Category Archives: Computers

This is like the Coding category, but related to Computers, Hardware and Software moreso than my own pet projects.

Clearing the “Mounted Devices” database in Windows

Something I found useful when doing image deployment of Windows: being able to clear the mount devices list. In some instances, Windows will not boot properly or it will boot from the wrong device until you do it. You don’t … Continue reading

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Linux iSCSI COW Images, and Windows integration.

More stuff for RetroLAN PCs, yay! I’ve now got all the RetroLAN PCs running out of a copy-on-write image. This means I now have a single 4GB “base” image with an installation of Windows XP, instead of having 10 of … Continue reading

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Dynamically changing Windows’ wallpaper based on hostname

I have a situation where I’ve got 14 machines booting Windows XP over iSCSI, and they’ve all got the same computer name set, and they each need to have a different wallpaper set on each machine. This runs the “RetroLAN” … Continue reading

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Dvoraking a Logitech G15/G110/G19

Update 2010-04-05: These instructions also work for the Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard, as the keys and their sockets appear to be identical. It may also work for the Logitech G19 Keyboard, as it appears to be a G110 without a … Continue reading

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Windows CE 2.0 and OpenSSH

I’ve found a [good howto][sshwin20howto] on installing OpenSSH on Windows CE 2.0. The only problem with it, is that you require an ActiveSync partnership with the device in order to insert the nessesary registry keys. I’ve found a way to … Continue reading

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