How to remove Bios Password

This is a tutorial teaching you how to remove Bios Password easily.

Sometimes when you open a dell or Compaq computer you get this problem :

that means your bios is locked . and you need to put a password to unlock it.

but don't worry this a way to unlock the bios and get the password (you must do the steps in another working computer) :


for example, we want to unlock bios for a Dell computer :

 in the dell computer ( locked computer ) we enter a wrong password 3 times. after that, we get the screen ( see picture above) and we look for the service tag and copy it

in the other computer, after downloading and extracting the tool. we extract again the file called dell.zip and open the dell.exe :

after that, we write the service tag code: 8WG0865-595B and click enter. if all goes fine you get the password :

 

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and if you have any questions or you need support to leave a comment here. 

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Security Warning: Automatic Update of Links Has Been Disabled

This article explains how you can overcome the message “Automatic update of links had been disabled”, that appears when you open a workbook:

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Why Does it Appear?

This warning appears in Excel workbooks that have external links. Basically, this warning notifies the user that the workbook will be getting data from an external source. In order to allow the workbook to connect to the external source, you will need to grant it permission. For more information about external links, please see the article below:

• Excel, Getting Data From Another Workbook Through Links

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Granting Permission To a File:

In this method, the links will be granted permission for this file only. This message will still appear for other files. After opening the file click on the “Enable Content” button:

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Grant Permission to All Files (Not Recommended):

In this method, you will grant permission for all files to connect to an external source without warning. Click on the file button on the top left side of the windows then click on options:

Note: If you are using excel 2007, click on the Excel logo on the top left then click on Options.

Choose the Trust Center tab, then click on the “Trust Center Settings” button:

On the window that opens choose the External Content tab, then click on Enable automatic update for all workbook links (not recommended) radio button:

How to Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

Nine Methods:Using Command Script Linux Task Manager Command Delete Executing a Batch Script System Tools Renaming Renaming (Graphical Interface by selection) Alternative

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications occur when your computer hasn't passed the validation test. The validation test can be failed because you installed a pirated non-genuine copy of 7, or because you have changed your 7 product key to a software-generated key, or sometimes it just happens for no reason at all. However, you can easily get rid of these annoying notifications yourself.

Method 1 of 9: Using Command Script

1. 1
   Open Command Prompt as administrator in start menu > all programs >accessories >command prompt . Right click on command prompt and select run as administrator
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2. 2
   Type "SLMGR/REARM" (without quotes) and enter
3. 3
   Restart Windows

Method 2 of 9: Linux

1. 1
   Boot the computer using Linux on a CD or USB drive.
2. 2
   Navigate to the System32 folder in the Windows folder.
3. 3
   Delete or rename two items: WgaTray.exe and WgaTray.dll.

Method 3 of 9: Task Manager

1. 1
   Run as an administrator with no other user accounts running.
2. 2
   Launch Windows Task Manager (Processes). Leave it open.
3. 3
   Navigate to to C:\Windows\System32, and find WgaTray.exe.
4. 4
   Right-click on WgaTray.exe, and select Delete. Leave the deletion confirmation box open.
5. 5
   Go back to Windows Task Manager and click Wgatray.exe.
6. 6
   Click End Process. When you are prompted for a confirmation to terminate the process, align the “End Process” confirmation box with the previous “Delete File” confirmation box, or at least have them close together. Do this because you'll need to do both actions quickly — at least within 2 or 3 seconds.
7. 7
   Click Yes in both boxes, quickly. Click on Yes on the Task Manager prompt (to “end the process”) and then quickly press Yes on the deletion confirmation (to delete the actual file). You’ll need to repeat this if you miss it.
8. 8
   Launch the Registry Editor. Click Start, then Run, and enter regedit.
9. 9
   Browse to the following location:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
10. 10
    Delete the folder WgaLogon and all its contents.
11. 11
    Reboot Windows 7.
12. 12
    Check your work. As a precaution, after you have followed the above instructions:
    • Go to Control Panel > Security Center > Automatic Update Settings.
    • Select the third option, “Notify me but don’t automatically download or install them."
    • Click OK.
    • The next time the “Windows Updates” icon appears in the system tray, click on the icon and it will display a list of available updates. Windows won’t automatically download and install them anymore.
    • If “Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Tool” is there, uncheck it and press enter to download everything else (if you want to). You can right-click to “hide updates” that you don’t want.
    • Select “Don’t notify me about these updates again”, so that they will be ignored every time updates are downloaded.
    • Just remember, from now on, make sure to check the list of downloads so that you don’t install any new versions of this “tool”.

