Right way for Windows 7 installation

Here is what you need to tweek after OS install.

Enable Administrator account

1. run cmd as administrator
2. type net user administrator /active:yes

Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account on Windows 7 or Vista

Enable ping response

1. As Administrator
2. Go to Windows Firewall
3. Open Advanced settings
4. Find and enable following rules
   
   
   1. File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In), Domain
   2. File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In), Public
   3. File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv6-In), Domain
   4. File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv6-In), Public

Alternative way how to do that - How to Enable Ping Reply in Windows 7

Remote Desktop connections

Allow Remote Desktop Connections

What to set, if local users have no passwords

Wired LAN priority

Wired lan over wireless priority

1. open Control Panel
2. go to Network connections
3. open Advanced menu
4. select Advanced settings
5. in the connections box reorder them as you want them to be

There is now good way to disable DVD auto eject, see search results on that.

Windows Updates
Allow all users to install updates on computer.


Popular issues

Windows 7 taskbar disappearing?

See also

Right way for Windows XP installation

Windows 7 RC Failed Trust Relationship helped me on password change in domain (or this post)
19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs to Know
Enable TFTP and Telnet clients
Disable CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence for logging

Git aliases

I found this very useful in day-to-day git work.

[alias]
    a = add

    s = status --short
    ss = status

    b = branch -a
    ba = branch -a -vv
    bs = !git-branch-status
    bsi = !git-branch-status -i

    c = commit
    cm = commit -m

    co = checkout

    d = diff --color
    ds = diff --color --stat
    dsp = diff --color --stat -p
    # files changed between commits
    dn = diff --color --name-only

    l = log --color --decorate
    ls = log --color --stat --decorate
    ln = log --name-status --color
    lsp = log --color --stat -p --decorate
    lg = log --graph '--pretty=tformat:%Cblue%h%Creset %Cgreen%ar%Creset %Cblue%d%Creset %s'
    lga = log --graph '--pretty=tformat:%Cblue%h%Creset %Cgreen%ar%Creset %Cblue%d%Creset %s' --all
    l10 = log --graph '--pretty=tformat:%Cblue%h%Creset %Cgreen%ar%Creset %Cblue%d%Creset %s' --all -10
    # for complicated branches
    lsd = log --graph '--pretty=tformat:%Cblue%h%Creset %Cgreen%ar%Creset %Cblue%d%Creset %s' --all --simplify-by-decoration

    ru = remote update
    sb = show-branch --sha1-name

    ls-del = ls-files -d
    ls-mod = ls-files -m # including remote files
    ls-new = ls-files --exclude-standard -o
    ls-ign = ls-files --exclude-standard -o -i

Update (2012-11-11)

https://gist.github.com/4056358

Israel start throttling torrents?

I found today that my internet provider Bezeqint started throttling my torrent downloads.

After analyzing peers list i found that:
1. They monitor torrent traffic by patterns;
2. They track only TCP connections;

Check out how perfectly ISP is shaping my non-UDP traffic


The workaround:
1. Force encryption
µTorrent: Preferences > BitTorent > set Outgoing to Forced and uncheck Allow incoming legacy connections
2. Force UDP usage
µTorrent: Preferences > Advanced settings, you'll need to force bt.transp_disposition to 10 (source, values explained)

If your's torrent client working fine, that do not do anything, because these settings will decrease peers list and as so most likely your down/up speed.

See how it looks cool now :-)

Links

What do all those flags in the Flags column mean?

New in uTorrent 1.9 - uTP, the micro transport protocol. This UDP-based reliable transport is designed to minimize latency, but still maximize bandwidth when the latency is not excessive.

uTorrent 1.9: Getting Around Throttling

P.S. I use µTorrent beta 2.0 build 17668