DISABLE START-UP PROGRAMS IN WINDOWS 7

• FRUSTATED OF SOME CREEPY PROGRAMS, THAT START EVERY TIME YOUR WINDOWS START. DISABLE THOSE START-UP PROGRAMS & TAKE OUT SOME LOAD FROM YOUR PERSONAL WINDOWS.

• 2 WAYS TO COMPLETELY DISABLE THE START-UP PROGRAMS OF YOUR WINDOWS.

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USING MSCONFIG

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• Type in RUN, "msconfig". A Window will Open Up.

• There Goto "startup" Tab. There You can see all those programs that start every time on your windows start-up.

• Simply Disable or Enable all those programs. Or you can simply Untick those specific programs from those you want to get rid-off.

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USING CCLEANER

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• Install & Open CCLEANER. Goto, TOOLS --> START-UP.

• There you can all those start-up programs. Simply Click on any program you want to Disable, Enable or even you can Delete it also.

• CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CCLEANER FROM FILE HIPPO CENTER.

INVISIBLE FOLDER

• IN THIS TRICK YOU WILL LEARN, HOW TO CREATE AN INVISIBLE FOLDER IN WINDOWS 7. THIS MAY HELP YOU IN BETTER SECURING YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS FOLDER SEEMS INVISIBLE. IT IS VISIBLE ONLY ON REFRESHING THE WINDOW CONTINOUSLY  GIVING A BLURRY LOOK.

• CONCEPT IS THAT WE WILL NAME THE FOLDER "0160" [WHILE HOLDING ALT KEY] WHICH IS SPECIAL CHARACTER HANDLES BY WINDOWS. SO SWEAT YOURSELF HOW TO CREATE 2 INVISIBLE FOLDERS AT SAME LOCATION??????

• Open "NUM KEY". Press "ALT KEY", HOLD IT, & While Holding ALT KEY, Press "0160".

• REMEMBER that "0160" should Only from the Right Num Key Pad Numeric Key. Or If You Do not have that Extra Numbers provided, Just Check if there are any Numbers on alphabet keys mentioned. LIKE IOPJKLBNM are possible Alphabet Keys.

• Now You can see the file name is nothing, Since it is Special Character. Right Click, Properties --> Customize --> Change Icon. Navigate a Quater as you can see above picture, An Icon With Nothing to Display.

• Press, Apply that Icon & Ok. On Clicking only You can see that folder, as you can see in above picture. 

• REMEMBER DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, HOLD ALT KEY WHILE PRESSING 0160 WITH NUM KEY OPEN. 

SCAN & FIX CORRUPTED WINDOWS SYSTEM FILES

• IF ANY OF THE WINDOWS SYSTEM FILES ARE MISSING OR ARE CORRUPTED, WINDOWS MAY NOT BEHAVE AS EXPECTED. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME WINDOWS FUNCTIONS MAY NOT WORK, OR WINDOWS MAY CRASH. 

• WINDOWS 7, LIKE PREVIOUS VERSION, HAS AN INBUILT TOOL CALLED SYSTEM FILE CHECKER TOOL (SFC.EXE) WHICH SCANS FOR MISSING OR CORRUPTED SYSTEM FILES AND REPAIRS THEM. USING SYSTEM FILE CHECKER TOOL (SFC.EXE), YOU CAN DETERMINE WHICH FILE IS CAUSING THE ISSUE, AND THEN REPLACE THE FILE.

• Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Command Prompt. Right Click & RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.  

• Type in Command Prompt --> "sfc /scannow".

• The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft Version.

COMPLETELY DISABLE UAC

• USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) NOTIFIES YOU BEFORE CHANGES ARE MADE TO YOUR COMPUTER THAT REQUIRE ADMINISTRATOR-LEVEL PERMISSION. THE DEFAULT UAC SETTING NOTIFIES YOU WHEN PROGRAMS TRY TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR COMPUTER, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE HOW OFTEN UAC NOTIFIES YOU.

• CHANGING UAC SECURITY SETTINGS IS NOT A GOOD THING, AND YOU SHOULDN’T DO IT. THESE SETTINGS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU MORE SECURE, AND PREVENT THE HORRIBLE SECURITY PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED WINDOWS XP AND PREVIOUS VERSIONS.
  
  

• Download the following 2 ".reg" files to Enable or Disable the UAC Account.

MEDIAFIRE LINK DOWNLOAD - [PASSWORD - infinitybreaks@myc]

• Or you can also Edit & Disable UAC Manually using Windows Registries.

• Open "regedit" & Navigate to -->

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

• Over on the right-hand side, you should see a setting for "EnableLUA", which you’ll want to customize as follows -->

UAC Enabled : 1
UAC Disabled : 0

• You’ll need to reboot for the setting to take effect, whether enabling or disabling.

