Restore Files After Quick Formatting

Instructions

 

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     Purchase and install Recover My Files (see “Resources,” below). Note: It is necessary to install Recover My Files on a hard drive other than the one you wish to recover.

   • 2

     Execute the Recover My Files program.

   • 3

     Select “Recover Drive” and click “Next.”

   • 4

     Left-click on the drive you wish to recover.

   • 5

     Choose the recovery type you wish to initiate and click the “Start Recovery” button.
     Note: It takes quite some time to recover a large hard drive. The amount of time can range from one to two hours all the way up to five or six hours depending on hard drive capacity.

 

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How to Monitor Children’s Computers

Step 1

Go to Tools, Pop-Up Blocker in Internet Explorer and select “turn-on” Pop-Up Blocker. Enabling the Pop-up Blocker prevents malicious websites and downloads to the computer. Go to Tools, Options and Security to do the same on the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Step 2

Go to Tools, Internet Options and select the Security tab. Click on the “Internet Globe.” Below “Security level for this zone,” check the box to the left of “Enable Protected Mode.” The protected mode provides levels of security and data protection for Windows 7 and Windows Vista users. In Mozilla Firebox click on Tools, Options and the Security tab. Place a check mark in the first three boxes, which are: “Warn me when sites try to install add-ons,” “Block reported attack sites” and “Block reported Web forgeries.”

Step 3

Delete the history of the computer by selecting Tools and “Delete Browsing History.” Deleting the browser history removes temporary Internet files, cookies and previous websites accessed from the computer. “Deleting the Cache” (deleting Internet files, cookies and history) allows the computer to run more efficiently. In Firefox click on Tools and “Clear Recent History.”

Step 4

Go to Tools, select the “Privacy” tab and change the “Internet zone” setting by clicking and dragging the vertical bar up to the “Medium High” setting. This blocks third-party cookies (files) that save information that can be used to contact, spam and infiltrate the computer without consent. Changing the Internet zone setting helps to bar spam and malicious websites.

Step 5

Go to Tools, “Internet options” and select “Content.” Choose the “Parental Controls” tab. Under “Content Advisor,” click on the “Enable” button. Click on the “Ratings” tab and move the adjustable slider to the right, to the “Limited” setting, and then click “Apply” at the bottom of the screen. To set parental controls on Firefox you will need to download free third-party extensions or “add-ons” and install to your Firefox browser

   

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Locate Hidden or Lost Picture Files on My Computer After a Restore

1. • Click the Windows “Start” button on the restored computer. Click “Control Panel” to open the main configuration window. Click “Appearance and Personalization,” then click “Folder Options.” A new configuration window opens.

   • Click the “View” tab. In the “Advanced Settings” section, click “Show hidden files, folders and drives.” Click “OK” to save the settings. This setting lets you find and view any hidden pictures.

   • Click the Windows “Start” button again. In the search text box, type “*.JPG” and press “Enter.” This feature searches the hard drive for all “JPG” images. Repeat this step for other image file types, such as “PNG,” “GIF” and “JPEG.” The opened window shows each image found on the hard drive, even if the file is marked as hidden.

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Find hidden pictures

• 1

  Click the Windows “Start” menu and click “My Computer.” Click “Tools” on the menu and click “Folder Options.”

• 2

  Click the “View” tab. Scroll down and click the “Show Hidden Files and Folders” radio button. Uncheck the “Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended)” check box. Uncheck the “Hide File Extensions for Known File Types” check box. Click “Apply” and click “OK” to save the changes. Enabling this option allows you to view hidden pictures on your computer.

• 3

  Locate the folder containing the pictures you want to view. Alternatively you can also search for the hidden pictures. To do so, click the Windows “Start” menu and click “Search” to launch the search tool.

• 4

  Click “All Files and Folders” on the left panel and click “More Advanced Options.” Check the “Search Hidden Files and Folders” check box to increase the chances of locating the hidden pictures you are looking for. Type the names of the pictures and click “Search” to find where they’re stored. If you do not know the full name of the picture file, type part of it and click “Search.” The search tool displays the results on a panel after completing the search. Scroll through the list and locate the picture file you are looking for.

How to SEARCH ALL FILES stored in your computer.

 

Window Xp

Go to Start> Search > All files and Folders, on the dialog box type the extension file name of the files you are searching ie, .jpg

.jpeg

.doc

.xls etc

Window7

Start> On the Search space type the extension file you are searching.

.jpg

.jpeg

.doc

.xls etc

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See how you can set computer alarm

 

• 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Check the computer clock to be sure the time and date are correctly set. Click the speaker icon on the taskbar to set the volume to an appropriate level.
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  Open the Microsoft Outlook program. Double click the “Microsoft Outlook” icon on your desktop.

• 3

  Open the appointment setter. Click “File” on the upper-left menu bar. Roll the cursor over “New” and click “Appointments” to open a scheduler page.

• 4

  Set the start time for an appointment 15 minutes after you want the alarm to sound. The drop-down menu for times only offers settings for the top and bottom of each hour. Place the cursor in the time box and click. Type the computer alarm time plus 15 minutes.

• 5

  Set a computer alarm time for the reminder. Click a check mark into the check box to the left of the word “Reminder.” Use the drop-down menu to the right of the word to set the reminder to go off 15 minutes before the appointment.

