https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/ 2026-04-05T14:14:12+00:00 https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/ https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/backup?rev=1727034680&do=diff Backup Use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to backup to Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition. Need to be on the same local network or VPN as the server. * Download and run Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows * Accept the license agreements and click Install * Skip inserting a backup target text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/chrome?rev=1727034680&do=diff Chrome Chrome Setup * Sign in * Change default browser * Settings: * On Startup > Continue where you left off * Advanced * Languages: * Add languages > English (United Kingdom) * Remove others * Enhanced spell check * Disable text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/commands?rev=1727034680&do=diff Commands * powercfg -lastwake Reason for last wakeup from sleep text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/console?rev=1727034680&do=diff Console * Open cmd.exe as administrator * Pin to taskbar * Right-click window bar > Defaults: * Buffer size > 999 * Font size > 12 * Width > 110 px text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/csgo?rev=1727034680&do=diff Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Setup * Install CS:GO from Steam * Download the Config Files * Copy the replay files from saves text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/custom_searches?rev=1727034680&do=diff Custom Searches Add custom search engines in Chrome and Firefox In Chrome, right-click on the address bar and choose "Edit Search Engines". You can edit existing ones or add your own, giving them a name, URL and a keyword that you'll type to initiate the search. Firefox users just need to create a bookmark with the necessary name, text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/desktop_gadgets?rev=1727034680&do=diff Desktop Gadgets 8GadgetPack allows Windows 8/10 to use the Windows 7 desktop gadget system Setup * Right-click Desktop > Gadgets * Open 8GadgetPack Tools and: * Disable sidebar * Enable Win+G shortcut * Open the following gadgets and follow their setup: text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/discord?rev=1727034680&do=diff Discord * Install Discord * Settings: * Disable Automatically determine input sensitivity * Overlay > Avatar size > Small * Add Toggle Mute > Right Alt keybind * Zoom level 90% * Start Minimized * Install Bandaged BetterDiscord * Settings: * Voice Disconnect text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/download_web_videos?rev=1727034680&do=diff Download Web Videos * Visit the site with the video in Chrome * Press F12 to bring up the Developer Tools pane and click Network * Click the "clear" button to set up your workspace. That's the International No button there in the Network pane text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/github?rev=1727034680&do=diff Github Setup GitHub Desktop * Install Github Desktop * Sign-in to github.com Git Github Desktop includes its own version of Git, do the following if a standalone installation of Git is desired as well: * Install Git * Deselect Windows Explorer integration text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/icon_location_backup?rev=1727034680&do=diff Icon Location Backup Desktop Icon Loc Backup backs up desktop icon locations to RB1.reg and RB2.reg in the same folder as this batch file, allowing you to restore their position if needed. Setup * Download Desktop Icon Loc Backup.bat and move to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\IconLocBackup * Right-click the file > text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/icon_overlay_issue?rev=1727034680&do=diff Icon Overlay Issue TortoiseSVN and TortoiseGit both use the same nine icons, Dropbox uses eight, and if you have OneDrive installed (which you will if you use Windows 8 or above) then it uses three. And Windows itself uses a few to indicate offline files or enhanced storage. That’s 22 icon overlays. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/install_windows?rev=1727034680&do=diff Install Windows Before reformatting/deleting your old installation * De-register iTunes * Ensure all the files in GitHub Configs are up to date * Use Nirsoft UninstallView to create a .csv of the installed programs and use it to check whether there are any extra settings or files that need transferring text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/keyboard_shortcuts?rev=1727034680&do=diff Keyboard Shortcuts Sleep: Win+x, up, up, right, down, enter Shutdown: Win+x, up, up, right, down, down, enter text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/languages?rev=1727034680&do=diff Languages Set correct system language and remove language switcher menu and shortcut * Go to the Region & language settings window * Add/remove languages to end up with only the single one that you want * Then Administrative language settings > Copy settings text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/microsoft_office?rev=1727034680&do=diff Microsoft Office Microsoft Office 365: * Install 64-bit Office 365 * Settings: * Word: * General: * Enable LinkedIn features > Disable * Save: * Save to Computer by default > Enable * Advanced: * When selecting, automatically select entire word > Disable text/html 2025-01-15T15:59:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/music_tagging?rev=1736956773&do=diff Music Tagging Setup FIXME: Don't let this add the Author tag because it messes with Plex. (This shows up as lyricist in dbPowerAmp, and doesn't show in Mp3tag) * If not already installed: * Install dBpoweramp Music Converter * Install Replay Gain Codec * Install Python * Install Beets using text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/network_drives?rev=1727034680&do=diff Network Drives Not Reconnecting at Startup There is an issue with network drives that are set to be mapped on startup, where windows attempts to map them before the network has been initialised properly. A partial fix for this is to give the computer a static IP address, this works most of the time because it causes the network to be ready faster, but not always and may not be an option. