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Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon > Hide entry points for Fast User Switching
Purpose: When set to enabled, disables the switch user button functionality.
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options > *
Purpose: When set to enabled these policies disable the change password, task manager, logoff button, and lock computer button functionality. Enabling “remove task manager” will also render the taskmgr.exe process disabled as well, not just the button.
User Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on
Purpose: When set to disable disables the shutdown button functionality in logon UI (CTRL+ALT+DELETE, task bar, etc)
I just renamed utilman.exe to utilman.bak to disable the “Ease of Access” button on the Logon UI.
As far as the ease of access and shutdown options buttons they still remain on the screen but their functionality is disabled.I see from the output of your IPCONFIG results your 3G connect card is set to “DHCP enabled NO” which means you have a static IP set for that particular device. You need to go into Network Connections and change the TCP/IPv4 properties to “obtain an address automatically” thus enabling DHCP which should allow you to access the internet.
Go to start, run. Type in “ncpa.cpl” without quotes, hit enter.
Right-click the offending adapter and choose Properties. In the connections properties window of that adapter highlight “TCP/IPv4” and click properties. Change your selection to “obtain an ip address automatically” and “obtain a dns server automatically”.
Open up command prompt and type in the following command:
ipconfig /all > c:ipconfigresults.txt
Navigate to Local Disk C: and open ipconfigresults.txt
Copy and paste the results to the forum.
Also, do you have VMWare workstation installed on your machine?
Can you enlighten me a little bit on what your program does? Do your program need to use your IP address or something? You mentioned that you have a dynamic IP address so this is why I was lead to believe your IP address has something to do with it. I have an FTP server and I’m using AT&T as my ISP which uses a dynamic IP address but I have a virtual host set up using a free domain service at DynDNS.com
Here is the tutorial if you need to set up a virtual host:
http://www.dyndns.com/support/kb/remote.html
For example ftp://123.45.67.89 will become ftp://myhost.dydns.org
It’s very simple all I did was install the FTP role on my server, set up my FTP site, went into my router and forwarded port 21, and then created an account with DynDNS and set up my free domain name.
Check out my ftp server:
Username:sealy1986ftpuser
Password:gojaysgo123#You have a laptop I see. Do you have an additional built-in wireless network adapter? If you have one trying disabling the built-in wireless card so the only device trying to get you out to the internet is the UMTS modem. Let me know if this works, if not.
Post me the results of your IPCONFIG.
1. Open up command prompt
2. ipconfig /all > c:results.txt
3. Navigate to Local Disk C:
4. Copy and paste the results of “results.txt” into the forum.I have an EnGenius EUB9706 wireless-n USB network adapter that is automatically detected and installed by Windows Server 2008 R2 but refused to install when I had server 2008. I was able to work around this by running the software installation in compatibility mode for Windows XP. A simple solution but it might work for you as well. Try downloading the Windows XP driver version for your network adapter and running it in compatibility mode for XP.
Let’s start with simple solutions.
Check with your network adapter properties and see if you have a static IP set.
1. Go to start, run. Type in: ncpa.cpl
2. Right-click on network adapter, choose Properties
3. Choose Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IPv4, click Properties
4. If you have a static IP set, try changing it to obtain an IP address automatically (dynamic)The WLAN service (for wireless internet) is required to connect to the internet. By default it is not installed. You can install this service by installing the “Wireless LAN” feature in Server Manager.
1. Do you have a static or a dynamic IP address?
2. Is the Wireless LAN feature installed?You just had to spam that other post now this one appears lol you are hard at work…
I assume you know the song I was singing
Donna Summers – She Works Hard For The Money
Ascii, look on the bright side. You are working hard for your e-money…. so hard for it honey. You work hard for your e-money cause McDonalds treats you right 😆
@JingoFresh wrote:
No no, I mean a repair install.
Windows 7 allows you to do a repair install, which reinstalls windows while keeping as much of the current install intact as possible. Given that r2 and 7 are siblings, I thought r2 may have a similar feature.
That’s just an upgrade then. Well its technically called a repair install but its nothing more but an upgrade to keep files + programs in tact. Yes you can do that with Windows Server but you would have to be logged onto windows in order to do it. You can’t just boot off the DVD and run an upgrade within Windows. Upgrade is disabled. I don’t think you have any other options but to reformat and start new.
