Different ways of finding Windows uptime 18 September 2009
Posted by it2tp in Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista.Tags: uptime
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1) Using Event Viewer
Filter on Event ID 6005.
The date and time when the Event ID 6005, The Event log service was started, is logged is the time when the Windows system was started.
Advantages:
- You can see all startup times
- Can also be used on remote systems.
2) From command line
Go to Start, Run. Type Cmd (Enter). On the command prompt type: net stats srv
Look for the text: Statistics since … For example: Statistics since 18/09/2009 9:34:09, meaning the Windows system was started on 18/09/2009 at 9:34:09.
You can also use the FIND command to retrieve only the line containing the time when the machine started.
net stats srv | find /i “statistics since”
Scheduled server – or PC reboot 6 August 2009
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Create a batch file (call it Reboot.cmd for example) with the following content:
Shutdown /r /f
Create a Scheduled Task, where you call this Reboot.cmd, Run As a user with local administrator rights, set a Schedule, and you are done.
Note: check if the Shutdown command is available on the Windows version you are using (Cmd, Shutdown /?). For older Windows versions you may not find the Shutdown command. You can find it in the Windows Resource Kit. See http://www.robvanderwoude.com/shutdown.php for more information.
Common used FTP commands 29 July 2009
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The commands below will already get you started.
FTP
OPEN
CD
DIR or LS
BYE
See http://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/ftp.html for more info.
LogOn electronic ID Card Reader 3 July 2009
Posted by it2tp in Windows, Windows Vista.Tags: eID
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The last few years I filled in my tax forms electronically using www.TaxOnWeb.be and authenticated using a Token.
You can get a token card quickly (I got it within 2 or 3 days if I recall correctly, but I heard it’s not always that quick 
…), and it’s simple to use.
But since I received an electronic ID a few months ago I just acquired an eID reader. I found one from LogOn (found it at 14,95€ and 19,99€ in another shop).
The ReadMe file noted: supports Win 2000 SP4/Win 2003/XP SP2/VISTA 32-bit operating system, but I installed it on a Windows Vista Business 64bit PC without problems.
CamStudio: a free video capture tool 2 July 2009
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If you need to record screen activity into an AVI file, with or without audio (and more) using a simple free application, look no further: http://camstudio.org/.
You can find more info on the link above.
Creating an USB boot key the easy way 15 June 2009
Posted by it2tp in Linux, Windows.Tags: Linux
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NetBooks: as long as everything is working fine — great; but what if you cannot boot anymore from your OS ? Usually this is Windows XP, and you don’t have a build-in CD-ROM to use a rescue bootable CD, or use the Windows XP CD to try to repair your XP installation.
This is where a bootable USB key would come in very handy ! The faster you could make one, the better !
I’ll describe some easy methods to create such a bootable USB key.
Find installation source path 4 June 2009
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Situation:
You want to find out from which path a certain application was installed, or you want to modify this path.
Windows 7 beta in VMware Workstation 14 January 2009
Posted by it2tp in Virtualization, Windows, Windows 7.1 comment so far
I was wondering if it would be possible to run Windows 7 (beta) in VMware Workstation, so I did the test. VMware Workstation version 6.5.1 was installed. There is no options for Windows 7 as operating system, so I selected Windows Vista as OS, and installed Windows 7 (32bit version). I found out that it was not a problem to install and work with Windows 7 as guest OS in VMware Workstation.
A domain controller for the domain … could not be contacted 16 July 2008
Posted by it2tp in Active Directory, Windows.Tags: AD
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We ran into the following error when attempting to add a PC to the domain in one of our sites:
Clients cannot dynamically register DNS records 13 June 2008
Posted by it2tp in Windows.Tags: DNS
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If you use a domain with single-label DNS name (for example mydomain instead of mydomain.net) – which is not recommended – you need to do some extra steps otherwise Win2000 or XP clients will not able to dynamically register DNS records.
For more info, see the following Microsoft article:
Information about configuring Windows for domains with single-label DNS names
Net Use commands 26 May 2008
Posted by it2tp in Windows.Tags: Net Use, Windows
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Just some Net Use commands
Printer not found on server, unable to connect 22 May 2008
Posted by it2tp in Windows.Tags: Printing
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This may be caused by changing the printer names on the print server. See here (section Printer Name vs Print Share Name) for more information.
SP3 for Windows XP available from 29 april on 22 April 2008
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SP3 will be available for download from 29 april on Microsoft Download Center. Availability via Automatic Update will be early summer. See announcement on Microsoft Technet.
Edit (10/05/2008): SP3 is now availabable here.
Shortcut to lock your computer 14 April 2008
Posted by it2tp in Windows.Tags: lock
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Create a shortcut to: [%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation].
Or type [Windows key] + L
Reference: see Microsoft article.
Vista and personal firewalls 13 April 2008
Posted by it2tp in Free- & shareware, Windows, Windows Vista.Tags: Comodo, Windows Vista
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If you’d like to try another firewall than the build-in: a good, free one is ZoneAlarm. I installed version 7.1.248. Solid and no problems at all.
On the contrary Comodo Firewall Pro showed too much pop ups; it looked like they would never stop. Even removing the thing was a pain. The standard uninstall left a lot of crap. If you want to get rid of it, see here.
Keyboard settings at logon 13 April 2008
Posted by it2tp in Windows.Tags: Windows
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The logon keyboard settings need to be modified in the registry.
Here is how:
Summarized:
1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.exe).
2. From the HKEY_USERS subtree, go to the following key:
\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
3. Change the value for the following entry to contain the keyboard layout that you want to have avilable at logon. This example would set the default keyboard layout to Japanese:
\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
“1″ REG_SZ = “0411″
