Change a Basic Disk into a Dynamic Disk

pplies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
When you change a basic disk to dynamic, you can create volumes that span multiple disks (spanned and striped volumes). Dynamic volumes can be used in most but not all situations.
Basic disks support only primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives. Basic disks have been supported in operating systems since MS-DOS, while dynamic disks have been supported in operating systems since Windows 2000.
Backup Operators or Administrator is the minimum membership required.

Caution
Do not convert disks to dynamic that contain multiple installations of Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. It is likely that you will no longer be able to start the second installation. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64134.

Note
The decision to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk has implications that should be considered carefully. For more information about basic and dynamic disks and how to choose which type to use, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64133.

Note
Before you convert disks, close any programs that are running on those disks.

Changing a basic disk into a dynamic disk

• Using the Windows interface
  
  
• Using a command line
  
  

To change a basic disk into a dynamic disk using the Windows interface

1. In Disk Management, right-click the basic disk you want to convert.
   
2. Click Convert to Dynamic Disk….
   
3. Follow the instructions on your screen.
   

   Note

   If you do not see this menu item, you might be right-clicking a volume instead of a disk, the disk might have been previously converted to a dynamic disk, or the computer is a portable computer. (Dynamic disks are not supported on portable computers, removable disks, detachable disks that use Universal Serial Bus (USB) or IEEE 1394 (also called FireWire) interfaces, or on disks connected to shared SCSI buses.) In addition, you cannot convert cluster disks connected to shared SCSI or Fibre Channel buses to dynamic disks. The Cluster service supports basic disks only.)

   
   

   Caution

   If you are using a basic disk as a storage area for shadow copies and you intend to convert the disk into a dynamic disk, it is important to take the following precaution to avoid data loss. If the disk is a non-boot volume and is a different volume from where the original files reside, you must first dismount and take offline the volume containing the original files before you convert the disk containing shadow copies to a dynamic disk. You must bring the volume containing the original files back online within 20 minutes, otherwise, you will lose the data stored in the existing shadow copies. If the shadow copies are located on a boot volume, you can convert the disk to dynamic without losing shadow copies. You can use the mountvol command with the /p option to dismount the volume and take it offline. You can mount the volume and bring it online using the mountvol command or the Disk Management snap-in.

   
   

Additional considerations

• For additional information about converting basic disks to dynamic disks, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64136.
  
• After you convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, you cannot change the dynamic volumes back to partitions. Instead, you must delete all dynamic volumes on the disk and then use the Convert To Basic Disk command. If you want to keep your data, you must first back it up or move it to another volume.
  
• Once converted, a dynamic disk will not contain basic volumes (primary partitions or logical drives).
  
• When you convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, any existing partitions or logical drives on the basic disk become simple volumes on the dynamic disk.
  
• For the conversion to succeed, any master boot record (MBR) disks to be converted must contain at least 1 MB of space for the dynamic disk database.
  

To change a basic disk into a dynamic disk using a command line

1. Open a command prompt and type diskpart.
   
2. At the DISKPART prompt, type list disk. Make note of the disk number you want to convert to dynamic.
   
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type select disk .
   
4. At the DISKPART prompt, type convert dynamic.
   

 

Value	Description
list disk	Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of available free space, whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and whether the disk uses the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style. The disk marked with an asterisk (*) has focus.
select disk	Selects the specified disk, where disknumber is the disk number, and gives it focus.
convert dynamic	Converts a basic disk into a dynamic disk. Any existing partitions on the disk become simple volumes.

Caution

If you are using a basic disk as a storage area for shadow copies and you intend to convert the disk into a dynamic disk, it is important to take the following precaution to avoid data loss. If the disk is a non-boot volume and is a different volume from where the original files reside, you must first dismount and take offline the volume containing the original files before you convert the disk containing shadow copies to a dynamic disk. You must bring the volume containing the original files back online within 20 minutes, otherwise, you will lose the data stored in the existing shadow copies. If the shadow copies are located on a boot volume, you can convert the disk to dynamic without losing shadow copies. You can use the mountvol command with the /p option to dismount the volume and take it offline. You can mount the volume and bring it online using the mountvol command or the Disk Management snap-in.

Additional considerations

• For additional information about converting basic disks to dynamic disks, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64136.
  
• After you convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, you cannot change the dynamic volumes back to partitions. Instead, you must delete all dynamic volumes on the disk and then use the Convert To Basic Disk command. If you want to keep your data, you must first back it up or move it to another volume.
  
• Once converted, a dynamic disk will not contain basic volumes (primary partitions or logical drives).
  
• When you convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, any existing partitions or logical drives on the basic disk become simple volumes on the dynamic disk.
  
• For the conversion to succeed, any master boot record (MBR) disks to be converted must contain at least 1 MB of space for the dynamic disk database.

