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How to install Windows XP after Windows Vista/7

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This article aims at solving a problem faced by most computer users when trying to setup a dual boot by installing an Operating System older than the currently installed OS. When you install Windows XP after installing Windows Vista or 7 the latter’s boot menu disappears and your PC directly boots into Windows XP. But solving the problem is just a simple matter of executing a few commands.

Step 1: Install Windows XP

So you have a PC with Windows Vista or 7 and want to install Windows XP, don’t worry about anything now just go ahead and install it. Just remember to install it on a partition that DOES NOT have Windows Vista/7 installed. After installation is over you’ll find that there is no option to boot into Windows Vista/7. Don’t panic just follow the remaining stepsContinue Reading…

Active Directory User Creation Script

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Bulk User creation in Active Directory is made easy with the VBScript given here. Thousands of users can be created at the click of a button. Lets go step by step creating this script. Open notepad and save it by typing “create-users.vbs” INCLUDING the double quotes. This will create a file with a .vbs extension instead of .txt. Then type the following code.

set objCON = GetObject("LDAP://CN=Users, DC=example, DC=net")
Set objUser = objCON.Create("user","CN=User1")
objUser.Put "sAMAccountName", "user1"
objUser.SetInfo()

This will create an user with name “User 1” and login name “user1” in the active directory domain example.net in the Users container. By default the user account will be disabled to create account and enable them using the script itself add the following code to the end of the code aboveContinue Reading…

How to setup roaming user profiles in Windows Server 2008

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Read this tutorial to configure roaming profiles for user accounts in Windows Server 2008 in an Active Directory environment. Roaming profiles have the advantage of users have their personal settings and files available on all computers they login to. But the only problem is increased network activity during logon and logoff. Roaming profiles work by copying the user’s profile to the client computer on which the user logs on and when the user logs off the files are copied back to the server. Folder permissions and policies have to be configured properly to ensure the privacy of user files are maintained, while the administrator is able to have access to the user profiles.Continue Reading…

Resetting MySQL root password in Windows

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This tutorial describes how to reset the MySQL root user password if the root password is forgotten. The procedure in windows involves creating a new file which contains a query to UPDATE the MySQL root user’s password from the table named ‘user’ and then start the MySQL process again. Before starting check whether MySQL is running as a service or as a process. To check this got to start -> run or [windows] + R and type services.msc. If you find a service named MySQL or something similar to wampmysql then MySQL is running as a service right click it and stop it. Else open task manager and locate a process named mysqld and “End” the process. If you’re using Linux read this article.Continue Reading…

Windows Logon and Logoff Scripts

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Create windows scripts and execute them when logging on or logging off. Windows Logon and Logoff scripts can be set in the group policy editor (gpedit.msc). In a workgroup environment when a windows logon or logoff script is set it works for all the users on that computer. Logoff and Logon scripts can be very useful to perform automated tasks such as take backups synchronize certain files and folder, delete temporary files etc. These scripts can be windows batch files (.bat), VBscripts (.vbs) or any other script than should be run on Logoff or Logon.Continue Reading…

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