Fixing the Internet explorer Security warnings.

     Hello Friends after a long time I am publishing this post in my blog because I was busy to concentrate on my carrier. The last post of my blog was in year 2010. After that I completed my graduation and joined an IT Infrastructure monitoring company for gathering experience in system engineering field and now I have more than two years of experience and a lot of practical problem to explain so I am going to continue writing for my blogs with my practical experience.

     Internet explorer is the most common web browser that we use for accessing internet for corporate user because every IT company tries to maintain the ISO standards. But for personal use we don’t like to use Internet explorer, there are many other freeware web browsers like Firefox, Google chrome, opera etc. .But still Internet explorer is used for many web base software.

 

   In this post I am going to explain about a security warning that we get when tiring to access some specific web site. In my company we use Internet explorer for auto downloading of files from other corporate web sites. I got the warning during the auto file downloading process the warning was creating a trouble for user ,every time they have to agree with the “yes” button in the window so it become a manual downloading process for the user. Please go through the following lines

Symptom: you will get the following types of windows

(example of web site: https://www.vmware.com , https://www.Amazon.com  etc.)

 

Cause:  Internet Explorer interrupts the download and displays a confirmation dialog whenever it detects the use of mixed content on a secure page.It basically means that the secure (https) web page that you are trying to open contains images and other elements that are hosted on a non-https location. They call it mixed content.  Internet explorer cannot remember the settings that's  why it ask the permission again and again.

Solution: Enable the Display mixed content settings

• Going to Tools->Internet Options->Security

• Select the Security tab

• Click on the Internet zone icon at the top of the tab page

• Click the Custom Level button

• In the Miscellaneous section change Display mixed content to Enable

• Repeat the same for the Local intranet and trusted sites zones

It’s Gone so enjoy the internet surfing with Internet explorer( This post is applicable for all version of Internet Explorer )

How to backup the registry of Windows XP or Windows7

The most impotent thing in a operating system is it’s Registry. Registry contains all information about the changes you made in your computer. If you make wrong change in your system registry that may corrupt your total operating system.

Before you make changes to a registry key or sub key, I recommend that you export, or make a backup copy, of the key or sub key. You can save the backup copy to a location you specify, such as a folder on your hard disk or a removable storage device. If you make changes that you want to undo, you can import the backup copy.

These steps are applicable both for WINDOWS7 and WINDOWS XP

Simple steps for taking your windows Registry backup
NOTE:You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps. If you aren't logged in as an administrator, you can only change settings that apply to your user account.

• Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button , go to the RUN box, or press “start button+R” then type regedit and pressing Enter. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

How to set BIOS password in your Computer

BIOS is the first program that is run when computer starts. You can tell the BIOS to ask for a password when it starts, thus restricting access to your computer. You can make your computer to ask for a password without installing anything.
I am going to outline step by step the procedure for setting password to your BIOS or sometimes called CMOS

Step1: Turn On or reboot your computer.

Step2: Star pressing “f1+f2+Delete” key from the key board immediately after turn on. Because to enter BIOS setup you need to press F1 or F2 or DELETE. So press all the options at a time.

Step3: you'll see a menu screen something like this: Go to the security option.

Step4: You will find there are two options that relate to passwords, Supervisor Password and User Password, these relate to controlling access to the BIOS Setup Program and the Machine Boot respectively.

NOTE: Not all the BIOS have the password feature. If your BIOS has not this feature then you cann’t set password to your BIOS . But now-a-days most of all computer have this feature.

Disable 'turn Off System Restore' In Windows Xp

Windows XP system Restore feature enable user to restore the computer to a earlier time. you have to create a restore point. By following the below steps you can stop this feature of windows xp temporarily

*Log into your computer with administrative privileges.

*Go to Start --> Run. The Run window will open.

*Type "cmd.exe" in the Run window. This will open a command prompt. *At the command prompt, type "net stop System Restore Services".

*You should see a message saying that the System Restore Services process has been stopped. For more information about system restore visit the link here.

How to Create a Limited account on Windows XP

If you frequently allow other user to access your computer, your computer is not safe because there is a chance of installing junk, stumbling upon search history etc. So by creating a Limited Privilege user account ,you can prevent this.

Here is what the Limited user account will prevent

1. limited users cannot download and install programs.
2. limited users cannot change system settings.
3. limited user cannot delete any files except their own.
4. limited user accounts cannot access other users files.
Here is the step by step the procedure for making a Limited Privilege account on Windows XP.

Step 1
Go to the task bar and Click Start.

Crack the WindowsXP Administrator Password

You can break the administrator password of windowsxp without formating your computer.


Follow the steps below to crack windowsxp administrator password.

* Insert your WindowsXP bootableCD in your cd/dvd drive.configure the BIOS to boot from cd . Restart the PC.

* You will see “Press any key to boot from CD……”,press any key from the key board.

* Then the Welcome to Setup screen will come, press ENTER to Setup Windows .
* Then press F8 to accept Licensing Agreement .
* In the next screen you will get a Repair option .so press “R”.
* Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.
* Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to restart.
* During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.
* Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10 when the progress bar timeing is 37 min.remaining This is the security hole!

Solve: NTLDR is missing, when starting windowsXP

What is NTLDR?
NTLDR is short for NT loader – A program loaded from the hard disk boot sector(first 512byte of hard disk) that displays the Microsoft Windows NT startup menu and helps Microsoft Windows NT load. So when it goes missing for some reason, your windows cannot load.

CAUSE: *Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
* Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
*Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
*Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
*New hard disk drive being added.
*Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
*Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
SOLUTION:
* first insert your bootable Windows XP installation CD into your CD/DVD drive,then restart your computer.

How to: Solve “ Missing Or Corrupt System32\hal.dll “

Note:You can apply this process in Microsoft WindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP.

Symptoms: At the time of starting your computer you will get the following error message

*Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt

\System32\hal.dll

*Windows_root\system32\hal.dll missing or corrupt.

  Please re_install a copy of the above file.

Install Recovery Console as a Boot Menu Option on your Windows XP

Normally we use the Recovery Console from the WindowsXP CDROM. But now we can install the Recovery Console into our hard disk as a Boot Menu Option and can access easyly without the XP CDROM.

Steps To Install Recovery Console

You need to insert a windows XP CDROM into the drive. The CDROM should have the same version of windows as the computer. For example if the Operating System is Windows XP service pack2 the CDROM should be service pack2.

Login to the computer as ADMINISTRATOR. Then goto Start->Run . Then type the following command ( Suppose here d: is the CDROM Drive)

D:\I386\WINNT32.EXE/CMDCONS 

Then press ENTER. A wild dilog box will open and ask you for conformation . Press ‘yes’. The installation will complete within a minite. Then Press ‘ok’.The installing process is complete now.

To use Recovery Consol Restart your computer and select the Recovery Console press Enter .

 Then press the index number of operating system then press ‘Enter’ now use the Recovery Commands to repair the Windows.