Standard Bridge Configuration dd-wrt

I couldn't set up the secondary router (client bridge) using the setup from the picture: I kept losing my connection to the router after disabling DHCP. I tried release and renew and even rebooting my PC, all to no avail. Holding the reset button seemed to be the only recovery.

Instead of using the picture's configuration for my 2nd router, I did only the following in the order listed:

[[ADMINISTRATION > FACTORY DEFAULTS]]

1. Restore Factory Defaults : Yes (only if config was changed after last restore)

[[WIRELESS > BASIC SETUP]]

2. Wireless Mode : Client Bridge (Note: this automatically disables DHCP but comms with router is not disrupted, which is what seems to happen when explicitly disabling DHCP)

3. WIRELESS NETWORK SETTINGS : match primary router setting

4. Click Save settings button

[[WIRELESS > WIRELESS SECURITY]]

5. WIRELESS NETWORK SETTINGS : match primary router setting

6. Click Save settings button

[[WIRELESS > ADVANCED SETTINGS]]

7. Authentication Type : match primary router setting / Shared Key if WEP

8. Click Save settings button

[[SECURITY > FIREWALL]]

9. SPI Firewall : Disable

10. Click Save settings button

[[STATUS > WIRELESS]]

11. Click Site Survey button

12. Find primary router by SSID and click its Join button

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How To Enable/Disable Fast User Switching In Windows 7, Vista, XP

A single computer is often shared between multiple users, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 makes it easier for users to share a computer using the Fast User Switching feature enabled, it allows more than one user to log on simultaneously at a single computer, for example, if you are currently logged onto a computer, another user can log on to watch movies, without you having to close your open programs and log off. Once the user is finished, you can return to your session where all your programs will still be running.

In Windows 7 / Vista – Method 1: Using Local Group Policy Editor

Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search or Run dialog box and press Enter.

Now navigate to the following location:

Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon

To Disable Fast User Switching:

Set Hide entry points for Fast User Switching to Enabled. By enabling the policy, Administrators can hide the Switch user button in the Logon UI, the Start menu and the Task Manager.

To Enable Fast User Switching:

Set Hide entry points for Fast User Switching to Not configured for enabling Fast User Switching.

Group Policy Editor does not exist in certain editions of Windows Vista. Alternately, you can change the settings via the registry.

In Windows Vista – Method 2: Using Registry

To change settings via registry, follow these simple steps:

Click Start, type regedit.exe in the Start Search or Run dialog box and press Enter.

Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System

Create a DWORD (32-bit) Value named HideFastUserSwitching by right clicking on the right side of the editor and selecting New >  DWORD(32bit) Value.

Set the Value data for HideFastUserSwitching to 1

In Windows XP

Open Control Panel and then User Accounts.

Click Change the way users log on or off option.

Check Use the Fast User Switching check box and now click the Apply Options button.

And on the contrary, if you want Fast User Switching to be disabled, leave the checkmark unchecked in Fast User Switching option and click the Apply options button.

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Antivirus أفضل مضادات الفيروسات المجانية و المدفوعة

لا شك أن اختيار الـAntivirus حرية وخيار شخصي لكل واحد منا ! لكننا سنقدم لكم بعض الأنتيفيروسات التي ينصح بها خبراء الحماية.

سنبدأ بالمجانية :

Avira Free Antivirus 

Avast Antivirus Gratuit 

AVG AntiVirus FREE

Microsoft Security Essentials

Panda Cloud Antivirus

المدفوعة :

BitDefender Antivirus

ESET NOD32 Antivirus

F-Secure Antivirus

G Data TotalSecurity

Kaspersky Anti-Virus

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Map a Network Drive from XP to Windows 7

We’ve received a lot of questions about mapping a drive from XP to Windows 7 to access data easily. Today we look at how to map a drive in Windows 7, and how to map to an XP drive from Windows 7.

With the new Homegroup feature in Windows 7, it makes sharing data between computers a lot easier. But you might need to map a network drive so you can go directly into a folder to access its contents. Mapping a network drive may sound like “IT talk”, but the process is fairly easy.

Map Network Drive in Windows 7

Note: All of the computers used in this article are part of the same workgroup on a home network.

