An ex-colleague asked a favour to check on her hubby pc. Kena all sorts of viruses! Then the pc was having problem logging on to window. After it start up, log on, it got log out immediately. Luckily I have the tool to help me work on the problem.
Use ERD Commander to boot up.
Click START - RUN. Type REGEDIT. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ WindowsNT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon
In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes.
Close Registry Editor and restart Windows.
Managed to logon to Windows successfully.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Remove Downad.AD Virus
Almost 50% of the company pc was infected by virus, including servers. This DOWNAD.AD virus darn power! Even the most powerful antivirus I use is unable to detect or clean the virus. Additional tools are required to force Windows to delete the infected file.
Come across this site called UnLocker which is able to delete the stubborn virus.
Symantec also have a fix tool which is able to remove the virus. Click here to download the tool.
Friday, March 27, 2009
The account has been restricted, please contact system administrator
Woahhh, been spending lots of hours trying to figure out how to troubleshoot the above error message on one of the user pc. Don't know what causes the error, but it just happened.
Better document this for future reference. For those who encountered similar problem, do this :-
Sign on the the pc using local pc Administrator account.
Right mouse click MY COMPUTER – PROPERTY – COMPUTER NAME. Click CHANGE. Under MEMBER OF, click on WORKGROUP & key in WORKGROUP. Click OK. Then restart the pc.
Then sign in again using local pc Administrator account.
Right mouse click MY COMPUTER – PROPERTY – COMPUTER NAME. Click CHANGE. Under MEMBER OF, click on DOMAIN & key in the domain name. Click OK. Then restart the pc.
The user should be able to logon to the domain w/out problem.
Better document this for future reference. For those who encountered similar problem, do this :-
Sign on the the pc using local pc Administrator account.
Right mouse click MY COMPUTER – PROPERTY – COMPUTER NAME. Click CHANGE. Under MEMBER OF, click on WORKGROUP & key in WORKGROUP. Click OK. Then restart the pc.
Then sign in again using local pc Administrator account.
Right mouse click MY COMPUTER – PROPERTY – COMPUTER NAME. Click CHANGE. Under MEMBER OF, click on DOMAIN & key in the domain name. Click OK. Then restart the pc.
The user should be able to logon to the domain w/out problem.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sign Language
A woman gets on a city bus. She looks at the driver and holds up one hand; the driver holds up two hands.
Next, the woman points up; the driver points down.
Then, the woman grabs her breast; the driver grabs his crotch.
Finally, the woman grabs her butt and gets off the bus.
A curious passenger asked the bus driver what the odd motions were all about.
The driver explained, "The woman is a deaf-mute. She asked me if a bus
ride is five cents, and I told her it was ten cents"
"Next, she asked if the bus was going uptown, and I told her it was
going downtown. Then, she asked if the bus was going pass the
milk-farm,and I told her it was going pass the ball-park."
The passenger interjected, "Okay, but why did she grab her butt as she
left the bus?"
The driver continued, she replied "Oh shit, I'm on the wrong bus!"
Next, the woman points up; the driver points down.
Then, the woman grabs her breast; the driver grabs his crotch.
Finally, the woman grabs her butt and gets off the bus.
A curious passenger asked the bus driver what the odd motions were all about.
The driver explained, "The woman is a deaf-mute. She asked me if a bus
ride is five cents, and I told her it was ten cents"
"Next, she asked if the bus was going uptown, and I told her it was
going downtown. Then, she asked if the bus was going pass the
milk-farm,and I told her it was going pass the ball-park."
The passenger interjected, "Okay, but why did she grab her butt as she
left the bus?"
The driver continued, she replied "Oh shit, I'm on the wrong bus!"
Monday, March 23, 2009
Text Message - 1 Unread SMS
Been having this problem on my smartphone. On screen it says, 'text message - 1 unread'. But all sms has been read. Luckily I found this website, Freeware for Pocket PC which has the tool to fix the problem. Best of all, there are hundreds of free software available for smartphones / pocket pc out there. Salute to the people who come out with this brilliant software creation.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Bush & Israeli Mossad
After numerous rounds of 'We don't even know if Osama bin Laden is still alive', Osama himself decided to send George Bush a letter in his own hand writing to let him know he was still in the game.
Bush opened the letter and it contained a single line of coded message:
370H-SSV-0773H
Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condoleezza Rice. Condi and her aides had not a clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, and then to MI6.
Eventually they asked the Mossad (Israeli intelligence) for help.
Within a minute the Mossad emailed the White House with this reply:
'Tell the President he's holding the note upside down.'
Bush opened the letter and it contained a single line of coded message:
370H-SSV-0773H
Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condoleezza Rice. Condi and her aides had not a clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, and then to MI6.
Eventually they asked the Mossad (Israeli intelligence) for help.
Within a minute the Mossad emailed the White House with this reply:
'Tell the President he's holding the note upside down.'
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The spoon
A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization.
Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, & noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?'
'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'
As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.' I was impressed.
I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'
'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.
I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?'
'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'
Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, & noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?'
'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'
As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.' I was impressed.
I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'
'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.
I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?'
'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'
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