Method 4 of 9: Command Delete

1. 1
   Try system restore first. If you have only just installed Windows Genuine Advantage notifications, simply using the system restore function will remove the program. Then refuse to accept the WGA update next time Windows updates. Otherwise, proceed as detailed below.
2. 2
   Open a Command Prompt window. Click on Start, then Run. Type CMD and press OK.
3. 3
   Change Directory into the System32 Folder. Type "cd \windows\system32" (without quotation marks).
4. 4
   Open Notepad window. Type the following lines:
   
   taskkill -IM wgatray.exe
   
   del wgatray.exe
   
   del wgalogon.old
5. 5
   Highlight and copy the three lines above to the Clipboard.
6. 6
   Paste the contents of the Clipboard to Command Prompt. This should kill the wgatray.exe process from the Taskbar and immediately delete both files wgatray.exe and wgalogon.dll.

Method 5 of 9: Executing a Batch Script

1. 1
   Right-click on your desktop. Choose New, then Text Document.
   • Enter the name as "remove.bat" without the quotes.
   • A message should appear saying that you are changing a file type. Click Yes. If the message does not appear, and the file icon is a picture of a piece of paper, then you need to enable "show file extensions for known file types" in the Windows Explorer Tools ->Folder Options dialog.
2. 2
   Right-click on remove.bat and select Edit. Notepad will open.
3. 3
   Paste the following lines into Notepad, then save and exit:
   
   taskkill -IM wgatray.exe
   
   del wgatray.exe
   
   del wgalogon.old
4. 4
   Double-click on the remove.bat icon. A command prompt window should briefly appear, then close automatically.

Method 6 of 9: System Tools

1. 1
   Open System32 by either of the following methods:
   • Click Start, then Run. Type "system32" (without quotes), and click OK.
   • Find system32 manually by clicking Start, My Computer, (C:) (or whatever your drive letter is), WINDOWS, then system32.
2. 2
   Hide extensions. In system32, go to Tools, then Folder options. Click on the tab, View, and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" if it is not already.
3. 3
   Check to make sure the window that comes up has a full screen of various files. The files are in alphabetical order, which makes it easier to locate the specific file.
4. 4
   Find WgaLogon.dll. Rename it "WgaLogon.dll.bak" (without quotes).
5. 5
   Create an empty copy of WgaLogon.dll.
   • Right click on a blank space in system32 and select New, then Text Document.
   • Leave the text document empty and label it "WgaLogon.dll" (without quotes). Press Enter (on your keyboard).
   • You may get a warning from the above step that says, "If you change a file name extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?" Click Yes on this warning.
6. 6
   Be ready to complete the next two steps very quickly.
   • Find WgaTray.exe in system32 and delete it.
   • You will then have 5 seconds to find WgaTray.exe in the Task Manager.
   • Note that if you remove the files mentioned above while you are in Safe Mode, the next step is unnecessary.
7. 7
   Immediately open Task Manager. You can do this three different ways:
   • Press Ctrl, Shift, and Esc simultaneously.
   • Press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete simultaneously.
   • Right click the Taskbar and select Task Manager.
8. 8
   Click on the process tab and select WgaTray.exe. Click on End Process.
   • Note that if you take longer, do not panic! All that will happen is that WgaTray.exe will keep reappearing in the processes list (i.e. you won't be able to delete it as required). To remove the notifications after this, return to system32. You will find two files:WgaLogon.dll.bak (the one you renamed) and an Application Extension (0KB) called WgaLogon.dll. Delete the Application Extension, rename WgaLogon.dll.bak to WgaLogon.dll and repeat the process at a greater speed, from deleting WgaTray.exe from system32.
9. 9
   Restart your computer when finished. All the notification messages should be gone.

Method 7 of 9: Renaming

1. 1
   Open a Command window. Click on Start, then Run. Type CMD and click OK.
2. 2
   Open Notepad. Click Start, then Run, and type NOTEPAD. Click OK.
3. 3
   Type or copy the following lines into the Notepad window:
   
   CD %systemroot%\system32
   
   rename wgatray.exe wgatray.exe.bak
   
   rename wgalogon.old wgalogon.old.bak
   
   rename LegitCheckControl.dll LegitCheckControl.dll.bak
   
   taskkill /F /T /IM wgatray.exe
   
   del wgatray.exe.bak
   
   del wgalogon.old.bak
   
   del LegitCheckControl.old.bak
4. 4
   Leave a blank line. Make sure there is a blank line at the end of the text document, right after the last line of text.
5. 5
   Select all the text (Ctrl-A) and copy to the clipboard (Ctrl-C).
6. 6
   Paste the clipboard into the CMD window. Right click and select Paste, or Press Ctrl-V.
   • This should kill the wgatray.exe process and delete the files it uses.

