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You need:

• A 1GB USB stick  for Windows xp or 2GB for higher os
• A Windows OS to run the tool
• The tool Novicorp WintoFlash (tool is multilanguage)
• a Windows installation CD or extracted installation directory

Steps:

1. Extract the WintoFlash tool
2. Start the tool
3. Follow the wizard
4. 
5. Set source (Windows installation files or CD)
6. 
7. Now complete the wizard and your stick is ready for use

Now you NEVER need a stupid CD anymore for Windows installation purposes

Requirements:
- USB Stick
- BartPE CD (or BartPE source)
- Download Bootable USB-Drive Utility @ http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21702
- Download WinUSB_FULL Patcher @ http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AEC0GAMM

Steps:
1. Extract Bootable USB-Drive
2. Open Config_SourcePath.cmd
3. REM set SourcePath=”..\BartPE”
4. set SourceCD=G: where G: the cd-rom drive is with the BartPE CD
5. Start BOOTABLE_USB-DRIVE.cmd
6. Format and create the USB drive
7. Close the utillity en extract de WinUSB_FULL Patcher
8. Run the patcher on the USB drive (root)

The patcher patch the ntdetect.com file. When you don’t run the patcher you will get a 0x0000007b BSOD when you boot from the BartPE USB.

Sometimes you need a proxy server and you don’t want to install some software. Then you can download and run Proxomitron (zip package). The only thing you must change is the IP address who can connect the proxy.

The default Windows defrag software isn’t really good. Here you can download a very nice alternative: http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/

Screenshot:

If you get the error \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM missing or corrupt you can follow these steps to fix this problem:

• Boot a linux distribution of your choice. I prefer Ubuntu
• Mount your windows partition
• If exist rename (or move) the corrupt file \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.old
• Now open the folder “system volume information\restore (with some numbers)\RP (with a number)\snapshot.
• Copy the file _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
• Rename \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
• Restart the computer and you will see Windows is starting again
• Now point to start > programs > accessories > system tools > system restore
• Restore your windows a couple of days earlier

If you don’t restore you windows you must manually fix the file permissions. Everything looks fine but if you see your event viewer you see a lot of (networking) profile troubles.

You can do the same trick with

_REGISTRY_USER_DEFAULT
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM

MS Support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
My inspiration for this article: http://forum.computeridee.nl/showthread.php?t=48294 (Dutch)

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Contrary to MultiBootISO’s which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.

Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot folder, making for a nicely organized Multiboot Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes.

Creating a YUMI Multiboot MultiSystem USB Flash Drive
YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled using the same tool!

YUMI’s Main Multiboot Boot Menu

How to Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive

1. Run* YUMI-0.0.2.9.exe following the onscreen instructions
2. Run the tool again to Add More ISOs/Distributions to your Drive
3. Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device
4. Select a distribution to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!

That’s all there is to it. You should now be booting your favorite distributions from your custom Multi-Boot USB device!

How It Works: YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) enables each user to create their own custom Multiboot UFD containing only the distributions they want, in the order by which they are installed. A new distribution can be added to the UFD each time the tool is run.

If you run YUMI from the same location you store ISO downloads, they should be auto-detected (*See Known Issues Below), eliminating the need to browse for each ISO.

VERY IMPORTANT: Windows Vista or 7 Installers will cause Ubuntu or any remix based on Ubuntu (I.E. Linux Mint) to hang during boot. A quick fix is to temporarily rename the Windows SOURCES folder found at the root of the USB device.

Other Notes: If MultibootISOs was previously used, you must reformat the drive and start over. YUMI uses Syslinux directly, and chainloads to grub only if necessary, so it is not compatible with the older Multiboot ISO tool. Although I do plan to add back the capabilities of MultibootISOs as time permits.

The distro uninstaller works great, but unlisted ISO’s that have been added must currently be manually removed!

Source: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

If you use a lot of remote desktop connections visionapp is a very nice freeware tool to manage them. You can also manage SSH, Telnet, VNC and ICA clients with this software.

The Samsung Galaxy S default (aka stock) ROM has a good ROM but after some time the ROM become slower and slower. I will describe the steps for rooting the phone, backup the phone and install a nice cutom ROM.