 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274.aspx

To use the Exchange Management Console to grant a user the Send As permission for another user's mailbox

1. Start the Exchange Management Console.
   
2. In the console tree, click Recipient Configuration.
   
3. In the result pane, select the mailbox for which you want to grant the Send As permission.
   
4. In the action pane, under the mailbox name, click Manage Send As Permission. The Manage Send As Permission wizard opens.
   
5. On the Manage Send As Permission page, click Add.
   
6. In Select User or Group, select the user to which you want to grant the Send As permission, and then click OK.
   
7. Click Manage.
   
8. On the Completion page, the Summary states whether the Send As permission was successfully granted. The summary also displays the Exchange Management Shell command that was used to grant the Send As permission.
   
9. Click Finish.
   
   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998291%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx
   
   

the remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol windows 7

 http://thisishelpful.com/fix-remote-session-disconnected-because-remote-desktop-client-access-licenses.html

Here is a fix to the following error message with Remote Desktop Connection when you try to connect to a machine: “Remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop client access licenses available for this computer. Please contact the server administrator“

The solution is delete the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSLicensing

Try connecting in again. If it doesn’t work and you get the following error message: “The remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol“;

Then all you need to do is Right-Click on the Remote Desktop Connection icon and select “Run as Administrator“.

The NPF driver isn’t running wireshark

 First time run wireshark, the message popped up: “The NPF driver isn’t running…
go to command prompt;
cmd;run as administrator
type>net start npf
exit wireshark and re open. you should now able to see all the interfaces

Exchange 2007 to enable Outlook Anywhere

  To use the Exchange Management Console to enable Outlook Anywhere

1. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Client Access.
   
2. In the action pane, click Enable Outlook Anywhere.
   
3. In the Enable Outlook Anywhere Wizard, type the external host name for your organization in the box under External host name.
   
4. Select an available external authentication method. You can select Basic authentication or NTLM authentication.
   
5. If you are using an SSL accelerator and if you want to do SSL offloading, select the check box next to Allow secure channel (SSL) offloading.
   

   Note:
   Do not use this option unless you are sure that you have an SSL accelerator that can handle SSL offloading. If you do not have an SSL accelerator that can handle SSL offloading, and you select this option, Outlook Anywhere will not function correctly.

6. Click Enable to apply these settings and enable Outlook Anywhere.
   
7. Click Finish to close the Enable Outlook Anywhere Wizard.
   

How to enable ping response in windows 7

Control Panel --> System and security --> Windows Firewall --> Advanced settings --> Inbound rules --> New rule --> custom rule

in Protocol and ports: Protocol: ICMPv4
on the same panel go to customize, choose "Specific ICMP types", check the box "echo request"

Microsoft Word/Unwanted P Marks

The answer is closer than you might think.

You have turned on the formatting marks and the backward P is the paragraph symbol.

Formatting Marks Enable or Disable

From the Menu Bar select Tools, Options, View Tab if not already selected.

Look under Formatting marks and remove or add check marks by clicking in the box next to the choice you want such as Tab characters or Hidden text.

Select OK.

The keyboard shortcut is:

Ctrl + *

You must use the * located above the number 8 which requires you to press

Ctrl + Shift + *

There is also a Show/Hide Formatting Marks Icon that looks like a backward P with an extra vertical line on it left of the Zoom Icon on the Standard Toolbar.

