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Windows 2008 R2 change "My Computer" to be %username% on %computername%

You cannot edit this as the administrator, (only trustedinstaller is given write access) so you must take ownership of the parent registry key/s first, then assign your accounts rights to write to the key. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}] @=”Computer” “LocalizedString”=hex(2):25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00, 25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65, 00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00

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Add Desktop Shortcuts like "My computer" and "Network" for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 and in Remote Desktop

Add Desktop Shortcuts like “My computer” and “Network” for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIconsNewStartPanel] My Computer:{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D Libraries: {031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5} Control Panel: {5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0} User Profile: {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} Network: {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} Windows Search: {9343812e-1c37-4a49-a12e-4b2d810d956b} Public Folder: {4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b} My Network Places: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} Internet Explorer: {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} Appsense EM 8.2 Snippet (txt renamed to doc) Windows_Desktop_ShowIcons_EM_Snippet_8.2.216.0

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James's Super Amazing Hotfix Post

Windows 2008 x64 SP1 – (NON R2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2379016 – A computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 stops responding and hangs at the “Applying User Settings” stage of the logon process (Fix Stuck at Welcome screen) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974878 – PhysicalDisk counters contain invalid and duplicate entries when you use Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) to control one or more storage […]

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Web Interface 5.4 – SLOW

Our webinterface 5.4 on Windows server 2008 R2 was slow as hell for the first time load for any user or just after a reboot. Be sure to check your ASPNET version and path first. Edit the ASPNET.config file Path: “c:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727Aspnet.config“ between the <generatePublisherEvidence enabled=”false”/>  Example <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?> <configuration>     <runtime>         <legacyUnhandledExceptionPolicy enabled=”false” />         […]

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XenServer Unable to Start VM

Problem: VM Was suspended and the ISO was still mounted. The server wasnot used for quite some time. Xenserver was rebooted 3-4 times since power off. WHen trying to resume the Suspended VM the error mesage was “There were not servers available to start VM ‘X’” “This VM needs storage that cannot be seen from that server.” Citrix […]

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Excel Auto sorting Macro

Copy of the macro I used in my autosort Spreadsheet Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Not (Application.Intersect(Worksheets(1).Range(“A150:H180”), Target) Is Nothing) Then DoSort End If End Sub Private Sub DoSort() Sheet1.Range(“A150:H180”).Sort Key1:=Sheet1.Range(“A1”), Order1:=xlAscending, _ Key2:=Sheet1.Range(“D1”), Order2:=xlDescending End Sub

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Citrix ICA SSL Error on MAC OSX

Author: James Scanlon Updated: 07/02/2012  CITRIX SSL Error On Mac OSX When logging into Citrix on MAC OSX using Firefox, some users may get the following error’You have not chosen to trust “Verisign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL SGC CA”, the issuer of the server’s security certificate (SSL error 183)’ Open Firefox preferences + Advanced Tab View Certificates […]