Category Archives: Windows

How to change the welcome screen image in Windows 7

To change the welcome screen image in Windows 7, you must:

1) Open the registry editor, to do this, click the “Start” menu and in the “Run” line we write “regedit” and press the “Enter” key.

2) In the registry editor that opens, right-click on the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” line, select “Find” and in the search bar type “OEMBackground”, click “Find Next”.
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The solution of the error “d3dx9_31.dll was not found” when running games

This error may occur if the computer has an old version of DirectX installed, so it is solved simply by downloading and launching a web installer that automatically updates DirectX via the Internet to the latest version.

Download the DirectX web installer from the link below:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=35

View and configure sharing of files and folders Windows from the command line

I will give an example of some commands for setting up sharing of resources.

View shared resources:

net share

Deleting a shared resource:

net share <sharename> /delete

Sharing a folder:

net share sharename=C:\dir

Example of disconnecting users from the share:

net session \\pc1 /delete

To close an open network file, use the command:

net file file_id /close

An example of granting user rights to a file (N – not set, W – write, C – change, F – full access):

cacls file.txt /G User:w

To cancel user access to a share:

cacls /R User

We allow up to 5 users to simultaneously connect to a shared resource:

net share sharename /users:5

Example of caching settings from a share (manual/BranchCache/documents/programs/none):

net share myshare /cache:manual

I want to note that when opening a share to a resource in the firewall, the following ports should be opened: TCP 139, TCP 445, UDP 137, UDP 138.

See also my articles:
Installing and using the nbtscan network scanner
Some information about the virus encryptor Trojan.Encoder.12544 attacked 06/27/2017

Resolving Error 0x80246017 in Windows 10

You can solve the error 0x80246017 by quickly completing a few points:

1) Open the command prompt as administrator.

2) Execute the following commands in it:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /v "BranchName" /d "FBL_AWESOME1501" /t REG_SZ /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /v "ThresholdRiskLevel" /d "low" /t REG_SZ /f
reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /v "ThresholdInternal" /f
reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /v "ThresholdOptedIn" /f

Done, the error should not be.

Solution of the error “The ordinal 42 could not be located in the DLL” (xlive.dll) when starting games

One day while starting the game, Fallout3.exe noticed a pop-up window with the error:

The ordinal 42 could not be located in the dynamic link library
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\xlive.dll.

So, this error is solved easily and quickly by installing the application “Games for Windows Software”.
Download it at the link:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98609

That’s all.

Installing and using the nbtscan network scanner

Install command in Linux Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install nbtscan

The Windows version can be downloaded from http://www.unixwiz.net/tools/nbtscan.html

Network scan example:

nbtscan 192.168.1.0/24

I will describe the possible startup keys:
-O FILENAME (output information to file)
-v (more detailed information output)
-p (port indication)
-H (generate HTTP header)
-m (MAC address indication)
-n (do not convert names to DNS, display only IP)
-t NUMBER (response time in seconds, default 1)
-v (display version nbtscan)

The solution of the “System error 1231 has occurred” when connecting a network drive

I once needed to connect a network drive to make a backup copy of the system, but an error occurred when I executed the connection command:

C:\Users\Administrator>net use K:\\192.168.0.5\dir /persistent:no /user:name password
System error 1231 has occurred.
The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troublesho
oting, see Windows Help.

Later I determined that in the connection properties on the local network (also called Ethernet and Local Area Connection), the checkboxes for “Client for Microsoft Networks” and “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” were removed.

After I ticked these components and applied, the disk successfully connected:

C:\Users\Administrator>net use K:\\192.168.0.5\dir /persistent:no /user:name password
The command completed successfully.

Error 1231 can also be displayed if, for example, the Netbios ports are blocked on the firewall or on the provider’s equipment so that users do not see the shared disks.

See also my article – Installing and Configuring Samba on Linux