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MKV (matroska video) files often come with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. Not all video players allow to select which audio and subtitle track you want to play.Free Media Player Classic – Home Cinema is my favourite video player and…
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Install any version of Windows 7 using any version of Windows 7 DVD
All Windows 7 DVDs contain all versions of Windows 7 (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional to Ultimate edition), however they are normally restricted to install only single version.This done by a file ei.cfg located in /sources folder inside installation…
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Windows 7 displays “please wait” during group policy software installation
Windows XP workstations during GPO software installation normally displays “Installing managed software [Software-Name]“ Windows 7, however, by default only shows “Please Wait“I prefer more informative Windows XP approach. Users are less likely to complain about slow boot times when they…
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Run Firefox in safe mode (without add-ons)
If you are having problems with Firefox one of the first things to try is starting Firefox in safe mode without add-ons as one of them could be causing your problems. Option 1: Make sure Firefox is not running Hold…
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Windows 7 machines fail to apply software installation group policy on startup
Background: Windows Active Directory Domain Windows Server 2003R2 and Server 2008R2 Domain ControllersWindows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1 workstations Problem: Windows 7 workstations don’t process group policy software installation at all, or process intermittently. This doesn’t affect Windows XP…
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Run Internet Explorer in Safe Mode (without Add-ons)
If you are having problems with Internet Explorer one of the first things to try is starting IE without Add-ons as one of them could be causing your problems. If IE works fine without add-ons, you can try re-enabling them…
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Firefox 8 crashes on every startup (after upgrade from v7)
09.11.2011 This morning Firefox on one my Windows XP SP3 machines decided to upgrade itself to the latest 8.0 version. All well and good, but after the upgrade Firefox worked for couple of minutes and then crashed. Every subsequent attempt…
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Add first Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller to Server 2003 domain.
Before introducing first Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller to your Server 2003 domain you must prepare your forest and domain. This is done running ADPREP tool from Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD.Note that you do not need to run…
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Install network traffic monitoring utility vnStat on Ubuntu server
vnStat is a console based network traffic monitoring utility for Linux which collects bandwidth statistic for selected interface(s).To install vnStat run:sudo apt-get install vnstat To create and configure database run:sudo vnstat -u -i eth0Note 1: This assumes that you want…
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Install / Enable Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on Windows Server 2008 R2
Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager Select Features. Then click on Add Features Select Group Policy Management > Next > Install
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Configure Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 4.0 settings via group policy (GPO)
Download and extract Windows Desktop Search 4.0 administrative template file search.adm Open Group Policy Management Console > Right click on Group Policy Objects > New > Enter name and click OK Right click on your new GPO > Edit Right…
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Joomla – TinyMCE Editor removes non braking spaces on saving
TinyMCE Editor has a code clean-up function which tries to clean html code while saving articles. This removes all non-braking spaces regardless of the way they were entered – Spacebar, TinyMCE Insert non-breaking space character button , or even …