http://pieter.wigleven.com/it Computers are fun.... if they work! Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:20:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Win7 RTM SDK is out, and with it the latest public version of Windows Performance Toolkit (which contains XPERF).   The SDK is huge but the lightest way to get WPT is to:   1)      Launch the installer from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c17ba869-9671-4330-a63e-1fd44e0e2505&displaylang=en a.       Note this is the “web” installer which only downloads the components that ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/89 I'm using a Linksys WPS54G Version 2 wireless printserver. Although according to the Linksys Support page this product doesn't exist (only the version 1 does), it's a crappy device but sometimes does the job. The hardware information for this product is as follows: Hardware ID:05004A8C3C Firmware Version:6051 MAC Address:00-14-BF-XX-XX-XX Protocol ID:800E Default Name:LK6DD399 Server Name:PRINTSERVER I've read some ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/75 Windows Vista, by default, goes into sleep mode instead of powering off. A nice functionality, sometimes I don't reboot my PC for weeks. However, when I sleep my Vista and then unplug my USB mouse, the machine wakes up again. This can be anoying when you want to leave. A workaround is ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/71 Took me a while to find out but this is the solution: 1) Install the game, if you run into problems at this stage, set the MafiaLauncher.exe and MafiaSetup.exe executables on CD1 to Compatibility Mode: Windows XP SP2. If it fails, execute it as an administrator. 2) Go into C:\Program Files\Mafia en ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/70 I had this issue after running the Bitlocker Drive Preperation tool. After this i ended up with two partitions: C: Partition of 1,5 GB (for boot files) D: Partition of 148 GB (Windows and everything) My BCD (former boot.ini) showed the right stuff but somehow my Windows still wouldn't boot. After starting up with a ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/68 There are two options to get rid of this error in your userenv log: 1) Setting the following registry configuration: Hive:  HKCU Path:  Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Key:   ParseAutoexec Value: 0 = autoexec.bat is not parsed           1 = autoexec.bat is parsed 2) Create an autoexec.bat in the root of your system drive. echo "@echo off">>c:\autoexec.bat http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/67 64 core + 256Gb RAM, yes it's true, no photoshop. Click image for bigger version!   http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/63 Windows 2003 (SP2/R2/Whatever) gives you the following errors: Event ID 35 Source : WinMgmt Category : None Type : Warning WMI ADAP was unable to load the ASP.NET_2.0.50727 performance library because it returned invalid data: 0x0   and   Event ID 40 Source : WinMgmt Category : None Type : Warning WMI ADAP was unable to create the object Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_2050727_ASPNETAppsv2050727 for Performance Library ASP.NET_2.0.50727 ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/62 So your corporate exchange server pushes an Password Policy? After a couple of minutes idle time, your device is locked and you have to enter a PIN? You can remove this by following these steps: 1) Download and start a registry editor for you windows mobile device 2) Find and change the registry key: ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/60 So you experience a "The Hyper-V service is not available" and when you try to start this service manualy, you're getting: "Error 87: The parameter is incorrect." Please note that allthough Windows 2008 is RTM, Hyper-V is still beta. I think it will be released RTM shortly too. To fix this please ... http://pieter.wigleven.com/it/archives/54