Don’t have a wireless router at your home yet you want to create a W-Fi  hotspot and  share internet connection with other family members, your kids even with your neighbors? How to do that? As with other Windows previous versions , Windows 7 hides so many unexposed features many noobs like me are not aware of. One of the hidden features of Windows 7 is you can turn your computer running the latest Windows version into a small personal hotpot. With just a few clicks and easy steps you can make your computer a Wi-Fi hotspot and share the internet connection wirelessly with other Wi-Fi capable devices such as smartphones, the iPod, iPad etc.

To create a Wi-Fi hotspot with a Windows 7 computer  make sure your wireless network adapter supports  virtual Wi-Fi feature. Most recent network adapters have generally supported this feature, if you are not sure you can just give the following tricks a try and if it does not work then you need to replace your network adapter with a virtual Wi-Fi ready adapter or you can first try to find your network adapter’s  latest driver update that supports the virtual Wi-Fi.

Okay then, how to turn your Windows 7 into a personal hotspot? It’s a piece of cake and here are no additional applications required to make your Windows 7 computer a Wi-Fi hotspot as you just need to take the following easy steps:

Make sure your computer that you want to turn into Wi-Fi hotspot is connected to the main internet connection (Wireless Modem/Cable/DSL)

• Open the Command Prompt: Go to Start—-All Program—Accessories,  right click on Command Prompt and left click “Run as Administrator” as shown in the bellow picture.

Type the following line in the Command Prompt :

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yourhotspotname key=yourhotspotpassword

Note: Change the hotspot name and the ssid (password) with your own name and password (highlighted in red color)

or alternatively if you don’t want to type in the command line manually  you can create a bat file by copying and pasting it and save it with whatever name you like, don’t forget do add the .bat behind the file name, for example you want to create wifi.bat, you need to copy and paste the above command line and then hit “Save As” and rename it to wifi.bat. Don’t forget to put the newly-created file in the following location : C:\users\your computer user. Now type wifi.bat on the Command Prompt until you’re prompted with the following message:

Next, type the following command line bellow it, or you can create a bat file and call it the way you do with the above wifi.bat

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Your virtual Wi-Fi hotspot has now been activated.

The last step is enable internet connection sharing properties. Go to Network and Sharing Center, click “Change Adapter Settings, Right Click on Wireless Network Connection that has the grey “Microsoft Virtual Miniport Adapter” bellow it, Click on Properties, Click the Sharing tab and check the two checkboxes bellow “Internet Connection Sharing”. Hit OK

Done, you have just created a personal  WI-Fi  hotspot and you can start connect multiple  Wi-Fi-enabled devices to it.

Note: when you turn off  or reboot the computer the virtual hotspot will be deactivated and you need you repeat the above steps.

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Windows 7 and Vista come with Disk Management or partition manager, a handy Windows built-in tool that can be used to merge 2  partitions or more , shrink partitions and add unallocated space to the hard drive partition. Combining two partitions or more in Windows 7 and Vista, however, can only be done semi manually, you need to use a partition software to do the job automatically. Aside from merge partitions , using this tool you can also re-size and  expand existing partitions and many more.

In this post I will outline a simple way to do the above task using Windows Disk management. Before you merge the partition, the first thing to do is, and  it is higly recommended , you back up the entire folders and files and move them into an external storage  such as an external hard drive or  other movable storage devices with large space just in case you screw up with the steps bellow.

Now suppose that you have 2 partitions on your hard drive computer and you name them with drive C, drive D  and you want to merge drive D with Drive C. The first thing you need to do is move all files and folder from drive D to an external storage or if you if you’re sure you can execute the next steps correctly you may simply move them to drive C.

The next step is go to  Windows Disk Management, in Windows 7 you can access it by typing “partition” in the search box. See the bellow screenshot:

On the “Disk management” windows right click on the drive D and select “delete volume” to  merge hard drive partitions in drive C and D.

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This problem commonly affects Windows XP users even though  other Windows version users such as Windows Vista are not exempt from this . You can not hear sound from your computer and your computer says? “No Audio device was found . The  No Audio Device Error message  typically stems from improperly-installed sound card although other hardware-related issues may also cause this annoying problem.

Common Causes:

1. Your audio card is not properly connected to  the motherboard.
2. You don’t have an audio controller connected.
3. The audio device you try to use isn’t compatible with the computer  motherboard.

