Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/21
If you ever wondered why how in Windows – as of Vista – the NCIS (network connection status indicator) determines if you have a valid internet connection, it is pretty simple, as both these pages explain:
NCIS depends on the msftncis.com domain (link to the checks from IntoDNS) and is for supporting Network Awareness in applications.
The probing is done in this order: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Captive Portal, DNS, Internet, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/13
Interesting thread: Thinstuff Remote Application – NLDelphi.
Allows remote application access from Windows 7 / Vista / XP and Windows SBS, and it looks like you don’t need special CAL for it.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/10
(note: part of this post is unfinished, but I wanted to make sure all the links are publicly accessible, so I posted earlier and incomplete)
I already did a few ESXi5 postings (they apply to 5.1 as well) of which the most important are:
Time to finish up some additional installation steps (with a big thanks to Matthijs ter Woord):
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Posted in BIOS, Boot, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, Hardware, HP XW6600, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, PowerCLI, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi, Wake-on-LAN (WoL), Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/07
As a follow-up on my question cpu usage – Windows 8 Task Manager: how to enable the “CPU Time” column in the Processes tab? – Super User:
You can show the *CPU time* column in the Windows 8 Task Manager, it just well hidden.
These steps and screenshots show how:
- Start the Task Manager, then click on More Details
- You end up in the Processes tab, now click on the Details tab
- In the Details tab, you see there is no CPU time column, only a CPU column
- Right click on the header of the Details tab, in the the pop-up menu choose Select columns
- In the dialog, put a check-mark in front of CPU time
- then press the OK button
- Now you have the CPU time column in the Details tab
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/30
If you install Office 2013 on Windows 8, be sure to transform the default Windows Update mechanism to Microsoft Update: that will get you the Office 2013 updates too.
Here are the one-time steps to accomplish that (which also work for other non-Windows products from Microsoft like Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc):
- Start the “Windows Update” window
- Click the link in “Get updates for other Microsoft Products. Find out more“
- Internet Explorer starts at the Microsoft Update page which detects you only have “Windows Update” configured and asks you if you want to configure “Microsoft Update” as well by agreeing to its Terms of Use.
- Clicking there refreshes the same page into “Choose how Windows can install Updates” page (I took the “current settings” choice)
- Click on the “Install” button
- In the UAC screen, confirm you are an Administrator
- Internet Explorer now refreshes the page to show “Find Windows Update using your Start Screen”
- “Windows Update” now will find updates for other Microsoft products like Office 2013 as well (some 300 megabytes in my case)
–jeroen
via: Office 2013 Plus on Windows 8 x64: how to force update? – Super User.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/27
The NET SHARE does not support the/GRANT option in Windows XP and 2000.
An alternative is the RMTSHARE.EXE tool from the resource kit.
thinking.nerd explains how in Create Windows shares from command line using RMTSHARE.EXE ~ thinking.nerd.
Note I’ve had this fail on one or two machines with this message:
Account everyone is not found.
The command failed: 1788
There I used fsmgmt.msc to manually set the grants.
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/22
Despite the radically different first look, lot’s of Windows 8 is the same as in Windows 7
So this Windows 7 trick works just as well in Windows 8:
This is how you get the underline character to show for Alt and other keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 (the link shows you how to do this with the mouse, but we are keyboard lovers, are’t we?):
- Press the WINDOWS-U combination to open the “Ease of Access Center”
- Under Explore all settings, select “Make the keyboard easier to use” by pressing TAB a couple of times, then press ENTER to select it.
- Press ALT-N to select and check “Underline keyboard shortcuts and access keys” under ”Make it easier to use keyboard shortcuts”
- Press ALT-O to fire the OK button action.
- Press ALT-F4 to close the “Ease of Access Center”
Done!
–jeroen
via: I love my keyboard; why did they hide “Underline keyboard shortcuts and access keys” in Windows 7 so far away? « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/20
CrossLoop is on my list of software to try out soon:
Free screen sharing software and remote access solutions. Get affordable Technical Support & Computer Help with money back guarantee.
–jeroen
via: Free Screen Sharing and Remote Access Solutions.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/17
Sometimes I get messages like the below No Disk error on virtual machines, mainly in Windows XP and lower, but sometimes in more recent Windows versions too.
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Windows - No Disk
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Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c 4 75b6bf7c 75b6bf7c
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Cancel Try Again Continue
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The 0xc0000013 is a No Disk Exception.
Every time the solution has been to uninstall the floppy drive device from the VM image.
I never had it on physical hardware, but for that, disabling all unused removable and USB disk devices seem to work.
Somehow, lots of software thinks it should scan ALL media, even the removable ones that might not have media inserted.
–jeroen
via: A Consuming Experience: Windows – no disk Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c – fixed!.
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