How It's Done....: 2015

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

How To Fix : Blue Scnreen of Death (BSOD) 7E in HIDCLASS.SYS While Installing Windows 7

I came across a new problem while installing Windows 7, while the installation was going on, in the middle of it all. I kept getting a blue screen. Of course if you're not going to see exactly what the Blue Screen is telling you, you'll just keep rebooting the computer and try re-installing the windows over and over again, resulting in a re-install loop.

According to the Pic belo ( HIDCLASS.SYS ) is the driver that failed. HID Means Human Interface Device, it could be a keyboard or a mouse.

Errors in HIDCLASS.SYS, especially during setup, majority of the times means that the trouble is with one of the attached Keyboard or a Mouse. Keep in mind that this also majority happens if you have a Wireless Keyboard or Mouse, so if you do have any of it connected, Simply remove it and try the installation again, and you should not have any issues now.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

How to troubleshoot the "NTLDR is missing" error message in Windows Server 2003

When you start your Windows Sever 2003 Based computer, you may receive the following error message:

NTLDR is missing
Press any key to restart

This problem may occur if the (BIOS) on your computer is outdated, or if one or more of the following Windows boot files are missing or damaged.

Ex:

Ntldr
Ntdetect.com
Boot.ini

To fix this, verify that the BIOS on your computer is current and then usse one or more of the following methods, depending on your situation, to repair the Windows Server 2003 Startup Environment.

Important :

To prevent data loss, It is highly recommended that you fully back up your complete data as things could go wrong and you might end up loosing your data.

Solutions :
Repair the Windows Startup environment..
To repair the Windows startup environment, use one or more of the following methods, depending on your situation.

Method 1: ( Use a boot disk )

To use a boot disk to repair the Windows Startup environment, follow these steps:

1. Create a Windows Server 2003 boot disk that contains the following Files :

Ntldr
Ntdetect.com
Boot.ini
Ntbootdd.sys ( This file may not be included on all Windows Server 2003 Computers )

3. Boot with the New boot able CD/DVD
4. Copy Ntldr, Ntdetect.com and Boot.ini files from the boot disk to the system partition of the local hard disk.
5. Restart the computer and problem should be solved.
2. Modify the Boot.ini file to point to the correct HDD
controller and to the correct volume for your Windows
Installation.

Method 2 : Fixing via Recovery Console

1. Boot from Windows Server Consols

2. At the Wecome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows

Server 2003 installation.

3. To use the Recovery Console to repair the Windows Server 2003

installation, press C.

4. Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation

that you want to repair, and then press ENTER

5. Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.

6. Type map, and then press ENTER. Make a note of the drive

letter that is assigned to the CD/DVD drive that contains the

Windows Server 2003 CD/DVD

Type:
copy Drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

Note :Drive is the drive letter that you noted in step 6, and

then press ENTER.

Type:
copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.

Note In these commands, a space exists between ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
type c:\Boot.ini

A list that is similar to the following list appears:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect

Note : If you receive the following error message, the Boot.ini
file may be missing or damaged:

The system cannot find the file or directory specified.
a. If the Boot.ini file is missing or damaged, re-create it.

To do so, follow these steps:

Use a text editor, such as Notepad or Edit.com, to create a boot loader file that is similar to the following boot loader
file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server 2003,  Standard" /fastdetect

Save the file to a floppy disk. When you do so, in the Save As box, type:

Boot.ini
Note If you used Notepad to create the file, make sure that the .txt extension is not appended to the Boot.ini file name.
Type the following command at the Recovery Console command prompt to copy the Boot.ini file from the floppy disk to the computer:
copy a:\Boot.ini c:\
Type exit, and then press ENTER. The computer restarts.

How to remove credit card details From an iTunes App Store Account.

If you have used a Credit Card to purchase something from the App Store, Details of that Credit Card is permanently saved in that specific account.

The details of the Credit Card can only be removed from the account from iTunes, Here's How....

1. Open iTunes

2. Click on iTunes Store

3. Click on the Box on top left -> iTunes Store -> View Account

** You will get the Payment Screen as below :

4. You will see the Credit Card Details, Click NONE and save.

Credit Card details will be erased and set back to None.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

How to Fix PosftFix Error In ScrollOut F1

How to Fix : PostFix Error In ScrollOut F1 Anti-Spam Gateway

If you are running ScrollOut F1 Anti-Spam Gateway, there could be a time when your PostFix might stop working and give our error on the top of your dashboard.

To fix the problem please follow the steps below;

1. Log-on to the server via SSH

2. In the Command Prompt Type:

update-ca-certificates --fresh

postfix restart

The first command updates your certificates and re-freshes them

The second command restarts the PostFix service.

If the second command does not work, use :

postfix stop

postfix start

This should solve the problem

How to Fix: The Network Folder Specified Is Currently mapped Using a Different User Name and Password

The Network Folder Specified Is Currently mapped Using a Different Username and Password.

