[EEE901/1000] Use Windows XP Bluetooth-Stack on Asus 901/1000

- Deactivate Bluetooth in the Asus-Tray-Utility
- Open C:\WINDOWS\INF\BTH.INF with the Editor.
- Look for:
[Manufacturer]
%Microsoft%=Microsoft
ALPS=ALPS, NT.5.1
Belkin=Belkin, NT.5.1
...

- Now add "Asus=ASUS, NT.5.1". It should look like this:
[Manufacturer]
%Microsoft%=Microsoft
ALPS=ALPS, NT.5.1
Asus=ASUS, NT.5.1
Belkin=Belkin, NT.5.1
...

- Now look for "[Zeevo.NT.5.1]". It should look like this:
[Zeevo.NT.5.1]
Zeevo Bluetooth Solution=                        BthUsb, USB\Vid_0b7a&Pid_07d0&Rev_0126
Zeevo Bluetooth Solution=                        BthUsb, USB\Vid_0b7a&Pid_07d0&Rev_0133

- Beneath it, add following:
[Asus.NT.5.1]
Asus BT-253=                        BthUsb, USB\VID_0B05&PID_B700

- Result:
[Zeevo.NT.5.1]
Zeevo Bluetooth Solution=                        BthUsb, USB\Vid_0b7a&Pid_07d0&Rev_0126
Zeevo Bluetooth Solution=                        BthUsb, USB\Vid_0b7a&Pid_07d0&Rev_0133
[Asus.NT.5.1]
Asus BT-253=                        BthUsb, USB\VID_0B05&PID_B700

- Save and leave the editor
- Now it depends wheter you did install the Widcomm Software or wheter you start with an fresh Win XP Installation

With Widcomm-Software:
- Activate Bluetooth in the Asus-Tray-Utility, Bluetooth Symbol should be white
- Go to System, Software and remove Widcomm-Bluetooth-Software
- At the end, system want that you deactivate Bluetooth - do that via the Tray Utility
- Than, it wants to reboot - DON'T do that.
- Activate Bluetooth again in the Asus-Tray-Utility
- Windows should start installing its own Bluetooth Stack
- Reboot after that, you're done

Without Widcomm-Software:
- Just activate Activate Bluetooth in the Asus-Tray-Utility and it should start installing
- If not, go to the Hardware Manager and "search for changed Hardware"

Internal Notes:
C:\WINDOWS\INF\BTH.INF
rundll32.exe bthprops.cpl,,BluetoothAuthenticationAgent
bthprops.cpl

I found it btw in an german forum and did roughly translate it, because I found it very useful as I only use Bluetooth for s25@once with my Handy.

Windows 2000 / XP Password Special

So, you logged out of Windows and need to get your password back? Thats for what this little collection is for.

Lets say you need to "crack" an Windows 2000 / XP Password. For i.e. login data. Then you should go for Ophcrack: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

If you just want to login into Windows 2000 / XP / Linux etc. without using or cracking the password with admin rights, go for konboot: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/

And should you stumble across the problem of having forgotten your network drive passwords and login but still have access to Windows and got these pw saved, use Nir Soft Network Password Recovery: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/network_password_recovery.html

Be advised ONLY to use these programs if they come from the orginal website as other websites do add keyloggers and other nice stuff to them. And only use these tools if you own the pc or have the rights to - check your local law!

[Vista] How To Disable Network Auto Tuning and fix Connectivity Problems

Autotuning dynamically changes the TCP Window Size - which often causes errors as loss of network connectivity, firewall problems, and so on.

To show the status of this autotuning, you should check it with admin rights under cmd with this command: netsh interface tcp show global
To disable use: netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled
To reenable use: netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal

Another important thing concerning wireless problems - you should install Service Pack 2, as it does contain an bunch of hotfixes and other important stuff.

Remove Files on Windows that "just doesn't want to be removed"

If you can't remove a file on Windows, its mostly because of the usage of a too long filename, invalid characters and such.
To solve that there are many tools like unlockers and such which doesn't solve the problem because they doesn't solve the sympthoms:
The filenames.

So if you step into that kind of problem, open up and commandline and cd to the folder with the "bad" file or file.

And then, do an quick dir /X

That will show up the normal Filename as well as the old "Dos-Style" 8 character name.
By using that short name, you can delete a file with a simple del filename or an folder with an rmdir foldername

Easy, ain't it?