GeekyThingz » Blogroll http://www.GeekyThingz.com All things Geeky Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How to get into Windows XP when you have forgotten the password! http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=34 http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=34#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:30:53 +0000 Dwayne http://dwaynelarose.is-a-geek.com/?p=34 I got a call from my uncle one day claiming that he could not log on to his computer. Easy fix, I thought to myself, as I logged on to the Admin account and reset the passwords for both the admin and his own account. However, my heart sank as I found out that despite writing out both passwords correctly I was UNABLE TO LOG ON TO EITHER ACCOUNT!

I searched on the net and tried out various methods for hours with no success. I was about to reload his system when I decided to try the Windows XP CD Repair method.

The short version of this method is:
1. Start a Windows XP repair.
2. After the second stage of the repair, look out for the “Installing Devices” message in the lower right hand corner. Press Shift-F10
3. You now have a admin level command line! Type “control userpasswords2″ to get access to reset the passwords!

This method finally got me into his system to reset the account passwords. It saved me a world of trouble.

Detailed Instructions of the Windows XP Method CD Repair

    The methods that did NOT work for me:

Offline NT Password and Registry Editor

Ophcrack Live CD

]]> http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?feed=rss2&p=34 0 Keep nothing in your inbox! http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=27 http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=27#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:14:42 +0000 Dwayne http://dwaynelarose.is-a-geek.com/?p=27 I get a lot of mail… and it builds up over time… My inbox at work always appears to have at least 100 items in it. However, I sometimes go to some user’s desks and find that they have very little or nothing in their inbox. They had a system that they stuck to and I have decided to do the same.

Recently Meriln Mann (an productivity blogger) did a talk at the Google Campus about managing your inbox with these 5 options:
- Delete or Archive
- Defer
- Delegate
- Do
- Respond

This is an amazing talk and your should take some time to check it out.

Google Video of “Inbox Zero” Talk

Merlin Mann’s “Inbox Zero” site on 43folders.com

http://www.43folders.com/izero/

]]> http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?feed=rss2&p=27 0 Silly things that users say…. http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=15 http://www.GeekyThingz.com/?p=15#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:47:18 +0000 dopegroove http://dwaynelarose.is-a-geek.com/?p=15 Check out this article about the silly things that users ask!

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