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Customizing UBCD

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Why customize? Do to license restrictions, the Ultimate Boot CD does not contain boot disks of commercial software eg. MS-DOS, Windows, Ghost etc. It also does not contain boot disks specific to your environment eg. network drivers, SCSI drivers etc. Finally, it may not always contain the most up-to-date virus definitions. This section talks about how to create your own customized Ultimate Boot CD, tailored to your specific needs. Extraction First, extract all the files on the UBCD to a directory on your harddisk such as  c:\ubcd-exracted  (pathname may contain spaces). If you wish, you can directly extract the files from the ISO image using a tool such as  7-Zip  or Daemon Tools . You should have a directory structure that looks like: c:\ubcd-extracted\   boot\   pmagic\   ubcd\     custom\       custom.cfg       custom.lst   autorun.inf   license.txt Adding floppy images To add your own floppy images to UBCD, copy them to  c:\ubcd-extracted\ubcd\custom . Floppy i

How to Add Desktop Icons on Windows 10

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How to Add Desktop Icons on Windows 10 By default, only the Recycle Bin icon and the shortcut titled Welcome to Tech Preview are shown on the Windows 10 desktop, as exhibited in the following screen shot. If you want to add more frequently-used icons (e.g. Network, This PC, Control Panel, etc.) to the desktop, you can refer to the detailed steps below. Video guide on how to add desktop icons on Windows 10: Steps to add desktop icons on Windows 10: Step 1 : Find and open the setting named "Show or hide common icons on the desktop". Click the bottom-left  Start button , input  desktop icon  in the blank search box, and then tap  Show or hide common icons on the desktop  in the results. Step 2 : Select the desktop icons to be added. As the Desktop Icon Settings window turns up, select the icons you want to add to the desktop from  Computer , Network ,  User's Files  and  Control Panel , and tap  OK . Tip : The Recycle Bin option is chosen automatical

3 Ways to Enable and Disable Built-in Administrator in Windows 10

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To help you   enable or disable the built-in Administrator   in Windows 10 computer, this article illustrates three methods as detailed as possible. Video guide on how to enable and disable built-in Administrator on Windows 10: 3 ways to enable and disable built-in Administrator in Windows 10: Way 1: Enable or disable it through Command Prompt with administrator privilege. Step 1 : Run Command Prompt as administrator. Sub-step 1: Press  Windows+X  to open the Quick Access Menu, and choose  Command Prompt (Admin)  on it. Sub-step 2: Select  Yes . Step 2 : Use a command to enable or disable the built-in Administrator. 1. Type " net user administrator /active:yes " (without quotation marks) and press  Enter  to enable it. 2. Input " net user administrator /active:no " (no quotes) and hit  Enter  to disable it. Way 2: Enable or disable the built-in Administrator in Local Group Policy. Step 1 :  Open the Local Group Policy Editor . Step

Windows could not format a partition on disk 0 - error code 0x80070057

Original title: error code 0x80070057 windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partation selected for installation error code of 0x80070057. I am replying to myself just in case people are reading this thread, I fix my problem with the help of a post from this link:  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.technet.microsoft.com%2FForums%2Fen-US%2Fitprovistasecurity%2Fthread%2F19ccf0d4-bc9b-40ad-80cf-be2be546e4c0%2F&ei=n2BnTuyBJcHqrAfetI3zCg&usg=AFQjCNFmS2cG9u9AjMPMEo2ZvpaozLKh_g Basically what I did was following these steps: Boot the computer with the windows 7 DVD, then instead of selecting  'Install windows 7',  select the one below that says something about:   'REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER" THEN select the circle 'USE RECOVERY TOOLS ...." Select Advance in windows 8 and 10.   from the next window select to

HOW TO RESOLVE-VIRUS ISSUES.

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VIRUS ISSUE Symptoms: -           Folders/files not being able to open -           Folder duplicates -           Short cut icons appearing Solution: -           Run anti-virus -           If problem still persists, go into the command prompt -           Enter the following command: -this should reset the attributes -open up the usb flash drive/external drive and delete all suspicious looking files that look like duplicates or short cut icons attrib –r –h –a –s G:\* /s /d Using command prompt "attrib" to check for Viruses or Malware Microsoft Command Prompt "attrib" is a very useful tool to check if your hard drives even your flashdisks have been infected by a virus. You will know if a Malware is inside your hard drive just by looking at the attributes of each files and the file that has the attributes of +s +h +r The function of attrib is to set and remove file attributes ( read-only , archive, system and