Windows

As you know Linux does not use drive letters like Windows does. All files are organized under a big tree hierarchy. We use the mount command to mount partitions and this is the same command used to mount remote windows partition or windows shares. Please note that you’ll need to know the following: Windows username and...
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I tried running Windows 7 on a machine that had a Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card inside. Since the 5.1 is a decent card I see no reason to replace it just because windows 7 came along. Please note that these unofficial updated drivers also bring along Windows 64 bit support. A quick...
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This is something useful: code to wake up a machine on lan using python. Since python is available on most devices now (symbian, maeom, windows, linux and so on) it’s pretty usefull. So, if you have machines that you want to be able to start this is the code to do it. I found...
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Thinking of a memory upgrade? An operating system upgrade? Here’s a table from msdn stating the limits imposed by 32 and 64 bit editions of various Windows versions. Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7 The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 7. Version Limit in 32-bit Windows Limit in 64-bit Windows Windows 7 Ultimate 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Enterprise 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Professional 4...
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I installed windows xp maybe thousands of times and yet this is a new one. A client of mine has custom install cd’s that are Windows XP SP3 and include NVidia Graphics Drivers. All good and nice but they wanted to have the latest NVidia Graphic Drivers so I went on and downloaded the...
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This is a converter I wrote with the graphics library for the PIC16F microcontrollers. Others work but this one works for sure. If you want to see the source code (I’m not particulary proud of it )  drop a comment and I’ll send it to you. If the bitmap is smaller than 128×64 it...
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I was called today by a client today with a strange problem: yahoo messenger would error as soon as she wanted to start a new chat. The error quoted mshtml.dll as the source of the problems. Reinstalling Yahoo Messenger (which I previously suggested over the phone did not help). I don’t know exactly how this...
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Many  guides found online will show you how to completely remove the arrow of the desktop shortcuts. If you, like me, preffer the smaller shortcut arrow icon that Windows XP has, as opposed to the big one Windows 7 proudly shows here’s what you have to d: Start regedit (Alt+R, regedit.exe, enter) Go to: ...
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So, Microsoft took care of another hour of my life I’ll never see again… The problem: On a computer, after each boot the files c:\boot.ini and the folder Internet Explorer from C:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\internet explorer are erased. After fiddling with malware scanning, registry tweaks the problem was still there. The solution: I found someone on a forum...
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A friend of mine got infected via Yahoo Messenger. The virus, spreads via mass messaging the following message: HAHA Michael Jackson Gay >> http://looool.machiaeljack**ndied.com The link takes you to something that looks like a picture, but because the file name ends with what appears to the user as a web adress the final extension...
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