This is usually disabled by virus.
First Go to Start then press Run.
Type "regedit" & ok
In the left pan just click on the "+" sign to expand the list
goto this path by expanding the list one bye one
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionÂ
\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
Now at this point look in the right side pan there is a entry named.. "Checked value" double click on it
Now change this "Checked value" to 1
ok
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile On Shutdown
Go to Control panel >>
Administrative tools>>
Local security policy>>
Local policies>>
Security options>>
Search in right side for "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Double click on it.>>
Then enable it >>
Apply>>
Ok.
OR
Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory
Management
and add the DWORD variable "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
Administrative tools>>
Local security policy>>
Local policies>>
Security options>>
Search in right side for "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Double click on it.>>
Then enable it >>
Apply>>
Ok.
OR
Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory
Management
and add the DWORD variable "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
Backup Of The Current System Registry
It's very important that before you do editing you make a backup of the current registry. For Open your
registry.
Go to Start>
Run & type regedit .
When you invoke the Export function from File>Export
Then save your Backup File.
Each one of the different file types above plays an important role in how the data you export is saved.
Choosing the wrong type can give you unexpected results. So let me explain you quickly these file types
registry.
Go to Start>
Run & type regedit .
When you invoke the Export function from File>Export
Then save your Backup File.
Each one of the different file types above plays an important role in how the data you export is saved.
Choosing the wrong type can give you unexpected results. So let me explain you quickly these file types
Delete Files Permanently Without Moving To Recycle Bin
Go to "Start" Open "Run" and type "gpedit.msc" without double quotation marks. Press enter
This will open Group Policy Tool
Follow the path "User Configuration" >> "Administrative Templates" >> "Windows Components" >>
"Windows Explorer"
Locate "Do not move deleted files
This will open Group Policy Tool
Follow the path "User Configuration" >> "Administrative Templates" >> "Windows Components" >>
"Windows Explorer"
Locate "Do not move deleted files
Open Any Program From Command Prompt or Start->RUN
You can open any desired 3rd party program by just typing its name in RUN menu and press Enter. for this hack just follow these steps:-
1- Click Start >> All Program >> Select Application >> Right Click on Selected Application >> Sent To >>
Desktop (create shortcut)
2- Go to Desktop and Rename your Shortcut with single Word
3- Copy Shortcut From Desktop.
4- Go on C:\ Drive >> Windows >> System32
OR
Press Window icon + R then write %WINDIR%\system32 and OK
5- Paste Shortcut in system32 folder
After complete these step Press Window icon + R and write here your shortcut name then enter.
1- Click Start >> All Program >> Select Application >> Right Click on Selected Application >> Sent To >>
Desktop (create shortcut)
2- Go to Desktop and Rename your Shortcut with single Word
3- Copy Shortcut From Desktop.
4- Go on C:\ Drive >> Windows >> System32
OR
Press Window icon + R then write %WINDIR%\system32 and OK
5- Paste Shortcut in system32 folder
After complete these step Press Window icon + R and write here your shortcut name then enter.
How To Fix Generic Host For Win32 Process And Svchost.Exe Errors By Close Ports 445 And 135
Solution for svchost.exe Errors that requires you to close ports 445 and 135 on your PC/computer.
Close Port 445:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> System >> CurrentControlSet >> Services
>> NetBT >> Parameters
On the right-hand pane find the option TransportBindName. Double click on TransportBindName and delete the
existing default value. click Ok
From the above, it is clear, that you have closed Port 445 by giving a blank value to TransportBindName for
NetBT services.
Close Port 135:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> software >> microsoft >> Ole
On thee right hand window pane find an option called EnableDCOM
Double-click EnableDCOM and change the value from Y to N
Click Ok
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer
Close Port 445:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> System >> CurrentControlSet >> Services
>> NetBT >> Parameters
On the right-hand pane find the option TransportBindName. Double click on TransportBindName and delete the
existing default value. click Ok
From the above, it is clear, that you have closed Port 445 by giving a blank value to TransportBindName for
NetBT services.
Close Port 135:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> software >> microsoft >> Ole
On thee right hand window pane find an option called EnableDCOM
Double-click EnableDCOM and change the value from Y to N
Click Ok
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer
The System Has Recovered From A Serious Error
Sometimes when there is some problem with your computer, Windows either forces you to restart or
automatically reboots. Upon restart it displays the message “The system has recovered from a serious error“.
Following are some of actions that you can take to avoid this error.
Delete the minidump file
Click on My Computer>>
Open Local Drive (C:)>>
In the Local Disk (C:)>>
Double-click the Windows or WINNT>>
Folder, depending on how Windows XP was installed. If Windows XP was installed from a CD, the folder is called
Windows. If it is a factory installation of Windows XP, it is called WINNT.
Note: If a These files are hidden window opens, click Show the contents of this folder.
In the Windows or WINNT folder>>
Select the Minidump folder>>
Select All files found in the Minidump folder>>
Then Delete>>
Confirm Delete dialog box click Yes>>
Close the Minidump window.
Temporarily disabling error reporting
Right-clock on my computer>>
Select properties>>
Advanced tab>>
Error reporting button>>
Turn on the "no error reporting" check box and turn off the "but notify me" option.
Disable Virtual Memory
Right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop>>
Select Properties >>
Select the Advanced tab>>
Click Settings in the Performance Area>>
Under Performance Option Menu Click Advance Tab>>
In the Virtual Memory area click Change>>
Under Paging file size for select drive>>
click No paging file>>
Then click Set.
You will see two warnings. Just click Yes on both of them and then select the System managed size option. Close
all the dialog.