• 6

  Choose an alarm sound. Click the speaker button to the right of the reminder set time. Click the “Browse” button in the dialog box that appears. Click the “Look in” drop-down menu. Click the “Windows” file from the choice list, then double click the “Media” file in the new selections list. Choose alarm sounds from the media file contents. Preview sounds by right clicking and selecting “Play.” Highlight the chosen sound and click the “Open” button to embed it into the Outlook reminder. Click the “OK” button in the reminder sound dialog box.

• 7

  Confirm the setting. Click the “Save and close” button under “File” on the menu bar. The chosen sound will play at the determined alarm time.

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Different way to Lock Computer in Win XP

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There are several ways to lock your Windows XP computer, but all of them use the same command line. The method you choose is a matter of personal preference.

1. Via the keyboard
   The easiest way to lock Windows XP is by simply pressing the Windows logo key and the letter L (for Lock) on a Microsoft Natural Keyboard or any other compatible keyboard that includes the Window key. Doing so will pop up the Unlock Computer Password box.
2. Via a Shortcut.
   If you don’t have a keyboard with a Window key or simply don’t like the keyboard method, then here’s how you can make a desktop shortcut to lock your computer.

   Right click an empty area of your desktop, choose New/Shortcut and enter this line as the command line:

         rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation

   Click Next. Name the shortcut whatever you prefer and click Finish. That’s it.

   If you’d like to change the icon, just right click the shortcut and go to Properties/Shortcut/Change Icon.

3. Via the command line
   The above command line can also be used at a DOS prompt to lock your computer. One simple way you can do it would be by clicking Start/Run, typing CMD and then entering the command and pressing Enter.
4. Via a bat file
   This is similar to a Windows shortcut method. But it’s a DOS version. If you’ve never created a bat (batch) file, but would like to try this method, simply open a new text file (such as with Notepad) and type the following commands:

     @echo off
             rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation
             cls
   Save the file with a .bat extension, such as Lock.bat, and you’re done. Double click to make the file run. Those are the basic methods to lock XP, but there are some other relating factors of which you should be aware.

Password
It should go without saying that if you don’t use a password to log on to your computer, then anyone can access your computer and unlock it. If you want to use the lock feature, then set a password by going to User Accounts in the Control Panel and then click Create Password.

Fast User Switching
Fast User Switching allows multiple login sessions at the same time. Whether you have this feature enabled or disabled will make a big difference in how your locked computer can be accessed and on the behavior of your shortcuts when executed.

If enabled, executing any of the above locking methods will bring up the Welcome screen and other users will be able to log on to the computer, as is the norm for Fast User Switching. So, you really don’t get much security at all this way, if your intention is to lock your machine. With Fast User Switching, only your profile is locked, not the ability for other users to log into your system. Any other user can just log on to your computer and use it.

If Fast User Switching is disabled, you will have to enter a password to unlock the computer. Double clicking your shortcut will bring up the Unlock Computer password dialog box. This is the same lock method that Windows NT and 2000 uses.

If you’re not sure whether or not you have Fast User Switching enabled or disabled, go to User Accounts in the Control Panel and click the Change the way users log on or off tab. There you will see your status for Fast User Switching.

Welcome Screen
Whether the Welcome screen is enabled or disabled also has an effect on the way your computer can be locked.

If the Welcome screen is enabled, you can also lock your computer in Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) by clicking the Lock Computer option in the Shutdown menu list. This option will only appear if the Welcome screen is enabled—without Fast User Switching being enabled.

Note! In order to use Fast User Switching, the Welcome screen must be enabled. You cannot select Fast User Switching if the Welcome screen option is unchecked.

If the Welcome screen is disabled, you can lock the computer by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then clicking the Lock Computer tab in the Windows Security dialog box that comes up.

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Detect Outside User on Your Wireless Network

Here is the procedure of how you can detect an outside user is on your wireless network.

• Open your web browser and input your default gateway’s IP address.
• • Go to Start > run, and type cmd
  • Type ipconfig and press enter. It will list the default gateway. Once you have your default gateway address, open your web browser and type it in the URL bar
• Input your router’s username and password.
• • Default for Dlink routers is Username: Admin; Password: (blank)
  • Default for Netgear routers is Username: admin password: password
  • Default for Linksys products is usually username: (blank) password: admin
  • Default for Siemens routers is Username: Admin; Password: admin (all lowercase).
  • Default User Names and Passwords can be found sometimes under the router, on the label or using Google.
• If you are using the default username and password, go to the Administration tab to change it to something more secure.  From the Router’s user interface you will probably have a setting to log Users going through the router-enable it.
• Use the steps shown above finding the default gateway to find your MAC or also called physical address of all computers/devices that use wireless in your home or that will be using it. From time to time check the log to see if any unknown addresses show up. If so, then someone is leeching off your internet. MAC/physical addresses are unique hexadecimal code that identifies each Network card inside every PC that uses Ethernet. No two MAC addresses are the same.

FIND WHO IS ON YOUR NETWORK

• Navigate to the Setup tab.
• Scroll down until you see ‘DHCP Server’ if it is enabled, continue to the next step. If it isn’t enabled, enable it.
• Click on the “Status” tab and then on “Local Network”
• This list will tell you the computer name of everyone connected to your network on DHCP (DHCP automatically configures a computer’s IP and DNS settings. This only works if everyone connected uses DHCP. If someone connects and uses their own static address