August 24

Using Group Policy Disable UAC

Go to group policy console

Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options

Change the following items:

User Account Control: Behaviour of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode > Change to  ‘Elevate without prompt.’

User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation > Change to “Disabled”.

User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode > Change to “Disabled”.

User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations > Change to “Disabled’.

Try this:

User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation:  Disabled

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August 22

A Disk Read Error Occurred

Windows XP, Vista,7,8

Problem:
A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

When press Ctrl+Ale+Del no response

Causes:

  • Incorrect or invalid MBR configuration
  • Improperly configured partition table
  • Faulty hard drive
  • IDE cables failing
  • Bad RAM memory  Check the Memory
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August 21

Recovery a Corrupted Registry

  1. Attach the client hard drive to a working computer
  2. Perform the following command

For Windows XP

copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak

delete c:\windows\system32\config\system
delete c:\windows\system32\config\software
delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam
delete c:\windows\system32\config\security
delete c:\windows\system32\config\default

copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default

For Windows 7,8,10

Look in the \windows\system32\config\regback folder for good files and copy them back to \system32\config folder

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