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How to install Google Apps onto CyanogenMod

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Note: This is usually – for the nightly builds. The stable builds seem to have Google integration.

Note: Please backup your phone beforehand – I take no responsibility if your phone fails to boot.

  1. First thing is first – download Gapps (goo.im/gapps/)
  2. Plug your Android phone into your computer
  3. Open My Computer/Computer & navigate to the Download folder
  4. Create a folder in the Downloads folder called: gapps
  5. Copy the downloaded Gapps zip file (leave as is – do not uncompress) into the folder
  6. Once copied turn your Android phone off.
  7. Now you need to boot into the phones Recovery mode – for the Samsung Galaxy phones & Clockwork Recovery press Power & Volume Up button at the same time to boot the phone and open Recovery mode.
  8. Once in Recovery mode – navigate to: -install zip
  9. Select – install zip from /sdcard
  10. Select the Gapps zip file
  11. Select Yes – Install Gapps
  12. It will go then go the copying process and uncompress the zip & install Gapps.
  13. Once completed – it will say: Install from SD Card Complete.
  14. Navigate back to the root menu of Recovery Mode & select Reboot System Now.
  15. The android device will restart and you will see “Android is upgrading.”
  16. Congratulations you have now installed GApps onto your Android device and should now have access to Google Play & Gmail.

How to repair an App-V application

· One min read
  1. In Windows – click on the notification tray by the time.
  2. Double click on the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client
  3. You will be greeted with the Virtual Application Management dialog – press VIRTUAL APPS
  4. On the right hand side – under the progress bar select Repair
  5. This will start a Repair-AppvClientPackage script to repair & redeploy; the application back to the user.

Note: The repair will not work if the application process is running. Make sure it is fully closed in the Windows task manager before attempting the repair.

Reset Windows 7/8 Firewall to its default state

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Note: You need the rights to be able to run an elevated Command Prompt.

Windows 7

  1. Click Start
  2. Click All Programs
  3. Click Accessories
  4. Right click Command Prompt
  5. Select Run as Administrator
  6. In the command prompt type: netsh advfirewall reset
  7. Press Enter to reset your firewall rules to their default state

Windows 8

  1. Press the Windows key to open the charm interface
  2. Type in: command
  3. Right click Command Prompt
  4. Select Run as Administrator
  5. In the command prompt type: netsh advfirewall reset
  6. Press Enter to reset your firewall rules to their default state

How to create an SSH tunnel with PuTTY

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Open PuTTY

Create a new PuTTY session to the remote server

Enter in the server details

Save session

Click on Connection

Click on SSH and select Tunnels

In the source field enter the port you would like to forward. In the section below, select Dynamic and Auto.

Click Add

Go to the main PuTTY session dialog, and save the changes you have made.

Press Open to open your Putty session and login if it asks for the details.

Now you need to configure the application you are trying to tunnel

For example, in Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options, click Connections, Choose LAN Settings and change the proxy to localhost

(SOCKS5 as Proxy type if asked) and enter the port that you were forwarding into the port information.

Save and you should now be routing your traffic through the tunnel

Unix You can use the following command to enable an SSH Tunnel on a Linux machine: ssh -D localhost:PORT [email protected]

How to setup Virtual Desktops in Windows

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First you need a third party utility called – Dexpot. This utility is free for non-commercial use & can be obtained from: Dexpot.de.

  1. Once downloaded – run the installation file to install.
  2. Click Next & I Agree to accept the license agreement.
  3. Select Private Use for home use – if you are using this commercially you can select Commercial Use (30 day trial) and select next.
  4. Make sure the Destination folder is correct (default path is: C:Program Files (x86)Dexpot for 64bit machines) and select Next.
  5. Uncheck – I accept the Terms of the Tune-up Utilities box to prevent grey ware from being installed & select Next to actually start the installation process.
  6. Once installation has completed – Click Finish to launch Dexpot.
  7. On your Taskbar you will now have 4 Virtual Desktops – you can select each one to navigate back & forth between them.
  8. You are now running Virtual Desktops!

Dexpot Configuration

  1. In the notification tray – right click the Dexpot logo.
  2. Select Settings
  3. From here – you can adjust the number of concurrent Virtual Desktops running on your workstation from 2 to 20.
  4. You can also make it start during Windows start-up, configure applications to open in certain Virtual Desktops & set different Desktop icons for different Desktops.