- Use ALT-TAB to switch to the off-screen application.
- Press ALT-SPACE to bring up the system menu (you won’t see it because it is off screen)
- Press R to select the “Restore” menu choice to ensure the windows isn’t is maximized (you can not move it if it is maximized)
- Press ALT-SPACE again, then M to select the “Move” menu choice.
- Press one of the arrow keys to initiate the movement.
- Now just use the mouse to place the window where you want.
Author: joe
Remotely Enable Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop (aka Terminal Service) is disabled by default in Windows 7. If you have administrator access to the computers on your domain, you can remotely enable it by doing the following:
Step 1: Open ports in the Windows firewall
There is no native way to change the settings of a remote Windows firewall. However, you can use PsExec from SysInternals to disable it or change some rules.
If you download the app and drop it into your c:\ drive, you can run this command and get command line access for that remote box.
c:\psexec \\remote_machine_name cmd
Once you have that command line open, you can run this command to disable the firewall:
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off
Alternatively you can run this command to allow only Remote Desktop while still leaving the rest of the firewall as is:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”remote desktop” new enable=Yes
Step 2: Start the Remote Registry service
Load up the Services MMC (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services), right click on “Services (Local)” and choose “Connect to another computer”. Enter the name of your remote machine and connect to it. You should now be able to find the “Remote Registry” service and start it.
Depending on your environment, this may already be running, but I have found it generally isn’t on fresh computers.
Step 3: Change a registry setting to enable Remote Desktop
It’s time to make use of the Remote Registry and actually enable RDP. Load up regedit and go toFile > Connect Network Registry. Enter the name of your remote computer and connect to it. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > Terminal Server. Change the value of “fDenyTSConnections” to “0″.
Step 4: Start the Remote Desktop service
Go back to the Services MMC you used in Step 2. Find the service “Remote Desktop Services” and start it (or restart if it is already running).
How to switch back to Chrome’s old ‘New Tab’ page
1. Type chrome://flags into your browser’s address bar.
2. Search for the option labeled “Enable Instant Extended API.”
3. Change its setting from “Default” to “Disabled.”
4. Restart your browser.
Simple wait routine in VB.NET
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
HoldYourpants(2) ‘ wait 2 seconds
HoldYourWater(2) ‘ more efficient code
End Sub
Public Sub HoldYourPants(ByVal PauseTime As Integer)
Dim Start As Double
Start = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Timer ‘ Set start time.
Do While Microsoft.VisualBasic.Timer < Start + PauseTime
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
End Sub
Public Sub HoldYourWater(ByVal Seconds As Integer)
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(Seconds * 1000)
End Sub
End Class
Read MAC Addresses in VB.NET
The following code is a working example for determining the MAC address of your network card.
Imports System.Net.NetworkInformation
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
MessageBox.Show(getMacAddress)
End
End Sub
Function getMacAddress()
Dim nics() As NetworkInterface = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
Return nics(1).GetPhysicalAddress.ToString
End Function
End Class