Bootable USB guide, here we assume that you are using either Vista or Windows 7 to create a bootable USB.

1. Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we are going to format the USB to make it as bootable.

2. Open elevated Command Prompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu search field and hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to Start > All programs >Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator.

3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

DISKPART and hit enter.

LIST DISK and hit enter.

Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1.

4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do.

SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)
ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.

5. Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I use “D” as my optical (DVD) drive letter and “H” as my USB drive letter.

6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:

D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

(Where “H” is your USB drive letter)

7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.

You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).

Note that this bootable USB guide will not work if you are trying to make a bootable USB on XP computer. http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

Today my cousin and I were talking and he mentioned how he read that Windows 7 can go into a god mode and all it takes is creating a folder with a particular name.  So of course to have that kind of power would be pretty awesome.  As I sit here thinking about this post (and yes I'll let you know how to do it soon) I feel like saying out loud "with power like this don't let it get into the wrong hands" as an image of superhero comics flash before my mind.

God mode allows you to access everything on your system from one place.  Just to verify that this works I created a new folder on my C: drive and the icon changed to God Mode and I was able to access all of these settings from one place.  Neat considering that occasionally I'll get lost trying to find a particular setting.

Here are the options located in this God Mode area:

• Action Center
• Administrative Tools
• AutoPlay
• Backup and Restore
• Biometric Devices
• BitLocker Drive Encryption
• Color Management
• Credential Manager
• Date and Time 
• Default Programs
• Desktop Gadgets
• Device Manager
• Devices and Printers
• Display
• Ease of Access Center
• Folder Options
• Fonts
• Getting Started
• HomeGroup
• Indexing Options
• Internet Options
• Keyboard
• Location and Other Sensors
• Mouse
• Network and Sharing Center
• Notification Area Icons
• Parental Controls
• Performance Information and Tools
• Personalization
• Phone and Modem
• Power Options
• Programs and Features
• Recovery
• Region and Language
• RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
• Sound
• Speech Recognition
• Sync Center
• System
• Taskbar and Startmenu
• Troubleshooting
• User Accounts
• Windows CardSpace
• Windows Defender
• Windows Firewall
• Windows Mobility Center
• Windows Update

Here is my screenshot:

I'm running 64bit Windows 7 Ultimate but as far as I know it should work on all versions.  So this is how you do it.

1. Create a folder anywhere on your machine and name it “GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}”…without quotes.

2. Done! :-)