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Windows 7 Password Reset & Recovery – Free Option
If you have been using a computer for any amount of time you have no doubt forgotten a Windows 7 password or two and have had to have it reset or recovered from you administrator at the office. With the increase of security on home computers Windows 7 now by default requires you to have a Windows password for the administrator account. If you forget or lose this at home there is no help desk to call unless you have a relative that does computer work, which is what most of my “extended family” does when something happens. In this case you are on you own, unless you want to pay a premium price to one of the “geek squad” out there to take care of it for you. Instead of bothering your second cousin on your sister in laws side of the family or paying out the nose from some “expert” that couldn’t work anywhere but a big box store for technology, I will walk you through how to reset your Windows 7 password for free.
Windows 7 Password Reset and Recovery Tags: registry editor, windows 7 password, password recovery, recovery tool, Windows 7, Windows Registry
Initial Configuration Tasks on Server 2008
When you finish your Windows Server 2008 Installation and login for the first time you will get a window that pops up called “Initial Configuration Tasks”. It is a short list of all the options that Microsoft thinks you should use for a configuring windows server checklist. For old hands it isn't that insightful but for those new to installing server software it can lead out through the first steps without too many problems. Everything is broken up into 3 numbered sections to help you move forward. Lets touch on them briefly.
Configuring Windows Server Tags: Configuring Windows Server, Initial Configuration Tasks, Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 Installation R2 Video & Guide
Windows Server 2008 Installation will for the most part be the most trivial part of what you do on the server, but some will find the video and guide a helpful start. This guide doesn’t do anything fancy, it walks you through the initial server installation including logging in for the first time. Some may find this too basic, but it is meant to be a building block series and each video will build on what is done in the last.
Windows Server 2008 Installation Tags: fresh install, install process, windows server 2008 r2, server installation
Enable Windows DHCP & Configure Static TCP / IP
If your reading this then chances are 100% your computer is hooked up to the Internet and more then likely has an IP address assigned to it. There are two ways that a TCP/IP address is assigned to a computer either Dynamically or manually with a Static method. These are outlined below:
Enable DHCP Tags: Internet Protocol, Configure Static TCP, static method, configured network, Vista DHCP, Windows Vista, network adaptersServer 2008
Initial Configuration Tasks on Server 2008
When you finish your Windows Server 2008 Installation and login for the first time you will get a window that pops up called “Initial Configuration Tasks”. It is a short list of all the options that Microsoft thinks you should use for a configuring windows server checklist. For old hands it isn’t that insightful but [...]
Windows Server 2008 Installation R2 Video & Guide
Windows Server 2008 Installation will for the most part be the most trivial part of what you do on the server, but some will find the video and guide a helpful start. This guide doesn’t do anything fancy, it walks you through the initial server installation including logging in for the first time. Some may [...]
Windows Vista
Enable Windows DHCP & Configure Static TCP / IP
If your reading this then chances are 100% your computer is hooked up to the Internet and more then likely has an IP address assigned to it. There are two ways that a TCP/IP address is assigned to a computer either Dynamically or manually with a Static method. These are outlined below: Tags: network adapter, [...]
Vista Network Map
The network map is a very cool new feature in Windows that allows you to visually see on your network is connected together. It is part of the Networking & Sharing Center. Lets take a look at this cool new tool. Tags: Vista Network Map, Vista Networking