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/no_extension_association?rev=1727034680&do=diff No Extension Association Associate Sublime Text 3 with files that have no extension, which is not allowed through the usual configuration menu. Download and run the following batch file as administrator: assoc .="No Extension" ftype "No Extension"=^"%ProgramFiles%\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe^" "%%1" assoc "No Extension"\DefaultIcon=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-102 text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/notes?rev=1727034680&do=diff Notes Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after and update or restart Optional but on by default since it benefits most users. What I don't like is that the setting that controls it is not obvious or really noted, and it's tied to another setting (so they are either both off or both on). To disable, go into the Settings, then Accounts, then Sign-in options. Toggle off the Privacy option that says "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device aft… text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/patch_my_pc?rev=1727034680&do=diff Patch My PC PatchMyPC Home Updater is a program for installing and updating other programs. Notes Make sure restore points are enabled before running with the option Create Restore Point Pre-update enabled. It saves its settings in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Patch My PC\Options text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/payday_2?rev=1727034680&do=diff Payday 2 Install Payday 2, mods, and custom settings. Setup * Install Payday 2 through Steam * Follow install instructions on SuperBLT * Download each of the following and place extracted files/folders in PAYDAY 2/mods: * WolfHUD * PocoHUD 3 * More weapon stats * Instant Cardflip * text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/photos?rev=1727034680&do=diff Photos Google Photos Use Google backup and sync to sync all photos from server in high quality * Install Google Backup and Sync * Log in * Click Change * Select Back up photos and videos * Deselect Back up RAW files * Click Choose Folder and add the Photos share text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/python?rev=1727034680&do=diff Python Setup * Install latest Python version * Select Add Python 3.x to PATH * Click Customize installation * Make sure everything is selected > Next * Select install for all users * Install * Disable path length limit * Finish * Windows Settings text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/run_commands?rev=1727034680&do=diff Run Commands A List of Run Commands for Windows 7 that should mostly still work on Windows 10 Enter these in the Win+R window: Administrative Tools: * Administrative Tools = control admintools * Authorization Manager = azman.msc * Component Services = text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/sendto_startup?rev=1727034680&do=diff Sendto Startup Add the ability to add a program to the Startup folder using the SendTo context menu. Setup * Navigate to %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo * Save Startup.ps1 here * Right-Click > New > Shortcut: * Location of the item > %WINDIR%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -File %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\Startup.ps1 text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/shortcut_icon?rev=1727034680&do=diff Change Shortcut Icon Changes the default shortcut arrow overlay on all shortcut icons to the small classic xp arrow. Setup * Download and run SetShortcutIcon.reg * Task Manager > Right-click Windows Explorer > Restart (or restart the computer) * To return to the default icon, delete the text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/sublime?rev=1727034680&do=diff Sublime Setup Python 3 " * Install latest Python version * Select Add Python 3.x to PATH * Click Customize installation * Make sure everything is selected > Next * Select install for all users * Install * Disable path length limit * Finish text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/ultimate_windows_tweaker?rev=1727034680&do=diff Ultimate Windows Tweaker * Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 * Extract to a folder * Run * Create restore point * Either configure according to preferences (using the below as a guide) * Or download and import the file in the "Additional" tab (for 4.4.1) * Optionally also apply Extra Changes that aren't in the file text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/vr?rev=1727034680&do=diff Vr FIXME: Explain the page/service. Full PC setup at VR PC Setup * Install Oculus Rift Software from the bottom of the page * Sign In with Facebook * Set up Oculus Rift Headset * Devices > Oculus Rift > Hear VR Audio from Computer * Download Desk Scene and use it to figure out the best sensor placement. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/vr_pc?rev=1727034680&do=diff VR PC Before reformatting/deleting your old installation * Download the Windows Media Creation Tool * Set the Language to English (United Kingdom) * Install it onto an empty USB stick that is at least 8GB Build or prepare the computer for installing Windows: text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/windows_defender?rev=1727034680&do=diff Windows Defender If the restore button in windows defender is not doing anything to a file that was on a network drive it may because it is trying to use admin privileges to restore the file to a user mapped network drive. Try running "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun" -restore -listall text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/world_of_warcraft?rev=1727034680&do=diff World Of Warcraft Install World of Warcraft: * Install and login to Battle.net * Either copy WoW installation folder from a previous install: * Copy the whole WoW folder from C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft * Make sure Battle.net detects the copy of WoW. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/win/wsl?rev=1727034680&do=diff Windows Subsystem for Linux Setup * Turn Windows features on or off: * Select Windows Subsystem for Linux * Ok * Restart Now * Install Ubuntu 18.04 * Launch Ubuntu 18.04 * Enter desired username and password * Run * sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade