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iPod G5 central button sunken, pad misaligned

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

It happened that the central button of my click wheel was sunken by about 0.5mm . This is ugly as every time I selected something I touched as well the wheel and so the selection was wrong. What was the … Continue reading →

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Unsigned Drivers Windows 7 64Bit

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

Windows 7 64Bit is blocking the installation of unsigned drivers. A workaround is this: bcdedit /set testsigning no Source: Online PC 2010-01

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Context Menu edit – right click Menu – Windows 7

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

To add a program to your context menu do the following in Regedit 1. Create a new Key in HKCR\Directory\Background\shell named your new Menuitem 2. Create a new Key underneath called command. 3. Edit the “Default” entry and enter the … Continue reading →

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Create a self extracting package under Windows 7

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

Windows contains per default the program iexpress. This application allows you to create self extracting packages. It is located under C:\Windows\SysWOW64 on a windows 7 64bit OS. 1. First start the application and select the option to create a new … Continue reading →

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Windows Image Restore Failed

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

Situation I wanted to create a clone disk as desaster restore for my Netbook Preparation I made a Windows Image Backup Then created a Restore CD with an external CD Drive. As I dont like to restore from CD, I … Continue reading →

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Random complex password

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

Use the following function to create a complex password. There are 4 tables with different characters used to create the password. To have at least one char from each table the password must be at least 4 char long.

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Ping host

Posted on 2011/04/21 by maoeh

Ping a host and get true or false returned

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