Delete the paging file
Reboot. Verify that the option reads 0 kb for page file. Use folder options on control panel or explorer "tools"
pulldown menu & go to "view" tab. Turn off check box to permit viewing of system files. Now explorer on the
root of C drive (or what ever drive letter you page file was set to use), should show a pagefile.sys entry. Delete
this. You will get a warning message about this being a system file. Since you have disabled virtual memory, this
entry is not being used. Delete it. Go empty the trash bin to make sure this entry is cleared.
Re-enable Virtual Memory
Right-click on my computer>>
Select properties>>
Advanced tab>>
Performance settings>>
Advanced tab>>
Virtual memory "change" button>>
Turn on the system-managed or customized paging file with the same settings as you noted down earlier.
Be sure to press the set button.
Reboot and verify that the paging file is active.
Re-enable error reporting
automatically reboots. Upon restart it displays the message “The system has recovered from a serious error“.
Following are some of actions that you can take to avoid this error.
Delete the minidump file
Click on My Computer>>
Open Local Drive (C:)>>
In the Local Disk (C:)>>
Double-click the Windows or WINNT>>
Folder, depending on how Windows XP was installed. If Windows XP was installed from a CD, the folder is called
Windows. If it is a factory installation of Windows XP, it is called WINNT.
Note: If a These files are hidden window opens, click Show the contents of this folder.
In the Windows or WINNT folder>>
Select the Minidump folder>>
Select All files found in the Minidump folder>>
Then Delete>>
Confirm Delete dialog box click Yes>>
Close the Minidump window.
Temporarily disabling error reporting
Right-clock on my computer>>
Select properties>>
Advanced tab>>
Error reporting button>>
Turn on the "no error reporting" check box and turn off the "but notify me" option.
Disable Virtual Memory
Right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop>>
Select Properties >>
Select the Advanced tab>>
Click Settings in the Performance Area>>
Under Performance Option Menu Click Advance Tab>>
In the Virtual Memory area click Change>>
Under Paging file size for select drive>>
click No paging file>>
Then click Set.
You will see two warnings. Just click Yes on both of them and then select the System managed size option. Close
all the dialog.
Delete the paging file
Reboot. Verify that the option reads 0 kb for page file. Use folder options on control panel or explorer "tools"
pulldown menu & go to "view" tab. Turn off check box to permit viewing of system files. Now explorer on the
root of C drive (or what ever drive letter you page file was set to use), should show a pagefile.sys entry. Delete
this. You will get a warning message about this being a system file. Since you have disabled virtual memory, this
entry is not being used. Delete it. Go empty the trash bin to make sure this entry is cleared.
Re-enable Virtual Memory
Right-click on my computer>>
Select properties>>
Advanced tab>>
Performance settings>>
Advanced tab>>
Virtual memory "change" button>>
Turn on the system-managed or customized paging file with the same settings as you noted down earlier.
Be sure to press the set button.
Reboot and verify that the paging file is active.
Re-enable error reporting
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Disable Automatic Window Update Proper
Open control panel.
Click on System.
Click on the automatic updates tab.
Select Turn off automatic updating.
Click Ok.
OR
Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
Highlight the service called "Automatic Updates". You will know when you have the correct one because
you will see a description about it telling you what it does.
Right click once highlighted and click stop to terminate the service.
Right click on it again and go to Properties. Half way down the first tab there is "Startup Type:" change
this to disabled.
Click on System.
Click on the automatic updates tab.
Select Turn off automatic updating.
Click Ok.
OR
Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
Highlight the service called "Automatic Updates". You will know when you have the correct one because
you will see a description about it telling you what it does.
Right click once highlighted and click stop to terminate the service.
Right click on it again and go to Properties. Half way down the first tab there is "Startup Type:" change
this to disabled.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Remotly Connect to PC's over Internet
Some tools that help to connect to your PC's from Internet.
Remote Desktop Connection
VNC(www.realvnc.com)
GoToMyPC(www.gotomypc.com)
TeamViewer
Contact me for advice
Remote Desktop Connection
VNC(www.realvnc.com)
GoToMyPC(www.gotomypc.com)
TeamViewer
Contact me for advice
Extend Your Cell Phone's Battery life
(1) Dim the Screen - Turn your screens brightness down to the lowest setting that you can tolerate. Even if you ignore the next tips, it will extend your battery life dramatically.
(2) Set screen timeouts to kick in as quickly as possible - To adjust how long your screen stays lit after receiving input, change the appropriate entry in your phone's display settings menu.
(3) Turn off Bluetooth,GPS and Wi-Fi when they're not in use - Both of those features are serious power users. These should also be turned off if not in use as anyone can hack into your phone too.
(4) Don't use vibrate - All the rocking and rolling of the phone takes up lots of power.
(5) Do not use the phone when its being charged.
(2) Set screen timeouts to kick in as quickly as possible - To adjust how long your screen stays lit after receiving input, change the appropriate entry in your phone's display settings menu.
(3) Turn off Bluetooth,GPS and Wi-Fi when they're not in use - Both of those features are serious power users. These should also be turned off if not in use as anyone can hack into your phone too.
(4) Don't use vibrate - All the rocking and rolling of the phone takes up lots of power.
(5) Do not use the phone when its being charged.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Windows 7 Shortcuts
Window Management Shortcuts
One of the best changes in Windows 7 is the ability to "snap" windows to the side of the screen, maximize them by dragging to the top of the screen, or even move them to another monitor with a shortcut key. Check out the video for a demonstration of how some of the keys work.
The full list of keyboard shortcuts includes:
Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.
Win+Space: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop.
Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window.
Shift+Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window vertically.
Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it's maximized.
Win+Left/Right arrows: Dock the window to each side of the monitor.
Shift+Win+Left/Right arrows: Move the window to the monitor on the left or right.
You can also interact with windows by dragging them with the mouse:
Drag window to the top: Maximize
Drag window left/right: Dock the window to fill half of the screen.
