Saturday, June 13, 2009

preboot sequence

During startup, a Windows Server 2003-based computer initializes the boot portion of the hard disk and the
preboot sequence begins. This sequence consists of four steps

  • the computer runs power-on self test (POST) process to determine the amount of physical memory
  • The hardware components are present
  • If the computer has a Plug and Play (BIOS), enumeration and configuration of hardware devices occurs
  • The computer BIOS locates the boot device and loads and runs the master boot record (MBR)

administrator privileges

you must have administrator privileges to do the following things.

  • install network components
  • client for Microsoft networks
  • file and printer sharing in Microsoft networks
  • (TCP/IP) internet protocol

benefit of NTFS partitions

NTFS is the recommended file system for Windows XP and provides a number of benefits in terms of functionality, security, stability, availability, reliability, and performance.

NTFS supports for

  • file permissions & folder permissions
  • supports maximum file capacity
  • supports encryption
  • supports compressions
  • supports disk quota

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Remove heap41a virus

How to Remove heap41a virus

  1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open task manager

  2. Go to the processes tab and look for svchost.exe under the "image name". There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the "username".

  3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, simply press Yes

  4. Repeat for other svchost.exe files with your username. Note: Do not kill svchost.exe under system, local service or network service.

  5. Type C:\heap41a in Start Menu > run.. and press enter. You need to do this because it is a hidden folder.

  6. Delete all files inside this folder.

  7. Again go to Start Menu > Run and type in Regedit

  8. Go to the menu Edit > Find

  9. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"

  10. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you wanna delete this value", click Yes

  11. Now close the registry editor and you are done.

Make sure to delete the autorun.inf file and any unrecognized file ends with .exe in your pen drives and other external hard drives otherwise it will replicate itself again.

Enable or Disable Add-ins in Outlook 2007

To Enable or Disable Add-ins in Outlook 2007:

Please follow below steps

  • In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Trust Center
  • Click on the Add-ins section
  • You will now see all active, non-active, and disabled add-ins.Click on the add-in you Want to enable/disable and then click on the Go button towards the bottom.
  • This will then open up the COM add-ins page. You can then check/uncheck the Add-ins you want to enable or disable.


How to find disable outlook 2007 add-ins and plugins

Disabling unnecessary plugins is a great way to make your Outlook run smoother. In Outlook 2007 Add-ins are listed under “Tools->Trust Center->Addins”. There are two types of Addins - COM Add-ins and Exchange Client Extensions.

Please follow below steps

1 To disable COM Add-ins:

  • Select “COM Add-ins” in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the Trust Center window and click “Go”.

  • Uncheck any add-ins that you are not using.

2 To disable Exchange Client Extensions

  • Select “Exchange Client Extensions” in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the Trust Center window and click “Go”.

  • Uncheck any add-ins that you are not using.

Please note that changes you made will only applied after outlook restarted