Unable to use Numeric keypad of your desktop keyboard. The cursor jumps around......

Problem: When you try to use the number pad the mouse pointer will jump to another part of screen and anywhere in the sentence you are typing...

If the Num Lock is On, but the number keys on the numeric keypad are not working as expected, then one possible option you can check if the option Mouse Keys is turned on.

If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, goto Control Panel-> Ease of Access-> Ease of access center. Then scroll down and look for the option "Make the mouse easier to use"

If found click on it and look for the option Turn on Mouse Keys.

When Mouse Key option is turned on, the default operation of numeric keypad is disabed and it is then used to control mouse pointer.

Turning off Mouse Key resolves the problem.

Could not attach the USB device. You can attach the USB device to different USB port........

If you are getting the following error :

"Could not attach the USB device. You can attach the USB device to different USB port or restart the Virtual machine and try again"

when trying to attach your USB device to virtual PC, and nothing worked so far, then the chances are that the problem is due to USB 3.0 host controller drivers. The way I resolved the problem was uninstalling USB 3.0 host controller drivers. In my case, it was listed as "Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver" in Control Panel-> Uninstall a program list, and then restarting the system.

If you find anything similar in your system, then you may try that and see if it works for you. If you choose to do so, you will need to consider the fact that all USB devices may get temporarily disabled after uninstalling the driver. USB devices will work again after restarting the system.

In my case, it was a laptop, so I was able to restart the system with touchpad. For a desktop, both keyboard and mouse may get disabled. One workaround to this problem is if you have another computer, you can use TeamViewer or similar remote control tools to connect from the second computer to the affected computer, uninstall the said drivers and restart the affected system (from the second computer)                 

Toshiba BIOS Crisis Recovery

This guide is applicable for Phoenix BIOS based systems, such as Satellite A215

1 From your working computer, download wincrisis.1.0.0.4.zip from the following link

https://www.bios-mods.com/bios-recovery/phoenix-bios-recovery/

Download the file and extract its contents. Create a folder on C: drive and name is BIOS. Copy all the files you extracted from wincrisis.1.0.0.4.zip file to C:\BIOS folder


2 Now goto the following link and download BIOS for your model


http://support.toshiba.com/support/driversResults?freeText=1909316

(download appropriate BIOS file from manufacturer website)

Save the downloaded file, then double click on it. It will first extract the contents to the folder C:\safgv150

3 Open C:\safgv150 folder, copy the file m10a150.rom, goto C:\BIOS folder and paste it there.

4 Rename the file from m10a150.rom to BIOS.WPH

5 Now, connect a flash drive and format it as FAT

6 Disconnect and reconnect the flash drive and run WINCRIS.EXE (from C:\BIOS).

[If your working computer is running Windows Vista, 7 or 8, then you will first need to right click on the file WINCRIS.EXE, click Properties, click Compatibility tab, select the check box "Run this program in the compatibility mode for", Select Windows XP, click Apply and OK]

7 Click Start, click OK, Click OK, Click Yes, click Close


8 Disconnect and reconnect the flash drive and verify that the following three files are there. To view this files, you may need make sure that Windows is set to display all files including hidden ones.

MINIDOS.SYS, PHLASH16.EXE, and BIOS.WPH


9 Now connect this flash drive to a usb port on your affected laptop


10 Take out battery from and laptop and disconnect ac adapter


11 Press and hold Fn + F keys, now plug ac adapter cord and press power button, release the Fn and f keys once you see the light on your usb drive is starting to blink. If your flash drive do not have any indicators, then keep holding those two keys for about 30 seconds and then release


The process may take around 10 minutes. Once complete, if the process is successful, the system should reboot by itself.

How To Reset a Windows 8 Password

The following Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 password reset trick only works if you are using a local account. If you use an email address to log-on to Windows 8 then you should follow This Link


Procedure:

1. Access Advanced Startup Options.

2. Touch / click Troubleshoot, then Advanced Options-> Command Prompt.

3. At the Command Prompt, type the following and press Enter

copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\

You should see a 1 file(s) copied confirmation.

4. Next, type this command, and press Enter:

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

Answer with Y or Yes to question about the overwrite of the utilman.exe file. You should again see 1 file(s) copied confirmation.

5. Remove any flash drives or discs that you may have booted from in Step 1 and then restart your computer.

6. Once the Windows 8 log on screen appears, click Ease of Access icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Command Prompt should now open.

With the command prompt window open, you can reset your Windows 8 password as follows.

7. Type the following and press Enter (replace username with your user name, and password with your desired new password)

net user username password


For example, on my computer, I need to execute the command

net user "San User" abcd1234


(You only need to use double quotes around your username if it happens to have a space in it)


If you get the error message "The user name could not be found", execute net user to see the list of Windows 8 users on the computer for reference and then try again with a valid username. A System error 8646 / The system is not authoritative for the specified account... message indicates that you're using a Microsoft account to login to Windows 8, and not a local account.

