Archive for April, 2009

How to Add and Delete User with Command line on Windows XP

April 16th, 2009 by @HKw@! | No Comments | Filed in Windows

In Windows Environment, we can simple add a new user account by go to Control Panel->User Account to add a new user account. But this can be done via Command Line.

Here are the steps:

  • go to Start->Run->type in cmd
  • To add a user to your computer, type in “net user username password /add ” EXAMPLE: net user kakaka 12345 /add
  • To delete a user on your computer, go to start>run>type in cmd . A black screen will appear. Type in “net user username /del”. EXAMPLE: net user kakaka /del . Once the user account successfully delete, an message “The command completed successfully” will be display.
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How to Relaunch Finder on Mac

April 16th, 2009 by @HKw@! | No Comments | Filed in Mac OS X

Why we need to relaunch Finder? We need to relaunch Finder when our Mac Computer freezes. Below are the steps to show how to relaunch Finder.

Using Keyboard

  • Press Command + Option + esc. This will open “Force Quit”.
  • Navigate to and choose “Finder”.
  • Click Relaunch. In a few seconds, the dock/icons/apple menu will disappear. It will then quickly reappear and reload everything.

Using Mouse

  • Go to the Apple Menu. That is the Apple image on the top left.
  • Go to “Force Quit”.
  • Choose “Finder” and click relaunch.
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Windows XP Reboot Loop: Help!

April 15th, 2009 by @HKw@! | No Comments | Filed in Windows

I think most of yours might experience as your windows pc continually reboots. It did not start sucessfully…” screen then goes to the Windows XP splash screen and reboot. It keeps on repeating this process.

How to solve this problem:

  1. Press F8 at bootup and select “Last Known Good Configuration” then Enter. If this doesn’t work, then you might try system file checker. Go to the safe mode command prompt and type sfc /scannow. Note: space between c and /
    You may be asked for the Windows CD, if asked insert it.

Another solution: Perform disk error checking in Windows XP

  • Boot from Windows CD
  • At the Windows Setup screen, press R to enter the Recovery Console.
  • You will enter the Recovery Console and be asked to choose which Windows installation you would like to log into. Most users will only have one choice.
  • You will be prompted to enter the administrator password. This is the password set for the user Administrator. You may have set this password when you first were configuring your computer. If you are uncertain what password to enter here, try leaving the line blank and just pressing ENTER.
  • You will be presented with a C: prompt. Type chkdsk /r and press ENTER.

  • Checkdisk will now run. The scan may run for several hours or lesser. It depend on your HDD Space. When the scan is complete, a report similar to the one below will display
  • To leave the Recovery Console and reboot your computer, type exit and press Enter.

Now your Windows PC should be back to normal. Just try it!!

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