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change the rdp listening port in windows

Published 01/25/2013 | By mike

open the registry editor (start -> run -> regedit
open the following sub-key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
change it to decimal and type the new port number
quit the registry editor and reboot

don’t forget to make the changes in your router and the firewall.

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hp mini 1116nr

Published 06/22/2012 | By mike

specs

cpu	1.60GHz intel atom n270
cache	512k l2
ram	2g ddr2
hd	sandisk pssd 16g
graphics	intel mobile 945gse express (up to 128m)
display	8.9″ wsvga led anti-glare (1024×600)
network	marvell 88e8040
wifi 1	broadcom bcm4312 802.11b/g
wifi 2	rtl8191SU 802.11n

operating systems

i partitioned the 16g ssd into two 8g partitions. i also used an 8g 30mbps sd card for a swap space for linux and a page file for windows.

ubuntu 12.04 lts
i installed ubuntu 12.04 using the minimal installation iso from a usb drive (the iso is only about 30m). this allowed me to heavily customize the install. the total space used on the drive is less than 2.5g – and thats with me adding in other programs and libraries. i went with xfce for the desktop environment. i had tried lxde and did not really enjoy it. below is a screenshot of htop after the os was fully loaded and running for 5+ minutes.

windows xp sp3
i used nlite and modified the stock iso from the oem cd for the 1116nr. (i will have another post with the modifications i made, including the various registry changes) the total size of the iso, with drivers slip-streamed in, was 240m. the os, with all software (including antivirus, etc) was under 5g. below is a screenshot of the task manager after the os was fully loaded and running for 5+ minutes.

overall i am quite pleased with the 1116nr. both ubuntu and windows are fairly responsive and perform far better than i had anticipated.

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dell service tag via windows command line

Published 02/24/2012 | By mike

i can never remember my service tag and i never remember where i wrote it down. to make things more difficult for myself, i have my dell inspiron motherboard in a cooler master case (very customized system now)

to find your dell service tag via windows command line

wmic csproduct get vendor,name,identifyingnumber

that command will bring up the service tag, name and vendor of the pc

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add multiple .vcf files to gmail

Published 12/10/2011 | By mike

so the other day i had to import an address book from windows live mail into gmail. the issue was that every time i did an export from windows live mail, it would mess up the csv, so when gmail read it it imported all the email addresses and data into the notes field. however, gmail could import a .vcf just fine. so i exported all the contacts to .vcf format and dumped them into one folder. then ran copy /B *.vcf all_in_one.vcf. this copied all the .vcf’s into one file. i was then able to import the file into gmail no problem.

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‘all tasks’ in windows 7

Published 07/20/2011 | By mike

you can run this using the run command, or access it via windows explorer address bar or create a shortcut. any way you do it will bring up a massive list tasks for windows 7. it was originally developed by the windows developers to show search results, so whenever you search for something in the control panel, this page is searched.

here it is -

shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

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grep equivalent in dos

Published 05/25/2011 | By mike

in the linux world, we can always grep a command. today i needed to be able to do the same thing in dos.

help find

Searches for a text string in a file or files.


FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]
/V         Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.

/C         Displays only the count of lines containing the string.

/N         Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.

/I         Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.

/OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.

"string"   Specifies the text string to find.

[drive:][path]filename

Specifies a file or files to search.

If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.

so, for example, if you wanted to find just the system model of a pc using systeminfo, you would type to following:

systeminfo | find /i "system model"

&

it can also be used with netstat

netstat -ano | find /i "80"

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disable real id in wow

Published 03/12/2011 | By mike

1: open cmd “run as administrator”
2: then type the following: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=realid dir=out protocol=tcp remoteport=1119 action=block

disable firewall rule (on real id)
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule realid new enable=no

enable firewall rule (off real id)
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule realid new enable=yes

activate the firewall rule only in the character selection screen!

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humble indie bundle #2

Published 12/17/2010 | By mike

an awesome collection of games, pick your price! there is only 4 days left for this deal.

humble indie bundle #2

i downloaded all 5 games for linux, mac and windows. i paid $20 for the 5 games. another nice thing was seeing that metasploit was the 2nd largest contributor.