Windows :: Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003

If the event tracker is of no use to you then you can disable it. To do this, open the Group Policy Object Editor Console. Go to Start > Run…, type gpedit.msc and press OK.

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System and in the right hand pane, select the “Display Shutdown Event Tracker” setting.

Double Click this setting to open the Properties page. You are now given the option to leave it in a default state of Not Configured, set it to Always Enabled, Enabled for Servers/Workstations (Windows XP Pro) or Disabled completely.

After you make the change to the Group Policy, open the Command Prompt and run the gpupdate /force command to refresh the policy and have your settings be applied straight away. Alternatively you can just restart the machine.

When you next attempt to shutdown or restart the machine, the Shutdown event tracker will no longer be visible and the normal shutdown prompt will appear.

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Windows :: Disable DNS dynamic updates

Disable DNS dynamic updates

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

By default, dynamic updates are configured on Windows Server 2003-based clients. To disable dynamic updates for all network interfaces, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.
4. Type DisableDynamicUpdate, and then press ENTER two times.
5. In Edit DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
   

To disable dynamic updates for a specific interface, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\interface - Note interface is the device ID of the network adaptor for the interface that you want to disable dynamic update for.
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.
4. Type DisableDynamicUpdate, and then press ENTER two times.
5. In Edit DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
6. Quit Registry Editor.

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Change Gaim Data folder

Where are my Gaim settings and data (including logs) saved?

As of 0.69, shfolder.dll is used to determine the location for a user's app data.
On Windows ME this will be something like C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\username and on Win 2k/XP C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data.

This can be overridden by setting the GAIMHOME environmental variable (as of v1.1.0).
Logs are stored in this directory in a subdirectory called "logs."

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DOS shell command output to %VAR%

In Linux its quite easy to get the output of a command into a variable for future use. In Windows..., well, no quite so easy.

FOR /F %%B IN ('d:\utils\date +%%Y%%m%%d-%%H%%M') DO SET DATE=%%B

The 'date' command in this examples is the Win32 GNU port of the equivalent Linux command.

For use in CMD or BAT scripts in Windows.

Windows OpenSSH home directory

Look in your /etc/passwd file.
You should see entries that look something like this:
depriest::43363:513:DePriest, Jason R,U-:/home/depriest:/bin/b

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You can edit the file manually and change the '/home/' entry to be whatever you wish. For instance, if I created a directory called C:\MyDirectory and wanted that to be my home directory, the same line would now read:

depriest::43363:513:DePriest, Jason R,U-:/cygdrive/c/MyDirectory:/bin/bash

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Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper (All Windows)

Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper (All Windows) at Registry Guide for Windows

• [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

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NTLM in Firefox

Integrated NTLM authentication in internal corporate sites with Firefox.

Go to "about:config", edit network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris and type all the allowed sites to use integrated authentication, separated by comma.

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