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Remove a known network from Windows 8

Find and delete the registry keys for the unwanted networks under these locations: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Nla\Cache\Intranet HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Signatures\Unmanaged If you don’t

Tips

Sticky Notes - Windows 7/8

To format text in a sticky note You can format text, add bullets to make a list, or change the text size by using keyboard shortcuts. Here’s how: 1. Select the text that you want to change. 2. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to format the text on your

Hardware

USB Ports Stop Working - Fix

A couple of things to try if your USB ports stop working: > Control panel > power options > change plan settings(change the active one) > change advanced power settings > USB settings > disable > Control panel > device manager > universal serial bus controllers > go through the usb devices right clicking each one(probably just the

Configuration

Fix ..... install/uninstall error 1402 ‘Setup cannot open the registry key: UNKNOWN\Components\…’

Fixing a 1402 error while uninstalling or installing a product: Error 1402. Setup cannot open the registry key: UNKNOWN\Components\0F01FEC. Verify that you have sufficient permissions to access the registry or contact Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) for assistance. For information about how to contact PSS, see C:\Users\

Space

Reduce Windows 7 WinSxS Folder Size

With Windows Vista, the WinSxS folder was able to be cleaned up via a third party tool (WinSxS Lite here [http://sites.google.com/site/winsxslite/]– Vista only!). With the initial release of Windows 7, we lost that capability – but it has since returned with Service Pack 1. The WinSxS

General

Apple iPhone - Not Syncing

Every now and then my iPhone 3Gs stops syncing. Found a quick and easy fix. You can either: 1. Go into your control Panel, Administrative Tools and click on Services. 2. Right mouse click over “Apple Mobile Device” and click on Restart. Or Copy the below to a batch file

command line

Launch VLC as a background recorder and streamer

We have found an elegant solution starting vlc with the following command: start /min “VLCStreamer” c:\”Program Files”\VideoLAN\vlc\vlc -vvv -Ihttp dshow:// :dshow-vdev=”Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC7″ :sout=#transcode{fps=10,vcodec=h264,vb=0,scale=0,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=

ffmpeg

FFMPEG

Let’s say you want to watch a video in that classic old low resolution [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_resolution] flv format that used to be common on the web -or- you may want to upload videos [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video] to your site, but have

microsoft

How can I index a network share with Windows 7?

1. Create a folder on your hard drive for shares. i.e. c:\share 2. Create another folder in the above share. i.e. c:\share\music 2. Link the Library to this folder. 3. Delete the folder. 4. Use the mklink in an elevated command prompt to make a

active directory

Transferring FSMO Roles

Transferring the Schema Master via GUI To Transfer the Schema Master Role: 1. Register the Schmmgmt.dll library by pressing Start > RUN and typing: > regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll 1. Press OK. You should receive a success confirmation. 2. From the Run command open an MMC Console by typing MMC. 3. On

IE

Snippets - IE Explorer Proxy Override

With this snippet, once configured will allow you to override your internet explorer proxy settings to connect and browse the internet with one double click of the mouse. (this will shut the browser if it’s running, make the changes and launch it with the changed configuration) > Const HKEY_CURRENT_

Firefox

VMWare Console - FF 3.6

In Firefox 3.6 SSL2 is disabled To re-enable: Open new tab about:config set “security.enable_ssl2” to true Sorted.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Using Sticky Notes

To format text in a sticky note [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/Using-Sticky-Notes#] You can format text, add bullets to make a list, or change the text size by using keyboard shortcuts. Here’s how: 1. Select the text that you want to change. 2. Use the following keyboard

backup

Error message when you use the Removable Storage Management snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "The network connection does not exist"

Error message when you use the Removable Storage Management snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: “The network connection does not exist” [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892257/en-us]. To resolve this problem, configure Windows Firewall settings on the remote computer to allow for remote administration. To do this, follow

Excel

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

Spreadsheet::WriteExcel [http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmcnamara/perl/WriteExcel.html]:is a cross platform Perl module for creating Excel binary files. Multiple worksheets can be added to a workbook and formatting can be applied to cells. Text, numbers, formulas, hyperlinks and images can be written to the cells. The Excel

AD

How do I add a domain group to the local administrators group on all pcs | 2 of 7

Set a startup script in group policy with the following line: NET localgroup Administrators /add “domain_name\domain_group” Once your computer is joined to the domain, place the computer in the proper OU (where your startup script lies) and reboot. (Or preconfigure your ADUC with the computername in the

Windoze

Restart or Shutdown Windows XP, 2000 and Vista from Command Line or One-Click Shortcut » My Digital Life

If you getting tired of everytime have to clicking Start menu, and then click on Turn Off Computer, and then still have to click on Turn Off or Restart or Log Off in order to log off, restart or shut down your computer, and feel that it’s time wasting,

TCP/IP

Windows XP/Vista/7 TCP/IP Fixes

Reset and reconfigure TCP/IP in Windows > ipconfig /release ipconfig /all ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /renew netsh int ip set dns name=”Interface Name” source=dhcp netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset c:\reset.txt

Hardware

Replace Motherboard

Replace a failed motherboard: This scenario assumes that your existing motherboard has failed and that you cannot start the existing Windows installation on the hard disk. To replace a failed motherboard with a new motherboard and to then reconfigure Windows to work with the new motherboard, do the following: Turn

Vista

Fixmbr - Windows Vista and 7

The following tutorial will teach you “How to fixmbr using Windows Vista bootable disk”. * Boot up your computer using Microsoft Windows Vista Bootable disk. (Check your BIOS setup) * When you see the 1st Windows Vista installation screen appear, please configure your ‘language’ preferences. * When prompted, click ‘Repair your computer’. * Startup

Companyweb

How to get Companyweb to work with Office 2007

Original Post From here: [http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/03/13/how-to-get-companyweb-windows-sharepoint-services-v2-to-work-with-office-2007.aspx] A few people said this was a showstopper for them in recommneding Office 2007 to their customers so I figured it had to be fixed. I nixed a huge amount of work from the right

backup

Backup Utils and Scripts

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/backupcopy-files-that-are-in-use-or-locked-in-windows/ HoboCopy: If you’ve ever tried to copy a file that is locked by another application, you’ve probably seen an error message similar to “The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file”. So how

driverpacks

MSFN Forums > Newbie Guide - My Build Process - WMP11i + RVMI + NLITE + DriverPacks

MSFN Forums > Newbie Guide – My Build Process – WMP11i + RVMI + NLITE + DriverPacks [http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t105995.html].

Adobe

Deploying Adobe Reader 9 for Windows

Acrobat installation and GPO [http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/deploying-adobe-reader-9-for-windows]

Exchange

Considerations for virtualizing Exchange 2007 mailbox servers

Microsoft Exchange Server hardware virtualization is so popular that it seems as if everyone is moving their entire infrastructure to a virtual server environment. That being the case, I want to discuss some of the issues you may encounter when virtualizing Exchange 2007 mailbox servers. Microsoft’s virtualization support policy