Bring up the Control Panel system page (shortcut: Win+Pause, Win+Fn+Insert/Pause for laptop): Click "Remote settings" on the left Check "Remote Desktop" -> "Allow connection..."

From Control Panel , double click Network Connections , select New Connection... Click Next in Connection Wizard , select Set up an advanced connection , click Next Select Accept incoming connections , click Next Select Allow virtual private connections , click Next Check the users allowed for connection, or add a new VPN user by clicking Add . Click Next . Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties . Check Allow callers to access my local area network , enter a TCP/IP address range and click OK Click Next and Finish

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...

Sometimes you want to disable the UAC because a program written for XP doesn't have the notion of UAC. When running such a program under Windows 7, it silently denies your preference changes. Enter Control Panel, goto User (Account) Manager. Click the link "Change User Account Control Settings". Move the slider to the bottom

Windows command line shell does not come with a sleep command. One trick is to emulate sleep using the ping command: C:\>ping /? Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count... To sleep for about 5 seconds: @rem make sure to ping a non-existing IP, otherwis... If you have the Windows Resource Kit installed, it does provide a sleep command: C:\>sleep Usage: sleep time-to-sleep-in-s...

ProductivityPortfolio has an excellent explanation about Hibernate and Standby . To restate the key points: Standby Enters low power mode by cutting off items such as hard drive and monitor Computer is still running Data is stored in RAM for quick recovery You may lose data when power runs out Hibernate Computer is shutdown and is no longer consuming power Data is saved to hard disk Wake up is not as fast as from Standby, but may be faster than Power On. Additional Notes: Check the Power Options applet in the control panel to see if you can turn on Hibernate (in the following screenshot, Hibernate cannot be enabled since there's not enough disk space). To bring up the Hibernate option when shutting down, hold...

You can configure Windows XP such that when you press the "Power" button it goes to standby instead of showdown: From Start menu, bring up the Control Panel Double click the Power Options icon: In the Advanced tab, select "Stand by" for the option "When I press the power button on my computer".

Two things need to happen to properly display Chinese in Windows XP: Install Chinese fonts: from Control Panel -> Regional And Language Options, check "Install files for East Asian languages" and click Apply or OK. In the "Advanced tab", select Chinese for "Language for non-Unicode programs". If you did 1 but not 2, your browser may display Chinese correctly, but you still see garbage when you run desktop applications

You need to merge this value into the Windows XP registry in order to make ClearType work for a remote desktop: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_... A restart is required for the change to take effect.

Cygwin comes with openssh and X Windows. You need to select these packages from the cygwin installation screen: openssh (Net) X-start-menu-icons (X11, optional) xinit (X11) xorg-server (X11 server) To start an X-enabled remote SSH session, you need to start the X server on the cygwin side first: startxwin then enter: ssh -Y user@network-address This allows you run X apps on cygwin, but you won't see your normal Linux desktop (gnome, KDE etc.). In order to see remote desktop, you need to run XDMCP (Display Manager Control Protocol, which isn't secure). It's a bit tricky to set up XDMCP over ssh.