If you are referring to the “repair your computer” link unless you created a backup image in Windows Server backup that included a system state backup then you are out of luck. The same is true for Windows 7. Unless you creating an image using Complete PC Restore then they are out of luck as well. Hopefully you implemented a good disaster recovery plan, or at the very least made hard copies of your important data onto separate hard drives/flash drives, CD/DVDs, whatever.
@Kiske wrote:
Lal, my first computer was equiped with Windows ME 🙂 So it seems Windows 2008 R2 is working well on my laptop. Watching movies, play games – no complaints about it. But theres still something, that i want to do. With firefox running(4 tabs atm) system uses 550-560MB of RAM. I want to make that number *if its possible* lower. I have tweaked services already, tweaked some processes, still cant figure out what to do next x.x
Install the Windows System Resource Manager feature in Server Manager. This program allows you to allocate processor and memory resources to applications, users, and other settings.
Create a “Resource Allocation Policy”
Set the Working Set Maximum and Committed Memory Maximum limits to a more user-friendly acceptable window. Make sure you set the policy to “log an event message” and no “stop the application” when the memory limit is exceeded. Don’t set your limit too low because it will constantly page. You can do it but its not practical. Set a reasonable memory window like 200MB. I set a 20MB memory limit for firefox.exe application just to show you how it works:
P.S – Make sure you right-click on your RAP and select “manage” or else the policy won’t go into effect.
Those backup files only exist due to a uxtheme patcher.
The “.backup” ones are actually the originals.
Problem is the system won’t allow you to delete the modified ones even if you disable windows explorer. I just rebooted into Recovery mode (aka Repair you computer) open command prompt, changed directory to c:windowssystem32 and ran:
del shsvcs.dll
del themeui.dll
del uxtheme.dll
then I renamed .backups to originals:ren shsvcs.dll.backup shsvcs.dll
ren themeui.dll.backup themeui.dll
ren uxtheme.dll.backup uxtheme.dllComputer rebooted with Aero like normal.
Do an SFC check for winlogon.exe to see if it is the culprit.
Run this in an elevated cmd:
SFC /SCANFILE=c:WINDOWSSYSTEM32WINLOGON.EXE
If get a “Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations”
Try this solution:
Open command prompt with elevated privileges:
SET USERPROFILE=C:USERSUSERNAME ; replace username with your actual username
SET HOMEPATH=USERSUSERNAME ; replace username with your actual usernameAre you positive your logon didn’t get hijacked via malware infection? It sure is acting like it. I’m not a genius or an expert in this field so don’t hold me to it just my 2 cents.
I agree with you for the most part Jingo.
DRM was an epic fail from the very beginning and crackers have managed ways around it since the 90s.
First it was “disc checks” which was used to verify that you were the owner of the CD. So crackers bypassed that ala a “no cd crack”, then they used algorithms to generate product keys which was a joke again. Probably the WORST DRM idea of all-time was SecuROM which matched product keys against a database and had a user-imposed limit. If you needed to install spore more than 3 times (due to hardware failure, crash, etc etc) you were fish out of water. Screw you buddy, etc etc. Now Ubisoft has come out with a “permanent online” DRM solution that requires you to be online at all times for the game to work properly, sort of an “online disk check”. One problem…. NOT everyone has an always-on connection (dial-up, router problems, etc).
Pirated versions are superior to legit copies for good reasons. The no-cd crack allows you to bypass putting a “scratched up” disc in your dvd drive hence saving you the hassle of loading the game. Computer crashed? Re-installing the game is no problem. My problem with pirated copies is that its a guessing game which one is, shall I say a “legitimate pirated copy” lol
I’ve downloaded several copies from different vendors (Ubisoft, EA, Activision) that had a legit ISO, but the keygen used to activate contained a trojan. Normally I would just run an antivirus scan but nowadays keygens are always blacklisted as trojans. I found a workaround by simply copying the .exe to a virtual machine and running it in there. If the keygen happens to be a virus I just revert to a previous saved state I created on the VM. Very nice, huh!Also you have to weigh your options, do the benefits outweigh the cost? Is it worth saving yourself $50 bucks for a lifetime EA ban? Depends if EA even cares to look. Chances are you won’t get caught. The money greedy monopolistic hogs at EA headquarters are eating it up, sipping gin and smoking the finest Cuban cigars, meanwhile wiping their butts on the legitimate game buyers money.
Note to self: I should be a writer.
