Windows

HOWTO: Set up NTP on Windows Vista

By default, Windows Vista synchronizes once every 7 days with time.windows.com along with every other user out there. Let's change this to sync every half day with several NTP servers to get a more reliable time.

Apr 05, 2009

HOWTO: Setup IPv6 Tunnel on Windows Vista

I used to have an IPv6 tunnel on my old machine, but since I moved to a new desktop I didn't get around to setting it up again. That's gonna change today. First of all, why would you want it? Well, read on :)

Apr 05, 2009

Windows

Explorer Bug, Long Path, damaged directories

Long ago, I found something strange in Windows Explorer, which I wanted to retry on Vista today.

Aug 21, 2007

Daemon Tools - The Disk Image Emulator

Ever wanted to install something but couldn’t be bothered to burn it to a disc first? Like the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 discs for example. Daemon Tools…

Aug 19, 2007

Windows

XP SP2 using Alternate Data Streams for Security Warnings

A while ago I blogged about Alternate Data Streams and how they are hidden from the users.

Apr 24, 2005

BlogCast - Alternate Data Streams

Some time ago I saw something about Alternate Data Streams, but I can't find the source anymore to give credit :(

Jan 04, 2005

Windows

The Invisible Administrator

Today something very weird happened and I doubt something this weird will ever happen again.

Sep 02, 2004

Hacking Uxtheme.dll - Watercolor Theme

One thing I immediately do on a new pc is get it personalized. This includes changing icons and wallpapers, but also resource hacking the run box and…

Sep 01, 2004

Random Wallpaper through Scheduled Tasks

With my new laptop I got a screen with a 1920x1200 resolution, so I went out looking for wallpapers for the resolution, because my existing ones degraded…