Comments for Windows 7 Library

Comment on Hiding Drives in Windows 7 by Jesús Huerta

Jesús Huerta — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:13:44 +0000

Great post!

With hidecalc it’s very easy to calc:

http://www.sysadmit.com/2014/09/gpo-ocultar-unidades.html

Comment on System Repair Disc by ZenRuth

ZenRuth — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:00:23 +0000

I do not have an installation disk for Win 7 Pro, as it came OEM with the tower. Have researched this problem for months, with no joy.
Any suggestions on how to make a repair disc?

Comment on Chkdsk Best Practices by Didi

Didi — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:58:28 +0000

How do I recheck bad sectors, that are not bad?

I had a HDD with some bad sectors and did a clonezilla backup to a new HDD that is 100% free of errors. After chkdsk-ing the new drive even with the “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” option, windows still keeps these “bad sectors”.
How can I get Windows to check those bad sectors again, to find out that they are not bad, because the HDD has been exchanged? Any help is appreciated!
(I don´t want to reinstall the OS now.)

Comment on A quick VPN Server using Windows 7 by souvik

souvik — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:18:07 +0000

how can i connect it with my mobile. i have asus zenfone 5

Comment on Network Locations in Windows 7 by Danette

Danette — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:02:35 +0000

This is my issue. Screen doesn’t show a network and says Im not connected to an active network, therefore I can not select a network to change it from public to homegroup. what file must I delete to get rid of the check mark in the ‘don’t ask me again’ statement at the bottom of the network location screen?

Comment on System Repair Disc by George T

George T — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:57:25 +0000

just tried both of these. Got an error (0x80070057)both times.

Comment on Automated System Image Backup by Alex

Alex — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:50:29 +0000

Very good article. How do you include multiple drives to be include in backup?

Comment on Exporting Firewall settings in Windows 7 by Francois

Francois — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:21:11 +0000

Hello.

I just came across your website and I was happy to see this information. I have just found out you CAN import settings back into your Windows 7 firewall settings.

Under the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window is open, make sure the top item on the list on the left is highlighted. In this case it is called the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on Local Computer. Right click on this item and select Export Policy.

If you look also under the Right-Click Option you will also see the Import Policy option! I have tested this with a Dell Optiplex 7010 and 990 systems where I have exported “custom” firewall settings first then on a New Optiplex 7010 and 990 system re-import the .wfw file and both systems imported the correct settings I had made.

For testing purposes I added 1 custom rule called ICMPv4 Ping command following the nice article “how to Enable Windows 7 Ping Response in Firewall”.

I was able to export my entire Firewall rules and then re-import them into a new system and the above mentioned ICMPv4 Ping was also there.

I know this article is older but I wanted to update the notes with Yes you can import custom settings. I would always recommend that you Export your standard default settings FIRST before making any firewall changes so in case anything happens, you have something to fall back to.
Thanks.

Comment on System Image Restore by Jack Vogt

Jack Vogt — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 05:19:41 +0000

“Boot your system from the Windows 7 installation DVD” – but new computers do not come with any such thing as a “Windows 7 installation DVD”

Comment on Display Network Errors Tweak by JoeBiker

JoeBiker — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:03:21 +0000

This is almost what I am looking for. Is there a tweak that will display the error rate for the Wireless Network connection?

Thanks.

Comment on Windows 7 SP1 fails to install by Michael

Michael — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:19:22 +0000

Removing my System Center EndPoint Protection and then trying to install Desktop Experience resolved my similar issue. My hunch is that the Windows Defender component in Desktop Experience could not be initialized properly because of the SCEP client that was present.

Comment on A quick VPN Server using Windows 7 by Jim

Jim — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:16:54 +0000

How many users can connect simultaneously
In win7 VPN server.
And how many in Win8
Thanks

Comment on Network Locations in Windows 7 by Maia

Maia — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:00:07 +0000

the very bottom of your article…what if you click on the network and that message isn’t there. Trying to connect windows 7 laptop to secured private (home) network; windows firewall has public network on and even the netsh command to turn on the private one doesn’t change anything. I am connected to the right network but comes up as unidentified and public.

Comment on Filename extensions – Can’t open .exe files? by George

George — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:55:00 +0000

Hi kishan, follow the last part of the solution that is, using the fileassoc.bat batch file

Comment on Filename extensions – Can’t open .exe files? by kishan patel

kishan patel — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:51:52 +0000

sir,assoc.exe (windows can not open file)
in command prompt,how solve my problem,

Comment on Showing Administrative Tools on the Start Menu by ingemar wikman

ingemar wikman — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:11:53 +0000

A great Tip! MS should have stuck it there all along. This will save me a good portion of my life. Thank you.

Comment on Automated System Image Backup by Nickolas Eggenberg

Nickolas Eggenberg — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:50:01 +0000

Excellent article.I must say that I managed to get a backup system for my PC,it functions efficiently.It is as effective as time machine for macs(if you are familiar),additionally it comes with a virus scan.Anwz I’ve got a full review on my blog(pcbackupreviews.wordpress.com),I invite everybody to take a look.Thanks

Comment on Filename extensions – Can’t open .exe files? by oshin

oshin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:43:50 +0000

cant open command prompt and cant run that program from c too . nothing is happening. what to do

Comment on How to restrict applications using Group Policies by Khursheed Alam

Khursheed Alam — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:45:13 +0000

Can someone please tell me how to block opera browser for all users in domain environment.
Some of the user in my company used to access internet through opera with another user account who has already permission to use internet. i have to stop this.

Please help me.
Thanks

Comment on Filename extensions – Can’t open .exe files? by George

George — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:47:16 +0000

Check my previous comments where I suggest that you download the fileassoc.bat, save it to c: and then from the Start Search text box run c:fileassoc.bat
http://www.windows7library.com/blog/downloads/fileassoc.bat