8. Close Command Prompt.

9. Login with the new password you set in Step 7.

10. Now that your Windows 8 password has been reset and you're back in, either create a Windows 8 password reset disk or switch your local account to a Microsoft account.


11. Finally, you should reverse the hack that makes this password reset trick work in Windows 8. To do that, repeat Steps 1 & 2 above.


Once Command Prompt window is open again, execute this command:

copy c:\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

Confirm the overwriting by answering Yes and then restart your computer.

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 or 8 with Windows 10 Technical Preview

Here’s how to install Windows 10 Technical Preview over current operating system (Windows 7, 8 or 8.1) so that can select which system to boot up on machine start-up (Dual Booting).

Before start, make sure that you have at least 20GB of free space on internal hard drive and a 4GB USB flash drive.

Stage One-> Download required software and files

1. Download Windows 10 preview ISO file.  Link

2. Next, download and install the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Link

Note: this software will help you create a bootable flash drive to install Windows 10.


Stage Two-> Prepare a bootable flash drive

3. Insert a USB Flash drive into PC. And then launch Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.

4. Select the ISO file by clicking Browse button and click Next.

5. Choose USB device by click the USB device button.

6. Select the USB drive inserted to PC and then click Begin copying button.

7. Click Erase USB Device and click OK to confirm if prompted. The tool will then take a few minutes to copy files to the USB drive to create bootable USB drive.


Stage Three-> Prepare your computer

8. Next, go to the desktop control panel > Administrative tools > Computer Management > Storage and then select Disk Management to navigate to the disk management tool on PC.

9. Right click on C Drive and select Shrink Volume in the bottom window pane.

10. Enter the amount to shrink (min 20GB), which will be the size for Windows 10 drive. Click Shrink to allocated space of PC hard drive.


Stage Four-> Install Windows

11. Reboot the PC. Press F12 as soon as the system reboots in order to select your boot device. Select USB drive and press Enter

12. In Windows setup, click Next and follow onscreen to install Windows 10.

13. Select the partition that created which marked as “unallocated space” and click Next.

Note: Windows will take a few minutes to copy files.

14. Once finished copying files, system will reboot and display a boot menu.


Stage Five-> Finalize Windows Install

15. After PC reboot, in boot menu select Windows Technical Preview. It will copy more files and then reboot again.

16. Select Windows Technical Preview a second time, after the system reboot.

17. In express settings, click “Use express settings.

18. Sign in to Microsoft account or create a new account.

19. Verify account by entering the email address and then key in the code that received from Microsoft emails.

20. Select “Set this up as a new PC instead” so that can default install of Windows 10. Click Next to enable OneDrive.


Windows will take a few minutes to finalize your settings. Windows will present with the same boot menu and given the choice of existing Windows or Windows 10 Technical Preview.

How to tweak your Windows 10 Start Menu

With a little tweaking, the Start menu can be a powerful tool. Note that it, too, is a window. By hovering the mouse over the edges of the window, it can be dynamically resized. But leave it as it is for the moment.
On the left, the Start menu provides a list of applications and locations that you’ll access frequently: Documents, Pictures, PC Settings, and the File Explorer tool are all at the top right. If you go back into the toolbar settings menu, you can also click a series of checkboxes to specify which folders and locations are shown in the upper list. At the bottom of the menu are two important buttons: “All Apps” and a Search bar. We’ll come to back to Search later.

Clicking “All Apps” lists all of your apps, in alphabetical order. But it’s also a gateway to the Live Tiles to the right.





Now why are those Live Tiles there? Well, they can be shortcuts to frequently accessed apps, certainly. But they’re also live widgets that can dynamically update you on your mailbox, the weather, sports news, and more. You’ll see some Live Tiles already populated; feel free to right-click each and resize them, for example, or move them around. If you want to add more Live Tiles, open the “All Apps” list and drag one of the apps into the Live Tile region, then right-click it and turn the Live Tile capability either on or off. You can also tell the Live Tiles not to display personal information, via the Start menu preferences.

Finally, you can re-size the Start menu, transforming it from a skinny skyscraper to a massive window that evokes the Start page. Adding Live Tiles at the edge can increase its size. You can also click and drag the top edge down. Use a mouse, though—this early build isn't overly touch-friendly.

How to send Windows 10 feedback to Microsoft

By now, you should have a pretty good handle on what’s new in the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
So far, I really haven’t seen much behavior that indicates that Microsoft is actively seeking feedback. I did see one popup that vanished before I could click on it, which may or may not have been a question. But if you do find something to complain or comment about, make sure you use the Windows Feedback app (Click the Windows button, then type “Windows Feedback” to access the app.)

I haven’t run into any showstopping bugs. I’ve loaded a few apps, connected an Xbox controller and played a game I downloaded from Steam. And, hey, Netflix works.

As Microsoft has said previously, this is a “build” of Windows 10. Microsoft still has nine months or so until the final release. Hopefully this gives you a sense of what works in Windows 10, and how to make it better. What’s next is up to you—explore Windows 10, discover how it works, and if you find some aspect you dislike, let Microsoft know. There’s still time to make Windows 10 what you want.