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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Internet Download Manager 6.15 Free Download








Steps:

1. Download and Extract with WinRAR
2. Password= www.muhammadniaz.net
3. Install idman615
4. Close Internet Download Manager in Tray Icon
5. Copy "IDMan" in Crack Folder and Paste into "C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager"





What is Bit Locker In windows 7 ,How it works...?






 Bit Locker In windows 7


The BitLocker Drive Encryption helps you to protect all files stored on the Operating System Drive, on fixed data drives or on removable data drives (such as external hard drives or USB flash drives).

BitLocker encrypts the entire drive. All the Windows system files necessary for startup and logon are also encrypted. You can log on and work with your files normally, but BitLocker can help block hackers from accessing the system files.

When you add new files to a drive that is encrypted with BitLocker, BitLocker encrypts them automatically. If you share encrypted files on the network then they can be normally accessed by the authorized users only.

Hardware requirements for BitLocker Drive Encryption

To use BitLocker Drive Encryption, your computer has to meet certain hardware requirements. These requirements vary depending on the type of drive that you are encrypting. 

Hardware requirements for the drive that Windows is installed on

To encrypt the drive that Windows is installed on (the operating system drive), BitLocker stores its own encryption and decryption key in a hardware device that is separate from your hard disk i.e. either Trusted Platform Module (TPM) or a removable USB Flash Drive.
To turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption on the operating system drive, your computer’s hard disk must:

Have at least two partitions. One partition must include the drive Windows is installed on and must be at least 400 MB. This is the drive that BitLocker will encrypt. The other partition is the active partition, which must remain unencrypted so that the computer can be started. If your computer does not have two partitions, BitLocker will create them for you.

Hardware requirements for data drives

You can use BitLocker to encrypt fixed data drives (such as internal hard drives) and removable data drives (such as external hard drives and USB flash drives). To encrypt a data drive, it must be formatted using either the exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS file system and must be at least 128 MB.



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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Step by Step guide for Sysprep utility


Step by Step guide for Sysprep  utility

Here is a list of what you will need:

First we are going to walk through building the unattend.xml file (answer file) and then we will walk through the actual Windows 7 imaging process.

PART 1 – XML FILE CREATION


Step 1

If you have a Windows 7 installation DVD, insert it now. Or if you have an ISO of 7, go ahead and extract it to a folder on your desktop. (I recommend 7-zip).

Step 2

Launch Windows System Image Manager. Your start menu should look like the image below:
Windows 7 WAIK Version 1

Step 3

Under the “Windows Image” header, right click and select new image.
Windows System Image Manager

Step 4

You will now want to browse to the .CLG file in your Windows 7 installation (I am using Windows 7 Enterprise x64 in my example). It is located in the sources folder. See Image below. You can select either the .clg file or the install.wim. Both will have the same result.
Selecting CLG File - WSIM

Step 5

Now we need to create a new answer file. Go to the file menu and select “Create New Answer File.” Right after creating one, go ahead and simply go to file menu and select “Save Answer File.” This will give your XML file a name and save location. I chose to name mine unattend.xml. Now you see we have two category folders, Components and Packages. Under the Components folder you see that we have 7 options:
  • 1 windowsPE
  • 2 offlineServicing
  • 3 generalize
  • 4 specialize
  • 5 auditSystem
  • 6 auditUser
  • 7 oobeSystem

Step 6

These are very important as these are the steps in which the unattend.xml file is sequenced.
The next part is a little confusing. You are going to add components, from under the “Windows Image” section on the bottom left hand side to the passes on your Answer File. To add a component, you can right click on them and select “add to # pass”. There are many different options you can add, but they have to be done in a certain order and pass otherwise your sysprep might fail. I am simply going to use the one I created as the example.
Answer File - Unattend.xml
Here is more information about adding options under the passes:

1 windowsPE

Nothing required in my example.

2 offlineServicing

Nothing required in my example.

3 generalize

amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
Set 1 for SkipRearm to allow up to 8 rearms

4 specialize

amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Deployment_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
Order: 1
path: net user administrator /active:yes
WillReboot: Never
RunSynchronousCommand[Order="1"]
RunSynchronous
amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
SkipAutoActivation: true
amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
Computer Name: Leave blank (we will deal with this at the end)
CopyProfile: true
Registered Organization: Microsoft (you must leave this in this section)
Registered Owner: AutoBVT (you must leave this in this section)
ShowWindowsLive: false
TimeZone: Pacific Standard Time
You can delete other sub-header components if you don’t need them.

5 auditSystem

Nothing required in my example.

6 auditUser

Nothing required in my example.

