Sunday, November 22, 2009

Show hidden files and folders not working

Method 1:

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.
Go to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.
Now you’re all set to go.
Method 2:
Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.

Go to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
Delete the value CheckedValue.
Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
Method 3:
Click Start –> Run –> regsvr32 /i browseui.dll –> enter
A confirmation message will appear like given below
Click Start –> Run –> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Wait for the confirmation and click OK.
Method 4:
To fix the above setting, download foldersettings.reg (http://www.4shared.com/file/157256236/2f50d786/foldersettings.html)
and save to Desktop. Right-click on the file and choose Merge. This fix can be applied in Windows XP as well as in Windows Vista systems.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Restore NTBackup in Window Server 2008

The Ntbackup.exe tool in previous versions of Windows has been replaced with the new Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008. If you’ve been using Ntbackup.exe and now plan to use the new Windows Server Backup that comes with Server 2008, there are several things that you need to keep in mind.

Windows Server 2008 does not support recovering from backups that were created with the old Ntbackup.exe. However, Microsoft is offering a new version of Ntbackup.exe for people who want to recover data from the old backups that were created using Ntbackup.exe. Keep in mind that this "special" version of Ntbackup.exe is only for recovering backups that you created with previous versions of Windows; you can’t use them to create new backups in Windows Server 2008.
Please visit here to know more about:-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7da725e2-8b69-4c65-afa3-2a53107d54a7&DisplayLang=en

Here are some additional tips that you may find helpful when working with the Server 2008 Windows Server Backup utility.

* The backups require NTFS-formatted volumes.
* You can back up to hard disks (both internal and external) but the disks must be locally attached.
* You can back up to DVDs and remote-shared folders in Windows Server 2008.
* If you plan to use scheduled backups, then you’ll need a separate, dedicated disk.
* If you back up to an external disk, the disk will be dedicated to backups and you won’t be
* able to see it in Windows Explorer. The idea is that you can remove the external disk for off-site storage.
* Backing up to tape isn’t supported in Windows Server 2008 but there is support for tape storage drivers.
* You can’t back up volumes larger than 2,043GB with the Windows Server Backup tool.

Remove / Uninstall Symantec Norton Antivirus (SAV) Client without Password

* Open Registry Editor (regedit).

* Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Administrator Only\Security\

* Change the value for useVPuninstallpassword key from 1 to 0.
Exit Registry Editor and now you can uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Client.

This will work on most version of Symantec AntiVirus client or Norton AntiVirus Client.