Saturday, November 7, 2009

How to Make Windows 7 AIO - All in One (x86 & x64)

Windows 7 Home Premium x86
Windows 7 Professional x86
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Windows 7 Enterprise x86

Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Windows 7 Professional x64
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Windows 7 Enterprise x64


Wee will need:
1. ImageX (For 32 bit Windows or for 64 bit Windows)
2. Windows 7 Ultimate x86 and x64
2. Windows 7 Enterprise x86 and x64
4. Ultra ISO or Power ISO

To download ImageX click on link depending of Your Windows system (x86 or x64)

For 64-bit Windows
Mediafire or Megaupload

For 32-bit Windows
Mediafire or Megaupload

1. Create 4 folders on C:\ drive named: Allbit, 64bit, E86 and E64 2. Extract ISO files
- Extract Ultimate x86 ino Allbit folder
- Extract Ultimate x64 ino 64bit folder
- Extract Enterprise x86 ino E86 folder
- Extract Enterprise x64 ino E64 folder
3. Create ImageX folder on C:\ drive
4. Extract either 32-bit or 64-bit version of ImageX.rar depending up on Your current operating system into ImageX folder
5. Click on Start menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right click on Command Promt -> Run as administrator
6. Copy & Paste the following lines in Command Prompt in order => Enter

Note: Just skip the lines that you don't want to add...

Enterprise x86

C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\E86\Sources\install.wim 1 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE"

Home Premium x64

C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\64bit\Sources\install.wim 2 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM x64"

Professional x64

C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\64bit\Sources\install.wim 3 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL x64"

Ultimate x64

C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\64bit\Sources\install.wim 4 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 ULTIMATE x64"
Enterprise x64

C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\E64\Sources\install.wim 1 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE x64"Delete
Windows 7 Starter (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 STARTER"

Windows 7 Home Basic (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 HOMEBASIC"
7. Navigate to C:\Allbit\Sources and delete file called ei.cfg
8. Navigate to C:\Allbit\Sources and delete the following files
  • install_Windows 7 STARTER.clg
  • install_Windows 7 HOMEBASIC.clg
  • install_Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM.clg
  • install_Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL.clg
  • install_Windows 7 ULTIMATE.clg
9. Re-open Windows 7 Ultimate (x86) 32-bit ISO in UltraISO or PowerISO and delete all files that are in it.


10. Add all files from Allbit folder.


11. Click File -> Save As and give it name like "Windows 7 AiO"


EXTRAS

If You only interest in ultimate x86 and x64 AIO, You can skip all except anything related to ultimate?

1. Copy and paste the following line in Command Prompt

Ultimate x64
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /export C:\64bit\Sources\install.wim 4 C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 ULTIMATE x64"

2. Delete

Windows 7 Starter (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 STARTER"

Windows 7 HomeBasic (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 HOMEBASIC"

Windows 7 Home Premium (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM"

Windows 7 Home Professional (x86)
C:\ImageX\Imagex.exe /delete C:\Allbit\Sources\install.wim "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL"

Then continue step # 7

Friday, November 6, 2009

How To Disable WGA For Good

WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) is an anti-piracy system from
Microsoft that is used for validation of a Windows OS when connecting
to several Microsoft Services, such as Windows Update.

If the Windows OS is an illegal copy, the problem is manifested as a
nag screen that is located in the lower right corner of the screen with
the text ‘You may be a victim of software counterfeiting’. Also, a similar
nag screen is visible on Windows login screen:






There is no easy way to remove this nag screen and Windows Genuine
Advantage, and we’ll try to describe the easiest way.

Easy Way To Disable WGA

The easiest way to disable WGA is to deny access to its files. Why?

Because if access is denied for all users that can use this file, the file cannot be executed.
Normally in Windows, you have these users:

‘BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS’
‘BUILTIN\USERS’
‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’
‘NT AUTHORITY\AUTHENTICATED USERS’

The normal way to deny access is to use Windows Explorer to open the
C:\Windows\System32 folder and find three files that WGA uses – WGATray.exe, WGALogon.dll and LegitCheckControl.dll. Right-click on each file, go to Properties->Security, click on each listed user, click on Deny All and Apply.
But, since there is no Security tab, this can’t be done so easily.

