How to Clean Install Windows 10

The Windows 10 upgrade process drags old files, settings, and programs from your previous Windows system to your new one. Microsoft allows you to get an entirely fresh system by performing a clean install, but the activation process can be a bit confusing.

This is also useful if you’ve purchased a new Windows 10 PC and it includes manufacturer-installed bloatware you don’t want. Or, you may need to perform a clean install on a computer without an existing Windows system after installing a new hard drive.

Note that you won’t be eligible for the free “Windows DVD Player” app offered to users of Windows Media Center if you perform a clean install. However, you can always install VLC to get DVD playback or use one of the more fully featured Windows Media Center alternatives.

The Easy Alternative: Perform a Reset and Remove Everything

If you installed Windows 10 yourself, this should give you a fresh Windows system. If you purchased a computer that came with Windows 10, this will likely bring back the bloatware that came with your Windows 10 PC. (There should be a way to prevent Windows 10’s Reset function from reinstalling the bloatware, but we’ll need to get our hands on a PC that comes with Windows 10 before we can find out how.)There’s an alternative to clean-installing. You can use the Reset feature to reset your Windows 10 system back to its fresh state.

Note that this may not be the perfect solution — while it should give you a perfectly like-new Windows system, some people have reported that it won’t fix some system corruption issues, in which case you’d want to perform a real clean install.

To reset your Windows 10 PC, open the Settings app, select Update & security, select Recovery, and click the “Get started” button under Reset this PC. Select “Remove everything.” This will wipe all your files, so be sure you have backups.

For the Free Upgrade: Have You Upgraded and Activated Your Windows 10 System?

If you want to perform a clean install of WIndows 10 and haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 yet on your Windows 7 or 8.1 PC, you have some extra work to do. You’ll need to take advantage of Microsoft’s upgrade offer before performing a clean install. (Obviously, if you have a PC that came with Windows 10 or you’ve purchased your own Windows 10 license, this isn’t necessary.)

When you upgrade a Windows 7 or 8.1 system to Windows 10, the installer confirms that you have a “genuine Windows” system installed and activates your computer for use with Windows 10. Note that you don’t actually get a Windows 10 product key — instead, your computer’s hardware is registered with Microsoft’s servers. When you install Windows 10 on that PC again in the future, it will check in with Microsoft’s servers, confirm it’s installed on a registered PC, and automatically activate itself.

If you don’t take advantage of the upgrade process first, this registration will never happen. There’s no way to enter a Windows 7 or 8.1 key into the Windows 10 installer, nor is there some sort of web form that will give you a Windows 10 key if you provide your Windows 7 or 8.1 key. Sorry — you’ll have to upgrade to Windows 10 before you can perform a clean install.

If you need to upgrade, you can download Microsoft’s Windows 10 media creation tool and tell it to “Upgrade this PC now.” It will automatically upgrade you to Windows 10 if your PC is running a genuine version of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Once you’re done, confirm that Windows 10 is activated before performing a clean install. You can check this by opening Settings, selecting Update & Security, and selecting Activation.

Verify that you see “Windows is activated” here. Also, note the edition of Windows 10 you have installed — either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro. Most people will receive the Home edition as part of the free upgrade, but you’ll get Windows 10 Pro if you previously had a Professional edition of Windows 7 or 8.1 installed.

If Windows 10 isn’t activated, don’t try to perform a clean install until it is.

Download Windows 10 and Create Installation Media

Download the Windows 10 media creation tool from Microsoft. This tool will download the correct Windows 10 installation files for your system, and it also has built-in functions to create USB installation media or burn an installer DVD. Select the “Create installation media for another PC” option to create installation media.Even if your Windows system has already been upgraded with the “Get Windows 10″ reservation process, you’ll need to download Windows installation media to install Windows 10 from scratch.

Be sure to select the correct type of installation media for the copy of Windows 10 that’s licensed for your PC — Windows 10 Home or Professional. You should also choose your language and select whether you want the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows here — most people will want the 64-bit version. However, you can create installation media that includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit version, and the installer will automatically select the most appropriate one when you use it to install Windows on a computer.

