3 ways to grant “Local Admin” permissions to Domain Users. Sunday, 16 Aug, 2015 There are three ways (that I know of..), to grant “Local Machine” Administrator credentials to a Windows Domain User: lusr-method (!). "Restricted Groups" / Secure Restricted Groups (convenient for that funny bunch). “Secure Local Administrators” (a-la Alan's way). lusrmgr.msg. to grant “Local Machine” Administrator permissions to a Windows Domain User through lusrmgr.msc: Remotely… Read More
2 correct ways to install RDS apps (formerly TS) on your RDS HOST. Saturday, 13 Jun, 2015 2 Options. When you need to provision a new Windows program to by multiple Users (ie. that remotely login to the same TS/RDS Host), you have 2 options. Setup.EXE VS Setup.MSI If your app comes packaged with a 3rd party installer (generally "Setup.EXE"), you'll need to manually place your TS/RDS Host into "Install Mode".… Read More
Custom Alcatel OmniPCX Voice Prompts. Saturday, 16 May, 2015 Alcatel OmniPCX requires a .wav format file sampled in PCM 8000 kHz, 8 bits, mono - full stop. 3, 2, 1...action! Record your voice message as a wav file. To record a voice prompt, you may simply... Run "Windows sound recorder". Record a wma (or a wav) file. Then you'll need to convert your message… Read More
Include non-indexed (network) locations to your Libraries. Saturday, 18 Apr, 2015 Thanks to the following (awesome) blog post: http://blog.ryankempt.com/2012/09/windows-library-add-non-indexed-location.html, today I was able to add/show non-indexed network locations into my Documents Library. This workaround is especially useful whenever you're storing, say, your family Pictures on a (Linux-based) NAS that does not support indexing. For convenience’s sake, I’ll report what's involved the way "it worked for me":… Read More
Quick and dirty upgrade to Windows 8.1 from MS Store. Thursday, 9 Apr, 2015 In case you missed how to get the free Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 upgrade, here's a quick rundown of what's involved: 1) Install http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40098 and restart as requested. 2) Open the Windows Store "As Administrator". 3) Click (or tap) on the huge "Update to Windows 8.1 for free"-tile & Select Download. The download… Read More
[Solved] Chrome "Waiting for cache" (WSOD) & How to Open all your Synched Tabs back. Saturday, 14 Feb, 2015 Chrome broke my heart <3 by not loading pages anymore. So instead of going out with my beloved ones, here I am, fighting with Chrome 🙂 This error seems to be referred to as "White Screen of Death" (WSOD) because of a white background and a ”Waiting for cache…”-message on the lower left Status bar while no… Read More
Fast-enable vncserver on CentOS. Saturday, 3 Jan, 2015 How to configure vncserver on your CentOS host.… Read More
HOW-TO Setup a Windows RESET Image. Sunday, 28 Dec, 2014 As promised, today I will continue blogging on how to Setup a Windows RESET Image to Restore your System to a previously working state. This post builds on my previous ones (reported here for convenience): 1. Best Windows UEFI/GPT partitioning scheme 2. HOW-TO Setup a Windows REFRESH Image. Please note – the RESET… Read More
HOW TO Setup a Windows REFRESH Image. Sunday, 16 Nov, 2014 To continue with your discovery into hidden but-not-so hidden Windows secrets, the next step after configuring your Best Windows UEFI/GPT partitioning scheme is to setup a Windows REFRESH Image. If you are a Windows Laptop or Tablet user, it is likely that your (reputable?!) vendor has already done the hard work for you.… Read More
Best Windows 8.1 UEFI/GPT partitioning scheme. Saturday, 18 Oct, 2014 | 10 Comments In this post, I will assume that you wish to deploy Windows 8.1 (or newer) to your UEFI computer on a blank GPT Hard Disk in the best possible manner. “Best” is a highly subjective topic of which you can write bibles and treaties about. My vision of “best” mainly (not always!) revolves… Read More
How to clone and restore broken NTFS-hdd with dd and CentOS 6.2 live. Saturday, 13 Sep, 2014 In one of my previous articles I wrote how to use a couple of fancy tools included by default on Ubuntu to clone and restore an Windows, NTFS-based, broken hdd: http://www.pwrusr.com/system-administration/how-to-make-an-ntfs-image-of-a-faulty-windows-hdd-with-ntfsclone-and-ubuntu Today I will show you how I performed a similar operations by relying on CentOS 6.2 live and standard “default” tools. The cloning procedure.… Read More