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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/10
Every now and then my Mac RDP program will suddenly turn on the CAPS LOCK on the connected Windows terminal.
It happens on different OS X versions, and different Windows versions. I haven’t figured out the steps to reproduce yet. I will amend this post when I have (:
I also have it occasionally fail when I RDP from a physical Windows system to another Windows system, but far less than from Mac OS X.
You work around it using the On Screen Keyboard tool in Windows like Josh Adams explains:
- launch the On-screen Keyboard application (generally this can be done by choosing Start ==> All Programs ==> Accessories ==> Accessibility ==> On-screen Keyboard; as noted by DrFooMod2 in a comment below, you can also bring up the On-screen Keyboard by typing “osk” without the quotes in the Windows Run… box) and
- toggle Caps Lock by clicking on the virtual “lock” button in the application.
- The On-screen Keyboard application shows–and can change–the state of Caps Lock
The easiest way to start the On Screen Keyboard is to create a shortcut to this:
%windir%\system32\osk.exe
–jeroen
via: Josh Adams’s Blog: Fixing Inverted Caps Lock on VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or Remote Desktop.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/04
So I don’t forget:
Often, Ctrl-F2 (^-F2) fails to show the menu, but ⇧ ⌘ ? (shift+command+/) works all the time.
You can navigate the menus in the menu bar without using a mouse or trackpad. To put the focus in the menu bar, press Control-F2 (Fn-Control-F2 on portable keyboards). Then use the key combinations listed below.
| Left Arrow and Right Arrow |
Move from menu to menu |
| Return |
Open a selected menu |
| Up Arrow and Down Arrow |
Move to menu items in the selected menu |
| Type the menu item’s name |
Jump to a menu item in the selected menu |
| Return |
Select a menu item |
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/03
Once every while, a full screen app on your Mac hangs, and there is no way to Command-Tab to another application.
PC addicts then press Ctrl+Alt+Del, to either get to the Task Manager, or to logoff/reboot.
For a Mac, there are two:
- Force Quit Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/24
The F keys on a Mac still perform the Mac OS X specific function, even in a full screen RDP session, but you can get their Windows functionality back with ease as MacRumors user blindzombie shows:
I got it to work with fn – command – F9
or just command – F9 if you set your keyboard preferences to use F1, F2, etc as standard function key
–jeroen
via function keys (F1-F12) in remote desktop – MacRumors Forums.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/14
One of the few Windows XP machines left is main usage is for the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 scanner that I have been using for years: it is small, does duplex scanning, emits searchable PDFs through an embedded Adobe Acrobat and Abby ScanSnap Edition OCR license. The Scan button on the scanner “just works” and allows for a “Scan Now, organize later” workflow.
Just Works: if a user is logged in on the Windows machine, which usually is the case.
Next to that, it is used for internet browsing and remote desktop access to VMs in the various clouds: it is more than adequate for that with dual Dell UltraSharp U2407WFP monitors at 1920×1200. The extra 120 pixels over “modern” 1080p do make a difference you know.
I never bothered to upgrade the machine, as it works so nicely and I have had bad experience replacing systems that include embedded licenses: it usually doesn’t work.
Of course I could buy a new ScanSnap iX500, but I don’t want to increase the electronic waste unless I’ve researched if it is possible to get the ScanSnap S510 working on Windows 7 or 8.x, or even on one of my Macs.
So here are some links for further research on a light-weight solution: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/24
For my own reference, especially since setting the network profile in Windows 8 from the UI got much more difficult.
It is doable though, but not in logic places; I like the secpol.msc way most: windows 8 – How do I set my wireless network to be private instead of public? – Super User.
Same for renaming the network, which also has a secpol.msc way that is easy:
- Press Win+R, then type
secpol.msc
- Click on “Network List Manager Policies”
- Double-click on your network
- Optionally give your network another name
- Click on “Tab Network Location”
- Set “Location Type” to “Private”
Go back to Network and Sharing Center to check the result.
To start the Network and Sharing Center:
control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter
Top 10: Windows Firewall Netsh Commands | Windows Server content from Windows IT Pro.
including:
- Checking if the current profile is set to private/public/domain:
netsh advfirewall show currentprofile
Posted in Network-and-equipment, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/09
Some links:
- XS4all Glasvezel – Internetproviders en Hosting – GoT.
- De eerste aansluiting in De Lingebuurt Elst.
- Een eigen router | netwerkje.com.
- Mikrotik configuraties – Helden van Nu – Internet.
- L4, 5*100 mbit, 1* PoE, 802.11bgn internal, AR9331@300 Mhz, 32MB: RouterBoard.com : RB951-2n.
- L4, 5*100 mbit, 1* PoE, 802.11bgn internal/option-external, USB, AR7241@400 Mhz, 32MB: RouterBoard.com : RB751U-2HnD.
- L4, 5*1 gigabit, 1* PoE, 802.11bgn internal, USB, AR9344@600 Mhz, 128MB: RouterBoard.com : RB951G-2HnD.
- L5, 5*1 gigabit, 5* 100 mbit, 1* PoE, 1*SFP cage, microUSB, Serial, 802.11bgn external, AR9344@600 Mhz, 128MB: RouterBoard.com : RB2011UAS-2HnD-IN.
- L5, 24*1 gigabit, 1*SFP cage, microUSB, Serial, 802.11bgn external, AR9344@600 Mhz, 128MB: RouterBoard.com : CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/11/29
I wasn’t aware that Office Communicator supported keyboard shortcuts for text formatting in the chat window.
Since I normally use RDP/MSTSC connections to a work machine (the laptop often moves around which means that network connections aren’t
“persistent”), which means that every once in a while a key like Shift, Alt, Ctrl, or Windows hangs.
That’s how I found out why sometimes the font in the chat window changed a bit: most often the font became strike through, which corresponds to Ctrl-T.
Three things that Microsoft should improve here:
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Posted in Communicator, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Office, Power User, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/11/25
The ones I use most:
- Ctrl + Y Go to Folder
- Ctrl + Shift + M Open a new Message
–jeroen
via: 80 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook.
Posted in Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Office, Outlook, Power User | Leave a Comment »
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