The user account can be hidden from welcome screen but can be used while sharing etc.

Steps

Create a new account from User Accounts

Make the following changes in registry

Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist

Create a new “KEY”  if “SpecialAccounts” is not listed, under special accounts create “userlist” too (again KEY).

Create a new “Dword 32 Bit value” with name of the created account name with the default value  “0″ (Zero), If  Dword value is “1″  account will be shown.

Windows 8 Download link

To install windows8 we can either burn a DVD or create a flash drive and install from it, here I’m using a flash drive.

To create a Win8 Flash installer media you can download Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool

You can either burn a dvd or copy the contents in the image using the above tool, like Win7 the flash drive should be above 4GB.

When using DISKPART command we need open cmd prompt with administartive privilages.

To do so, Start > type “cmd” Ctrl+Shift+Enter/ right click and run as administrator.

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.

C:\Windows\System32>diskpart

DISKPART> create vdisk file=d:\VMs\Win8.vhd type=expandable maximum=40000

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DiskPart successfully created the virtual disk file.

DISKPART> select vdisk file=d:\VMs\Win8.vhd

DiskPart successfully selected the virtual disk file.

DISKPART> attach vdisk

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DiskPart successfully attached the virtual disk file.

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

We can also do the following step using disk management too.

Boot from the Win8 installation media.

When the installation prompts to select drive to install hit on SHIFT+F10 , on the console use the following diskpart commands to mount the VHD which we have created.

DISKPART> select vdisk file=d:\VMs\Win8.vhd
DISKPART> attach vdisk

Now hit on ALT+TAB and switch to the list of disks and hit on refresh, now the VHD will be listed.

Please note: There will be a warning message saying the VHD can’t be booted to

After a while it will ask you for restart, after restart you may remove the installation media. System will reboot and continue installation from the VHD.

Also note that like windows 7/Vista we don’t need to create BCD entry for VHD, it will create a GUI boot menu automatically.

Freemind is a Mind mapping tool which is free of cost. Most of my project and  plannings are managed by this tool. Try it if you have not started using mind mapping tools. It is easy to go through a presentations or meetings. Currently my file has lot of  personal details which are not sharable. This lead me to think about a password protected mind map file. Finally i noticed that there is an option to encrypt files in freemind. The main advantage is that we can create nodes without password in the same file.

How to create an encrypted Map

1. Open FreeMind
2. Go to “File” menu and select “Create Encrypted Map”
3. Enter your password when it prompt

How to create a new Encrypted Node

1.Go to “Tools” menu
2.Insert  Encrypted Node

How to unlock and lock again

1.Go to “Tools” menu
2. Toggle Crypted / Encrypted

HD Speed is a free tool to check the performance of your hard drive, CD /DVD drives, Solid State Disks, Flash disks, Memory cards Etc. It is a standalone application. It will display a real time graph along with the average / current data transfer speed. This will help you to compare the performance of products like memory cards and pen drives. This tool is very helpful to check the computer performance when the PC got hung due to HDD errors. This application support a logging facility for the future reference also. You can freely download the software from Steelbytes

Here I have explained how to integrate an HTML signature to outlook 2007. This will help you to add your company logo or other social media icons to your signature. Try it and give me feedback

Create a Signature

1. Go to Tools > Options > “Mail Format” tab
2. Click “Signatures” button
3. Click on “New” in “Signatures and Stationery” window
4. Name your signature and click “OK”

Edit HTML file

1.  Go to signature files path.
Signature files are located at  {User profile}\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
Eg : c:\Users\binbert\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
2.  Find the html file with your Signature name.
3.  Open this file with an HTML editor
4.  Put your HTML code under  “<div class=section1> ”
5. Save the file and set this signature as default one

Unattended installation is an installation technology in which the setup automatically installs with minimum/no interaction with user. This technology is mainly used for installing Operating Systems(OS) in servers and PCs and large-scale roll-outs. The logic of unattended application is that the answers(keystrokes,mouse-clicks and other user inputs) are stored in a file. Then, during the setup process, instead of prompting you for installation and configuration information interactively, Setup follows the instructions contained in the answer file. As unattended installation uses an answer file to install and configure the application, there is minimal interaction from users during the setup process. This reduces the number of errors that are introduced during the setup process and the same configuration can be applied to multiple  systems. Unattended installation is much faster than interactive setup because, Setup does not have to prompt user for configuration information and wait for them to enter it; instead, Setup reads configuration settings from that answer file.

Most of the application’s setup that we use in our daily life can be made into unattended. I think, Auto-it is the best one to make automation scripts. AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to  automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys).

