Remote Desktop Hack for Windows Vista

Microsoft Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate:

I just found a hack that will enable Multiple sessions on Remote Desktop for Windows Vista! Just like the Windows XP hack it will allow more then one person to be logged into the computer at once (Through Remote Desktop). That in itself is great but here is the REAL kicker (If you own Windows Vista Home Premium anyway), this hack will also enable Remote Desktop for Windows Home Premium (Which is sorely lacking thank you!)

Thanks to everyone that made this Hack Possible (None of whom are me!)

Side Note:
If you are using the Windows Home Premium link (By the way it should work for all of the versions) when running the batch files the syntax is:
batchfile.bat [Multi] [Blank]

Add Multi if you want the Multiple session hack and use Blank if you want to also enable the use of Blank passwords (I don't recommend this unless you know what your doing).

http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?Itemid=152&id=1220&option=com_content&task=view

HTTP Tunneling

If you are forced through a web proxy at work or school you know that many of your applications that connect to the internet may not work. The reason is because there is something that is blocking all non HTTP or port 80 traffic. So how do you get around this? Well you could "Tunnel" all of your non port 80 traffic through port 80, thus HTTP Tunneling. The quick and dirty is that you have a program on your computer that redirects all non port 80 traffic through port 80 out to a box that you have setup in the outside world (like at home). The box in the outside world then redirects that traffic back to it's original port and sends it on, thus allowing you to use things like Remote Desktop, Telnet, and P2P through a web proxy connection. There are a couple of programs I ran into that will help you with this.

HTTPORT is a free program that will allow HTTP Tunneling along with HTTHost (The other end of the tunnel)
http://www.htthost.com/

Also HTTP2IPJ is a personal gateway that will also allow you to do HTTP Tunneling but is free only for personal use.
http://www.totalrc.net/main_ref.jsp?menu=19

Linux FTP Client How To

Linux:
Found a great mini How To on using the standard Linux FTP client.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/FTP.html

Forget slide shows!

Have you ever had several photos you wanted/needed to put together in a slide show? Maybe you wanted to add some music put in a few transitions? It can quickly become overwhelming and take way longer then you planned (and still turn out pretty sad looking). Along comes Animoto. Animoto is an online service that allows you to upload your photos, choose music to accompany, and blends them all together automatically to create a really nice looking video. All of the transitions are automatic and synced to the music making for a really interesting and fun video. It's still in Beta so it might be a little rough around the edges. The little playing I have done it looks spot on.

http://animoto.com/

Free Linux Ebooks

Linux:
Here is a really great site full of free ebooks about Linux.

http://freebooks.homelinux.org/

Windows XP remote desktop with more then 1 user at a time

Windows Xp:
Have you ever needed to Remote Desktop into a computer and have the console stay active? Or just have two people logged into a Windows Xp box at the same time? Well there is a hack that uses some code from a beta release of SP2 that will allow you to do just that. The web site below has a pretty good step by step on how to do it. If your computer is on a domain, scroll to the bottom and read the comments to figure out a way around the fast user switching problem. Basically you have to redo a few things every time you login using a batch file.

http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop

Update:
The same site now has an install for Unlimited connections of Remote Desktop!

http://sig9.com/node/340

Online backups

I'm quite happy to say that this blog post does not start with a horror story about complete data loss. Instead, I for once was ahead of disaster (knock on wood, nothing has happened yet). I really am not one for keeping up with backups. I almost NEVER backup and when I do it's just copying the data from one computer to another (I'm talking about HOME only here!). Backups are hard, there are many choices and all of them require you to get off your butt and do something to implement them. Some take more work then others to keep up with once implemented. When I started looking at backup options I knew I needed something easy to implemented, inexpensive, and very easy to keep up with (Doesn't everyone!).

I had heard that online backups had gotten better and better so I decided to check them out. I checked out several sites and concluded that Carbonite, and Mozy were the top runners in the online backup market (Links are referral links). Mozy has a nice interface and is around $50 for a years worth of unlimited space. Carbonite is really easy to use and is the same price for the same amount of space. Both are really nice and get high reviews.

As I tried them out I found that online backups made things simple. After installing the software I chose which files I wanted backed up, and off it went. Now when files change, or new files are added, it updates the backup. I don't have to stress about the last time I backed up our pictures, because I know that it's already been taken care of automatically. Some might say that an external hard drive is a cheaper faster way of backing up, but just remember that if something were to happen to your house (fire) that backup would be gone with everything else. My suggestion is to give both of these a try (Mozy has a free 2gig account, and Carbonite has a 15 day free trial) and choose the one that works best for you.