Because you can observe a lot just by watching.
I just grabbed this from an old forum post of mine. It was originally written in 2002 or so, but I wanted to post it here as one of my reference items since this blog is where I come to find that stuff anyway.
This covers typical Linux commands used in web hosting.
I’ve not tried this yet, but it is worth noting here.
Tip: How to install and uninstall a program in Safe Mode
Contents of file.reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer]
@=”Service”
Also worth noting: Run > Net Start msiserver
Another item I looked for on the blog. The search page for finding the manufacturer of a network adapter based on its MAC address
Personal Note: Link to list of TCP and UDP ports.
I tend to search on the blog for this link, but I can never find it. That is because I never linked it here. So, here it is.
Wikipedia listing of TCP and UDP ports.
I usually expect to find it on the post about using a different Remote Desktop ( RDP ) port: Changing Remote Desktop Port.
That should be enough key words for my searches.
I wrote my Florida Church IT Round Table notes inside the wiki for the schedule so they could be shared. However, I think it is a good idea to keep my own copy of notes like these. Since this blog is my notepad, I might as well copy them here.
I use this blog for personal notes that I can refer to in the future, but also so I can share them with others.
Shortcut to Norton Symantec Antivirus Rapid Release Definition Updates
Direct link to symrapidreleasedefsi32.exe
Also of interest, a link to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. Someone just handed me a laptop that is 7 months out of date.
It is December and I am cleaning out a build-up of digital detritus and coprolite. While clearing through some old emails I found the following message that I saved a long time ago.
If you are missing a CD entitled “Where Nothing Can Go Wrong” please let me know.
The cleaning crew found it.
Now I can delete that email.
We have these huge efficient printers located throughout the building for everyone to use. They print inexpensively even in gorgeous color. The first time I printed to the one near my office I had accidentally left it set to color and felt ashamed that I had wasted such beauty on horendous web advertisements.
In spite of all these printers located in each of the office areas we still have several dozen expensive, slow, noisy, and lousy printers on everyones personal desk as well. Why bother walking 10 feet when you can get less for more.
My problem with printers is that they soon get to the point that the more-expensive-than-gold ink gets clogged in one of the color channels and I have a dead $40 cartridge that has provided me with $2 worth of value over its pitiful life.
A West Virginia Blogger has posted about cleaning your print cartridge with WD-40. Found via Lifehacker where there are many more cleaning suggestions in the comments.
I keep looking for this information on the blog here and forgetting that it is actually in the forum here: VPN’s.
So, without further ado, I will post it here as well (note: I am not using the port mentioned here).
Notes: You can change the listening port for remote desktop
Then connect on that port
To set up remote desktop on port 3053 instead of 3389
Using regedit (if you don’t know what that is then don’t do this) change:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Control
\TerminalServer
\WinStations
\RDP-Tcp
\PortNumber
to 3053 (or bed in Hexadecimal).
Reboot Windows to make sure the setting took properly
Open port 3053 on the Windows firewall
Set the IP address so that a future reboot would not give me a new IP.
Open 3053 on the router’s firewall and point at the IP set for the computer.
To test it I connected to my home computer and then had it connect back to the computer here using domain.com:3053 and it worked. It was dead slow, but it worked.
Just a note that even a fast internet connection gets sluggish when you are connecting both directions over RDP.