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Windows IPv6 EUI-64 Fix

Windows by default comes up with a randomly picked IPv6 Link Local address instead of using the EUI-64 version. In a home network it doesn’t make sense to apply this fix. This is done just for lab or business setup where you need a static address for authentication.

So, here’s how to make Windows behave as per every other OS…

1. Open up a Command Prompt in Administrator mode (right-click, run as administrator)

2. Run the following commands.  Each one should respond “Ok”.  If you didn’t do step 1 correctly, it will say the command required elevation.

netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent

3. Exit the command prompt, and reboot.

Hope this helps you fix IPv6 EUI-64 in Windows.

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How to make sure you only type in English

If you are having an issue with your keyboard changing languages on you might have hit “Alt + SHIFT simultaneously”. Sometimes if a key is sticky and then you hit shift or alt then it will automatically change on you. To prevent this I normally only have one language setup on my machine. Manufactures like HP and Dell by default will setup a machine with both official languages. The first thing I do is make these changes. The screenshots are all done on a Windows 7 machine but it will be similar if you are running Windows Vista.

Open Control pannel from the Start menu.

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Type “language” in the search box at the top right of the screen. Click “Change keyboards and other input methods”.

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Click on “Change keyboards”.

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Make sure that you only have either English “Canadian” or “United States”. Remove Any “Multilingual” or “French Keyboards”. Use only one keyboard. I tend to find that this configuration works best for me.

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Hit Apply and Ok. Voila. You’re done.

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How to Add a NAS to Windows 7 libraries

I found this entry in a forum: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4617-libraries-include-network-folder.html and wanted to keep easy access to the information.

As people begin to use Windows 7, Power Users and even regular users will eventually get around to wanting to expand their Windows 7 Libraries, which I think is an incredible feature, to include NAS locations.  Household NAS’s are now less than $200 for a terabyte, and home users and business users alike are going to be looking for this functionality.

Currently, Windows 7 does not support adding NAS locations to libraries.  I’m not sure why, but hopefully Microsoft deploys that functionality some time very soon.  Apparently, these locations break the Windows 7 backup functionality for that library.

Here’s the quick and dirty for the method I used.

The alternate method involves copying all the data from the NAS folder to a local folder.  One of the reasons for using a NAS to me, is to not have to have that information stored locally on my machine.  Anyway, here’s how I did it:

Method 1:

Create a temporary folder in a location of your choice, for example, I created a folder on my M: drive named “Linked Folders” and then created a sub-folder titled “ISO”.

M:\Linked Folders\ISO

 

Then add that folder to the library.

After adding that folder to the library, delete it. Then open a command prompt with administrator or elevated privileges, i.e. Run As Administrator. 

In case you don’t know, the command prompt program is located under the Start > All Programs > Accessories folder.  Right-Click the Command Prompt program and choose, Run As Administrator.

At the command prompt, type the following command:

mklink /d [path to folder that you deleted with the same name] [path to share location]

 

This makes my command look something like this:

mklink /d “M:\Linked Folders\ISO” \\nas02\public\ISO

 

You should get a message that states that the symbolic link was created.  You should now be able to see content under the library that you added through the link, and you should see a shortcut link in Windows Explorer in the location that you specified.

*** Remember that this will break the library backup, but you can backup the individual locations on your local drives. ***

Method 2

The alternate method is very simple, but keep in mind that ALL the data from the NAS folder will be copied to your local drive.

Right on the network folder or drive you want to include in the library and select “Always Available Offline”.  A sync will start.  You can then add that folder to a library.

Hope this helps someone out.  I really hope Microsoft just comes up with a fix instead of this workaround.

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How to fix Windows not being able to open .exe files

This post will go over how to fix Windows not being able to open .exe files on your PC. This issue typically is seen after you installed a virus on your computer. It is the virus’s way of trying to prevent you from installing software that might be able to remove the virus.

  1. Open up notepad from the start menu. In Windows Vista/Windows 7 you can easily find it by typing notepad in the search box.
  2. Paste the info in the box into notepad and save it as “EXE-Fix.reg” on your desktop.
  3. Double-Click the EXE-Fix.reg file. Your machine will ask if you want to import the registry info. Say yes.
  4. It should say It was imported successfully and click “OK”.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]



@="exefile"



"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]



@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]



@="Application"



"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00



"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion"



"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]



@="%1"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]



"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]



@="\"%1\" %*"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]



@="\"%1\" %*"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]



@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PEAnalyser]



@="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]



@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]



@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile]



@="Registration Entries"



"EditFlags"=dword:00100000



"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\DefaultIcon]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\



2c,00,31,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]



@="open"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit\command]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\



54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\



00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open]



@="Mer&ge"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command]



@="regedit.exe \"%1\""





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print\command]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\



54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\



00,25,00,31,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]



@="lnkfile"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]



"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]



@="Shortcut"



"EditFlags"=dword:00000001



"IsShortcut"=""



"NeverShowExt"=""





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]



@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]



@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="Shortcut"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InProcServer32]



@="shell32.dll"



"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered\{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProgID]



@="lnkfile"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu] 


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How to stream Windows Media Player content from a folder on a network share


Media Sharing will only share local content in the library. Any UNC paths that have been added to the library will not be visible to the UPnP Media Client. For example I have a Dlink NAS at my home. While it worked great at first streaming media to my Xbox, one day the Xbox could no longer see any media files it could stream! I figured since I could see my Intel i7 box on the network I’d just point to the Dlink at the file level and tell Media Player to do the stream sharing.


By default you can only stream local content. So after a few months I finally figured out how to stream file through Media player from a network share.


If you want to share files in a monitored folder that is located on another computer, like for example, a folder on a network share, the remote folder must have the appropriate Windows access permissions assigned to it. 


Next you will have to make a new Registry entry: 


How to stream Windows Media Player content from a folder on a network share 


To do so, open regedit and navigate to the following registry key: 


 


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\PREFERENCES\HME 


 


In right panel create a new DWORD called EnableRemoteContentSharing 


    

  • Set its value to 1. 
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This will enable sharing of media from a network location. 


Typically when adding network locations to a library, they must normally either be indexed (made available offline). Windows Media Player maintains its own database, and hence it is able to add non-indexed locations to a library. 


Do note the computer that contains the library should have remote content sharing enabled. 




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