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How To Brand Windows | Technibble. I have mentioned a lot about branding in the last couple of weeks including talking about your corporate image. Well, the new computers that you roll out should be no different. In this article, we’ll show you how to brand Windows with your own logos and information. There are a few places you can brand the operating system. The System Properties, Internet Explorer and the background. I don’t recommend you change the background as it may annoy some people. As for the System Properties and Internet Explorer, here is how to brand them: How to brand the “System Properties” dialog If you right click on “My Computer” and goto Properties.

For those of you who are using a brand name computer, you may see the manufacturers logo in this area. If you are a system builder, this is a great opportunity to place your own logo for some free branding and it may bring in some extra work down the track if they need assistance. To place your own logo here, you should create your image as a .bmp file. 28 Coolest Firefox About:Config Tricks. Password Recovery | Passware.

Repair XP. Repair XP Following are my experiences with repairing XP. I will not assume any responsibility for problems that may occur to your system from using any of these suggestions. It is always prudent to backup important data before you make any changes to your operating system. How to access Safe Mode: Reboot your computer while holding down the F8 Key. How to access Last Known Good Configuration: Reboot your computer while holding down the F8 Key. How to access the Recovery Console: - take this link for more informationThe Recovery Console is a set of tools which run from a Command prompt. To run the Recovery Console from CD boot with the Windows XP CD (or with the optional 6 floppy disk set) and select "R" at the Welcome Screen.

The screen will switch to black and you will be asked which installation to log on to. Next you'll be prompted to enter your Admin password. At the C:\Windows command prompt type "Help" for a list of commands you can use. format drive : /Q /FS:file-system. Flashing your Sky Router firmware. As requested here is an idiots guide to flashing the firmware ( FW ) on your Sky Broadband router. Same disclaimer applies as in the OP.

Thanks to vishal and markbloke for coming up with the ideas. This guide only applies to the White Netgear DG834GT V1 Router. For information regarding the Black V2 Netgear DG934G Router click here, for information regarding the Black V2 Sagem F@ST 2504 click here. Recovery Utility: Firmware (1.02.04): Firmware (Version 1.02.09): Download the recovery utility and unzip it. Download the latest firmware and save it to the same directory as the extracted Recovery Utility. Have just one PC connected via a LAN cable. Logon to your router and click on Backup Settings Save the netgear.cfg file and keep it safe: Power down the router. Browse to the DG834 Recovery Utility directory and run RmDrv.exe. XP How To's. TweakXP.com - Windows XP Tweaks, Tips, Hacks, Visual Styles, Support, and Software. Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP.

Troubleshooting Laptop Hard Drive Failure - Won't Boot Windows, Drive Errors, Freezes or Laptop Problem. Warning! Before Disassembling Laptop always unplug power and remove the battery. Just because the operating system won't boot doesn't mean that your hard drive is failing. Hard drive failures are actually pretty rare, unless something jars the laptop while it's working. Most people don't know where to start when faced with a laptop that doesn't start up like usual, which is why I wrote The Laptop Repair Workbook. Starting with an introduction to laptop technology and cost considerations in repairing laptops, it moves onto twelve diagnostic flowcharts with explanatory text, of which the drive problems flowchart below is just one. The diamond symbols are linked to text that explains each decision point. Note that these steps correspond with decision points on the flowchart and are reached through the interactive diamond symbols.

Is the LCD or monitor live? Return to Diagnostic Chart Does Windows or whatever operating system you are using boot? Does the hard drive register in CMOS Setup? Bypass BIOS Passwords: Password Recovery and Resetting How-To's. Utilities. ANTI-VIRUS What is a virus? Encyclopedias TheVirusZoo FSecure F-Prot Avast Kaspersky Removal Tools From Symantec Kaspersky ANTI-SPYWARE Ghostery Spybot Super REGISTRY AND SYSTEM MAINTENANCE Registry Cleaners Easy Cleaner 2.X jv16 RegCleaner 4.3 FreeRegistryRepair RegShot BLA Junk File Cleaners Crap Cleaner 1.2 HD Valet 1.1 Clean Out Useless Add/Remove Entries Add/RemovePro Registry Backup/Restore ERUNT WinRescue Cop 2.2 SYSTEM DISCOVERY SystemInformation Process Explorer RunScanner TaskInfo ID All Running Files/Processes Ver 4.0 Nonags GENERAL FILE UTILITIES XXcopy For Win98 For 7/Vista/XP File Managers Free Total Shadow Ztree X2 Pack/Unpack 7zip UnRAR Ultimate Zip 2.5 PDF Readers Foxit Adobe Acrobat Older Versions File Splitters GSplit Stubborn File Deleters LockedFilesWizard UnLocker 1.7 try first 1.9 Other Bulk File Redater File Property Changer DIRECTORY UTILITIES Folder Content Printers Print Folder 1.3 Karens Printer 5.3 Show Folder Sizes WindirStat TreeSize 2.1 DirSize GENERAL REPAIR TOOLS Dial-a-fix tClock1.2.