How do I get admin privileges using cmd/command prompt in WIN XP?

How do I get admin privileges using cmd/command prompt in WIN XP?

runas /user:mymachine\administrator cmd

Disable USB Removable Mass Storage Device Drive Access in Windows

It’s possible to simply disable USB ports support in PC BIOS in order to prevent and forbid computer user from using USB removable flash drive or mass storage device (portable hard disk drive) to copy and transfer data and files. However, disabling USB ports totally also shutdown the ability for system to use USB based keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, scanner and etc, which has become a common connectivity norm in modern computer.

As a workaround, use the following registry hack to stop USB Mass Storage Device drivers from starting when the system boots up.

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor

3. In the right pane, double click on the Start value name.
4. Change the value data to 4 to disable the removable USB mass storage device drive access.

   

5. To revert and re-enable the drive access for removable USB mass storage device driver, change back the value data for Start to its original default of 3.

The change will take effect immediately to block any USB mass storage device such as USB flash drive, USB key and portable harddisk from been used in the system, while still allowing hardware components to work properly via USB connection. The hack works in most Windows operating system such as Windows Vista, XP, Windows Server 2008, 2003 and 2000.

For user who dare not to modify the registry manually, simply download the following registration entries file to enable or disable the USB drive. Extract the downloaded content in .ZIP format, and then double click on the .REG file to open and apply or merge the registry values to system.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/26/disable-usb-removable-mass-storage-device-drive-access-in-windows/

How to OpenSSH server in windows Xp

Download latest version from here, choose Binary Installer Releases
Quick install steps :

Time for configuration, click Start -> Run, put cmd then click OK

C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group

C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>mkpasswd -l -uadministrator >> ..\etc\passwd

C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>net start opensshd

The OpenSSH Server service is starting.

The OpenSSH Server service was started successfully

How to re-enable windows .chm viewer

Sometimes it may be disable to view windows help. an error message may appear like ...

mk:@MSITStore:C:\WiNDOWS\Help\netcfg.chm::/how_to_enable_component.html


then what do u do ??
Just run this following command in Start>>Run>>

regsvr32 itss

and press enter. you are done

Error 720: A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection.

The solution I used to solve this is basically one developed by
"nortel", but I put all the steps together in one place to make it
easier for others. Here's the procedure:

Instructions (for WinXP) to fix:
Error 720: A connection to the remote computer could not 
be established.  You might need to change the network settings 
for this connection.

Note that a key sympton of this problem is that the modem
connects and then disconnects just after trying to register
the computer on the remote network.

These instructions were comp
Publish Postiled from a couple of sources:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1225579

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810979.

Note that you can't uninstall TCP/IP in XP, which is why I
wrote up this version, but the procedure is basically the same.

Step 1:  Uninstall the WAN Miniport (IP) and WAN Miniport (pptp)

MPORTANT: This procedure contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For
information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article
number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/) Description of the Microsoft
Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS
When you try to use a dial-up connection to connect to your Internet Service
Provider (ISP), you may receive the following error message during the
"Registering your computer on the network" portion of the connection
agreement:
Error 720 - the connection attempt failed because your computer and the
remote computer could not agree on PPP control protocol.
Additionally, when you view the devices in Device Manager, you may notice a
yellow exclamation mark (!) over the icon for the WAN Miniport IP (#2) device.
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CAUSE
This issue may occur if the TCP/IP protocol has become unbound from the
dial-up adapter, or if a conflict is created when a second WAN Miniport IP
device driver loads.
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RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, uninstall the  WAN Miniport IP and PPTP devices.
To do so, follow these steps:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.

3. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices.

4. Under Network adapters, you will see WAN Miniport IP
       devices. If a WAN Miniport IP device is listed, continue to the
       following step. If no WAN Miniport IP device is listed, go directly
       to step 16.

5. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

6. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

7. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File, type backup-key in
the File name box, and then click Save.

Note You can restore the changes that you make to this registry key. To do
so, double-click the backup-key.reg file that you saved.

8. Click each of the registry subkeys under this key, and then view the Data
       column of the DriverDesc value to determine which of the subkeys
       corresponds to WAN Miniport (IP). For example, the 0005 subkey.

9. Right-click the subkey whose DriverDesc value data is WAN Miniport (IP) or
 WAN Minport (PPTP); (for example, right-click 0005), and then click
 Delete. Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the key.

10. Quit Registry Editor.

11. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

12. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.

13. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices.

14. Under Network adapters, right-click WAN Miniport (IP) and then click
Uninstall. Click OK to confirm that you want to remove this device.

15.  Repeat for the WAN Miniport (PPTP).


Step 2: Reinstall the WAN Miniports

1.  Find netrasa.inf in c:\windows\inf

2.      Make a copy of the file and name it netrasa.inf.save

3.      Open the orignal copy of netrasa.inf and place a semicolon
 in front of the line that starts "Excludefromselect=\" and
 and continue with all follwing lines and then end with
 "MS_NdisWanNbfIn,MS_NdisWanNbfOut" under the [ControlFlags]
 section. (all lines between)

Step 3:
   
1.  Start a Add new hardware session (from Control Panel) and choose
 that the hardware is already installed.  Choose to "Add New Hardware"
 and then select "Network Adapters" followed by "Microsoft" and then
 both the PPTP and the IP Wan miniport one at a time. 
 (NO need to reboot between these steps)

2.  After you finish both then reboot.

3.      Select Start -> Run  and type:  netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

 (For details, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357)

4. Reboot and try your connection.


This worked for me and has worked for others.

Note that if you don't want to uninstall the two WAN Miniport devices,
you can disable them in the Hardware Manager and then proceed with
the reinstall as described above. This has the advantage of being more
easily reversible.