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F10 (access standard menu)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Operating System – configuration – (Windows 7)

Need to access the ‘standard-menu’? – use F10 while in explorer, (File manager)

NOTE; Internet-Explorer8, has this same feature, (Hiding the standard-menu)

Screen-Dump; F10_cfgCHANGE-2.png

Hit the F10 - If you need to display the standard menu

access the standard-menu using F10

OTHER CHANGEs: – (The reason for wanting to access the standard-menu?)

USE: – Tools | Folder Options  – (Then select the ‘view’ tabbed page, AND scroll)

The Hide-Extensions - Turn this feature OFF

Note; The standard-menu DISAPPEARs once a dialogue box has been selected

WHY THIS POST?

Change two settings;

#1: Remove-tick; “Hide Extensions for known file types”

#2: Remove-tick; “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”

Of course; – just ignore this configuration IF you see no need to do this sort of thing.

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Vista – (fix-info site)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

PROBLEM: (Noted similair problem with Windows7 in previous post; -  Error code: 0×80070035)

http://itsvista.com/2008/11/kb958285/ – (Vista)

On a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer, you switch a network connection from one network adapter to another network adapter or you reconnect a network connection.

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Spike Test 3kA > 3 sec

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

FROM YouTube.com; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqfUVDiRDRg&feature=related – there is other related content here.

Eland Cables performed this test on samples of 33kV cable at the independent CESI facility in Milan. A Spike Test is a test specifically designed to prove that the screen of a cable can withstand a full specified fault current for a period of no less than 3 seconds. It simulates the accidental “spiking” of a live cable installation and ensures that the circuit protection will operate and the circuit fails to safety. We are pleased to say all cables passed the test first time.

VISIT: www.eland.co.uk – for all your heavey-duty cabling needs

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hit F12 key at POST

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

PROJECT: Rebuild Lenovo laptop (Model=r61)
FIRST; Must be able to access the bios. The combination of Lenovo/IBM recovery system-tools, AND, Micro$oft-VistaBIZ os COMBINATION, serves to obsure-&-hide, simple things (LIKE; access to the BIOS)

Hit F12 key at POST – (POST=power-on self test)

The original configuration with VistaBIZ had a splash-screen, that the initial bootup displayed straight-up, effectively preventing access, and I vaguely remember using the F8 key (Maybe) – to get “Behind” that splash screen.

Now that I have managed to DISABLE all the GUI (BIOS – Graphical-splash-screen) – I have MORE access to some of the little key-combinations that provide access to the lower-level system tools.

EXAMPLE-1; Ctrl+S = some boot-manager,
EXAMPLE-2; F8 = F-Key seems to be a manual access (Windows Key-combination) to “Windows did NOT start properly” and other nice messages from the windows OS

With the Windows7 RC expiring soon; I need to explore alternative OS’s (Or pay up for Windows7 license) – if I will to continue being in tecnical-support, it is HELPFUL to have the same OS, as the people, that I might be providing support to.

CURRENTLY: – (Using Knoppix 6.2, booted from 4GB usb) – hence ‘all-text’ post.

This is post is being keyed-in via browser “Iceweasel” on Knoppix 6.2 – (Which I quit like) – running off a 4GB usb installation. At this point in time, is would be most cost effective to continue using Knoppix 6.2 for the immediate week or two, and see how things progress. Solution for replacing Office-Excel will be my first project, as there is WORK to be completed, and I need MONEY to by that Windows-7 os.

Might revisit the google-service, online applications to start to LEARN what it can do.

THE-QUESTION; will clients using M$-Office be able to read the output? – that is the question that needs to be answered (last-week) asap.

OKie – DOKie – Iceweasel – does NOT provide the nice “WordPress” interface that I have become familiar with. I must install Firefox ASAP, (Another little technical-exercise to figure out), but I see knoppix has a “install-components” on the preferences menu. Must test-out IF firefox 3.6 is available. (The Iceweasel-browser is still quit functional, and useful), its just that my specific needs for online editing have developed habits)

OR; Learn more web-development stuff, and start adding the formatting tags manually? (Nah!)

UPDATED; (And some ‘re-formatting’ of this post – SUN 28 Feb 2010) – The Firefox browser-installation (On knoppix-6.2) did work after, downloading, and extracting. Mozilla provide the download (firefox-3.6.tar.bz2), – knoppix 6.2 provided the nice de-compression tool, (Named?).

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talkback @ zdnet

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

http://creativecommons.org/

ARTICLE: An Easy Way to Protect Your Intellectual Property -Talkback @ zdnet – (Comments; in flat-view)

Doc thinks that you should consider a Creative Commons license for much of your work—perhaps even your entire Web site. It says to the world that you are willing to share your content freely as long as it is shown certain respect and credit.

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2008 Server Project status

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

2008 SERVER; PROJECT – DESCRIPTION: – Setup and configure / re-configure the internal network, with server-role “File-Services”, “DHCP”, “Domain-controller”, and “Active-Directory”

Reference; Feb 5th 2010 – http://grd.net.au/blog/?p=1603

Server 2008 (Standard) – and Windows7 – (On Lenovo R61 laptop)

PROBLEM: After Windows 7 was allowed to “update-itself”, Windows7 can NOT access the server-$hare.

