Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by thehabgroup
To use enable verbose status messages by editing the registry, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4. On the Edit menu, point to […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP, Windows 2000
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by thehabgroup
Remote Installation Service Installations
The process of adding OEM Plug and Play drivers to RIS installations involves the same steps that are listed in the “Unattended Setup” section of this article, with two small adjustments:
1. Place the $oem$ folder at the same level as the \I386 folder of the RIS image. For example:
RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\i386
RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\$oem$\$1\Drivers
\NIC
\MODEM
\VIDEO
2. […]
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Filed under: Operating System, ADS, Windows XP
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by thehabgroup
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SOON : Command Scheduling Utility
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Usage : SOON [\\computername] [delay] [/INTERACTIVE] “command”
or : SOON /D [/L:n] [/R:n] [/I:{ON|OFF}]
delay : the number of seconds from now when the scheduled job should start.
/D : modify Default settings and/or display their current values.
/L : set LocalDelay - default delay for Local jobs - initially 5 seconds.
/R : […]
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Filed under: Operating System
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by thehabgroup
The following Vbscript will gather Ip address information from network cards:
Set objWMIService = GetObject(”winmgmts:\\”& strComputer & “\root\cimv2″)
Set colAdapters = objWMIService.ExecQuery (”SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = True”)
n = 1
For Each objAdapter In colAdapters
wIELine
WriteLineBoldIE “Network Adapter Info”
wIETableHeaderStart “100″
wIERowStart
wIETableHeaderItem “Adapter”
wIETableHeaderItem “IP”
wIETableHeaderItem “Subnet”
wIETableHeaderItem “Gateway”
wIETableHeaderItem “DNS”
wIETableHeaderItem “WINS”
wIERowStop
If Not IsNull(objAdapter.IPAddress) Then
For i = 0 To UBound(objAdapter.IPAddress)
wIERowStart
If i=0 Then
wIERowItem “Adapter […]
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Filed under: Operating System, vbscript, Network
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by thehabgroup
Open Regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
if it does not already exist create the key: “NoDriveTypeAutoRun”=dword:000000b5
Log out and log back in for the settings to take effect
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by thehabgroup
var swickiSidebar=
{
canvasColor: \’#EEEEEE\’, // use \’#EEAAFF\’ hex format or
TextColor: \’#000E3A\’, // web standard color names
TagLinkColor: \’#0033CC\’,
TagHoverBGColor: \’transparent\’,
[…]
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Filed under: Operating System
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by thehabgroup
Note: the steps below only affect the current user. These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user. There is no way to disable balloon tips for specific programs only.
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
2. Navigate to the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. […]
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Filed under: Operating System
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by thehabgroup
How to Customize Windows Task Bar Settings
1. Locate a clear area on the taskbar and right click and select properties:
2. Modify settings as you see as show the clock, quick launch bar etc.
3. Click the customize button and select the options that […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by thehabgroup
You may experience the following symptoms with opening CMH files after a Windows update:
Opening a CHM via Internet Explorer instead of Saving the file fails
Topics in the .chm file cannot be viewed when you click Save in the File Download dialog box
Fix:
In the File Download dialog box, click Save, and then choose where you want […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Internet Explorer
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by thehabgroup
If you find that your desktop icons are corrupted/ garbled, wrong images appear or suffering from frequent redraws then you may need to increase the size of yoru icon cache. To increase the icon cache file (C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Iconcache.db) size
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Value Name: Max Cached Icons
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value […]
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Filed under: Operating System, Windows XP
