Remote Desktop / Citrix - Mouse Lag

Ever tried logging on remotely only to discover a lagging mouse?

Here's the cure: Change the mouse theme...that's it!

If that doesn't help then you have other issues at hand.

Newsmy CarPad NU3001 MCU Update

So I was going to update the MCU (the display unit) and got the latest MCU file I could find, which was version 38. I then got a lit but black screen. Notification sounds were still heard though. Dammit!

But fear not.......just downgrade!

Or upgrade, it's up to you. Just get anything else but version 38! It apparently "bricks" your display.

The very first thing you need to do, is to start the Android box and display as usual. I used an external power supply running 13.8 volts (but you could just start it up from your car). Then connect a HDMI / mini-HDMI to an external screen. Both displays will work simultaniously. Also an SD card inserted into the Android box. Oh, and a mouse helps, though touching the display works just as well...

You could use a PC. But the way I did it was searching Google for an alternate version on my mobile. Then extracting the .hex and .bin files to Google Drive. Then opening Google Drive from the CarPad and saving it to the root "/" of the SD card. Ok, just open the update app, flash the MCU and reboot....et voilà !

PowerShell: Import Active Directory Module

Open PowerShell and type: Import-Module ac*

...that's it.

Windows Server: Remote logon through group policy and a global security group

When ever you want to allow log on remotely through a group policy and a global security group, you can try the following:

1: Create a global security group in Active Directory and add a user to that group
2: Right-click Computer > Propeties > Remote setting
2a: Select the bullet 'Allow connections from computers..etc'
2b: Click Select Users > add the global security group
3: Open Group Policy Management
3a: Navigate to 'Default Domain Controllers Policy' > right-click > Edit
3b: Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > open "Allow....."

AD: View Creator of AD Objects

This is how you see who created any given AD object.

1. Open AD object

2. Select Security tab

3. Press Advanced

4. Select Owner tab

5. Look at Current Owner

Android: Setup Unblock-Us VPN Access

If you want to access various streaming services outside of  the US on your (superior) Android device, this is the way to do it. I haven't tested this over WiFi, but it works over the mobile data net (3G, 4G etc.). Watching Hells Kitchen or what-ever on my way to work is pretty ok :)

http://support.unblock-us.com/customer/portal/articles/1556790-how-to-setup-smart-vpn-on-your-android-device

1. Go to “Wireless and network” settings page
2. Click on “VPN” or “VPN settings”
3. Click “Add VPN Network” or “Add VPN” / “Add PPTP VPN”
4.  You may need to setup PIN, password or pattern for lock screen to store login details
5. In "Edit VPN Network" window fill up fields as follows:
   • Name: any familiar name (e.g. “Unblock-Us”)
   • Type: “PPTP”
   • Server address: vpn.unblock-us.com
   • Check “PPP encryption” and “Show advanced options”
   • DO NOT put anything in “DNS search domains” or “DNS servers”
   • Forwarding rules: 55.0.0.0/8
6. Click “Save”
7. Click on the new VPN connection (e.g. “Unblock-Us”)
8. Username: your email used for Unblock-Us (same as VPN Username from VPN setup screen)
9. Password: Enter your VPN password which can be accessed on the Smart VPN setup page. Do not enter your billing password - it will not work. 
10. Check “Save account information” (unless you don't want to store password)
11. Click “Connect”

Excel: Find & Replace (Long Email Addresses Shortened For AD Use)

Sometimes when users want a distribution list then tend to copy people from an existing list and paste their entire addresses. Fx. Qweasd Rotkju <QWERT@Nortwind.com>. This is a no-go when pasting into the Members pane in Active Directory. It would be better to educate people not to do that, but it's not the quickest. Below is a simple way to remove everything except the "User logon name".

First I copy/paste everything into a txt file and save as test.csv. Then I open the file in Excel. Every address is listed in its own column. Then...

: Mark row 1 :

: Open Replace :

: Type *< and leave Replace With blank . This removes everything up to the user logon name :

: Then type @* and ; in Replace With . This removes everything after @ incl. the @ leaving only the user logon name but with a semi colon. AD likes this uuuhhmmmm yummy it'll chew right up....