Install Windows 10 from the installation media like you would any other operating system. Restart your computer with the USB drive or DVD inserted and boot from that device. This may require you change a setting in the BIOS, access a boot menu, or use the “Use a device” option in the advanced startup options on a modern Windows 8 or 10 device that includes UEFI firmware instead of the traditional BIOS.

Select “Install Now” once the Windows installer starts. When you reach a screen asking for your WIndows 10 product key, click the Skip button. You won’t actually have a Windows 10 product key if you took advantage of the free upgrade offer.

If you do have a Windows 10 product key, enter it here.

Go through the setup process normally until you see the “Which type of installation do you want?” screen. Select the “Custom” option to ensure you’re performing a clean install and not an upgrade install.

Partition your system drive however you like. If you just have a single WIndows partition, you can tell the installer to overwrite it. If you have many partitions, you could delete them all and tell Windows 10 to install itself in the unallocated space.

After you log into your new, clean-installed Windows 10 system, it should automatically activate itself after you connect to the Internet. If you took advantage of the free upgrade offer, it does this by checking your computer’s hardware and then checking in with Microsoft, verifying that your hardware configuration is authorized to use Windows 10.You’ll be asked for the product key after the process is finished. Just click “Do this later” to skip this part and continue the setup process.

When we reinstalled Windows 10 Pro on our computer, it activated immediately. But, if Microsoft’s activation servers are overloaded, so it may take some time before your system activates. You can open the Settings app, select Update & security, and select Activation to check your activation status. If it’s not activated, you may see information here that can help you activate.

Some people report having to reboot several times, while others have just waited. The following command can force an activation to occur if it’s not happening automatically after going through the steps above. First, open an Administrator Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Windows Key + X and selecting Command Prompt (Admin). Type the following command and press Enter:

slmgr.vbs /ato

Many people report having to run this command several times. if you see an error message, try rebooting and running it again, wait and run it again, or just wait and let Windows activate automatically. Microsoft’s servers may be overloaded at the moment you’re trying to activate.

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Microsoft’s free upgrade offer depends on your PC’s hardware so it may not activate properly if you’ve swapped out hardware inside your PC. You may need to call Microsoft and complete the phone activation process, explaining what happened, if you changed the PC’s hardware after taking advantage of the offer. The phone support line can give you an activation code that will allow you to activate Windows 10, even if it won’t activate automatically. However, you may have to provide additional information.

Note that the free Windows 10 upgrade (as well as OEM copies of Windows and pre-installed copies of Windows 10) can’t actually be transferred to a separate PC. They’re tied to a single PC’s hardware.

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This New hack Allow Iphone Thieves Bypass your Lock Screen

hello dear 360TG readers

                           do you know this?i know you may know or not but all the same,secure your phone so tightly because a real hacker always have chances to make useless things useful....

A new hardware hack may help attackers bypass the security offered the iPhone's lock screen, researchers at a security firm disclosed.

MDSec said it did the trick with an IP Box that "brute-forces" the iOS screen lock, even with the iPhone's feature that bricks an iPhone after 10 wrong passcode guesses.

"What is surprising however is that this still works even with the 'Erase data after 10 attempts' configuration setting enabled. Our initial analysis indicates that the IP Box is able to bypass this restriction by connecting directly to the iPhone’s power source and aggressively cutting the power after each failed PIN attempt, but before the attempt has been synchronized to flash memory," it said.

With each PIN entry taking about 40 seconds, it said it could take up to 111 hours to brute-force a four-digit PIN.

In 2014, MDSec tested the attack—without the IP Box—on an iPhone 5S running iOS 8.1.

It said it plans to test the same attack on an iPhone running the more recent iOS 8.2.

But it also hinted the hack works only if the security code requires a four-digit passcode. A complex passcode that includes letters may make things much harder.

For now, it advised users to "ensure you have a sufficiently complex password applied to your device rather than a PIN."

