Backup Windows 8 Activation: The Things Microsoft Doesn't Telling You

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

It's a big day for Microsoft. It has launch the most important product windows 8 . Besides, people also can see

windows 8 pro, windows 8 enterprise edition, windows 8 RT and deliver Surface RT. With windows 8 official

vesion is coming, still worry that can't activate windows 8? Actually, many windows users are confused with

windows 8 activation backup, they're looking for the way

to do that. Now, here is an instruction to show you the method to backup windows 8 activation and restore it,

you just keep this guide, and find more clues from here.



How to Backup and Restore Windows 8 Activation?

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   Step 1: Go to C:\Windows\System32\spp\ and backup the store folder as this turned out to be the only folder you need to make backup of.
   
   
   
   Notes 1: The store folder might be hidden, open up Folder options from Control panel and choose View tab, select Show hidden files and folders + uncheck Hide protected system files.
   
   
   Notes 2: To make sure to verify that the store folder contains these files and folders.
   
   1 file named data.dat which is hidden
   1 file named tokens.dat which is visible
   
   1 folder named cache containing a file named cache.dat
   
   Step 2: Re-install windows 8.
   
   Step 3: After windows 8 is re-installed, running a new command prompt as administrator where you need to type in slmgr -upk to uninstall the key so the status changes to unlicensed.
   
   Step 4: After step 3 you need to reboot in Safe mode and easiest way is by using msconfig via Run. Choose the Boot tab and then Safe boot-Minimal, apply and restart when prompted.
   
   Step 5: After the PC has rebooted in Safe mode open a new Command Prompt as Administrator and type net stop sppsvc to stop the Software Protection Platform service (sometimes you can get a message that it's already stopped and not running).
   
   Step 6: Go to C:\Windows\System32\spp\ and replace the current store folder with the backed up one.
   
   Step 7: Go to Run and use msconfig and choose Normal boot under General tab this time, apply and click restart when prompted.
   
   Step 8: When restarted you can see that the watermarks are gone and by checking the usual slmgr -dli/dlv/xpr commands in Command Prompt you'll see that it worked and you're activated + by checking the Volume Activation Management Tool 2.0 you'll see License Status: License renewed and Genuine Status: Genuine.
   
   
   
   
   [*=left]How To Change Windows 8 Product Key To Complete Activation?
   
   
   
   There is actually a much easier way of doing the activation in Windows 8.
   
   Step 1: You just open a Command Prompt (Admin) window, and fire up the following command:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   [*=left]Step 2: You can see this window pops up, and put in your windows 8 product key and go active it, this also seems to work when you have a new product key that you want to activate.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Still can't backup windows 8 activation? Upgrade to windows 8 , and try it again.

 

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[h=3]Turn Off Activate Windows Now (Solved)[/h]

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Do you want to turn off Activate Windows Nownotification? This Activate Windows Now Alert appears when Windows run checks in the background and find any problem related to Windows activation, Maintenance features, Security, windows error Reporting, Windows Defender, and User Account Control. Windows 7 had the same feature with less notification but Windows 8 has got some more stuff to notify you.


[h=2]WHY TO TURN OFF ACTIVATE WINDOWS NOW NOTIFICATION[/h]

Windows frequently notifies you about the protection of operating system so that you can have a look over it and fix those errors if required, but it goes annoying after a passage of time as it shows notifications with red flag that attracts our attention, if your Windows is not activated then it keeps reminding you to Activate Windows now.

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Our question is how we can turn off activate windows nownotifications from our system tray and get rid of these messages:



[h=2]STEPS TO TURN OFF ACTIVATE WINDOWS NOW:[/h]

• Go to Start Menu then click Control Panel (I Want to add Start Menu in Windows 8)
• If you don't want Start Menu then Press Win+X key on your key board
• Click Control Panel>Action Center

• On the top left corner you will see Change Action Center Settings Click it.

• Remove check mark from Windows activation to turn it off

[h=3]You Turned Off Activate Windows Now Notification[/h]

There are lots of other security messages that appear off and on you can disable them too through action center.

