I just installed Windows Vista on a laptop computer.
I was wondering if you could recommend any essential software to be installed on the system (i.e. anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc...)
Thanks
I'm trying to configure caller id on a USB modem connected to a Windows 7 x32 machine. Hyperterminal isn't available so I downloaded the latest version of Putty and am using the Serial option. I'm using the modem's COM port details from Device Manager (COM5, 115200 baud), but when I open the putty session it just hangs with the cursor at the top left hand corner. Hitting the Enter key does nothing.
Any ideas??
I try to tune ClearType in Windows 7 x64 using the ClearType Text Tuner. I can choose whatever options I want on the first 3 pages, but on the last page, whatever I choose is reverted as soon as I click finish. Next time I run the tuner I can see that the second option is selected, not the option that I wanted (the last one).
Has anybody else found this odd behavior?
I am looking for a way to make a jump list for the windows task bar for application shortcuts. Kinda like the quick launch toolbar but with the jump list look. I tried to make my own 'toolbar' but that does what the quick launch bar did before.
Hi,
Microsoft's SFU is not supported for
64-bit XP OS. Read here -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920751
I want to set up a NFS Client on 64-bit Windows XP. Any suggestions ?
My work PC has restrictions that stop me from adding programs to the start menu so when I try to install Python using the Python 2.6.5 Windows installer it can't complete as it tries to add a shortcut to my start menu.
Is there a way around this? I.e another way of installing without the need for a shortcut?
I've tried Python portable but as it doesn't add anything to the registry it can't be detected.
I have a VPS that runs Windows Server 2008. The time keeps changing every so often. I haven't been able to find out what triggers this change, but it's usually forward or backward several hours at a time. I don't think the minute changes, it seems that only the hour changes.
Some time back I changed the default libraries icon on Taskbar to "Computer" icon. I had to format the PC and now I looks like the I forgot the procedure to change the icon.
I tried changing the Libraries icon in %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows.
That did not change the icon on the taskbar.
What should I be doing to change the icon?
I am unable to locate the MAC address in a new computer with Windows 7. I've tried ipconfig/all to which I got "no items match your search". I also tried getmac. A screen flashed very briefly with what appeared to be the information but was not there long enough to read.
I have been raised on Norton Commander so I could never really get too comfortable with the plain Explorer.
What is your favourite explorer tool and did you completely replace Windows Explorer with it?
For an army project we need to know whether Windows XP, both client and corresponding server os, are c2 certified. Are they?
Are there any resources on that, like guidelines how to configure for c2 security level?
Does anyone have any good, well priced online backup solutions for Windows Home Server?
I've looked at using s3 but the pricing ends up to expensive with the amount of data I have. Mozy and alike don't support WHS. I was considering just getting a cheap linux VPS and using rsync to backup, if thats possible with WHS.
Any thoughts or solutions you have appreciated.
This question is related to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/54989/change-windows-hostname-from-command-line, but I'm in a different situation. The netdom tool will not work on a computer not joined to a domain. I've tried setting the hostname from the registry, but I was wondering if there was another way from the command-line.
I have problem with sleep/screen saver on my new Windows 8.1 machine. It will go to to sleep or start screen saver after start (or restart). But if it goes to sleep (manually or automatically) and I wake it up, it wont start sleep or start screen saver again automatically.
I updated chipset and graphic cards drivers. I don't have any homegroup.
Does anyone have similar issue?
Thanks for any advice,
per
I have a user that has rights to change permissions within a certain folder on a Windows Server 2003 network share. Although I grant this person the rights to change permission and ownership this person cannot change any permissions.
The network share is also set to allow everyone full control. (I understand it is bad practice yet this is how it was first configured)
Is there any reason why this domain user cannot modify permissions on the folder and files they create?
I have a command I am running produces a ton of output, I want to silence the output without writing to a file. I have used the following to send all output to a file, but again I don't want any file output:
command > out.txt 2>&1
I have used command > /bin/null on my CentOS box before, but I can't find a similar thing for windows.
I like how Windows 7 (and Vista) have the convenient 'New Folder' button. Is it possible to have a similar 'New File' button. If it creates a file and then automatically triggers the renaming action so you can rename the file, that would be perfect.
I know it is possible for certain file types to have special actions assigned, but not just for a generic directory.
Windows 7 64 bit.
The only recent change was I installed two updates for MS Office, and a cumulative security update for IE.
As soon as I choose a user and login, after loading my user profile it states the preparing your desktop message, and then powers off.
I have used DaRT to check the event log, but nothing is recorded.
Ideas?
Is there an application or plug-in that allows viewing .eml E-Mail dumps (that may contain HTML and attachments) in Windows 7's preview pane?
I'm aware of the possibility of adding the file type in the registry but that will give only a plain-text view of the files, not a parsed view.
HTML viewing is a must for what I need, attachments are optional.
Is there some top-notch E-Mail client that introduces this functionality?
Is there a generic way of doing this?
OS: WinXP SP3
When pressing win+E or open Windows Explorer, under My Computer, usually there are several disk drives. But somehow they just disappeared.
If I type c:\ in address bar, then the disk will re-appear in the tree though. How to get them back to normal? Thanks.
I have windows 7 (professional OEM) installed in bootcamp.
Not thinking about it, I activated it running in fusion.
now in fusion everything is fine, but when i run it directly it says it needs activation.
I read that one actually needs to activate it directly first, and afterwards in fusion.
How can I fix this situation?
I'm looking for a shell replacement for Windows, instead of Explorer.
The features I'm looking at are:
a task bar
a tray bar
an application launcher (I mostly use Launchy for that, but I need a launcher for those applications I forget the name...)
The lighter and the easier to configure, the better!
I'm currently using Emerge, but I found it a little buggy. I tried many others, but I never found something convincing.
One of the user accounts on a Windows 2003 server is frequently locked. Each time the "Account is locked" (roughly translated) checkbox is enabled in the Account Properties - Account tab. The event viewer only mentions that the account is locked, or that I've unlocked it.
However, I don't see any message why the account gets locked in the first place.
Are there know reasons why an account gets locked, or is there a way to find out why this happens?
I'm working on a software package I'd like to be able to release as a virtual appliance. I'll be exporting the appliance from VirtualBox as a .ovf file. Outside of vmware server, are there any Windows host options that allow me to start the appliance when the host OS boots?