Shake window back/forth: Minimize everything but the current window.
Double-Click Top Window Border (edge): Maximize window vertically.
Taskbar Shortcuts
In Windows 7, using the Windows key along with the numbers 1-9 will let you interact with the applications pinned to the taskbar in those positions – for example, the Windows key + 4 combination would launch Outlook in this example, or Win+Alt+4 can be used to get quick access to the Outlook Jump List from the keyboard.
You can use any of these shortcut combinations to launch the applications in their respective position on the taskbar, or more:
Win+number (1-9): Starts the application pinned to the taskbar in that position, or switches to that program.
Shift+Win+number (1-9): Starts a new instance of the application pinned to the taskbar in that position.
Ctrl+Win+number (1-9): Cycles through open windows for the application pinned to the taskbar in that position.
Alt+Win+number (1-9): Opens the Jump List for the application pinned to the taskbar.
Win+T: Focus and scroll through items on the taskbar.
Win+B: Focuses the System Tray icons
In addition, you can interact with the taskbar using your mouse and a modifier key:
Shift+Click on a taskbar button: Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program.
Ctrl+Shift+Click on a taskbar button: Open a program as an administrator.
Shift+Right-click on a taskbar button: Show the window menu for the program (like XP does).
Shift+Right-click on a grouped taskbar button: Show the window menu for the group.
Ctrl+Click on a grouped taskbar button: Cycle through the windows of the group.
More Useful Hotkeys You Should Know
The new hotkey goodness didn't stop with the taskbar and moving windows around—one of the best new hotkeys in Windows 7 is the fact that you can create a new folder with a hotkey. Just open up any Windows Explorer window, hit the Ctrl+Shift+N shortcut key sequence, and you'll be rewarded with a shiny "New Folder" ready for you to rename.
Here's a few more interesting hotkeys for you:
Ctrl+Shift+N: Creates a new folder in Windows Explorer.
Alt+Up: Goes up a folder level in Windows Explorer.
Alt+P: Toggles the preview pane in Windows Explorer.
Shift+Right-Click on a file: Adds Copy as Path, which copies the path of a file to the clipboard.
Shift+Right-Click on a file: Adds extra hidden items to the Send To menu.
Shift+Right-Click on a folder: Adds Command Prompt Here, which lets you easily open a command prompt in that folder.
Win+P: Adjust presentation settings for your display.
Win+(+/-): Zoom in/out.
Win+G: Cycle between the Windows Gadgets on your screen.
One of the best changes in Windows 7 is the ability to "snap" windows to the side of the screen, maximize them by dragging to the top of the screen, or even move them to another monitor with a shortcut key. Check out the video for a demonstration of how some of the keys work.
The full list of keyboard shortcuts includes:
Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.
Win+Space: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop.
Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window.
Shift+Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window vertically.
Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it's maximized.
Win+Left/Right arrows: Dock the window to each side of the monitor.
Shift+Win+Left/Right arrows: Move the window to the monitor on the left or right.
You can also interact with windows by dragging them with the mouse:
Drag window to the top: Maximize
Drag window left/right: Dock the window to fill half of the screen.
Shake window back/forth: Minimize everything but the current window.
Double-Click Top Window Border (edge): Maximize window vertically.
Taskbar Shortcuts
In Windows 7, using the Windows key along with the numbers 1-9 will let you interact with the applications pinned to the taskbar in those positions – for example, the Windows key + 4 combination would launch Outlook in this example, or Win+Alt+4 can be used to get quick access to the Outlook Jump List from the keyboard.
You can use any of these shortcut combinations to launch the applications in their respective position on the taskbar, or more:
Win+number (1-9): Starts the application pinned to the taskbar in that position, or switches to that program.
Shift+Win+number (1-9): Starts a new instance of the application pinned to the taskbar in that position.
Ctrl+Win+number (1-9): Cycles through open windows for the application pinned to the taskbar in that position.
Alt+Win+number (1-9): Opens the Jump List for the application pinned to the taskbar.
Win+T: Focus and scroll through items on the taskbar.
Win+B: Focuses the System Tray icons
In addition, you can interact with the taskbar using your mouse and a modifier key:
Shift+Click on a taskbar button: Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program.
Ctrl+Shift+Click on a taskbar button: Open a program as an administrator.
Shift+Right-click on a taskbar button: Show the window menu for the program (like XP does).
Shift+Right-click on a grouped taskbar button: Show the window menu for the group.
Ctrl+Click on a grouped taskbar button: Cycle through the windows of the group.
More Useful Hotkeys You Should Know
The new hotkey goodness didn't stop with the taskbar and moving windows around—one of the best new hotkeys in Windows 7 is the fact that you can create a new folder with a hotkey. Just open up any Windows Explorer window, hit the Ctrl+Shift+N shortcut key sequence, and you'll be rewarded with a shiny "New Folder" ready for you to rename.
Here's a few more interesting hotkeys for you:
Ctrl+Shift+N: Creates a new folder in Windows Explorer.
Alt+Up: Goes up a folder level in Windows Explorer.
Alt+P: Toggles the preview pane in Windows Explorer.
Shift+Right-Click on a file: Adds Copy as Path, which copies the path of a file to the clipboard.
Shift+Right-Click on a file: Adds extra hidden items to the Send To menu.
Shift+Right-Click on a folder: Adds Command Prompt Here, which lets you easily open a command prompt in that folder.
Win+P: Adjust presentation settings for your display.
Win+(+/-): Zoom in/out.
Win+G: Cycle between the Windows Gadgets on your screen.
System requirements for Windows 7
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Reference:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Reference:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx
System requirements for Office 2010
From the outset, a key design criterion for Office 2010 was to minimize the need for additional system resources. A comparison of the system requirements for recent Office versions is shown in the following table.