Unattended installation packages are very helpful for corporate users. Common application like Office suite, Media player, Compression utlity are hosted in a file server and deploy to client with single click. it can also integrate with installation CD of Operating system. Nlite is an application to customise  windows OS installation. we will try to cover the Nlite usage also

We will get back to you with some useful unattended scripts for popular applications.

Regional languages that are supported in the current release are – Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi.

The application has a tabbed interface, which brings every chat into a single window frame, instead of popping-out separate window for each chat. Above all, the application is too simple, plain and easy to use.

All you need is a Google (GMail/GTalk) account and start chatting with your GTalk friends in regional languages.

The application is a beta release, and looks cool and promising. It’s worth a try.

You can download nMozhi from here.

Techinline give you instant, secure, and trouble-free connections between remote computers over the web and to any place in the world.
Techinline Remote Desktop is easy to use and browser based remote connection tool. Also supports desktop sharing and file transfer protocol with any firewall and proxy servers. With Techline remote desktop software you can take control of remote desktops without pre-installing software.

Features of Techinline

• Techinline Remote Desktop tool is browser based. No exe file installation is needed.

• Remotely control any desktop anywhere in the world

• Transfer files/clipboard between the remote and local computers

• Reboot and reconnect the remote computer

• Send and receive text chat messages

1. Login to your account from here and install require tool for start remote desktop tool on your browser.

2. Request client to provide his/her six digits Client ID.

3. Then enter client id in create session and press connect button.

4. After success full connection, you can take control of remote computer.

You can try this tool for 15 days as trial basis and if you like you can continue with it. For try it free click here.

By default HFS application is listening TCP port 80. You can change if you are already using this port for some other application. Read this  article if you have port conflicts. HFS is supported by Wine, so linux users can use the advantage of HFS. Inbuilt DNS updater is one of the interesting features of HFS. So that you can configure your DynDNS account with HFS and assign public domain name for your file server. It is helpful for internet connections with dynamic IP address.

You can see connected users in  the application bottom panel. Full control over connected users in terms of bandwidth and access list. It will also log the IP address of connected users.

Download :  HFS

Xtend IVR ( Interactive Voice Response System ) is an application which helps you to implement an automatic IVRS easily and effectively. It supports SIP, Dialogic, Telephony API, Skype etc … Its one of the major software product from  Xtend technologies , a company based in Kerala, S.India.

Here we configure Xtend IVR with a skype system, It is not only a voice response system but this can be configured as a Skype bot . This is very useful for SOHO business. Nowadays companies are looking eagerly for a  replacemenet to the toll-free contacts to reduce the communication costs. Here we can see many useful samples scripts like balance enquiry, Voting system, Result publishing systems etc.

Install Software

Download Developer edition of Xtend IVR

Download and install skype

Configure Xtend IVR for Skype

Open “Xtend IVR Configuration” from the program files

The wizard will open a Driver selection window. Select Skype Phone Driver from the list. Application will be restarted automatically when you finish the wizard.

Open Xtend IVR from start menu

Open skype application ( Testing with  ver . 5.1.59.122 )

Skype will popup an access request for Xtend IVR application. Click “Allow Access”

Once the access is granted, Skype calls will be handled by Xtend IVR.

Xtend IVR will start running with a default testing Script of Bank.dt (You can see the script name in the title bar) Now IVR system is ready with this sample script. Call your skype user ID from a different Skype account. (How to run multiple Skype simultaneously)

Skype will auto answer the calls . Go through IVR

1, select Language ( Press 1 for English )

2, Enter Your account number ( Press 1111 )

3, Enter your Pin number (Press 1234 )

4, IVR will read the account balance and terminate the call

Change IVR default script

Right click on the title bar and select “Change script”. Browse and select the script you want

There are many sample scripts available in installation folder

C:\xivr\Samples and c:\xivr\Samples\skype

Voice Logging

AnsweringMachine

SendSms

SimpleChat ( Text based )

WorldTime

ExamResults

OpinionPoll

Currency Convertion

ChangeNumber

How to edit scripts in Xtend IVR

Right click on the title bar and select “Edit script” . This will open the Xtend Script Editor with current script file. It is easy to understand the scripts.

Audio files are located in script directory itself. You can change the wave files if it is needed.

Database supported in Xtend IVR

Following database(s) are supported to ease the integration with any kind of applications.

MySQL

Oracle

SQLServer

dBase

Universal Database Reference

Excel

MS-Access

“Looking forward eagerly for your feedbacks “