No Audio device was found error in Windows XP and Vista Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting 1

Go to my Control Panel, switched to Classic View, and open up the Device Manager. Then  access the Sound folder, clicked on the your audio sound card and try to Disable, then Enable it.

Troubleshooting 3

Here are a couple tips  to fix the most common  culprit an incorrectly installed card, if the above trick does not work :

1. First of all  you need to  find your audio controlling device or audio controller. From your Start Menu, go to your Control Panel. Next, go to Add Hardware and check if the audio device is already installed. make sure you  do not let your computer search for it automatically, since you may not be able to tell  if the audio device is improperly installed.
2. Scroll down to sound devices and check  your audio controller. Look into the device properties to see if it’s installed correctly. If the audio device  is not installed correctly you will notice a yellow-highlighted question mark next to the device’s name.
3. Uninstall / remove your sound card and its drivers. After removing the audio device you will need to reboot your computer, enter the bios, disable the onboard audio device, game port, and midi. Then start up and boot back into Windows , go to Add Remove Programs and make sure that the Audio device drivers have all also been uninstalled.
4. Reinstall the sound card and drivers. Uninstalling and reinstalling the sound card will in most cases fix No Audio Device was found  Error message in Windows XP and Vista . Make sure you first search for the latest driver updates by visiting the audio device  vendor website  before installing the driver. It’s possible that the driver for the device  have been updated since you first bought your computer .
5. Reboot your computer again. If you purchase a separate sound card you better off  disable the onboard sound card completely.

Troubleshooting 3

If you’re still encountering problems and still get the “No Audio device was found” in your Windows XP or Vista , try the following troubleshooting tips.

1. Use  a different PCi slot, this way Windows may detect it as a new slot  rather than attempting to reconfigure it on the slots. This trick allow s you to tell whether one of the slots are damaged.
2. In case you own an onboard sound card and yet you are attempting to use a separate sound card, make sure the onboard audio device is disabled.  And Last but not least always make sure the sound card you purchase is compatible  with your computer motherboard.
3. If you believe your sound card can not  be repaired  it is a good idea to borrow a still-working sound card from a friend, if possible, and try installing it to find out if the error is in fact  in the card itself. If it turns out the computer works with the sound card you borrow from your friend and you don’t get the “No Audio device was found”  error in your Windows XP or Vista  then a  final decision has to be executed. Buy a new sound card 

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Windows 7 comes with an extended and more powerful System Recovery than  those found in Windows XP and Windows Vista. Windows 7 System Recovery is your emergency disk when you need to restore your computer configuration  or when you need to perform Windows 7 error recovery such as  fix master boot record and boot sector.   The system recovery disk  is bundled with the Windows installation DVD.

Here Are A List Of What System Recovery Options Does In Windows 7

Startup Repair
Repairs specific computer issues, like missing or corrupt Windows  system files, which may stop Windows from operating properly.

System Image Recovery
A system image is a customized backup of the partition which contains Windows, and also  consists of programs and user data, like files, images, and music. You need to create a system image prior to using this feature.

System Restore
Restores your computer configuration and  system files to a previous state  without harming your files, such as email, files, or images. If you are using System Restore from the System Recovery Options menu, you will not be able to undo  the restore operation. Nevertheless, you may run System Restore again and pick an alternative restore point, if  there is any.

Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Scans your computer’s memory for errors.

Command Prompt
This feature is mostly used by experienced  computer users to carry out windows error recovery in Windows 7 operations as well as run other command line tools to diagnose and troubleshoot computer problems.

Recover  Windows 7 and Fix Windows Errors Using System Recovery Command Prompt Line Tools

• Now assume that you already have the recovery disk and you want to run the System Recovery disk  using command prompt line tools.
• To begin  with this you can get started by booting your computer and quickly hitting  the  F8 or F12 keys on the keyboard. You need to do this before  the Windows logo appears.
• Insert your Windows 7 installation DVD. You will be prompted with several menus, just click on  System Recovery and select Command prompt Menu a shown bellow.

