Posts Tagged ‘vista’

Disable IPV6 in Windows 2008 server or Vista

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Today while installing 2008 failover cluster I got error or notification from SQL server that two of my servers have same IPV6 address. Because I don’t use IPV6 and I have disabled it in network properties it was a bit weird to see this message.

Then I run ipconfig command that showed to me lot of Tunnel adapters that were disconnected and created automatically by Vista.

So to have painful installation of new cluster I have disabled IPV6 protocol totally.

Here is solution:

  • start run with win key + r or by start menu
  • regedit
  • go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters
  • add new dword (32bit) value DisableComponents with value 1
  • restart
  • enjoy

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Finally – XP sound card driver for Dell XPS 430

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Finally thanks to driverpacks.net forum I have found sound card driver for my Dell XPS 430.

Sadly but Dell has built driver for this card to works only on Windows Vista and on IDT site it’s impossible to download drivers because they have such agreement with OEMs that they cannot provide drivers by themselves.

Pukkita has modified one of the IDT sound card drivers for Gateway and it works on my Dell.

Link for download you can find on Pukkita’s blog as well as Paypal Donations link.

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Windows snipping tool but for XP

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

While testing Windows Vista long time ago I have noticed new program called Snipping tool that could take screen shots from whole screen or part of the screen.

I have searched a bit to find if it is possible to have it on XP because Vista sucks :-) but is’t only available for Tablet PCs.

Luckily there are free solutions and replacements on the Internet.

Program is called Gadwin PrintScreen and it’s freeware.

When you install it you get a small tray icon and it’s automatically activated with Print Screen key.

In program options you can configure where to save output files, what type of picture they are going to be, resizing options and so on.

You can download program on this link.

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Lenovo/IBM Cisco VPN problem

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Yesterday I tried to connect to my work network with Cisco VPN client after recent reinstallation of my laptop but without success.

Error that I was getting was PEER_DELETE-IKE_DELETE_UNSPECIFIED. I tried to find some with similar problem on Google but that wasn’t successful either.

So the only thing to do was to install Windows from scratch and begin from start again with elimination of software.

After a while I have found that new version of Thinkpad Fingerprint Software 5.8 was cause of my agony. It took me almost 2 days to find this error but reverting on older version 5.6 solved the problem.

I hope that this will help someone with similar problem like I had.

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Vista/XP virtual desktop manager

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

After intensive testing of Sysinternals Desktops utility I have found new one that is also FREE and that works better than Desktops.

Things that I missed in Desktops were:

  • you couln’t move opened programs between desktops
  • Firefox and Winamp (possible some other programs too) wouldn’t work on other desktop if they are allready opened on one
  • desktop backgrounds would disapeer

New program that I found is called Vista/XP virtual desktop manager. Some of the options that it provide are:

  • Full screen desktop/window manager/preview with full drag and drop managing
  • Desktop switch indicator
  • An infinite number of desktops
  • Watch the windows move in real time as you drag them around in the window manager
  • Multiple monitor support
  • Window menus
  • Tray icons for each desktop
  • Per-desktop backgrounds
  • Configurable colors, fade speeds, hotkeys, etc.
  • Uses Vista’s live thumbnails
  • XP support
  • And much more!

You can find more info about program and download it on this link.

Here are some screenshoots.

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