Things to install/upgrade/update
1. Get it on home network, fully file sharing
2. email account/transfer email file
3. Printer: HP LaserJet 6
4. Printer: PDF writer
5. SecondCopy
6. RME Hammerfall Digital Audio Card
7. Word 2003
8. Excel
9. Virtual machine/Linux
10. Pulsonix Schematic/board layout software
11. Eclipse/DevStudio
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Vista-isms and Adventures so far
To change the ‘WORKGROUP’ : controlpanel -> system | computer name domain and workgroup settings section
To show extensions of files, Start -> Control Panel (classic view ) -> Folder Options | view [] hide
To show tasks from command promp: tasklist
Got new external USB harddrive & enclosure (OEM version, not formatted, etc.), plugged it in, it was recognized by the system (WDC WD10 01FALS-00E8B), but how to format it?
Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools [] Computer Management / Storage + Disk Management
Then it shows up on the list of disks as Unallocated, right click and pick ’simple volume’,
then it complains that the disk is not initialized! Go figure… So, after a bit of searching, it turns out that both the column with the Disk 5 as well as the column with the disk size and description BOTH have right-click menus, and the first column has the ‘initialize’ option and the second one has the ‘new simple volume’. You’d think it wouldn’t show you things you can’t do…
Cool New Trick! For screen captures/screen dumps, a tool is actually finally included!
Windows\system32\SnippingTool.exe
And to bypass the Driver signing requirement, there appear to be several methods:
Use a program called ‘dseo13b.exe’ (Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider).
run this: bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
I’ve only tried the first option, as there were reports that the second one didn’t work. Note that when it’s in effect, the background window says ‘Test Mode’ in the corners and ‘Microsoft (R) Windows (R) (Build 6001: Service Pack 1) in the top center.
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Sleeping and Power Management
My computer was suffering from insomnia, waking up seconds after going to sleep. After some attempts at setting things in the BIOS and a cursory look at the Power Options in the Control Panel, a bit more research was clearly needed.
First, here is a list and description of the Sleep modes:
S0 Awake: Note sleeping at all
S1 Sleep: system appears off, CPU is stopped, RAM is being refreshed
S2 Sleep: somewhat lower than S1, CPU has no power, RAM is refreshed.
S3 Sleep (Standby): CPU has no power, RAM is refreshed more slowly, “Save to RAM” mode
S4 Hibernate: The memory has been written to disk (”Save to Disk” mode)
S5 Off
To help diagnose Sleep disorders, there’s a handy command-line utility: powercfg
>powercfg -a: list the states:
The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby ( S1 S3 ) Hibernate Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
C:\Users\mike>powercfg lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 1
Wake Source [0]
Type: Device
Instance Path: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10CC&SUBSYS_00008086&REV_00\3&21436425&0&C8
Friendly Name:
Description: Intel(R) 82567LM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Manufacturer: Intel
C:\Users\mike>powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
HID-compliant mouse (003)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse (004)
Intel(R) 82567LM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
High Definition Audio Controller
So, the LAN card is the culprit. A trip over to the Device Manager and opening the ‘Network adapters’ node and double-clicking on the 82576LM-2 shows an option: Wake on LAN: Wake on Directed Packet. Try deselecting that and see what happens. And while we’re at it, do the same for the Mouse, as optical mice can be a bit overly sensitive.