A separate report on The Verge noted the lockscreen is a major anti-theft protection measure of the iPhone.

The new hack "could have a real impact on users," it said.

"More broadly, it's a sign of how exacting security research can be. The only vulnerability here is in the order of processes, displaying that a passcode has failed a few steps before the internal system adds the wrong guess to its running tally. That split second pause was enough to give MDSec an opening, leading to an exceptionally elaborate way to bypass the lockscreen," it said.

source--gmanetwork

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Get 1000+ twitter followers In a Day

Hello 360techgates,
               To my surprise there are some people who may not know that don't know how to get more followers on twitter,like 1000+ followers in a day but i will teach you today how to get more followers non-chalantly as long as you have an internet connection you are good to Go.

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#3. Authorise the site with your twitter account and you are done

                   Just sit back Andwatch the miracle

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4 New Whatsapp striking features!

hello 360tehgates readers,The company and developers (Whatsapp .inc) recently updated the Android version of the app and included quite a number of new features which I will be listing out here. Feel free to get yours updated and enjoy.
                 whatsapp is continuously advancing their features!!!
Update Features Include
==>1. Low Data Usage for Whatsapp calls: This option allows you to minimize the amount of data consumed while on Whatsapp call. To get this on, Just hop to settings and select the "Low Data Usage" option.
==>2. Option to set a custom notification for individual contacts on your list.
==>3. Ability to pay the yearly Whatsapp subscription fee for any of your contacts. This one kind of put the power in your hands. I bet you won't hesitate paying that of your girl friend, dad, mum, siblings!
==>4. Mark as Unread feature: This feature highlights the conversion bar by making it green- thereby serving as a visual highlight for the reader as against reverting it to the unread status. Where To Download? Get the whatsapp update apk from play store or Click Here to download for your Android device For Windows phone users, just chill. Yours will be ready in few weeks. But as for iPhone users (iOS), am sorry they didn't say. Just keep your fingers crossed.

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Learn How to activate Android Device Manager and why you have to do it now

First of all, you need to make sure it is activated on your device, just in case it wasn’t activated by default. To activate ADM on your device, follow the instructions below

1. Go to “Settings“.
2. Go to “Security“. (In case, your “Settings” menu is arranged into tabs, you would find “Security” under the “General” tab).
   
   
   
3. Under the section named “Device Administration”, go to “Device Administrators“.

4Tap the “Android Device Manager” option.

5.Tap activate on the next screen that appears to activate ADM. 

Once this is done, you can test ADM on your device using your computer or on any other device with internet access. Simply log in to any of the Google accounts (see How to configure Google Accounts on your new Android device) that is already configured on your device and go to http://www.google.com/android/devicemanager.

Once you are on the ADM page on your computer or any other mobile device, you would see a map and ADM would try to show you a rough location of your own device on that map, which you can use to have an idea of the area where your phone is currently located in case it is stolen. You can also click the “Ring” button to force your device to ring at its highest volume even if it is in silent mode or you can click the “Lock” button or the “Erase Data” button to prevent others from accessing your data in case your device has gotten into the wrong hands.

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How to Lock Down Your Android Tablet or Smartphone for Kids

Google has added more and more parental control-style features to Android over the years. You can give a kid his or her own restricted user account, lock access to a specific app, or restrict what websites kids are allowed to use.

Depending on the version of Android you have and your device manufacturer, you may not have some of these options — or they may look a little different.

Restrict Access to a Single Application

This means you could launch a game and pin it, handing it over and knowing a kid won’t go through your email or look up any inappropriate content. Or, if you want your kids using a specific educational app, you can ensure they’ll stay in that app.If your device has Android 5.0 Lollipop or newer, you can “pin” a specific app to your phone or tablet’s screen. You can then hand your Android tablet or phone to a kid and that kid won’t be able to leave the specific app until you enter a PIN.

To use this feature, you’ll need to open the Settings screen, select Security, and activate “Screen pinning” under “Advanced.” Tell Android to ask for your PIN or unlock pattern before unpinning the app. Next, open the app you can to pin, tap the “Overview” button to show the list of open applications as cards, and swipe up. Tap the pin on the bottom-right corner of an app’s card.

