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Interesting things to do with Windows
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<p>Some people like the new Modern UI (me) and some hate it (my brother). It can be disabled easily by installing <a href="https://www.pokki.com/">Pokki</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pokki.com/">Pokki</a> is Start Menu for Windows 8 which also has options to login directly to desktop (without seeing Modern UI) and disable hot corners. Pokki also includes inbuild application store where you can <em>get hundreds of free applications.</em></p>
<p>First download <a href="https://www.pokki.com/">Pokki</a> and when you see the start menu, right click it and set the settings you want (boot to desktop &amp; disable hot corners).</p>
<h2 id="creating-windows-usb-install">Creating Windows USB install</h2>
<div id=usb>
<p><a href="http://www.raivogalleria.net/?p=1388">RaivoGalleria</a> has good instructions on how to create bootable Windows USB stick, but iẗ́'s in Finnish. It uses Windows internal utilities instead of Windows 7 USB creator tool, so you don't need .net framework.</p>
<ol class="incremental" style="list-style-type: decimal">
<li><p>Plug in the stick and open cmd.exe as Administrator (right click it in Start menu/Modern UI and select &quot;run as Administrator).</p></li>
<li><p>Enter the following commands <strong>replacing X with your USB stick number</strong>. WARNING: This will erase everything on that stick.</p></li>
</ol>
<pre><code>diskpart
list disk
select disk X
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs</code></pre>
<p>The formatting will take some time... After it's done, enter these two commands:</p>
<pre><code>assign
exit</code></pre>
<p>Now minimize the command prompt, you will need it soon.</p>
<ol class="incremental" start="4" style="list-style-type: decimal">
<li><p>Mount the Windows 8 image. If you are using Windows 8, simply double click it. Otherwise download use <a href="http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home">Daemon-Tools</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Open the command prompt again and replace the first X: with drive letter of the virtual drive containing Windows installation image and the second with USB stick letter.</p></li>
</ol>
<pre><code>X:
cd boot
bootsect.exe /nt60 X:
exit</code></pre>
<p>Now open the virtual drive and copy-paste all files to the USB stick. Then read the next section of this page unless you made Windows 8 Enterprise stick.</p>
</div>
<h2 id="installing-all-versions-from-single-media">Installing all versions from single media</h2>
<div id=eicfg>
<p>First disable hiding of extensions of known file types in folder options if you haven't done so already. Then go to the USB stick and open folder sources.</p>
<p>Create a new file called &quot;ei.cfg&quot; (NOT &quot;ei.cfg.txt&quot; which you will get if you hide extentions of known file types!).</p>
<p>Then paste the following into it:</p>
<pre><code>[EditionID]
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0</code></pre>
<p>and save. Note that the second line must be empty.</p>
<p>Now try booting from the stick and press &quot;install&quot;. You will get a menu asking whether you want to install &quot;Windows 8 Pro&quot; or &quot;Windows 8&quot; (this doesn't work with Enterprise). If you don't want to boot, press the X on top right corner and then click it again and your computer reboots.</p>
<p>This method also removes asking of product key from installation.</p>
<p><strong>Vista &amp; 7 users: remove the ei.cfg file to get this menu if you aren't installing Windows 8).</strong></p>
</div>
<!--## Extending the trial period
<div id=rearm>
Windows offers trial period of 30 days by default. When that time has went, you can open cmd.exe as Administrator and run
```
slmgr /rearm
```
to get another 30 days. This can be repeated three times so you will get 90 days.
To check how many rearms you have left, simply run
```
slmgr -dlv
```
I have heard that there is registry value which allows the rearm time to be reset some times, but I haven't tried it.
</div>
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<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<!-- <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" /> -->
<meta name="description" content="Interesting things with Windows (mainly 8 or 7). Activating administrator, tethering without 3rd party tools, removing passwords without knowing them, automatically logging in without regedit..." />
<meta name="keywords" content="Windows,Windows7,Windows8,7,8,netsh,WLAN,tether,connection,sharing,Administrator,root,enable," />
<meta name="description" content="Interesting things with Windows (mainly 8 or 7). Activating administrator, tethering without 3rd party tools, removing passwords without knowing them, automatically logging in without regedit, USB installation..." />
<meta name="keywords" content="Windows,Windows7,Windows8,7,8,netsh,WLAN,tether,connection,sharing,Administrator,root,enable,USB,rearm,slmgr,ei,ei.cfg,cfg," />
<meta name="author" content="Mika Suomalainen" />
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[Pokki]:https://www.pokki.com/
## Creating Windows USB install
<div id=usb>
[RaivoGalleria](http://www.raivogalleria.net/?p=1388) has good instructions on how to create bootable Windows USB stick, but iẗ́'s in Finnish. It uses Windows internal utilities instead of Windows 7 USB creator tool, so you don't need .net framework.
1. Plug in the stick and open cmd.exe as Administrator (right click it in Start menu/Modern UI and select "run as Administrator).
2. Enter the following commands <strong>replacing X with your USB stick number</strong>. WARNING: This will erase everything on that stick.
```
diskpart
list disk
select disk X
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs
```
The formatting will take some time... After it's done, enter these two commands:
```
assign
exit
```
Now minimize the command prompt, you will need it soon.
4. Mount the Windows 8 image. If you are using Windows 8, simply double click it. Otherwise download use [Daemon-Tools](http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home).
5. Open the command prompt again and replace the first X: with drive letter of the virtual drive containing Windows installation image and the second with USB stick letter.
```
X:
cd boot
bootsect.exe /nt60 X:
exit
```
Now open the virtual drive and copy-paste all files to the USB stick. Then read the next section of this page unless you made Windows 8 Enterprise stick.
</div>
## Installing all versions from single media
<div id=eicfg>
First disable hiding of extensions of known file types in folder options if you haven't done so already. Then go to the USB stick and open folder sources.
Create a new file called "ei.cfg" (NOT "ei.cfg.txt" which you will get if you hide extentions of known file types!).
Then paste the following into it:
```
[EditionID]
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0
```
and save. Note that the second line must be empty.
Now try booting from the stick and press "install". You will get a menu asking whether you want to install "Windows 8 Pro" or "Windows 8" (this doesn't work with Enterprise). If you don't want to boot, press the X on top right corner and then click it again and your computer reboots.
This method also removes asking of product key from installation.
<strong>Vista & 7 users: remove the ei.cfg file to get this menu if you aren't installing Windows 8).</strong>
</div>
<!--## Extending the trial period
<div id=rearm>
Windows offers trial period of 30 days by default. When that time has went, you can open cmd.exe as Administrator and run
```
slmgr /rearm
```
to get another 30 days. This can be repeated three times so you will get 90 days.
To check how many rearms you have left, simply run
```
slmgr -dlv
```
I have heard that there is registry value which allows the rearm time to be reset some times, but I haven't tried it.
</div>
-->
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