Enable remote desktop remotely
If you have access to a computer enabling remote desktop is done this way:
Control Panel > System > Remote (tab) > Allow users to connect to this computer
However you could be in a situation when Remote Desktop on a computer is disabled and there is nobody who could enable it.
If you have network access (local or via VPN) to the remote computer, you can easily enable remote desktop without having physical access to the PC.
- Start > Run > Regedit
- File > Connect Network Registry. Type remote computer name and click OK.
- Navigate to [ComputerName] > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
change fDenyTSConnections value from 1 to 0. - Restart remote computer
- Start > Run > CMD
- shutdown -m \\[ComputerName] -r
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Clean Windows Explorer "Open With" list
You can easily remove unwanted programs from Windows Explorer "Open With" using registry.
Start > Run > regedit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\FileExts\[.ext]\OpenWithList
Just delete unwanted entries.
Windows XP
Error opening .msg files "the command line argument is not valid"
When opening .msg files in Outlook 2010 you my get an error "the command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using".
This is most likely caused by incorrect file association.
Open any folder > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > MSG
Make sure it set to open with "Microsoft Outlook".
Click on Advanced > Open > Edit
Application used to perform action: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /f "%1" (make sure path to Outlook.exe is correct)
Use DDE: Yes
Application: Outlook
Topic: System
Windows XP
MS Outlook 2010
Create "Sleep" shortcut
- Right click on the desktop > New > Shortcut
- Type the location the item: %windir%\system32\Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
- Type a name for this shortcut: Sleep
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 machines, if hibernation is on, this may put computer in hibernate rather than sleep mode. To avoid this, you can disable hibernation in elevated command prompt:
- Start > All Programs > Accessories > right-click Command Prompt > Run as administrator
- powercfg -hibernate off
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
- Find all corrupted files and folders on the hard drive
- Implementing WOL
- Filmstrip view option missing in Windows XP
- Create "Lock Computer" shortcut
- Can't view .chm file - Navigation to the webpage was canceled.
- Transfer large files with rSync in Windows (byte-level copying)
- Adobe Reader X (10.0) – problem printing multiple documents
- Gmail IMAP via Outlook - duplicated sent emails
- Configure Outlook for Exchange over HTTPS remotely
- MS Outlook 2010 contact search unreliable