WOL from the internet + remote desktop connection

First enable wake-on-wan from the network controller in windows.

First set on your router a static dhcp reservation on you mac address.

Then set a port forward on the router for port 7 UDP to your reserved ip.

Configure a dynamic dns on the router, for exemple if your router has support you can use for free no-ip.com

To wake-up you need :

• MAC Adress
• Public ip or dynamic dns address
• Port number

Next you will probably will want to make a Remote Desktop Connection to your pc.
For this you have to forward TCP port 3389 to your pc ip address.

On the Remote Desktop settings select Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentification (more secure)
Click Select Users and add your username.
You MUST have at least a PROFESSIONAL version of windows to be able to do remote desktop connection to the computer.

And last install from android market a Wake on Lan

How to configure a dns and an email server on windows 7

I used Simple DNS Plus and Quick ‘n Easy Mail Server - note that both are not free software but you can try them in trial mode.
You will also need and EML file viewer because the emails are saved as .eml files.
Get FREE EML File Viewer from here

They are very strait forward to configure.
In Simple DNS Plus - Select Records and add a Primary zome.
Then add in your zone an MX-record and make some inquiry to see if everything is ok.

To check if your mail server dns settings are good, open a cmd and make an inquiry :

nslookup -q=mx mydomain.com 

         (uses your isp or local dns server to resolve)

nslookup -q=mx mydomain.com 8.8.8.8 

(using specified Google dns server 8.8.8.8 to interrogate for our domain - I recommend this as it is almost instant update)

To check local open port on your system/server use CurrPorts if you want a Gui or netstat

For dns you have to open port 53
For email you have to open ports : 25,110

You have to port forward ports 53, 25, 110 if you have a router.

You can use this site to check if your ports are open : http://tagclouds.ro/openports.php

 Additional information :

To clear dns cash in windows in cmd type : ipconfig /flushdns
To see in browser new changes made to dns change your dns to 8.8.8.8 ( google dns) 

Dxtory does not start recording games

Dxtory does not recognize game/show FPS.

If you record your games with an OSD like MSI Afterburner/RivaTuner, you have to ckeck in the
Dxtory - Advanced  Settings - Delay Hook - checkbox.

Also you must first start Dxtory then start the game, it will automatically create a profile for the game, then start  MSI Afterburner/RivaTuner, and it will record with you OSD.

If you turn the stealth mode on in Rivatuner you can record while the OSD is up, but it won't show up in the video.

You can get dxtory from here : http://exkode.com/dxtory-features-en.html
You should use it with the Lagarith codec (that supports multi-threading) from here : http://lags.leetcode.net/codec.html
so you can record without full loading one of the cores of your cpu, that will have bad effects on your fps.

Hiren's Boot USB Stick

Hirens Boot CD 15.2 USB

1. You need a USB stick of at least 1GB
2. Download Hiren's Boot CD 15.2 from here
3. Download Universal USB Installer from here

FPS and hardware usage OSD in games

Install Rivatuner statistics server

Install HWInfo32/64 in settings you have OSD(RTSS - rivga tuner statistics server) and select what you want

Also right click in system tray on hwinfo and select settings and select auto log in.

If you want current hour on-screen to keep track of how much you play install MSI Afterburner (also comes with riva tunner server)

You can use MSI Afterburner as well for osd :

You can see some videos recorded with both hwinfo and msi aferburner on my YouTube channel : Red Sun

Windows does not log in or logs off automatically

Open regedit locally if you can boot in safe mode, or on a network computer and select File-> Connect Network Registry.
If that does not work boot of a Hiren's boot cd and open Registry Editor PE.

Navigate to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

And verify and/or create them if the are not - string value -
 - Shell with value explorer.exe
 - Userinit with value - C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe

You will  be able to boot to windows but beware that most certain your system was and it still is infected with virus/malware.

Msvcr100.dll is missing from your computer

It is a file required by applications written in visual studio and requires the :
C++ Redistributable Package 2010

Normaly that would fix it, but on the 64 bit you have to install both the 64 and 86 versions.
vcredist_x86.exe and vcredist_x64.exe from microsoft website.

If that still fails just www.dll-files.com and download the dll and copy it next  to the exe file (not the launcher) of the game/app.

If you receive  The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) - the error code meas "bad image" witch means one or more dll is corrupted or only x64 or x86 version is available - in this case.

Install drivers in windows

Link for big manufacturers support pages with drivers:

Fujitsu Siemens : http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/download/Index.asp

Acer : http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers 

Dell : http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/?app=drivers

HP : http://www8.hp.com/us/en/drivers.html

---------------------
IF you have a PCI and Parallel port yellow in device manager and you de not have an uninstalled card, you have to install :
Intel Active Management Technology - PCI port (LMS-SQL),  Paralele port (HECI)
----------------------
USB 2.0-CRW   = (Card Reader)
----------------------

Install drivers in windows 7 and 8 that are not available through windows update ( not recommended bad system stability - but last resort if you want newer operating system for old hardware) 

First open in Internet Explorer : http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/  and install the asked add-on.

