Enable Task Manager And Registry, If Disabled By Administrator

This. Is. The. Most. Irritation. Error. Message. Ever. And. So. Is. This. Writing. Style.

Seriously, when I get this, I freak out. What does this mean? That I’m not in control of my own computer? Shouldn’t I be incharge? But viruses think otherwise. They prefer to disable the task manager and the registry. And they amuse themselves. No amount of antiviruses out there can get rid of this. At least, that’s been the case with me. A Windows reinstall is always a viable option, but not in my case. My Intel 82845G Graphics Controller is so outdated, that even Intel doesn’t consider it to be worthy of getting a decent driver. The latest driver carries this stupid trojan, which disables important stuff. Tech gurus like me always like to mess up the Windows anatomy, and set it back again. Even novice users three-finger-salute Windows occasionally always, and kill processes. What now?

As always, here at Shadow Line comes another tutorial without using any third-party application. To fix this stupid error.

1] Open Notepad, by going to Start–>Run… and typing Notepad.

2] For enabling Task Manager, paste this:

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Or, for enabling Registry Editor, paste this:

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

3] Once you’ve pasted the required one, hit enter and open the Task Manager or Registry normally. Note that you’d have to do this always to open ‘em up

Lets take it a level further. Lets make a batch file, so that you can enable both with a single click from your desktop.

4] In Notepad, paste both the lines separated by a line.

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

5] After you’ve done that, go to File –> Save. Save it as fix.bat. You can replace fix by anything. But the .bat thingy is important. Save it at the desktop. Its easily accessible now. Double-click it, and you should see a command-prompt window for a split second. Open Task Manager and Registry editor normally now. You have to repeat this again, if you want to access the registry once more.

But if you’re the busy types, and you want someone else to do the dirty work, I’ll help you. Download the batch file itself.

So, thats it! Its fixed! But if you really want to stay away from all these viruses, I suggest you go elsewhere.

Download The TCS IT Wiz 2009 Quiz Finals

I’ve given you the prelims, Now eat the finals. The prelims were compiled by Shikhar, and hosted by me. The finals are compiled and written by Shreyans, and hosted by me. You can now see how I love to take credit for others’ work and boost my blog views.

Download The TCS IT Wiz 2009 Quiz Finals

A small note here. This quiz archive is EPIC. It’s simply awesome! Download it for sure. At. Any. Cost. Shreyans has compiled a truly magnificent archive. Never before have a seen something like this. If possible, print it on photo paper and frame it.

Windows UAC

Hey! Looks like you’re trying to install a new software! And it looks like its downloaded from the internet.

Yes.

Hmm. iTunes 9. Do you really want to install this?

Yes.

Alright. <wait a minute> I really don’t think you should. It may harm your computer.

I don’t care.

Ookay. But still, I must ask again. Do you really want to install this?

Yes, you idiot!

Alright! There’s no need to get so angry! <wait five minutes> Unfortunately, this program doesn’t seem compatible with Windows. Wanna try with recommended settings?

Hmm, alright. Ballmer didn’t leave me another choice, did he?

Er, no he didn’t. Lets go over this again.

Hmm. iTunes 9. Do you really want to install this?

Yes.

Alright. <wait a minute> I really don’t think you should. It may harm your computer.

I don’t care.

Ookay. But still, I must ask again. Do you really want to install this?

Yes, you idiot!

Alright! There’s no need to get so angry! <wait five minutes> Looks like you don’t have the permission to install software. Do you have an administrator password?

This is an administrator account, you twat.

I know, but still. Gimme a password.

Here goes…

Alright, then.

Hmm. iTunes 9. Do you really want to install this?

Yes.

Alright. <wait a minute> I really don’t think you should. It may harm your computer.

I don’t care. No wait. Cancel the freakin’ installation!

But why?

Psst! Lemme give you a piece of friendly advice. Use Windows Media Player.

That doesn’t work with iPods.

Do I care? Buy a Zune, for Bill’s sake! And oh, that installation you wanted to cancel? You can’t. Its hung. Its crashed.

Die.

Now WHERE did I keep those Linux disks?

June Wrap-Up

June has officially ended, and here are the stats for this month. This is the first month-stat-post I’m doing, because I never really explored how good WordPress’s stat system was.

Total views this June: 9,920 (Nine thousand, nine hundred and twenty, which is eighty short of ten thousand)

Top posts/pages:

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How To Set Up Your Printer In Ubuntu

Or, how to print effectively without any hassles in Ubuntu.

Step 1] Boot Ubuntu

Step 2] Make sure your printer is connected (via USB) and switched on

Step 3] Have two glasses of water

Step 4] Watch TV for five minutes

Step 5] Return to your terminal and start printing.

That’s it. No spoolsv problems, nothing. Ubuntu will notify about low-ink and out of paper problems. It also reads .pdfs and .docs, so there is no question of incompatibility anyway.

Transcode Video Files To DVD Using Nero

My first video tutorial!

Step 1: Install the entire Nero suite

Step 2: Download and install this plugin.

