How to disable login password

1. Press the Image+ R combination on your keyboard.

2. Type control userpasswords2 then click on ok.

3. Make the UAC Affirmation.

4. Now switch to Users tab. Uncheck the option “Users must enter a user name and passwordto use this computer”.

5. Click on Apply. Now in Automatically sign in window type your password and confirm it.

6. Click on OK and that’s it. Now whenever you open windows, you will be automatically sign in.

Free Windows 10 upgrade for machines running Windows 7 or 8.1?

Q: Where can I get the free Windows 10 upgrade for machines running Windows 7 or 8.1?
A: The free upgrade offer extension for Windows 7 and Windows 8 customers who use assistive technologies expired on December 31, 2017

However, if you download the Windows Update image, you may be able to do it.

Also read this information:

All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free

Here’s how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade | ZDNet

How to check sign-in status in Microsoft azure

Situation: The client get a lot hacking and one of their user accounts has been used to send spyware to his clients. The company would like to check the sign-in failure status in Azure.

Procedure:

  1. Login azure account and access Azure Active Directory>Users>Sign-in.

2. You can search a single user or all users sign-in status. You may also download the report.

How to recover damaged files from Office 365?

Q; We save files in OneDrive. One of our files is damaged and can’t be opened. How can we recovery it?

A:  1. try revert to the earlier version! Right click the file and choose version history.

2. In File -> Version History you can find all the different versions of the document. This is where you can find the exact time for each version as well.

Within File Options -> Save you will find these options too:

3. If above doesn’t work, try to restore it from the Office 365 backup.

 

Is there any way to prevent Windows 10 from locking?

Situation: the client manually set both Screen & Sleep settings to “Never”, but it locks after inactivity. They wonder if there is any GPO setting (or registry, etc.) that will prevent a Windows 10 machine from locking after inactivity?

Resolution: 1. For group policy, try this:

Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies->Security Options->Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit

Changing this directly affects the stated registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\InactivityTimeoutSecs

2. For registry, try this:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
Value Name: InactivityTimeoutSecs

 

Configure other email apps to check Gmail

This example is based on Outlook 2016. To setup IMAP

Step 1: Turn on  IMAP in Google account
1. Login Gmail account.
2. In the top right, click Settings Settings.
3. Click Settings.
4.Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
5.In the “IMAP Access” section, select Enable IMAP.
6.Click Save Changes.

Step 2: Configure IMAP and SMTP settings in email apps

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
imap.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Port: 993

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
smtp.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Requires TLS: Yes (if available)

Requires Authentication: Yes

Port for SSL: 465

Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587

Full Name or Display Name Your name
Account Name, User name, or Email address Your full email address
Password Your Gmail password