BolehVPN - No Internet/Network After Disconnecting VPN

This is beyond me why, but none the less:

First of all I use a static IP address and a google DNS. But after closing BolehVPN and running Windows trouble-shoot, it said that DHCP was disabled. An ipconfig -release didn't work either.

What had happened? The DNS address was erased leaving nothing but blank fields.

So fill in 8.8.8.8 or/and 8.8.4.4 again and bingo..... internet!

Pandora: Listen outside the US etc.

It's simple. Follow my Netflix post!

Ok, just purchase a VPN account and connect your client to the US or purchase a DNS subsription and enter that DNS address into you network settings. I use unblock-us.com.

Netflix: Watch US Content etc.

Two things that you can do: VPN or DNS!

This is what to do, not how to do it!

VPN
1. Purchase a VPN account, install the client, connect to your preferred country and log into Netflix.
2. Get a router that supports DD-WRT and set it up following one of the online how-to guides. Then connect your streaming device as you normally would. Working with the PPTP protocol is the simplest in my experience.

DNS
Purchase a subscription. I use unblock-us.com.

1. Go to your network card and enter the DNS address from the website.
2. DD-WRT. You only need to set it up as a secondary router and with the new DNS entered. Connect as you normally would.

If things fail with unblock.us and Netflix, make sure your ISP IP address is up to date with your account!

HTC Desire HD (Gingerbread v2.3.5) Downgrade/MIUI ROM Install

After waisting hours trying to root and downgrade my DHD using Win7 and being told that "the main version was too old" or some crap like that, I desided to go for the Linux way. And as it turns out, Linux saves the day (as I would expect :) )!

1. Download aahk AND READ THE MANUAL!
2. Download Ubuntu 10.04 Live (because that's what the 'efffen manual' says (from the aahk kit))!
3. Open Terminal and type: wget http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/aahk-12062012.zip && unzip aahk-12062012.zip && sudo ./hack-ace.sh (12062012 was the current version. Use whatever is the most recent). TIP: By default this unpacks aahk to the user-folder.
4. Open CAJUN.txt in the /tools/txt/ folder and paste the content into Terminal and proceed (use the 'cat' command to display the text file if you want)
5. If PD98IMG.zip is invalid aahk will download an alternate version (PD98IMG-GB2.zip). Mine did and worked through Linux and not Win7
6. If things worked, you should now have a downgrade phone. Turn off 'fast boot'!
7. On the phone enter Recovery mode (doing the 'volume down'/'power button' thing)
8. Whipe ALL DATA on the phone (whipe data/factory reset and whipe partition cache)! My MIUI rom got stock in boot screen because I forgot to do that!
9. Navigate to the locationen where you put your ROM install zip (from sd-flash) and let it do its thing
10. If it works you should now have a DHD with Android v4.x.x

• If things fail READ THE EFFFEN MANUAL! :)

Notes:

• To avoid Chinese gibberish, install an earlier English version and then MIUI 2.8.24 without wiping anything. This preserves data.
• By default bluetooth doesn't work for MIUI 2.8.24. Install KangBang Kernel.

Oracle VM Virtualbox Windows XP Installation Problem vs VMware Player

Just my experience:

I tried to install XP on Virtualbox and was constantly met by files that could not be installed. Then I installed VMWare Player and everything went smooth. Then I thought to take a screenshot of Virtualbox. I started an installation for the 5th time along with a VMware installation, but now it installed perfectly [what the hell???].

Linux: Slackware - Install Flash

Download the tar.gz file en extract it. Then copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

or

tar -xzvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
cp -v libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.12/plugins

Linux: Slackware - HTC Desire HD USB Tethering

Run this command: dhclient usb0

ASP.NET - Transfer to another page using gridview based on 'id'

This is for when you have a GridView with a link based on 'id'.

SQL table (tblMovies): movieID, Title, Year etc.

