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Detailed info on OS X processes # Upload a list of your running processes (ps -A > log.txt) for an instant custom report or check out the entire list of known processes. Like Neuber Software's Windows process and task list, user comments can be added to process listings as well. /mac | May 12, 2012 "Could not reconnect all network drives" #is an all-too-common startup error in Windows. I used to work around it with a simple script: REM **MAP DRIVE X: ON STARTUP** REM delay execution for 10 seconds (wait for networking to load) REM see http://www.robvanderwoude.com/wait.php#PING for more info ping 127.0.0.1 -n 11 >NUL REM disconnect all existing mapped drives net use * /delete /yes REM map x: drive to \\server\share net use x: \\server\sharesaved to the All Users Startup folder as map_x.bat or what have you (it can also be launched via Task Scheduler). Recently, I've taken to using the "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" policy instead: Enable it here: gpedit.msc > Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon > Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon If your Windows version does not include Group Policy Editor, use regedit to create or edit the following value name: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\SyncForegroundPolicy and set the value data to 1: ![]() Speaking of the Windows Registry, sometimes it's not clear if a path is referencing a key or a value, as Jerry Honeycutt points out in his Microsoft Windows Registry Guide: When looking at a key's fully qualified path, you have to figure out whether the path includes a value or not. Usually, the text is clear about whether the path is to a key or includes a value, but sometimes it isn't. For example, does HKCR\txtfile\EditFlags refer to a key or a value? In this case, it refers to a value, and I prefer to use explicit language, such as "the value HKCR\txtfile\EditFlags," to make the reference clear. Sometimes, paths that don't include a value name end with a backslash (\). If there is no backslash, pay particular attention to the context to make sure you know whether the path is just a key or includes a value. Sometimes a bit of common sense is all you need. /windows | May 11, 2012 Fix Word 2010 line spacing #Home > Styles > Change Styles > Style Set > Word 2003 > Change Styles > Set as Default /windows | May 11, 2012 Minimal Windows XP installs #Remember Micro95 (Windows 95 in 4.47MB) and nano98 (Windows 98 in 4.38MB)? reboot.pro hosts two similar projects for Windows XP: XPSP1 with full commandline and NTFS below 10 MB and MiniXP. /windows | May 08, 2012 On Value #I was guided by an implicit faith in God's goodness: and therefore led to the study of the most obvious and common things. For thus I thought within myself God being, as we generally believe, infinite in goodness, it is most consonant and agreeable with His nature, that the best things should be most common. For nothing is more natural to infinite goodness, than to make the best things most frequent; and only things worthless scarce. Then I began to enquire what things were most common: Air, Light, Heaven and Earth, Water, the Sun, Trees, Men and Women, Cities, Temples, &c. These I found common and obvious to all: Rubies, Pearls, Diamonds, Gold and Silver, these I found scarce, and to the most denied. Then began I to consider and compare the value of them which I measured by their serviceableness, and by the excellencies which would be found in them, should they be taken away. And in conclusion, I saw clearly, that there was a real valuableness in all the common things; in the scarce, a feigned.-- Thomas Traherne /misc | May 07, 2012 "As useless as a chocolate teapot" #How accurate is the metaphor? A crack team of seven scientists sallied forth to find out. tl;dr: "Total loss of H2O containment", as evidenced below:
/misc | May 05, 2012 Recover Photo Stream photos from iOS device #Photo Stream photos are:
Photo Stream photos from an iOS device can be copied to a Mac or PC via the free and cross-platform iExplorer: ![]() (Relatedly, Photo Stream photos can be permanently saved to Camera Rolls or Albums within iOS by pressing the Action button, selecting the desired photos (multiple select with two finger drag), and tapping "Save".) /mac | May 03, 2012 Getting a CD collection onto an HP Touchpad #with album artwork and organization intact turned into an adventure. Abortive attempts were made with:
/misc | Apr 28, 2012 Two tiny image browsers #imv(stb) "is an extremely lightweight and fast image viewer/browser ... Inspired by vjpeg, imv(stb) offers a very simple, no-frills image viewer with a minimal interface." (via Mike Mills) /windows | Apr 24, 2012 Windows and boot disks larger than 2TB #Windows' Support for Disks with Capacity Greater than 2TB: In order for a system to fully support capacities greater than 2TB, the device must be initialized using the GPT partitioning scheme to support addressing the full range of capacity. If the user is intending to boot from one of these large disks, there is an additional requirement that the system's base firmware interface must be using UEFI and not BIOS.Windows and GPT FAQ: Q. Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write, and boot from GPT disks?So to create bootable partitions larger than 2TB for Windows-based OSes:
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