[h=4]Turn Off Activate Windows Now[/h]

 

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What is BitLocker

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BitLocker DriveEncryption is a full disk encryption feature, that lets you encrypt the hard drive(s) on your Windows 7 and Vista

Enterprise, Windows 7 and Vista Ultimate or Windows Server 2008 and R2. BitLocker will not be available for some operating systems

and will not encrypt hard drives for Windows XP, 2000 or 2003. Only Windows 7, Vista and Server 2008 include BitLocker. BitLocker drives can be encrypted with 128 bit or 256 bit encryption.

Bitlocker utility is very useful to protect the data in the event the computer is lost or stolen. This protects your hard drive from unauthenticated attack where a user can take the hard drive from your machine and connect it to another machine so he can copy data.

BitLocker encrypts the hard drive so that when someone has physical access to the drive, the drive is unreadable. Recovery of the

password and key is also quiet simple you can save the recovery key either on the network or in the pen drive in case of losing password.

HOW BITLOCKER LOOKS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION.



After Encryption your hard drives will be locked in this way with lock and key what you need to do double click on the drive that you want to use.

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You need to enter password that you set on the drive.

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When you enter the correct password then the lock will be shown in this way.

 

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Add Start Menu To Windows 8

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Do you want to add Start Menu to Windows 8? Are you missing Start Menu of Windows 7 however you don't want to leave Windows 8 and want to add Start Menu to Windows 8 is released now and it has come up with mobile technology

that has already become very popular among technology lover before its release. No doubtWindows 8 makes you feel really special with its new interface that has never appeared in any Windows OS but with this new release there are some

questions that came up about the usability of this windows because usually people find helpless without start menu as we

were very much used to it, similarly a huge group of people find solution to disable Metro UI because they find it annoying and they have a valid reason.


WHY DO WE NEED TO ADD START MENU TO WINDOWS 8?


I take my example when I am at work and doing some work that needs start menu; I have to think what I should do the reach that particular utility most of the time I remember the shortcut through run but then I think what about the people who are ignorant of these shortcuts!

Reason to add start menu to Windows 8


Earlier we used to hit windows button to see start menu but now we find Metro UI that is also irritating and we miss our start menu. At last I must say that removing Start Menu was not a good idea at all. Well every problem has a solution we

have some options through which you can get your start menu to access installed software and resources as soon as you get your start menu then you can control your metro UI.

Ways to add Start Menu To Windows 8

Option#1: Download a tweak from winaeroto add Start Menu to Windows 8 like this.

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I find this tool awesome as you can see the start menu is added and Windows 8 menu is still appearing at the top that means anytime if you want to use the default metro user interface as and when you need it. you can download this tool easily available on winaero

Install it run and enjoy it


More Ways to add Start Menu to Windows 8 without tweak.


Option#2: The people who don't want to install any tweak and want to access their same system utility they have an alternative that they can make their own start menu shortcut to access those items of start menu

Step#1: Right click on the Taskbar and go to Toolbars.

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Step#2: Paste this path in the box as shown in the image below.

All users C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Current user C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
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Click Select folder then on the bottom right corner you will find a shortcut of Start Menu it's not classy but if you want to access only the utilities and you don't mind having bold and showing sort of graphics then this is the best option for you

The Start Menu is Added to Windows 8.


This idea is best suited to the people who just want to add start menu to access the resources.

Learn How To Remove Metro UI from Windows 8

Please like and share if you were able to add start menu to windows 8 without any problem.

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

​Windows-System Error an IP Address Conflict



Windows-System Error an IP Address Conflict is generated when we have more than one Computer in home and connected to router, most of the times router manages this IP addressing but sometimes you may get this error on your computer screen. This error can be fixed by many ways lets follow and fix the problem


Option#1: The very first step to fix problem is to reboot your system along with your router and modem, Switch on your modem first then router and at last the computer it will fix the problem and if it doesn't then follow next Option.


