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SSH Server and Windows 7 w/ Cygwin

In order to install openssh server correctly for Windows 7, you will need to do the following: Install Cygwin in the normal way. Make sure you’ve got openssh and cygrunsrv as selected packages to install. Right-click the Cygwin shell icon, and Run as administrator. Run ssh-host-config. Follow the prompts carefully: if needed, it will tell you which permissions you need to […]

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Problem Steps Recorder

A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows.  This is very […]

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VHD! Booting Windows 8

Why wipe your system clean to preview Windows 8 developer preview when you can simply use the good old VHD to boot it up on your system. Here is the quickest method to do this.  <Warning — This is GEEK / not GREEK > Boot from the Win8dev DVD or USB When in setup the […]

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Install Updates on an EWF-Protected Image | Windows Thin PC

To update a run-time image that is protected by EWF RAM mode Use EWF Manager to disable the overlay by typing the following command:ewfmgr c: -disable Restart the system. Install the application or update. Wait for the install to complete and restart the computer if required. Re-enable the EWF overlay by using the following command:ewfmgr […]

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Disabling Windows Error Recovery

  While doing some testing with Windows 7 ThinPC  I noticed that when locking the system state to revert to the base image each restart would show the Windows Error Recovery.  This is shown regardless of shutdown type; clean, dirty… So to avoid seeing this, I have used the following command to set changed this […]

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Windows Vista/7 – Regain Lost Admin Access

Recently, someone, I knew decided to change their password, and later forgot it.  This account was the only Administrator account on the system.   And while their data was just fine they had no access to their desktop.  So they called upon ‘jermsmit’ to assist them in getting logged onto their system once again.   Here I […]