Cyanogenmod 7 move all applications to sd card without data loss

I have an HTC Desire phone. I like the phone but there is one big problem; the NAND (internal storage) is way to small. I installed a lot of ROM’s but the last time I install Cyanogenmod 7.1 with the “Launcher 7” and I did a lot of customization I don’t want to reinstall my phone. There is an crappy android workaround to move some of your apps to the SD card but when you connect/mount your phone to your pc you cannot start these apps and if you disconnect some of the settings are ruined. ...

November 23, 2011 · 2 min · thomasf

[linux] Backup a folder

tar czvf backup.tar.gz somefoldername/

November 22, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

Create a BartPE bootable USB stick

[banner] Requirements: - USB Stick - BartPE CD (or BartPE source) - Download Bootable USB-Drive Utility @ http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21702 - Download WinUSB_FULL Patcher @ http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AEC0GAMM Steps: 1. Extract Bootable USB-Drive 2. Open Config_SourcePath.cmd 3. REM set SourcePath="..\BartPE" 4. set SourceCD=G: where G: the cd-rom drive is with the BartPE CD 5. Start BOOTABLE_USB-DRIVE.cmd 6. Format and create the USB drive 7. Close the utillity en extract de WinUSB_FULL Patcher 8. Run the patcher on the USB drive (root) ...

November 10, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

Nagios: exclude specific services

With Nagios services check you want include all windows services with status automatic. But some services like the .NET or windows installer services stop sometimes and your monitor turns red. If you want to exclude specific services add this config to the NSC.ini file: alias_service=checkServiceState CheckAll exclude=sppsvc exclude=someotherservice exclude=ShellHWDetection

October 28, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

Quick proxy server (no install needed)

Sometimes you need a proxy server and you don’t want to install some software. Then you can download and run Proxomitron (zip package). The only thing you must change is the IP address who can connect the proxy.

October 21, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

Free util to defrag your windows server

The default Windows defrag software isn’t really good. Here you can download a very nice alternative: http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/ Screenshot:

October 17, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

[WINXP] \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM missing or corrupt

If you get the error \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM missing or corrupt you can follow these steps to fix this problem: Boot a linux distribution of your choice. I prefer Ubuntu Mount your windows partition If exist rename (or move) the corrupt file \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.old Now open the folder “system volume information\restore (with some numbers)\RP (with a number)\snapshot. Copy the file _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM Rename \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM Restart the computer and you will see Windows is starting again :) Now point to start > programs > accessories > system tools > system restore Restore your windows a couple of days earlier If you don’t restore you windows you must manually fix the file permissions. Everything looks fine but if you see your event viewer you see a lot of (networking) profile troubles. ...

October 3, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator (Windows)

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Contrary to MultiBootISO’s which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary. ...

September 30, 2011 · 2 min · thomasf

[VisionAPP] RDP Management

If you use a lot of remote desktop connections visionapp is a very nice freeware tool to manage them. You can also manage SSH, Telnet, VNC and ICA clients with this software.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min · thomasf

Easiest way for custom on ROM Samsung Galaxy S

The Samsung Galaxy S default (aka stock) ROM has a good ROM but after some time the ROM become slower and slower. I will describe the steps for rooting the phone, backup the phone and install a nice cutom ROM. I rooted a stock phone with android 2.3.3. Older versions can use this tutorial also. Newer versions maybe work. I am not responsible when you brick your phone with this steps. ...

September 25, 2011 · 2 min · thomasf