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[Remote Desktop] Quickly copying files when using Remote Desktop

Did you know that you can copy files from:

• a remote computer to your local computer or
• a remote computer to another remote computer

using Remote Desktop (Windows XP or higher) by simple right-clicking the file and selecting Copy and then selecting Paste on your local machine/the other remote computer?

From the Microsoft KB article 300698:

Copy and Paste Files

You can copy and paste the files between the remote session and local computer, or vice-versa, by using the Copy and Paste feature.

Read the full article at: TechNet

Increasing the speed of Windows Search indexer by updating to version 4.0

The new Windows Search 4.0 offers:

Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements:

• Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
• Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
• Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
• Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
• Improved indexing performance
• Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
• Per-user Group Policy settings
• Windows software updates for Watson errors
• Support for the following new enterprise Group Policy objects:

[Download]

INFO: .REG files can also delete keys and values

.REG files can not only add and modify but also delete keys and values from the Windows registry.

To delete a registry key

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test]

To delete a registry value

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test
"TestValue"=-

Enjoy!

My header area is not showing when creating a new Word Document

... and even resetting the normal.dot won't help you there.

But it's soo simple. A double click between the border between your document and the rulers will display them. Read the full story here.

INFO: Administrative shares (c$, d$, etc.) disabled by default in Windows Vista

You need to make a registry change to make it work.

PRB: Hibernate option gone in Windows Vista?

Run the command (using admin privileges):

powercfg /hibernate on

Read more about it.

Enabling or disabling Large Fonts for Internet Explorer

As documented here [1] you need to change this following registry value to 1 (= enabled) or 0 (=  disabled) and restart IE.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER

• Software
• Microsoft
• Internet Explorer
• Main
  UseHR = dword:00000001

[1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa770067.aspx

Vista: Keyboard Shortcuts for more Productivity

Noah Coad [1] posted some new Vista keyboard shortcuts [2]:

New Vista Commands

• ALT + Up Arrow
  Move up a folder (to the parent folder)
• ALT + Left Arrow
  Move back in history
• ALT + Right Arrow
  Move forward in history
• Backspace
  Move back in history
  (was move up a folder in WinXP)
• CTRL+N
  Open new explorer (a file must be selected)
• ALT+Drag&Drop
  Link to item (creates a shortcut)

More Vista-specific shortcuts can also be found at [3].

[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/noahc/default.aspx

[2] http://blogs.msdn.com/noahc/archive/2006/11/14/vista-keyboard-shortcuts-for-windows-explorer.aspx

[3] http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2503b91d-d780-4c80-8f08-2f48878dc5661033.mspx

When I send an e-mail message, it doesn't leave my Outbox or why I repaired my relationship with Outlook :-)

I love Outlook, but there are times where it gets really hard to love it. But there's hope!

Here are solutions that solve two of the most annoying things I encountered with Outlook:

When I send an e-mail message, it doesn't leave my Outbox (as well as After viewing the Outbox, the messages in it won't send) OUTLOOK.EXE continues running after you exit Outlook  Have fun loving your Outlook again!

Time to reinstall windows? Don't forget anything!

Daniel Petri, MVP für Windows Server from Israel, created an excellent list of how to customize your Windows.

Here are the topics covered by him:

• Get rid of the Tour prompt
• Get rid of the MSN Passport creation prompt
• Restore my Desktop icons!
• Copy the I386 source folder to your HD and change the source path
• Delete Temporary Internet Files (and make the temporary storage space smaller)
• Configure IE to download more than 2 concurrent files
• Configure a larger number for the grouping of Taskbar buttons
• Get rid of the Hibernation support
• Customize Windows Explorer views and buttons
• Add a the Quick Launch toolbar
• Add a shortcut to Control Panel and the Administrative Tools to the Quick Launch toolbar
• Add a shortcut to Command Prompt to the Desktop and to the Quick Launch toolbar
• Add a Command Prompt option to the default Explorer right click context menu
• Install the Microsoft Powertoys suit
• Add Local Area Connection icons to your system tray
• Disable the Memory Dump file creation
• Disable the Error Reporting option
• Enable the Auto Update option
• Disable the Fast User Switching mode and the Welcome Screen (Workgroup only)
• Disable the administrative shares
• Set the location of the My Documents folder
• Configure local user options
• Configure the Pagefile (virtual memory) location
• Configure Remote Desktop access
• Create a Send To Notepad and Send To MAPI shortcuts
• Enable EFS Encryption by right-click
• Restore the W2K-style search window
• Install the ISO Burner PowerToy
• Install the new Windows Server 2003 RDP 5.2 client

Link

EventMore:

• Disabling the annoying XP Automatic Update Nagging dialog box (via Jeroen Ritmeijer)

Tip: Disable Restart Prompt from Automatic Updates (Win XP Pro, Windows Server 2003)

• In the Start Menu go to Run type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter
• Now a Group Policy editor will open. In this window navigate to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Template -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
• Double click on No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations
• In the settings window choose Enabled and click OK
• Double click on Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations
• In the settings window choose Disabled and click OK
• Close Group Policy Editor

File replication with ROBOCOPY - Robust File Copy for Windows

Robocopy is a 32-bit command-line tool used for file replication. This tool helps maintain identical copies of a directory structure on a single computer or in separate network locations. Robocopy is included in the Microsoft® Windows® Resource Kit.

• Download
• Robocopy FAQ
• Robocopy GUI
• Article: Real-World Scripting: Data Migration with Robocopy, Part 1
• Article: Real-World Scripting: Data Migration with Robocopy, Part 2
• KB 323275: How to Use Robocopy to Copy Security Information Without Copying Any File Data
• Feature Comparison XXCOPY vs ROBOCOPY
• How to synchronize two Windows computers
  

Get rid of the WinXP Search Assistant aka "the dog"

This post is intended for you if you answer at least one of the following questions with YES.

• You're not satisfied with the "Find Files and Folders" view in Windows XP?
• You liked the traditional Windows 2000 "Find Files and Folders" view?
• You don't like dogs?

Nothing against the cute little dog, but...

NO, the Windows XP search was the one features I really would never get used to.

And YES, you can switch to the old-fashioned / Windows 2000-style search view by copying the following lines in a .REG file and importing it into your registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"Use Search Asst"="no"

That's it! Enjoy!

Download the zipped .REG file