password change win7

you can’t remember your Windows 7 password, you can reset it using Windows 7 installation DVD or Ubuntu Live CD with very little effort.
1, Boot up your computer from the Windows 7 installation DVD or USB flash drive.
2, Just hit the “Next” button when it lets you to choose your language and keyboard layout, etc.

3, Click “Repair your computer” in the next window.

4, Click “Next” to fix problems with recovery tools.

5, Click “Command prompt” to open a command prompt window.

6, Backup the file named “sethc.exe” and replace it with “cmd.exe”, type the following commands respectively.
copy C:\Windows\System32\sethc.exe C:\
copy /y C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\System32\sethc.exe

7, Remove the DVD disc from the optical drive and reboot your computer.

8, When the logon screen appears, press the “Shift” key 5 times, this will open the command prompt window.

Suppose that your user name is “diggfreeware”, and you want to reset its password to “123456″, just type the command below:
net user diggfreeware 123456
Now you can close the command prompt window, log in Windows with your new password instantly.

Files on external drive changed to shortcuts

Check whether the files are not in hidden mode. Follow the following steps.

Step 1:

Click on the below link and download the file "AutorunExterminator"

http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-11613-autorun-exterminator

Extract it --> Double-click on "AutorunExterminator" --> Plug your External

hard drive now.

This will remove the autorun.inf files from your External hard drive and also from

the drives.

Step 2:

Click on "Start" -->Run --> type cmd and click on OK.

Here I assume your External hard drive as G:

Enter this command.

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*

You can copy the above command --> Right-click in the Command Prompt and

paste it.

Note : Replace the letter g with your External hard drive letter.

Now check for your files in External Drive.

Step 3:

After that, download the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from the below link

http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-105-malwarebytes-anti-malware

Update it --> Perform "Full Scan"

Note : Default selected option is "Quick Scan".