In this first example we’re mapping to another Windows 7 drive on the network. Open Computer and from the toolbar click on Map Network Drive.

Alternately in Computer you can hit “Alt+T” to pull up the toolbar and click on Tools \ Map Network Drive.

Now give it an available drive letter, type in the path or browse to the folder you want to map to. Check the box next to Reconnect at logon if you want it available after a reboot, and click Finish.

If both machines aren’t part of the same Homegroup, you may be prompted to enter in a username and password. Make sure and check the box next to Remember my credentialsif you don’t want to log in every time to access it.

The drive will map and the contents of the folder will open up.

When you look in Computer, you’ll see the mapped drive under network location.

This process works if you want to connect to a server drive as well. In this example we map to a Home Server drive.

Map an XP Drive to Windows 7

There might be times when you need to map a drive on an XP machine on your network. There are extra steps you’ll need to take to make it work however.

Here we take a look at the problem you’ll encounter when trying to map to an XP machine if things aren’t set up correctly. If you try to browse to your XP machine you’ll see a message that you don’t have permission.

Or if you try to enter in the path directly, you’ll be prompted for a username and password, and the annoyance is, no matter what credentials you put in, you can’t connect.

In this example we’re mapping from a Windows 7 x64 Ultimate machine to an XP Media Center Edition Laptop on a wireless connection where each machine as a different password.

To solve the problem we need to set up the Windows 7 local account as a user on the XP machine and make it part of the Administrators group to access the full drive. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.

Under Computer Management expand Local Users and Groups and click on the Users folder. Right-click an empty area and click New User.

Add in the user credentials, uncheck User must change password at next logon, then check Password never expires then click Create.

Close out of the New User Screen and you’ll see the user you created in the list. After the user is added, you may need to reboot XP before proceeding to the next step.

 

At this point you should be able to access the shared folders on the XP machine but not the entire drive. Here we’re browsing to the XP Media Center Edition machine.

Now we can enter in the user name and password we just created.

Now we can browse to and map specific shared folders on the XP machine.

However, when we try to map to the full drive, we get the annoyance of not being able to log in…

To access the full drive we need to make the user part of the Administrators group. So go back into Computer Management \ Local Users and Groups \ Groups then double click on Administrators.

Click the Add button in Administrators Properties window.

Enter in the new user you created and click OK. An easy way to do this is to enter the name of the user you created then click Check Names and the path will be entered in for you.

Now you see the user as a member of the Administrators group…click Ok.

Now we can map to the entire drive. Enter in the drive path where in this example it’s “\\XPMCE\C$” –Don’t forget the “$” sign after the local drive letter.

Then login…

Again the contents of the drive will open up for you to access.

Here you can see we have two drives mapped. One to another Windows 7 machine on the network, and the other to the XP computer.

 

If you ever want to disconnect a drive, just right-click on it and then Disconnect.

There are several scenarios where you might want to map a drive in Windows 7 to access specific data. It takes a little bit of work but you can map to an XP drive from Windows 7 as well. This comes in handy where you have a network with different versions of Windows running on it.

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Add Multiple Types of Items to the Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7 or 8

The context menu in Windows provides a convenient place to start programs, access websites, and open folders. There are several ways to add programs to the menu including a registry method and a free tool.

We’ve found another free tool, called Right Click Context Menu Adder, that allows you to add more than just programs to the desktop context menu and the folders context menu. It allows you to add folders, web addresses, and files to the menus, as well as programs.

Right Click Context Menu Adder is portable and doesn’t need to be installed. To run it, simply extract the .zip file you downloaded (see the link at the end of this article) and double-click on the .exe file.

If the User Account Control dialog box displays, click Yes to continue.

NOTE: You may not see this dialog box, depending on your User Account Control settings.

Make sure the Add items to menu tab is selected. Select the type of item to add to the context menu from the Item type to add box. First, we’ll add a program to our context menu. To do this, click Search to the right of the Program to add edit box.

On the Choose a program to add dialog box, navigate to folder containing the program you want to add and select the .exe file for the program. Click Open.

NOTE: You can also select to add .msi files or .bat files from the drop-down list to the right of the File name edit box.