Office 2010 features

Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned to promote its new Office suite. Recently Microsoft announced a “technology guarantee” program that read “Sell Office 2007 today and your customer can download Office 2010 free”. The customers purchasing and activating Office Home and Student 2007, Office Standard 2007, Office Small Business 2007 and Microsoft Publisher 2007 between March 5 and September 30, 2010 will be eligible for free upgrade to a comparable version of Office 2010. However, before moving to an upgraded Microsoft Office version you would always look for advantages of installing it over the previous version. Microsoft ensures that those looking to go for an upgraded version of Office 2007 have enough reasons to support . We draw a comparison to elucidate how MS Office 2007 better’s Office 2010.
Updated Ribbon
Office 2007 made headlines with innovative ribbon menu system Office 2010 takes it to the next level with a more intuitive ribbon. It provides a new home menu system. Instead of opening up a dropdown the entire window changes color and provides the save, open, close preview and other options. The enhanced Ribbon across Office 2010 applications allows users to access commands quickly and customize tabs to personalize the experience in your working style.
The home menu system offers detailed information on modifications, authors, file size, and permission. The new print and print preview menu that definitely changes the layout most PC users are used to. The new menu by simply cleaner than that of Office 2007.
Better multimedia Editing
The clear that Microsoft upped the multimedia editing options form the last iteration. Image editing has been improved in office 2010. There are new tools for screen capture in Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010. You can even remove the backgrounds with the new Office. Now Microsoft PowerPoint has in-video editing. You might even remove backgrounds with the new Office. All this implies you can do so much more without even using Photoshop.
This features takes Office 14 to a new level. Suppose you wanna trim some parts of a video clip before presentation or you might be looking to apply professional styles to a video like reflection coupled with 3D rotation. PowerPoint 2010 now includes some powerful video editing features.
Broadcast Slideshows within PowerPoint
This is one of the most exciting new features of PowerPoint 2010. Now you can deliver live PowerPoint presentations over the web and anyone sitting in any part of the world can get connected to the web browser.
Distribute the slides as video
In PowerPoint 2010 you can convert your presentation into a video file that can be uploaded on YouTube or distributed on a portable media player such as the iPod. Moreover, the video conversion runs in the background that allows you to use PowerPoint while creating the video.
More visually enhancing
Office 2010 comes with an array of design options to help you generate better ideas. It includes new and improved picture formatting tools such as color saturation and artistic effects that allow you transform your document visuals into a work of art. Office 2010 offers new SmartArt® graphic layouts and a wide range of new pre-built Office themes to create fantabulous designs in Word.
Real time collaboration and communication
Not just the web version, the desktop version of Office 14 also sports a real time buddy list of sorts that shows what individuals are currently editing within a document. Now you can see who is online and who is working on what. This is a great revamp when compared to Office 2010.
Stronger Security Settings
Office 2010 improves upon Office 2007 with respect to author settings, restricted editing and protect mode. This stops you from accidentally editing a file you download until it is enabled.
Embed Web Videos in the Presentation
Office 2010 provides a significant advantage over Office 2007 by allowing users to embed video clips from the Internet into PowerPoint presentation. Now users can just copy and embed code from YouTube or any other video sharing site. The video can be pasted anywhere on a slide.
Quick Steps in Outlook
Microsoft Outlook includes a new Quick Steps feature in the Outlook. With Quick Steps you can create a sequence of commands and apply them to the Outlook item with just a click. For an example, you can use quick step for Send and Delete that will delete the email from your inbox after replying.
Now users can compress the long e-mail threads into a few conversations that can be categorized, filed, ignored, or cleaned up.
Built-in PDF Writer
The Office 2010 programs include a built-in PDF writer that helps you to save documents into PDF format with a click. In 2007 you had to use add-on separately but now you will have native PDF support.
Simpler Document Printing
Microsoft Word 2010 has completely revamped the print dialog. Take an instance, you can tweak printer settings like margins and preview the changes side-by-side.
Creating better data insights and visuals
Excel 2010 introduces a Sparkline feature that tracks and highlights important trends with new data analysis and visualization. The Sparklines feature allows clear and compact visual representation of data with small charts within worksheet cells. Filter and segment into PivotTable data in multiple layers using Slicers to spend more time analyzing and less time formatting.

Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7601

If your Windows 7 is displaying “Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7601” or “Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7600” watermark at the lower-right corner of your Windows 7 desktop, it’s because your Windows 7 OS is running in Test Mode.

According to Microsoft, Test Mode may occur in Windows if an application whose drivers are not digitally signed by Microsoft is installed and still in the test phase.

Microsoft is providing a Fix It solution to automatically remove the Test Mode watermark from the Windows 7 desktop. But if you want to remove it manually without using Fix It solution, here is how to do it:

Method 1:

Step 1: Run the Command Prompt with administrative rights. To do this, type CMD in Start menu search box, and then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys simultaneously. Or, navigate to Start menu, All Programs, Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt entry and select Run as administrator option.

Step 2: In the Command Prompt type bcdedit /set TESTSIGNING OFF and hit enter key. Wait till you see successfully completed message.

Step 3: Reboot your computer to remove the watermark.

aero peek disabled in win 7

windows found software is harmful

Anything you download from the internet is automatically marked as such by windows.    they'll make security decisions for you, so if you attempt to extract a zip containing a .exe file in it, it will tell you that it has been blocked. To get round this, right click on the zip, click "Properties", then click "Unblock", and it will forget it came from the internet and let you extract the file

OpenSSH client and server Installation

Installation of the OpenSSH client and server applications is simple. To install the OpenSSH client applications on your Ubuntu system, use this command at a terminal prompt:

sudo apt-get install openssh-client

To install the OpenSSH server application, and related support files, use this command at a terminal prompt:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

The openssh-server package can also be selected to install during the Server Edition installation process.

No VLAN” shown while using Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC

No VLAN” shown while using Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC

Symptoms: “No VLAN” is displayed in VLAN Statistics and/or no 802.1Q tag information is shown in your decode. The network adapter you use to capture traffic is also a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC.