To leave a pinned app, hold the “Overview” button. You’ll be asked for your PIN or pattern if you configured that option.

Set Up a Restricted Profile on a Tab

Android Lollipop offers restricted profiles, a feature that arrived in Android 4.3.  Restricted profiles are only available on tablets — not smartphones. With a restricted profile, you can create a special user account that only has access to specific apps and content you allow.

To create a restricted profile, head to the Settings screen, tap Users, tap Add User, and tap Restricted Profile. You can then lock down the profile and switch between the restricted profile and main user account from the lock screen. (Switching back to the main user account will require your PIN or whatever other unlock method you use.)

Theoretically, restricted profiles allow you to restrict access to specific content in some apps. In practice, app developers have to implement this. You’ll mostly be able to choose which of the apps installed on your device the child’s profile has access to.

Set Up Web Filtering

If you want to do this, you have two options. You could visit Google Play on your Android device and install a parental-control or web-filtering app. Or, if the Android device will just be using your Wi-Fi network to access the web, you could configure parental controls on your router. if your router doesn’t offer such built-in parental control features, you could switch your DNS server to OpenDNS and use its parental controls.Unfortunately, Android’s restricted profile feature doesn’t provide a way to restrict adult content from being accessed through Google Chrome or other web browsers.

We’d encourage you to use OpenDNS and its well-regarded parental controls if possible, as many of the Android web-filtering apps seem to not work too well. They may also require paid subscriptions.

 Play Store Parental Controls

You can also further lock down Google Play to block expensive in-app purchases.The Google Play Store has its own parental control features. To access them, open Google Play on a device, tap the Menu button, tap Settings, and tap Parental Controls. Enter a special parental control PIN here and you can set age restrictions for what types of apps, movies, videos, music, and books a device can download. Anyone using the device won’t be able to download or purchase this type of content without the PIN. However, these restrictions only apply to the Google Play Store — uncensored content is still available through the web browser.

Other Parental Control Application

Due to Android’s flexibility, the Google Play Store is full of “parental control” apps that provide some amount of lock-down features. These will allow you to set up a special application launcher that can only launch approved apps for a child, for example. These shouldn’t be quite as necessary if you have access to the “restricted profiles” feature. If you do have access to the built-in Android parental control features above, the main reason to install a separate app is to restrict access to websites.

You could also use the guest account built into Android Lollipop for this, or create a separate user account (on tablets with Android 4.2 or later, or phones with Android 5.0 or later). These accounts can’t be “locked down” with parental controls, but they will ensure your kid is kept out of your main user account so they can’t go through your email or tamper with other sensitive data.

The guest user account is different because it can be wiped in between uses, while mobile will preserve a standard user account or restricted profile’s data and settings.

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How to Reset Your Forgotten Password in Windows 10

We’ve all done it before. You sit down to log into your Windows machine, type in what you think is the password, and bang, you realize you forgot what it was! You scramble to try different combinations of letters and numbers to see what will fit, but nothing works. What do you do now?

Thankfully, the process of recovering your password in Windows 10 is much the same as it has been in Windows 8 and above, albeit with a few slight tweaks. Here’s how you can recover both your Microsoft Live 10 login, as well as the credentials for any other users registered with the local machine.

Use the Password Reset Tool for Microsoft Live Accounts

The first (and most obvious) solution available from the outset is to use the standard password reset function available at Microsoft’s password reset website. There you’ll find three choices, and for this particular case, you’ll want to follow the “I Forgot My Password” selection if you’re attempting to recover any accounts that are tied to your online identity.

Once you make it through these steps, you’ll be greeted with the generally familiar recovery process that most major companies will use when attempting to verify that you really are who you say you are. If you’ve registered an external email or a cellphone number with your account, you can receive a code which will pop your account open without any extra hassle.