Component
Office 2003 Office 2007 Office 2010
Computer and processor
233 MHz
500 MHz
500 MHz
Memory (RAM)
128 MB
256 MB
256 MB
Hard disk
400 MB
2 GB
3 GB
Display
800 × 600
1024 × 768
1024 × 576*
*All display requirements for Office 2010 are designed to allow for good performance on both portable and desktop computers.
Processor and RAM requirements for Office 2010 are the same as for the 2007 Office system. Therefore, if your computer meets the 2007 Office system requirements, you can run Office 2010.
The recommended hard disk space has increased with Office 2010 because of new features, Office-wide ribbon implementation, and in some cases different applications that are included in the Office suites. For example, Microsoft Office Professional 2010 includes OneNote, whereas Microsoft Office Professional 2007 did not. Also, the system requirements are rounded up to the nearest 0.5 GB to be conservative. For example, if we measure an application’s required hard disk space to be 1.99 GB, our recommendation will be 2.5 GB. Our hard disk system requirements are intentionally larger than the actual disk space usage of the software.
A graphics processor will help increase the performance of certain features, such as drawing charts in Microsoft Excel 2010 or transitions, animations, and video integration in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Use of a graphics processor with Office 2010 requires a Microsoft DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics processor with 64-MB video memory. These processors were widely available in 2007, and most computers available today include a graphics processor that meets or exceeds this standard. However, if you or your users do not have a graphics processor, you can still run Office 2010.
When you choose the product suite or individual program to deploy in the environment, evaluate the computer before deployment to ensure it meets the minimum operating system requirements.
Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-2010-system-requirements-HA101810407.aspx
Component
Office 2003 Office 2007 Office 2010
Computer and processor
233 MHz
500 MHz
500 MHz
Memory (RAM)
128 MB
256 MB
256 MB
Hard disk
400 MB
2 GB
3 GB
Display
800 × 600
1024 × 768
1024 × 576*
*All display requirements for Office 2010 are designed to allow for good performance on both portable and desktop computers.
Processor and RAM requirements for Office 2010 are the same as for the 2007 Office system. Therefore, if your computer meets the 2007 Office system requirements, you can run Office 2010.
The recommended hard disk space has increased with Office 2010 because of new features, Office-wide ribbon implementation, and in some cases different applications that are included in the Office suites. For example, Microsoft Office Professional 2010 includes OneNote, whereas Microsoft Office Professional 2007 did not. Also, the system requirements are rounded up to the nearest 0.5 GB to be conservative. For example, if we measure an application’s required hard disk space to be 1.99 GB, our recommendation will be 2.5 GB. Our hard disk system requirements are intentionally larger than the actual disk space usage of the software.
A graphics processor will help increase the performance of certain features, such as drawing charts in Microsoft Excel 2010 or transitions, animations, and video integration in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Use of a graphics processor with Office 2010 requires a Microsoft DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics processor with 64-MB video memory. These processors were widely available in 2007, and most computers available today include a graphics processor that meets or exceeds this standard. However, if you or your users do not have a graphics processor, you can still run Office 2010.
When you choose the product suite or individual program to deploy in the environment, evaluate the computer before deployment to ensure it meets the minimum operating system requirements.
Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-2010-system-requirements-HA101810407.aspx
Send Large Files from Email
Download the file - YouSendItOutlookSetup.exe(Create a free account on www.yousendit.com)
Send files directly from Outlook(as large as 2GB)
Allows softwares(exe’s) to be sent
Eliminate email bounce-backs
Prevent exchange server slow downs
Resumable upload- handles network interruptions
Seamless integration- Configure the plug-in to launch when attachments are larger than a pre-selected size
Free account allows only 1 file at a time.
Send files directly from Outlook(as large as 2GB)
Allows softwares(exe’s) to be sent
Eliminate email bounce-backs
Prevent exchange server slow downs
Resumable upload- handles network interruptions
Seamless integration- Configure the plug-in to launch when attachments are larger than a pre-selected size
Free account allows only 1 file at a time.
RAID Setup on the Server
To decide on which RAIDS to choose from, it depends upon how the server will be utilized including the number of Disks.
RAID 1 - is meant for OS Installations. Min: 2 Disks(OS still runs if 1 disk fails)
RAID 5 - is meant for Applications/Database. Min: 3 Disks(App still runs if 1 disk fails)
RAID 1E - From IBM which is similar to RAID 10, BUT it can be configured with odd number of disks unlike RAID 10.
RAID 1 - is meant for OS Installations. Min: 2 Disks(OS still runs if 1 disk fails)
RAID 5 - is meant for Applications/Database. Min: 3 Disks(App still runs if 1 disk fails)
RAID 1E - From IBM which is similar to RAID 10, BUT it can be configured with odd number of disks unlike RAID 10.
Empty your Inbox
If your email Inbox is out of control, you might want to rethink your methods for organizing your email and emptying your Inbox. Developing a new approach to processing your Inbox can help you to gain more control, improve your response time, and keep up with critical actions and due dates.
This article covers four key factors that can help you process your email more efficiently—both at home and at the office. Although some of the productivity tools mentioned here are specific to Microsoft Outlook (Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook Web Access), most of the techniques—and even the organizational attitude described here—can help you to more efficiently process email and empty your Inbox, even if you use an email application other than Outlook.
1. Set up a simple and effective email reference system
The first step toward an organized Inbox is understanding the difference between reference information and action information.
Reference information is information that is not required to complete an action; it is information that you keep in case you need it later. Reference information is stored in your reference system—an email reference folder, your My Documents folder, or a company intranet site, for example.
Action information is information you must have to complete an action. Action information is stored with the action, either on your to-do list or on your Calendar. (If the action needed is a detailed reply, try converting information into professional communication using these tips on Creating incredible documents more easily using Office 2010.
