Predecessor: The free Technische Universiteit Eindhoven "SequoiaView" for Windows - “Standard treemaps often lead to thin rectangles. We have developed a new method to display files : Squarified treemaps. The screen is subdivided such that rectangles approach squares as closely as possible”.
EN.Wikipedia "cacls" - cacl, icacl. “Microsoft Windows native command line utilities capable of displaying and modifying the access control lists (ACLs) on folders and files”.
Error message “Action Canceled” when viewing .CHM files: Windows is disabled to show HTML Help files opened from a network drive. Suggestion: Put the CHM files onto the local harddrive. Files viewed from local drives are not affected.
If you operate a Windows server at your home, you may let it load all updates for certain versions of Microsoft Product ( e.g. Windows operating systems ) at this central resource, and then to source updates from it for all other ( Windows ) devices.
DriverPacks.Net - “Each DriverPack is a package of drivers for a particular category of hardware. There are for example DriverPacks for Sound devices and for Graphics devices... They are intended to be used while creating a Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista or Windows 7 installation disc/image”.
nLite - “A tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice”.
The DonationWare offline Windowsupdate downloader WSUS Offline Update, running on W2k or later - Offline installation of Windows updates.
WSU 6.6.5 of 2010-11-10 is the latest edition for W2k updates.
Copy “reg.exe” of the Support Tools from “C:\Program Files\Support Tools” to “C:\Program Files\wsuoffline\client\bin”. The support tools may be installed from the W2k CD by executing “Z:\SUPPORT\TOOLS\SETUP.EXE”.
Load the file “C:\Program Files\wsuoffline\static\StaticDownloadLink-sigcheck.txt” with an editor, change “Files” to “files”.
Load the file “C:\Program Files\wsuoffline\static\StaticDownloadLink-streams.txt” with an editor, change “Files” to “files”.
nLite - Tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Tyical application: Deployment of W2k or WinXp on webbooks.
How to reinstall WinXP-Home on Flash PCs like “ASUS Eee PC 901”.
The free GiMeSpace Free Edition - “Expands your desktop limitless in horizontal direction while you can scroll by pushing your mouse to the left and right side of your screen”.
The commercial GiMeSpace Desktop Extender 3D - “Like in the standard edition you can scroll left-right, up-down. But now you can also zoom in and out seamless”.
Notebook computer with Win8.1, wirless mouse + wireless keyboard attached, by a single USB stick with wireless communications.
The notebook keyboard has a numeric function block, accessable by the function key “Fn”, as overlay over the normal keyboard. E.g. “0” = “m”, “1” = “j”, “2” = “k”, “3” = “l”... The notepad keyboard doesn´t have a “Num” key.
The external keyboard has a “Num” key.
User experience:
Within Win8.1, the notebook keyboard just sends the numeric keys, though the function key “Fn” is not pressed. E.g. pressing the “m” key sends “0” instead of “m” or “M” to the software.
At the login screen of Win8.1, the notebook keyboard works normally. E.g. pressing the “m” key sends “m” or “M” if the function key “Fn” is not pressed.
Solution:
Pressing the key “Num” on the external keyboard unlocks the internal keyboard, so that it sends the normal keys codes again ( e.g. “m” or “M” at the key “m” ).
It doesn´t help to switch off the external keyboard ( by detaching the batteries, or detaching the USB kommunications module ).
Conclusion:
The keyboard driver used at the Win8.1 login screen is not the same used by Win8.1 during normal operation both in Win8.1 desktop and Win8.1 app mode. Obviously, it doesn´t evaluate & interpret the status of the “Num” key.
By pressing the “Num” key on an external keyboard, a notebook keyboard gets into a special state not suitable for operation.
“Kunden mit Hör- oder Sprechproblemen haben die Möglichkeit, per Fax oder E-Mail die Microsoft Produktaktivierung zu kontaktieren. Faxnummer: 0044 8705 275 675, E-Mail: activate@msdirectservices.com”.
“Technischer Support: Deutschland: 0180 - 5672255 (kostenpflichtig!)”, in 2014-11: “01806 - 672255” → But this phone nunber just leads to the automatic non-human Windows activation process .
”'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE' - 'Setze dort den Wert von MediaBootInstall von 1 auf 0. Starte dann eine Eingabeaufforderung als Admin (Win+X drücken) und führe den Befehl 'slmgr.vbs -rearm' aus und starte dann neu'”.