Archive for February, 2010

Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 10:43am

Mapped network drives through SSH tunnels

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu, Windows

Install a loopback adapter in Windows:

Click START / CONTROL PANEL / DEVICE MANAGER
Click ACTIONS / ADD LEGACY HARDWARE [NEXT]
Select “INSTALL THE HARDWARE THAT MANUALLY SELECT FROM A LIST” [NEXT]
Select “NETWORK ADAPTERS” [NEXT]
Select “MICROSOFT” and “MICROSOFT LOOPBACK ADAPTER” [NEXT]
Close DEVICE MANAGER

Configure the new loopback adapter:

START / CONTROL PANEL / NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER

Select UNIDENTIFIED NETWORK / [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 8:00am

Happy Saint Valentine’s Day

Posted by Brian Higgins in 2010 Photos

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 8:46am

Pinning Windows 7 Recycle Bin to Task Bar

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

Right-click empty space on your desktop to create NEW SHORTCUT
Enter “%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder” in the LOCATION field and click NEXT
Name the new shortcut “Recycle Bin” and click FINISH
Right-click the new shortcut and select PROPERTIES
In the SHORTCUT tab, click CHANGE ICON
You can use the opaque Recycle Bin icon shown here, or find the transparent one in “%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll“
Click [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 9:01pm

Windows netstat

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

If UAC is enabled in Vista or 7, use a command shell with elevated rights before proceeding. Once you have the appropriate command shell available:

X:\>netstat -a | Display connections and ports
X:\>netstat -n | Display IP addresses in numeric form
X:\>netstat -f | Display FQDNs
X:\>netstat -b | Display binary associated with connection
X:\>netstat -o | Display PID associated [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 8:48pm

Spawning a Windows command shell with elevated rights

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

If you require elevated rights to execute binaries in a Windows Vista or 7 command shell:

Click START
Type “cmd” but do not press [ENTER] key
Right-click the “cmd.exe” icon in the Search Results list
Select “RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR” and satisfy any UAC prompts you may have
You should now have an open command shell with elevated rights
When finished using [...]

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