Have you ever tried to install a software on a network drive or use a network drive as data directory were the software installer checks for the drive type and refuses the installation on network drives? A workaround that helped me in these cases is to use a symlink on Windows. For example, the application ... Read more
The "GodMode" in Windows 7 is a special folder which contains links to all system settings that are available in Windows 7. To Access this function, create a new folder (e.g. on your desktop or home directory) with the following name: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and save it. If you open this folder, you will get a list ... Read more
By default it is not possible to connect to webdav resources without SSL encryption in Windows 7. To enable unencrypted connections (http and not just https), follow these steps: Press the keys [Windows] + [R] to open the windows command line and enter regedit to start the registry editor. Then go to the registry branch: ... Read more
There is a small freeware Utility called CurrPorts from Nirsoft that displays all open ports on windows. Download CurrPorts to your computer: 32Bit version: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.zip 64Bit version: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports-x64.zip Unpack the .zip file and double click on the file cports.exe to start CurrPorts. The application will show you a list of all open ports and offers ... Read more
Windows 7 comes with a handy utility to tune the readability of text. To start cttune, press the keys [Windows] + [R] to open the windows command line. Then enter cttune and click on "OK" to open the ClearType Text Tuner. Then follow the steps of the tuning wizard by clicking on next and selecting ... Read more
If you saved a password for a network drive in windows and want to remove it, press the keys [Windows] + [R] to open the windows command line. Then enter control keymgr.dll and click on "OK" to open the windows credential manager which allows you to manage and delete passwords saved in Windows. This procedure ... Read more
To install Windows 7 on a Netbook without DVD drive, a bootable USB stick with Windows 7 is needed as installation media. The following FAQ describes the steps to create such a USB stick. 1) Create a ISO image of your Windows 7 DVD. If you have already a .iso file e.g. when you downlodaed ... Read more
Windows 7 has to be activated within a period of 30 days. You can use the following command up to 3 times to extend the activation period to up to 120 days. The Command has to be executed as Administrator user on the Windows shell: Click on "Start" > "All Programs" > "Accessories" and then ... Read more
If you shutdown windows XP with the button in the start menu, it often takes minutes until the computer is finally stopped as Windows runs several tasks before it shuts down the computer. If you need to shutdown the computer immediately, you can use this command: C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00
One solution is to stop the windows update service to prevent that Windows XP restarts the computer after an update. The update service will be started again after the next boot. Click on "Start" > "Run" and enter the command: net stop wuauserv
