Posts Tagged ‘Vista’
Where did hibernation go, Vista?
I was going through all the Vista power options, trying to get my Hibernation mode back on, which seemed to have disappeared.
I found out the hibernate option will disappear if you have recently run Disk Cleanup, which I did. By running this it removes the hiberfil.sys file resulting in no hibernation. See Microsoft article KB928897.
After googling around, I found a simple method to enable / disable hibernation:
1. Click start, type "command" in the Start Search box (without quotes)
2. Right-click Command Prompt in the Programs list, and click "Run as Administrator"
3. If User Account Control prompts you to allow the action, click on Continue.
4. In the Command Prompt, type "powercfg –h off" (or "on" without the quotes), then press enter.
5. Close the Command Prompt window and you’re done 
You should now have hibernate and hybrid sleep options for your power profiles.
Tags: Vista
Replace Notepad with Notepad2, Vista
One of my previous posts was about the text editor Notepad2. Which as I mentioned before is a lightweight editor which also has syntax highlighting.
Now I recently noticed a forum post on MSFN, on how to replace Notepad with Notepad2, so without further ado, here is the code:
takeown /f %Systemroot%\notepad.exe
takeown /f %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe
icacls %Systemroot%\notepad.exe /grant "%username%":f
icacls %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe /grant "%username%":f
IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64 (bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions "DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS")
copy %Systemroot%\notepad.exe %Systemroot%\notepad.original.exe
copy %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.original.exe
ECHO.
ECHO Original notepad.exe has been renamed to "notepad.original.exe" in its original folder.
ECHO.
copy notepad2\notepad2.exe %Systemroot%\notepad.exe /y
copy notepad2\notepad2.exe %Systemroot%\System32\notepad.exe /y
Now all you need to do is save this into a bat file, I called mine replacenp2.bat. Then just create a folder called notepad2, with a subfolder the same, and place the notepad2.exe file in it, and run the command, and voiola, Notepad is replaced with Notepad2.
So the directory structure should look something like this:
- notepad2
- replacenp2.bat
- notepad2
- notepad2.exe
- notepad2
Update: Now, I tried running the command, but for some reason (even ran as admin), it didn’t want to copy it. So I opened up an elevated command prompt, and it seemed to copy & replace fine.
Laptop Finally Setup
Well, I have been setting up / copying / backing up stuff from Rachelle’s laptop to mine, and it is finally all done.
The laptop runs beautifully, can really notice the difference going from 32bit Vista to 64bit, everything is just so much more snappy and executes faster.
Rachelle also bought a new camera today, a Fuji Z100fd, have yet to test it out yet, so will see how it goes.
That’s all for now, Rachelle and I are going to go out for dinner, and give the new camera a workout, will post how it went.
Tags: 32bit, 64bit, Fuji Z100, Vista
BigPond NextG v2.10.4 Update
In a previous post I wrote about how much the new connection manager (2.10.4) mutilates the connection on the computer. Well currently there is a simple fix that addresses the issue. I have tested it multiple times and seems to work fine on both, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Here is the following commands that (should) fix up the issue fine.
If anyone tries this, and it successfully works, please comment here and let me know.
Windows XP
start > run > cmd [press ok]
netsh winsock reset
netsh interface ip reset
restart PC and test
Windows Vista
start > start search > command [press enter]
netsh int ip reset
restart PC and test
The above commands should fix up the issue people are having with 2.10.4 on both Windows XP and Vista.
Tags: BigPond, Connection Manager, Vista, XP
New Laptop
Well I have decided not to get the dell anymore, since they can’t provide a tax invoice until I receive the goods. So Rachelle and I went looking around on Wednesday for a new laptop, and ended up going to Joyce Mayne to see a friend, Josh. After waiting quite awhile since he was serving someone, we got down to business.
I ended up getting a HP dv6733tx (RRP $1999) with 4gb of RAM instead of the 2gb, I also got a Belkin NE-07 Carry Bag, and 24 months HP warranty on the thing, all for under $2000. It came with 2gb originally, but Joyce Mayne are doing a “double your ram for $1″, so I took advantage of that The only thing I am going to need to do is install Vista 64-bit instead, since it comes with 32-bit, it wont recognise the 4gb of RAM.
I am also getting it salary packaged through work, so no tax, and at tax time I get it back. I should have the funds when I get paid, so I will have an early birthday present. Thanks Josh for doing such a good deal on the notebook and extras 
Windows Vista SP1 RTM
Well, it seems the Vista SP1 has gone RTM, and as all speculations are, the build number is indeed 6001.18000 (rtm.080118-1840) and is available in both x86 and x64 builds, weighing in at 434MB (x86) and 726MB (x64). It is meant to fix a few extra bugs that are in Vista, personally I haven’t noticed any more bugs since doing all the Windows Updates. Unfortunately it wont be available to the general public until March, but when I install it I will report how it goes.
Tags: RTM, SP1, Vista, Windows
Image Resize Powertoy for Vista
One of the most essential tools I think you need is the Image Resize Powertoy, now this currently only works with Windows XP, but after much searching around, I found one that does the job just as good as the one made by Microsoft, except it works with Vista.
The Image Resizer for Vista is a must have for anyone that is missing the Powertoy from XP that allows you to quickly resize an image from the context menu. Unfortunately it isn’t compatible with x64 Vista as of yet, but is currently being tested. If you run an x86 version of Vista, you can download it over on the download page.
Update: The Image Resizer has been updated to build 2519 and now also has x64 support. Head over to the download page to grab the new builds!
Tags: Image Resizer, Vista, XP
Serious bug in Vista, explorer.exe
I stumbled across this post made by Chris Holmes on his blog over at Chris123NTÂ but to quote the original from Kristan Kenney over at Windows-Now.
So, I’ve run across what seems to be a very serious bug in Windows Vista and it still exists in Service Pack 1 RC1 (and I really don’t know if this is going to get fixed in SP1 either, although I would hope so).
Can anyone reproduce this? I would love to have some good customer feedback on this one.
Click on Start, and then click on Documents.
In the Search entry box, type “NOT Shortcut†(without the quotes).
Click on the “Save Search†button and save the search query as “Search Testâ€.In 9 out of 10 tries, Windows Explorer will stop working and will restart itself after displaying a crash dialog. Seems to be an issue with how the search files are serialized. How the hell did this one get past quality assurance? It occurs in both RTM and SP1.
Thanks!
I must say, I tried this on Vista Home Premium RTM and can reproduce the bug. I’m not sure how this sort of bug got through Microsofts test, but hopefully it gets addressed before SP1 finally gets released. If anyone else is able to reproduce the bug, please leave a comment.