Windows 7 on Nico Maas

Removing Windows 10 Diagnostics from Windows 7/8/8.1

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 20:03:28 +0000

Windows 10 “Security?”: We got opt-out-only-all-included-private-Wifi-Password-Sharing with all your Facebook Friends, access to all data, addressbooks, emails, voice and video as well as the possiblity to shutdown hardware you attached to your PC - if MS does not like it. Quite some people from the Facebook and Computerbild Front already upgraded to the new Windows 10 - “don’t get left behind and get your upgrade” - well… it sounds more like a really evil episode of Dr. Who and the Cyberman to me. Ugh.

[ØMQ] Getting started with ØMQ and Python on Windows 7, x64

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:36:40 +0000

ØMQ (zeroMQ) is one of these sexy “new” Message Queue Systems. I wanted to dive into it right away, starting with Java. However, building zeroMQ with Java Binding on Windows 7, x64 is a pain (read: Did not work out fast enough - as I wanted to get my feet wet fast!) - so I switched over to Python. Well. Getting that to work is quite easy.

1.) Download and install latest zeroMQ
You can get the Windows Downloads on https://zeromq.org/distro:microsoft-windows, i choose the Stable Release 4.0.4 for Windows, x64 Release for Vista and newer. Just download and install it.

Vagrant on Windows 7

Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:07:10 +0000

So I wanted to try out some “new technologies” as Docker and Vagrant, so I decided to install Vagrant on my Windows 7 machine. It turned out to be not that “just install and go” as written down in the tutorial.

So, the short version to get you up and running:
1.) Install VirtualBox VirtualBox-4.3.12-93733-Win
Yes, 4.3.16 is current, no - you can’t use something higher than 4.3.12 because of an error with ssh…
2.) Install some software which comes with ssh
So if you haven’t installed git until, that should be the perfect time to do that.
Oh, and please include the bin folder with the ssh.exe in the PATH Variable of your Windows machine. Vagrant needs to call it to connect to your “VM”.
3.) Install Vagrant 1.6.5
4.) After doing all that, you should reboot your pc.

[Win7+] Software Accesspoint

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:02:21 +0000

Sometimes you just need to give wireless access to one of your little toys (i.e. Tablets, Smartphones, Raspberry Pis with Wifi - you name it) - but you got no wifi access point with you. Starting with Windows 7, this ain’t a problem anymore. You can setup an software ap in just a minute:

Enter following code into your command line interface to start an software access point with the SSID WiBridge and the password mh28-dyi9-txwt:

[Win7] Asus EEEPC 1015PN: Getting Optimus working (again) on Windows 7 Pro

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:48:55 +0000

Optimus is a really nice concept: Having installed an low-power Intel GMA3150 next to an “high-end” (compared to the Intel ;)) NVIDIA ION2 with 512 MB RAM (and CUDA!) is very nice - switching between both cards on the fly depending on the application - awesome. But getting it to work can be quite painful. I had to reinstall the drivers on my EEE PC and got it wrong. And now that it is working, I just want to write it down. Just in case, you never know ;)!

[Win7/8] Batch Print / Work with more than 15 Files

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:48:23 +0000

Windows 7 / 8 do limit the number of files you can “batch-work” with, after selecting them in Explorer and Right-Clicking for options. The Standard Limit is set to 15 files. Selecting more than 15 files will remove options like “Print” from the context menu. To work with more than 15 files in batch mode, open your registry ( Run, regedit ) and go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Create an new DWORD key with the Name MultipleInvokePromptMinimum and the Decimal Value of the Maximum Files you want to batch work with. I.e. 1000 (which could be too much or not enough - depending on your work and machine!)

[Win7] How To Move Skype from Taskbar to Systemtray

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:54:40 +0000

As from the new Version on, Skype does not minimize to Taskbar in Windows 7 anymore. It does stay within the Systemtray and the Taskbar. To solve that, just change the Programm Compability Mode for Skype to Windows Viste, Service Pack 2.