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Do you have parents that don’t want to log in everytime they turn on the pc?
Here is a way to make it auto login for windows 7 and vista
Goto the start menu and type cmd in the search area.. The dos prompt should be displayed in the results. Hold Shift and control and click on it
This will make you admin and run dos shell. Put this into the command area control userpasswords2 hit enter. Uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” then click ok. Enter your password twice and the deed is done. I don’t recommend this but it will do what you need it to do.
Annoying accept Terms and Conditions before you can internet no more! Not everyone is browsing the web. I use SSH most of the time and of course I don’t usually have a graphic based web browser with full ajax capability all the time. Even if I did its annoying to have to do it. So thats why I made this bash script:
#!/bin/bash
wget -O –no-check-certificate –post-data=”buttonClicked=4&redirect_url=http://www.google.com&err_flag=0&option1=optIn” “https://atl-store-wmob15-virtual.homedepot.com/login.html”
Now I just run the script from the command line and do my thing.
This is for Homedepot’s Free WiFi and won’t work with others but it is easy to make similar scripts for other captive portals.
Steps to do it yourself:
Save the page you are redirected to noting the url in your address bar.
Edit the html file and edit the <form> tag to say get instead of post.
This will let you see what you are submitting. Now preview the html file and agree..
look at the address bar and it should show you what you are submitting.
Now edit my script to work with the public wifi provider you are customizing.
Good luck
Till next time
As many found out… Ubuntu Gnome is now setup with a lame menu system that is a pain to use. To put gnome back to normal there is a easy fix. Log out. Proceed to login and select Gnome Classic mode at the bottom center dropdown(up) menu.
Fixed…
Do you have you one of those media center remotes that you want to use in Windows XP Pro? If it is a BB+ or another HP branded receiver you can use it. The BB+ is the version I have. I was able to install the driver but my media center remote would act like the button was being held down and would go crazy. There is apparently a bug in the data repeat signal. You can tell the driver to not listen to repeats with a simple registry key. After you do that you can use your remote with hulu or the media center program you want to use it on. Good luck.
Download This driver. [HERE]
Unzip the file to a place you will remember.
Go into your control panel.
Goto System.
Goto Device Manager.
Look for the ? marked device.
Update the driver and specify the path to the unzipped files.
After it is done installing you should have a new HID device.
Install done.
If you get the bug that makes the remote act like there is a button held down unplug the usb ir device. Goto the folder that holds the files unzipped earlier. Double click the .reg file. This will enter in the command to not pay attention to the repeat commands. Plug in the device and restart. It should work now.
Do not attempt to do any of these things if you are not familiar with how all of this works and what steps to take to undo all of these things if there is a problem! This is a unsupported device for XP. This is a unsupported hack! I didn’t have any issues.