7 oobeSystem

amd64_Microsoft-Windows-International-Core_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
InputLocale: en-us
SystemLocale: en-us
UILanguage: en-us
UserLocale: en-us
amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_6.1.7600.16385_neutral
RegisteredOrganization: Your Company Name
RegisteredOwner: Your Name
AutoLogon
Password: Administrator Password
Enabled: true
LogonCount: 5
Username: administrator
FirstLogonCommands
CommandLine: cscript /b c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (windows 7 license key)
Order 1
RequiresUserInput: false
CommandLine: cscript /b c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato
Order 2
RequiresUserInput: false
SynchronousCommand[Order="1"]
SynchronousCommand[Order="2"]
OOBE
HideEULAPage: true
NetworkLocation: Home
ProtectYourPC: 1
UserAccounts
Password: Administrator Password
Action: AddListItem
Description: Local Administrator
DisplayName: Administrator
Group: Administrators
Name: Administrator
LocalAccount[Name="Administrator"]
AdministratorPassword: Administrator Password
LocalAccounts
If you have questions, look at my image above to see full layout of components, it should help.

Step 7

K, now go ahead and save your answer file as unattend.xml.

Step 8

If you want the sysprep to prompt for a computer name you need to remove a line from your XML file. Open up your XML file you saved with notepad and remove the following line:
Unattend.xml Computer Name

PART 2 – IMAGING PROCESS / RUNNING SYSPREP


Step 9

Install Windows 7 (Enterprise) from CD or USB flash drive, when you arrive at the welcome screen and it asks you to create a username, hit ctrl+shift+f3.
This will reboot your machine and put your windows build in ‘audit’ mode.

Step 10

On reboot, you’ll automatically be logged in under the built-in Administrator account. A sysprep GUI box will appear, but you can close it and NOW begin to customize your profile.

Step 11

Install any software/drivers, make any profile customizations, etc.
If you need to reboot, the computer will boot you back into the Administrator account. You will be stuck in this audit mode until you run sysprep with the /oobe parameter. After doing so, sysprep will delete/clean up the Administrator account, but if you have copyprofile=true in your unattended answer file, it will copy the customized Admin account to the default profile before deleting it.

Step 12

On the PC you are going to be running sysprep on, you need to create a folder called scripts in this directory: %WINDIR%\Setup\. Now you are going to create a CMD file within the %WINDIR%\Setup\Scripts directory. Right click and make a new text file called SetupComplete.txt. Remove the .txt extension and replace that with .cmd. You now have a SetupComplete.cmd file which windows will read the first time it boots up from the sysprep. We need to place a script inside the CMD file. Edit the cmd file with notepad and insert this line: del /Q /F c:\windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml. This script will delete your unattend.xml file after it has been used. The unattend.xml file is also copied to the C:\Windows\Panther directory, so you will want to add a second line to the CMD file, del /Q /F c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml. If you have passwords or cd keys stored in that xml file you don’t have to worry about it being left on the computer.
UPDATE AS OF JUNE 16TH: Read my Taskbar Icons Tutorial before continuing.

Step 13

Once you have everything configured correctly, Copy or move your unattend.xml file to : C:\windows\system32\sysprep. Now to run sysprep, navigate to that sysprep folder, hold SHIFT and right click and select “Open New Command Windows Here”. Next, input the following commands:
sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:unattend.xml

Step 14

Turn the computer back on and boot to WinPE 3.1 environment (USB stick or CD/DVD). You can use mytheITBros WinPE3.1 BootLoader to boot up from USB or CD and capture your image. Capture image and save image to network location.
A Dell 960 or GX755 is a good standard for capturing when you want a generic image for use with multiple systems. Might require injecting additional drivers for 3rd party brands, HP, etc. Most should work though right out of the box.

Step 15

On reboot, Windows will run out of the box, as the /oobe is intended. As long as you put your cd key into the unattend.xml file, windows will be activated automatically in the background, you will be automatically logged into the administrator account, and the unattend.xml file is deleted. You are now ready to use the computer or join it to the domain. Enjoy!

Dual-boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 using a VHD

Creating a System Image

The first thing that you’ll want to do is create a System Image from within Windows7’s Backup and Restore. When you do, you’ll end up with a complete image of your hard disk. That way, if anything out of the ordinary were to occur as you follow the steps for creating a dual-boot system, you will be able to return to your current configuration. Furthermore, I recommend that you also create a separate backup of your data. Maybe just make copies of all your data files on CD/DVD or on an external hard disk. While it may sound like overkill, having an extra backup will give you peace of mind.
To create a system image, you’ll need to have a CD-RW/DVD-RW drive, an external hard disk, or access to a network drive. To access Backup and Restore, click the Start button, type Backup in the Search box, and press [Enter] when Backup and Restore appears in the result pane.
Once you have Backup and Restore up, select the Create a System Image option and choose your backup location. As you can see in Figure A, I used an external hard disk attached to this system.

Figure A

On my test system, I’ll use an external hard disk to create my system image.
As you can see in Figure B, on this test system there is only one partition. To initiate the operation, just click Start backup. On my test system with a 500GB hard disk, it took just over an hour to create a System Image on an external hard disk.

