Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/14
Interesting: HotspotShield VPN to surf from a USA IP address.
There is a free version with ads, and a payed version without ads.
Probably more services like this exist, but this has been working for me.
Yup there are:
–jeroen
via: Download Free VPN for iPhone, Mac and Windows to Access Blocked Sites & Surf Anonymously.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/25
When stopping Windows Services from the command line using `net stop`, then you often get time outs like these:
C:\Windows>net stop "FooBar Survur"
The FooBar Survur service is stopping.
The FooBar Survur service could not be stopped.C:\Windows>net stop "FooBar Survur"
..
The FooBar Survur service could not be stopped.
Neither the `net stop`, nor the `net start` command allows for specifying a time-out, so it uses the default time-out of 5 seconds. Which often is not long enough.
Luckily, both the Windows sc command and the free 3rd party Windows Service Manager (SrvMan) are able to stop these services.
Note that both tools: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/24
Before I forget:
Got there because I lost the “Connection Bar” of MSTSC, and this solved it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
"PinConnectionBar" = REG_DWORD:1Will make the connection bar pinned.
–jeroen
via: Connection bar stay pinned.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/15
I’m so glad I haven’t played around with the below two Windows Server Essentials versions: by default they break the DNS of your local network.
Avoid list:
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/14
Never noticed this file before until I got some trouble with several systems sharing parts of a roaming profile.
The content of my %USERPROFILE%\ntuser.ini file is this:
[General]
ExclusionList=AppData\Local;AppData\LocalLow;$Recycle.Bin;Tracing;PrivacIE
[ProfileLoadType]
LastUploadState=Complete
[[The ntuser.ini file is used to set up the user roaming profile components that are not copied to the server.]]
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/win2k/win2kusers.html
The ExclusionList is for excluding directories in roaming profiles.
The same info is also found here…
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
ExcludeProfileDirsSystem tool may not correctly display the user profile size in Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842212
–jeroen
via: NTUSER.INI.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
Here you can change the font (enlarge, bold, etc): How do you enlarge the font size in the address bar if you have a vision problem – Browsers – Windows 7.
–jeroen
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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 2014/02/07
Open a command prompt with administrator rights and enter the following sequence of commands:
Which was for experimenting with a few of the entries in Top 5 Free Rescue Discs for Your Sys Admin Toolkit and Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10.
I think I like Download Hiren’s BootCD 15.2 | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform most.
Another way to get it on a USB stick is through Launching Hiren’s BootCD from USB Flash Drive | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform.
Wiping out the HPA and DCO stays difficult though: linux – Harddrive – wipe out “hidden areas” like HPA and DCO also after malware infection – Super User.
–jeroen
via: Create a Bootable USB Key Thumb Drive in Windows Vista/7 with the Command Line and Best Free Rootkit Scanner and Remover and Five free portable rootkit removers – TechRepublic and Utility Spotlight: Scan for Malware Outside of Windows | TechNet Magazine and What Is a Host Protected Area?.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/04
Display Windows 8 Edition & Build Version on Your Desktop | Team Windows 8:
Two keys needed: one HKCU one HKLM. You need to be Administrative user with a CUA token to install the second one.
| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| ;http://teamwindows8.com/2013/03/display-windows-8-edition-build-version-on-your-desktop/ | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] | |
| "PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001 | |
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] | |
| "DisplayVersion"=dword:00000001 |
–jeroen
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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:
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