= Make Windows 7 Pass IPv6-Test With Hostname for Full 20/20 = - requires ISP broadband service with both IPv4 and IPv6, ideally with IPv6 subnet and - access to manually set reverse PTR records - router configuration based on Draytek Vigor router Add network address of IPv6 subnet to router LAN IPv6, eg: 4eff:2a6a:8cca:: /48 | Note the format of the address: adding the specific required address is incorrect, - the entry needs to be the underlying subnet with CIDR (in this case /48) notation. Navigate to Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings, then right-click on the default adapter used for internet connectivity and select Properties. Select Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and select Properties, then enter the desired IPv6 address (any - save for the first or the last or any already assigned - from the available subnet), eg: 4eff:2a6a:8cca::8, using IPv6 public DNS resolvers (if none specified by the ISP), eg: 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001 Go to Desktop and right-click on Computer, then select Properties > Change settings (under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings). Click on the Change button, then the More... button, and then enter something in the Primary DNS suffix of this computer, eg: test (with no punctuation). Check to ensure that there is an entry in the Computer name field and restart the machine, following the prompts to do so. Following the reboot, run, - individually, - the following commands via command prompt, ensuring that each command is answered with an "OK" before proceeding to the next: netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent | Note: check the Serverfault link (shown below) for additional security considerations before running the above commands, then reboot the machine again. Go to the ISP website and create a reverse PTR record for the IPv6 address, entering the computer name and suffix in the corresponding fields (so, in this case, the suffix was "test", meaning that the entry would be the Computer name, eg: "IPv6", plus "test", making the full reverse PTR records entry: | 4eff:2a6a:8cca::8 IPv6.test A further machine reboot may, but should not, be required. Run ipconfig /all on the command line and you should see the following (depending on your entries for Computer name and Suffix): Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : IPv6 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : test There should be only *one* preferred IPv6 address: IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 4eff:2a6a:8cca::8(Preferred) https://ipv6-test.com/ > General (tab) should now disply a Hostname of IPv6.test, and the rest should not cause any problems because it will be mostly down to whether or not IPv6 is configured correctly on the router. It may be necessary to add the IP address for the IPv6-Test website, - currently 2001:41D0:701:1100::29C8, - to the IP White / Black List under Firewall > Defense Setup; otherwise any DoS Defense Firewall selections will likely prevent the necessary lookup from working. - https://serverfault.com/questions/678365/how-to-disable-temporary-ipv6-address-in-win7 = Firefox - Drag and Drop Bookmarks = about:config > browser.launcherProcess.enabled > set to false. This will be reset to "true" every time Firefox updates, so it can be helpful to set updates to manual as opposed to automatic in order to allow this to be set back to false immediately following an update. = Firefox - Change Default Printer = about:config > print_printer > change entry to match that of the required device, as shown under Devices and Printers. = BT Basic = - Requires BT Line Services - BT advisers have a habit of: i: either being unaware of, or failing to mention, this ii: failing to check whether the line is already provisioned with these services iii: failing to mention the requirement iv: placing the order for BT Basic and only then telling the customer (usually weeks later) that the reason why the engineer never turned-up and why they still do not have BT Basic is because they do not have BT Line Services - BT Line Services incurs additional cost and requires that the line first be changed over - to BT, if not already a BT line. = LibreOffice - Suppress Recent Document List = - Tools → Options → Advanced → Expert Configuration. - Use search box to locate "picklist", and look for 2nd menu item. Change the value to 0. = How to Use Filezilla to Access Browser FTP Links: = - First of all read this article on how to pass FTP handling to an external program (in - this case Filezilla), or use the simple 123 shown below (in the case of Firefox - browser). - https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=13297 = 1. about:config into the address bar and press Enter = 2. enter network.protocol-handler.expose-all -> Boolean -> click + button -> true = 3. enter network.protocol-handler.external.ftp -> Boolean -> click + button -> true - Next, enter the required FTP link into the browser using one of the formats given below, which - should open a dialogue allowing Filezilla to be selected as the default program for FTP. - The link should then cause Filezilla to open and will generate errors in the log readout; - however, it should, none-the-less, be possible to access the FTP resource and to download - the files contained therein. = ftp://ftp_anonymous%20@some.site = ftp://ftp.anonymous%20@some.site = ftp://anonymous%20@some.site = How to Change the Underlined Keyboard Shortcut Access Keys in Windows 7 = Add the following to a text file and modify accordingly (this entry is to change the default value of MediaInfo to use "i" as the shortcut key instead of "m" (which is stupid choice / default selection because "m" is the default for renaming files) when viewing or working with .mp4 files, then change the file extension of the text file to that of .reg instead of .txt and click on it to add the entries to the registry. ... ... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.mp4\shell\MediaInfo] @="Media&Info" "MuiVerb"="Media&Info" ... ... = Glazed Units for uPVC Doors and Windows = 10mm From Horizontal and Vertical Measurements = (Finally!) Invisible Taskbar in Windows 7 = = Sign-up to deviantart.com also required in order to download some of the files - good site, = so no reason not to: https://www.deviantart.com/dave2399/art/Windows-7-invisible-transparent-taskbar-theme-470917203 Move the Windows 7 Sunrise folder and the two .theme files into the "themes" sub-directory of %ResourceDir% (Run > shell:resourcedir) (ie: "Windows/Resources"). Use Universal Theme Patcher or UxStyle (UxStyle adds an over-ride service, and does not involve modifying any existing files) to ensure that the new themes (and any other custom themes you may wish to add) work. Right-click on the desktop and go to Personalize, then click on "Windows 7 Sunrise (invisible taskbar).theme" or "Windows 7 Sunrise (with Yosemite taskbar).theme" to apply the theme. It may be necessary to restart the operating system in order for the above step(s) to work. Use TaskbarBlurToggle (from the above link) to make the taskbar blur-free and invisible. Note: this only seems to work with the sunrise themes. This also affects all the taskbars and gives the windows a Windows 10 type appearance. The required files are all available via this website, and links may be provided should they become unavailable as downloads from the respective websites. = VPN = DMCA Ignored (for avoidance of take-down orders) = Firewall Testing = av-test.org = Virtualization = It should not be necessary to have to install DE components in a Linux environment in order to invoke virtualized workspaces, provided that the display adaptor drivers have been installed correctly and are working. Discrete adaptors, ie: iGPU, are utilised, but do not seem to be recognized, as display adaptors, in Debian. > lspci > update-glx > intel-microcode > ATi: more open source support over nVidia A pseudo-DE can be created throught the use of xinit, Xorg (or other Xserver), and startx (which provides good, simple, autostart options) = VMWare = VMTools can only be installed within a DE (Desktop Environment), both in Linux distros and Windows. = ProxMox = ProxMox can only be installed via a Debian DE, and is affected by major issues with USB and connected peripherals, especially USB optical drives. The common problem of expandable partitions failing to expand (all virtualization software) is trivial and easily remedied: just ensure that guest OS is not installed in "Easy Mode" (or equivalent) and add the partitions manually, or via automatic custom mode (Fedora) and ensure that the maximum partition size is utilized right from initial install. This may not be perfect for some, but is preferable to installing the OS only to discover that the partition is 5Gb in size and that there is absolutely no-way that the "active" (as opposed to the "potential") partition can be re-sized (the CMD line options, even if they actually work, cannot be used to adjust the size of the active disk size).