If you forgot your password for Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

In Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 the user can password-protect the application’s settings from changes.

If you have forgotten/lost the password, you still can manage the settings and functionality of a Kaspersky Internet Security 2012. To disable password-protection, do the following: 

1. identify your OS type
2. download the archive passoff2012.zip 
3. unpack all files from the archive passoff2012.zip 
4. restart your computer in Safe mode 
5. from the archive run the file: 
   • x86.reg – if 32bit OS is installed 
   • x64.reg –if 64-bit OS is installed
6. in the Registry Editor window click Yes
7. make sure the information from the registry key has been successfully added to the system registry 
8. reboot your computer. 

The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

Relationship issues are fun!!

When you try to access a computer running Windows NT Server or Workstation that is a member of your domain with one of the following method, and it fails... it will show this message:

System Error 1789 has occurred. The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.

Cause:

The computer's machine account has the incorrect role or its password has become mismatched with that of the domain database.

Fix:

Log on locally as a local administrator (If you can). In the Network tool of Control Panel, select Change and enter a Workgroup name, leaving the domain. Restart the computer and log on locally as a local administrator.

Or

You can delete the existing computer account in Server Manager, recreate the computer account, synchronize the domain, and then on the client rejoin the domain.

Access Gmail with Outlook Using IMAP

To set up seamless access to all your Gmail mail and labels in Outlook 2007 (you can also access Gmail with Outlook 2002 or 2003):

• Make sure IMAP access is enabled in Gmail.
• Select Tools | Account Settings... from the menu in Outlook.
• Go to the E-mail tab.
• Click New....
• Make sure Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Type your name (what you want to appear in theFrom: line of messages you send) under Your Name:.
• Enter your full Gmail address under E-mail Address:.
  • Make sure you include "@gmail.com". If your Gmail account name is "asdf.asdf", make sure you type "asdf.asdf@gmail.com" (not including the quotation marks), for example.
• Make sure Manually configure server settings or additional server types is checked.
• Click Next >.
• Make sure Internet E-mail is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Select IMAP under Account Type:.
• Type "imap.gmail.com" under Incoming mail server:.
• Enter "smtp.gmail.com" under Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.
• Type your Gmail account name under User Name:.
  • If your Gmail address is "asdf.asdf@gmail.com", for example, type "asdf.asdf".
• Type your Gmail password under Password:.
• Click More Settings ....
• Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
• Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
• Now go to the Advanced tab.
• Select SSL under Use the following type of encrypted connection: for both Incoming server (IMAP): and Outgoing server (SMTP):.
• Type "465" under Server Port Numbers for Outgoing server (SMTP):.
• Click OK.
• Now click Next >.
• Click Finish.
• Click Close.

Repairing Outlook auto-complete

Q. For some reason my automated memory of email addresses in TO: address line won’t automatically populate in Outlook. Is there some setting that needs to be turned on?

A. Outlook maintains an auto-complete list, which is a file that contains the email addresses of every person you’ve sent an email while using the program. Using this list, Outlook can suggest an address as you start typing.

The option for auto-complete is typically enabled by default, but can be turned on or off in the settings for Outlook.

If you are using Outlook 2010 you can find these settings by clicking on the File tab and choosing Options and then clicking on Mail in the left hand column and scrolling down to the Send messages section. Here you will see a check box that says “Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc, and Bcc lines.”

If the option is enabled, but you auto-complete is not working then you probably have a corrupt auto-complete file.

Outlook automatically builds this file and saves it with the .NK2 extension and buries it deep in the file system of your computer. When it becomes corrupt the auto-complete stops working. The typical method of resolving this issue is to delete the auto-complete file and let Outlook build a new one. The problem with this method is that it doesn’t always work and when it does, you lose your entire archive of auto-complete addresses.

The method I use to correct this problem is to use a utility called NK2Edit from Nirsoft. This application will give you direct access to the auto-complete file which allows you to make many modifications, including editing out specific addresses you no longer need.