Several Command Lines To Fix Your Windows 7 Computer Error Using System Recovery

BootRec / RebuildBcd : This will automatically rebuild the Windows 7 boot menu if there are corrupt systems files
BootRec / fixmbr : this command line will fix the master boot record (MBR) on your hard drive.
BootRec / fixboot : this will write a new boot sector on your hard drive. This is useful if you have a corrupt or damaged boot sector.
BootRec / ScanOs : This command will move the hard disk to the operating system that may not currently appear in the boot menu. This command line is useful if you have two operating systems  installed on your computer

Example : The following command lines is used if  you want to delete the boot menu and rebuild the boot menu from scratch

Bcdedit / export c: \ BCD_Backup
c:
boot cd
BCD attrib-s-h-r
ren c: \ boot \ BCD bcd.old
BootRec / RebuildBcd

Reference:  http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

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As time passes and with frequent use, files and folders on a computer’s hard disk will break down or get fragmented. This may make the your computer sluggish  and over time will likely have processing issues. Defragmenting your computer will enhance retrieval time as well as boost the your computer entire performance. It is recommended you defrag computer on a regular basis. This posting deals specifically with how to schedule defrag Windows 7 using the in-built Windows 7 Disk Defragmenter.

A computer program needs to access different files on the hard disk drive anytime it is run. If these files are distributed  on opposite sides of the hard disk rather than gathered and ordered neatly, as they need  to be, your computer will need to work extra hard and need more time gain access to the data it requires. In some instances, poor defragmenting might even result in an application to cease working completely.

Defragmenting your computer using Windows 7  Disk Defragmenter will reorganize hard drive by putting bits of relevant data together again so that files are organized neatly. Consequently, your computer  will be able to access files more effectively. By effectively organizing files and folders, defragmenting will leave the device’s free space in a single big slice. This may enable new files to be save in you computer in orderly manner , therefore decreasing the need for  defragmentation later on.

Schedule Disk Defrag using Windows 7 Disk Defragmenter

Click the Start button and type “defrag” without quote  in the search box and then hit Enter

After the disk defragmenter window pop ups, click on the Configure Schedule button seen in picture above :

Then pick a schedule when you want windows 7 disk defragmenter to perform a schedule defrag . It is recommended that you defragment your hard disk drive at least once a week and make sure the schedule is set  on the day and the hour when you frequently turn on the computer or notebook. If at the appointed time you’re not turning on the PC / notebook, then the system will not defragment the hard drive automatically.

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Creating and changing your user profile in Windows 7 is an easy task to do. But the problem is  after doing so the user folder name doesn’t change. So how to change both to the same new name? Just follow the bellow step-by-step instructions:

Rename User Folder in Windows 7 Step-by-step:

• First of all change your user account name by accessing the Control panel. Click Start Menu then Control Panel.

• On the Control Panel Windows click on user account name link

• Type in your new user account on the box bellow your profile picture and then click on the “Change Name” Button

• The next step would be to change your folder profile. First of all you need to create a new account with administrator rights to execute the next steps. This new account is  only needed to change the folder profile name. You may remove this account after you use it to change the folder profile name. To create a new account click Manage Another Account > Create a new Account

Type in the new account. Make sure you assign  “Administrator” right  for this new account.

• Log off your computer and then log in with the newly-created account
• Open Windows Explorer and then navigate to C:\users
• Right click on the folder you want to rename and change it to the same name as your new  user profile with which you log in to your Windows 7
• At this point you have successfully renamed your Windows 7 user folder but to avoid possible error you need to perform a registry edit. Go to registry editor by typing “Registry” (without quote) in Start Menu. Navigate to the following registry value :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList . Righ click on the profile list and navigate to  “Find” Menu
• Type in your old user in the search box and then hit ‘Find Next”.  Navigate to the “ProfileImagePath” located on the right pane of the registry editor and click twice on it
• Edit  the registry value to rename it to your new user profile.

• Done

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If want to move  or copy multiple files or folders in Windows 7  you need first of all  select multiple files or folders in the explorer window using  the Shift or Ctrl on the keyboard then move or copy them, but what if there is something wrong with  the keyboard or the keyboard  is out of order, what should you do?
Don’t worry, because in Windows 7 you can use check boxes as an alternative to get around this.

Follow the bellow steps :

• Click the Organize button which is above the windows explorer. Then on the menu that appears, select Folder and Search Options.
• In the Folder Options window that appears, move to the View tab. Check “usse check boxes”  as shown in bellow picture:

• Click the OK button.