Until now, of course. :)

Instead of disabling access to these files via Windows Explorer, use these simple command prompts:

1. Start->Run
2. Write ‘cmd’ and press Enter (or click OK)
3. Write ‘cd C:\Windows\System32’
4. Write the following commands:
a. ‘cacls wgatray.exe /d everyone’; when asked if you’re sure, click ‘Y’
b. ‘cacls wgalogon.dll /d everyone’; when asked if you’re sure, click ‘Y’
c. ‘cacls legitcheckcontrol.dll /d everyone’; when asked if you’re sure, click ‘Y’
5. Reboot the machine (Start->Shutdown->Restart)

Please note that for Windows Vista you should use iCacls instead of Cacls command.

These files can be deleted, but don’t delete these files because it’ll stop
Windows copying new files to this location. If you leave the files that
cannot be accessed, then Windows cannot overwrite them - plain and
simple logic.

That’s it folks, WGA is disabled. Happy auto-updating and everything
else you want to do.

P.S. This guide can be used also when fighting with malware that cannot
be deleted in the normal way.

Disclaimer: Author is not proposing piracy in any way. This text is
for educational purposes only.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Windows Mail For Windows 7

Windows Mail is free email and newsgroup client Microsoft introduced in windows Vista to succeed Outlook Express.
Both Windows Mail and Outlook Express (for Windows XP) is replaced by Windows Live Mail, an email client downloadable as part of Windows Live Essentials suite of products.
Users who wants to use legacy Windows Mail in Windows 7 now have a solution.

For Windows 7 32 bit
1. Megaupload link
2. Rapidshare link

For Windows 7 64 bit
1. Megaupload link
2. Rapidshare link

Download file witch is right for Your Windows 7 system (x86 or x64) and Follow instructions from txt file.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Old behaviour for Windows Live Messenger

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\ and set the properties of msnmsgr.exe to Vista compatibility mode. This will place the Messenger icon back in your system tray and remove the 2 annoying tabs on the taskbar.

Windows 7 Explorer

Starting Windows Explorer from "My Computer "


To do this, navigate to Windows Explorer in the Start Menu (it's in the Accessories folder). Then edit the properties and change the target to read:%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Monday, October 19, 2009

Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 7

Get Quick Launch toolbar back


1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
3. Turn off the "lock the taskbar" setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that "Show text" and "Show title" are disabled and the view is set to "small icons".
4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.


Windows Vista taskbar

Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties dialog. Select the "small icons" checkbox and under the "taskbar buttons" setting, choose "combine when taskbar is full".

Monday, October 5, 2009

Speed up web browsing with OpenDNS

When you type in a domain name such as wingeek.com in your browser the computer must resolve the friendly name into an IP address of the server to download the web page and supporting files. Windows uses a DNS (domain name system) server to lookup this information. By default, Windows uses your ISP’s DNS server. Depending on your provider, the performance of their DNS resolving server varies. Some large national providers are known to provide unreliable and slow DNS servers.
The performance of the DNS server you are using is one component that affects the speed of your internet browsing. Since each domain name you type in must be resolved into an IP address, the amount of time that takes will delay the loading of any web page. Some users with overloaded ISP DNS servers can see delays in multiple seconds before web pages start to load.
OpenDNS provides free alternative DNS servers that anyone can use with any internet provider. Unlike many national internet providers, OpenDNS’s DNS servers are very fast and reliable. Using OpenDNS servers instead of your ISP servers will help you speed up your internet browsing by cutting down on the delay between resolving a domain name and getting the IP address so your browser can start loading the web page.
Configuring your computer to use OpenDNS servers instead of your ISP’s is a simple change that works in both Windows XP and Windows Vista:
1. Click on the Start Button and type in ncpa.cpl and hit Enter. In Windows XP Click on the Start Button, click Run and then type in ncpa.cpl
2. Right click on your active network connection that you use to connect to the Internet and select Properties.
3. On the Networking / General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (version 4 on Windows Vista & 7) and hit Properties.
4. On the properties screen, select Use the following DNS server addresses and then type in 208.67.222.222 in the preferred and 208.67.220.220 in the alternate boxes.
5. Hit OK twice and you are finished.