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Showing posts with label change. Show all posts

Thursday, March 16, 2017

How to Change the Logon Screen Background in Windows 7

How to Change the Logon Screen Background in Windows 7


How would you like to change the logon screen background in Windows 7 so as to give your Windows a customized look and feel? With a small tweak it is possible to customize the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background. Changing logon screen background in Windows 7 is as simple as changing your desktop wallpaper. Well here is a step by step instruction to customize the logon screen background.

 
1. The image you need to set as the background should be a .jpg file and it’s size should not exceed 245KB.

2. The image resolution can be anything of your choice. However I prefer 1440 x 900 or 1024 x 768. You can use any of the photo editing software such as Photoshop to compress and set the resolution for your image. Once you’re done, save this image as backgroundDefault.jpg.

3. You will need to copy this image to
C:Windowssystem32oobeinfo ackgrounds
You will need to create that path if it does not already exist on your computer.

4. Now open the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit) and navigate to the following key
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAuthentication
LogonUIBackground
 
If Background does not exist rightclick LogonUI, select New and then Key, and then name itBackground. Now locate OEMBackground (listed on the right side). If it does not exist, right-click Background and select New and then DWORD and name it OEMBackground.

5. Double-click on OEMBackground and set the Value Data to 1.

6. Now log-off to see the new logon screen background. If you would like to revert back to the default background, just set the Value Data back to 0.

I hope you like this trick. Just try out and give your feedback!

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Tools to Find and Change Your Windows and Microsoft Office Product Keys

Tools to Find and Change Your Windows and Microsoft Office Product Keys


Instead of cursing any one of them you can make use of some real nice tools to find or change your Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Product Keys, these softwares can easily help you find the product keys for any Microsoft softwares you may have installed on your system.
Why Should you need this software?
Well that’s a question many of you may ask but once you have lost a product key, you have effectively lost your license for the software. The software in itself will not be able to show you the product key you have used to register the software, so having a handy utility to retrieve those lost product keys are a must.
Also at times you may want to change the product key to use a new license you have just acquired, nevertheless these utilities allow you to both view and change your windows and office product keys.
Let us have a look at the numerous product key retrievers that are available to be used free of cost.

Windows and Office Product Key Finders

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
This is one of the most popular softwares you can use to find and retrieve your Microsoft office or Windows product keys. It also allows you to easily change the product keys. The software works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Windows Vista, Office 97, Office XP, and Office 2003.
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ProduKey
ProduKey is a software similar to Magical Jelly Bean and allows you to find keys for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
More Info | Download
KeyFinder
KeyFinder can be used to retrieve your lost Windows XP Product Key. The page has a nice list differentiating between Product keys and OEM keys.
More Info | Download
CD Key Seizer
The software allows you to retrieve product keys for Windows 2000 and XP and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 along with Frontpage 2003.
More Info | Download
Other Softwares which will allow you to retrieve and change your CD keys
  • WinKeyFinder
  • Windows Key Finder
  • RockXP


If you are stuck at finding the product keys are dread to reinstall or buy the license again these softwares may come in quite useful to you. You may also at some time want to renew your licenses and these ease to use softwares can easily help you update your CD keys for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office softwares.
I hope these softwares may very useful to us

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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Configure Change the Firewall settings For Windows 8

Configure Change the Firewall settings For Windows 8


Description:

If a Firewall on your computer is active, it may be rejecting the necessary network connection needed for the network operations such as network printing, network scanning or network PC-Faxing. In this case, Brother recommends you either disable the Firewall on your computer whenever you use a network feature, or leave the Firewall enabled and adjust the settings.

  • To disable the Firewall (See Step 1)
  • To leave the Firewall enabled and adjust the settings.(See Step 2)


Step 1: Disable the Firewall settings
For personal Firewall Software users:
(For example, Blackice™, Norton Internet Security™, Tiny Personal Firewall, Zone Alarm®, Sygate and McAfee®.)
For instructions on how to disable this type of program, please refer to the users guide for your software or contact the software manufacturer.

For Windows® 8 Firewall users:
NOTE: If the User Account Control screen appears, type an administrator username and password and click Yes.

First check your network location.
  1. Open the Control Panel. (Click here to see how to open the Control Panel.)
  2. Click System and Security => Windows Firewall => Network and Sharing Center.
    Windows Firewall

  3. Check your network location which is shown in the View your active networks section.
    Network and Sharing Center
Then disable the Firewall settings.
  1. Open the Control Panel. (Click here to see how to open the Control Panel.)
  2. Click System and Security => Windows Firewall => Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
    Windows Firewall

  3. Choose Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) for your network location, and click OK.
    Windows Firewall

Note

If you disabled your Firewall, you will need to re-enable it after a network operation.

For instructions on how to re-enable a Software Manufacturer Firewall, refer to your users guide or contact the software manufacturer.

For Windows® 8 Firewall users, follow the instructions in Step 1 and select Turn On Windows Firewall (recommended) (STEP vi) to re-enable the Firewall.

Step 2: Leave the Firewall enabled and adjust the settings

For personal Firewall Software users:
(For example, Blackice™, Norton Internet Security™, Tiny Personal Firewall, Zone Alarm®, Sygate and McAfee®.)
For instructions on how to configure the settings properly for this type of program, please refer to the users guide for your software or contact the software manufacturer.

For Windows® 8 Firewall users:
NOTE: If the User Account Control screen appears, type an administrator username and password and click Yes.

First check your network location.
  1. Open the Control Panel. (Click here to see how to open the Control Panel.)
  2. Click System and Security => Windows Firewall => Network and Sharing Center.
    Windows Firewall

  3. Check your network location which is shown in the View your active networks section.
    Network and Sharing Center
Add the port 54925 for Network Scanning.
  1. Open the Control Panel. (Click here to see how to open the Control Panel.)
  2. Click System and Security => Windows Firewall => Advanced Settings.
    Windows Firewall

  3. Click Inbound Rules.
    Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

  4. Click New Rule....
    Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

  5. Choose Port and click Next.
    New Inbound Rule Wizard

  6. Choose UDP, Specific local ports and enter 54925 in the box. Then click Next.
    New Inbound Rule Wizard

  7. Choose Allow the connection and click Next.
    New Inbound Rule Wizard

  8. Check the profile for your network location and click Next.
    New Inbound Rule Wizard

  9. Enter any description in the Name box, for example "Brother NetScan", and click Finish.
    New Inbound Rule Wizard

  10. Make sure that the new setting is added.
Add the port 54926 for Network PC-FAX.
  1. Repeat STEP vii - xiii with attention to the following points.
    In STEP ix, enter 54926 for Specific local ports.
    In STEP xii, enter any description in the Name box, for example "Brother PC-FAX".

  2. Close the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security screen.
If you still have trouble with your network connection such as network scanning or printing,
  1. Open the Control Panel. (Click here to see how to open the Control Panel.)
  2. Click System and Security => Windows Firewall => Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall.
    Windows Firewall

  3. Click Change settings if the button is clickable.
    Windows Firewall

  4. Check File and Printer Sharing for your network location and click OK.
    Windows Firewall

Retry using network features. If the problem continues, there may be another cause. Please refer to "FAQs & Troubleshooting" for other possible information, or please contact Brother Customer Service from "Contact Us".

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