For the purposes of fixing a broken auto-complete file all you need to do is run the program and it will automatically open the file. Once you have it open, simply save it back to the original location and like magic, your auto-complete starts working again with all of your addresses intact.

Broadcasting Network joins IPTV and broadband fray by offering lower prices

The new digital cable TV operator, Asian Broadcasting Network (M) Sdn Bhd (ABN) is dangling high speed broadband (HSBB) and digital cable TV services at prices that are lower than the competition.

Its two competitors are Telekom Malaysia Bhd, which offers HSBB and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services via its UniFi and HyppTVrespectively, and Maxis Bhd/Astro which have forged a partnership to offer IPTV and broadband services.

UniFi is a broadband service by TM that uses fibre optics to deliver high speed internet, phone and IPTV services to customers' homes.

ABN is offering 10Mps, 30Mbps and 50 Mbps packages of HSBB at RM129, RM219 and RM369 per month respectively.

When combined with pay TV services - ABNxcess - it will cost an additional RM29.99 for 50 channels plus free-to-air TV, radio and games applications.

Both the pay TV service and HBSS will cost RM158.99 per month for the 10 Mbps HSBB package, RM248.99 per month for 30Mbps and RM398.99 per month for 50Mbps. ABN said it uses Motorola Mobility Home (now acquired by Arris) products and services, including cable modems, to deliver its HSBB services.

“Arris and Motorola's long experience and leadership in video and broadband in the cable industry provide ABN the ability to in turn serve subscribers with reliable and best-of-class service,” ABN president andCEO Sreedhar Subramaniam said.

ABN said besides high speed internet services, the same cable allowedABNxcess for video services, adding that ABNxcess pay TV service uses technology for video that does not suffer from “rain fade”, thunderstorm and lighting interference, or pixelisation caused by “last mile” network congestion present in IP based networks.

The ABNxcess pay TV service is provided using a TV set-top-box from Motorola that supports MPEG4 video compression, High Definition TV, USB port for future PVR services, games applications and information services.

ABNxcess is available in limited areas and has opened registration for its pay TV and HSBB services for installation within the next six months in several areas in the Klang Valley and Johor Baru.

How to Remove or Disable the Outlook Social Connector in Office 2010

Step 1

In Outlook 2010, Click the File tab and then Click Options.

Step 2

In the Outlook Options window, Click the Add-Ins tab and then Click the Go… button.

Step 3

Uncheck the box for Microsoft Outlook Social Connector and then Click OK.

Check Disk (chkdsk) Runs Every Time Windows Starts

Sometimes it happens that disk check always starts to check the file system on one or more drives for consistency. If any key is pressed, the disk checking is aborted. Actually this is because some data structure of the drive or some file is corrupted which can not be recovered and check disk is always run at Windows startup. Or sometimes it may take several hours for disk checking to scan all the drives. So disabling it or postponing disk check is better. There are several methods to disable disk checking at Windows startup. Two of them are given below:

Method 1: Using CHKNTFS utility

CHKNTFS is a utility that has been developed by Microsoft to disable disk checking on certain drives at Windows startup. To use this utility go to Start –> Run –> cmd

If you want to disable check disk on C: drive, use the following command on command prompt.

chkntfs /X C:

If you want to disable check disk on two or more drives, just keep on adding the drives:

chkntfs /X C: D: E:

This will disable check disk on C, D and E drives.

If you want to restore what you have done, that is, enable automatic disk checking on all the drives again, just run the following command:

chkntfs /D

This will restore all the drives to automatic disk checkup.

Method 2: Using Registry

To disable automatic disk checking at Windows startup through registry, go to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager

In the right hand pane, double click BootExecute.

The default value of the key is autocheck autochk *

* means every drive is checked for consistency. Just add /K:C at the end before *. /K switch will disable autocheck on C: drive at Windows startup. So the final value should look like this:

autocheck autochk /k:C *

If you want to add more drives, the key should look like this: (disabling C and D drives)

autocheck autochk /k:C /k:D *

If you want to restore everything to default, just replace the key with the default one i.e.,

autocheck autochk *