Category Archives: Labs

Posts about computer labs and classrooms at Williams College

Formating a Bootable USB device – Windows

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

To create a bootable, external USB device (hard drive or thumb drive) consider the following steps … WARNING: It is possible to format ANY drive with this process so be absolutely sure you target the correct drive! C:\> diskpart Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Windows Login Background

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

To set the login background for windows 7 … that is the background image displayed on the login screen … First – put your image in: C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds\backgroundDefault.jpg (you will likely have to create this directory structure …) Then create/edit a … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – User Profile Deletion

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

In Windows 7 – Deleting users profiles is a 2 step process … 1) Delete the users’s directory in /Users and 2) Delete the users’s registry key in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList For more details see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156826

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Mac – Change Login Background

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

Create a jpg and copy it to: /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg For more details see: http://osxdaily.com/2010/01/25/change-the-mac-login-screen-background/

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Windows 7 – Startup Items

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

Windows 7 – Startup Items Unlike with windows XP that had limited ways of starting programs, in windows 7 there are now many places to check for programs that launch on windows startup. A reasonably detailed web page that describes … Continue reading →

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Desktop Background – Windows

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lynna Jackson

Load special desktop backgrounds into the directory: c:\windows\web\wallpaper\williams\ This is an admin protected directory that allows all users to read the jpgs stored there

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