Trasnform Windows XP to Windows 7

Many of us  who have been using Windows XP from a very long time must be bored of its same old GUI. For all such people, you all should try out the new refreshing looks of Windows 7. Here’s how to change the taskbar, Windows, login Screen and Icons

Step 1: Change Taskbar & Windows

Get the latest Windows 7 theme to change the taskbar and windows into that of Windows 7.
Click here to download Windows 7 theme
After you have downloaded simply unzip th file and run the theme.exe file. Wait for the changes to happen.

Step 2: Change Login Screen

Change your XP login screen to Windows 7.
Click here to get Windows 7 login screen.
After Downloading
1) Go to the C:(OR whichever drive you have installed your OS in)>WINDOWS>Resources and create folder with the name Logon.

2) Unzip the file that you just downloaded and go to WideScreen or Normal Screen whichever you wish to install.

3) Copy the file logonUI.exe to Logon Folder.

4) Copy SETUP.REG & RESTORE.REG files to C:(whichever drive you have installed your OS in)>WINDOWS>Resources>Logon. Double click in setup.reg, click in Yes and Ok and Log off. Restart not required.
You can restore Windows XP Default’s logon double by clicking restore.reg.

Step 3:  Change Icons

To do so

1) Download Icon Tweaker, a software to change your icon package and unzip the download file.

2) Download Windows 7 Icon package file and unzip it.

3) First run the icon tweaker and then click on the file SevenVG below that with a .itt file extension

Finally, get a Windows 7 wallpaper to add up to the feel of Windows 7.
That’s it…your done!!!

This series will be continued in the coming days and many other tweaks like these will be shared. So keep reading.

Note: For those of you all  are worried about  your precious bandwidth, a total of only 15 MB’s will be used up when you download from the above mentioned links. So do not worry!!

How To Remove Open-With Virus Manually!!

Sometimes you might see that when you double-click on any of the drives that you wish to open, you get an ‘Open With’ window poping up. This happens when a virus has infects your PC. To open your desired drive you can either right-click on the drive and explore it. You can also change the address in the address bar to the desired drive you want to open. But all this can get irritating to do everytime.

This article will show you how to slove this problem by deleting the virus manually. When you read this it might seem too complicated to do all this, but when you actually start doing, it is real easy stuff. So read on…
To remove this virus…

1)Open Task Manager(Ctrl+Alt+Delete). Click on Processes tab. Now search for wscript.exe and click End Process.

2)Go to My Computer, click on tools tab, select Folder option >View tab, select ‘Show Hidden files and folders‘ and uncheck ‘Show Hidden files and folders‘ and ‘Hide protected operating system file.’ Click OK. This step will help you in identifyng the virus properly.

3)Now click on Start >Search  and type autorun.inf. Enter.
Delete all its occurances permanently, that contains MS32DLL.dll.vbs in its (which is ofcourse the virus) name by pressing Shift+Delete. Make sure you search in the hidden files.

4)Now to delete the virus from the system go to C:\WINDOWS,  select MS32DLL.dll.vbs and press Shift+Delete.

5) Now open registry editor (click start >Run and type regedit).
Got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >Software >Microsoft >Windows > Current Version >Run. Find MS32DLL and delete that entry.
Now select HKEY_CURRENT_USER >Software >Microsoft >Internet Explorer >Main. There you should find “Window Title Hacked by Godzilla“. Delete that entry. You’re done with registry.

6)Next click on Start >Run and type in gpedit.msc and press Enter. This will open Group Policy.
There select User Configuration >Administrative Templates >System and double click on Turn Off Autoplay. In the window there you should select Enabled and select All drives

7)The final step, click on Start >Run and type msconfig, press Enter. This will open System Configuration Utility.
Click on Startup tab, find the file MS32DLL, choose Enable All, then uncheck MS32DLL. Click Apply then OK to close. Then exit System Configuration Utility and select Exit Without Restart when prompt.
Also make sure you empty the Recycle bin just to be sure and finally restart your computer.
That’s it, your done.

How to Disable autorun permanantly on your PC
How to remove Regsvr.exe / New Folder.exe manually

Regsvr.exe, commonly known as New Folder, virus is a worm commonly found in most computers in offices & colleges  (my college PC's have them in abundance.) It creates a new folder, with the same folder name, within a particular folder and this can be really annoying. As such it seems to be a rather harmless worm but what exactly does the regsvr.exe virus do?

•  This worm creates folders and a registry entry to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.

•  This worm also creates a scheduled task to enable its automatic execution at a specified date and/or time.

•  It also creates Autorun.inf file for its auto execution.

So how to fix it???

1.  If the task manager and registry editor is disabled then we need to enable them first use the RRT software. Click here to get this software.

2.  Delete the Autorun.inf file created by the virus.

3.  Now type msconfig in the Run dialog and click on startup tab.

4.  Look for regsvr and uncheck any options, click OK.

5.  Now go to control panel -> scheduled tasks, and delete the At1 task that might be listed there.

6.  Type regedit in the Run dialog to open the registry editor.

7.  Click on Edit -> Find and search for regsvr.exe

8.    Just delete all the occurrences of regsvr.exe virus (DO NOTconfuse it with regsvr32.exe which is not a virus).

9.    Navigate to entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and modify the entry Shell = “Explorer.exe regsvr.exe” to delete the regsvr.exe from it.

10.    Now to actually delete the virus from the system go to system32 folder and delete the regsvr.exe virus file from there (you will need to uncheck the option of “Hide Protected System Files and Folders” in Folder Options to view the virus file).
Reboot the system for changes to take place.

Easily Prevent Virus From Entering Your PenDrive

Many a times we are left with no options but to use our pendrives on an infected PC at our college/offices. The moment you insert our pendrive into such PCs, your USB flash drive will be writable and can be infected by virus. A very easy and convinient way to prevent this is by using the fsutil command line tool includd in Windows.

For this...
1) Check the free space available on your pendrive. To do this right click on the icon of your pendrive and click properties. Look at the free space availavle in bytes.

2) Go to Start Menu >Accessories > Command Prompt and type the following command:

G: is the letter of my USB flash drive,Dummy is the filename and 3994132480 is the free space available in my pendrive. You can change it according to the free space available in your pendrive.

3) Now my pen drive has 0 free space and virus won’t be able to get in. When you want to copy files into the USB removable drive, simply delete the dummy file. When you’re done, create the dummy file again using the fsutil command.