Jul 9 2012
IT
Jul 6 2012
Change the last user logon name
I often need to logon to a users computer as the administrator, mostly it happens when the user goes to lunch or at night. The user returns, tries to login forgets to change their username or forgets wht it is.
A word of warning when editing the registry! be careful or you could end-up with a computer that won’t boot if you accidently change or delete the wrong information.
To avoid this you can use the registry editor to set the user name before you logoff . To get into the registry in Windows 7 or Windows XP press Windows logo key+R and type regedit. Once you find the key right click and select modify and change the username.
Windows XP
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon/DefaultUserName
Windows 7
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Authentication/LogonUI/LastLoggedOnUser
Jul 6 2012
Remove the picture frame from your iPad lock screen
By default your iPad displays a picture frame on front screen even when it is locked. This means that anyone can look at your photos on your iPad. To stop people viewing photos on your iPad you can remove the photos icon on the lock screen.
1. Go to Settings, General, Passcode Lock, Turn Passcode On (if you all ready have one set go to step 2.)
2. Go to Picture Frame and turn off
Jul 10 2012
How is my VMWare disk is provisioned?
Here is the simplest way to check how your VMWare disks are provisioned.
Right click on your virtual machine and select edit, next select the disk you want to check. On the upper right under Disk Provisioning you will see Type: Thick Provision Eager Zeroed, Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed or Thin Provision.
Here is a screen capture from VMWare vShere client 5 showing Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
By sysadmin • IT, VMWare • 0 • Tags: Disks, VMWare