Figure B

Creating a System Image on an external hard disk is easy.
When the System Image is complete, you’ll be prompted to create a System Repair disc, as shown in Figure C. This is the disc that you will use to boot your system and restore your system image in the event that you need it.

Figure C

When the System Image is complete, you’ll be prompted to create a System Repair disc.

Setting up a VHD

With your System Image completed, you’ll use the Disk Management tool to create the VHD on which you will install Windows 8. To launch Disk Management, click the Start button, type Disk Management in the Search box, and press [Enter] when Create and format hard disk partitionsappears in the result pane. When Disk Management launches, pull down the Action menu and select the Create VHD command, as shown in Figure D.

Figure D

You’ll select the Create VHD command from the Action menu.
When you see the Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box, click the Browse button and use the Browse dialog box to create a folder and specify a name for your VHD file.
As you can see in Figure E, I have created a folder called VHDs in the root directory and named the VHD file Windows8RP.vhd. You will then specify a disk size and disk format. I have specified the size as 50GB and set it up as a Fixed size. You can use whatever size you want and chooseDynamically expanding format if you wish, just be sure that you have enough room on the hard disk to accommodate your VHD. (If you look back at Figure D, you can see that on my test system I have 350GB of free space and specifying a 50GB Fixed size VHD was an easy choice.)

Figure E

For my example VHD I choose a 50GB Fixed disk.
When you click OK, Disk Management will go to work creating the new VHD file. As it does so, you will see the progress in the Status bar, as shown in Figure F.

Figure F

Disk Management displays the VHD creation progress in its Status bar.
It will take a few minutes to create a Fixed size VHD file. When the VHD is complete, you will see the new disk in Disk Management, as shown in Figure G. Here you can see that my 50GB VHD is listed as Disk 2 and will notice that it is also marked as Unknown, Not Initialized, and Unallocated. Don’t worry; we’ll take care of establishing the disk during the Windows 8 installation procedure. A this point, you can close Disk Management.

Figure G

The new VHD will be marked as Unknown, Not Initialized, and Unallocated.

Installing Windows 8

Now that you have your VHD established, installing Windows 8 in a dual-boot configuration should be a pretty straightforward operation. Let’s take a closer look.
To begin, insert the Windows 8 Release Preview DVD and reboot your system. After a few minutes, you’ll see the Windows Setup screen shown in Figure H and will specify your language settings before clicking Next.

Figure H

The first step in the installation is to specify your language settings.
Once the initial steps are taken care of, you’ll see the Windows Setup screen shown in Figure Iand will click the Install Now button. However, keep in mind that we aren’t exactly ready to install Windows just yet; you must first access your VHD.

Figure I

While you will click the Install Now button, you’re not quite ready to install Windows 8.
When you see the next Windows Setup screen, you will immediately press Shift +F10 to open an Administrator Command Prompt window as shown in Figure J.

Figure J

When you press Shift-F10, you’ll see an Administrator Command Prompt window.
To prepare your VHD you’ll use the command Diskpart utility. Follow these steps:
  • Type the command:
diskpart
  • Once the Diskpart environment is ready, you’ll use the select command to instruct Diskpart to access your VHD file as follows:
select vdisk file=c:\VHDs\Windows8RP.vhd
  • After you have selected the VHD file, you’ll use the attach command to essentially connect the VHD to your system as follows:
attach vdisk
This entire procedure is illustrated in Figure K.

Figure K

After each command, you should see a success message.
Once you are done, you can type exit to leave the Diskpart environment and then click the Close button the close the Administrator Command Prompt window. When you return to the Windows Setup screen, you select the Custom option, as shown in Figure L.

Figure L

Make sure that you select the Custom Install Windows only option.
At this point, Windows Setup will prompt you to choose the location to which you want to install Windows 8 and you can now select your VHD, which will be designated as Unallocated Space and be the size that you specified.
As you can see in Figure M, I have selected my 50GB VHD. Keep in mind that when you select the VHD, you’ll see a Warning message that says that Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Even though Windows Setup displays this warning message, you can ignore it as the procedure does indeed function correctly. In fact, the installation procedure will progress quite rapidly and restart several times as it completes the installation on the VHD - just like it would on a normal hard disk.

Figure M

Select your VHD drive, ignore the warning message, and click Next.
As soon as you click Next, the installation will begin, as shown in Figure N. This part of the operation will take a while so go get yourself a cup of coffee.

Figure N

As soon as you click Next, Windows Setup will begin copying files to the new partition.

Dual-booting Windows 7 and Windows 8

When the installation is complete, Windows Setup will reboot your system one final time and you will then see the new Windows 8 style dual boot screen shown in Figure O. As you can see, Windows 8 will automatically launch in 30 seconds if you don’t choose Windows 7.

Figure O