Accessing God Mode in Windows 7 (& Vista)

Steps Here’s a great “trick” that will allows you to have ALL the options to control your PC with Windows 7 in one folder.

NOTE: People are also reporting that this works in 32-bit Vista, but NOT 64-bit Vista.
1. Open Windows Explorer and create a new folder
Create the folder anywhere. For ease of use, I created mine in the Root directory/folder.

NOTE: Creating the folder on the Desktop might or might not work. The feedback seems to vary, so you’ll just have to experiment with it.

2. Rename the folder by pasting the name below exactly as it appears:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

NOTE: You can name it whatever you want (within reason), I just use “GodMode” in this example.

3. Enjoy!
Start enjoy your all-in-one folder to control virtually every aspect of Windows 7. I’m still having fun going through and seeing all the stuff I didn’t know was in Windows 7!

But I don’t think I can remember ANOTHER password

One of the things I have heard over and over again in my years as a network and systems administrator is the rather common complaint users have about having to deal with password schemes.

Security, while definitely a GOOD thing, leads to people who would much rather focus on their work having to think outside of their normal comfort level and juggle around a lot of passwords and rigamarole that inevitably leads to their coming to me and saying things like “Trent, I FORGOT MY PASSWORD AGAIN. Can you help me?”.

Hopefully I can. Here are a few points of discussion that might aid you in your painful quest for a password you can remember that is (most importantly) still secure, and why it’s important.

How do I make it stop doing that?

There’s a fine line to travel between “easy to use” and “annoying”, and long-time users of Windows XP often have little things that bug them about how their computer works, and never figure out how to make those annoyances go away.

A lot of these things are actually helpful to the uninitiated user, someone who is totally new to desktop computing in general, but nothing irritates more advanced users like Windows constantly reminding them of things they already know with little balloons that pop up and interrupt their normal workflow.

Well, the good news is, most of that stuff can be disabled in a few easy steps, and I thought I’d share a couple of those items with you today.

Designing Windows Based Home Media – Part I

Part I

For some time I’ve been dabbling with pc based home media. When I started, I had a pretty good library of mp3 files collected over the years, mostly pre-Napster days – downloaded file by file at 56K when ‘time’ was cheap. I also have a few racks of DVD’s, and a CD collection from high school that was once my pride and joy. Now thick with dust, cases broken, disks mostly missing. I also play guitar in a contemporary Christian band and learn most songs by listening to it over and over, picking up the basic structure and working out the details. Fundamentally,

But I LIKE my IT guy!

The Dilemma…“I don’t understand computers, and I don’t know what I.T. even stands for anymore, but without it I can’t get anything done. Please just make my network work.” Historically variations of this statement have been a recipe for disaster for many small business owners. What they are really saying is “I’m good at my core business, and technology is a core part of my day-to-day business operations. Do I really need to become an expert to simply utilize what it has to offer?” Hardware, software, networking, and phone companies alike have jumped at the opportunity to implement their latest solution-of-the-day. Each has their own best interest in mind, with little or no concern to how well the solution even fits that particular business. For years, small businesses have been missing the role that larger companies obtain from the CIO. A top down approach to assure that appropriate technology is implemented across the environment.

Two simple things you can do to make XP run a little faster

In my line of work, any time I ask anyone “say, would you like me to tweak a couple of things to make Windows run a little faster for you?”, I never get “no!” as an answer.

I’m always a little surprised to find users unaware of these little things, so I thought it would be a good idea to start things off with a quick two-tip writeup on how to do just that.

So, if you’re a Windows XP user (and if you’re reading this, you most likely are), and if you’re running on hardware more than a year or two old (again, this is most likely the case), you can benefit from following along.

It’s easy, I promise!

Hello world!

Welcome to Kaltec Data System‘s blog!

Here we plan to post regular content that’s relevant to our clients and end users, mostly things that can make their lives easier when it comes to their day-to-day technology needs.

However, these tips and tricks, howtos and pointers, can apply to anyone who utilizes a computer. So stick around, participate in the discussion, and keep watching this space for more to come!