The icon for a program file is automatically extracted from the file. However, if you want to select a custom icon, use the Search button in the Icon to show on Menu box to select an icon to display to the left of the program on the context menu, if desired.

NOTE: If you need to extract an icon from a file, such as a program file (.exe) or resource library (.dll) you can use the free BeCyIconGrabber tool. You can also search for and download free .ico files from the IconFinder website.

Because adding an icon to the menu item is optional, you can hide the Icon to show on Menu box by clicking the Compact link next to Switch to at the bottom of the dialog box. To show the Icon to show on Menu box again, click the Extended link.

Select where you want the item to display on the context menu from the Position on Menu drop down list. Enter the name of the item you want displayed on the menu in the Text on Menu edit box.

If you want the item to display on the context menu only when you press Shift, select the Show only when SHIFT key is pressed check box.

To add the item only to the Desktop context menu, select the Add only to Desktop Context Menu radio button. If you want the item added to both the Desktop and Folders context menus, select the Add to Desktop Context Menu and to Folders Context Menu radio button.

Once you have specified all the options, click Add to Context Menu.

A confirmation dialog box displays saying the item has been added to the menu. Click OK to close it.

To add a web address to the context menu, select Web Address in the Item type to add box. If you want to automatically download the favicon for the site, select the Download Website icon (Favicon) check box below the Web Address radio button.

Enter the URL for the desired website in the Program to add edit box. Select the Position on Menu and specify the Text on Menu as well as the other options discussed earlier. Click Add to Context Menu.

To add a folder you access often to the context menu, select Folder in the Item type to add box. In the Program to add box, click Choose Folder.

NOTE: You can also add files to the context menu. If you choose to add Any type of file, the Choose Folder button becomes the Search button. Select the file and then specify the other options the same way you would for a folder.

On the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the desired folder, select it, and click OK. If you want to create a folder to add, use the Make New Folder button.

An icon is not automatically added to a folder. To select one, click Search in the Icon to show on Menu box (if you are in Extended mode).

On the Choose an icon dialog box, navigate to the folder containing the .ico file you want to use for the folder on the menu, select it, and click Open.

NOTE: If you want to use the standard folder icon, you can extract the icon from the shell32.dll file in the C:\Windows\System32 folder using the free BeCyIconGrabber tool. You can also search for and download free .ico files from the IconFinder website.

Click Add to Context Menu to add the folder to the context menu.

Here’s what our menu looks like after adding the How-To Geek website to the top, a folder to the middle, and GIMP to the bottom.

You can also easily remove items from the context menu. To do this, click the Remove items from menu tab.

NOTE: You may not see the options you added in the Select an item to remove list. This may be the case if the Show only items displayed on Desktop Context Menu option is selected in the Options box at the bottom of the tab. If you chose to add the item to both the Desktop and the Folders context menus, be sure to select the Show items displayed on Desktop Context Menu and Folders Context Menu radio button in the Options box.

In the Select an item to remove list, select the option you want to remove from the context menu and click Remove. Click Yes on the confirmation dialog box that displays.

To change settings for Right Click Context Menu Adder, click the Settings tab. Use the Choose Language drop-down list to change the language for the program.

If you don’t want the confirmation dialog box to display when you remove items from the context menu, select the Ask before remove items check box so there is NO check mark in the box.

To show the confirmation that an item has been added in the status bar only and not on a separate dialog box, select the Show ‘Added’ alert only in status bar check box so there is NO check mark in the box.

If you don’t want to specify icons for your menu items, you can choose to Always start in Compact mode.

For Web Addresses, you can specify which web browser you want to use to open the websites. This can be different from your default browser. Click the Change button in the Open Web addresses with this Browser box and select the .exe file for the desired browser.

Because Right Click Context Menu Adder is portable, you can choose to save these settings in an INI file in the same directory as the program. To do this, select the File in the program folder radio button in the Save settings in box. This way you can put the program folder on a USB flash drive and take it with you.

Right Click Context Menu Adder allows to easily use your context menu as a central place for running programs, accessing websites, and opening files and folders. We tested the program in Windows 7, but it’s supposed to work in Windows 8 as well.

Download Right Click Context Menu Adder from http://vishal-gupta.deviantart.com/art/Right-Click-Context-Menu-Adder-244062201.

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