Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Delay Windows automatic updates restart notification

At the end of Windows updates installation, restarting the PC is required for completing the installation. So Automatic Updates pop-up a message (as shown below). When user clicks Restart Now, the PC will be restarted and Automatic updates installation will be completed. But when user is in the middle of some work or when user don't want to restart the PC immediately, users click Restart Later. By default Automatic Updates restart notification pop-up every 10 minutes, until the PC is restarted. This article describes how to delay Windows automatic updates restart notification. Follow the steps given below to achieve the same.

Monday, 28 February 2011

Disable USB port in a Windows PC by editing registry

This articles describes how to disable USB port in a Windows PC by editing registry. Follow the steps given below to disable USB port from registry editor.

Warning: Modifying the registry is always risky, if anything goes wrong Windows OS needs to be reinstalled. So be very careful while modifying the registry.
  1. Clcik Start and then click Run
  2. Type regedit in Run window and click  OK. Registry editor window o pens.

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Reset Windows administrator password in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

This article describes how to reset Windows administrator password in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 without reinstalling the Windows OS and without using a password reset tool. This is the best and easiest method to reset Windows administrator password.

I have considered two scenarios
  • PC with two operating systems installed in it
  • PC with only one operating system installed in it