Stay-tuned for more updates – This could take some time – bare with me, as there are also other activities that need to be taken care of. (AND; It is my own personal project – so, .. I can work-around the problem)

UPDATED / TEST: 3:07pm – I have just booted up a XP-Pro system, and it can access the $erver-$hare – Therefore this problem lies with the laptop (Windows7) and the updates that Micro$oft provides.

IF – this was in a production environment, I would say NO to M$-Updates, until the exact-nature of the problem was identified, (And a solution tested, and confirmed to resolve the connectivity issue).

As it stands here, in my test-lab, the Windows7 install will be GONE very soon.

PROJECT – STATUS?; (Is ontrack – moving onto the next stage of server configuration)

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nazca lines

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru

GOOGLED – ‘nasca lines‘ – Did you mean: Nazca lines – /yes! (smug search engines – gee)

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Error code: 0×80070035 The network path was not found

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

We have a problem Huston! – Windows 7, will NOT connect to Server 2008 share

HERE; Is a – (Basic – setup / configure a LAN) – simple check-list that works with XP-Pro systems in a ‘work-group’

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs; – Windows 7 is RC7100, and Server 2008 = Trial-Version – BUT that should NOT be having any bearing on this problem.

It is a strange problem, as the normal trouble shooting procedures have been completed, and firewall / configuration turned OFF, on both machines. It was working yesterday – BEFORE installing ZA, and installed a swag of Micro$oft updates – so once again, the problem can NOT be pin-pointed to one particular update / software install.

The Server-2008 – can access the laptop, and so I can work-around this issue, but it would be REALLY NICE, if I could resolve the problem. BUT it might be all for nothing, IF I have to RE-Install Windows-7 all over again – cause it IS going to expire on 1st  March 2010 (About 7 days from NOW)

GOOGLED: – “Error Code: 0×80070035” – This can be overly complicated by misinformation, but I believe that I have collected some RELEVANT facts / checks to perform when this problem arises.

#1: – http://www.techsupportforum.com/networking-forum/networking-support/175665-solved-error-code-0×80070035-network-path-not-found.html

SOLUTION – BY; johnwill – Manager, Networking Forums – S.E. Pennsylvania, US – OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux

[THIS; Seems to all make sense to me - so I have pasted below the relevant BITs, which may be useful when this problem occurs again later]

[VERBATIM-START]

Re: error code: 0×80070035 network path not found
Turn off any firewalls for debugging. If the firewall is the problem, you’ll have to configure it to allow access to “trusted zone” addresses. Note that some firewalls must be completely uninstalled to stop them from affecting your networking.

PING each computer by IP address, and if successful, PING by name. You can obtain the IP address of a computer by opening a command prompt (DOS window) and typing IPCONFIG. This should work for any Windows version. A failure here needs to be corrected before you go any farther.

Check your Services are Started on all PCs: Workstation, DHCP Client, DNS Client, Server, TCP/IP Netbios helper, Computer Browser.

All computers should be in the same workgroup for computer browsing to function properly. File & Print Sharing has to be enabled on any computer you wish to share files or printers from. You also need to actually share the resource in question from My Computer, right click on the drive/printer/folder, and select sharing.

If you encounter difficulties accessing computers that are visible in Network Neighborhood, make sure the computer being accessed has an account with the same name/password as the system connecting to it uses to login.

While the default NetBIOS setting is correct for normal network configurations, it’s possible for it to be altered, and it costs nothing to make sure it’s correct. NETBIOS over TCP/IP must be enabled for normal network browsing.

[VERBATIM - END]

[THAT; Makes a nice checklist to work through][Follow the link above, IF you need to read more about this particular issue - OR register on the http://www.techsupportforum.com/ - to post a particular OS/hardware senario]

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Check the stat counter – DISABLED

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

SENARIO: The plugin called ‘Stat-Counter’ (Which I find useful) – but would like to learn MORE, about!

PROBLEM: It was displaying the counter TWICE, at the bottom of the index.php (Front-Page of the _wp-blog)

There has been a LOT of ‘water-go-under-the-bridge’, recently and I wont try to explain ALL that happens.

ACTIVITY: Disabled the stat-counter plugin, to see what effect that might have, with the following results.

RESULT: Only ONE counter is now showing, at the bottom of the main page. (Happy now! :)

CONCLUSION: The code provided by the stat-counter website, (which is pasted into index.php) – over-rides the plugin.

IMAGE: Disabled stat-counter;

Plugin Disabled at the Dashboard

[UPDATED; 8:15pm 23 Feb 2010] I have RE-Enabled the plugin, and CUT, all the stat-counter-code from index.php – as it is NOT working in the current configuration. IF stat-counter causes me to much grief, it will be removed completly, and Ill will try a different plugin / solution to monitoring traffic.

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Windows 7 Bugs

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Here is a blog like mine – (Same ‘Default-Theme’ still being used) – with a technical bent

protect-your-windows-7-with-free-firewall-and-antivirus-software

I made a comment on this post – (I have become a comment-tor)

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