WINDOWS OWNED 20% BANDWIDTH - GET IT BACK

• BY DEFAULT WINDOWS USES 20% OF BANDWIDTH FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE. YOU CAN GET IT BACK, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

• THE 20% BANDWIDTH RESERVE ONLY APPLIES WHILE WINDOWS IS DOWNLOADING UPDATES. THIS MEANS IF THERE IS A CRITICAL UPDATE, AND YOU HAVE WINDOWS SET TO DOWNLOAD, WINDOWS HAS THE RIGHT TO 20% OF THE BANDWIDTH TO COMPLETE THE DOWNLOAD. MEANING - THIS WOULD ONLY AFFECT YOU WHENEVER THERE IS A NEW UPDATE THAT YOUR COMPUTER DOWNLOADS, AND ONLY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, GENERALLY DURING A TIME YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR COMPUTER. YOU SHOULD NOT CHANGE THIS SETTING.

• THIS TRICK WILL NOT WORK IN WINDOWS 7 HOME BASIC / HOME PREMIUM EDITION. BECAUSE GROUP POLICY EDITOR IS NOT PROVIDED IN THESE WINDOWS EDITIONS.

• Goto RUN & Type "gpedit.msc". 

• There Goto, COMPUTER CONFIGURATION --> ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES --> NETWORK --> QoS PACKET SCHEDULER.

• In Right Pane Window you can see "Limit Reservable Bandwidth". See its More Description in Left pane Window about how much by default windows uses your bandwidth.

• Double Click "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" --> Setting. Change it from "Not Configured" To "Enabled" & set the bandwidth Limit from 20% to 0%.

• YOU ARE DONE... ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

TEMPORARILY LOCK DOWN YOUR PC ON UNAUTHORISED LOGIN ATTEMPTS

• WINDOWS SECURITY SETTINGS TO TEMPORARILY LOCK OUT THE ACCOUNT FOR 30 MINUTES WHENEVER THE WRONG PASSWORD IS ENTERED 3 TIMES. THIS WILL PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO REPEATEDLY GUESS YOUR PASSWORD, OR AT LEAST MAKE IT TAKE A LOT LONGER.

2 METHODS TO DO THIS -->

1. LOCAL SECURITY POLICY 

2. THROUGH COMMAND PROMPT

• LOCAL SECURITY POLICY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, ENTERPRISE & ULTIMATE VERSION OF WINDOWS 7.

• STARTER, HOME BASIC & HOME PREMIUM CAN ONLY EDIT THIS THROUGH COMMAND PROMPT ONLY.

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THROUGH LOCAL SECURITY POLICY

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• Goto RUN & Type --> "local". Above you can see "Local Security Policy". Open it.

• There Goto, Account Policies --> Account Lockout Policy --> Account lockout threshold.

• Double Click it. Enter the number of invalid logon attempts. Here i entered 3, so my account will automatically lock out if the password is entered incorrectly 3 times in a row.  Click Ok to save your settings.

• Windows will prompt you to set suggested settings for "Accountlockoutduration" and the length of time to Reset "accountlockoutcounter". This will choose 30 minutes by default. You can select another time, or go with the defaults by clicking Ok.

• With the new settings, your account will be locked for 30 minutes if the password is entered incorrectly 3 times in a row.

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USING COMMAND PROMPT

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• Goto RUN & Type "cmd". Right Click & Open "CMD as Administrator".

• Type in prompt --> "net accounts". This will list your current password policy, which by default should "Lockout threshold : Never" which means that your account will not lock you out if the password is entered incorrectly.

• To change the setting and make your login automatically lock you out, enter the following, substituting the number at the end with the number of times you want to allow the password to be entered before the account is locked.  Make sure to set this as 1 or more.
  
  

  

net accounts /lockoutthreshold:3

• Now, you need to set how long the account will be locked when the password is entered incorrectly.  Enter the following, again choosing any option over 1.  I set my computer to lock for 30 minutes, but you can choose less or more, depending on your needs.

net accounts /lockoutduration:30

net accounts /lockoutwindow:30

• Now Again Open "net accounts" & see the changes you have made. If you entered the password incorrectly more than the number of times you set before, you’ll be prompted that the account is current locked.  You’ll need to wait the length of time you set before you can log in again.

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MODIFY OR DELETE SYSTEM FILES IN WINDOWS 7

• REMEMBER DELETING OR MODIFYING YOUR SYSTEM FILE's WILL CAUSE YOUR WINDOWS TO CRASH & LOSS OF YOUR DATA. PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF WINDOWS SYSTEM FILE's IS NECESSARY.

• THIS TRICK WILL NOT WORK ALWAYS. SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO BOOT IT IN SAFE MODE TO DELETE THE FILE & SEE ACTUAL CHANGES. 

• THE WINDOWS SYSTEM FILES ARE OWNED BY TRUSTEDINSTALLER SERVICE BY DEFAULT & WINDOWS FILE PROTECTION WILL KEEP THEM FROM BEING OVER-WRITTEN.

• Open CMD & Type to take ownership as - 

  takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winload.exe.mui

• Here we are Modifying the "winload.exe.mui" System File. 

• Now Type command to take rights to delete that System File -

cacls C:\Windows\System32\en-US\winload.exe.mui /G ronnie:F

• cacls command giving full rights to modify the System File. "ronnie" my windows administrator name. ":F" means forcefully you are taking rights.