Category Archives: Windows

Set Default Terminal Server for TS Web Access

Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) is a role service in the Terminal Services role that enables users to connect from a Web browser to the remote desktop of any server or client computer where they have the appropriate access.

Using and Creating a Recovery Disk

Owning a recovery disk is becoming a necessity of some sort today. The type I am referring to here is one created by you. This is important because of the many instances of computers being attacked by viruses, spyware which lead to system failure. You might have experienced one yourself.

Change Default Explorer View

The default view when Windows Explorer is opened is the Libraries folder, which includes Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos. I can’t stand this view. Here’s how to change it. By applying this tweak, you’ll get the drive view rather than the library view when opening Windows Explorer from the Start Menu.

Shutdown within RDP

Ever wonder how to reboot a machine from within an RDP session?  Can’t find the shortcut off the Start menu?  Use the CLI version of Shutdown.exe to get your machine rebooted.

Disable the Windows 7 Control Panel

Need to stop people from accessing your control panel? Try this registry tweak for Windows 7. In a business environment, you can push this down via a group policy setting to many computers at once. But let’s say you just want to stop your children from monkeying with settings on your home pc. You can disable the control… Read More »

Right-click Defrag for Windows 7

Do you really want to quickly defragment your drive?, Instead of going through Start menu, programs and etc., use a simple tweak that adds Defrag to the context menu for each hard drive partition.

Managing Shares at the Command Line

Manage your shares from the command prompt with built-in-to-Windows tools and leave the GUI to the noobs. There are many ways to manage shares using the graphical interface of Windows Explorer. There are some of us die-hard command prompt junkies that prefer working at the text level, however.