Enable Windows autologon

This tip is useful for a single user computer. Windows will bypass the Welcome screen, and automatically log a user in.

The Steps:

1. Click Start | Run. Another alternative is to press and hold the Win key, and then press R.
2. Uncheck "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer" and click OK.
3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the username and password, confirm the password, and click OK.

Back up files with Windows Vista

Windows Vista (excluding Windows Vista Starter and Windows Vista Home Basic) has the ability to back up files, folders or the entire computer, via the Back Up and Restore Center.

To open the Back Up and Restore Center, open Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Backup and Restore Center.

To back up files, click on Back up Files, choose the backup destination, then click on Next.

On the next screen, select the type of files to back up, then click on Next.

On the next screen, configure how often to do the backup, then click on "Save settings and start backup".

That is all.

Open a Word 2007 document in an earlier version of Word

In the previous article, I have shown you how to open a Word 2007 document without having to install Microsoft Office 2007.

However, If you are running Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1, and already have Microsoft Word 2000 with Service Pack 3, or Microsoft Word 2002 with Service Pack 3, or Microsoft Office Word 2003 with at least Service Pack 1, or Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, installed, you don't need the Word 2007 viewer. Fortunately, Microsoft had released the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word file format", in November 19, 2007.

This pack will enable Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, to open, edit, and save Word files using the Word 2007 file format, although you may not be able to change some items that were created by using the new or enhanced features in Word 2007.

For examples, equations will become graphics, themes will be converted to styles, bibliography and citations will be converted to static text, and some charts and diagrams will converted to images. The changes are permanent (unless you didn't save the document).

Download here:
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word 2007

Disable Windows Autorun

This tip is useful for disabling Windows XP from running the Autorun.inf file.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows
NTCurrentVersionIniFileMappingAutorun.inf]
@="@SYS:DoesNotExist"

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