Page1.aspx

GridView settings
Propeties | Data | DataKeyNames : movieID

GridView tasks
GridView Tasks | Edit Columns | Add HyperLinkField

Add a HyperLinkField

HyperLinkField propeties
Appearance | HeaderText: Blahblah-whatever
Data | DataNavigateUrlFields : movieID
Data | DataNavigateUrlFormatString: ~/Page2.aspx?movieID={0}
Data | DataTextField: movieID

Page2.aspx

In the SqlDataSource you need to use a parameter for the 'id':
Parameter source: 'QueryString'
QueryStringField: movID

SELECT * FROM tblMovies WHERE (tblMovies.movieID = @movID)

This is just a help, not a guide

VB.NET: Programmatically populate a DropDownList (aspx)

If you need to populate a dropdownlist by hand

However the value and the displayed text are both the same!

Me.ddlTest.Items.Clear()

Dim strDDL() As String = {"Aaa111", "Bbb222", "Ccc333"}

Me.ddlTest.DataSource = strDDL

Me.ddlTest.DataBind()

VB.NET: Windows version (aspx)

Sometimes we have to know which OS version the user is using (from an aspx page)

Dim strOS As String

Select Case Request.Browser.MajorVersion

   Case 6

      strOS = "Windows XP"

   Case 7

      strOS = "Windows 7"

   Case Else

End Select

VB.NET: Retrieve IP and resolve to hostname (aspx)

Our company upgraded to Windows 7 so this is what I had to do in order to retrieve the host computername

Dim host As System.Net.IPHostEntry
host = System.Net.Dns.GetHostByAddress(Request.ServerVariables.Item("REMOTE_HOST"))
Dim strComputerName As String = host.HostName

Split MKV files

I found this through google

This works very very well with hacked PS3 using Showtime player!

splitMKV - split big MKV/AVI files + external SRT subtitles in smaller chunks (FAT32)

Here we go with another handy and cool tool: splitMKV. It will be included in multiAVCHD's full download, along with a standalone app download here: http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/splitMKV/

Those of you who have multiAVCHD can simply download the .exe (80KB) and put it in multiAVCHD's folder.

splitMKV is a CLI tool, but since it uses default split size of 4000MiB you can use drag&drop with your MKV/AVI files, too:

Code:

D:\>splitMKV.exe

splitMKV ver 0.02 - split MKV/AVI files with external SRT subtitles (deank@doom9)

Usage: splitMKV.exe input_file [output_folder] [/split:SIZE]

* input_file must be a MKV or AVI

* SIZE is set in MiB - i.e /split:4000 for FAT32 compatibility (default)

Use this to output directly to USB (standard 4gb chunks): c:\some\folder\splitMKV.exe d:\another\folder\test_movie.mkv x:\

It will process MKV or AVI files and will split them in smaller parts (set by /split: option) and on-the-fly it will split the corresponding SRT file, will set new timings and will fix errors in the SRT subtitle file.

Important: SRT files must be saved in ANSI format before processing.

Note: Using this tool makes sense only if you have external SRT subtitles to be split along with the input MKV/AVI file. Otherwise it is just a simple CLI4CLI (for mkvmerge).

The whole idea is to cut the steps for splitting and adjusting subtitles, when user splits the original video, so basically that's what splitMKV does.

Example: splitMKV.exe d:\test_movie.mkv

will split test_movie.mkv in 4GiB chunks along with test_movie.srt so you will get:

test_movie-part-001.mkv

test_movie-part-001.srt

test_movie-part-002.mkv

test_movie-part-002.srt

etc..

Example 2: splitMKV.exe d:\test_movie.mkv /split:700

will split test_movie.mkv in 700MiB chunks...

***

The tool was requested by OPPO BDP-83 blu-ray player users, since it can play MKV files off a USB stick. Because there is a 4GB limit for FAT32, this small tool will come in hand. Of course, splitMKV can be used with multiAVCHD before creating a compilation.

For example you want to create a DVD5 AVCHD disc from 8GiB MKV file. So you can split the MKV with splitMKV first and then create 2 or more DVD5 discs from the split parts.

The tool uses mkvmerge to split the input file and then mediainfo to recalculate the proper timings for newly created SRT segments.

Test

Mæh!