Category Archives: Windows

Windows 7: How To Disable Pop-up Thumbnails When Hovering Over Taskbar

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Masao 

Method 1: You may try the following steps to disable the Taskbar thumbnail preview in Windows 7: 1. Click “Start” and type “gpedit.msc” and hit Enter 2. Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar in left … Continue reading →

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Windows: Stop fwupdate.exe

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Masao 

Remove LG Tool Kit from Programs

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Windows: How To Enable Ping Responses

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Masao 

How can I enable ping with Windows Firewall? It is a requirement that CUDN-connected computers must support the ICMP Echo (ping) function. The Windows Firewall may not respond to such incoming echo requests. If you intend to use Windows Firewall … Continue reading →

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Flash Install Error: NPSWF32.dll insufficient permission

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Masao 

Restart in Safe-mode (press F8 when booting) Remove the Flash directory at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed Works for Windows 7 64-bit

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Windows: Kill All Chrome Processes At Once

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Masao 

Run this on the command line: taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T /F = force kill /IM = image name /T = kill all child processes as well To create a shortcut, right-click the desktop, then New -> Shortcut. For location, … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista: How To Enable Telnet

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Masao 

By default, Vista installs without telnet available. Here is how to enable telnet in Vista: 1. Open ‘Control Panel’ 2. Select ‘Programs and Features’ 3. In the left column, select ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ (get ready for the … Continue reading →

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How To Add Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Masao 

Windows 7 does not have the QuickLaunch toolbar enabled by default. Here’s how to add it: Right-click the taskbar, then click “New Toolbar” In the Folder input field, copy and paste the following line: “%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch” Click “Select Folder” … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu/Fedora: How to Connect Vista and Samba

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Masao 

Go through the usual setup at Samba.org or use YUM (yum install -y samba) By default, the smb.conf allows sharing of home directories. Add a Samba user (smbpasswd -a myusername) On Fedora, run SELinux Administration On the left menu, click … Continue reading →

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How to Disable Media Manager Services

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Masao 

UPDATE: Roxio has made it harder to disable “Media Manager Services” now. In Windows Vista: Click the Start button, type “msconfig” and hit enter. When the small “User Account Control” window pops up, click continue. Click the Startup tab Look … Continue reading →

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How to Automatically Start Pageant with Private Keys in Windows

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Masao 

In the Startup folder in the startup menu, right-click and create a New -> Shortcut. Browse to your pageant.exe file. Add the full path to your private key enclosed with quotes. Save the shortcut. “c:\path-to-pageant\pageant.exe” “c:\path-to-key\mykey.ppk”

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