Category: windows FAIL

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 […]

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 […]

While biodiversity is GOOD and efficiency is NOT all we need. Nature looks for a balance of efficiency (30%) and resilience (70%). Standardization is enshuring that your work is compatible with future versions – therefore important for programmers, administrators and […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]

IT’S A MOFO BULLSHIT! http://superuser.com/questions/848692/cannot-boot-windows-8-1-after-migrating-to-samsung-ssd-using-supplied-software Remove the hard drive before booting into the SSD for the first time The problem you experienced is caused by the Windows installation on the SSD continuing to reference the old hard drive. As a […]

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)

“follow me and everything’s allright” (i hope so Uncle Kracker) https://dwaves.de/index.php/2014/11/11/install-flash-player-15-on-windows-8-embedded-finally-working/ trying older version of flash: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_11.9.900.170_archive.zip -> flashplayer11_9r900_170_winax.msi -> this actually worked straight away. found here: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html it’s understandable that m$ wants flash under it’s control – rolling it by themselves to […]

Flashplayer 15 (latest Version 11.2014) is VERY HARD TO GET WORKING on windows 8 embedded standard with ie10. (i got it to work once… don’t ask me how i did it  Follow this guide: https://dwaves.de/index.php/2014/11/11/install-flash-player-15-on-windows-8-embedded-finally-working/ or that guide: https://dwaves.de/index.php/2014/11/11/install-flash-player-11-on-windows-8-embedded/

Eine kleine Auswahl an Screenshots welche einen in den Wahnsinn treiben: … von denen man sich fragt “Wer hat diese sch… konzipiert und programmiert?”   … toll. und was jetzt? Alle Dateien die zu lang sind von Hand suchen und […]

OSX can Run 64Bit Processes on 32Bit Kernel! (and hardware?) wow! http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2498/why-can-mac-os-x-32-bit-access-all-4gb-of-memory-while-windows-32-bit-cant http://superuser.com/questions/453090/mac-osx-32bit-or-64bit OSX is 32Bit an CAN address more than 4GB of RAM ! (this line is written on a Dual XEON with 12GB RAM) All Versions of OSX have a […]

first of all: it’s absolutely HORRIBLE! how unecessarily complicated it is to install windows 7 on sony’s latest notebooks. if you are looking for the downgrade drivers: here we go: http://download.sony-europe.com/PUB/VAIO/Win7Downgrade/SVE/Ethernet_Driver_(Realtek).zip but you will need a lot of more steps […]

windows 7 throws away some good concepts of windows xp, so does windows 8 with windows 7. quo vadis microsoft? your emphasize selling over satisfied customers. how does this work? here is how you can re-enable this feature: r-click on […]

i dropped an external buffalo drive containing a wd harddisk. if you have a head crash, putting your drive in a fridge for a day (double-packed in anti-static bags, air-sealed with tape) might help you. but when you have the […]

you would not believe how “well” simple things as time-synchronisation FAIL! time.windows.com “syncs time” ONLY if date is not set correctly (MANUALLY OF COURSE, DID YOU EXPECT ANY FREE SERVICE HERE?)! :-DDDD i do not have a proper screenshot of […]