Archive for the ‘Windows XP’ Category
Gmail + IE6
Got an email today informing me that Gmail will be dropping support for Internet Explorer 6. Nice of them to let us know rather than randomly killing support for it ’cause it’s old as crap like most vendors do. A win for Google there I’d say. Point of this article being, if you use IE [...]
In: Windows XP, cloud · Tagged with: gmail, Google Mail, ie6, internet explorer 6
Windows 7: Disable USB Storage
In a number of environments, especially MPAA or DoD environments (in the US we rank nuclear bombs right up there with pilfered copies of unreleased movies, especially ones that cost a lot of $ to make), users should not be able to mount any local removable storage. While Group Policy is typically the best way [...]
In: Windows Server, Windows XP · Tagged with: disable USB, Windows 7
Making Windows 7 Icons Transparent
I have to take a lot of screen shots. Therefore, most of my computers tend to have a white background (they used to be the xman the machine was named after but alas, I’m older and now they computers are all named after Backyardigans;). Sometimes it’s hard to see your icons in Windows 7 on [...]
In: Windows XP · Tagged with: registry, transparent icons, Windows 7
Show Desktop Icon for Windows & Windows 7
Ever delete the Show Desktop icon from Quick Launch? One of my favorite features of Windows, it is a big part of my everyday use of the OS. So when I accidentally deleted it I had to figure out how to get it back. And it wasn’t nearly as easy as I would have thought [...]
In: Windows Server, Windows XP · Tagged with: recreate, scf, script, Show Desktop, windows
Programatically Clipboarding in Windows
My last article showed how to interface with the clipboard in Mac OS X. Windows 7 comes with the same feature, but instead of pbcopy it’s simply clip. Since you don’t ls, we’ll pipe the output of dir into the clipboard: dir | clip Enjoy & no more complaining that I like one platform more [...]
In: Windows XP · Tagged with: clip, clipboard, Mac OS X, pasteboard, pbcopy, pipe, Shell, windows, Windows 7
Get A Dock in Windows
In addition to getting a theme for Windows that makes it look more like a Mac you can also now install a Dock in Windows! rocketdock.com
In: Mac OS X, Windows XP · Tagged with: dock, MAC, rocketdock, windows
Click-Matrix Leads to Death of a Trackpad
While preparing an image for the latest MacBook Pro we were going through a click-matrix and I noticed a funny usability issue. Basically, when you fire up VMware and log into the virtual machine, the trackpad keeps getting hit by little hands, which doesn’t work very well in typing class. I don’t ask why a [...]
In: Mass Deployment, VMware, Windows XP · Tagged with: click-matrix, MacBook Pro, touchfreeze, usability, VMware
Lots of new stuff: Command Line Wiki Integration
The Mac Commands page and the PowerShell Commands page are both now wikis and users with accounts on this site can edit them. Additionally I added a number of new pages worth of commands, FTP Commands, Windows Commands, Final Cut Server Commands, Amazon S3 Commands, Podcast Producer Commands and Xsan Commands; both of which are wikis [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Mass Deployment, Unix, Windows Server, Windows XP, Xsan · Tagged with: Command line, Mac OS X, powershell, scripting, windows, xsan commands
Vista & Windows 7 Optimizer
There are a variety of simplistic tasks that can be performed to optimize a Windowz box. Disabling unneeded services and protocols is a great start, but there are tons of other little things here and there. Vista Services Optimizer (works on Windows 7 & Vista) is a nice little tool for those who don’t have [...]
In: Windows XP · Tagged with: optimize, tuneup, Vista Services Optimizer, Windows 7
Windows 7 HomeGroup
HomeGroup is a new home security feature of WIndows 7. HomeGroup resemble how you protect your home (an analogy I use in the Mac OS X Security book as well): Keep the outside doors locked and keep the interior doors unlocked (unless you’re on the crapper). HomeGroup can be initiated by any Windows 7 version [...]
In: Windows XP · Tagged with: 802.1x, homegroup, network, Sharing, Windows 7, Wireless