Option#2: To check this fault we need to check whether you have assigned IP address manually or not


Step#1: Make a Single right click on LAN icon and then click on Open Network and Sharing Center

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Step#2: Click on Change adapter settings

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Step#3: Right click on Local Area Connection and click on Properties

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Step#4: Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or click on Properties

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Step#5: when you reach this box then make sure that Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically must be checked nothing should be there in the boxes click on OK, if this box is blank then follow Option#3:

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Option#3: With this option we are going to release and renew the IP address of your computer

Step#1: Go to Run and type cmd and hit enter

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Step#2: Type ipconfig/all to see IP address and details

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Step#3: Then type ipconfig/flushdns to release all DNS cache and IPs

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Step#4: then type ipconfig/release to release IP address that is assign to you

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Step#5: as the IP address is released so we need to get an IP address again so now type ipconfig/renew

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[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

How To Reset RAM To Improve Performance?




Do you want to reset RAM? A lot of times When we have multiple programs running at same time then we notice our system is getting a bit slow. When the applications are closed then the memory is release and made available to other tasks or applications but this doesn't happen all the time. The RAM doesn't release its memory however we can tell the RAM when it should release the memory.

We are going to discuss the steps to create a shortcut to reset your Ram of the system when needed without restarting the system.


HOW TO RESET RAM:



Step#1: Right-click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut.

Step#2: Copy and paste the following into the box:


%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks


Step#3: Name it Clear Memory and Click on Next




This icon will be created as and when you click on Finish.


Click on icon when you need to reset the RAM.

 

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How Can I Speed Up My System?



When I got a new system it was very good and working smooth as the time passed the system turned to snail. It takes much time then usual then I performed some checks and speed up my system. Just follow a few steps to maintain your computer, help to increase the speed and help to keep it running smooth.


The very first advice to speed up your system is to upgrade RAM if you computer is old and has been many year since you're using it. what you should know and do for upgrading the RAM?


HOW TO SPEED UP MY SYSTEM?



Option#1: Click on Start then Run and type %temp% and hit Enter.

































In this window you will find some temporary files, Select all and Delete it.


Option#2: Remove temporary Internet files.
Go to Tools at bottom you have Internet Options(Internet Explorer).

In General tab you have browsing history click on Delete.






















The files are being deleted......













Then click ok.


Option#3: Run Disk clean up



























Option#4: Delete installed programs that you no longer use.

























Find out the programs that are not usable please uninstall the programs.


Option#5: Delete System restore points and shadow copies.













Option#6: Empty the Recycle Bin frequently

Option#7: Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk as a file is opened .The response time can be significantly longer. Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end to end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up.


When to run Disk Defragmenter

You add or remove large number of files.
Your free disk space totals 15 percent or less.
You install new programs or a new version of the Windows operating system.

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Option#8: Desktop clean up: if you have several unused icons and the desktop is full of items then please run a desktop clean up because it causes to run you computer slow, if you really need some of the icons then you can place it on the desktop and rest you can keep in my documents for safer side and access those icons as and when you require.

 

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Wireless Network Connection Missing - Solved





Missing Wireless Connection issue in Windows 7 is quite common and most of the time people have questions and issues with either wireless device or connection we have tried to cover up some of them and in this article we are going to discuss

missing wireless icon. At time because of some recent hardware changes, Viruses or newly installed software may cause trouble with your wireless network connection adapter and lead to non visibility and malfunctioning to the wireless

connection as it happened with me and this eventually led to the solution to this problem that fixed the problem for once and ever for me and I hope it should work for you as well.

We have some important steps to fix missing wireless adapter.

Before we proceed with troubleshooting steps you must check if the wireless adapter is disabled so that we can move further


Option#1: If you have performed all the above mentioned troubleshooting then you can try to restore your system in some cases this step helped.

Step#1: Go to Run and type msconfig and hit enter





Step#2: Go to Services and click on Enable all and then click on OK and Restart your computer then your wireless will be up and running





Option#2: If your are using Dell laptop and this didn't work for you then Go to BIOS setting, look for Wireless and Lan Adapter and check if they are disabled

Option#3: If you have done all the steps mentioned above but still wireless network connection does not appear then eventually you can install windows again, in most of the cases the wireless will come back but if this persist and you are

unable to install drivers as well then there is a problem with hardware device. The system is not able to communicate with installed device, you can get the computer checked from your computer vendor. I have been troubleshooting the problem based on wireless network devices and share most of them.