Monday, July 28, 2014

How to recover Windows password (Part 1)


You've been lock out of your PC.  You know you've typed the correct password but still it says your password is incorrect. 

Giving up already?  Well don't because there are may ways to replace or recover your lost password.

If you can log on to another Administrator account, this procedure might do the trick.

1.  At the log-on screen, do the following

[CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL]
[DEL]


Type Administrator and hit Enter.

Note if your other Administrator account have a password, simply supply the correct one.

2.  If you were successful in step 1 then launch CMD and type the following

NET USER



This command will list all USERS in your system.

3.  Select the Account Username in question.  For example if your account name is WinXPert, type this command

NET USER WINXPERT *



Type the password for the user:
Retype the password to confirm:

Just type password.and hit Enter
and retype the password.and hit Enter

Note that what you type will not be visible

4.  Log out and Log in to your account with the new password.



To be continued...

Monday, July 7, 2014

How to clear mountpoints

One way to fix issues with unreadable USB drives is by clearing the mountpoints

The easiest way to do this is by using an app like Autorun Protector

Launch Autorun Protector

Click Clear

Autorun Protector

Click Yes

Confirmation

We're done. 


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Sunday, July 6, 2014

How to sync time (Windows)

Right click on Time located at the systray and Adjust date/time

Select Internet Time tab.  Click on Change settings

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Click on Update now






How to sync time (Lucid Linux)

Launch Psync Time Server Synchronisation


Click on your Region, Asia in my case


Time is now updated