Most people receive a considerable amount of reference information through email. Sometimes as much as one-third of your email is reference information. So it is essential to have a system that makes it easy to transfer messages from your Inbox into your email reference system—a series of email file folders where you store reference information to ensure you have easy access to it later. Learn more about setting up a reference system.
After you take care of filing your reference information, you can use the next three steps to handle the email that you have to do something with—your action information.
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2. Schedule uninterrupted time to process and organize email
How many times are you interrupted every day? It's nearly impossible to complete anything when there are constant interruptions from the phone, people stopping by your office, and instant messaging. So it's critical that you set aside uninterrupted time to process and organize your email.
Many email messages require you to make a decision. The best decisions require focus, and focus requires uninterrupted attention. Establish a regular time each day to process your email so that you can empty your Inbox. Of course, you can scan your email during the day for urgent messages or requests from your boss.
Book yourself a recurring appointment for an hour a day to process email, and mark that time as "busy." During that hour, don't answer the phone or take interruptions, and work only on processing your Inbox. You can also turn off the audio alert that sounds each time you receive a new email—which can be a distraction in itself. In Outlook, click the File tab. Click Options. On the Mail tab, under Message arrival, clear the Play a sound check box.
At first, keeping these appointments will take discipline. But over time, the discipline becomes habit. And after you completely empty your Inbox, you'll see the value of this one hour a day and you'll stick to it like glue.
Microsoft Outlook 2010 makes it easier to keep this email appointment and to process your Inbox. The new anywhere access features of Outlook 2010 mean that you don’t have to be at home or at the office to keep your daily email management appointment.
Conversation view in Office 2010 enables you to organize email folders by date and conversation. When Conversation view is turned on, messages that share the same subject appear as conversations that can be viewed as expanded or collapsed, helping you to quickly review and act on messages or complete conversations.
Also, improved search tools in Office 2010 make it easier to narrow your search results by using criteria, like sender or subject keywords, and other information, such as attachments. The Search Tools contextual tab includes a set of filters that efficiently focus your search to isolate the items that you want. For more information, see Find a message or item by using Instant Search.
Instant Search in Outlook 2010 provides many ways to search your email for specific messages.
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3. Process one item at a time, starting at the top
When you sit down to process your email, the first step is to sort it by the order in which you will process it. For example, you can filter by date, by subject, or even by the sender or receiver of the email message. In Outlook 2010, on the View tab, in the Arrangement group, click the arrangement option you want.
From the View tab, you can filter your email by date, category, sender or receiver, and more.
You can also change the arrangement directly from your Inbox. To display the list of options, under the Search box, right-click the Arrange By: box.
The Arrange By: box in your Inbox gives you convenient access to even more options to arrange your messages.
Tip: If you use Outlook 2010, enable the reading pane (called the preview pane in Outlook 2007) so that you can view your messages without having to open them. To enable the reading pane, on the View tab, in the Layout group, click Reading Pane. To enable the Outlook 2007 preview pane, on the View menu, click AutoPreview.
Resist the temptation to jump around in your Inbox in no particular order. Begin processing the message at the top of your Inbox and only move to the second one after you've handled the first. This can be hard at first, when you might have thousands of messages in your Inbox. But as you reduce the number of messages over a few sessions, eventually you'll get to the point where you can process the 60–100 messages you get every day and regularly get your Inbox down to zero.
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4. Use the "Four Ds for Decision-Making" model
The "Four Ds for Decision-Making" model (4 Ds) is a valuable tool for processing email, helping you to quickly decide what action to take with each item and how to remove it from your Inbox.
The expanded Ribbon in Office 2010 is designed to help you quickly find the tools that you need to complete your tasks. Features are organized in logical groups collected together under tabs. You can also customize the Ribbon to include tabs you personalize to match your own style.
The expanded Ribbon in Outlook 2010 replaces Outlook 2007 menus, giving you easy access to tools on conveniently organized tabs.
The Quick Steps feature, new in Outlook 2010, speeds up managing your email even more. This feature enables you to perform the multi-stepped tasks you use most often, such as moving email to a specific folder or moving a message and replying to it with a meeting request, with a single click. The Quick Steps gallery includes buttons for one-click file and flag, sending messages to your team, and other popular commands. For more information, see Automate common or repetitive tasks with Quick Steps.
The Quick Steps feature turns your most frequent tasks—whether forwarding messages to your co-workers or copying messages to a specific folder—into one-click operations.
Tip: Learning a few basic keyboard shortcuts in Outlook 2010 can make performing these tasks even easier and faster. Read our article on how to save time with quick computer shortcuts.
Decide what to do with each and every message
How many times have you opened, reviewed, and closed the same email message or conversation? Those messages are getting lots of attention but very little action. It is better to handle each email message only once before taking action—which means you have to decide what to do with it and where to put it. With the 4 Ds model, you have four choices:
Delete it
Do it
Delegate it
Defer it
Delete it
Generally, you can delete about half of all the email you get. But some of you shudder when you hear the phrase "delete email." You're hesitant to delete messages for fear that you might need them at some point. That's understandable, but ask yourself honestly: What percentage of information that you keep do you actually use?
If you do use a large percentage of what you keep, your method is working. But many of us keep a lot more than we use. Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you decide what to delete:
Does the message relate to a meaningful objective you're currently working on? If not, you can probably delete it. Why keep information that doesn't relate to your main focus?
Does the message contain information you can find elsewhere? If so, delete it.
Does the message contain information that you will refer to within the next six months? If not, delete it.
Does the message contain information that you're required to keep? If not, delete it.