Search the driver, for example "mobility radeon x1600" driver that is not available through windows update in windows 8.1 . You will experience boot start-up problems with x1600 on windows 8 if you do this but it's the only way to get max resolution.
Download the x86 or x64 driver accordingly to your system. It will be a .cab file.
Extract it and install it manually by opening Device manager and right click and Update driver software, Browse my computer for driver software, and select the folder where you extract it.

-----------------------

Windows XP SP2 - Could not install audio driver

"Driver Installation Failed: Could not find the MEDIA device for this driver"

You need to get the UAA hotfix from Microsoft. (This is for SP2 -- it is included in SP3.)

UAA Download Link : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835221

Windows update - related errors

Windows could not search for new updates - windows 7

While running windows update you receive :
Windows could not search for new updates - windows 7

The problem is with computer date, that causes the windows update server to interpret it as an expired certificate. Just change the date to current date and try again.

 

Windows Update error - WIndows XP SP2 

“The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem”

  Most probably because of windows xp sp2.

• Download newest version of Windows Update Agent for Windows XP (32-bit): http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.4.7600.226/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Optionally (should be done automatically by the windows update agent installer)  : 

1. Stop Windows Automatic Update Service (net stop wuauserv)
2. Stop Background Intelligent Transfer Service (net stop bits)
3. Run Windows Update Agent setup: WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe
4. Start Windows Update service (net start wuauserv)
5. Start Background Intelligent Transfer Service (net start bits)

 

Windows Experience Index scores in Windows 8.1

Step1 :
Open a cmd and type "winsat prepop"
This will run the benchmark and store the results on your PC as XML files.
Step2 :
 Open the Windows Powershell and type "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT"

WinSPRLevel : is the base score and is  the lowest of the scores and represents the Rating in windows 7

The maximum score is 7.9

Cmd System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied. windows 8

Open START - All Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt
Right click and select Run as administrator.


START - Down arrow on the bottom left of the screen - scroll to the right side - Under Windows System - Right click and select Run as administrator on Command Prompt

Automate windows customisation

Scriptable windows commands :

http://www.autohotkey.com
http://www.macrocreator.com

Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs.
General useful silent install switches :
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/InnoSetup_Switches_ExitCodes.html  

Control Panel Command Line Commands in Windows :
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/a/control-panel-command-line.htm

CONTROL [cpl],,[page]
CONTROL [/name] [/page]
CONTROL [-name] [-page]

ex :
control /name Microsoft.ActionCenter
control /name Microsoft.DateAndTime
control /name Microsoft.ActionCenter /page pageSettings

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee330741%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#canonical_names

Windows does not boot in normal or safe mode, stuck at some driver - run chkdsk

Most of the time is file system integrity problem (system file/driver) caused by a forced shutdown either by losing power or forceful shut down by the power button.
You get more chances to get this if you close it while it was doing updates.
It can also be cause by a bad sector on one of the mentions files, or virus alteration of files.


To fix-it you have to run a chkdisk.
Boot from a hiren's boot cd and select chkdisk, after restart and it will boot to windows normally.

If that did't work you can try to check if you find a 0 bytes file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers, usually is random letters, numers file.

Stop CHKDSK every time at start-up dirty partition

If a partition is marked as dirty it will not be cleared.

Type :
fsutil dirty query d:
 Volume - d: is Dirty
You can also set the dirty bit if you want by : fsutil dirty set d:


CHKNTFS /X d:
 /x = not to check the volume at start-up

chkdsk /f /r d: 

You can manually remove the dirty bit :

Download a hdd hex editor : DMDE GUI for Windows

Select Logic/disks volumes, select the volume and press Open volume.

ALT+C = volume cluster selection + ENTER
CTRL+S = Search string --- and paste in the hex part:

03 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 18  - no dirty bit
03 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 18  - win xp, win 7
03 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 18  - win 8

CTRL+E = edit 

Give credentials from command line while accessing network resources or map network drive

You try to copy a folder from a network location :

robocopy -E \\computername\folder\ D:\  

and you receive :

Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.

To fix it type first :  

net use \\computername\ipc$ password /USER:username

To map a network drive :

net use n: \\computername\sharedfolder password /user:username

If you receive : 

A specified logon session does not exist. it may already have been terminated.

This behavior occurs when the "Do not allow storage of credentials or 
.NET Passports for network authentication" Network access policy is 
enabled.
 

gpedit.msc

 Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

Network access: Do not allow storage of credentials or for network authentication  

Disable.