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Reset a lost Windows password

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A friend of mine forgot his password for his Windows 7 computer, and needed to get back into it. I remembered years ago when I was working as a contractor, there was a little Linux utility that would allow you to boot from a floppy and reset windows passwords Lucky for him, that utility is [...]

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Hide user accounts in Windows 7

October 14, 2009

Many times it is convenient to create a special administrator account that can be used for the task scheduler. Unfortunately, if your Windows 7 computer is not joined to a domain, any accounts you create are shown at the start-up screen: It would look better if you could remove this special account from the welcome [...]

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Change the Windows 7 Logon Background – Free Utility

July 16, 2009

I have been playing with Windows 7 again. While reading through a few Windows 7 blogs, I came across an article that described how to change the Logon background in Windows 7. If you have not had a chance to see Windows 7, this is what the default logon background looks like: Very similar to [...]

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Change the default open attachment location in Outlook

June 24, 2009

I recently received a question from a reader: Hi Steve, I recently read your article about changing the default save location for MS Outlook 2003 at http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/set-default-folder-for-attachments-in-outlook-2003/ It is very informative; however, it was almost what I was looking for. I would like to change the default OPEN location, so I was wondering if you [...]

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