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Update: tested on iOS 5.0.1 (iPad and iPhone)

I read about the prefs:root options here. I like the option of having a Bluetooth icon on my springboard. I didn’t want to pay €0,79 yet, so I tried a different way: I put a redirection to prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth in a webpage. The page looks like this:

<title>Bluetooth</title>
<link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”/bt.png”/>
<meta HTTP-EQUIV=”REFRESH” content=”0; url=prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth”>

hello world

You can access it here on you iOS device.

I liked how this was working, so I continued with Airplane Mode, which I turn on at night. This page looks like:

<title>Airplane</title>
<link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”/ap.png”/>
<meta HTTP-EQUIV=”REFRESH” content=”0; url=prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE”>

hello world

You can access this one here. If you access this page on an iOS device, it enters Airplane Mode immediately. This looks like a bit of a bug to me! You can add this content to your webpage to annoy iOS users I suppose…

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I’m using DriveLock to protect my laptop. I don’t want to logon twice on my laptop, so I want to logon automatically to Windows.

Run control userpasswords2 to open the User Accounts Control Panel Applet:

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I want my client’s users to be able to logon to OWA with their username only, so without entering the domain name. Setting the domain in the Form Based Authetication configuration wasn’t enough.

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I regularly want to check a machine’s uptime. I wrote an uptime utility and placed it online

U can goto uptime.arnoutboer.nl

Or click directly on ABUptime.exe

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I wanted to install Microsoft Update updates via WSUS on a Windows Server 2003 machine (as opposed to only Windows Update updates). There is no package to install this automatically, so I found a way myself.

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On two Windows 7 PC’s (1 x64, 1 x86) I got regular BSODs when hibernating or sleeping with active VPN connections. The error:

STOP: 0x0000009F  = DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

appeared. When I figured out what the “problem” was (active VPN connections), the was no resolution available and I was too lazy to create a support case at the Microsoft support site. Until now. I forgot once more to use the workaround (disconnect any active VPN connections) and got another BSOD. So I decided to create a free Technet plus support case. I first googled to make sure there wasn’t already a resolution available. I was pleasantly surprised to see there was!

The problem is outlined here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977186/en-us

The hotfix can be optained here:

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=977186&kbln=en-us

### Update ###

The problem is still there . The crash analysis points to rasl2tp as faulting module. It looks like I have to submit a support case after all…

### Update2 ###

The problem only exists on my home laptop (Windows 7 Ultimate x86). The fix seemed to have worked on my work laptop, on which I mostly use VPN connections. I’m no longer investigating…

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Currenly I’m working on a simple tool to change the Windows Proxy server.

This is useful for me since Firefox is now (finally) using the system proxy settings.

If you’ve got any questions, feature requests or bug reports, please leave a message below.

Download

ProxyChanger

Change log

v 0.3 – Fixed a problem when loading config files with a . (dot) in it.

v 0.2 – the first version.

To Do / wishlist:

• Windows 7 jump list support
• Network location awareness

Sources

MSKB819961

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Welkom bij de Webtrack over Citrix HDX Mediastream. Ik wil je verzoeken om na het bekijken van de Webtrack de evaluatie in te vullen:

EVALUATIE

Klik hier om naar de Webtrack te gaan.

N.B.: de video is in HD kwaliteit te bekijken op YouTube.

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