Remote Desktop Through a Router

If you're trying to remote desktop to a computer connected to a wireless router, you'll most likely need to "forward" certain ports to allow this connection to go through. For windows, and if you haven't changed that setting, the default port if 3389. So here's how you can do it in general:

• Go to your router's configuration page
• Look for "Port Forwarding"
• Add port number: 3389

You will be asked to specify which IP address to open up the port for. You can get that from the ipconfig command on the command prompt

• Open up a command prompt
• Type: ipconfig (and press enter!)
• Write down the IPv4 address that shows up and use it in the port forwarding setting

Voila!

Cite as:
Saad, T. "Remote Desktop Through a Router". Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2010/07/remote-desktop-through-router.html

Windows Defender Update Issues

For some reason, windows defender starts messing up and is not able to detect the latest updates. You will then need to download and install these updates manually. Check this out

How to troubleshoot definition update issues for Windows Defender

I hope that works out for you.

Cite as:
Saad, T. "Windows Defender Update Issues". Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2009/02/windows-defender-update-issues.html

Install Google Desktop on Vista 64 bit

Do the following:

1. Download Google desktop
2. Start a command prompt
3. Browse to the directory where you have saved the downloaded file.
   (If you are not familiar with MS-Dos @ all, then you can download the file and store it on the root of your hard drive (i.e. C:\), then in the command prompt, simply type in
   cd C:\
4. Type: GoogleDesktopSearch /force

Voila!

ref: Google Desktop: 64-bit Windows compatibility

Cite as:
Saad, T. "Install Google Desktop on Vista 64 bit". Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2009/02/install-google-desktop-on-vista-64-bit.html

Windows Media Center Cannot Play Video

This happens on 64bit editions of vista. download and install this

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/VistaCodecs-x64Components.shtml

Voila!

Cite as:
Saad, T. "Windows Media Center Cannot Play Video". Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-media-center-cannot-play-video.html

How to Change the Manufacturer/OEM/Computer Logo in System Properties

In Windows Vista, there's usually a logo in the system properties (right click "My Computer"/Properties) that refers to the manufacturer of your machine. The original post can be found here. This can be easily changed by modifying the registry. Here's how

1. Create your own logo and save it as a bitmap (*.bmp) - Make sure the size is 120x120 pixels
2. Open the registry editor (click Start/regedit)
3. Go to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ OEMInformation
4. Modify the "Logo" entry &/ the "Manufacturer" entry

Voila!

Note that the "&/" symbol stand for "and, or".

Cite as:
Saad, T. "How to Change the Manufacturer/OEM/Computer Logo in System Properties". Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-change-manufactureroemcomputer.html