Remote Desktop (Server) in Windows XP Home Edition
The folks over at My Digital Life have a blog post that explains how to install the necessary files for Terminal Services and trick the OS so Windows XP Home Edition will allow incoming Remote Desktop...
View ArticleQuickly enable and disable Aero in Windows Vista
There are many articles out there on this already, but I think this one on Tweaking with Vishal is one of the better. Vishal lists not only the command line arguments… Activate Aero: rundll32 dwmApi...
View ArticleInstall any Windows application as a service
This is very handy for making applications run before user login on a Windows box. The instructions are pretty simple: Acquire instsrv.exe and srvany.exe from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit....
View ArticleDisable ctfmon.exe in Windows
Just unchecking the selection for ctfmon.exe in a program like Windows Startup Inspector or Autoruns doesn’t stop it from starting itself up again. Sure, you can block it with Group Policy, but that is...
View ArticleHow to access Administrative Shares on Vista (C$)
Found this gem recently about turning on the hidden administrative shares in Vista. Text clipped from http://www.paulspoerry.com/2007/05/09/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/ To enable...
View ArticleCD / DVD drive missing / not recognized by Windows
Recently an associate came across this issue, where a Windows XP laptop was not showing a drive letter for the DVD drive. The drive was obviously powered since it would open when the eject button was...
View ArticleOutlook AutoComplete cache
Many times I have been asked about the Outlook address auto complete cache. This is the way Outlook provides email addresses you have sent or received mail with in the To, CC, or BCC fields in mail...
View ArticleMy Computer does not show CD or DVD drive in Windows XP
I have seen this a few times in recent months, so it is worth documenting. The CD or DVD drive does not show up in My Computer, and in the Device Manager it is showing a warning (yellow circle with...
View ArticleRecycle Bin is corrupted on Windows XP
I fixed this today using a bit of info I found on here. Google-fu will turn up a lot of different suggestions. Even the Kelly’s Korner registry file failed to work for this one. Once we did see the...
View ArticlePrinter names from command line
In Windows Vista (I think), 7, and 8: View default printer: cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -g View all printers: cscript...
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