To personalize folder icons in windows create a file named desktop.ini in the target folder, then open it and paste these strings:
[.shellclassinfo]
iconfile=”file.ico”
infotip=”infotip”
where file.ico is the path and filename of the folder icon and infotip is a caption you could add to be seen when the mouse hovers the folder.

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With this post you will learn step by step how to create a multiboot CD for Windows X64
Disclaimer: unfortunately it has passed a lot of time since I put my hands in such a stuff. Whatever suggestion you have is well accepted, however I cannot assist you with any problems arising from following this guide.

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Error “Warning 20225…” or no Adobe PDF printer appears
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=321546
basically if you have nLited the windows CD you have removed framedyn.dll file which is needed by Adobe Acrobat PDF Printer (you would have already noticed this at boot time by getting an error saying framedyn.dll was missing).
You have to copy the framedyn.dll of a same platform [...]

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programs: nLite, cdimage (Microsoft), cdimage gui (beta3 by Cyberian)

extract the image contents with IsoBuster, UltraISO or equivalent
extract CD Boot Sector with IsoBuster
use nLite to perform changes and shrinks
copy i386/txtsetup.sif to the boot dirrectory CD:/ of the windows version you have tweaked
edit txtsetup.sif and find field
[setup data] setupsourcepath= “\”
replacing \ with the actual path on the [...]

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- A -
Place the program shortcut into the Autorun folder in Start -> Programs
- B -
Create a key in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- C -
Run the program as a system service
create with regedit a folder in:
HKLM\system\controlset[n]\services\[servicename]
create a few keys of the following type:
displayname [reg_sz]
errorcontrol [dword]
image patch [expand_sz] – this one keeps the path to the exe
object name [reg_sz] [...]

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Hosts files keep the forced associations between DNS and IPs.

on linux
/etc/hosts
on windows 9x
%windows%\hosts
on windowsNT (2k,XP,vista,ecc.)
%windows%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Editing the hosts file can be useful for a few reasons:

this way you don’t need to have registered an IP address to a DNS provider
you can force (tough only locally) the redirection of a domain name [...]

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OpenDocument Viewer
Cross-platform viewer for OpenDocument files
http://opendocumentfellowship.com/odfviewer

OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-ins for MS Office:
http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/download.html
Before installing the ODF Add-in for Word, Excel or PowerPoint, make sure you have the following installed on your PC:
* Microsoft Office 2007 with .NET Programmability Support activated comprising of Word 2007 / Excel 2007 / PowerPoint 2007 as applicable (depending on the converter(s) [...]

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Yesterday I had a fight with my windows box after imposing it to change the /windows partition letter from D:\ to the default C:\ and finding out Windows to be so stupidly coded.

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sinopsi:condivisione connessione internet con altra scheda di rete
messaggio di errore: connessione lan già configurata con l’indirizzo ip richiesto per l’indirizzamento automatico
causa: la connessione internet avviene tramite gateway/router e l’indirizzo ip della connessione internet è del tipo 192.168.0.1, dal momento che windows imposta la condivisione privata con ip 192.168.0.1 due interfacce non possono coesistere con il [...]

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To setup a local copy of windows recovery console (handy if your system has crashed and you do not have the windows setup cd at hand):
insert your windows setup cd in the cd reader,
type META+R (meta being the windows logo button)
then type in D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
where D:\ is supposed to be your cdrom reader drive letter.

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