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