Symptoms :

Consider the following scenario:

* You have a Windows-Based computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Or Windows Vista

* There are two network shares on a remote server

* You use user credentials to connect to one of the network shares. Then, you try to use different user credentials to connect to the other network share.

In this scenario, you may receive the following error message:

* The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different username and password. To connect using username and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

If you click OK in response to this error message.

Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one username, are not allowed.

Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again

There are two Methods to solve this problem. Please see below :

Solution 1:

use the IP address of the remote server when you try to connect to the network share.

Solution 2:

Create a different Domain Name System (DNS) alias for the remote server, and then use this alias to connect to the network share:

After you use one of these methods, you can use different user credentials to connect to the network share. In this situation the computer behaves as if it is connecting to a different server.

How to Fix the "Bootmgr is missing" Error in Windows

How to Fix the "Bootmgr is missing" Error in Windows

At times when if you see a message as below when you boot your system :

You know that you're stuck bad, and if you do not know how to fix the problem, you're probably thinking of a re-install of the complete system.

But Wait there is a solution, try this, and you should be up and running in no time.

Do keep in mind that this fix is for Windows 7, and does require a Windows 7 Installation DVD.

This problem is not hardware related and can be fixed with a Windows 7 DVD OR a system repair disc.

So to fix the issue, follow :

Note: It may take running a start-up repair a few tries before it fully fixes the start-up issue.

1. Boot to the System Recovery Options screen.

2. Select the Startup Repair option. (See Screenshot Below)

3. Now Click on Startup Repair. Run the Startup Repair and it

will attempt to fix the issue.

Note : Once the process is finished, it will ask for a reboot. Reboot and see if it has fixed the issue and you are able to boot into Windows. If not, Please Follow STEP 4.

4. Reboot into the System Recovery Options again

5. Click on Command Prompt

6. Type C: and press <Enter>

( C: is the driver letter where your windows is installed, please replace if you have windows installed in any other partition )

7. At the C:\ prompt, type cd boot and press <Enter>

8. At the C:\Boot prompt, type the following commands and press <Enter> after each command

bootrec /FixMbr

bootrec /FixBoot

bootrec /RebuildBcd

D) Now close the command prompt, remove the DVD and reboot your computer.

This should have fixed your problem. Enjoy !!!!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

How to Reset Root Password on Debian or Ubuntu

How to Reset Root Password on

Debian or Ubuntu

If you forgot the root password for your Debian system, do not panic. There is an easy way to reset the password. Linux provides a special mode called "recovery mode" or "single user mode,"

The recovery mode is used when you need to perform file system maintenance and recovery, or conduct security vulnerability auditing in an isolated environment. You can also reset the root password in the recovery mode.

This is the Same mode as one would find on a Windows OS when you're booting into SafeMode for administrative maintenance purposes.

To BOOT into the recovery mode on Debian or Ubuntu,

1. Hold down SHIFT key after powering on your Linux machine. You will then be presented with GRUB menu.

2. Select "recovery menu" option by pressing down arrow key. DO NOT press ENTER at this point, but press "e" key to enter edit mode.

You will see "GRUB" edit screen where you can edit GRUB boot parameters.

Move your cursor to the line starting with "linux /boot/vmlinuz-......", and go to the end of that line. Append "init /bin/bash" right there, as shown below.

Then press Ctrl+X to proceed. After all subsequent booting sequence is over, you will finally get a root prompt.

In the recovery mode, the root partition is mounted as read-only by default, hence you will not be able to make any changes to root password.

To be able to reset the root password, you need to re-mount the root partition as read & write.

First, find out what the root partition of your system is, by using "fdisk -l" command.

As shown in the screenshot above, partition marked with "*" under "Boot" column is the root partition of your system (e.g., /dev/sda1).

Remount the root partition as read-write, and finally reset the password, using passwd command..

$ mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 /
$ passwd

To Sum up, Here's what you need to DO:

1. Boot Into Recovery Mode:

Hold down the SHIFT key right after powering up the server until you get the GRUB MENU

2. Enter Recovery Menu:

Press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you get to "RECOVERY MENU" and press letter " E "

3. Get to the Line where you need to make the changes:

Press DOWN KEY until you get to the line that starts with: "linux /boot/vmlinuz-......." go to the end of the line and APPEND "init /bin/bash"...Then PRESS CTRL+X and after reboot you would land in the root prompt.

4. Check which partition is the Root partition:

Type "fdisk -l" and hit Enter, The partition marked with "*" is the Root partition, the name is described under SERVICE BOOT. Ex: /dev/sda1

5. Mount the Root partition as Read & Write:

$ mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1/

6. Change the Password:

$passwd YOURNEWPASSWORD (change YOURNEWPASSWORD with your own password)

That's all to it, now reboot and you should have your new password active.