Download and install RT Se7en Lite. Choose 32 or 64 bit version appropriate for your OS. You will need version 2.x (which at the time of writing was still in Beta). Version 1.7 will not work. You can download version 2.6.0 (Beta) from here: 32bit 64bit. Or check for latest version on developer’s website. Download Windows 7 SP1…

To uninstall Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) based software remotely you can use a start-up script with MsiExec.exe command. First of all find out your software package ID number. There are number of way to do this. I normally use NEWT Professional for this purpose. There is a free version with limit of 25 machines 

It’s not particularly difficult to change Windows Power Schemes normal way, via control panel, but if you do this very often there is even a better way.

Trying to run a Java web application and getting a warring message: Application BlockedApplication blocked by Security Settings.Your security settings have blocked an application from running with an insecure or expired jre. This simply means that you have out of date Java version and are trying to run unsigned or self-signed Java application.

Was having issues trying to launch DELL PowerEdge iDRAC v6 Virtual Console in Google Chrome. Instead of opening Java based remote access client, Chrome would simply try to save a file called someting like:viewer.jnlp(82.157.215.60@0@idrac-YT877TM,+PowerEdge+T310,+User-demo-user@9584712254699

I hit this error while trying to delete a leftover McAfee Validation Trust Protection Service using sc delete “mfevtp” command. This is how I resolved the issue: Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) Navigate to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mfevtpmfevtp is the KeyName of the service you having problem with (the same you use with sc delete command) Delete sub-key called “Security“Allways make a registry backup befory…

Normally, when you uninstall an application it should remove all associated services automatically. Unfortunately, in practice this not always works. For example, after removing McAfee antivirus you may end up with couple of leftover services that do absolutely nothing. Such services can be removed manually from the command prompt.

If you are paid-up Google Apps user (Business or Educational) you can download a sync tool that will sync your Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook and provide full read/write access. If you are free Gmail user, you will have to look for a third party tool or do with a read-ony access in your Outlook.

This issue occurred after using a folder mounting trick to map SD card to local folder on C drive and then using SD card as a Windows Library target. As I explained at the end of the linked article, using this method can cause similar problems because locations included in such way cannot be properly…

Had a failing Seagate hard drive taken from an old Linux machine. There was some data on the HDD that I was keen to extract. First of all tried to access it from an Ubuntu PC, it could see the disk, but was refusing to mount partitions – hard drive was too badly damaged.

This article covers only Buffalo Linkstation LS-GL model. For other Buffalo Linkstation NAS devices you may need to use different tools and methods. Please be aware that any issues during firmware re-flash may render your device unusable! Proceed at your own risk.

VHD can be used for many different purposes. For example, in this article I explained how to expand Windows 8 tablet or ultrabook storage by adding folders on a removable Micro SD cards to Windows Libraries. One limitation of Windows VHD implementation is that there is no option to automatically mount VHD image on system…