I rooted a stock phone with android 2.3.3. Older versions can use this tutorial also. Newer versions maybe work.

I am not responsible when you brick your phone with this steps.

1. Turn on USB debugging mode on your phone (settings > programs > enable usb debugging)
2. Download and install the samsung galaxy s drivers
3. Download SuperOneClick and extract it (e.g. c:\android\root\)
4. Start SuperOneClick and press update
5. Now click root. SuperOneClick then must download an exploit to root your phone
6. After the software download the exploit close SuperOneClick
7. Go to the extracted directory e.g. c:\android\root\devices\samsung\common\ and start odin.exe
8. All the default settings are fine. Click on PDA then select c:\android\root\devices\samsung\gti9000\CF-Root-XW_NEE_JVH-v3.2-CWM3RFS.tar
9. Start flashing

ok your phone is rooted now Now we want to backup the phone to SD so we can always back to stock settings

1. In your apps list there is a new program CWM recovery start these
2. Now make a full backup
3. After you have the full backup make a backup of all your contacts, sms, etc and download MyBackup root at the marked (free) and make a backup of everything you want.

ok youre phone is rooted and we have a backup. Now we can install the ROM

1. Download a nice and stable ROM like Darky ROM 10.2 and put this file on the root of your SD card
2. Go to the market and download DarkyROM Tool
3. Now start the DarkyROM Tool go to the second tab and select all (important: delete user data must selected otherwise you get a very unstable ROM)
4. Go to the first tab and select flash rom. Select the file you’ve put on the SD card and flash it
5. The flashing take a minute of ten. After that the new rom is started and you think you have a new phone
6. Now download MyBackup root again and restore your call recordings, sms, phone numbers etc.

Enjoy

Youtube video for the DarkyROM flash:

DarkyROM video

One of the worst things you can do on the internet is use the same password for different websites. When one of the webites is hacked or there is an bad sysadmin they can use your password to login your email or other sites to steal all your private information and worst case scenario your bank account.

Every self respected browser has an built-in password safer but when your computer/laptop is stolen or hacked by a mad person (in dutch we call them klootzakken ) they can easily steal all your passwords. So don’t use the built-in password safer (or configure a strong master password).

There are two great solutions for managing your passwords. One is a local and one is a cloud solution. I will describe them both so you can choose what is best for you.

KeePass (local):
KeePass is a great tool for managing your passwords. There is an built-in password generator, the passwords saved in one local encrypted file and you must always give up a master key to access the passwords. The tool is crossplatform (using .net/mono) and there are a lot of plugins, example; there is a browser plugin to replace the insecure built-in pass safer. The great thing about this tool is that is is an local tool so only you can access and manage the password files. If you want to share the password file on multiple places you can use dropbox to synchronise/centralise the password files.

LastPass (cloud):
LastPass is also a great tool for managing your password especialy when you use multiple computers and different operating systems. LastPass replaces the default integrated browser password safer with his own. Your password stored localy and in the cloud and are encrypted. Without the master password it is not possible to automatic login or see your password. I like LastPass because tons of options and integration with all the operating systems and smartphones. The default settings are good but I recommend that you change the setting that the LastPass is logoff automaticly when you close the browser.

The only thing you must keep in mind that you password is in sync at LastPass (cloud) so you must trust the company.

Keep in mind
That using multiple random words password (example: “correct battery horse staple”) mostly of the time is better then using complex passwords (“Tr0ub4dor&3″). This picture tells why:

Last but not least
Always use a BIOS password on a laptop. Most of the thief’s are very dumb people and if they stole you laptop they cannot remove the BIOS password and your laptop is useless for them.

There is a very nice opensource / freeware tool you can use to control multiple PC’s like KVM. It’s compatible with Linux, OSX and Windows.

Quote:

What is Synergy?

Do you have two computers at your desk, with two screens and two sets of keyboard and mouse? Here’s where Synergy comes in…

… Synergy is Free and Open Source Software that lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers, where each computer has its own display. No special hardware is required, just a network connection. Synergy is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Usage is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. You can even share your clipboard.

Download: http://synergy-foss.org/download/