Mac OS X Hints - A community- built collection of OS X hints. This is my take/an update on las_vegas' hint I found here awhile back for running OS updates without creating a user on a Mac. It is applicable to any system 1. IRFANVIEW MAIN SITE. Is there a direct download link for IrfanView and Plugins? I want to create a CD-ROM with images and I will put IrfanView on the CD.
This can be helpful if you have a Time Machine backup that's on a newer OS than your install media, or if you're selling/donating your Mac as it saves the new user having to update things. First things first, wipe your drive (and zero it if you don't trust the end user of this computer) and reinstall your desired OS. Once your OS is installed, boot to your install media or the Recovery Partition if available. Open Terminal from the Utilities option in the menubar. In the new Terminal window, type the following. This will bring up the Password Reset utility. Click Macintosh HD or whatever your HDD is called. You'll notice the only user account that's available is root. Enter a password you'd like to use/remember, though it doesn't really matter as we'll be disabling root and removing this password later. Click save, close the password reset utility and go back to working in Terminal. Now you'll want to enter the following command. Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/private/var/db/. Apple. Setup. Done. This will create the file on Macintosh HD that tells the computer it has completed the setup so you're able to skip the process and login with the root account we just enabled. Close Terminal and reboot the computer into the Macintosh HD. You should be greeted by the login screen with an option that says Other. Click Other, enter root as the username and the password you chose to login. Proceed with Software Updates and any optional software you'd like to install, making sure to install for All Users if prompted. Also keep in mind that any preference changes you make will only apply to the root user, so there's no sense in wasting any time customizing the look, feel and general operation of the computer. After all software is installed, open up Terminal once more. Enter the following code. Apple. Setup. Done. This will remove the file we originally created and re- enable the setup assistant to help create the new/first user on the Mac. Next, open up Directory Utility. This can be found in Users & Groups in System Preferences. Click Login Options, then click Join.. Network Account Server. You should then see the option Open Directory Utility. Once in Directory Utility, click Edit in the menubar and then select Disable root user. As a note, this can be done while logged in as root. Close Directory Utility and restart the computer, booting back into to your install media or Recovery Partition. Open up Terminal one last time and enter. Once the Password Reset utility has appeared, click the root user once more. Instead of changing the password, however, simply click the Reset button to reset Home Folder ACLs. Reboot your Mac, confirm you see the Setup Assistant and you're ready to move onto restoring your backup or selling your computer! I haven't tested this one.]. Windows 7 Logon Background Changer - Free download and software reviews. Pros. It works. Easy to use. Cons. Beware of adware, but it can be avoided. Another con is, I wish they would keep the original windows log on layout. I just wanted to change the background but it took the logos and everything out. Summary. When you install the program, pay close attention to the "accept" and "decline" options. The first time they ask, yes you have to accept their terms of service, but everything after that choose "decline" to decline their optional offers, which are the adwares and garbage. They make it look like hey are asking for additional terms of service, but they are actually asking if you want their "offers" . Most free programs are like that. Always install choosing "custom installation" so that you can choose what get's installed or just read the installation very carefully and don't keep clicking accept, accept, accept without actually reading what they are asking you! Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(0) (0) Pros. Very pretty background pictures. Cons. Had previous version which ran without problems. INstalled new version and it moves me to their screen when I am not performing an action for 1 minute! This is a real distraction! Most miserably, I CANNOT delete the program from my computer! Worthless!! Downloaders BEWARE! Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(0) (0) Pros. Finally able to change my logon splash screen; should be an ordinary feature of Windows 7. Cons. Installed several malicious browser hijackers (e. Search Protect by Conduit) that were a complete pain to remove, and I can't even be sure they are gone. They kept coming back weeks later. This happens even if you use the included binary without installing it as a program. Summary. Do not download this software as it is secretly bundled with several malicious programs. Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(0) (0) Proseasy to use. Consno cons but it did continue to ask me to click "yes" over and over again. Summarytry it you like it. I clicked the little direct link down load link under the Cnet installer down load. Cnet. Sorry Cnet but the down load button is NOT a place to put extra stuff. It only leads to bad reviews for what you are downloading. Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(0) (1) Prosworks just fine after update. Consalthough i was prompted,the first version was crashing whenever i scrolled through the folder i chose. Summarythis is a nifty little tool to change your logon background. Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(1) (0) Pros. The program itself does exactly as advertised. It'll change your logon screen with no hassle and the GUI is pretty nice without bogging down the program. Cons. On the other hand It installed 4 additional programs on my computer that there didn't seem to be any way around installing with the built- in installer. Two of them were fairly harmless and didn't do much. The other two automatically installed themselves in my browser and began to constantly reboot my browser making me lose the data that I had stored on the webpage I was working on at the time. The reason it happened more than once is that it reinstalled itself after I just deleted it from chrome. Summary. Does what it's supposed to, but at a retarded cost. Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(2) (0) Please Wait.
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