Saqib's IT Solutions (SSITS)

To kill non-responding or hung  or frozen applications, normally one opens the Task Manager, and right clicks on the process and selects End Task. But you can also create a desktop shortcut to kill such non-responding applications in a click. To do so, right click on an empty area on your desktop. Select New>Shortcut. In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : taskkill.exe /f /fi “status eq not responding” Click Next. Name the shortcut  TaskKill. (or what ever you like) Click Finish. Then select an appropriate icon for it ! The shortcut uses the Taskkill command to identify and terminate application/s that are Not Responding. Or you could create a .bat file (right click desktop > New > Notepad) with the following matter: @echo off taskkill.exe /f /fi “status eq not responding” exit Save it as .bat file. and if you want to create a hot key for the .bat file then create a shortcot to it. In the shortcut properties, "Shortcut t...

If you got infected by a fake antispyware called System Tool 2011 you might wish to remove it from your Windows operating system (Windows 7, Vista and XP). Such a fake antivirus is quite easy to download from the Internet as a lot of websites and blogs seems to spread it to its readers. Furthermore, it mimics famous antivirus and antimalware friendly user interfaces, so it is very difficult to distinguish it from a legit and safe one. Once it has been installed, it will scare you by sending fake spyware and virus alerts, and opening pop-up windows alerting you that your computer has been infected (false positive warnings). An example of these scareware messages is “Warning! You are in danger. Your computer is infected with spyware”. Of course, the main goal of these scaring pop-ups is to convince you to buy a “real” (but not so good) anti-spyware software. Let’s see how to uninstall System Tool 2011 from your Windows, safely. In order to manually remove fake System Tool 2011, follo...

When attempting to connect or establish Remote Desktop connection to a remote Windows xp or Windows Vista computer in order to remotely logon to the machine, the log on may be rejected with Remote Desktop client returns one of the following error messages. Your credentials did not work. or, Unable to log you on because of an account restriction. or, An authentication error has occurred. The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted Remote Computer: xxxxx By default, Windows XP and Windows Vista does not allow nor permit user account without password set or user name with blank (null) password to connect and log in remotely via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The obvious resolution is definitely to create and set a password for the user account that requires to logon remotely to a computer via Remote Desktop, and it’s recommended for security reason too. However, user who for some reason such as for the purpose of convenient, and thus unable or cannot assign a passwor...

Here is a quick tip that might come in handy in certain situations. Most users have at least some software programs in their system autostart. This means that these programs are started when the Windows operating system starts. The benefit is that these programs are loaded before any user interaction which is essential for security applications and handy for programs the user works with all the time. Some users might want to skip loading these autostart programs from time to time to save some time to be able to work on the computer. The following solution works only when running Windows XP operating systems. Microsoft seems to have disabled the option in Windows Vista (and most likely kept it that way in Windows 7). To start Windows XP without any startup programs press the [Shift] key while the computer system is booting. The key has to be pressed as soon as the Windows desktop background appears. This will prevent startup programs from being loaded automatically. It might take a f...