Activate Godmode in Windows 7

Now a friend of mine asked me, how do you I view the installed updates on my system? Looking at the settings screen, one would have to click a few times, and then you finally get the settings you want.

This is tedious and boring. But let's change that. It's pretty simple. By doing so, you get most of the settings at one place. So, you would have to click only once (most of the times).

Here is the how-to:

• Right-click on any free space on your desktop
• Create a new folder.
• Name that folder to GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and press Enter

And that's done. Now, open your new folder and see what Windows 7 has to offer.

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Hack Windows 7 login

At times, you find yourself locked out of your system or a friend of yours has changed your password and has left you in trouble. No matter what the case may be, you can still get you account back. Pulling this off in Windows XP was simpler but anyway here is the how-to:

• Fire up your system.
• When the screen states "Starting Windows", press the power button.

•  Now restart the system, when it boots, you have a choice whether to start normally or Launch Startup Repair. Choose Launch Startup Repair.

• Now, a pop may ask you if you want to use System Restore. Press Cancel.

• After waiting quite some time, you will be told that Startup Repair failed. Click on the down arrow to see the problem details

• Scroll down to the very bottom of the report and click on the link for the offline Privacy Statement

• Notepad opens up, go to File and click on Open

• In the Open Dialog, go to Computer -> Local Disk (This could be C: or D: or the place where you installed Windows)  -> Windows -> System32
• Change the File Type from Text Documents to All Files
• Find the application sethc or a file named sethc.exe
• Right Click and rename it to sethc-bak
• Find the application cmd  or a file named cmd.exe
• Right Click and copy it
• Now Paste it
• You will get something on the lines of cmd - Copy,  right click and rename it to sethc
• Close Notepad and Press Finish (Basically System Shutdown)
• At the login, press Shift Key 5 times
• Voila! You have DOS

• Type net user. This gives you a list of all users.
• Now, type net user username * to reset the password of account username or net user username password to change password of username account.

See this is a bit complex but still you get what you want.

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Free Windows 7 Keys

Hey, there. You have Windows 7 installed right. Now, tell me is this the original deal or did you find a crack or a serial key or used RemoveWAT utility. Now, come on tell me.

Okay, you got where I am going with this. But did you know that when you downloaded the ISO for Windows 7, you already had the key (Seriously I mean it). I am gonna show you where it is:

• Extract the ISO using any tool you like
• Go to Sources Folder and open it
• Search for a configuration file named PRODUCT or a file named PRODUCT.ini
  
  


• Open it in notepad and scroll down.
• You will get all the keys for different Windows.

I haven't used any of these keys. If you do, let us know if it works.

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Display Multiple Clocks in Window 7 System Tray

Okay, suppose you are studying abroad or are visiting someone or are abroad or (you get the idea, right). You wanna check on the right time to call back home. Here, most of you guys and gals would download a software to display clocks right.

But what if I can show you that Windows itself allows you to have multiple clocks (now this is awesome), it would be great right.So, here is the how to:

• Click on Clock on System Tray
• Click Change date and time settings...
• Click tab Additional Clocks
  
  


• Click Show this clock
• Now, change the details like time zone and display name.
• There is one more Show this clock, this means you can show two additional clocks on Windows
• Click Apply and then click OK
• Hover over clock in system tray and it's done.

But if you want more than two clocks, I am looking into it. But, if you guys find it out soon, then let me.

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Manually Change Windows 7 logon screen

Yep! As the title tells, this post is about changing the logon screen of Windows 7. We all know, Windows 7 logon screen is down right plain, simple and boring. But, fear no more as I am about to tell you how to change it.

Without further ado, here are the steps:

• Click Start Button.
• In Start Search Box, type regedit and press Enter
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
• Double click OEMBackground key
• Set the Value data to 1
  
  


• Choose any image you want, Wait, there is a catch. The image size should be less than 256 KB. So, yeah, if your image is greater than that, shrink it down. (I am not gonna tell you how)
• Move to C:\Windows\System32\oobe
• Create a new folder, call it info
• Create a new folder inside info, call it backgrounds
• Copy your image here, but rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg
• Reboot and voila!

Simple, right. Nothing much to it. And for those that don't want to do it manually, there is a software named Logon Changer.

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Remove Windows 7 not Genuine

I recently encountered a friend of mine with the message "Your copy of Windows 7 is not genuine". Now, this is no big deal right. I mean, you just get a message, your screen becomes black with no screensaver, right! But guys all of you are thinking "What happened?" or "How did I get this?"

It's simple, you just downloaded and installed an update. Windows update contains among them one update that checks for the authenticity of your copy of Windows. There are some websites that do the same, so be very careful.

You can remove it by:

• Click Start Button.
• Among the programs listed, right click cmd and select Run as administrator
• Now type SLMGR -REARM (Yep! type it as is, no changes) and press Enter
• You get a pop telling you to restart the system.
  
• Press OK and restart the system

This just removed the annoying message. Now to reactivate your Windows key:

• Click Start Button
• In Start Search Box, type cmd
• Among the programs listed, right click cmd and select Run as administrator
• Now type SLMGR -ato and press Enter
• If successful, you get a pop telling Windows key is activated.
• Press OK and you're done.

If that doesn't fix it, then simply:

• Click Start Button
• Click Control Panel
• Click Windows Update
• Click View Installed Updates (It's at the bottom left)
• Uninstall update KB971033

Now, the methods written up top are manual. You have to do it yourself. But, if you feel that something may go wrong, I may screw up!, yada yada... .Then there is one more method.

Go to any search on the internet and search for RemoveWAT. It's a small utility to fix this issue. But, a point to note: Most antiviruses will tell you that it's a virus. Need not worry, I mean seriously, look at the type, it says HackerTool. Simply, stop the antivirus and run it or you can add as an exception.

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