I hate windows’s jump lists. If you read this you probably hate them too They are stored as hidden files in a, you guessed, hidden directory. You can’t browse to it but you can type it in RUN or windows explorer location bar: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations You will see there a bunch of files with long...
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How to check if TRIM is enabled on your SSD
God a fancy new drive? SSD maybe? TRIM support advertised? Well, here’s how you can check if TRIM support is actually enabled and working in your windows installation: Start a command prompt window (WIN+R, type cmd and press enter) In the command prompt window type the following: fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify You will get...
Windows XP – prevent a user’s password from expiring
One of my clients called be mecause every now and then his was bugged by Windows XP to change his password. This seemed weird as XP doesn’t do this by default. Probably it was set to expire by someone or by some friendly security suite. Fortunately the solution for this expiring password problem is...
How to mount a windows share (samba) from the linux command line
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...
Old Soundblaster Live 5.1 on windows 7
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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