Outlook 2010 helps you get rid of the “noise” in your Inbox by providing two new commands: Ignore Conversation and Clean Up Conversation. If a conversation is no longer relevant, you can prevent additional responses from appearing in your Inbox. The Ignore command moves the whole conversation and any future messages that arrive in the conversation to the Deleted Items folder.
Easily delete an entire conversation so that no new responses to it will appear in your Inbox.
When a message contains all the previous messages in the conversation, you can click Clean Up to eliminate redundant messages. For example, as people reply to a conversation, the response is at the top and the previous messages in the conversation are below. Use the Clean Up command to keep only the most recent message that includes the whole conversation. For more information, see Use Conversation Clean Up to eliminate redundant messages.
Cleaning up your conversations makes it easier to stay focused on the task being discussed.
Do it (in less than two minutes)
If you can't delete the email messages, ask yourself, "What specific action do I need to take?" and "Can I do it in less than two minutes?" If you can, just do it.
There is no point in filing an email or closing an email if you can complete the associated task in less than two minutes. Try it out—see how much mail you can process in less than two minutes. I think you will be extremely surprised and happy with the results. You could file the message, you could respond to the message, or you could make a phone call. You can probably handle about one-third of your email messages in less than two minutes.
Office 2010 helps you respond to email messages faster. You can view the availability of a person and instantly reach out to them using a variety of communication methods—all on a new easy-to-access contact card. You can even customize the context menu of the contact card to include tasks you perform most often, saving you more time.
Delegate it
If you can't delete it or do it in two minutes or less, can you forward the email to an appropriate team member who can take care of the task?
If you can delegate it (forward it to another team member to handle), do so right away. You should be able to compose and send the delegating message in about two minutes. After you have forwarded the message, delete the original message or move it into your email reference system.
Defer it
If you cannot delete it, do it in less than two minutes, or delegate it, the action required is something that only you can accomplish and that will take more than two minutes. Because this is your dedicated email processing time, you need to defer it and deal with it after you are done processing your email. You’ll probably find that about 20 percent of your email messages have to be deferred.
There are two things you can do to defer a message: Turn it into an actionable task, or turn it into an appointment. When you're using Outlook, you can defer emails that require action by dragging the messages to your Task List to turn them into tasks. Name the task to clearly state the required action so that you don't have to reopen the email message. The result is a clearly defined list of actions on your Task List that you can prioritize and schedule to complete on your Calendar. Or you can turn the message into a meeting request by dragging it to your Calendar.
Tip: Use the To-Do Bar in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 to drag an email message from an email folder to a date on your Calendar or to your Task List. On the View tab, in the Layout group, click the To-Do Bar. When the bar appears, drag the message to your Calendar or to your Task List. This copies the message to the new location; it doesn’t move it out of the original mail folder, so you’ll still be able to find what you need. Learn more about managing your Task List in Outlook.
Use the 4 Ds model every day
Using the 4 Ds model on a daily basis makes it easier to handle a large quantity of email. Our experience shows that, on average, people can process about 100 email messages an hour. If you receive 40 to 100 messages per day, all you need is one hour of uninterrupted email processing time to get through your Inbox. Our statistics show that of the email you receive:
Fifty percent can be deleted or filed.
Thirty percent can be delegated or completed in less than two minutes.
Twenty percent can be deferred to your Task List or Calendar to complete later.
Of course, if you have a backlog of hundreds of messages, it will take time to get to the point where your daily routine keeps you up to date. It's important to get that backlog down, so I would suggest setting blocks of time aside to work through it. Then, you can really enjoy processing your messages every day using the 4 Ds.
Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/productivity/email.aspx?WT.rss_f=At%20Work%20RSS&WT.rss_a=Empty%20your%20Inbox:%204%20ways%20to%20take%20control%20of%20your%20email&WT.rss_ev=a
This article covers four key factors that can help you process your email more efficiently—both at home and at the office. Although some of the productivity tools mentioned here are specific to Microsoft Outlook (Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook Web Access), most of the techniques—and even the organizational attitude described here—can help you to more efficiently process email and empty your Inbox, even if you use an email application other than Outlook.
1. Set up a simple and effective email reference system
The first step toward an organized Inbox is understanding the difference between reference information and action information.
Reference information is information that is not required to complete an action; it is information that you keep in case you need it later. Reference information is stored in your reference system—an email reference folder, your My Documents folder, or a company intranet site, for example.
Action information is information you must have to complete an action. Action information is stored with the action, either on your to-do list or on your Calendar. (If the action needed is a detailed reply, try converting information into professional communication using these tips on Creating incredible documents more easily using Office 2010.
Most people receive a considerable amount of reference information through email. Sometimes as much as one-third of your email is reference information. So it is essential to have a system that makes it easy to transfer messages from your Inbox into your email reference system—a series of email file folders where you store reference information to ensure you have easy access to it later. Learn more about setting up a reference system.
After you take care of filing your reference information, you can use the next three steps to handle the email that you have to do something with—your action information.
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2. Schedule uninterrupted time to process and organize email
How many times are you interrupted every day? It's nearly impossible to complete anything when there are constant interruptions from the phone, people stopping by your office, and instant messaging. So it's critical that you set aside uninterrupted time to process and organize your email.
Many email messages require you to make a decision. The best decisions require focus, and focus requires uninterrupted attention. Establish a regular time each day to process your email so that you can empty your Inbox. Of course, you can scan your email during the day for urgent messages or requests from your boss.
Book yourself a recurring appointment for an hour a day to process email, and mark that time as "busy." During that hour, don't answer the phone or take interruptions, and work only on processing your Inbox. You can also turn off the audio alert that sounds each time you receive a new email—which can be a distraction in itself. In Outlook, click the File tab. Click Options. On the Mail tab, under Message arrival, clear the Play a sound check box.