Causes: Observer is not seeing the 802.1Q tag on packets being captured. This is sometimes caused by your switch not sending tagged packets to Observer. See VLAN Statistics tool is not working for explanation/resolution before proceeding.

Solutions: If you are using a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC to capture the traffic and you have checked the switch configuration. Then try using the fix below. For BCM5751M NetXtreme Gigabit chips found in in IBM T43, HP laptops, and Dell Latitude laptops; there is a registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet that can be set to cause the driver and chip not to strip the 802.1Q headers. To set that key, you must find the correct instance of the driver in Windows registry and change it.

1 Open the Windows registry editor. Start → Run → Command and type regedit.

2 Search for “TxCoalescingTicks” and ensure this is the only instance that you have.

3 Right-click the instance number (e.g., 0008) and add a new string value.

4 Type PreserveVlanInfoInRxPacket and give it the value 1.

5 Restart the computer.

The Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC no longer strips VLAN tags, so the symptom in Observer is resolved

How to download your offline Address Book in Outlook 2010 (Exchange 2007)

• Synopsis

  This guide will show you how to download your Offline Address Book (OAB) if you have recently added new distribution lists, or new members to your Global Address Book, and you wish to see them immediately.

• Applicable to

  All SherWeb hosted Exchange 2007 accounts.

• Prerequisite

  • Outlook 2010
  • a SherWeb hosted Exchange 2007 account

  
  
  

• How to

  1. Go to Send / Receive - Send/receive Groups - Download Address Book.
  2. In the new window, click on OK.
  3. When the Outlook Send/Receive Progress window disappears, the address book will be done downloading.

how to recall mail in outlook 2010

What if you sent an email without attaching some necessary document or you just mistakenly put the wrong information in the email? Outlook 2010 provides a feature to recall a sent message and is the first desktop email client that provides such an option.

Go to the Sent Items and open the Message that you wish to resend, then hit the Office button(File Menu), go to the Info tab and head over to the Message Resend and Recall option.

Click the drop down button located with the Resend or Recall option and choose the Recall This Message option.

You will be prompted regarding, what to do while performing the recall. You can either Delete unread copies of the message or Delete unread copies and replace with a new message. Also make sure that the Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient option is checked, if you wish to be informed, if not then just uncheck this checkbox.

So what does Recall option actually do? You can use it to delete the copy of your email from the recipients inbox or use it to delete a copy and replace it with a new message. The first option can be used if you send an email to a recipient by mistake, while the second option can be used if you forgot to include an attachment or any additional information.

Please note that it can only delete/replace emails that are unread, if the recipient have read the email then Outlook 2010 cannot delete/replace the email. Also note that this option will work in corporate environment only, if you send an email to GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc address then this option will not work.

registry editing has been disabled by administrator

Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” - Error you get when you try to open the Registry Editor in Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista and prevents access to registry editing.

If you are unable to access your regitry editor by typing REGEDIT.exe in Run Dialog then read following tips to quickly access disabled registry access.
Tip 1
Download Registry Fix tool to enable disabled registry access. Click Fix Registry and your registry access is enabled immediately.

  Download Registry Fix

Tip 2
Following tip is extremely helpful, and usually necessary in helping to rid your computer of a viral infection, which has disabled your registry access.  Many virus programs will intercept registry access, based on its original file name (regedit.exe), and prevent them from running.  The alternate copies of theis file will not encounter this problem.
Simply navigate to the C:\Windows and locate regedit.exe .
Once located rename regedit.exe to some other name (e.g. new_reg.exe) and double click the file to run.

registry editing has been disabled by administrator

khatrta.exe virus removal

Procedure to remove Khatra.exe virus manually
1)Go to task manager and select regsvr.exe(if found), gHost.exe , khatra.exe , Xplorer.exe rt click and select end process tree.
press WIN+r or start>RUN
2)type cmd and hit enter
3)GO to the the drive where your OS is installed
4)In the command prompt make sure you get the command line as c:\ or d:\ (this can be achieved by the command "cd .." without quotes)
5)Type attrib -s -h -r khatra.exe
Repeat the same process for the location c:\windows\system32
6)type del khatra.exe
7)Follow the same process for gHost.exe & Xplorer.exe as they are also part of the virus.
To make sure that the virus is out of you pc , check your registry
1)win+R type regedit
2)ctrl+F type in search one by 1 the names of the 3 processes i.e khatra,gHost,Xplorer
3)search the entire registry n go-on deleting the values you find.
Is your registry blocked by viruses?
Do you get the message "registry editing has been disabled by your admin"? then follow the instructions below
Enable Registry Editor
1:Extract the file
2:Right click on the file unhook.inf and select install
Download Registry Editor below
http://sites.google.com/site/a.....edirects=0
Afterward download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware install then update then run program. You may need to reinstall your Anti-Virus program and do a update the run and remove any found virus.