How to Enable or Disable Hibernation in Windows 7

Enabling or Disabling the “Hibernate” option in Windows 7 or Vista is not as simple as it used to be in Windows XP. For Windows 7 a different approach has to be followed to accomplish the same job. In this post you will find how to enable or disable the Hibernate option in Windows 7.

Hibernation is a power saving option which was designed primarily for laptops. Unlike “sleep mode” which puts the open documents and files into the memory, hibernation puts all the open files and documents on to the hard disk and shuts down the computer without drawing even a small amount of power. Thus hibernation becomes an excellent way to save power and resume Windows back to the state where it was left off. If you really want to use this feature on Windows 7 then you need to enable this option. This can be done as follows.

1. Open the Command Prompt with “Administrator rights”. To do so, type cmd in Start menu and then hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

2. Now type the following command in the command prompt and hit Enter.

powercfg /hibernate on

3. Type exit and hit Enter to close the Command Prompt. Now you should see the “Hibernate” option in the Start menu. If not then perform the following steps.

A. Type Power Options in the Start menu and hit Enter.

B. In the left pane, open the link labeled “Change when the computer sleeps” and then open the link “Change advanced power settings”.

Now a small window will pop-up as shown below:

C. Now expand the Sleep tree and turn off Allow Hybrid Sleep as shown in the above screenshot.

D. Now you should see the Hibernate option in the Start menu.

5 Useful Uses Of Windows UNDO (Ctrl+Z) Shortcut

Undo in Windows

CTRL+Z: Undo the last command, as known by us. And here are the best uses of the windows undo shortcut. What would we have done without it ? In case if you haven’t already here are some useful tasks that we mostly do with Ctrl+Z.

# Bring Back Items Deleted Accidentally

If you delete a file to the Recycle Bin from the explorer, Ctrl+Z brings it back. It even brings back a group of files you have deleted at once.

# Undo a File Rename

After renaming, if your realize you have renamed the wrong file, an easy fix is to use "Undo" (Ctrl+Z) to restore the filename.

# Undo a Local File Transfer

Recently I Cut + Paste my Songs Folder (13GB) from one Drive to another (wrong). In these cases, use undo immediately to go back to the original, instead of cut+paste-ing again.

Ctrl + Z in Windows

# Bring Back Accidentally Deleted Text in a Text Editor

We do this always… select text and delete it… realize deleted to much … Just "Undo" to bring back the text. (I know a few people who don’t know this :P )

# Undo a Mistake in Paint, Photo Editing Tools

Till now, all the photo editing tools I have used, "Undo" works in all of them. Some have limits, like actions in MS-Paint can be undone to the last 3 levels (lowest). Otherwise… most have unlimited "Undo" actions.

Note: I have missed many…. I know.. plz leave your comments on how you use "Undo" in windows…

How to Delete Locked Files which Can’t Be Deleted

Chances are if you have been using a computer, you have ran into one or more of the following messages:

• Cannot delete file: Access is denied.
• Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
• The source or destination file may be in use.
• The file is in use by another program or user.
• These are very common messages that occur when attempting to delete files that a particular malware infection put onto your system.

Remove, Move & Delete Locked Files in Windows
FileASSASSIN is an application that can delete any type of locked files that are on your computer. Whether the files are from a malware infection or just a particular file that will not delete – FileASSASSIN can remove it.

Simply download FileASSASSIN from one of the links below. If you selected the portable build, simply unzip and run the application, otherwise run the installer provided.

Start FileASSASSIN and select a file by dragging it onto the text area or select it using the (…) button. Next, select a removal method from the list. Finally, click Execute and the removal process will commence.

The program uses advanced programming techniques to unload modules, close remote handles, and terminate processes to remove the particular locked file. Please use with caution as deleting critical system files may cause system errors.

Download FileASSASSIN : Link (163.12 KB)

How to Change the Welcome/Login Screen in Windows XP ?

Seeing the same old blue screen each time you login to Windows XP can get quite boring for you with passing time. Probably the best way to get rid of this blue screen is to use the direct login feature and not see the welcome screen at all but for multi user computers the welcome screen acts as a login portal and you can not disable it whatsoever. However there is a simple trick to change the welcome screen.

Change Windows XP Welcome (Login) Screen
How would you Like this One ?

Just make sure that you have the “Use welcome screen” option activated in Control Panel –> Users Accounts –> Logon and Logoff Options before trying to apply this trick...

Basically there are two ways to change your Login Screen


First One is to either replace your default login screen with your new one and the other method is to play with the registry such that it recognizes the new login screen as the default one ..

The following steps will guide you how to over write your existing login screen with your new one.

Here are the steps :

1. Make a backup copy of C:\windows\system32\logonui.exe
2. Rename your new login screen to logonui.exe
3. Overwrite the existing login screen file with your new login screen and thats it you are done.

Second Method that will help Windows identify your new login screen as the default one. The good thing about this trick it that you don’t have to delete or replace your original login screen file.
Here it goes.

1. Copy your custom login screen file under another name, let’s say logonuiA.exe, to C:\Windows\system32\
2. Open Start menu –> Run –> and type Regedit
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows NT –> CurrentVersion –> Winlogon and change the value for UIHost to logonuiA.exe.

XP Login Screens : You can Find free Login Screens Here.

Revert back To your Old Login Screen
If you ever feel like restoring your original login screen then all you have to do is use the backup copy of logonui.exe and paste it in C:\windows\system32\ and select over write.