We are getting in some new CF-53 – Standard laptops. My task is to find some drivers that are missing. One was
ACPI\MAT0019
The driver is for the hot key’s. You can get it from Panasonic’s website, or you can pull it from here (this one is for windows 7 32bit sp1) :
http://www.uploadland.com/?d=4F43AE1D1
If you have a different model Toughbook, you will want to go through Panasonic’s driver website, searching with your specific model laptop.
Enjoy :).
So I was in the process of moving a users cPanel account from an old server where he only had Reseller access to, on to my server, where I have root access. Typically you can use the method of the built in transfer within cPanel, but it is required you have root access on both servers. Because of this, it makes reseller accounts tricky. We need to do the following :
On the old server, where you have the reseller, or shared account :
1. Login to accounts cpanel www.domain.com/cpanel (or http://10.10.10.10.:2082)
2. You will then search for backups and hit enter
3. Now click on back up wizard option
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You can select wherever you would like to store it, but I prefer to jut SCP it right over to my new server.
on the new server, where you have root access :
1. Login to your server via SSH using something like putty
2. cd /home
3. wget http://domain.com/backup-1.30.2007_06-36-16_durbidge
4. log in to WHM & /Backup Restore a Full Backup/cpmove file
Note that you do need to 0777 the back up file, or you will run into permission issues when copying (if doing the backup to HOME DIR).
If you want to re-assign the reseller account, you do need to go to the reseller central, and apply the accounts to the reseller that owns them now.
Ever have issues with duplicate lineups? Duplicate channel listings in your guide? Or just overall quirky issues with your media center? I found a quick and simple way to reset it to default.
All you need to do is go to the C/ProgramData/Microsoft/eHome folder and rename or delete (I would advise rename) mcepg2-0.db and the folder mcepg2-0. Then just restart your Windows Media Center services. The way I went about it was through safe mode, as I could not do it while the system was running within windows itself. Once you do that, reboot, and you have a fresh Windows Media Center copy. If you need to re import your recordings, now is a good time.
I needed to reformat my DVR computer, and I wanted to keep my subscriptions, and recording lineup, etc. So I needed to find out how and where Media Center stores this information, so I could easily restore it.
What to back up :
I backed up this folder : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome , the folder you are really after is the one called mcepgX-X-X, mine was called mcepg2-0. I was backing up that entire directory (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome) because I was unsure if they would ever change that directory for some odd reason. So I figured better be safe then sorry. I just had a robocopy script that did this nightly for me.
This is what my directory looks like :
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How to restore
Open a command prompt windows and run this C:\Windows\ehome\loadmxf.exe –i locationofbackupfiles
This is what mine command looked like :
C:\Windows\ehome>loadmxf.exe -i "C:\Users\1337sk33t\Desktop\Media Center Backup
backup\recordings\20151022_214547"
Loading... 100%
C:\Windows\ehome>
You noticed I pointed it to the files without extensions themselves. I did the recordings, I wasn’t sure what the subscriptions or lineup were so I skipped them. I then went to download the latest TV Guide and everything popped right up!
Tasks > Settings > TV > Guide > Get Latest Guide Listings
Enjoy, please test your back up, make sure you have a reliable back up. Something like SugarSync/DropBOX are pretty reliable, and free sources of backing up.
I got a 2006 Macbook Pro, which had 0’d out hard drive. So I wanted to get OS X loaded on to it. I found a dmg file that had OS X 10.6. Doing a quick Google search, I figured out I can easily burn the dmg file to be bootable.
What you need first is the application for your windows computer :
You can download the application from here : http://www.asy.com/sharetm.htm
or you can download the version I used here : http://uploadland.com/?d=4ED038641
You then run it, and get a 15 day free FULL trial, so you can use all of the capabilities the software has to offer. If you like it, I always advocate purchasing/paying for great pieces of software like this.
Very easily open the application, click run, unless you paid for it. You then need to point the application to your dmg file.
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Now select your dmg file, and then you have it loaded into transmac, very similarly like in OS X environment. It almost looks as if it mounted it, but from what I can tell, it does not actually mount it. You can then right click and burn (assuming you have a sizable DVD/DVD DL inserted).
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Pop it into your Mac, and you have a bootable DVD from a dmg file coming from a Windows environment.
I had an E6400 Dell with an issue where his Verizon air card (PC770) would not connect up every time. It would say device unknown. I looked at device manager, and it showed the NEC driver as have an error code of “Code 12: This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use”. After some goggling, and failed attempts, I found a fix!
I ran this command in the command prompt (right click->administrator in accessories) :
bcdedit /set CONFIGACCESSPOLICY DISALLOWMMCONFIG
rebooted, and he has not had an issue since.
When I was running my AHCI vs ATA tests, I thought it would be a perfect time to see if a fresh install (factory image from dell) of AHCI is better then a registry tweak AHCI install (basically coming from ATA, without reformating with our stock image).
AHCI with registry tweak :
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AHCI after a fresh install :
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It’s interesting that dells factory image (fresh install) is almost slower performance wise! If anyone’s interested, I might have time to do a test from a fresh install (from win 7 DVD).
There is a very simple way to do this, Microsoft has it all laid out.
1) Exit all Windows-based programs.
2) Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3) If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4) Locate and then click one of the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\IastorV
5) In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6) In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7) On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
The only one I saw was Msahci with the “name” option, so I changed that from 3 to 0 (hexdceimal), rebooted, and changed BiOS over to AHCI, and I was good to go. Rebooted, and it was live in ahci!
Enjoy 🙂
I love my Windows Media Center setup, and my 360 running as extenders. I use Media browser for my movie playing, because it displays movies much better then the default option. TO make things more streamlined I wanted to rename MediaBrowser and also remove Movies. So what I did was use Media Center Studio to rename Media Browser, and Media Center Strips Removal Tool to remove the Movies option!
Works great for Windows 7 x64 windows media center and extenders. I uploaded the versions I use, just in case the creators remove them.
Enjoy!
SOURCES :
Media Center Strips Removal tool” target
Media Center Studio
This operation assumes your machine can boot from a USB enabled device. Check your BIOS to make sure. You also MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to install the source files from the DVD to a USB flash drive:
1. Insert your USB flash drive and enter the following commands:
(please note this list assumes that your USB flash drive will be seen as disk 1. To confirm that it is type “list disk” after you’ve entered the DISKPART command) Otherwise you may wipe a different drive (such as your hard disk drive!)
2. Type:
diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
At this point your USB drive is formatted. DO NOT format the drive from within Windows. You MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to copy the source files from.
The final preparation step is to copy the installation files to your flash drive, this can be done by running the following command:
(Please note D: is the drive letter for the source files and E: is the drive letter for your flash drive, if they are different on your system you need to change them accordingly).
Exit DISKPART. Type:
xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\
That’s it, configure usb device as primary boot device in your bios and select it as your boot device!
Enjoy.