Hard Reset a Nokia e71

Two types of reset

1)  *#7370# will delete everything on your phonememory (contacts, sms, mms, mails etc)
Use PC suite to backup your contacts and messages etc first if you would like to keep them...


2) The *#7780# will only reset your settings. Contacts, wallpaper, texts, calendar etc will still remain.

Installing Windows 7 - Remove 100MB system partition which is created by default

To remove this pain partition do these steps:

1. Run the windows 7 cd and at the first setup screen press Shift +F10
2. Run Diskpart
3. Type the follow commands in:
   List disk (normally disk is 0)
   select disk 0 (change 0 to another number if applicable)
   clean (deletes all partitions on disk)
   create partition primary
   select partition 1
   active
   format fs=ntfs quick
   exit
4. Now you can continue with the setup it will use the partition we just created and wont create a system partition

These steps are useful when you need to clone machines and you want only one disk

Windows 7 to VMware converter Error

Getting this stop 0x0000007B error in Windows 7 after a convertion from a physical machine???
It means the Vmware disk controller drivers are not enabled on Windows 7 clone, so this registry hack will enable them

1.Mount the Win7 DVD and boot to it.
2.At the first screen (Language Selection), hit Shift-F10 for a command prompt.
3.Run Regedit.
4.Load the system hive from the VM's disk:

1.Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2.File > Load Hive
3.Select < c: > \Windows\System32\config\system
4.Regedit will ask for a Key name: Name it something like "asdf"
5.Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\asdf\ControlSet001\Services\intelide
6.Change the data for value "Start" from "3" to "0".
6a.Also repeat for: HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet001/Services/ and edit the "Start" parameter to the corresponding value from the list:

Aliide = 3
Amdide =3
Atapi = 0
Cmdide = 3
iaStorV = 3
intelide = 0
msahci = 3
pciide = 3
viaide = 3
7.Click on asdf and go File > Unload Hive.
8.Exit regedit.
9.Reboot the VM.

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I cloned a windows 7 machine to another computer and had the same blue screen stop error.  I did this and it fixed it

Following the same instructions above but only changing these

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\IastorV

 to 0

Hope these help someone

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Update not working

Getting the following error? "Windows Update cannot current check for updates, because the service is not running."


First check if the windows update service is running (if it is then stop it)

Go to c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution and rename it to ...OLD

Start the service again and it will work

Review of DishTV satBox S7070r

Brought this the other day and just sharing some thoughts:

Pros

• It uses Freeviews Mheg-5 EPG (and adds new Freeview channels automatically)
• I love the recording - it can record a channel then you can watch another channel on the same mux (so record a TVNZ channel and watch the others), also you can start recording then start "chasing" the recording.
• You select programs to record from the EPG
• HDMI (only 576i output tho, but hey its only SD anyway)

Cons

• You must get the lastest firmware to get rid of some bugs (you must get v1.20 from the suppliers website below)
• USB is on the back ( a pain to plug/unplug device) but handy to keep it away from kids

Rating FIVE out of FIVE (with the current firmware) - its a great DVB-S device, nice and simple and the recording features are awesome as it should be!
Check out the suppliers website

Deploy a install file over network

Here is a cool batch script to install a exe over the network

setlocal

REM *********************************************************************
REM Environment customization begins here. Modify variables below.
REM *********************************************************************

REM Enter the Product Name.
set ProductName=Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile

REM Set DeployServer to a network-accessible location containing the Office source files.
set DeployServer=\\kbomb.local\netlogon\software

REM Set LogLocation to a central directory to collect log files.
set LogLocation=C:\Windows\Logs

REM *********************************************************************
REM Deployment code begins here. Do not modify anything below this line.
REM *********************************************************************

IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" (goto ARP64) else (goto ARP86)

REM Operating system is X64. Check for 32 bit Office in emulated Wow6432 uninstall key
:ARP64
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%"
if NOT %errorlevel%==1 (goto End)

REM Check for 32 and 64 bit versions of Office 2010 in regular uninstall key.(Office 64bit would also appear here on a 64bit OS)
:ARP86
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%"
if %errorlevel%==1 (goto DeployOffice) else (goto End)

REM If 1 returned, the product was not found. Run setup here.
:DeployOffice
start /wait %DeployServer%\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /passive
echo %date% %time% Setup ended with error code %errorlevel%. >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.txt

REM If 0 or other was returned, the product was found or another error occurred. Do nothing.
:End

Endlocal

Thanks to http://clintboessen.blogspot.co.nz/2010/11/how-to-deploy-microsoft-net-framework-4.html