The adventures of Foo » Windows http://jensge.org My aggregated random tech blabber Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:57:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mr. Fusion http://jensge.org/2010/05/mr-fusion/ http://jensge.org/2010/05/mr-fusion/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 11:16:38 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=407 That was easier than I expected. After a bit of googling and hand-crafting libtool archives, Rygel’s plugins now work on Windows as well. Now I just need to clean-up all [...]]]> That was easier than I expected. After a bit of googling and hand-crafting libtool archives, Rygel’s plugins now work on Windows as well. Now I just need to clean-up all that hackery.

]]> http://jensge.org/2010/05/mr-fusion/feed/ 0 1.21 Gigawatts http://jensge.org/2010/04/1-21-gigawatts/ http://jensge.org/2010/04/1-21-gigawatts/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:38:44 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=404 The beast is alive… Well. Sort of. Plugins still missing…

$ ./rygel.exe -g 5 ** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to load user configuration: Es wurde keine g³ltige Schl³sselwertedatei in den Suchordnern gefunden ** (rygel.exe:8080): DEBUG: new network context {C457B4A8-2516-46B9-837A-F5167D574A2E} (192.168.200.64) available. ** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to create context for host/IP '{C57C8A03-20D6-4A0F-8C5D-946804401865}': Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet. ** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: [...]]]> The beast is alive… Well. Sort of. Plugins still missing…

$ ./rygel.exe -g 5
** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to load user configuration: Es wurde keine g³ltige Schl³sselwertedatei in den Suchordnern gefunden
** (rygel.exe:8080): DEBUG: new network context {C457B4A8-2516-46B9-837A-F5167D574A2E} (192.168.200.64) available.

** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to create context for host/IP '{C57C8A03-20D6-4A0F-8C5D-946804401865}': Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet.

** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to create context for host/IP '{8946F41B-6765-4205-8238-82786C175392}': Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet.

** (rygel.exe:8080): WARNING **: Failed to create context for host/IP '{846EE342-7039-11DE-9D20-806E6F6E6963}': Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet.
]]> http://jensge.org/2010/04/1-21-gigawatts/feed/ 0 Making putty look nice on Windows http://jensge.org/2009/12/making-putty-look-nice-on-windows/ http://jensge.org/2009/12/making-putty-look-nice-on-windows/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:24:52 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=348 I don’t like the default look of putty on windows, so I usually do two things:

Download the DejaVu fonts Get this PowerShell skript to tangoify the putty palette Note: On Windows 7 you might need to enable yourself to be able to execute [...]]]> I don’t like the default look of putty on windows, so I usually do two things:

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/12/making-putty-look-nice-on-windows/feed/ 0 How to examine binary registry dumps in Linux http://jensge.org/2009/11/how-to-examine-binary-registry-dumps-in-linux/ http://jensge.org/2009/11/how-to-examine-binary-registry-dumps-in-linux/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:22 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=335 Say you have a binary registry export or dump from Windows and need to have a look at its contents. What do you do? The solution I came up with is:

WINEPREFIX=/tmp/dump regedit *.reg

Which gives you nice plain-text ini-style registries to examine in /tmp/dump. That obviously needs [...]]]> Say you have a binary registry export or dump from Windows and need to have a look at its contents. What do you do? The solution I came up with is:

WINEPREFIX=/tmp/dump regedit *.reg

Which gives you nice plain-text ini-style registries to examine in /tmp/dump. That obviously needs Wine installed.

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/11/how-to-examine-binary-registry-dumps-in-linux/feed/ 0 Using postfix and ActiveDirectory http://jensge.org/2009/11/using-postfix-and-activedirectory/ http://jensge.org/2009/11/using-postfix-and-activedirectory/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:08 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=328 Quick reference for using postfix as a “shield” server to Exchange to check valid mailboxes against ActiveDirectory (SBS edition):

create a LDAP configuration file:

server_host = ad-server.your.domain search_base = ou=MyBusiness,dc=your,dc=domain query_filter = (&(objectClass=*) (proxyAddresses=smtp:%s)) result_attribute = sAMAccountName bind=yes bind_dn = dn of user account bind_pw = pw [...]]]> Quick reference for using postfix as a “shield” server to Exchange to check valid mailboxes against ActiveDirectory (SBS edition):

create a LDAP configuration file:

server_host = ad-server.your.domain
search_base = ou=MyBusiness,dc=your,dc=domain
query_filter = (&(objectClass=*) (proxyAddresses=smtp:%s))
result_attribute = sAMAccountName
bind=yes
bind_dn = dn of user account
bind_pw = pw of user
]]> http://jensge.org/2009/11/using-postfix-and-activedirectory/feed/ 0 Is that all, bob? http://jensge.org/2009/09/is-that-all-bob/ http://jensge.org/2009/09/is-that-all-bob/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:01:00 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=304 No, it isn’t. You don’t only get the mingw version of gupnp, there will be a shiny version compatible with MSVC! Lo and behold, the [...]]]> No, it isn’t. You don’t only get the mingw version of gupnp, there will be a shiny version compatible with MSVC! Lo and behold, the unavoidable screenshotgssp-with-msvc

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/09/is-that-all-bob/feed/ 2 Mono vs. COM http://jensge.org/2009/08/mono-vs-com/ http://jensge.org/2009/08/mono-vs-com/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:05:41 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=271 Please. I have nothing against C# in general or Mono. But please, please do not encourage the use of something as broken as COM, even if it’s to ease the bridging between C# and C++.

Thank you for [...]]]> Please. I have nothing against C# in general or Mono. But please, please do not encourage the use of something as broken as COM, even if it’s to ease the bridging between C# and C++.

Thank you for your attention.

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/08/mono-vs-com/feed/ 0 Concerning gnupg… http://jensge.org/2009/07/concerning-gnupg/ http://jensge.org/2009/07/concerning-gnupg/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:17:07 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=262 I wrote earlier about compiling libgpgme for use with Visual Studio. Forgot to mention that this is an useless effort because the filedescriptor passing does not work and as such you can only encrypt decrypt from or [...]]]> I wrote earlier about compiling libgpgme for use with Visual Studio. Forgot to mention that this is an useless effort because the filedescriptor passing does not work and as such you can only encrypt decrypt from or to memory.

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/07/concerning-gnupg/feed/ 0 Samba as AD client http://jensge.org/2009/05/samba-as-ad-client/ http://jensge.org/2009/05/samba-as-ad-client/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 10:36:10 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=242 If net ads join ever again fails with Failed to join domain: failed to find DC for domain just throw the stupid NetBIOS name of the ActiveDirectory server into the hosts file, will [...]]]> If net ads join ever again fails with Failed to join domain: failed to find DC for domain just throw the stupid NetBIOS name of the ActiveDirectory server into the hosts file, will you? Sheesh…

]]> http://jensge.org/2009/05/samba-as-ad-client/feed/ 0 GUPnP on windows howto http://jensge.org/2009/05/gupnp-on-windows-howto/ http://jensge.org/2009/05/gupnp-on-windows-howto/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 12:35:25 +0000 Jens http://jensge.org/?p=238 I threw together some instructions on how to build the GUPnP stack [...]]]> I threw together some instructions on how to build the GUPnP stack on windows:

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