Category: windows

one partly cloudy day i was trying to copy things via usb stick… it would not work. i realized: i haven’t used NTFS for a while 😀 yum install ntfs-3g fuse replug the stick. you don’t even have to restart […]

REM delete all mapped network drives net use * /DELETE /Y REM map two drives net use W: “\\192.168.0.233\SharedFolderA” /persistent:yes /user:usernameA PaSsWorDA net use T: “\\192.168.0.231\SharedFolderB” /persistent:yes /user:usernameB PaSsWorDB what you need to know: windows CAN NOT establish two connects […]

When you have to replace a switch, a router or a network card’s driver… since windows 7 it tries to detect if you are in an internet cafe (public) or at work (work) or at home (private) and set’s firewall […]

You might want to checkout very basic sequential write/read benchmark with dd. You might want to checkout iozone in c harddisk benchmark. this benchmark is especially useful if you need to measure how java is performing on your harddisk/filesystem/os (linux […]

Often when you have trouble/problems with a windows program – or want to document how a certain software ought to be installed – you want to do easy and fast screenrecording of the process – how an error is generated […]

the best about samba: thanks for samba, it provides users with a fast (of course depends also on harddisk speed) rock-solid no-limit-to-maximum-users file-server for maximum file-transfer-and-sharing-and-storage productivity (and they will USE that T: temp drive for EVERYTHING! prepare for TERRABYTES […]

what it means: there are updates for windows … (windows itself is spyware :-D)

Update: 2020-05 Munich commits to “Public Money? Public Code!” The new coalition agreement in Munich commits to the principle of “Public Money? Public Code!”. The FSFE welcomes this decision by the new government and will closely monitor the progress of […]

“The Unix Philosophy in One Lesson” “All the philosophy really boils down to one iron law, the hallowed ‘KISS principle’ of master engineers everywhere:” “Keep It Simple, Stupid” or “Keep It Super Simple” (less offensive) The Unix philosophy emphasizes building […]

Manchmal wenn man eine Festplatte einfach von einem System (Laptop) in ein anderes System (Desktop/Workstation) plugged and played – läuft Linux meist reibungslos… aber Windows nicht, welches man evtl. für Spiele (was sonst) “braucht” 😀 Also muss man Windows reinstallieren… […]

To be honest… SharePoint… seems to be: Office and Wiki in a Browser… is that it? A Wiki is a editable Website where you can also upload files into… if it exists as OpenSource Software… why would you spend MONEY […]

the best about samba: hint: this guide is a bit old but (should) still work with Debian 10 (untested!) thanks for samba, it provides users with a fast (of course depends also on harddisk speed) rock-solid no-limit-to-maximum-users file-server for maximum […]

Version? as seen on: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] also known as Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 with automatic Updates enabled. What is it? “CBS stands for “Component-Based Servicing” and it basically (as far as I’ve read) is the way components get […]

this happened while migrating an important VM from Windows Host to Linux host. What i did was i created a new VM with WinXP SP3 properties and manually added the harddisk of the VM that was moved between hosts. Make […]

…. nAAAAAH! GO LINUX DEBIAN OR UBUNTU TRY KNOPPIX! WAHHH!

Why do i SEE two Programme folders, one beeing locked? So what does “VERBINDUNG” (connection) mean? Hardlink? Softlink? Mount? Ok so there is one “Program Files” (64Bit) and one “Program Files (x86)” (32Bit) folder… But there is more.

Another day, another Windows 8 issue. This time, it appears that Microsoft’s latest operating system is blocking Linux-based recovery environments, including Acronis’ very popular True Image software. Consumers who try to boot from a recovery image are blocked by Microsoft’s […]

… in theory it should not be THAT hard to swap the interal harddisk for an SSD and give the laptop some boost. TO BE HONEST: IT CAN BE DONE – BUT YOU GONNA WASTE A LOT OF TIME if […]

i tried to create a “restore drive” with a running windows 8 installation… but it won’t recognize a newly bought kingston 32GB USB Stick nor an 64GB Stick… so the size did not matter this time. http://rufus.akeo.ie/ alternatively: Installing the […]

yes it was cheap, but why pay more for a BETA version that missuses your valuable time for testing their software? well sometimes for compatibility reasons you can’t get around it… http://www.ebay.de/itm/MS-Windows-7-Professional-32-Bit-OEM-SP1-DEUTSCH-Win-7-Pro-VOLLVERSION-KEY-DVD-/111698045345?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item1a01b8e9a1 but GOLEM says it could be “FAKE” http://www.golem.de/news/gigasoftware-amazon-haendler-verkauft-dubiose-windows-7-recovery-dvds-1309-101821.html […]

LETZTE CHANCE IHREN PC SICHER ZU MACHEN! ODER SIE INSTALLIEREN EINFACH LINUX 😀 und erhalten alle Updates bis an’s Lebensende kostenfrei. Grundsätzlich-Bedingungsloses-Updates (GBU) in Anspielung auf das Bedingungslose-Grund-Einkommen (BGE)

Inside VirtualBox i can play CounterStrike… but it seems to not be possible to get the Android-Device Emulator to work… because of missing hardware accleration.   What you will need: 1. android studio bundle: https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html direct link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/install/1.2.2.0/android-studio-bundle-141.1980579-windows.exe 2. Oracle […]

Thumbs.db are autoamtically created by Windows XP / 7 and probably Win 10 in every directory that contains pictures, it is a very downsized Version of those pictures stored in Thumbs.db (probably) for the purpose of displaying Thumbnails / preview […]

Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB Drive Problems DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON! THEY MAKE BAD PRODUCTS LOOK GOOD! + THEY DO NOT PAY FAIR TAXES! THEY AVOID TAXES IN EUROPE AND PAY AS LITTLE AS THEY WANT IN LUXEMBOURG! (LuxLeaks!) ALTERNATIVE: SPEND […]

there is a command with a very massive amount of options: schtasks. you can create a new task by runing a single-line command or batch.cmd that will show up in: taskschd.msc so either open cmd-prompt or create a new text […]

… das ist deswegen, weil man wenigstens ein zuverlässiges Gerät braucht (auf welchem so gut wie keine Software installiert ist, nur das nötigste), welches zuverlässig die E-Mails abruft und einen relativ sicher im Internet surfen lässt und auch so “einfache” Dinge […]

question: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-networking/how-to-disable-network-discovery-by-registry-or/b38c3c5f-5214-44a2-ac65-3186949adbab?tm=1418243446272 same question: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Protocols/Q_28507535.html windows disable network discovery Browser search term: windows disable network discovery iphlpsvc konkret geht es hierum: exact same question:     http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/12/06/disabling-network-discovery-network-resources.aspx in theory it could work like this, but simply firng the command netsh advfirewall […]

If you check taskmgr and only can see one CPU core at (100%) work… you need atleast a second one. This procedure was tested on VirtualMachine with Win XP SP3: This worked for me (VirtualBox XP Pro)… 1) Go into c:windows […]

Deploying Windows (7 in my case) can be a daunting task. SIDs don’t need to be unique “The more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that machine SID duplication – having multiple computers with the same machine […]

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