At first, keeping these appointments will take discipline. But over time, the discipline becomes habit. And after you completely empty your Inbox, you'll see the value of this one hour a day and you'll stick to it like glue.
Microsoft Outlook 2010 makes it easier to keep this email appointment and to process your Inbox. The new anywhere access features of Outlook 2010 mean that you don’t have to be at home or at the office to keep your daily email management appointment.
Conversation view in Office 2010 enables you to organize email folders by date and conversation. When Conversation view is turned on, messages that share the same subject appear as conversations that can be viewed as expanded or collapsed, helping you to quickly review and act on messages or complete conversations.
Also, improved search tools in Office 2010 make it easier to narrow your search results by using criteria, like sender or subject keywords, and other information, such as attachments. The Search Tools contextual tab includes a set of filters that efficiently focus your search to isolate the items that you want. For more information, see Find a message or item by using Instant Search.
Instant Search in Outlook 2010 provides many ways to search your email for specific messages.
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3. Process one item at a time, starting at the top
When you sit down to process your email, the first step is to sort it by the order in which you will process it. For example, you can filter by date, by subject, or even by the sender or receiver of the email message. In Outlook 2010, on the View tab, in the Arrangement group, click the arrangement option you want.
From the View tab, you can filter your email by date, category, sender or receiver, and more.
You can also change the arrangement directly from your Inbox. To display the list of options, under the Search box, right-click the Arrange By: box.
The Arrange By: box in your Inbox gives you convenient access to even more options to arrange your messages.
Tip: If you use Outlook 2010, enable the reading pane (called the preview pane in Outlook 2007) so that you can view your messages without having to open them. To enable the reading pane, on the View tab, in the Layout group, click Reading Pane. To enable the Outlook 2007 preview pane, on the View menu, click AutoPreview.
Resist the temptation to jump around in your Inbox in no particular order. Begin processing the message at the top of your Inbox and only move to the second one after you've handled the first. This can be hard at first, when you might have thousands of messages in your Inbox. But as you reduce the number of messages over a few sessions, eventually you'll get to the point where you can process the 60–100 messages you get every day and regularly get your Inbox down to zero.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Use the "Four Ds for Decision-Making" model
The "Four Ds for Decision-Making" model (4 Ds) is a valuable tool for processing email, helping you to quickly decide what action to take with each item and how to remove it from your Inbox.
The expanded Ribbon in Office 2010 is designed to help you quickly find the tools that you need to complete your tasks. Features are organized in logical groups collected together under tabs. You can also customize the Ribbon to include tabs you personalize to match your own style.
The expanded Ribbon in Outlook 2010 replaces Outlook 2007 menus, giving you easy access to tools on conveniently organized tabs.
The Quick Steps feature, new in Outlook 2010, speeds up managing your email even more. This feature enables you to perform the multi-stepped tasks you use most often, such as moving email to a specific folder or moving a message and replying to it with a meeting request, with a single click. The Quick Steps gallery includes buttons for one-click file and flag, sending messages to your team, and other popular commands. For more information, see Automate common or repetitive tasks with Quick Steps.
The Quick Steps feature turns your most frequent tasks—whether forwarding messages to your co-workers or copying messages to a specific folder—into one-click operations.
Tip: Learning a few basic keyboard shortcuts in Outlook 2010 can make performing these tasks even easier and faster. Read our article on how to save time with quick computer shortcuts.
Decide what to do with each and every message
How many times have you opened, reviewed, and closed the same email message or conversation? Those messages are getting lots of attention but very little action. It is better to handle each email message only once before taking action—which means you have to decide what to do with it and where to put it. With the 4 Ds model, you have four choices:
Delete it
Do it
Delegate it
Defer it
Delete it
Generally, you can delete about half of all the email you get. But some of you shudder when you hear the phrase "delete email." You're hesitant to delete messages for fear that you might need them at some point. That's understandable, but ask yourself honestly: What percentage of information that you keep do you actually use?
If you do use a large percentage of what you keep, your method is working. But many of us keep a lot more than we use. Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you decide what to delete:
Does the message relate to a meaningful objective you're currently working on? If not, you can probably delete it. Why keep information that doesn't relate to your main focus?
Does the message contain information you can find elsewhere? If so, delete it.
Does the message contain information that you will refer to within the next six months? If not, delete it.
Does the message contain information that you're required to keep? If not, delete it.
Outlook 2010 helps you get rid of the “noise” in your Inbox by providing two new commands: Ignore Conversation and Clean Up Conversation. If a conversation is no longer relevant, you can prevent additional responses from appearing in your Inbox. The Ignore command moves the whole conversation and any future messages that arrive in the conversation to the Deleted Items folder.
Easily delete an entire conversation so that no new responses to it will appear in your Inbox.
When a message contains all the previous messages in the conversation, you can click Clean Up to eliminate redundant messages. For example, as people reply to a conversation, the response is at the top and the previous messages in the conversation are below. Use the Clean Up command to keep only the most recent message that includes the whole conversation. For more information, see Use Conversation Clean Up to eliminate redundant messages.
Cleaning up your conversations makes it easier to stay focused on the task being discussed.
Do it (in less than two minutes)
If you can't delete the email messages, ask yourself, "What specific action do I need to take?" and "Can I do it in less than two minutes?" If you can, just do it.
There is no point in filing an email or closing an email if you can complete the associated task in less than two minutes. Try it out—see how much mail you can process in less than two minutes. I think you will be extremely surprised and happy with the results. You could file the message, you could respond to the message, or you could make a phone call. You can probably handle about one-third of your email messages in less than two minutes.
Office 2010 helps you respond to email messages faster. You can view the availability of a person and instantly reach out to them using a variety of communication methods—all on a new easy-to-access contact card. You can even customize the context menu of the contact card to include tasks you perform most often, saving you more time.
