Right click on Desktop and go to New and then Shortcut

MySQL on Windows ( Webinar Series)

Join us for a series of live webinars that will explore different aspects of using MySQL on Windows. With experience gained by working with MySQL customers such as TicketMaster, Adobe, and iStockphoto, this webinar series will give you information on everything from where and how to get started to best practices for building new or migrating existing applications to MySQL on Windows.

Whether you are already using MySQL or considering a new project, register today to learn how you can make the best use of MySQL on the Windows platform. Convenient sessions provided for EMEA and North American time zone for most of the series. Register now!

• PART 1: Getting Started with MySQL on Windows
• PART 2: MySQL for the SQL Server DBA
• PART 3: Building MySQL on Windows
• PART 4: Migrating from MS Access to MySQL
• PART 5: Migrating from SQL Server to MySQL
• PART 6: Windows Server Failover Clustering with MySQL
• PART 7: MySQL Cluster on Windows
• PART 8: Developing Windows Applications with MySQL
• PART 9: Working with Spreadsheets and MySQL
• PART 10: Running MySQL Securely on Windows

Part 1: Getting Started with MySQL on Windows

In the first installment of our series, we'll cover the benefits of deploying MySQL on Windows. You will learn the basic "How-To's" of installation, security and configuration and how to start using MySQL tools on Windows, such as MySQL Workbench and MySQL Enterprise Monitor with the new Query Analyzer.
North America: On Demand Replay now available. Register now »

Part 2: MySQL for the SQL Server DBA

In our next installment of the series, you will get an overview of MySQL's internal architecture including storage engines, security and datatypes. Also covered will be replication, migration strategies, tools and product comparisons to SQL Server, SQL Server Express and Access. This webinar is ideal for SQL Server DBAs interested in learning how to leverage current knowledge against MySQL.
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Part 3: Building MySQL on Windows

Join us for Part 3 of the Windows and MySQL webinar series with Iggy Galarza, Software Engineer and Jimmy Guerrero, Sr Product Manager from Sun Microsystems. In this presentation we'll demonstrate how to setup an environment for building MySQL on Windows from source. While not strictly necessary, installing and running the Windows build system in a virtual machine allows for a single source repository to be shared among multiple flavors of Windows and/or other operating systems. We will focus on using only free or open source tools in the build environment, specifically we'll be using: VMWare Server, Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2005, Microsoft Windows Platform SDK, KitWare CMake, GNUWin32 Bison and Red Hat CygWin. If you are interested in learning how to build MySQL on Windows, this webinar is for you.
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Part 4: Migrating from Access to MySQL

In this webinar we will explore the benefits of migrating Microsoft Access data to MySQL including migration best practices, migration tools, scripts and datatype mapping. Finally, we will demonstrate how to leverage Access front-ends with a MySQL-backend.
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Part 5: Migrating from SQL Server to MySQL

In Part 5 we will explore the benefits of migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL. We will cover migration best practices, migration tools, scripts, datatype mapping and functional equivalents.
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Part 6: Windows Server Failover Clustering with MySQL

In our final webinar in series this year, we will explore the benefits of leveraging Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Failover Clustering with MySQL. We will also cover installing and configuring Failover Clustering and best practices concerning MySQL storage engine selection and behaviors with Failover Clustering.
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Part 7: MySQL Cluster on Windows

As we continue our series into 2010, we will explore the benefits of leveraging MySQL Cluster on Windows and cover step by step, how to get started with installing, configuring, and running MySQL Cluster on Windows.
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Part 8: Developing Windows Applications with MySQL

Join this webinar to learn the benefits of developing Windows applications with MySQL including best practices for development with Visual Studio and how to get the most from the latest version MySQL Connector/Net.
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Part 9: Working with Spreadsheets and MySQL

In this presentation we will explore the benefits of leveraging MySQL in conjunction with your existing spreadsheet program to include importing and exporting data from Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc to MySQL.
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Part 10: Running MySQL Securely on Windows

Join us as we demonstrate how to install and configure MySQL to run securely on Windows. We'll also cover how MySQL's internal security model, authentication and privileges model works.
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BIOS Tip: Tweaking BIOS to Improve Boot Speed

Tweaking your BIOS settings can be a good way to get your system to boot faster. Just a simple change of some of the key settings can make dramatic differences in how fast your system boots up. 
Enable the "Quick Boot" Feature: Many newer PC's have a special BIOS setting, usually called "Quick Boot" or "Quick Power On Self Test" that can be enabled to make the boot take less time. Try enabling this setting; this will cause the BIOS to skip some of the normal test routines that it performs at boot time, speeding up the boot process. 

Remove the Boot Delay Setting: Some PC's have a BIOS setting that you can use to intentionally delay the boot-up of the PC by several seconds. This setting is often called "Boot Delay" or "Power-on Delay". This can be useful when the BIOS is booting too quickly, causing hard disk drives to be booted before they are ready. However, it also slows the boot process down, so make sure that it is only enabled if it is needed. 

Disable Floppy Drive Seek: Also called "Boot Up Floppy Seek." Most PCs have a BIOS setting to disable floppy drive seeking, which is the short access the BIOS makes to the floppy disk just before it boots the system. This seek (unless disabled) is performed regardless of whether the system is being booted from the hard disk or floppy disk. Disabling the seek speeds up the boot process by a couple of seconds. This doesn't really have any negative impact on the system, although if you are having problems with your floppy drive you will probably want to re-enable the seek as this makes troubleshooting some types of problems easier. 
» Perform a BIOS scan now!