Why can’t I uninstall certain softwares ?
I’ve seen in many forums that users ask for a solution on how to uninstall certain softwares. Many of my friends too call me and ask what should I do if I cannot uninstall a software ? First, we must know why it cannot be uninstalled using the bundled Uninstaller or from Control Panel using Add/Remove Programs. The reason might be that, the software files might have been corrupt OR the PC could be infected with virus OR the software installed is a rogue software OR even the OS files could have been corrupt OR the registry keys belonging to the software might be corrupt.
What should I do ?
The first thing, you must do is try uninstalling the software using the ‘usual way’. By usual way, I mean using the Add/Remove Programs option or using the Uninstaller that came with the software. One thing that you require is patience. It might take long time or your system might be non-responding for a few seconds. The uninstaller might ask you to restart your PC too. Do it as it says.
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Who is NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?
It is a built-in user account that is run on a Windows OS. It has powers even more than the Administrator account ! Using that account, one can gain complete control over everything. You can kill any stubborn process, make system wide changes etc. But, one cannot log in as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Windows doesn’t allow this and for a good reason coz malicious programs if run as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, then it would be nothing less than a disaster!
Why should I become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?
There are many rare instances when you will need to become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM like in case you cannot end a virus process using Task Manager or from command line using taskkill even when the /f switch is used.
How can I become NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?
Here is a little trick that allows you to gain system wide access as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM in XP. This won’t work in Vista. Read more…
In this post, I am going to explain one of the two simple ways to redirect a webpage to another webpage.
Client Side Redirect (carried out by your browser)
You can create a webpage that instructs the browser to redirect a webpage to another after certain time delay. The time delay is purely optional.
This is achieved using the meta refresh command which is to be placed within the head tags. Here’s the general syntax :
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="N; URL=destination_webpage_address">
</head>
The browser redirects the user from the current page to the destination webpage address specified in the “URL” attribute of the meta tag after a time delay of N seconds. Read more…
Here’s an an example. Consider that you need to automate uploading any file(s) to your site, say prashanthpai.com. You’ll require this if you need to update the same file(s) very frequently.
- Open notepad and type the following and save it as “upload.ftp“. You can save it with any name and any extension. Don’t save it as txt file. It works perfectly but others can open and see the ftp username and password easily.
open prashanthpai.com
username
password
cd public_html/downloads
put C:MySitego.exe
bye
- First line will make connection to ftp server at prashanthpai.com
- Don’t forget to replace prashanthpai.com with your site name or IP address.
- Enter you ftp username and password in second and third line respectively.
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What are file templates ?
When you right-click on the desktop and select the ‘New‘, you’ll notice a series of file types (templates) to create a new file.
Create File Templates in XP using TweakUI
Here’s something that lets you have your own file template to make things easier. Read more…