Create a New User to Save Account Files

If none of this works, there’s another measure you can take which will (in a very roundabout way), allow you to regain access to your computer.

Once the setup begins, hit Shift+F10.First, start by booting your Windows 10 installation into the setup by changing the boot order in your BIOS to take priority with the CD, or use the ISO as a startup disk instead.

This will bring up a command prompt. From here, we’re going to use the command prompt to replace the Utility Manager at the login screen with cmd.exe with the following commands:

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

Once this is complete, use the command “wpeutil reboot” to restart the machine.

After you’re back at the login screen, click the Utility Manager. If everything went right, you should see a cmd.exe launch like the image below.

This is the prompt you’ll use to create a new administrative user from the login screen. Type in the following commands, replacing <username> with the name you’d like to assign to the new account (no carrots).

net user <username> /add

net localgroup administrators <username> /add

Now close the prompt, reboot, and you should see your new user in the login screen.

Click in here, and enter your fresh desktop. From the desktop, right click the Start menu in the bottom-right hand corner, and select “Computer Management”.

Navigate to “Local Users and Groups”, scroll down to the affected account, and right-click. Choose the “Set Password” option, and choose a new set of credentials to regain access to your locked account!

 

It should be noted that this method will only work to fully recover accounts that are designated to sign on locally. If you need to get your Microsoft Live account password back, you’ll have to retrieve it through the online forms mentioned above.

That said, if the online recovery service doesn’t work, you will still be able to access any important files or folders that may have been locked up in that account by going into local disk, and clicking on its associated folder.

When All Else Fails: Call Microsoft

If the automated reset process on Microsoft’s site doesn’t lead anywhere to restore your Live-only account, you can look into dialing up a representative at the company itself.

When calling the TechNet Help Center directly, you’ll initially be greeted with the same security questions that you filled out when you created the account. If you can’t answer these, the representative will hand you off to another team, which will use a variety of verification techniques that range from asking for detailed information about what the account’s been used for, to having you list any specific names that might be stored in your own contact list.

If you can answer just two of these correctly, the rep will send you a temporary unlock code, which you can then use to log back into your Live account.

Secondly, you can also look into taking advantage of the new Windows PIN feature, which will allow you to tie a PIN code to your account instead of the standard alphanumerical password. You’ll find the option to add a PIN either in the initial setup, or in the “Accounts” section of the Windows 10 Settings folder.

This way, whether it’s your debit card password or just your lucky number, it’ll only be a few simple keystrokes to remember, instead of a complicated combination of words and letters that can be difficult to track among the dozens of different logins you have across each of your separate devices.

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How to Enable Typing Slashes in Cells in Excel

By default, the slash (/) key displays the shortcuts to the commands on the ribbon in Excel. So, what do you do if you want to enter a slash in a cell? There’s a way to disable this setting so you can type a slash in cells.

part 1

To prevent the slash key from activating the ribbon command shortcuts in the excel, click the “File” tab.

part2

On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left part.

part3

On the “Excel Options” dialog box, click “Advanced” in the list of items on the left part.

part4

In the “Lotus compatibility” section, replace the character in the “Microsoft Excel menu key” edit box from a slash to a different character, such as a tllde (~) or a grave accent (`). Make sure the character you choose is one you won’t be using in the cells.

Click “OK” to accept the replace and close the “Excel Options” dialog box.

part 5

Now you can type a slash in any cell in your worksheet.

Again, the character you entered as the “Microsoft Excel menu key” is not available to type in the cells.

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How to Force Windows 10 to Search with Google: Changing The Taskbar Default Web Search

If you like to use Google as the default search engine in Edge, this tip is for you: You can get Google  search results directly from the Windows 10 taskbar, even with search suggestions.

Bad news: Windows 10 does not allow you to pick Google as the standard / default search for the Windows 10 Taskbar search field.
Good news: It does not matter!

As Windows 10 opens search results with the default browser, there is an easy workaround. You just have to switch to Google Chrome as your main browser of Windows 10 and then make it translate Bing search results into Google results. Thanks to some smart developers, this is very easy.

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