Step 3: Watch this video

Step 4: Comment for God’s sake!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 India License

Boost Your Internet Speed

Did you know that Windows XP reserves 20% of your bandwidth by default  for other applications, meaning that you will not be able to access your browser at maximum speed, because of some other application? It sucks, right? Well now you can change it. As usual, not by any 3rd party application, but by some clever tweaking. Lets edit group policies!

Steps

1] Hit WinKey+R to open the Run… dialog box.

2] Type gpedit.msc in the Run… dialog box and hit Enter or click OK. The Group Policy window opens up.

3] Navigate to Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates…

…QoS Packet Scheduler.

4] Now, in the right pane, double-click on Limit reservable bandwidth.

This window should open. This is how it looks like, originally.

6] Click the Enabled radio button. You will see 20% entered in the Bandwidth limit (%) text box. Type 0 instead. Zero. Not O. It should now look like this.

7] Click OK and close all the other windows. Restart Windows. You will surely notice a change in the speed.

It worked for me. Comment if it worked, or didn’t!

Blocking An Application

The registry can be modified easily to make way for a lot of tweaking. Blocking access to an application is one of those great things. No, as usual, I’m not going to use any third-part app (as they can be dangerous). Lets do some registry hacking by ourselves!!

1] Click Start –> Run… or hit WinKey+R on your keyboard to open the Run… dialog box.

2] Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software …

…/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies …

… /Explorer.

3] Right-click on any empty space in the right pane, and go to New –> DWORD Value.

4] Name the newly created DWORD Value as disallowrun. Press Enter to confirm the renaming.

5] Double-click disallowrun (which you just created) and make sure the Value data is 1 and the Base is Hexadecimal. Click OK when you’re done.

6] Again, right-click on any empty space in the right-pane, and select New –> String Value

7] Name the new String Value anything. I named it notepad, as I want to block the Notepad application. Hit Enter after renaming the file.

8] Double-click the String Value which you just created, and enter the exe name of the file you want to block. It is notepad.exe in this case. To find out the exe name, open Task Manager (by typing taskmgr in Run), and identify the exe name of the application you’re running. Type it into the Value data and click OK.

9] Close the Registry Editor, and restart your computer. You will find that the application is blocked.

Comment if it worked, or didn’t!

Publish Your Blog Using Word 2007

When Microsoft released Office 2007, I was overwhelmed at all the things it could do, and it never ceases to impress me. Especially PowerPoint – it’s got those great reflection controls. It’s one of the best office suites for Windows I’ve ever used – except iWork, which is only for Mac OS X. Yes. Better than Symphony and OO.org.

A great feature, this time from Word 2007, is blog publishing. Publishing a blog is just as easy as typing a document along with the ease of putting all those great headlines and super-efficient spell checking. So here are the steps. Follow closely!

1] Open Word 2007. Vista or Windows 7 users can type “word” in the search bar in the Start menu.

2] Click on the Office button on the top left corner.

3] In the menu, click Publish and click Blog.

4] A new document must now open. A dialog box will appear, telling you to register an account. Click Register Now.

5] Choose your blog provider now. A list of the common blog providers is already available; however, you may add another one if your blog provider isn’t listed. I chose WordPress, as your favourite blog Shadow Line is hosted on it.

6] Click Next. A windows will appear asking you to enter your blog information. Do so.

7] This is an example of the information which I’ve entered for my blog. Notice that the URL is http://crystalunicorn.wordpress.com/xmlprc.php, and not http://www.crystalunicorn.wordpress.com/xmlprc.php. Do not forget to exclude the “www” part. It doesn’t work otherwise. Enter the User Name and Password. You do know that, don’t you. Don’t you? Don’t you?!

8] Click Picture Options if you want to change the way pictures are posted on your blog – whether you host them on the blog server, or on another server. Click OK when you’re done.

9] Your Blog Provider will now be contacted to register Word with your blog account.

10] Success! Click OK to start blogging.

Open Applications By Typing A Command

I like to open apps in a flash.

I hate to see my desktop cluttered with icons.

I love to type commands using my keyboard rather than using that mouse to double-click on that icon.

I hate to waste time for navigating to the location of my stored application.

If you feel that the above conditions apply fully to you, then this is the right post. If not, it still is.

Like I was saying, World of Goo is an awesome game. Obviously, I didn’t buy a full version. I downloaded a portable version. But I had to navigate to the folder always to get that game running. So I got an easier way:

1] Navigate to the file you want to open using the Run dialog box. It’s World of Goo in my case.

2] Right-click on the application icon, and click Create Shortcut.

3] You’ll see that the shortcut is created. It’s Shortcut to World of Goo in my case. Hit F2 on your keyboard (which is the shortcut to rename a file) and type a short, sweet name, that you’ll remember. I used goo. World of Goo is all about goo balls. So I possibly can’t forget about them.

4] Now to relocate the file. Hit Ctrl+X (which is the shortcut for moving a file), and open the Run… dialog box in the Start menu. Type %windir% and hit Enter. This opens your default Windows installation directory.

5] Hit Ctrl+V, and paste the shortcut in that directory. That’s it! You’re done!

6] Now, whenever I want to play, tap WinKey+R and type goo and press enter!

Hope you liked this post. Comment if it worked, or didn’t! I’ll solve your queries.