Delegate it
If you can't delete it or do it in two minutes or less, can you forward the email to an appropriate team member who can take care of the task?
If you can delegate it (forward it to another team member to handle), do so right away. You should be able to compose and send the delegating message in about two minutes. After you have forwarded the message, delete the original message or move it into your email reference system.
Defer it
If you cannot delete it, do it in less than two minutes, or delegate it, the action required is something that only you can accomplish and that will take more than two minutes. Because this is your dedicated email processing time, you need to defer it and deal with it after you are done processing your email. You’ll probably find that about 20 percent of your email messages have to be deferred.
There are two things you can do to defer a message: Turn it into an actionable task, or turn it into an appointment. When you're using Outlook, you can defer emails that require action by dragging the messages to your Task List to turn them into tasks. Name the task to clearly state the required action so that you don't have to reopen the email message. The result is a clearly defined list of actions on your Task List that you can prioritize and schedule to complete on your Calendar. Or you can turn the message into a meeting request by dragging it to your Calendar.
Tip: Use the To-Do Bar in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 to drag an email message from an email folder to a date on your Calendar or to your Task List. On the View tab, in the Layout group, click the To-Do Bar. When the bar appears, drag the message to your Calendar or to your Task List. This copies the message to the new location; it doesn’t move it out of the original mail folder, so you’ll still be able to find what you need. Learn more about managing your Task List in Outlook.
Use the 4 Ds model every day
Using the 4 Ds model on a daily basis makes it easier to handle a large quantity of email. Our experience shows that, on average, people can process about 100 email messages an hour. If you receive 40 to 100 messages per day, all you need is one hour of uninterrupted email processing time to get through your Inbox. Our statistics show that of the email you receive:
Fifty percent can be deleted or filed.
Thirty percent can be delegated or completed in less than two minutes.
Twenty percent can be deferred to your Task List or Calendar to complete later.
Of course, if you have a backlog of hundreds of messages, it will take time to get to the point where your daily routine keeps you up to date. It's important to get that backlog down, so I would suggest setting blocks of time aside to work through it. Then, you can really enjoy processing your messages every day using the 4 Ds.
Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/productivity/email.aspx?WT.rss_f=At%20Work%20RSS&WT.rss_a=Empty%20your%20Inbox:%204%20ways%20to%20take%20control%20of%20your%20email&WT.rss_ev=a
Windows Server 2008 Requirements
Installing Windows Server 2008 is pretty straightforward and is very much like installing Windows Vista, but I thought I'd list the necessary steps here for additional information. For those of you who have never installed Vista before, the entire installation process is different than it used to be in previous Microsoft operating systems, and notably much easier to perform.
Note: Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation, which is a cut-down version of Windows without the Windows Explorer GUI. Because you don’t have the Windows Explorer to provide the GUI interface that you are used to, you configure everything through the command line interface or remotely using a Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The Server Core can be used for dedicated machines with basic roles such as Domain controller/Active Directory Domain Services, DNS Server, DHCP Server, file server, print server, Windows Media Server, IIS 7 web server and Windows Server Virtualization virtual server. For Server Core installations please see my "Installing Windows Server 2008 Core" article.
To use Windows Server 2008 you need to meet the following hardware requirements:
Component Requirement
Processor • Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor) • Recommended: 2GHz or faster Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Memory • Minimum: 512MB RAM • Recommended: 2GB RAM or greater • Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter) • Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise, Datacenter and Itanium-based Systems)
Available Disk Space • Minimum: 10GB • Recommended: 40GB or greater Note: Computers with more than 16GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Drive DVD-ROM drive
Display and Peripherals • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor • Keyboard • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Upgrade notes:
I will not discuss the upgrade process in this article, but for your general knowledge, the upgrade paths available for Windows Server 2008 shown in the table below:
If you are currently running: You can upgrade to:
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2)
Note: Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation, which is a cut-down version of Windows without the Windows Explorer GUI. Because you don’t have the Windows Explorer to provide the GUI interface that you are used to, you configure everything through the command line interface or remotely using a Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The Server Core can be used for dedicated machines with basic roles such as Domain controller/Active Directory Domain Services, DNS Server, DHCP Server, file server, print server, Windows Media Server, IIS 7 web server and Windows Server Virtualization virtual server. For Server Core installations please see my "Installing Windows Server 2008 Core" article.
To use Windows Server 2008 you need to meet the following hardware requirements:
Component Requirement
Processor • Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor) • Recommended: 2GHz or faster Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Memory • Minimum: 512MB RAM • Recommended: 2GB RAM or greater • Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter) • Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise, Datacenter and Itanium-based Systems)
Available Disk Space • Minimum: 10GB • Recommended: 40GB or greater Note: Computers with more than 16GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Drive DVD-ROM drive
Display and Peripherals • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor • Keyboard • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Upgrade notes:
I will not discuss the upgrade process in this article, but for your general knowledge, the upgrade paths available for Windows Server 2008 shown in the table below:
If you are currently running: You can upgrade to:
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2)
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Virus Infected Drives
Browse via command prompt from admin console. View the hidden exe files which most probably have different(non-english) names. Delete those files
dir /ah ------- to view hidden files
del filename.exe /ah /f -------to force delete those files
Below is the command to unhide the files in the same drive.
To change the attribute of hidden files : attrib usb -r -a -s –h
To copy hidden files: xcopy "f:\*.jpg" "e:\test" /s /g /h /r /c
dir /ah ------- to view hidden files
del filename.exe /ah /f -------to force delete those files
Below is the command to unhide the files in the same drive.
To change the attribute of hidden files : attrib usb -r -a -s –h
To copy hidden files: xcopy "f:\*.jpg" "e:\test" /s /g /h /r /c
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