In UNIX/Linux world, it is common to connect to remote machine through Secure shell (SSH). But in Windows world, we depend too much on Remote Desktop Connection (RDP). But except Windows Servers, Windows workstations such as Windows XP does not support multiple simultaneous login to a Windows XP machine. This drawback can be managed to…
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How to safely remove ubuntu in dual boot installation
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It is not uncommon to see dual boot installation featuring Ubuntu and Windows. I have seen many of my friends try to install Ubuntu in a partition keeping the Windows installation not disturbed. Now a days I suggest them to go for wubi installer, which creates a virtual partition in Windows file system to install…
How to set title for Command prompt window in Windows
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We use to work on multiple command prompt windows in Windows XP. It displays path of cmd.exe by default in Window title bar. In Task bar it is difficult to identify the right window while switching over the windows, since all display the same title bar. There is a simple (damn simple) command to get…
How to plug-in and plug-out USB device through command line in Windows
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This post talks about how to plug-in and plug-out a USB device through command line without doing it physically. This helps to eliminate wear and tear of connector during development cycle. You need devcon.exe, a utility provided by Microsoft for debug and development purpose. It is a command line tool equivalent to GUI based Device…
Sleep command in Windows (delay)
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There is no straight forward sleep command in Windows. All Unix variants provides this command to provide delay in shell scripts. I circumvent this I am using ping command as given below which provides sleep functionality with approximate accuracy. Ping command is used to check the connectivity between to machines in a network. The below…
How to fix “resolving proxy” delay in google chrome on Windows?
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Corporate networks has internet proxy with username and password to access internet from their workstation. Most of the time browsers in corporate network (what else? IE only!) are configured to detect the proxy settings automatically to make it simple for IT service guys. But this results into noticeable delay in connecting to the web site.…
Enabling Debug Print (DbgPrint) in Windows Vista and Server 2008
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Issue: Debug prints ( DbgPrint ) are not working in Windows Vista/Server2008. Solution: By default DbgPrint() outputs are disabled in Vista/Server2008. You may follow the below setting in registry to enable the debug prints. Open up the registry and go to this path, “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Debug Print Filter” and add the following value “DEFAULT” : REG_DWORD…
How to test Sign the driver in Windows Vista and Server 2008
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Many of us use to skip the Driver signature warning message while installing the Windows driver. But this is not possible in the case of Windows Vista and Server 2008 – 64-bit editions. In case of 64-bit systems, it is becoming mandatory to digitally sign the driver. Getting the digital signature is the final process…
Win32 – A quick refresher
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I use to enjoy when I do Win32 API Programming. So far I have worked on it without any formal learning. I think this is high time to make my understanding neat and clean on Win32. Here is my attempt to start summarizing the essentials of Win32 Programming which I enjoy. I am going to post Win32 basics in this blog. This…
Amazing Microsoft Surface
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Today it happened to look at http://www.microsoft.com/surface. It is a innovative next generation user interface for day to day. Microsoft says about this in their press release: The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction with digital content…
HOWTO: Copy & Paste between Local and Remote Desktop
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This HowTo covers how to copy and paste the files/text/graphics (Clipboard) content between remote desktop session and local computer in Windows XP. Follow the following instruction in both local and remote computers. Go to Start->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services. Enable and start the following services in the order shown below: 1. Network DDE DSDM 2. Network DDE…
Windows CE 6.0 Kernel source opened
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The Microsoft has released Windows CE 6.0 version yesterday. The most exciting feature for me is the share kernel source (Since I don’t do any active platform building nowadays, I don’t bother much about other features in this shiny new version. You may refer this link for more info on that. Why I consider open…
Windows Media Center theme for Windows XP
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If you are bored with Windows XP Luna theme (Blue/Silver/Olive), here is a nice looking theme available for download. Actually it is meant for Windows Media Center edition. But it looks awesome in Windows XP. Download here Install the downloaded theme. Then go to Desktop and right click for properties. In Themes tab, select “Royale”…
Notes on Windows SCSI Miniport Driver
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Thanks to Microsoft, this article is a collection of articles from Microsoft authenticated documents In the Microsoft® Windows® operating system, the SCSIport driver, in conjunction with vendor-written adapter-specific miniport drivers, was for many years, the only driver delivering SCSI commands to the storage targets. The SCSIport driver, however, was designed to work optimally with the…
coLinux cooperating with Windows XP on HP nx6120
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What is this? I tried coLinux 0.6.2 on Win-XP-SP2 running on HP nx6120 laptop. It works fine. Just amazing….! I felt like working on full fledged installed linux. http://wiki.colinux.org is very much useful. It **does not** take much memory, just 2 MB only What is coLinux? CoLinux is a linux running on other Operating System,…