Method 8 of 9: Renaming (Graphical Interface by selection)

1. 1
   Select "My Computer" on an Admin account of your Windows-computer.
2. 2
   Select the Windows folder of your "Local Disk (C:)" drive.
3. 3
   Find and select the "system32" folder.
4. 4
   Right-click "wgatray.exe" and rename this file as "wgatray.exe blocked" (without quotations).
5. 5
   Right-Click "wgalogon.dll" and rename it as "wgalogon.dll blocked" (without quotations).

Method 9 of 9: Alternative

1. 1
   Launch Windows Task Manager.
2. 2
   Locate the process “wgatray.exe” and end it.
   • If you are unable to end the process then try to rename file wgatray.exe to aaa in both c:\Windows\System32\dllcache and c:\Windows\System32 directories.
3. 3
   Type regedit in the Run box to open Registry Editor.
4. 4
   Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify key and ??
5. 5
   Delete the folder WgaLogon and all of its contents.
6. 6
   Restart the PC normally.
7. 7
   Delete the file aaa from c:\Windows\System32.
8. 8
   Delete the aaa from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.

Why is my screen black when I start Windows 7?

Video adapter problems are the most common cause of this issue.

Try the following troubleshooting procedures, in order. If the steps in the first procedure don't fix the problem, move on to the next procedure.

Reinstall your video driver

1. Right-click the taskbar, and then click Start Task Manager.
2. Click the Processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
3. Click File, and then click New Task (Run).
4. In the Open text box, enter explorer.exe, and then click OK.
5. Click the Start button , enter device manager in the search box, and then, in the search results, click Device Manager.
6. Double-click Display adapters, right-click your display device, click Update Driver Software, and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears.

Note

• After the driver is reinstalled, you might need to restart your computer again to complete the installation. You might also need to adjust the screen resolution to its previous setting. For more info, see Change your screen resolution.

If these steps solved the problem, you're done. If not, go on to the next set of steps.

Check for registry issues

1. Right-click the taskbar, and then click Start Task Manager.
2. Click the Processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
3. Click File, and then click New Task (Run)
   In the Open text box, enter explorer.exe, and then click OK.
4. Click the Start button, enter regedit in the search box, and then, in the search results, click regedit.exe.
5. Browse to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
6. Click to select the WinLogon key, and then, in the right pane, click Shell. The value of Shell in the Data column should beexplorer.exe. If the value of Shell isn't explorer.exe, double-click Shell, and then, in the Value data text field, enterexplorer.exe, and then click OK.
7. Close the registry editor, and then restart your PC.

If these steps solved the problem, you're done. If not, go on to the next set of steps.

Start the computer in safe mode and run System Restore

1. Click the Start button , click the arrow next to Shut Down, and then click Restart.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You must press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.
   • If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the operating system you want to start in safe mode, and then press F8.
3. On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode, and then press Enter.
4. Log on to your computer with a user account that has administrator rights. When your computer is in safe mode, you'll see the words Safe Mode in the corners of your monitor.
5. Click the Start button , type "system restore" in the search box, click System Restore, and then click Next.  If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
6. Choose a restore point when your PC worked as expected, click Next, and then click Finish.
7. Restart your computer normally.

If these steps solve the problem, you're done. If not, try repeating the steps and selecting an older restore point (if one is available). If that still doesn't solve the problem, contact your computer manufacturer or technical the support for further assistance.

Error 3417: Unable to start SQL Server (WASPDBEXPRESS) service

This internal article applies to the SQL Server (WASPDBEXPRESS) service  not starting. Try each step, then test. If the error still occurs, try the next step in turn. If none of the steps fix the problem, SQL may just be corrupt and will need to be removed and reinstalled. Be sure to move or copy any relevant data files to a safe location before attempting fixes.

1. Go to the following location:
32-bit Windows: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data64-bit Windows: C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data:
Confirm the .mdf and .ldf files are not compressed.  If compressed, uncheck "Compress contents to save disk space" from the Advanced Attributes of the file's Properties.

2. Grant the Windows user and then the "NETWORK SERVICE" account full permission to the before-mentioned Data folder.  

3. It is also possible that the master.mdf file is corrupt.  If steps 1 and 2 do not resolve, backup the current master.mdf and master.ldf (or mastlog.ldf) files, then replace them with known good files. Note that any attached database(s) have their file paths saved in the Master database, so if the paths to the database files are different on the two PCs (for example, 32-bit vs 64-bit Windows), there will still be an error when starting the SQL service.

4. Last step and finally working step- back up master.mdf and mastlog.ldf and tempdb.mdf and templog.ldfand goto folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.TOUCHE9\MSSQL\Template Data and copy master.mdf and tempdb.mdf and log file also and  paste to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.TOUCHE9\MSSQL\Data and then starting the SQL service.

Reattach all db and permission to opm1 user then problem solved.