Run gpedit.msc Find Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services -> Limit Maximum color depth. Right click on "Limit maximum color depth", click "Properties", then select "Client Compatible". Update: for Windows 7 the color depth policy was moved to Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Remote Session Environment

This is a list of built-in Android permission values: Permission Description Since API Level android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded. 1 android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Allows an application to access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, WiFi) location 1 android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Allows an application to access fine (e.g., GPS) location 1 android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS Allows an application to access extra location provider commands 1 android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing 1 android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Allows applications to access information about networks 1 android.permission.ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features 1 android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks 1 android.permission.ACCOUNT_MANAGER Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators. Only the system can get this permission. 5 android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS...

Use android list targets to find valid targets: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>android list targets ...

Suddenly my Windows XP failed to boot with this error message on a blank screen: missing or corrupt <windows root>\system32\hal.dll I took out the hard drive, put it in a USB enclosure and attached it to another PC. Then I ran CHKDSK and it fixed some file system errors. But I did find that hal.dll was intact, so hal.dll was not missing or corrupt . It turned out that the file that was really missing was C:\boot.ini . It is a hidden file, so you have to use attrib boot.ini to see it. The file is missing if attrib boot.ini returns nothing (run in the root folder C:\). In my case I reconstructed the boot.ini file: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)dis... and changed the attributes back...

From the command line I can start and stop Windows services with NET START service_name and NET STOP service_name . But the NET command does not give a way to find the service name. You need the sc command to get the service name, below are some examples: List all running services: sc query List all services, running or not running (notice the space after =): sc query type= service state= all List all active drivers: sc query type= driver Find information about the "Indexing Service" (requires GNU grep): sc query type= service state= all | grep -i index ... Start the indexing service: sc start CiSvc Stop the indexing service: sc stop CiSvc Check the status of the indexing service: sc query CiSvc

From http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/17/0247246/HDCP-Master-Key-Is-Legitimate-Blu-ray-Is-Cracked : MakeMKV rips most Blu-Rays very easily. If you want to re-encode with compression like x264, Handbrake will do it easily (though it takes about 6 hours at "20" quality on my i7 HTPC). The audio is a little tricky, but with MKVmerge you can just take the stream that MakeMKV gave you and mux it into the video stream Handbrake spat out. Subtitles are tougher because of the way they're done on Blu-Ray, but I find that opensubtitles.org usually has a perfectly-timed SRT file for my rips, most often from a guy called Shoocat. With newer codecs, the text is super-smooth and often looks better than the subtitles on the blu-ray. The only really hellacious problem I've had with moving my Blu-Ray...

Action Shortcut Bring up context menu Shift+F10 Move active window Alt+Space, M Minimize active window Alt+Space, N Move cursor to web browser address bar and select the text Alt+D Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop Windows Logo+D Restore minimized windows Repeat Windows Logo+D Open windows explorer Windows Logo+E Navigate through tabs in browser Ctrl+TAB Close tab in browser Ctrl+W Page Back Alt + LeftArrow Page Forward Alt + RightArrow Reload Page F5 Reload Page Override Cache Ctrl+F5 Find computer CTRL+Windows Logo+F Open Run dialog box Windows Logo+R Display Start menu CTRL+ESC (same as the Windows Logo key) Move the focus on the taskbar so you can TAB to the Quick Launch tool bar, the Taskbar etc. CTRL+ESC,ESC Quick Launch shortcuts in Windows Vista...

When you start sqlplus withoud SID, Oracle says that you connect to the default database you created during installation. What if I installed multiple databases and I forgot which one is default? Is there a way to find out which is the current default? I wasn't able to find an answer. But there are a couple of ways to change the default by setting a couple of environment variables. The bad news is: the variables are different depending on which platform you are on. Unix If you are on Unix and the database is local, set these two variables: export ORACLE_HOME=/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1... If the database is remote, set TWO_TASK : export TWO_TASK=orcl Windows If you are on Windows, set LOCAL : set LOCAL=orcl Of course,...

Remember the times when you googled for solutions to your technical problems? How much time did you spend on wading through the zillions of links to find the ones that are of interest to you? Wouldn't you hope that you can find the answer right away the second time around? How many times were you forced to peruse hundreds of pages of documentation for a very specific need? Did you ever need to experiment with various alternatives because the documentation was vague? Wouldn't you prefer that a shortcut is available when the same thing is needed again? Xinotes is here to record your technical findings so that you won't have to go through the same process again when the problem reappears. Experience has taught us...

On the Programs tab of Internet Options IE provides a list of HTML Editors to choose from. Choosing a program from the list will not change the View Source editor. It only changes the Edit with... command from the File menu. You need to modify the registry to add your favorite editor to the HTML Editors list. Add the keys listed below to the registry, or edit the registry keys in an editor and import back into the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_... Google " Internet Explorer Client Registry Layout " to find official information from MS.