With this settings , if you want to select several files in windows explorer, you don’t need to use the Shift or Ctrl. You can just put the check box beside the files you want to select

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If you run dual boot computer or  run another  operating system such as Linux  or previous Windows such XP or Vista aside from Windows 7 on your computer you will be prompted  to chose which operating system to run at startup . If you do not take any action during this time your computer will then run the default operating system. How to find out what is  the default OS on your computer? see the following instruction

Set default operating system in Windows 7:

• Type System in the Start Menu> Search programs and files, then the menu shown above, select the System link.
• After the System window appears, click Advanced System Settings link on the left panel see bellow picture:

• In the System Properties window, in of Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button.

• When Startup and Recovery dialog box emerges, select the operating system that will serve as the default operating system. Then click the OK button.

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You store very personal or confidential files in your computer and you do not want others , may be including your family members to share those files. You can hide those files using “Do Not Show Hidden Files” in the ‘Folder Option” yet this is not secure enough to completely hide your files because at any times they can be unhidden and accessed. They are a lot of folder lock applications that can completely password protect and  hide folders including their files but they’re mostly paid software. In this post we will be dealing with trick on how to password protect a  folder in Windows 7.
Windows 7 already has  a basic  hidden feature  to lock  and password protect a file or a folder, so that if you don’t want to spend few bucks to buy paid protect password folder applications you can use the following trick.

• Create a new folder in your computer, rename it with whatever  name, supposed you want to rename the folder as “My Folder”. Now open the folder right click inside the newly created folder and click new to create a new text document. Copy paste the following lines into the document and save as locker bat.

Quote:
Quote: cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p “cho=>”
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p “pass=>”
if NOT %pass%== password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
ren “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End

• Don’t forget to save it as all files (see the following picture) :

• Once the code is  copied code locate the following word :  password here (highlighted above  in blue color ), replace it with  a password with which you wish to password protect your folder.

• “My Folder” folder now wil consist of two files namely lock.bat and text document . Double-click on the file lock.bat, this will create a new file name “Private” as seen in the following picture:

• Move all your personal or classified folders into the “Private”  folder

• To lock and at the same time hide/  passsword protect the  private folderdouble click the lock.bat file. You will then be prompten with a command to lock (lock folder) or not. Y / N?

• Type Y (on keyboard) and then enter, then the private folder will be hidden /  disappear
• If you want to access the hidden and password-protected private  folder just click on the file lock file , then enter the password that you created earlier and hit Enter, private folder will appear and can be accessed again.

That’s how to password protect a folder in Windows 7 , this is quite useful  if you don’t  want advanced features offered by paid lock folder applications out there.

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I had a meeting with a client last week who happened to bring with him a notebook running on Windows XP. After  spending few minutes talking with each other  we went to straight to business discussing our upcoming projects  when  all of a sudden when my client was trying  to play a video presentation and  increasing  the notebook volume by adjusting the volume icon  he was prompted by a following message There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available.

Picture 1 : There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available Error Message

I thought this had to do with lost sndvol32 Windows System file yet it was not the case. It turned out this “There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available” error message was just because the Windows Audio service failed to start. In my personal  experience this can be caused by a particular application which interferes with the default Windows service settings.   Without any further rambling speech, here are what exactly I and my client did to sort this problem out :

This solution to the There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available error message is not only applicable to Windows XP users but is also for those running Windows Vista and Windows 7

• First of all you have to make sure your computer has  a soundcard or audio chipset installed properly and also see to it that you have installed the audio drivers , the latest one if neccessary.
• Navigate to Windows Services, in  Windows XP this can be accessed through Settings ——> Control Panel  ——>  Administrative Tools ——> Services or you can simply access it by typing services.msc in “Run” box (Click on Start and then hit  Run and type services.msc )
• You will be then taken to the Windows services, locate the service named “Windows Audio” as shown bellow.

Picture 2 Windows XP  Services

• Double click the Windows Audio Service

Picture 2 : Start Windows XP Audio Service

• Hit the Start Button

Congratulations you have brought to live your computer audio and you will not be annoyed again by this “There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available” error message. If you still encounter the same  problem after going through the above instruction then it’s most likely it is hardware-related problem meaning you have to spend few bucks to replace your computer sound card or  your audio chipset.

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