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Friday, July 29, 2016

Exporting the Outlook Contacts as iOS Ready vCards

From Outlook on the Windows PC:
  1. Select all contacts in Outlook and forward them all to yourself as vcards
  2. Save all the attachments as vCards in a temporary easy to find folder, such as c:\temp
  3. Open a command prompt (Start menu, Run, type “command.com”) and type the following commands:
       cd c:\temp   copy /a *.vcf c:\allcards.vcf

The last commands are essential because it joins all of the Outlook contacts together into a single vCard file that can then be easily imported into iOS and the iPhone.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Windows 10 Password Recovery

This password is incorrect
This password is incorrect
Following are the steps to reset a Windows 10 password:
  1. Boot from the Windows 10 DVD. Make sure that your PC setup is configured to boot from a DVD and that UEFI and Secure Boot are disabled.
    Boot from Windows 10 DVD
    Boot from Windows 10 DVD
  2. Press SHIFT + F10 to open a command prompt.
    Open a command prompt with SHIFT F10
    Open a command prompt with SHIFT + F10
  3. Replace the file utilman.exe with cmd.exe. Before you do this, you should make a copy of utilman.exe so that you can restore it later. Note that you can only restore this file if you boot again from the Windows DVD.
                    1   move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak
                    2   copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exeReplace utilman.exe with cmd.exe

  1. Replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe
  2. After you have replaced utilman.exe successfully, you can remove the DVD and restart your problematic Windows 10 installation:
                                       wpeutil reboot
  1. Reboot Windows 10
    Reboot Windows 10
  2. On the Windows 10 sign-in page, click the Utility Manager icon.
    Click the Utility Manager icon
    Click Utility Manager iconSince we replaced the Utility Manager with the cmd.exe, a command prompt should open now. Don’t worry about the error message.
    Command prompt at sign in page
    Command prompt at sign-in page
  3. You can now add a new user with the command below. We also have to add the user to the administrator group so that we regain full control of our Windows installation. Replace <username> with the account name of your choice. Note that the account name must not exist on this Windows installation. Don’t let the Windows 10 screen saver distract you.
                               net user <username> /add
                               net localgroup administrators <username> /add 


  1. Add a new user and adding the user to the administrator group
    Add a new user and adding the user to the administrator group
  2. Click the screen to make the sign-in page appear again. Your new account should show up, and you can sign in without a password.
    Sign in with new local account
    Sign in with a new local account
  3. You can now access the files associated with your Microsoft account in the C:\Users folder.
    Users folder
    Users folder
  4. If you worked with a local account instead of a Microsoft account, you can reset your password in Computer Management. Right-click the Start button, select Computer Management, and navigate to Local Users and Groups. Right-click your local account and select Set Password.
    Reset Windows 10 password
    Reset Windows 10 password
A shorter way to reset the password of a local account is to replace the first command in step 6 with the following command. (In this case, you don’t need to create a new user.)
               
                               net user <username> <password>

Notice that resetting a password with this command doesn’t work with a Microsoft account. The only way to reset a Microsoft account password is through the online forms.

*This is for my Reference* 



Saved Wireless Password Recovery in Windows 10

Show the list of wireless profiles:
netsh wlan show profiles

Retrieve the stored key (WPA, WEP, etc) of a profile:
netsh wlan show profiles name=[profile name] key=clear

Delete a wireless profile:
netsh wlan delete profile name=[profile name]

Set a network’s priority:
netsh wlan set profileorder name=[profile name]interface=[interface_name] priority=1

Stop automatically connecting to a network:
netsh wlan set profileparameter name=[profile name] connectionmode=manual

Though you can’t actually make changes to the network profiles themselves, you can export a desired profile, make changes to the XML file, and then import the profile back onto the same machine or another one.

In Windows 8, Microsoft also removed the ability to save/export the network profiles from the GUI in the Wireless Network Properties box under the Connection tab. However, it’s still possible via Netsh commands:

Export a wireless network profile:
netsh wlan export profile name=[profile name]

Import a network profile:

netsh wlan add profile filename=[path_and_filename.xml] interface=[interface_name]